91st season in existence of Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C. 1982–83 football season
The 1982–83 season was Liverpool Football Club ' s 91st season in existence and their 21st consecutive season in the First Division . After winning the title previous season, Liverpool F.C. regained and won their fourteenth league title. They also won the Football League Cup for the third successive season beating Manchester United 2-1 at Wembley Stadium .
However, Liverpool did not regain the European Cup , having been knocked out by Widzew Łódź in the quarter-finals and surprisingly being knocked out by Brighton & Hove Albion in the fifth round of the FA Cup . Liverpool lost 5 of their last 7 league games and drew the other two, yet they finished the season eleven points ahead of the second-placed Watford .
After nine years, Bob Paisley had decided to retire after winning six league championships, three European Cups, three League Cups, four FA Charity Shields, one European Super Cup and one UEFA Cup.
Source:
World Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
^ Manchester United qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1982–83 FA Cup winners.
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Report 1
Report 2
28-Aug-82
West Bromwich Albion
H
2–0
Lee 57' Neal pen 72'
35,652
Report
Report
31-Aug-82
Birmingham City
A
0–0
20,176
Report
Report
04-Sep-82
Arsenal
A
2–0
Hodgson 41' Neal 83'
36,429
Report
Report
07-Sep-82
Nottingham Forest
H
4–3
Hodgson 11' , 20' Souness 81' Rush 89'
27,145
Report
Report
11-Sep-82
Luton Town
H
3–3
Souness 32' Rush 44' Johnston 75'
33,694
Report
Report
18-Sep-82
Swansea City
A
3–0
Rush 15' , 23' Johnston 84'
20,322
Report
Report
25-Sep-82
Southampton
H
5–0
Whelan 6' , 71' Souness 22' Lawrenson 41' , 67'
32,996
Report
Report
02-Oct-82
Ipswich Town
A
0–1
24,342
Report
Report
09-Oct-82
West Ham United
A
1–3
Souness 77'
32,500
Report
Report
16-Oct-82
Manchester United
H
0–0
40,853
Report
Report
23-Oct-82
Stoke City
A
1–1
Lawrenson 27'
29,411
Report
Report
30-Oct-82
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
3–1
Lawrenson 19' Dalglish 37' , 43'
27,929
Report
Report
06-Nov-82
Everton
A
5–0
Rush 11' , 51' , 71' , 85' Lawrenson 55'
52,741
Report
Report
13-Nov-82
Coventry City
H
4–0
Dalglish 8' Rush 24' , 73' , 82'
27,870
Report
Report
20-Nov-82
Notts County
A
2–1
Johnston 52' Dalglish 55'
16,914
Report
Report
27-Nov-82
Tottenham Hotspur
H
3–0
Neal pen 20' Dalglish 49' , 78'
40,691
Report
Report
04-Dec-82
Norwich City
A
0–1
22,909
Report
Report
11-Dec-82
Watford
H
3–1
Rush 22' Neal 2 pens 34' , 43'
36,690
Report
Report
18-Dec-82
Aston Villa
A
4–2
Hodgson 5' Dalglish 9' Kennedy 27' Rush 88'
34,568
Report
Report
27-Dec-82
Manchester City
H
5–2
Dalglish 18' , 24' , 86' Neal 22' Rush 64'
44,664
Report
Report
28-Dec-82
Sunderland
A
0–0
35,041
Report
Report
01-Jan-83
Notts County
H
5–1
Rush 15' , 78' , 87' Dalglish 30' , 72'
33,643
Report
Report
03-Jan-83
Arsenal
H
3–1
Rush 23' Souness 53' Dalglish 70'
37,713
Report
Report
15-Jan-83
West Bromwich Albion
A
1–0
Rush 90'
24,560
Report
Report
22-Jan-83
Birmingham City
H
1–0
Neal 8'
30,986
Report
Report
05-Feb-83
Luton Town
A
3–1
Rush 32' Kennedy 43' Souness 79'
18,434
Report
Report
12-Feb-83
Ipswich Town
H
1–0
Dalglish 66'
34,976
Report
Report
26-Feb-83
Manchester United
A
1–1
Dalglish 39'
57,397
Report
Report
05-Mar-83
Stoke City
H
5–1
Dalglish 7' , 47' Neal 35' Johnston 76' Souness 89'
30,020
Report
Report
12-Mar-83
West Ham United
H
3–0
Own Goal 50' Lee 55' Rush 67'
28,511
Report
Report
19-Mar-83
Everton
H
0–0
44,737
Report
Report
22-Mar-83
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
2–2
Rush 76' , 85'
25,030
Report
Report
02-Apr-83
Sunderland
H
1–0
Souness 72'
35,821
Report
Report
04-Apr-83
Manchester City
A
4–0
Souness 31' Fairclough 44' , 86' Kennedy 83'
35,647
Report
Report
09-Apr-83
Swansea City
H
3–0
Rush 57' Lee 72' Fairclough 86'
30,010
Report
Report
12-Apr-83
Coventry City
A
0–0
14,821
Report
Report
16-Apr-83
Southampton
A
2–3
Dalglish 13' Johnston 16'
23,578
Report
Report
23-Apr-83
Norwich City
H
0–2
37,022
Report
Report
30-Apr-83
Tottenham Hotspur
A
0–2
44,907
Report
Report
02-May-83
Nottingham Forest
A
0–1
25,107
Report
Report
07-May-83
Aston Villa
H
1–1
Johnston 82'
39,939
Report
Report
14-May-83
Watford
A
1–2
Johnston 62'
27,173
Report
Report
Final
Match rules
90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
One named substitute.
Maximum of one substitution.
National teams
League competitions
Levels 1–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions