1979–80 Liverpool F.C. season

English football club seasonJune 2025 February 2015 February 2015 Liverpool F.C. 1979–80 Bob Paisley First Division Champions David Johnson (21) David Johnson (27) European Cup First round FA Cup Semi-finals League Cup Semi-finals FA Charity Shield Winners _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 dd0000 _redborder _vneckred _redborder 000000 ffff00 ffff00 ffff00 ffff00 ffff00 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 season was Liverpool Football Club's 88th season in existence and their 18th consecutive season in the First Division. Liverpool won its 12th league title, and its second in successive seasons. David Johnson was the top scorer while Kenny Dalglish, Phil Neal and Phil Thompson were regularly starting in the side. In the European Cup, there was an early disappointment with a 2-4 loss on aggregate to Dinamo Tbilisi in the first round.McCracken Craig 2015-09-07 How Dinamo Tbilisi enthralled British football fans in the midst of the Cold War https://www.theguardian.com/football/beyond-the-last-man/2015/sep/07/dinamo-tbilisi-liverpool-west-ham 2025-06-10 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 Liverpool went on to lose in the semi-finals of the FA Cup to the eventual runners-up, Arsenal, after a four-game marathon. They also lost in the semi-finals of the Football League Cup to the eventual runners-up, Nottingham Forest, who lost in the final to Wolverhampton Wanderers, a side captained by former Liverpool captain Emlyn Hughes, who left Liverpool before the start of the league season. Squad Goalkeepers ENG Ray Clemence ENG Steve Ogrizovic Defenders ISR Avi Cohen ENG Brian Kettle ENG Colin Irwin ENG Phil Neal SCO Alan Hansen ENG Phil Thompson ENG Alan Kennedy ENG Richard Money Midfielders ENG Jimmy Case IRE Steve Heighway ENG Sammy Lee ENG Ray Kennedy ENG Terry McDermott IRL Kevin Sheedy SCO Graeme Souness Attackers ENG David Fairclough SCO Kenny Dalglish ENG Howard Gayle ENG David Johnson SCO Frank McGarvey Squad statistics Appearances and goals Division 1 FA Cup Charity Shield League Cup European Cup ENG MF Jimmy Case 37+0 3 5+0 1 1+0 0 7+0 0 2+0 1 ENG GK Ray Clemence 41+0 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 7+0 0 2+0 0 ISR DF Avi Cohen 3+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 SCO FW Kenny Dalglish 42+0 16 8+0 2 1+0 1 7+0 4 2+0 0 ENG FW David Fairclough 9+5 5 1+4 3 0+0 0 2+3 5 0+2 0 SCO DF Alan Hansen 38+0 4 8+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 IRL MF Steve Heighway 2+7 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 ENG DF Colin Irwin 7+1 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 ENG FW David Johnson 37+0 21 8+0 3 1+0 0 6+0 2 2+0 1 ENG DF Alan Kennedy 37+0 1 5+0 0 1+0 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 ENG MF Ray Kennedy 40+0 9 8+0 0 1+0 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 ENG MF Sammy Lee 6+1 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 ENG MF Terry McDermott 37+0 11 6+0 2 1+0 2 7+0 1 2+0 0 ENG DF Phil Neal 42+0 1 8+0 0 1+0 0 7+0 0 2+0 0 ENG GK Steve Ogrizovic 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 SCO MF Graeme Souness 41+0 1 8+0 1 1+0 0 7+0 0 2+0 0 ENG DF Phil Thompson 42+0 0 8+0 0 1+0 0 7+0 1 2+0 0 |} League table First Division y LIV Results First Division 1979–80 Football League#First Division DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 21-Aug-79 Bolton Wanderers H 0–0 45,900 Report Report 25-Aug-79 West Bromwich Albion H 3–1 Johnson 11 58 McDermott 52 48,021 Report Report 01-Sep-79 Southampton A 2–3 Johnson 16 Irwin 74 21,402 Report Report 08-Sep-79 Coventry City H 4–0 Johnson 27 90 Case 58 Dalglish 62 39,926 Report Report 15-Sep-79 Leeds United A 1–1 McDermott 81 39,779 Report Report 22-Sep-79 Norwich City H 0–0 44,120 Report Report 29-Sep-79 Nottingham Forest A 0–1 28,262 Report Report 06-Oct-79 Bristol City H 4–0 Johnson 3 Dalglish 30 R Kennedy 34 McDermott 80 38,213 Report Report 09-Oct-79 Bolton Wanderers A 1–1 Dalglish 80 25,571 Report Report 13-Oct-79 Ipswich Town A 2–1 Hunter o.g. 18 Johnson 54 25,310 Report Report 20-Oct-79 Everton H 2–2 Lyons o.g. 8 R Kennedy 55 52,201 Report Report 27-Oct-79 Manchester City A 4–0 Johnson 12 Dalglish 31 67 R Kennedy 86 48,128 Report Report 03-Nov-79 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3–0 Dalglish 4 52 R Kennedy 67 49,541 Report Report 10-Nov-79 Brighton & Hove Albion A 4–1 R Kennedy 19 Dalglish 65 83 Johnson 67 29,682 Report Report 17-Nov-79 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–1 McDermott 34 69 51,092 Report Report 24-Nov-79 Arsenal A 0–0 55,561 Report Report 01-Dec-79 Middlesbrough H 4–0 McDermott 5 Hansen 13 Johnson 73 R Kennedy 84 39,885 Report Report 08-Dec-79 Aston Villa A 3–1 R Kennedy 55 Hansen 60 McDermott 74 41,160 Report Report 15-Dec-79 Crystal Palace H 3–0 Case 44 Dalglish 48 McDermott 67 42,898 Report Report 22-Dec-79 Derby County A 3–1 Davies o.g. 16 McDermott 53 Pen Johnson 55 24,945 Report Report 26-Dec-79 Manchester United H 2–0 Hansen 15 Johnson 85 51,073 Report Report 29-Dec-79 West Bromwich Albion A 2–0 Johnson 24 44 34,915 Report Report 12-Jan-80 Southampton H 1–1 McDermott 60 Pen 44,655 Report Report 19-Jan-80 Coventry City A 0–1 31,578 Report Report 09-Feb-80 Norwich City A 5–3 Fairclough 4 18 75 Dalglish 88 Case 89 25,624 Report Report 19-Feb-80 Nottingham Forest H 2–0 McDermott 80 R Kennedy 84 45,093 Report Report 23-Feb-80 Ipswich Town H 1–1 Fairclough 8 47,566 Report Report 26-Feb-80 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 36,693 Report Report 01-Mar-80 Everton A 2–1 Johnson 19 Neal 31 Pen 53,013 Report Report 11-Mar-80 Manchester City H 2–0 Caton o.g. 56 Souness 83 40,443 Report Report 15-Mar-80 Bristol City A 3–1 R Kennedy 5 Dalglish 55 89 27,187 Report Report 19-Mar-80 Leeds United H 3–0 Johnson 33 80 A Kennedy 60 37,008 Report Report 22-Mar-80 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–0 Hansen 70 42,747 Report Report 29-Mar-80 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–2 32,114 Report Report 01-Apr-80 Stoke City H 1–0 Dalglish 34 36,415 Report Report 05-Apr-80 Manchester United A 1–2 Dalglish 14 57,342 Report Report 08-Apr-80 Derby County H 3–0 Irwin 20 Johnson 50 Osgood o.g. 83 40,932 Report Report 19-Apr-80 Arsenal H 1–1 Dalglish 12 46,878 Report Report 23-Apr-80 Stoke City A 2–0 Johnson 34 Fairclough 60 32,000 Report Report 26-Apr-80 Crystal Palace A 0–0 45,583 Report Report 03-May-80 Aston Villa H 4–1 Johnson 3 72 Cohen 50 Blake o.g. 78 51,541 Report Report 06-May-80 Middlesbrough A 0–1 24,458 Report Report FA Charity Shield 1979 FA Charity Shield 11 August 1979 Liverpool 3–1 Report Arsenal McDermott 38 65 Dalglish 63 Sunderland 88 Wembley Stadium, London 92,000 _whiteborder _vneckwhite _whiteborder DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Liverpool _blueborder _collarblue _blueborder _bluestripe2 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 0000FF FFFF00 Arsenal Liverpool: GK 1 ENG Ray ClemenceDF 2 ENG Phil NealDF 3 ENG Alan KennedyDF 4 ENG Phil ThompsonMF 5 ENG Ray KennedyDF 6 SCO Alan HansenFW 7 SCO Kenny DalglishMF 8 ENG Jimmy CaseFW 9 ENG David JohnsonMF 10 ENG Terry McDermott MF 11SCO Graeme SounessSubstitutes:MF 12IRL Steve HeighwayMF 13ENG Sammy LeeDF 14ISR Avi CohenFW 15ENG David FaircloughGK 16ENG Steve OgrizovicManager:ENG Bob PaisleyArsenal GK 1 NIR Pat JenningsDF 2 ENG Pat RiceDF 3 NIR Sammy Nelson MF 4 ENG Brian TalbotDF 5 IRL David O'LearyDF 6 ENG Steve WalfordMF 7 IRL Liam BradyFW 8 ENG Alan SunderlandFW 9 IRL Frank StapletonMF 10ENG David Price MF 11ENG Graham RixSubstitutes:DF SCO Willie Young MF ENG John Hollins Manager:NIR Terry Neill Match rules 90 minutes, no extra time Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions FA Cup 1979–80 FA Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 05-Jan-80 Grimsby Town H 5–0 Souness 19 Johnson 42 65 74 Case 87 49,706 Report Report 26-Jan-80 Nottingham Forest A 2–0 Dalglish 31 McDermott 71 Pen 33,277 Report Report 16-Feb-80 Bury H 2–0 Fairclough 64 81 43,769 Report Report 08-Mar-80 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–0 McDermott 38 48,033 Report Report 12-Apr-80 Arsenal N 0–0 50,174 Report Report 16-Apr-80 Arsenal N 1–1 Fairclough 51 40,679 Report Report 28-Apr-80 Arsenal N 1–1 Dalglish 90 42,975 Report Report 01-May-80 Arsenal N 0–1 35,335 Report Report League Cup 1979–80 Football League Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 29-Aug-79 Tranmere Rovers A 0–0 16,759 Report Report 04-Sep-79 Tranmere Rovers H 4–0 Thompson 46 Dalglish 49 75 Fairclough 83 24,785 Report Report 25-Sep-79 Chesterfield H 3–1 Fairclough 10 Dalglish 34 McDermott 80 20,960 Report Report 30-Oct-79 Exeter City H 2–0 Fairclough 60 90 21,019 Report Report 05-Dec-79 Norwich City A 3–1 Johnson 11 31 Dalglish 37 23,000 Report Report 22-Jan-80 Nottingham Forest A 0–1 32,234 Report Report 12-Feb-80 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 Fairclough 89 (semi-final, second leg) 50,880 Report Report European Cup 1979–80 European Cup DateOpponentsVenueResultScorersAttendanceReport 1Report 2 19-Sep-79 Dinamo Tbilisi H 2–1 Johnson 19 Case 44 35,720 Report Report 03-Oct-79 Dinamo Tbilisi A 0–3 80,000 Report Report References External links LFC History.net – Games for the 1979–80 season Liverweb - Games for the 1979-80 season Category:Liverpool F.C. seasons Liverpool Category:English football championship–winning seasons