Match details

Liverpool 5 - 0 Coventry City

Game date: Monday 7 May 1984 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 33,393
Half - time score: 2 - 0 Referee: Challinor A
Manager: Joe Fagan Opposition manager: Bobby Gould
   

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 John Wark John Wark
11 Graeme Souness Graeme Souness (c)

Subs

12 Craig Johnston Craig Johnston

Goals

Ian Rush 43'
Ian Rush 45'
Ian Rush 57' pen
Alan Hansen 71'
Ian Rush 81'

Opposition lineup

Perry Suckling, Ian Butterworth, Stuart Pearce, Gerry Daly, Steve Jacobs, Sam Allardyce, Dave Bennett, Nicky Platnauer, Mick Ferguson, Terry Gibson, Micky Gynn

Opposition substitutions

Mick Ferguson out for Andy Spring 61'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.88
- Average age of the Coventry City starting lineup: 24.06
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Coventry City league position after match: 19
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Related files

Liverpool Echo report
Geoff Twentyman's discovery of Ian Rush
Billy Liddell is an admirer of Rush
Anfield's goal orgy
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 40 22 12 6 72 31 14 4 2 49 11 8 8 4 23 20 78
2 Manchester United 40 20 13 7 70 38 14 3 4 43 18 6 10 3 27 20 73
3 Queens Park Rangers 41 22 7 12 66 34 14 4 3 37 12 8 3 9 29 22 73
4 Southampton 39 20 10 9 61 37 15 4 2 44 17 5 6 7 17 20 70
5 Nottingham Forest 40 20 8 12 72 44 13 4 3 45 17 7 4 9 27 27 68
6 Arsenal 41 18 9 14 73 58 10 5 6 41 29 8 4 8 32 29 63
7 West Ham United 40 17 9 14 59 52 10 4 5 38 21 7 5 9 21 31 60
8 Tottenham Hotspur 41 17 9 15 63 64 11 3 6 30 23 6 6 9 33 41 60
9 Aston Villa 41 17 9 15 58 59 14 3 4 34 22 3 6 11 24 37 60
10 Everton 40 14 14 12 40 41 8 9 3 18 11 6 5 9 22 30 56
11 Watford 41 15 9 17 66 76 8 7 5 34 30 7 2 12 32 46 54
12 Leicester City 41 13 12 16 65 66 11 5 4 40 28 2 7 12 25 38 51
13 Luton Town 41 14 9 18 53 63 7 5 9 30 33 7 4 9 23 30 51
14 Norwich City 40 12 14 14 46 46 9 8 4 34 20 3 6 10 12 26 50
15 Ipswich Town 41 14 8 19 53 56 10 4 6 32 22 4 4 13 21 34 50
16 Sunderland 41 12 13 16 40 53 8 9 4 26 18 4 4 12 14 35 49
17 West Bromwich Albion 40 13 9 18 45 60 9 4 6 27 23 4 5 12 18 37 48
18 Birmingham City 41 12 11 18 39 50 7 6 7 19 18 5 5 11 20 32 47
19 Coventry City 41 12 11 18 55 76 7 5 8 31 32 5 6 10 24 44 47
20 Stoke City 41 12 11 18 40 63 10 4 6 26 23 2 7 12 14 40 47
21 Notts County 40 10 10 20 49 69 6 6 7 30 33 4 4 13 19 36 40
22 Wolves 41 6 11 24 27 76 4 8 9 15 28 2 3 15 12 48 29
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