Match details

Liverpool 3 - 0 Swansea City

Game date: Saturday 9 April 1983 at 11:30 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 30,010
Half - time score: 0 - 0 Referee: Lovatt J
Manager: Bob Paisley Opposition manager: John Toshack
   

Starting lineup

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

Subs

12 David Fairclough David Fairclough

Goals

Ian Rush 57'
Sammy Lee 72'
David Fairclough 86'

Substitutions

Craig Johnston out for David Fairclough 76'

Opposition lineup

Chris Sander, Chris Marustik, Gary Richards, Neil Robinson, Ante Rajkovic, Dudley Lewis, James Loveridge, Leighton James, Bob Latchford, Garry Stanley, Colin Pascoe

Opposition substitutions

Colin Pascoe out for Jeremy Charles 62'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.54
- Average age of the Swansea City starting lineup: 24.43
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Swansea City league position after match: 20
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
Brendan Rodgers' assistant manager at Liverpool, Colin Pascoe, said the following about this game: "I joined Swansea in 1981 as a youth trainee for two years - and I made my full league debut on my 18th birthday in 1983 at Anfield. It was an awesome experience. It being my 18th birthday made it a great event in itself, but to actually make the first XI and face Liverpool at Anfield was an extra special occasion. What I remember most about the game is chasing the ball! A lot of my memory of the day is quite blurred because it was so many years ago now, but I can remember pulling up at Anfield and there being a lot of fans outside, then going through the warm-up and kick-off. There was a brilliant atmosphere inside the stadium, and it was a great day - but unfortunately I was on the end of a 3-0 defeat!"

Related files

Match report in Fan club magazine
Match programme
Match ticket

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 35 24 8 3 83 26 16 3 0 54 13 8 5 3 29 13 80
2 Watford 36 20 4 12 66 45 14 2 2 44 15 6 2 10 22 30 64
3 Manchester United 34 16 12 6 46 26 11 7 0 32 9 5 5 6 14 17 60
4 Aston Villa 36 18 4 14 53 44 14 2 2 40 14 4 2 12 13 30 58
5 Stoke City 36 16 6 14 50 51 13 3 3 33 17 3 3 11 17 34 54
6 Nottingham Forest 36 15 8 13 49 45 10 4 4 29 15 5 4 9 20 30 53
7 West Ham United 35 16 4 15 57 52 11 3 4 36 20 5 1 11 21 32 52
8 Southampton 36 14 10 12 47 49 10 4 3 30 15 4 6 9 17 34 52
9 Everton 36 14 9 13 55 45 10 5 2 37 18 4 4 11 18 27 51
10 Tottenham Hotspur 35 14 9 12 51 45 11 4 2 39 13 3 5 10 12 32 51
11 Ipswich Town 36 13 11 12 53 41 9 3 6 31 19 4 8 6 22 22 50
12 Arsenal 35 13 10 12 46 47 9 6 3 30 18 4 4 9 16 29 49
13 West Bromwich Albion 36 12 11 13 47 46 9 5 4 33 19 3 6 9 14 27 47
14 Notts County 37 13 6 18 49 64 10 3 5 32 22 3 3 13 17 42 45
15 Coventry City 35 12 8 15 43 51 10 4 3 27 11 2 4 12 16 40 44
16 Sunderland 35 11 11 13 41 49 7 7 3 25 16 4 4 10 16 33 44
17 Manchester City 37 11 8 18 43 64 8 5 5 23 20 3 3 13 20 44 41
18 Norwich City 35 10 10 15 40 52 7 5 5 22 15 3 5 10 18 37 40
19 Luton Town 34 9 10 15 54 71 5 6 6 27 26 4 4 9 27 45 37
20 Swansea City 36 9 9 18 45 58 9 2 6 28 23 0 7 12 17 35 36
21 Brighton & Hove Albion 36 8 11 17 34 62 7 7 5 24 21 1 4 12 10 41 35
22 Birmingham City 35 7 13 15 31 50 7 6 5 25 23 0 7 10 6 27 34
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