1983 Football League Cup Final

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The 1983 Milk Cup Final was a football match held on 26 March 1983 between League Cup holders Liverpool and Manchester United, who would go on to win 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 8th 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.

[edit] Match details

1983-03-26 Manchester United 1 – 2 Liverpool Wembley, London
Attendance: 99,304
Whiteside Scored Kennedy Scored after 75 minutes 75'
Whelan Scored after 98 minutes 98'
MANCHESTER UNITED:
GK 1 Flag of England Gary Bailey
DF 2 Flag of England Mike Duxbury
DF 3 Flag of Scotland Arthur Albiston
MF 4 Flag of England Remi Moses
DF 5 Flag of Ireland Kevin Moran Substituted off
DF 6 Flag of Scotland Gordon McQueen
MF 7 Flag of England Ray Wilkins
MF 8 Flag of the Netherlands Arnold Mühren
FW 9 Flag of Ireland Frank Stapleton
FW 10 Flag of Northern Ireland Norman Whiteside (c)
MF 11 Flag of England Steve Coppell
Substitute:
FW 12 Flag of Scotland Lou Macari Substituted on
Manager:
Flag of England Ron Atkinson
LIVERPOOL:
GK 1 Flag of Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar
DF 2 Flag of England Phil Neal
DF 3 Flag of England Alan Kennedy
DF 4 Flag of Ireland Mark Lawrenson
MF 5 Flag of Ireland Ronnie Whelan
DF 6 Flag of Scotland Alan Hansen (c)
FW 7 Flag of Scotland Kenny Dalglish
MF 8 Flag of England Sammy Lee
FW 9 Flag of Wales Ian Rush
MF 10 Flag of England Craig Johnston Substituted off after 83 minutes 83'
MF 11 Flag of Scotland Graeme Souness
Substitute:
FW 12 Flag of England David Fairclough Substituted on after 83 minutes 83'
Manager:
Flag of England Bob Paisley

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Replay if scores still level.
  • One named substitute
  • Maximum of 1 substitution.

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