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1st Division
Anfield | 19 September 1981 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
0
-
0
Aston Villa
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.9)
1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Phil Neal
3
Alan Kennedy
4
Phil Thompson
(c)
5
Ray Kennedy
6
Alan Hansen
7
Kenny Dalglish
8
Sammy Lee
9
David Johnson
10
Terry McDermott
11
Graeme Souness
Substitutes
12
Ronnie Whelan
Red Cards
Ray Kennedy
81′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 27.13)
Jimmy Rimmer
Kenny Swain
Colin Gibson
Allan Evans
Ken McNaught
Dennis Mortimer
Des Bremner
Terry Donovan
Peter Withe
Gordon Cowans
Tony Morley
Notes
Other details
Manager:
Bob Paisley
Opposition manager:
Ron Saunders
Referee:
Tyson GM
Attendance:
37,474
Half-time score:
0
-
0
Game number:
3584
League game number:
3081
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
18th
Aston Villa league position:
14th
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29 Aug 1981 - Wolves 0-1 Liverpool
01 Sep 1981 - Liverpool 1-1 Middlesbrough
05 Sep 1981 - Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
12 Sep 1981 - Ipswich Town 0-2 Liverpool
16 Sep 1981 - Oulu Palloseura 1-0 Liverpool
19 Sep 1981 - Liverpool 0-0 Aston Villa
22 Sep 1981 - Coventry City 2-1 Liverpool
26 Sep 1981 - West Ham United 1-1 Liverpool
30 Sep 1981 - Liverpool 7-0 Oulu Palloseura
03 Oct 1981 - Liverpool 2-2 Swansea City
07 Oct 1981 - Liverpool 5-0 Exeter City
10 Oct 1981 - Liverpool 3-0 Leeds United
17 Oct 1981 - Brighton & Hove Albion 3-3 Liverpool
21 Oct 1981 - AZ 67 Alkmaar 2-2 Liverpool
24 Oct 1981 - Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United
28 Oct 1981 - Exeter City 6-0 Liverpool
31 Oct 1981 - Sunderland 2-0 Liverpool
04 Nov 1981 - Liverpool 3-2 AZ 67 Alkmaar
07 Nov 1981 - Liverpool 3-1 Everton
10 Nov 1981 - Liverpool 4-1 Middlesbrough
21 Nov 1981 - West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Liverpool
28 Nov 1981 - Liverpool 0-1 Southampton
01 Dec 1981 - Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool
05 Dec 1981 - Nottingham Forest 2-0 Liverpool
08 Dec 1981 - Liverpool 3-0 Arsenal
13 Dec 1981 - Liverpool 0-3 Flamengo
26 Dec 1981 - Liverpool 1-3 Manchester City
02 Jan 1982 - Swansea City 4-0 Liverpool
05 Jan 1982 - Liverpool 3-0 West Ham United
12 Jan 1982 - Liverpool 0-0 Barnsley
16 Jan 1982 - Liverpool 2-1 Wolves
19 Jan 1982 - Barnsley 3-1 Liverpool
23 Jan 1982 - Sunderland 3-0 Liverpool
26 Jan 1982 - Notts County 4-0 Liverpool
30 Jan 1982 - Aston Villa 3-0 Liverpool
02 Feb 1982 - Ipswich Town 2-0 Liverpool
06 Feb 1982 - Liverpool 4-0 Ipswich Town
09 Feb 1982 - Liverpool 2-2 Ipswich Town
13 Feb 1982 - Chelsea 0-2 Liverpool
16 Feb 1982 - Swansea City 0-2 Liverpool
20 Feb 1982 - Liverpool 4-0 Coventry City
27 Feb 1982 - Leeds United 2-0 Liverpool
03 Mar 1982 - Liverpool 1-0 CSKA Sofia
06 Mar 1982 - Liverpool 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
09 Mar 1982 - Stoke City 5-1 Liverpool
13 Mar 1982 - Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur
17 Mar 1982 - CSKA Sofia 0-2 Liverpool
20 Mar 1982 - Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland
27 Mar 1982 - Everton 3-1 Liverpool
30 Mar 1982 - Liverpool 3-1 Birmingham City
02 Apr 1982 - Liverpool 1-0 Notts County
07 Apr 1982 - Manchester United 1-0 Liverpool
10 Apr 1982 - Manchester City 5-0 Liverpool
13 Apr 1982 - Liverpool 2-0 Stoke City
17 Apr 1982 - Liverpool 1-0 West Bromwich Albion
24 Apr 1982 - Southampton 3-2 Liverpool
01 May 1982 - Liverpool 2-0 Nottingham Forest
03 May 1982 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Liverpool
08 May 1982 - Birmingham City 1-0 Liverpool
11 May 1982 - Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
15 May 1982 - Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur
18 May 1982 - Middlesbrough 0-0 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
West Ham U
5
3
2
0
10
3
+7
11
2
Ipswich T
5
3
2
0
12
6
+6
11
3
Southampton
5
3
1
1
9
4
+5
10
4
Swansea C
5
3
0
2
11
9
+2
9
5
Tottenham H
5
3
0
2
8
8
+0
9
6
Nottm Forest
5
2
2
1
7
6
+1
8
7
Man City
5
2
2
1
7
7
+0
8
8
Birmingham C
5
2
1
2
10
9
+1
7
9
Coventry C
5
2
1
2
9
9
+0
7
10
Notts Co
5
2
1
2
7
9
-2
7
11
Stoke C
5
2
0
3
9
8
+1
6
12
Brighton & HA
5
1
3
1
7
6
+1
6
13
Sunderland
5
1
3
1
6
7
-1
6
14
Aston Villa
5
1
2
2
5
5
+0
5
15
West Brom
5
1
2
2
5
5
+0
5
16
Man Utd
5
1
2
2
4
5
-1
5
17
Arsenal
5
1
2
2
3
4
-1
5
18
Liverpool
5
1
2
2
3
4
-1
5
19
Everton
5
1
2
2
5
7
-2
5
20
Leeds U
5
1
2
2
5
10
-5
5
21
Middlesbrough
5
1
1
3
4
9
-5
4
22
Wolves
5
1
1
3
2
8
-6
4
