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.

Squad

Goalkeepers Bob Wardle Bruce Grobbelaar

Defenders Phil Neal Alan Hansen John McGregor Phil Thompson Alan Kennedy Mark Lawrenson

Midfielders Craig Johnston Sammy Lee Terry McDermott Graeme Souness Ronnie Whelan Steve Nicol

Attackers Kenny Dalglish David Fairclough Howard Gayle David Hodgson Ian Rush Squad statistics Appearances and goals

League table

Results

First Division

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 28-Aug-82 West Bromwich Albion H 2–0 Lee Neal 35,652 Report Report 31-Aug-82 Birmingham City A 0–0 20,176 Report Report 04-Sep-82 Arsenal A 2–0 Hodgson Neal 36,429 Report Report 07-Sep-82 Nottingham Forest H 4–3 Hodgson Souness Rush 27,145 Report Report 11-Sep-82 Luton Town H 3–3 Souness Rush Johnston 33,694 Report Report 18-Sep-82 Swansea City A 3–0 Rush Johnston 20,322 Report Report 25-Sep-82 Southampton H 5–0 Whelan Souness Lawrenson 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 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 29,411 Report Report 30-Oct-82 Brighton & Hove Albion H 3–1 Lawrenson Dalglish 27,929 Report Report 06-Nov-82 Everton A 5–0 Rush Lawrenson 52,741 Report Report 13-Nov-82 Coventry City H 4–0 Dalglish Rush 27,870 Report Report 20-Nov-82 Notts County A 2–1 Johnston Dalglish 16,914 Report Report 27-Nov-82 Tottenham Hotspur H 3–0 Neal Dalglish 40,691 Report Report 04-Dec-82 Norwich City A 0–1 22,909 Report Report 11-Dec-82 Watford H 3–1 Rush Neal 36,690 Report Report 18-Dec-82 Aston Villa A 4–2 Hodgson Dalglish Kennedy Rush 34,568 Report Report 27-Dec-82 Manchester City H 5–2 Dalglish Neal Rush 44,664 Report Report 28-Dec-82 Sunderland A 0–0 35,041 Report Report 01-Jan-83 Notts County H 5–1 Rush Dalglish 33,643 Report Report 03-Jan-83 Arsenal H 3–1 Rush Souness Dalglish 37,713 Report Report 15-Jan-83 West Bromwich Albion A 1–0 Rush 24,560 Report Report 22-Jan-83 Birmingham City H 1–0 Neal 30,986 Report Report 05-Feb-83 Luton Town A 3–1 Rush Kennedy Souness 18,434 Report Report 12-Feb-83 Ipswich Town H 1–0 Dalglish 34,976 Report Report 26-Feb-83 Manchester United A 1–1 Dalglish 57,397 Report Report 05-Mar-83 Stoke City H 5–1 Dalglish Neal Johnston Souness 30,020 Report Report 12-Mar-83 West Ham United H 3–0 Own goal Lee Rush 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 25,030 Report Report 02-Apr-83 Sunderland H 1–0 Souness 35,821 Report Report 04-Apr-83 Manchester City A 4–0 Souness Fairclough Kennedy 35,647 Report Report 09-Apr-83 Swansea City H 3–0 Rush Lee Fairclough 30,010 Report Report 12-Apr-83 Coventry City A 0–0 14,821 Report Report 16-Apr-83 Southampton A 2–3 Dalglish Johnston 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 39,939 Report Report 14-May-83 Watford A 1–2 Johnston 27,173 Report Report

FA Charity Shield

GK 1 Bruce GrobbelaarRB 2 Phil NealCB 4 Mark LawrensonCB 6 Alan HansenLB 3 Alan KennedyRM 8 Sammy LeeCM 10 Ronnie WhelanCM 11 Graeme Souness (c)LM 5 Phil ThompsonCF 7 Kenny Dalglish CF 9 Ian RushSubstitutes:MF 12 David Hodgson Manager: Bob Paisley GK 1 Ray ClemenceDF 6 Gary O'ReillyDF 3 Paul MillerDF 4 John LacyDF 2 Chris HughtonMF 10 Glenn HoddleMF 5 Micky HazardMF 7 Gary MabbuttMF 9 Tony GalvinFW 8 Steve ArchibaldFW 11 Garth CrooksSubstitutes:DF 12 Steve PerrymanFW 14 Mark FalcoManager: Keith Burkinshaw

FA Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 08-Jan-83 Blackburn Rovers A 2–1 Hodgson Rush 21,967 Report Report 29-Jan-83 Stoke City H 2–0 Dalglish Rush 36,666 Report Report 20-Feb-83 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–2 Johnston 44,868 Report Report

League Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 05-Oct-82 Ipswich Town A 2–1 Rush 19,328 Report Report 26-Oct-82 Ipswich Town H 2–0 Whelan Lawrenson 17,698 Report Report 10-Nov-82 Rotherham United H 1–0 Johnston 20,412 Report Report 30-Nov-82 Norwich City H 2–0 Lawrenson Fairclough 13,235 Report Report 18-Jan-83 West Ham United H 2–1 Hodgson Souness 23,953 Report Report 08-Feb-83 Burnley H 3–0 Souness Neal Hodgson 33,520 Report Report 15-Feb-83 Burnley A 0–1 20,000 Report Report

Final

GK 1 Bruce GrobbelaarRB 2 Phil NealLB 3 Alan KennedyCB 4 Mark LawrensonLM 5 Ronnie WhelanCB 6 Alan HansenCF 7 Kenny DalglishRM 8 Sammy LeeCF 9 Ian RushCM 10 Craig Johnston CM 11 Graeme Souness (c)Substitute:FW 12 David Fairclough Manager: Bob Paisley GK 1 Gary BaileyRB 2 Mike DuxburyLB 3 Arthur AlbistonCM 4 Remi MosesCB 5 Kevin Moran CB 6 Gordon McQueenCM 7 Ray WilkinsLM 8 Arnold MührenCF 9 Frank StapletonCF 10 Norman Whiteside (c)RM 11 Steve CoppellSubstitute:FW 12 Lou Macari Manager: Ron Atkinson Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. One named substitute. Maximum of one substitution.

European Cup

DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 14-Sep-82 Dundalk A 4–1 Whelan Rush Hodgson 16,500 Report Report 28-Sep-82 Dundalk H 1–0 Whelan 12,021 Report Report 19-Oct-82 HJK Helsinki A 0–1 5,722 Report Report 02-Nov-82 HJK Helsinki H 5–0 Dalglish Johnston Neal Kennedy 16,434 Report Report 02-Mar-83 Widzew Łódź A 0–2 45,531 Report Report 16-Mar-83 Widzew Łódź H 3–2 Neal Rush Hodgson 44,494 Report Report

References LFC History.net – Games for the 1982–83 season Liverweb - Games for the 1982–83 season