1983 Football League Cup final

Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other 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

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Liverpool Template:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warning

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Manchester United Template:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warning

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

File:Liverpool vs Man Utd 1983-03-26.svg

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

External links

• Match details and Liverpool line-up Template:Webarchive
• Details of Paisley collecting the trophy Template:Webarchive