| Liverpool 1 - 0 Everton | |
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Game Date :: 28.03.1984 Competition :: League Cup Final replay |
Stadium :: Maine Road Spectators :: 52,089 |
| 1 | Bruce Grobbelaar |
| 2 | Phil Neal |
| 3 | Alan Kennedy |
| 4 | Mark Lawrenson |
| 5 | Ronnie Whelan |
| 6 | Alan Hansen |
| 7 | Kenny Dalglish |
| 8 | Sammy Lee |
| 9 | Ian Rush |
| 10 | Craig Johnston |
| 11 | Graeme Souness (G, 21') |
| Subs | |
| 12 | Michael Robinson |
The teams met at Maine Road home of Manchester City for the Replay the following Wednesday, in front of 52,000 fans. The teams lined up as follows:
Everton began the game brightly and Peter Reid’s shot was well saved by Grobbelaar. Then in the 21st minute Liverpool took the lead. Graeme Souness turned onto Phil Neal’s pass and fired past Southall from 20 yards.
Liverpool almost doubled their lead but Rush fired over after a Dalglish corner. Everton forced a series of corners and Kevin Richardson’s shot was cleared off the line by Mark Lawrenson. However Liverpool held onto their lead and were 1-0 up at half time. Everton continued to press at the start of the second half with Graeme Sharp a constant threat in the air. Peter Reid went close when he fired across the face of goal but Liverpool defended stubbornly. They almost put the game to bed when Ian Rush ran clear on the break but he was denied by the legs of Southall. Craig Johnston was denied by another fine save by Southall as Everton began to tire. Liverpool used all of their experience to see the game out and held for a 1-0 victory. It was the fourth year in a row they had won the League/Milk Cup and Joe Fagan’s first trophy as Liverpool manager. They would go on to seal their third successive First Division Championship and cap it all by winning the European Cup in Rome, to complete a glorious Treble, the first ever by an English club.
Everton would shrug off their disappointment to win the FA Cup in May beating Watford 2-0 in the Final. The two teams would meet at Wembley again in August for the Charity Shield and this time Everton won 1-0 after a Bruce Grobbelaar own goal.
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