Lansdowne Road (neutral venue) | Wednesday 30 July 1980 at 19:00 UK local time
| Ray Clemence |
| Phil Neal |
| Alan Kennedy |
| Alan Hansen |
| Phil Thompson |
| Jimmy Case |
| Graeme Souness |
| Terry McDermott |
| Ray Kennedy |
| David Johnson |
| Kenny Dalglish |
| David Johnson replaced by David Fairclough 46′ |
| Alan Kennedy replaced by Steve Heighway 72′ |
Opposition
Lineup: Blackmore, McConville, Lawlor (Crawley 83'), Keeley, Dunning (Braddish 78'), Flanagan, Carlyle (Byrne 72'), Fairclough (Duff 52'), Muckian, O'Doherty, Archbold
This match was arranged as part of a deal which took Synan Braddish, Derek Carroll and Brian Duff to Liverpool for a combined £50,000 in 1978. By the time the game was played, all three of them were back at Dundalk!