Match details

Liverpool 1 - 1 Aston Villa

Game date: Saturday 7 May 1983 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 39,939
Half - time score: 0 - 1 Referee: Seel CN
Manager: Bob Paisley Opposition manager: Tony Barton
   

Starting lineup

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

Subs

12 Steve Nicol Steve Nicol

Goals

Craig Johnston 82'

Opposition lineup

Nigel Spink, Gary Williams, Colin Gibson, Allan Evans, Ken McNaught, Dennis Mortimer, Des Bremner, Gary Shaw, Alan Curbishley, Gordon Cowans, Tony Morley

Opposition goals

Gary Shaw 12' pen

Opposition substitutions

Gary Williams out for David Geddis 25'

Notes

- Phil Neal missed a penalty on 76'
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.42
- Average age of the Aston Villa starting lineup: 26.21
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Aston Villa league position after match: 5
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
Nigel Spink saved Neal's penalty but the referee ordered it to be re-taken. Spink then saved Neal's second kick as well!

Related files

Craig Johnston on the cover of Shoot!
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 24 10 7 86 35 16 4 1 55 16 8 6 6 31 19 82
2 Watford 41 21 5 15 72 56 15 2 3 47 19 6 3 12 25 37 68
3 Manchester United 39 18 13 8 51 33 13 7 0 36 10 5 6 8 15 23 67
4 Nottingham Forest 41 19 9 13 59 50 12 5 4 34 18 7 4 9 25 32 66
5 Aston Villa 41 20 5 16 60 49 16 2 2 45 14 4 3 14 15 35 65
6 Everton 41 18 9 14 65 47 13 5 2 42 18 5 4 12 23 29 63
7 Tottenham Hotspur 40 18 9 13 59 49 13 4 2 44 14 5 5 11 15 35 63
8 West Ham United 40 19 4 17 63 57 13 3 4 40 20 6 1 13 23 37 61
9 Ipswich Town 41 15 12 14 63 49 11 3 7 39 23 4 9 7 24 26 57
10 Southampton 41 15 12 14 54 57 11 5 4 36 21 4 7 10 18 36 57
11 Stoke City 41 16 9 16 52 60 13 4 4 34 21 3 5 12 18 39 57
12 West Bromwich Albion 41 15 11 15 50 48 11 5 5 35 20 4 6 10 15 28 56
13 Arsenal 40 15 10 15 54 53 11 6 4 36 19 4 4 11 18 34 55
14 Norwich City 41 13 12 16 50 57 9 6 5 28 17 4 6 11 22 40 51
15 Sunderland 41 12 13 16 47 60 7 9 4 29 21 5 4 12 18 39 49
16 Notts County 41 14 7 20 52 69 11 4 5 34 23 3 3 15 18 46 49
17 Coventry City 41 13 9 19 46 55 10 5 5 27 13 3 4 14 19 42 48
18 Birmingham City 41 11 14 16 39 55 9 7 5 29 24 2 7 11 10 31 47
19 Manchester City 41 13 8 20 47 69 9 5 6 26 22 4 3 14 21 47 47
20 Luton Town 40 11 13 16 64 81 7 7 7 34 33 4 6 9 30 48 46
21 Swansea City 41 10 11 20 51 66 10 4 6 32 26 0 7 14 19 40 41
22 Brighton & Hove Albion 41 9 13 19 37 66 8 7 6 25 22 1 6 13 12 44 40
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