1980-81 season

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
←1979-80	1981-82→

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[]

GK. Bruce Grobbelaar
GK. Ray Clemence
GK. Steve Ogrizovic
DF. Avi Cohen
DF. Colin Irwin
DF. Alan Kennedy
DF. Phil Thompson
DF. Phil Neal
DF. Richard Money
DF. Alan Hansen
MF. Ronnie Whelan
MF. Steve Heighway
MF. Sammy Lee
MF. Kevin Sheedy
MF. Jimmy Case
MF. Terry McDermott
MF. Graeme Souness
MF. Ray Kennedy
FW. Kenny Dalglish
FW. Howard Gayle
FW. Colin Russell
FW. David Johnson
FW. David Fairclough
FW. Ian Rush

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
Pos.	Name	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[]

↑ Evans' testimonial.
↑ Steve Heighway's testimonial.
↑ After extra time.

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Grey seasons indicate war years

[1] Evans' testimonial.

[2] Steve Heighway's testimonial.

[3] After extra time.

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