League Division One Champions 1982-1983

The 1982–83 season was Liverpool Football Club's 91st season in existence and their 21st consecutive season in the First Division. After winning the title previous season, Liverpool F.C. regained and won their fourteenth league title.

League Division One Results

Date	Opponents				Goalscorers	Att
28/08/82	West Bromwich Albion	H	W	2-0	Lee (57), Neal (pen 72)	35652
31/08/82	Birmingham City	A	D	0-0		20176
04/09/82	Arsenal	A	W	2-0	Hodgson (41), Neal (83)	36429
07/09/82	Nottingham Forest	H	W	4-3	Hodgson 2 (11, 20), Souness (81), Rush (89)	27145
11/09/82	Luton Town	H	D	3-3	Souness (32), Rush (44), Johnston (75)	33694
18/09/82	Swansea City	A	W	3-0	Rush 2 (15, 23), Johnston (84)	20322
25/09/82	Southampton	H	W	5-0	Whelan 2 (6, 71), Souness (22), Lawrenson 2 (41, 67)	32996
02/10/82	Ipswich Town	A	L	0-1		24342
09/10/82	West Ham United	A	L	1-3	Souness (77)	32500
16/10/82	Manchester United	H	D	0-0		40853
23/10/82	Stoke City	A	D	1-1	Lawrenson (27)	29411
30/10/82	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	W	3-1	Lawrenson (19), Dalglish 2 (37, 43)	27929
06/11/82	Everton	A	W	5-0	Rush 4 (11, 51, 71, 85), Lawrenson (55)	52741
13/11/82	Coventry City	H	W	4-0	Dalglish (8), Rush 3 (24, 73, 82)	27870
20/11/82	Notts County	A	W	2-1	Johnston (52), Dalglish (55)	16914
27/11/82	Tottenham Hotspur	H	W	3-0	Neal (pen 20), Dalglish (49, 78)	40691
04/12/82	Norwich City	A	L	0-1		22909
11/12/82	Watford	H	W	3-1	Rush (22), Neal 2 (2 pens 34, 43)	36690
18/12/82	Aston Villa	A	W	4-2	Hodgson (5), Dalglish (9), Kennedy (27), Rush (88)	34568
27/12/82	Manchester City	H	W	5-2	Dalglish 3 (18, 24, 86), Neal (22), Rush (64)	44664
28/12/82	Sunderland	A	D	0-0		35041
01/01/83	Notts County	H	W	5-1	Rush 3 (15, 78, 87), Dalglish 2 (30, 72)	33643
03/01/83	Arsenal	H	W	3-1	Rush (23), Souness (53), Dalglish (70)	37713
15/01/83	West Bromwich Albion	A	W	1-0	Rush (90)	24560
22/01/83	Birmingham City	H	W	1-0	Neal (8)	30986
05/02/83	Luton Town	A	W	3-1	Rush (32), Kennedy (43), Souness (79)	18434
12/02/83	Ipswich Town	H	W	1-0	Dalglish (66)	34976
26/02/83	Manchester United	A	D	1-1	Dalglish (39)	57397
05/03/83	Stoke City	H	W	5-1	Dalglish 2 (7, 47), Neal (35), Johnston (76), Souness (89)	30020
12/03/83	West Ham United	H	W	3-0	OG - Pike (50), Lee (55), Rush (67)	28511
19/03/83	Everton	H	D	0-0		44737
22/03/83	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	D	2-2	Rush 2 (76, 85)	25030
02/04/83	Sunderland	H	W	1-0	Souness (72)	35821
04/04/83	Manchester City	A	W	4-0	Souness (31), Fairclough 2 (44, 86), Kennedy (83)	35647
09/04/83	Swansea City	H	W	3-0	Rush (57), Lee (72), Fairclough 86)	30010
12/04/83	Coventry City	A	D	0-0		14821
16/04/83	Southampton	A	L	2-3	Dalglish (13), Johnston (16)	23578
23/04/83	Norwich City	H	L	0-2		37022
30/04/83	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L	0-2		44907
02/05/83	Nottingham Forest	A	L	0-1		25107
07/05/83	Aston Villa	H	D	1-1	Johnston (82)	39939
14/05/83	Watford	A	L	1-2	Johnston (62)	27173

Most Appearances

Position	Player	Appearances
FW	Kenny Dalglish	42
GK	Bruce Grobbelaar	42
DF	Alan Kennedy	42
DF	Phil Neal	42
MF	Graeme Souness	41
DF	Mark Lawrenson	40
MF	Sammy Lee	40
DF	Alan Hansen	34
FW	Ian Rush	34
MF	Craig Johnston	33
MF	Ronnie Whelan	28
DF	Phil Thompson	24
FW	David Hodgson	23
FW	David Fairclough	8
MF	Steve Nicol	4
MF	Terry McDermott	2

Leading Goalscorers

Position	Player	Goals Scored
FW	Ian Rush	24
FW	Kenny Dalglish	18
MF	Graeme Souness	9
DF	Phil Neal	8
MF	Craig Johnston	7
DF	Mark Lawrenson	5
FW	David Hodgson	4
DF	Alan Kennedy	3
MF	Sammy Lee	3
FW	David Fairclough	3
MF	Ronnie Whelan	2

League Division One Table

#	Team	M	W	D	L	goals	Dif.	Pt.
1	Liverpool FC	42	24	10	8	87:37	50	82
2	Watford FC	42	22	5	15	74:57	17	71
3	Manchester United	42	19	13	10	56:38	18	70
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	20	9	13	65:50	15	69
5	Nottingham Forest	42	20	9	13	62:50	12	69
6	Aston Villa	42	21	5	16	62:50	12	68
7	Everton FC	42	18	10	14	66:48	18	64
8	West Ham United	42	20	4	18	68:62	6	64
9	Ipswich Town	42	15	13	14	64:50	14	58
10	Arsenal FC	42	16	10	16	58:56	2	58
11	West Bromwich Albion	42	15	12	15	51:49	2	57
12	Southampton FC	42	15	12	15	54:58	-4	57
13	Stoke City	42	16	9	17	53:64	-11	57
14	Norwich City	42	14	12	16	52:58	-6	54
15	Notts County	42	15	7	20	55:71	-16	52
16	Sunderland AFC	42	12	14	16	48:61	-13	50
17	Birmingham City	42	12	14	16	40:55	-15	50
18	Luton Town	42	12	13	17	65:84	-19	49
19	Coventry City	42	13	9	20	48:59	-11	48
20	Manchester City	42	13	8	21	47:70	-23	47
21	Swansea City	42	10	11	21	51:69	-18	41
22	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	9	13	20	38:68	-30	40