1983 Football League Cup final

1983 Football League Cup Final
Event	1982–83 Football League Cup
	After extra time
Date	26 March 1983
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	George Courtney (County Durham)
Attendance	99,304
	← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Football League Cup Final was a football match held on 26 March 1983 between League Cup holders Liverpool and first-time finalists Manchester United, who won 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 eighth 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.

Match details

26 March 1983

15:00

Liverpool	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Manchester United
Kennedy 75' Whelan 98'	Report	Whiteside 12'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 99,304

Referee: George Courtney (County Durham)

Liverpool

Manchester United



GK	1	Bruce Grobbelaar
RB	2	Phil Neal
LB	3	Alan Kennedy
CB	4	Mark Lawrenson
LM	5	Ronnie Whelan
CB	6	Alan Hansen
CF	7	Kenny Dalglish
RM	8	Sammy Lee
CF	9	Ian Rush
CM	10	Craig Johnston	83'
CM	11	Graeme Souness (c)
Substitute:
FW	12	David Fairclough	83'
Manager:
Bob Paisley



GK	1	Gary Bailey
RB	2	Mike Duxbury
LB	3	Arthur Albiston
CM	4	Remi Moses
CB	5	Kevin Moran	69'
CB	6	Gordon McQueen
CM	7	Ray Wilkins (c)
LM	8	Arnold Mühren
CF	9	Frank Stapleton
CF	10	Norman Whiteside
RM	11	Steve Coppell
Substitute:
FW	12	Lou Macari	69'
Manager:
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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