1982 Football League Cup Final

1982 Football League Cup Final
	Match programme cover
Event	1981–82 Football League Cup
	after extra time
Date	13 March 1982
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Peter Willis (County Durham)
Attendance	100,000
	← 1981 1983 →

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.

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[]

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[]

Details[]

13 March 1982

15:00 GMT

Liverpool	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur
Whelan 87', 111' Rush 119'	Report	Archibald 11'

Wembley Stadium, London

Referee: Peter Willis (County Durham)

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

External links[]

LFC History Match Report

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