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1st Division
Anfield | 29 October 1983 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
6
-
0
Luton Town
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.25)
1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Phil Neal
3
Alan Kennedy
4
Mark Lawrenson
5
Steve Nicol
6
Alan Hansen
7
Kenny Dalglish
8
Sammy Lee
9
Ian Rush
10
Michael Robinson
11
Graeme Souness
(c)
Substitutes
12
David Hodgson
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Ian Rush
2′
Ian Rush
5′
Ian Rush
36′
(Steve Nicol)
Kenny Dalglish
38′
Ian Rush
55′
(Alan Kennedy)
Ian Rush
88′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 25.69)
Les Sealey
Kirk Stephens
Mitchell Thomas
Brian Horton
Paul Elliott
Mal Donaghy
Ricky Hill
Brian Stein
Paul Walsh
Wayne Turner
Raddy Antic
Notes
- Ian Rush scores 5 goals, one of five players in LFC's history to accomplish that feat in one game.
Related articles
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Other details
Manager:
Joe Fagan
Opposition manager:
David Pleat
Referee:
Key JM
Attendance:
31,940
Half-time score:
4
-
0
Game number:
3717
League game number:
3171
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
2nd
Luton Town league position:
7th
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20 Aug 1983 - Liverpool 0-2 Manchester United
27 Aug 1983 - Wolves 1-1 Liverpool
31 Aug 1983 - Norwich City 1-0 Liverpool
03 Sep 1983 - Liverpool 1-0 Nottingham Forest
06 Sep 1983 - Liverpool 1-1 Southampton
10 Sep 1983 - Arsenal 2-0 Liverpool
14 Sep 1983 - Odense Boldklub 1-0 Liverpool
17 Sep 1983 - Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa
24 Sep 1983 - Manchester United 0-1 Liverpool
28 Sep 1983 - Liverpool 5-0 Odense Boldklub
01 Oct 1983 - Liverpool 0-1 Sunderland
05 Oct 1983 - Brentford 4-1 Liverpool
15 Oct 1983 - West Ham United 3-1 Liverpool
19 Oct 1983 - Liverpool 0-0 Athletic Bilbao
22 Oct 1983 - Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Liverpool
25 Oct 1983 - Liverpool 4-0 Brentford
29 Oct 1983 - Liverpool 6-0 Luton Town
02 Nov 1983 - Athletic Bilbao 1-0 Liverpool
06 Nov 1983 - Liverpool 3-0 Everton
08 Nov 1983 - Fulham 1-1 Liverpool
12 Nov 1983 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Liverpool
19 Nov 1983 - Liverpool 1-0 Stoke City
22 Nov 1983 - Liverpool 1-1 Fulham
26 Nov 1983 - Ipswich Town 1-1 Liverpool
29 Nov 1983 - Fulham 1-0 Liverpool
03 Dec 1983 - Liverpool 1-0 Birmingham City
10 Dec 1983 - Coventry City 0-4 Liverpool
17 Dec 1983 - Liverpool 5-0 Notts County
20 Dec 1983 - Birmingham City 1-1 Liverpool
22 Dec 1983 - Liverpool 3-0 Birmingham City
26 Dec 1983 - West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Liverpool
27 Dec 1983 - Liverpool 2-2 Leicester City
31 Dec 1983 - Nottingham Forest 1-0 Liverpool
02 Jan 1984 - Liverpool 1-1 Manchester United
06 Jan 1984 - Liverpool 4-0 Newcastle United
14 Jan 1984 - Liverpool 0-1 Wolves
17 Jan 1984 - Sheffield Wednesday 2-2 Liverpool
20 Jan 1984 - Aston Villa 3-1 Liverpool
25 Jan 1984 - Liverpool 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday
29 Jan 1984 - Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Liverpool
01 Feb 1984 - Liverpool 3-0 Watford
04 Feb 1984 - Sunderland 0-0 Liverpool
07 Feb 1984 - Liverpool 2-2 Walsall
11 Feb 1984 - Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
14 Feb 1984 - Walsall 2-0 Liverpool
18 Feb 1984 - Luton Town 0-0 Liverpool
25 Feb 1984 - Liverpool 2-0 Queens Park Rangers
03 Mar 1984 - Everton 1-1 Liverpool
07 Mar 1984 - Liverpool 1-0 Benfica
10 Mar 1984 - Liverpool 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur
16 Mar 1984 - Southampton 0-2 Liverpool
21 Mar 1984 - Benfica 4-1 Liverpool
25 Mar 1984 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
28 Mar 1984 - Liverpool 1-0 Everton
31 Mar 1984 - Watford 2-0 Liverpool
07 Apr 1984 - Liverpool 6-0 West Ham United
11 Apr 1984 - Liverpool 1-0 Dinamo Bucharest
14 Apr 1984 - Stoke City 0-2 Liverpool
18 Apr 1984 - Leicester City 3-3 Liverpool
21 Apr 1984 - Liverpool 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
25 Apr 1984 - Dinamo Bucharest 2-1 Liverpool
28 Apr 1984 - Liverpool 2-2 Ipswich Town
05 May 1984 - Birmingham City 0-0 Liverpool
07 May 1984 - Liverpool 5-0 Coventry City
12 May 1984 - Notts County 0-0 Liverpool
15 May 1984 - Liverpool 1-1 Norwich City
30 May 1984 - Liverpool 1-1 Roma
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Man Utd
11
8
1
2
21
11
+10
25
2
Liverpool
11
7
2
2
18
6
+12
23
3
QPR
11
6
2
3
20
9
+11
20
4
West Ham U
11
6
2
3
20
10
+10
20
5
Southampton
10
6
2
2
13
7
+6
20
6
Tottenham H
11
6
2
3
17
14
+3
20
7
Luton T
11
6
1
4
19
15
+4
19
8
Arsenal
11
6
0
5
23
14
+9
18
9
Ipswich T
11
5
2
4
22
14
+8
17
10
Coventry C
11
5
2
4
17
17
+0
17
11
Nottm Forest
11
5
2
4
17
17
+0
17
12
West Brom
11
5
2
4
16
17
-1
17
13
Birmingham C
11
5
2
4
11
12
-1
17
14
Aston Villa
11
5
2
4
15
17
-2
17
15
Everton
11
4
3
4
7
10
-3
15
16
Norwich C
12
3
4
5
17
19
-2
13
17
Sunderland
11
3
3
5
10
17
-7
12
18
Watford
11
2
3
6
15
18
-3
9
19
Stoke C
11
2
3
6
12
22
-10
9
20
Notts Co
11
2
1
8
10
21
-11
7
21
Leicester C
11
1
2
8
8
23
-15
5
22
Wolves
11
0
3
8
8
26
-18
3
