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1st Division
Villa Park | 18 December 1982 at15:00UK local time
Aston Villa
2
-
4
Liverpool
Starting Lineup
(Average age 26.22)
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
David Hodgson
11
Graeme Souness
(c)
Substitutes
12
David Fairclough
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
David Hodgson
5′
Kenny Dalglish
9′ directly from corner
Alan Kennedy
27′
Ian Rush
88′
(Kenny Dalglish)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 26.32)
Jimmy Rimmer
Mark Jones
Gary Williams
Allan Evans
Ken McNaught
Dennis Mortimer
Des Bremner
Gary Shaw
Peter Withe
Gordon Cowans
Mark Walters
Opposition goals
Gary Shaw
34
′
Peter Withe
35
′
Notes
- Dalglish scored straight from a corner
Other details
Manager:
Bob Paisley
Opposition manager:
Tony Barton
Referee:
Scott M
Attendance:
34,568
Half-time score:
2
-
3
Game number:
3668
League game number:
3137
Liverpool league position:
1st
Aston Villa league position:
5th
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21 Aug 1982 - Liverpool 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
28 Aug 1982 - Liverpool 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
31 Aug 1982 - Birmingham City 0-0 Liverpool
04 Sep 1982 - Arsenal 2-0 Liverpool
07 Sep 1982 - Liverpool 4-3 Nottingham Forest
11 Sep 1982 - Liverpool 3-3 Luton Town
14 Sep 1982 - Dundalk 4-1 Liverpool
18 Sep 1982 - Swansea City 3-0 Liverpool
25 Sep 1982 - Liverpool 5-0 Southampton
28 Sep 1982 - Liverpool 1-0 Dundalk
02 Oct 1982 - Ipswich Town 0-1 Liverpool
05 Oct 1982 - Ipswich Town 2-1 Liverpool
09 Oct 1982 - West Ham United 1-3 Liverpool
16 Oct 1982 - Liverpool 0-0 Manchester United
19 Oct 1982 - HJK Helsinki 0-1 Liverpool
23 Oct 1982 - Stoke City 1-1 Liverpool
26 Oct 1982 - Liverpool 2-0 Ipswich Town
30 Oct 1982 - Liverpool 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
02 Nov 1982 - Liverpool 5-0 HJK Helsinki
06 Nov 1982 - Everton 5-0 Liverpool
10 Nov 1982 - Liverpool 1-0 Rotherham United
13 Nov 1982 - Liverpool 4-0 Coventry City
20 Nov 1982 - Notts County 2-1 Liverpool
27 Nov 1982 - Liverpool 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur
30 Nov 1982 - Liverpool 2-0 Norwich City
04 Dec 1982 - Norwich City 0-1 Liverpool
11 Dec 1982 - Liverpool 3-1 Watford
18 Dec 1982 - Aston Villa 4-2 Liverpool
27 Dec 1982 - Liverpool 5-2 Manchester City
28 Dec 1982 - Sunderland 0-0 Liverpool
01 Jan 1983 - Liverpool 5-1 Notts County
03 Jan 1983 - Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal
08 Jan 1983 - Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Liverpool
15 Jan 1983 - West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Liverpool
18 Jan 1983 - Liverpool 2-1 West Ham United
22 Jan 1983 - Liverpool 1-0 Birmingham City
29 Jan 1983 - Liverpool 2-0 Stoke City
05 Feb 1983 - Luton Town 3-1 Liverpool
08 Feb 1983 - Liverpool 3-0 Burnley
12 Feb 1983 - Liverpool 1-0 Ipswich Town
15 Feb 1983 - Burnley 0-1 Liverpool
20 Feb 1983 - Liverpool 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
26 Feb 1983 - Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool
02 Mar 1983 - Widzew Lodz 0-2 Liverpool
05 Mar 1983 - Liverpool 5-1 Stoke City
12 Mar 1983 - Liverpool 3-0 West Ham United
16 Mar 1983 - Liverpool 3-2 Widzew Lodz
19 Mar 1983 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
22 Mar 1983 - Brighton & Hove Albion 2-2 Liverpool
26 Mar 1983 - Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
02 Apr 1983 - Liverpool 1-0 Sunderland
04 Apr 1983 - Manchester City 4-0 Liverpool
09 Apr 1983 - Liverpool 3-0 Swansea City
12 Apr 1983 - Coventry City 0-0 Liverpool
16 Apr 1983 - Southampton 2-3 Liverpool
23 Apr 1983 - Liverpool 0-2 Norwich City
30 Apr 1983 - Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Liverpool
02 May 1983 - Nottingham Forest 0-1 Liverpool
07 May 1983 - Liverpool 1-1 Aston Villa
14 May 1983 - Watford 1-2 Liverpool
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Liverpool
19
12
4
3
45
17
+28
40
2
Man Utd
19
10
5
4
28
14
+14
35
3
Nottm Forest
19
11
2
6
33
25
+8
35
4
Watford
19
10
3
6
37
22
+15
33
5
Aston Villa
19
10
1
8
30
24
+6
31
6
West Ham U
19
10
1
8
33
28
+5
31
7
Coventry C
20
9
4
7
25
24
+1
31
8
West Brom
19
9
3
7
31
28
+3
30
9
Man City
19
8
4
7
23
26
-3
28
10
Ipswich T
20
7
6
7
32
24
+8
27
11
Tottenham H
19
8
3
8
30
27
+3
27
12
Everton
19
7
5
7
32
26
+6
26
13
Southampton
19
7
4
8
24
32
-8
25
14
Stoke C
19
7
3
9
32
31
+1
24
15
Notts Co
19
7
3
9
24
34
-10
24
16
Arsenal
19
6
5
8
21
26
-5
23
17
Swansea C
19
6
4
9
26
30
-4
22
18
Brighton & HA
19
6
4
9
19
37
-18
22
19
Luton T
19
4
8
7
36
43
-7
20
20
Sunderland
19
4
5
10
24
37
-13
17
21
Norwich C
19
4
5
10
20
33
-13
17
22
Birmingham C
19
3
8
8
12
29
-17
17
