League Division One Champions 1981-1982

The 1981–82 season was Liverpool Football Club's 90th season in existence and their 20th consecutive season in the First Division. After finishing fifth the previous season, Liverpool came back and won their thirteenth league title.

League Division One Results

Date	Opponents				Goalscorers	Att
29/08/81	Wolves	A	L	0-1		28001
01/09/81	Middlesbrough	H	D	1-1	Neal (pen 53)	31963
05/09/81	Arsenal	H	W	2-0	McDermott (44), Johnson (89)	35269
12/09/81	Ipswich Town	A	L	0-2		26703
19/09/81	Aston Villa	H	D	0-0		37474
22/09/81	Coventry City	A	W	2-1	A.Kennedy (2), McDErmott (pen 26)	16731
26/09/81	West Ham United	A	D	1-1	Johnson (77)	30802
03/10/81	Swansea City	H	D	2-2	McDermott 2 (pen 59, pen 64))	48645
10/10/81	Leeds United	H	W	3-0	Rush 2 (17, 89), OG - Cherry (26)	35840
17/10/81	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	D	3-3	Dalglish (12), R.Kennedy (39), McDermott (73)	26321
24/10/81	Manchester United	H	L	1-2	McDermott (pen 74)	41438
31/10/81	Sunderland	A	W	2-0	Souness (61), McDermott (77)	27854
07/11/81	Everton	H	W	3-1	Dalglish 2 (47, 52), Rush (75)	48861
21/11/81	West Bromwich Albion	A	D	1-1	Dalglish (90)	20871
28/11/81	Southampton	H	L	0-1		37189
05/12/81	Nottingham Forest	A	W	2-0	Lawrenson (57), R.Kennedy (59)	24521
26/12/81	Manchester City	H	L	1-3	Whelan (85)	37929
05/01/82	West Ham United	H	W	3-0	McDermott (25), Whelan (27), Dalglish (68)	28427
16/01/82	Wolves	H	W	2-1	Whelan (74), Dalglish (82)	26438
26/01/82	Notts County	A	W	4-0	Whelan (44), Rush 3 (67, 75, 84)	14407
30/01/82	Aston Villa	A	W	3-0	Rush (3), McDermott 2 (23, 73)	35947
06/02/82	Ipswich Town	H	W	4-0	McDermott (14), Rush (17), Dalglish (44), Whelan (57)	41316
16/02/82	Swansea City	A	L	0-2		22604
20/02/82	Coventry City	H	W	4-0	Souness (5), Lee (13), Rush (34), McDermott (pen 64)	28286
27/02/82	Leeds United	A	W	2-0	Souness (40), Rush (76)	33689
06/03/82	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	L	0-1		28574
09/03/82	Stoke City	A	W	5-1	McDermott, Dalglish, Souness, Lee (80), Whelan (87)	16758
20/03/82	Sunderland	H	W	1-0	Rush (14)	30344
27/03/82	Everton	A	W	3-1	Whelan (21), Souness (57), Johnston (81)	51847
30/03/82	Birmingham City	H	W	3-1	Rush 2 (10, 74), McDermott (78)	24224
02/04/82	Notts County	H	W	1-0	Dalglish (61)	30126
07/04/82	Manchester United	A	W	1-0	Johnston (63)	50969
10/04/82	Manchester City	A	W	5-0	Lee (8), Neal (pen 42), Johnston (58), A.Kennedy (59), Rush (73)	40112
13/04/82	Stoke City	H	W	2-0	A.Kennedy (4), Johnston (34)	30419
17/04/82	West Bromwich Albion	H	W	1-0	Dalglish (71)	34286
24/04/82	Southampton	A	W	3-2	Rush (12), Whelan (57, 88)	24704
01/05/82	Nottingham Forest	H	W	2-0	Johnston 2 (55, 68)	34321
03/05/82	Tottenham Hotspur	A	D	2-2	Dalglish 2 (50, 61)	38091
08/05/82	Birmingham City	A	W	1-0	Rush (49)	26381
11/05/82	Arsenal	A	D	1-1	Rush (31)	30932
15/05/82	Tottenham Hotspur	H	W	3-1	Lawrenson (51), Dalglish (55), Whelan (87)	48122
18/05/82	Middlesbrough	A	D	0-0		17431

Most Appearances

Position	Player	Appearances
FW	Kenny Dalglish	42
GK	Bruce Grobbelaar	42
DF	Phil Neal	42
DF	Mark Lawrenson	39
DF	Alan Hansen	35
MF	Sammy Lee	35
MF	Graeme Souness	35
DF	Alan Kennedy	34
DF	Phil Thompson	34
FW	Ian Rush	32
MF	Ronnie Whelan	32
MF	Terry McDermott	29
MF	Craig Johnston	18
FW	David Johnson	15
MF	Ray Kennedy	15

Leading Goalscorers

Position	Player	Goals Scored
FW	Ian Rush	17
MF	Terry McDermott	14
FW	Kenny Dalglish	13
MF	Ronnie Whelan	10
MF	Craig Johnston	6
MF	Graeme Souness	5
MF	Sammy Lee	3
DF	Alan Kennedy	3
DF	Phil Neal	2
DF	Mark Lawrenson	2
FW	David Johnson	2
MF	Ray Kennedy	2

League Division One Table

#	Team	M	W	D	L	goals	Dif.	Pt.
1	Liverpool FC	42	26	9	7	80:32	48	87
2	Ipswich Town	42	26	5	11	75:53	22	83
3	Manchester United	42	22	12	8	59:29	30	78
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	20	11	11	67:48	19	71
5	Arsenal FC	42	20	11	11	48:37	11	71
6	Swansea City	42	21	6	15	58:51	7	69
7	Southampton FC	42	19	9	14	72:67	5	66
8	Everton FC	42	17	13	12	56:50	6	64
9	West Ham United	42	14	16	12	66:57	9	58
10	Manchester City	42	15	13	14	49:50	-1	58
11	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	55:53	2	57
12	Nottingham Forest	42	15	12	15	42:48	-6	57
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	13	13	16	43:52	-9	52
14	Coventry City	42	13	11	18	56:62	-6	50
15	Notts County	42	13	8	21	61:69	-8	47
16	Birmingham City	42	10	14	18	53:61	-8	44
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	11	20	46:57	-11	44
18	Stoke City	42	12	8	22	44:63	-19	44
19	Sunderland AFC	42	11	11	20	38:58	-20	44
20	Leeds United	42	10	12	20	39:61	-22	42
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	10	22	32:63	-31	40
22	Middlesbrough FC	42	8	15	19	34:52	-18	39