1983 Football League Cup Final

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1983 Football League Cup Final
Event 1982–83 Football League Cup
After extra time
Date 26 March 1983
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance 99,304
1982
1984

The 1983 Milk Cup Final was a football match held on 26 March 1983 between League Cup holders Liverpool and Manchester United, who would go on to win the FA Cup later that year. Liverpool won the match 2–1; Norman Whiteside scored the opener for Manchester United, before Alan Kennedy equalised with 15 minutes to go. The winner was scored in the 8th minute of extra-time by Ronnie Whelan.

Had Manchester United won the League Cup as well as the FA Cup that year, they would have become the first team ever to have won the two competitions in the same season. Instead, Liverpool won their third successive League Cup, and the second of three successive League and League Cup Doubles.

The match was played at Wembley Stadium in front of approximately 100,000 spectators.

Liverpool manager Bob Paisley collected the trophy, as it was his last major final in charge of Liverpool.

[edit] Match details

26 March 1983
15:00
Liverpool 2–1 Manchester United Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 99,304
Kennedy Goal 75'
Whelan Goal 98'
Report Whiteside Goal 12'
GK 1 Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar
RB 2 England Phil Neal
LB 3 England Alan Kennedy
CB 4 Republic of Ireland Mark Lawrenson
LM 5 Republic of Ireland Ronnie Whelan
CB 6 Scotland Alan Hansen
CF 7 Scotland Kenny Dalglish
RM 8 England Sammy Lee
CF 9 Wales Ian Rush
CM 10 England Craig Johnston Substituted off in the 83rd minute 83'
CM 11 Scotland Graeme Souness (c)
Substitute:
FW 12 England David Fairclough Substituted on in the 83rd minute 83'
Manager:
England Bob Paisley
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GK 1 England Gary Bailey
RB 2 England Mike Duxbury
LB 3 Scotland Arthur Albiston
CM 4 England Remi Moses
CB 5 Republic of Ireland Kevin Moran Substituted off in the 69th minute 69'
CB 6 Scotland Gordon McQueen
CM 7 England Ray Wilkins
LM 8 Netherlands Arnold Mühren
CF 9 Republic of Ireland Frank Stapleton
CF 10 Northern Ireland Norman Whiteside (c)
RM 11 England Steve Coppell
Substitute:
FW 12 Scotland Lou Macari Substituted on in the 69th minute 69'
Manager:
England Ron Atkinson

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Replay if scores still level.
  • One named substitute.
  • Maximum of one substitution.

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