1981–82 Football League Cup Explained

Football League Cup
Year:	1981–82
Other Titles:	Milk Cup, League Cup
Country:	England Wales
Num Teams:	92
Winners:	Liverpool
Count:	2
Second:	Tottenham Hotspur
Prev Season:	1980–81
Next Season:	1982–83

The 1981–82 Football League Cup (known as the Milk Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 31 August 1981 and ended with the final on 13 March 1982.

The final was contested by First Division teams Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in London.

First round

First leg

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	0–0		1 September 1981
	2–1		1 September 1981
	0–1		1 September 1981
	3–1		2 September 1981
	2–0		1 September 1981
	3–3		1 September 1981
	2–1		2 September 1981
	1–1		8 September 1981
	2–0		1 September 1981
	1–1		2 September 1981
	1–3		1 September 1981
	0–0		1 September 1981
	1–2		1 September 1981
	1–1		2 September 1981
	3–1		1 September 1981
	1–1		1 September 1981
	3–0		2 September 1981
	2–0		1 September 1981
	1–0		2 September 1981
	2–3		2 September 1981
	2–2		2 September 1981
	0–0		1 September 1981
	1–0		1 September 1981
	0–0		2 September 1981
	2–3		2 September 1981
	4–2		1 September 1981
	3–0		31 August 1981
	3–2		1 September 1981

Second leg

width=175	Home Team	width=50	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date	width= 75	Agg
	6–0		15 September 1981	9–2
	0–0		16 September 1981	1–3
	0–2		15 September 1981	0–3
	1–0^[1]		15 September 1981	2–1
	3–3		15 September 1981	5–7
	2–1^[2]		15 September 1981	5–4
	3–1^[3]		15 September 1981	5–3
	1–1^[4] ^[5]		15 September 1981	1–1
	3–1^[6]		16 September 1981	4–3
	2–0		15 September 1981	3–0
	1–1		15 September 1981	1–3
	2–1		16 September 1981	2–3
	1–1		15 September 1981	1–4
	2–0		14 September 1981	2–0
	3–2		16 September 1981	4–3
	0–0		15 September 1981	3–2
	4–2^[7]		15 September 1981	5–4
	1–0		15 September 1981	2–1
	2–0		14 September 1981	3–1
	4–1		16 September 1981	4–1
	0–0		15 September 1981	2–1
	2–4		15 September 1981	3–7
	2–1		15 September 1981	5–2
	1–2		14 September 1981	1–5
	0–2		15 September 1981	2–5
	1–0		15 September 1981	1–2
	1–3		15 September 1981	1–3
	1–1		15 September 1981	1–2

Second round

First leg

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	2–2		6 October 1981
	3–2		7 October 1981
	2–0		6 October 1981
	2–3		6 October 1981
	1–1		7 October 1981
	3–4		7 October 1981
	1–2		6 October 1981
	0–0		6 October 1981
	3–1		6 October 1981
	2–3		7 October 1981
	1–0		6 October 1981
	1–1		6 October 1981
	1–0		6 October 1981
	1–0		6 October 1981
	0–1		7 October 1981
	1–1		7 October 1981
	5–0		7 October 1981
	0–2		6 October 1981
	2–0		7 October 1981
	2–1		6 October 1981
	3–3		6 October 1981
	1–2		7 October 1981
	1–0		7 October 1981
	1–0		6 October 1981
	1–0		6 October 1981
	5–0		6 October 1981
	1–0		6 October 1981
	3–3		6 October 1981
	1–1		6 October 1981
	2–0		7 October 1981
	1–0		7 October 1981
	2–0		5 October 1981

Second leg

width=175	Home Team	width=50	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date	width= 75	Agg
	2–0^[8]		27 October 1981	2–1
	2–0		27 October 1981	2–1
	2–1		27 October 1981	2–1
	3–2^[9]		27 October 1981	4–5
	0–1		28 October 1981	0–2
	2–1^[10]		28 October 1981	3–2
	0–1		27 October 1981	1–2
	2–0		27 October 1981	2–1
	0–6		28 October 1981	0–11
	2–0		27 October 1981	4–1
	3–0		27 October 1981	4–0
	4–0		28 October 1981	4–1
	0–1		28 October 1981	0–2
	0–2		26 October 1981	4–5
	0–0		27 October 1981	0–1
	3–1		27 October 1981	5–2
	2–1		28 October 1981	5–3
	2–3		27 October 1981	3–4
	1–0		28 October 1981	4–3
	0–0		27 October 1981	1–2
	1–2		28 October 1981	1–4
	2–2		27 October 1981	2–7
	3–3		27 October 1981	3–5
	1–2		27 October 1981	2–3
	2–0^[11] ^[12]		28 October 1981	2–2
	3–2^[13]		27 October 1981	3–4
	3–1		27 October 1981	3–2
	2–1		28 October 1981	5–4
	2–0		27 October 1981	5–2
	1–0		27 October 1981	3–2
	1–2		27 October 1981	3–5
	0–1		27 October 1981	2–1

Third round

Ties

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	1–0		10 November 1981
	4–1		10 November 1981
	0–1		11 November 1981
	1–0		11 November 1981
	1–1		10 November 1981
	0–0		11 November 1981
	4–1		10 November 1981
	3–1		11 November 1981
	1–1		10 November 1981
	3–0		10 November 1981
	0–1		11 November 1981
	2–0		11 November 1981
	1–0		10 November 1981
	2–2		10 November 1981
	2–2		10 November 1981
	4–2		11 November 1981

Replays

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	2–0		25 November 1981
	2–3^[14]		2 December 1981
	3–0		17 November 1981
	2–3		25 November 1981
	1–1^[15]		24 November 1981

2nd Replay

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	0–1		1 December 1981

Fourth round

Ties

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	0–0		1 December 1981
	1–0		2 December 1981
	1–3		15 December 1981
	2–3		15 December 1981
	2–0		2 December 1981
	1–0		2 December 1981
	4–1		1 December 1981
	1–2		1 December 1981

Replay

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	3–0^[16]		8 December 1981

Fifth Round

Ties

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	0–1		19 January 1982
	2–1		18 January 1982
	0–0		12 January 1982
	1–0		18 January 1982

Replay

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	1–3		19 January 1982

Semi-finals

Holders Liverpool defeated Ipswich Town – who were also competing with them for the league title – over the two legs to reach the final. Fellow title contenders Tottenham Hotspur won the other semi-final against relegation threatened West Bromwich Albion.

First leg

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date
	0–2		2 February 1982
	0–0		3 February 1982

Second leg

width=175	Home Team	width=20	Score	width=175	Away Team	width=125	Date	width= 75	Agg
	2–2		9 February 1982	4–2
	1–0		10 February 1982	1–0

References

General

• Web site: English League Cup 1981/1982 . 3 February 2009 . Soccerbase.
• Web site: England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996 . 3 February 2009 . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. https://web.archive.org/web/20090221012511/http://rsssf.com/tablese/engleagcuphistfull.html. 21 February 2009 . live.
• Web site: English League Cup 1981–1982 : Results . 17 January 2012 . Statto . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006092347/http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-cup/1981-1982/results . 6 October 2014 . dead . dmy-all .

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