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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 3 May 1980 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 4 - 1 Aston Villa
Half time 1–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.15)

1
Ray Clemence
2
Phil Neal
3
Avi Cohen
4
Phil Thompson (c)
5
Ray Kennedy
6
Alan Hansen
7
Kenny Dalglish
8
Sammy Lee
9
David Johnson
10
Terry McDermott
11
Graeme Souness

Substitutes

12
Howard Gayle

Opposition Lineup (Average age 22.69)

Jimmy Rimmer
Kenny Swain
Colin Gibson
Noel Blake
Brendan Ormsby
Patrick Heard
Des Bremner
Gary Shaw
David Geddis
Gordon Cowans
Ivor Linton

Substitutes used

Tony Morley

Notes

  • - Avi Cohen scores his first LFC goal
  • - For the second year running Liverpool win the title by beating Aston Villa comprehensively at Anfield. Man Utd are left in their wake, two points behind.
    - David Johnson scored a tremendous goal: "Ronnie Moran had a go at me for not scoring enough goals with my left foot. I lashed one and it hit the post and shot across into the net."

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley
Opposition manager: Ron Saunders
Referee: Morris T
Attendance: 51,541
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 3514
League game number: 3033
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Aston Villa league position: 5th
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Aston Villa
David Johnson (Terry McDermott) (1–0)
3'
26'
Avi Cohen o.g. (1–1)
HT 1–1
Avi Cohen (Kenny Dalglish) (2–1)
50'
70'
Tony Morley Ivor Linton
David Johnson (Graeme Souness) (3–1)
72'
Noel Blake o.g. (4–1)
78'
Full time 4–1

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Liverpool clinch 1980 title
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