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1980-81 season
General information
Manager

Bob Paisley

Captain

Phil Thompson

Performance
Division 1

5th

FA Cup

4th round

League Cup

Winners

Europe

European Cup: Winners

Top scorers
League

McDermott (13)

FA Cup

Dalglish (2)

League Cup

Johnson (4)

Europe

European Cup: Dalglish (7)

Overall

McDermott (22)

Attendances
Average

35,912

The 1980-81 season was Liverpool's 89th season of football since they were established. This was Liverpool's worst season in the league since the 1970-71 season; though they still finished a respectable fifth place. In cup competitions they were much more successful however, winning both the League Cup and European Cup.

Squad[]

LiverpoolSquad1980-1981

Note: Fixed squad numbers were not introduced until the 1993-94 season.

Friendlies[]

Pre-season[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
30 July 1980 Dundalk 2-0 Dalglish, Neal
1 August 1980 Anderlecht 3-4 Fairclough 2, McDermott
3 August 1980 Hvidore 3-1 Johnson, Thompson, Souness
5 August 1980 Stuttgart 2-3 Dalglish, Fairclough

Other friendlies[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
7 May 1981 Swansea 6-7[1] Unknown
11 May 1981 Everton 2-2[2] Unknown


Results[]

League[]

Date Opponent Score Scorers
16 August 1980 Crystal Palace 3-0 Dalglish (25), R. Kennedy (32), A. Kennedy (83)
19 August 1980 Coventry 0-0
23 August 1980 Leicester 0-2
30 August 1980 Norwich 4-1 Hansen (44), McDermott (65), A. Kennedy (72), Johnson (87)
6 September 1980 Birmingham 1-1 Dalglish (49)
13 September 1980 West Brom 4-0 McDermott (pen 27), Souness (44), Fairclough (67, 71)
20 September 1980 Southampton 2-2 Souness (8), Fairclough (56)
27 September 1980 Brighton 4-1 Souness (37, 57), McDermott (pen 56), Fairclough (83)
4 October 1980 Man City 3-0 Dalglish (38), Souness (52), Lee (83)
7 October 1980 Middlesbrough 4-2 McDermott (1, pen 79), R. Kennedy (61), Dalglish (86)
11 October 1980 Ipswich 1-1 McDermott (pen 39)
18 October 1980 Everton 2-2 Lee (23), Dalglish (56)
25 October 1980 Arsenal 1-1 Souness (48)
1 November 1980 Stoke 2-2 Johnson (24), Dalglish (79)
8 November 1980 Nottingham Forest 0-0
11 November 1980 Coventry 2-1 Johnson (28, 80)
15 November 1980 Crystal Palace 2-2 R. Kennedy (45), McDermott (77)
22 November 1980 Aston Villa 2-1 Dalglish (66, 88)
25 November 1980 Wolves 1-4 Neal (44)
29 November 1980 Sunderland 4-2 Johnson (14), McDermott (35), Lee (82, 84)
6 December 1980 Tottenham 2-1 Johnson (19), R. Kennedy (59)
13 December 1980 Ipswich 1-1 Case (61)
20 December 1980 Wolves 1-0 R. Kennedy (33)
26 December 1980 Man Utd 0-0
27 December 1980 Leeds 0-0
10 January 1981 Aston Villa 0-2
17 January 1981 Norwich 1-0 McDermott (23)
31 January 1981 Leicester 1-2 Young (og 15)
7 February 1981 West Brom 0-2
14 February 1981 Birmingham 2-2 Johnson (25), Neal (33)
21 February 1981 Brighton 2-2 Johnson (27), McDermott (65)
28 February 1981 Southampton 2-0 R. Kennedy (13), McDermott (60)
21 March 1981 Everton 1-0 Bailey (og 77)
28 March 1981 Arsenal 0-1
3 April 1981 Stoke 3-0 Whelan (27), McDermott (52, 81)
11 April 1981 Nottingham Forest 0-0
14 April 1981 Man Utd 0-1
18 April 1981 Leeds 0-0
25 April 1981 Tottenham 1-1 Gayle (25)
2 May 1981 Sunderland 0-1
5 May 1981 Middlesbrough 2-1 R. Kennedy (7), Irwin (28)
19 May 1981 Man City 1-0 R. Kennedy (16)


FA Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
3 3 January 1981 Altrincham 4-1 McDermott (27), Dalglish (39, 54), R. Kennedy (88)
4 24 January 1981 Everton 1-2 Case (76)


League Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
2 (1st leg) 27 August 1980 Bradford 0-1
2 (2nd leg) 2 September 1980 Bradford 4-0 Dalglish (9, 36), R. Kennedy (34), Johnson (59)
3 23 September 1980 Swindon 5-0 Lee (7, 85), Dalglish (17), Cockeril (og 75), Fairclough (80)
4 28 October 1980 Portsmouth 4-1 Dalglish (22), Johnson (39, 80), Souness (85)
5 2 December 1980 Birmingham 3-1 Dalglish (23), McDermott (66), Johnson (85)
Semi-final (1st leg) 14 January 1981 Man City 1-0 R. Kennedy (81)
Semi-final (2nd leg) 10 February 1981 Man City 1-1 Dalglish (23)
Final 14 March 1981 West Ham 1-1[3] A. Kennedy (118)
Final (R) 1 April 1981 West Ham 2-1 Dalglish (25), Hansen (28)

European Cup[]

Round Date Opponent Score Scorers
1 (1st leg) 17 September 1980 Oulu Palloseura 1-1 McDermott (15)
1 (2nd leg) 1 October 1980 Oulu Palloseura 10-1 Souness (5, 24, pen 52), McDermott (29, 41, 83), Lee (53), R. Kennedy (66), Fairclough (68, 81)
2 (1st leg) 22 October 1980 Aberdeen 1-0 McDermott (5)
2 (2nd leg) 5 November 1980 Aberdeen 4-0 Miller (og 37), Neal (43), Dalglish (58), Hansen (71)
3 (1st leg) 4 March 1981 CSKA Sofia 5-1 Souness (16, 51, 80), Lee (45), McDermott (62)
3 (2nd leg) 18 March 1981 CSKA Sofia 1-0 Johnson (10)
Semi-final (1st leg) 8 April 1981 Bayern Munich 0-0
Semi-final (2nd leg) 22 April 1981 Bayern Munich 1-1 R. Kennedy (83)
Final 27 May 1981 Real Madrid 1-0 A. Kennedy (81)

Other[]

Charity Shield:

Date Opponent Score Scorers
9 August 1980 West Ham 1-0 McDermott (17)


Tables[]

League[]

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts
4 West Brom 42 20 12 10 60 42 18 52
5 Liverpool 42 17 17 8 62 42 20 51
6 Southampton 42 20 10 12 76 56 20 50


Player stats[]

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF Jimmy Case 24 1 2 1 4 0 6 0 36 2
GK Ray Clemence 41 0 2 0 9 0 10 0 62 0
DF Avi Cohen 14 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 19 0
FW Kenny Dalglish 34 8 2 2 8 1 10 7 54 18
FW David Fairclough 9 4 1 0 4 1 2 2 16 7
FW Howard Gayle 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
MF Alan Hansen 36 1 0 0 8 1 10 1 54 3
MF Steve Heighway 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 10 0
DF Colin Irwin 21 1 2 0 4 0 3 0 30 1
FW David Johnson 29 8 1 0 5 4 6 1 41 13
DF Alan Kennedy 19 2 1 0 7 1 7 1 34 4
MF Ray Kennedy 41 8 2 1 9 2 10 2 62 13
MF Sammy Lee 37 4 2 0 7 2 9 2 55 8
MF Terry McDermott 40 13 2 1 9 1 9 7 60 22
DF Richard Money 14 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 17 0
DF Phil Neal 42 2 2 0 9 0 10 1 63 3
GK Steve Ogrizovic 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW Ian Rush 7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
FW Colin Russell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Kevin Sheedy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Graeme Souness 37 6 1 0 8 1 9 6 55 13
DF Phil Thompson 25 0 1 0 6 0 8 0 40 0
MF Ronnie Whelan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1


Transfers[]

In[]

Player From Fee Date
Bruce Grobbelaar Vancouver £250,000 17 March 1981
Craig Johnston Middlesbrough £650,000 3 April 1981

Out[]

Player To Fee Date
Dave Watson Norwich £200,000 29 November 1980
Steve Heighway Minnesota Kicks Free 1981

Notes[]

  1. Evans' testimonial.
  2. Steve Heighway's testimonial.
  3. After extra time.


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