1984–85 Liverpool F.C. season

Liverpool F.C.

1984–85 season
Chairman	John W Smith
Manager	Joe Fagan
First Division	2nd
European Cup	Finalists
FA Cup	Semi-Finals
League Cup	3rd Round
Top goalscorer	League: John Wark (18) All: John Wark (27)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 season was the 93rd season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and their 22nd consecutive year in the top-flight. As European champions, Liverpool took part in the 1984 Intercontinental Cup in December 1984 against Independiente in Tokyo, where they lost 1-0.

Liverpool reached the 1985 European Cup Final where they faced Juventus. They lost the match 1-0, but the game was overshadowed by crowd trouble where thirty-nine Juventus fans died. Just hours before the match, Liverpool manager Joe Fagan had announced he would retire at the end of the season

Squad

Goalkeepers

• Bob Bolder
• Bruce Grobbelaar
• Chris Pile

Defenders

• Jim Beglin
• Gary Gillespie
• Alan Hansen
• Alan Kennedy
• Mark Lawrenson
• John McGregor
• Phil Neal
• Phil Thompson

Midfielders

• Kenny Dalglish
• Craig Johnston
• Sammy Lee
• Kevin MacDonald
• Jan Mølby
• Steve Nicol
• John Wark
• Ronnie Whelan

Attackers

• David Hodgson
• Michael Robinson
• Ian Rush
• Paul Walsh
• David West

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Everton	42	28	6	8	88	43	+45	90
2	Liverpool	42	22	11	9	68	35	+33	77
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	23	8	11	78	51	+27	77
4	Manchester United	42	22	10	10	77	47	+30	76
5	Southampton	42	19	11	12	56	47	+9	68
6	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	63	48	+15	66
7	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	61	49	+12	66
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	17	14	11	58	45	+13	65
9	Nottingham Forest	42	19	7	16	56	48	+8	64
10	Aston Villa	42	15	11	16	60	60	+0	56
11	Watford	42	14	13	15	81	71	+10	55
12	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	7	19	58	62	−4	55
13	Luton Town	42	15	9	18	57	61	−4	54
14	Newcastle United	42	13	13	16	55	70	−15	52
15	Leicester City	42	15	6	21	65	73	−8	51
16	West Ham United	42	13	12	17	51	68	−17	51
17	Ipswich Town	42	13	11	18	46	57	−11	50
18	Coventry City	42	15	5	22	47	64	−17	50
19	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	11	18	53	72	−19	50
20	Norwich City	42	13	10	19	46	64	−18	49
21	Sunderland	42	10	10	22	40	62	−22	40
22	Stoke City	42	3	8	31	24	91	−67	17

Results

First Division

Main article: 1984–85 Football League § First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
25-Aug-84	Norwich City	A	3–3	Own Goal  2' Dalglish  24' Neal  pen 67'	22,005	Report	Report
27-Aug-84	West Ham United	H	3–0	Walsh  1' Wark  75', 85'	32,633	Report	Report
01-Sep-84	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	Whelan  82'	33,982	Report	Report
04-Sep-84	Luton Town	A	2–1	Neal  pen 47' Dalglish  71'	14,127	Report	Report
08-Sep-84	Arsenal	A	1–3	Kennedy  82'	50,006	Report	Report
15-Sep-84	Sunderland	H	1–1	Walsh  17'	34,044	Report	Report
22-Sep-84	Manchester United	A	1–1	Walsh  73'	56,638	Report	Report
29-Sep-84	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2		40,196	Report	Report
06-Oct-84	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0		29,346	Report	Report
12-Oct-84	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1		28,599	Report	Report
20-Oct-84	Everton	H	0–1		45,545	Report	Report
28-Oct-84	Nottingham Forest	A	2–0	Whelan  36' Rush  50'	19,838	Report	Report
03-Nov-84	Stoke City	A	1–0	Whelan  86'	20,611	Report	Report
10-Nov-84	Southampton	H	1–1	Rush  46'	36,382	Report	Report
18-Nov-84	Newcastle United	A	2–0	Nicol  24' Wark  89'	28,003	Report	Report
24-Nov-84	Ipswich Town	H	2–0	Wark  41', 53'	34,918	Report	Report
01-Dec-84	Chelsea	A	1–3	Mølby  28'	40,972	Report	Report
04-Dec-84	Coventry City	H	3–1	Wark  8', 89' Rush  pen 23'	27,237	Report	Report
15-Dec-84	Aston Villa	A	0–0		24,007	Report	Report
21-Dec-84	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–0	Wark  38' Rush  60'	11,007	Report	Report
26-Dec-84	Leicester City	H	1–2	Neal  pen 60'	38,419	Report	Report
29-Dec-84	Luton Town	H	1–0	Wark  26'	35,403	Report	Report
01-Jan-85	Watford	A	1–1	Rush  88'	27,073	Report	Report
19-Jan-85	Norwich City	H	4–0	Wark  36' Rush  80', 89' Dalglish  86'	30,627	Report	Report
02-Feb-85	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	Lawrenson  85'	48,246	Report	Report
12-Feb-85	Arsenal	H	3–0	Rush  32' Neal 52 Whelan  87'	28,645	Report	Report
23-Feb-85	Stoke City	H	2–0	Nicol  14' Dalglish  28'	31,368	Report	Report
02-Mar-85	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	Wark  pen 49'	35,696	Report	Report
16-Mar-85	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1		43,852	Report	Report
23-Mar-85	West Bromwich Albion	A	5–0	Nicol  6' Dalglish  56' Wark  64', 70', 82'	20,500	Report	Report
31-Mar-85	Manchester United	H	0–1		34,886	Report	Report
03-Apr-85	Sunderland	A	3–0	Rush  1', 30' Wark  70'	24,096	Report	Report
06-Apr-85	Leicester City	A	1–0	Whelan  82'	22,942	Report	Report
20-Apr-85	Newcastle United	H	3–1	Wark  57' Gillespie  69' Walsh  80'	34,733	Report	Report
27-Apr-85	Ipswich Town	A	0–0		24,484	Report	Report
04-May-85	Chelsea	H	4–3	Whelan  4' Nicol  11', 27' Rush  68'	33,733	Report	Report
06-May-85	Coventry City	A	2–0	Walsh  44', 58'	18,951	Report	Report
11-May-85	Aston Villa	H	2–1	Whelan  66' Rush  68'	33,001	Report	Report
14-May-85	Southampton	A	1–1	Wark  31'	23,001	Report	Report
17-May-85	Watford	H	4–3	Rush  52', 81' Dalglish  57' Wark  pen 59'	29,130	Report	Report
20-May-85	West Ham United	A	3–0	Walsh  26', 36' Beglin  56'	22,408	Report	Report
23-May-85	Everton	A	0–1		51,045	Report	Report

FA Charity Shield

Main article: 1984 FA Charity Shield

Everton v Liverpool

18 August 1984 15:00

Everton	1–0	Liverpool
Grobbelaar  55' (o.g.)	Report Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 100,000 Referee: Keith Hackett (Sheffield)

GK 1 Neville Southall DF 2 Gary Stevens DF 3 John Bailey DF 4 Kevin Ratcliffe DF 5 Derek Mountfield MF 6 Peter Reid MF 7 Trevor Steven FW 8 Adrian Heath FW 9 Graeme Sharp MF 10 Paul Bracewell MF 11 Kevin Richardson Substitutes: GK Jim Arnold FW Andy Gray DF Alan Harper MF Kevin Sheedy FW Ian Marshall Manager: Howard Kendall

GK 1 Bruce Grobbelaar DF 2 Phil Neal DF 3 Alan Kennedy DF 4 Mark Lawrenson MF 5 Ronnie Whelan DF 6 Alan Hansen FW 7 Kenny Dalglish MF 8 Sammy Lee  53' FW 9 Ian Rush MF 10 Steve Nicol MF 11 John Wark Substitutes: FW Paul Walsh  53' FW David Hodgson Manager: Joe Fagan

FA Cup

Main article: 1984-85 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
05-Jan-85	Aston Villa	H	3–0	Rush  4', 74' Wark  49'	36,877	Report	Report
27-Jan-85	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	Rush  17'	27,905	Report	Report
16-Feb-85	York City	A	1–1	Rush  52'	13,485	Report	Report
20-Feb-85	York City	H	7–0	Whelan  15', 55' Wark  28', 58', 79' Neal  72' Walsh  83'	43,010	Report	Report
10-Mar-85	Barnsley	A	4–0	Rush  55', 80', 84' Whelan  72'	19,838	Report	Report
13-Apr-85	Manchester United	N	2–2	Whelan  87' Walsh  119'	51,690	Report	Report
17-Apr-85	Manchester United	N	1–2	Own Goal  39'	45,775	Report	Report

League Cup

Main article: 1984–85 Football League Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
24-Sep-84	Stockport County	A	0–0		11,169	Report	Report
09-Oct-84	Stockport County	H	2–0	Robinson  97' Whelan  115'	13,422	Report	Report
31-Oct-84	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1		38,690	Report	Report

European Cup

Main article: 1984-85 European Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report 1	Report 2
19-Sep-84	Lech Poznań	A	1–0	Wark  62'	35,000	Report	Report
03-Oct-84	Lech Poznań	H	4–0	Wark  13', 19', 89' Walsh  38'	22,143	Report	Report
24-Oct-84	Benfica	H	3–1	Rush  44', 71', 76'	27,733	Report	Report
07-Nov-84	Benfica	A	0–1		50,000	Report	Report
06-Mar-85	Austria Vienna	A	1–1	Nicol  86'	21,000	Report	Report
20-Mar-85	Austria Vienna	H	4–1	Walsh  16', 55' Nicol  39' Own Goal  46'	32,761	Report	Report
10-Apr-85	Panathinaikos	H	4–0	Wark  35' Rush  48', 49' Beglin  85'	39,488	Report	Report
24-Apr-85	Panathinaikos	A	1–0	Lawrenson  61'	56,400	Report	Report

Final

Main article: 1985 European Cup Final

Juventus v Liverpool

29 May 1985 20:15 CEST

Juventus	1–0	Liverpool
Platini  56' (pen.)	Report Report

Heysel Stadium, Brussels Attendance: 59,000 Referee: André Daina (Switzerland)

Juventus

Liverpool

GK 1 Stefano Tacconi DF 2 Luciano Favero DF 3 Antonio Cabrini MF 4 Massimo Bonini DF 5 Sergio Brio DF 6 Gaetano Scirea (c) FW 7 Massimo Briaschi  84' MF 8 Marco Tardelli FW 9 Paolo Rossi  89' MF 10 Michel Platini FW 11 Zbigniew Boniek Substitutes: GK 12 Luciano Bodini DF 13 Nicola Caricola FW 14 Cesare Prandelli  84' MF 15 Bruno Limido MF 16 Beniamino Vignola  89' Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni

GK 1 Bruce Grobbelaar RB 2 Phil Neal (c) LB 3 Jim Beglin CB 4 Mark Lawrenson  4' RM 5 Steve Nicol CB 6 Alan Hansen CF 7 Kenny Dalglish CM 8 Ronnie Whelan CF 9 Ian Rush LM 10 Paul Walsh  46' CM 11 John Wark  38' Substitutes: MF 13 Sammy Lee DF 14 Gary Gillespie  4' MF 15 Jan Mølby MF 16 Craig Johnston  46' GK 17 Chris Pile Manager: Joe Fagan

Intercontinental Cup

Main article: 1984 Intercontinental Cup

Independiente v Liverpool

9 December 1984 12:00 JST

Independiente	1–0	Liverpool
Percudani  6'	Report Report

National Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 62,000 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho (Brazil)

GK 1 Carlos Goyén DF 2 Hugo Villaverde  74' DF 3 Carlos Enrique DF 4 Néstor Clausen DF 5 Enzo Trossero MF 6 Claudio Marangoni MF 7 Jorge Burruchaga MF 8 Ricardo Giusti FW 9 José Percudani MF 10 Ricardo Bochini FW 11 Alejandro Barberón Substitutes: DF 13 Pedro Monzón  74' Manager: José Pastoriza Man of the Match: José Percudani (Independiente) Assistant referees:

GK 1 Bruce Grobbelaar RB 4 Phil Neal LB 6 Alan Kennedy CB 3 Gary Gillespie LM 2 Steve Nicol CB 5 Alan Hansen CF 7 Kenny Dalglish CM 8 Jan Mølby CF 9 Ian Rush RM 10 Craig Johnston CM 11 John Wark  76' Substitutes: MF 14 Ronnie Whelan  76' GK 12 Bob Bolder MF 13 Kevin MacDonald FW 15 Michael Robinson Manager: Joe Fagan

European Super Cup

Main article: 1984 European Super Cup

Juventus v Liverpool

16 January 1985 20:30 CET

Juventus	2–0	Liverpool
Boniek  39', 79'	Report Report

Stadio Comunale, Turin Attendance: 55,384 Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

GK 1 Luciano Bodini DF 2 Luciano Favero DF 3 Antonio Cabrini MF 4 Massimo Bonini DF 5 Sergio Brio DF 6 Gaetano Scirea FW 7 Massimo Briaschi MF 8 Marco Tardelli FW 9 Paolo Rossi MF 10 Michel Platini MF 11 Zbigniew Boniek Substitutes: GK 12 Stefano Tacconi DF 13 Nicola Caricola MF 14 Cesare Prandelli MF 15 Bruno Limido MF 16 Beniamino Vignola Manager: Giovanni Trapattoni

GK 1 Bruce Grobbelaar RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Alan Kennedy CB 4 Mark Lawrenson  46' RM 5 Steve Nicol CB 6 Alan Hansen CF 7 Paul Walsh LM 8 Ronnie Whelan CF 9 Ian Rush CM 10 Kevin MacDonald CM 11 John Wark Substitutes: DF 12 Jim Beglin GK 13 Bob Bolder DF 14 Gary Gillespie  46' MF 15 Sammy Lee MF 16 Jan Mølby Manager: Joe Fagan

References

• LFC History.net – Games for the 1984–85 season
• Liverweb - Games for the 1984–85 season