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League Cup Final

Wembley | Saturday 26 March 1983 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 1 Manchester United
After extra time
Half time 0–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 26.5)

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

Substitutes

12
David Fairclough

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.85)

Gary Bailey
Mike Duxbury
Arthur Albiston
Remi Moses
Kevin Moran
Gordon McQueen
Ray Wilkins
Arnold Muhren
Frank Stapleton
Norman Whiteside
Steve Coppell

Substitutes used

Lou Macari

Notes

  • - The previous night Kenny Dalglish was voted the PFA's Player of the Year and Ian Rush the Young Player of the Year.

    - Alan Kennedy recalls: "I was on a cruise with the Norwegian branch of the Liverpool Supporters Club last week and they presented me with a picture of the goal I scored in that game. You can see all the Liverpool players laughing — almost in disbelief — that my shot was on target! They shouldn’t have been: a couple of minutes earlier I’d had a crack from a similar spot that missed by inches, so I was just finding my range. I remember a fantastic game between two closely matched sides. It was only in extra time that we got on top when Ronnie Whelan settled it with a fantastic goal. As we had won it the previous two years, it had become a special competition and the gloss was applied when Graeme Souness insisted that Bob Paisley go up to collect the cup, as he was retiring at the end of the season. It was a fitting tribute to a legend."

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley
Opposition manager: Ron Atkinson
Referee: Courtney G
Attendance: 99,304
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 3690
League Cup game number: 83

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Liverpool
Manchester United
12'
Norman Whiteside (0–1)
HT 0–1
69'
Lou Macari Kevin Moran
Alan Kennedy (Sammy Lee) (1–1)
75'
Craig Johnston David Fairclough
83'
ET 2–1
Ronnie Whelan (2–1)
98'
After extra time 2–1

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