1980-81 season

1980-81 season
General information
Manager	Bob Paisley
Captain	Phil Thompson
Performance
{{{division}}}	5th
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	Winners
Europe	European Cup: Winners
Top scorers
Europe	European Cup:
Attendances
Average	35,912

The 1980-81 season was Liverpool's 89th season of football since they were established.

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

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 friendles:

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
7 May 1981	Swansea	6-7	Unknown
11 May 1981	Everton	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

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts

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

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date