1979–80 Liverpool F.C. season explained

Season:	1979 - 80
League Result:	Champions
League Topscorer:	David Johnson (21)
Season Topscorer:	David Johnson (27)
Cup1 Result:	First round
Cup2 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup3 Result:	Semi-finals
Cup4 Result:	Winners
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Nextseason:	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 loss to Dinamo Tbilisi in the first round. 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

• Ray Clemence
• Steve Ogrizovic

Defenders

• Avi Cohen
• Brian Kettle
• Colin Irwin
• Phil Neal
• Alan Hansen
• Phil Thompson
• Alan Kennedy
• Richard Money

Midfielders

• Jimmy Case
• Steve Heighway
• Sammy Lee
• Ray Kennedy
• Terry McDermott
• Kevin Sheedy
• Graeme Souness

Attackers

• David Fairclough
• Kenny Dalglish
• Howard Gayle
• David Johnson
• Frank McGarvey

Results

First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
21-Aug-79		H	0–0		45,900	Report	Report
25-Aug-79		H	3–1		48,021	Report	Report
01-Sep-79		A	2–3		21,402	Report	Report
08-Sep-79		H	4–0		39,926	Report	Report
15-Sep-79		A	1–1		39,779	Report	Report
22-Sep-79		H	0–0		44,120	Report	Report
29-Sep-79		A	0–1		28,262	Report	Report
06-Oct-79		H	4–0		38,213	Report	Report
09-Oct-79		A	1–1		25,571	Report	Report
13-Oct-79		A	2–1		25,310	Report	Report
20-Oct-79		H	2–2		52,201	Report	Report
27-Oct-79		A	4–0		48,128	Report	Report
03-Nov-79		H	3–0		49,541	Report	Report
10-Nov-79		A	4–1		29,682	Report	Report
17-Nov-79		H	2–1		51,092	Report	Report
24-Nov-79		A	0–0		55,561	Report	Report
01-Dec-79		H	4–0		39,885	Report	Report
08-Dec-79		A	3–1		41,160	Report	Report
15-Dec-79		H	3–0		42,898	Report	Report
22-Dec-79		A	3–1		24,945	Report	Report
26-Dec-79		H	2–0		51,073	Report	Report
29-Dec-79		A	2–0		34,915	Report	Report
12-Jan-80		H	1–1		44,655	Report	Report
19-Jan-80		A	0–1		31,578	Report	Report
09-Feb-80		A	5–3		25,624	Report	Report
19-Feb-80		H	2–0		45,093	Report	Report
23-Feb-80		H	1–1		47,566	Report	Report
26-Feb-80		A	0–1		36,693	Report	Report
01-Mar-80		A	2–1		53,013	Report	Report
11-Mar-80		H	2–0		40,443	Report	Report
15-Mar-80		A	3–1		27,187	Report	Report
19-Mar-80		H	3–0		37,008	Report	Report
22-Mar-80		H	1–0		42,747	Report	Report
29-Mar-80		A	0–2		32,114	Report	Report
01-Apr-80		H	1–0		36,415	Report	Report
05-Apr-80		A	1–2		57,342	Report	Report
08-Apr-80		H	3–0	Irwin Johnson Osgood o.g.	40,932	Report	Report
19-Apr-80		H	1–1		46,878	Report	Report
23-Apr-80		A	2–0		32,000	Report	Report
26-Apr-80		A	0–0		45,583	Report	Report
03-May-80		H	4–1	Johnson Cohen Blake o.g.	51,541	Report	Report
06-May-80		A	0–1		24,458	Report	Report

FA Charity Shield

See main article: 1979 FA Charity Shield.

Liverpool: GK 1 Ray Clemence DF 2 Phil Neal DF 3 Alan Kennedy DF 4 Phil Thompson MF 5 Ray Kennedy DF 6 Alan Hansen FW 7 Kenny Dalglish MF 8 Jimmy Case FW 9 David Johnson MF 10 MF 11 Graeme Souness Substitutes: MF 12 Steve Heighway MF 13 Sammy Lee DF 14 Avi Cohen FW 15 David Fairclough GK 16 Steve Ogrizovic Manager: Bob Paisley

Arsenal GK 1 Pat Jennings DF 2 Pat Rice DF 3 MF 4 Brian Talbot DF 5 David O'Leary DF 6 Steve Walford MF 7 Liam Brady FW 8 Alan Sunderland FW 9 Frank Stapleton MF 10 MF 11 Graham Rix Substitutes: DF MF Manager: Terry Neill

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Match rules 90 minutes, no extra time Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

FA Cup

See main article: 1979–80 FA Cup.

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
05-Jan-80		H	5–0		49,706	Report	Report
26-Jan-80		A	2–0		33,277	Report	Report
16-Feb-80		H	2–0		43,769	Report	Report
08-Mar-80		A	1–0		48,033	Report	Report
12-Apr-80		N	0–0		50,174	Report	Report
16-Apr-80		N	1–1		40,679	Report	Report
28-Apr-80		N	1–1		42,975	Report	Report
01-May-80		N	0–1		35,335	Report	Report

League Cup

See main article: 1979–80 Football League Cup.

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
29-Aug-79		A	0–0		16,759	Report	Report
04-Sep-79		H	4–0		24,785	Report	Report
25-Sep-79		H	3–1		20,960	Report	Report
30-Oct-79		H	2–0		21,019	Report	Report
05-Dec-79		A	3–1		23,000	Report	Report
22-Jan-80		A	0–1		32,234	Report	Report
12-Feb-80		H	1–1	Fairclough (semi-final, second leg)	50,880	Report	Report

European Cup

See main article: 1979–80 European Cup.

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
19-Sep-79		H	2–1		35,720	Report	Report
03-Oct-79		A	0–3		80,000	Report	Report

References

• LFC History.net – Games for the 1979–80 season
• Liverweb - Games for the 1979-80 season