Match details

Liverpool 3 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur

Game date: Saturday 15 May 1982 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 48,122
Half - time score: 0 - 1 Referee: Mills T
Manager: Bob Paisley Opposition manager: Keith Burkinshaw
   

Starting lineup

1 Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar
2 Phil Neal Phil Neal
3 Mark Lawrenson Mark Lawrenson
4 Alan Kennedy Alan Kennedy
5 Ronnie Whelan Ronnie Whelan
6 Phil Thompson Phil Thompson
7 Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish
8 Sammy Lee Sammy Lee
9 Ian Rush Ian Rush
10 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen
11 Graeme Souness Graeme Souness (c)

Subs

12 Craig Johnston Craig Johnston

Goals

Mark Lawrenson 51'
Kenny Dalglish 55'
Ronnie Whelan 87'

Opposition lineup

Ray Clemence, Chris Hughton, Paul Miller, Graham Roberts, Mike Hazard, Steve Perryman, Gary Brooke, Mark Falco, Ricky Villa, Glenn Hoddle, Garth Crooks

Opposition goals

Glenn Hoddle 27'

Opposition substitutions

Garth Crooks out for Paul Price 77'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.22
- Average age of the Tottenham Hotspur starting lineup: 25.17
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Tottenham Hotspur league position after match: 4
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- After finishing a disappointing 5th in the 1980-81 season, Paisley stirred the foundations of his team and after an impressive 20 wins in 25 league games in the second part of the season Liverpool win the championship by a four point margin.

Related files

Daily Mirror report
Liverpool Echo's League title souvenir
Grobbelaar: Clown who had the last laugh
Who said 13 was unlucky?
Rush: Hot-shot with golden touch
Lawrenson a man for all seasons
Match programme

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Liverpool 41 26 8 7 80 32 14 3 4 39 14 12 5 3 41 18 86
2 Ipswich Town 41 25 5 11 73 52 16 1 3 45 24 9 4 8 28 28 80
3 Manchester United 42 22 12 8 59 29 12 6 3 27 9 10 6 5 32 20 78
4 Tottenham Hotspur 41 20 11 10 66 46 12 4 5 41 26 8 7 5 25 20 71
5 Arsenal 42 20 11 11 48 37 13 5 3 27 15 7 6 8 21 22 71
6 Swansea City 41 21 6 14 58 48 13 3 5 34 16 8 3 9 24 32 69
7 Southampton 42 19 9 14 72 67 15 2 4 49 30 4 7 10 23 37 66
8 Everton 42 17 13 12 56 50 11 7 3 33 21 6 6 9 23 29 64
9 West Ham United 42 14 16 12 66 57 9 10 2 42 29 5 6 10 24 28 58
10 Manchester City 42 15 13 14 49 50 9 7 5 32 23 6 6 9 17 27 58
11 Nottingham Forest 42 15 12 15 42 48 7 7 7 19 20 8 5 8 23 28 57
12 Aston Villa 41 14 12 15 52 53 8 6 6 25 24 6 6 9 27 29 54
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 13 13 16 43 52 8 7 6 30 24 5 6 10 13 28 52
14 Coventry City 42 13 11 18 56 62 9 4 8 31 24 4 7 10 25 38 50
15 Notts County 42 13 8 21 61 69 8 5 8 32 33 5 3 13 29 36 47
16 Birmingham City 42 10 14 18 53 61 8 6 7 29 25 2 8 11 24 36 44
17 Sunderland 42 11 11 20 38 58 6 5 10 19 26 5 6 10 19 32 44
18 Leeds United 41 10 12 19 39 59 6 11 4 23 20 4 1 15 16 39 42
19 West Bromwich Albion 40 10 11 19 44 54 5 6 9 22 25 5 5 10 22 29 41
20 Stoke City 41 11 8 22 41 63 8 2 10 24 28 3 6 12 17 35 41
21 Wolves 42 10 10 22 32 63 8 5 8 19 20 2 5 14 13 43 40
22 Middlesbrough 41 8 14 19 34 52 5 8 7 20 24 3 6 12 14 28 38
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