1979-80 season

1979-80 season
General information
Manager	Bob Paisley
Captain	Phil Thompson
Performance
{{{division}}}	Winners
FA Cup	Semi-final
League Cup	Semi-final
Europe	European Cup: 1st round
Top scorers
Europe	European Cup:
Attendances
Average	42,233

The 1979-80 season was Liverpool's 88th season of football since they were established.

Squad

• GK. Ray Clemence
• GK. Steve Ogrizovic
• DF. Avi Cohen
• DF. Colin Irwin
• DF. Alan Kennedy
• DF. Phil Thompson
• DF. Phil Neal
• DF. Brian Kettle
• DF. Richard Money
• DF. Alan Hansen
• MF. Steve Heighway
• MF. Sammy Lee
• MF. Terry McDermott
• MF. Ray Kennedy
• MF. Kevin Sheedy
• MF. Graeme Souness
• MF. Jimmy Case
• FW. Howard Gayle
• FW. David Johnson
• FW. David Fairclough
• FW. Kenny Dalglish
• FW. Frank McGarvey

Pre season

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 August 1979	Borussia Moenchengladbach	4-2	R. Kennedy (14), McDermott (33), Souness (47), Dalglish (88)
3 August 1979	Feyenoord	2-2	Thompson (35), Johnson (47)
5 August 1979	Benfica	1-1	A. Kennedy (73)
7 August 1979	FBU Select	5-2	Souness (23), Fairclough (47, 50, 71), Lee (67)
18 August 1979	League of Ireland	2-0	Hansen (66), McDermott (78)

Other friendles:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
6 November 1979	Lille	1-3	McDermott (pen 62)
14 May 1980	Anderlecht	6-8	Gayle 2, Keegan, Money, Clemence, Jones
26 May 1980	Bahrain XI	2-1	Gayle , Souness
29 May 1980	Al Nasr	8-0	Fairclough 3, McDermott 2, Lee, R. Kennedy, Souness

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
21 August 1979	Bolton	0-0
25 August 1979	West Brom	3-1	Johnson (11, 58), McDermott (52)
1 September 1979	Southampton	2-3	Johnson (16), Irwin (74)
8 September 1979	Coventry	4-0	Johnson (27, 90), Case (58), Dalglish (62)
15 September 1979	Leeds	1-1	McDermott (81)
22 September 1979	Norwich	0-0
29 September 1979	Nottingham Forest	0-1
6 October 1979	Bristol	4-0	Johnson (3), Dalglish (30), R. Kennedy (34), McDermott (80)
9 October 1979	Bolton	1-1	Dalglish (80)
13 October 1979	Ipswich	2-1	Hunter (og 18), Johnson (54)
20 October 1979	Everton	2-2	Lyone (og 8), R. Kennedy (55)
27 October 1979	Man City	4-0	Johnson (12),Dalglish (31, 67), R. Kennedy (86)
3 November 1979	Wolves	3-0	Dalglish (4, 52), R. Kennedy (67)
10 November 1979	Brighton	4-1	R. Kennedy (19), Dalglish (65, 83), Johnson (67)
17 November 1979	Tottenham	2-1	McDermott (34, 69)
24 November 1979	Arsenal	0-0
1 December 1979	Middlesbrough	4-0	McDermott (5), Hansen (13), Johnson (73), R. Kennedy (84)
8 December 1979	Aston Villa	3-1	R. Kennedy (55), Hansen (60), McDermott (74)
15 December 1979	Crystal Palace	3-0	Case (44), Dalglish (48), McDermott (67)
22 December 1979	Derby	3-1	Davies (og 16), McDermott (pen 53), Johnson (55)
26 December 1979	Man Utd	2-0	Hansen (15), Johnson (85)
29 December 1979	West Brom	2-0	Johnson (24, 44)
12 January 1980	Southampton	1-1	McDermott (pen 60)
19 January 1980	Coventry	0-1
9 February 1980	Norwich	5-3	Fairclough (4, 18, 75), Dalglish (88), Case (89)
19 February 1980	Nottingham Forest	2-0	McDermott (80), R. Kennedy (84)
23 February 1980	Ipswich	1-1	Fairclough (8)
26 February 1980	Wolves	0-1
1 March 1980	Everton	2-1	Johnson (19), Neal (pen 31)
11 March 1980	Man City	2-0	Caton (og 56), Souness (83)
15 March 1980	Bristol	3-1	R. Kennedy (5), Dalglish (55, 89)
19 March 1980	Leeds	3-0	Johnson (33, 80), A. Kennedy (60)
22 March 1980	Brighton	1-0	Hansen (70)
29 March 1980	Tottenham	0-2
1 April 1980	Stoke	1-0	Dalglish (34)
5 April 1980	Man Utd	1-2	Dalglish (14)
8 April 1980	Derby	3-0	Irwin (20), Johnson (50), Osgood (og 83)
19 April 1980	Arsenal	1-1	Dalglish (12)
23 April 1980	Stoke	2-0	Johnson (34), Fairclough (60)
26 April 1980	Crystal Palace	0-0
3 May 1980	Aston Villa	4-1	Johnson (3, 72), Cohen (50), Blake (og 78)
6 May 1980	Middlesbrough	0-1

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
3	5 January 1980	Grimsby	5-0	Souness (19), Johnson (42, 65, 74), Case (87)
4	26 January 1980	Nottingham Forest	2-0	Dalglish (31), McDermott (pen 71)
5	16 February 1980	Bury	2-0	Fairclough (64, 81)
6	8 March 1980	Tottenham	1-0	McDermott (38)
Semi-final	12 April 1980	Arsenal	0-0
Semi-final (R)	16 April 1980	Arsenal	1-1	Fairclough (51)
Semi-final (R)	28 April 1980	Arsenal	1-1	Dalglish (90)
Semi-final (R)	1 May 1980	Arsenal	0-1

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
2	29 August 1979	Tranmere	0-0
2 (R)	4 September 1979	Tranmere	4-0	Thompson (46), Dalglish (49, 75), Fairclough (83)
3	25 September 1979	Chesterfield	3-1	Fairclough (10), Dalglish (34), McDermott (80)
4	30 October 1979	Exeter	2-0	Fairclough (60, 90)
5	5 December 1979	Norwich	3-1	Johnson (11, 31), Dalglish (37)
Semi-final (1st leg)	22 January 1980	Nottingham Forest	0-1
Semi-final (2nd leg)	12 February 1980	Nottingham Forest	1-1	Fairclough (89)

European Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
1 (1st leg)	19 September 1979	Dynamo Tblisi	2-1	Johnson (19), Case (44)
1 (2nd leg)	3 October 1979	Dynamo Tblisi	0-3

Other

Charity Shield:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
11 August 1979	Arsenal	3-1	McDermott (38, 65), Dalglish (63)

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	25	10	7	81	30	51	60
2	Man Utd	42	24	10	8	65	35	30	58
3	Ipswich	42	22	9	11	68	39	29	53

Player stats

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Ian Rush	Chester	£300,000	1 May 1980

Out

No outgoing transfers.