1982 Football League Cup final

The 1982 Football League Cup Final was a football match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on 13 March 1982 at Wembley Stadium. It was the final match of the 1981–82 Football League Cup, the 22nd staging of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in The Football League. Liverpool were the reigning champions and appearing in their third final. This was Tottenham's third final, having won their previous two appearances in 1971 and 1973.

1982 Football League Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event1981–82 Football League Cup
after extra time
Date13 March 1982
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereePeter Willis (County Durham)
Attendance100,000
1981
1983

Both teams entered the competition in the second round. Liverpool's matches were generally comfortable victories. They beat Middlesbrough 4–1 in the third round, but two of their ties went to a replay. Tottenham's matches were close affairs, the only match they won by more than one goal was their 2–0 victory against Wrexham in the third round, although they did not concede a single goal en route to the final.

Watched by a crowd of 100,000, Tottenham opened the scoring in the 11th minute when striker Steve Archibald scored. Tottenham maintained their lead until the 87th minute, when midfielder Ronnie Whelan equalised for Liverpool. With the scores level after 90 minutes the match went to extra time. Whelan scored again in the 111th minute to give Liverpool the lead and striker Ian Rush scored in the 119th minute to secure a 3–1 victory for Liverpool. It was their second League Cup victory and second in succession. The year before, Ray Clemence played for Liverpool, only to be on the losing side against his former team in 1982.

Route to the final

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Liverpool Round Tottenham Hotspur
Exeter City
H
5–0
Rush 15', 67', McDermott 27'
Dalglish 37', Whelan 68'
Second Round, First Leg Manchester United
H
1–0
Archibald
Exeter City
A
6–0
Rush 15', 78', Dalglish 23', Neal 34',
Sheedy 53', Mather og 80'
Second Round, Second Leg Manchester United
A
1–0
Hazard
Middlesbrough
H
4–1
Sheedy 29', Rush 64',
Johnson 74', 80'
Third Round Wrexham
H
2–0
Hughton, Hoddle
Arsenal
A
0–0
Fourth Round Fulham
H
1–0
Hazard
Arsenal
H
3–0 (aet)
Johnston 95', McDermott 101' (pen),
Dalglish 108'
Replay
Barnsley
H
0–0
Fifth Round Nottingham Forest
H
1–0
Ardiles
Barnsley
H
3–1
Souness 37', Johnson 81',
Dalglish 89'
Replay


Ipswich Town
A
2–0
McDermott 47', Rush 49' Semi-finals, First Leg West Bromwich Albion
A
0–0
Ipswich Town
H
2–2
Rush 26', Dalglish 47' Semi-finals, Second Leg West Bromwich Albion
H
1–0
Hazard

Match

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Details

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Liverpool3–1 (a.e.t.)Tottenham Hotspur
Whelan   87', 111'
Rush   119'
Report Archibald   11'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liverpool
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tottenham Hotspur
GK 1   Bruce Grobbelaar
RB 2   Phil Neal
CB 3   Mark Lawrenson
LB 4   Alan Kennedy
LM 5   Ronnie Whelan
CB 6   Phil Thompson
CF 7   Kenny Dalglish
RM 8   Sammy Lee
CF 9   Ian Rush
CM 10   Terry McDermott  
CM 11   Graeme Souness (c)
Substitute:
12   David Johnson  
Manager:
  Bob Paisley
GK 1   Ray Clemence
LB 2   Chris Hughton
CB 3   Paul Miller
CB 4   Paul Price
RM 5   Micky Hazard  
RB 6   Steve Perryman (c)
CM 7   Osvaldo Ardiles
CF 8   Steve Archibald
LM 9   Tony Galvin
CM 10   Glenn Hoddle
CF 11   Garth Crooks
Substitute:
MF 12   Ricardo Villa  
Manager:
  Keith Burkinshaw
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