Liverpool 3-1 (aet) Tottenham, League Cup Final 1982

Spurs had great form going into this one - they were unbeaten in their last 16 fixtures. They had also reached the final without conceding a single goal (the first time that had happened). Could they now stop Liverpool retaining the trophy that they had won 12 months earlier? Ultimately not, as Ronnie Whelan, in his first game at Wembley, was to have an afternoon to remember. Brian Moore commentates.

[@torreador1972]

Happy Days. Ronnie Whelans breakthrough season. What a gem. He did it 12 months later against Manchester United 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CraptasticFail]

Last night Curtis Jones channeled Whelan's genius against the blue and white Smurfs.

[@TheMerseyBoy]

What a great young footballer Ronnie was. Unsung hero of that early 80's team.

[@vantheman1238]

TheMerseyBoy he was great

[@Unker_Spunkanathan]

He was grossly under rated. But the managers knew how effective he was... Always got back his place once he was back from injury... Consistency was his game

[@desplatt842]

In those early days “ The Mersey boy”, I thought he got loads of deserved credit as he was such an exciting footballer and did extraordinary things. He and Ian Rush absolutely revitalised the team in the 1981/82 season. I think it was in later years that he was unsung when he did the job of sweeping up around of the defence as Souness had done in a more muscular way before. The players always said that he did things in training that none of them could match. In the early days we used to see them on a Saturday as in the League cup finals of 82 and 83 and the Championship clincher against Tottenham in 82 amongst othersbut after that he did an equally brilliant but less spectacular job. He was still capable of laying on the winner as he did for Ian Rush in the 1986 FA Cup final.

[@ramps2402]

Ronnie was absolute class, the winning goal he scored against utd in the final of the same competition in extra time was outstanding.

[@ryanm3172]

People don't realise how good 80s footballers were , some of the passes and touches herd are unreal

[@vantheman1238]

Ryan M totally agree. Great talent on that pitch. English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, two Argentinians and a Zimbabwean.

[@Kelly14UK]

It's the sheer speed of the play with no play acting too. Pure excitement.

[@philipmarsden7104]

@Ryan M : You should include the 70s too.From '75-'85 there were 11 finals in the European cup and English teams contested all but two.Of the other 9 English teams won 7 with Liverpool and Leeds both losing one each.The seven winners were Liverpool(4),Nottm Forest(2) and Aston Villa(1).The only real underperformers were the England team itself,and perhaps that is why many forget how good the players were.Although we shouldn't forget,according to Man Utd fans,football only started in 1992,it didn't exist before then.

[@perspellman]

Have been watching lots of old clips lately and truly believe that today's Liverpool players could learn a lot by watching the games from the great era of the 70's and 80's. The calm- and smartness in the attack play and finishing. However, quiestion is if not the defense play and perhaps also players have developed some since then.

[@MrJonno85]

@@perspellman Certainly there is more 'sports science' employed now - no going down the pub after the game!

[@MadMax-dr6mf]

Two great teams here. The Liverpool equaliser was the first goal Spurs conceded in that year's competition. The defeat was their first ever at Wembley. There was talk of the Quadruple that year, after success in the previous season's FA Cup, and Burkinshaw's over ambitious desire to "make people stop talking about the double team." The squad was too small for that, of course. I always felt that this team was capable of beating anybody, certainly in the country, and perhaps even in Europe, but the increasing volume of games, injury and sheer tiredness got to them. They retained the Cup, came fourth I think in the league, and lost heavily in the fog in Munich in the Cup Winners' Cup semis. But undoubtedly a great team, possibly the best Spurs set up I remember.

[@MadMax-dr6mf]

My memory! I've just looked at the 81-82 Cup Winner's cup and it was Barcelona who narrowly put us out. Yet I distinctly remember us losing 4-1 to Bayern Munich in a semi - final in atrocious fog. Well, there you go.

[@MadMax-dr6mf]

Oh, that's it. Checking again, I found we lost heavily to Bayern the following year. That was the year Fergie won his first European trophy with Aberdeen, beating Real Madrid in the final.

[@vantheman1238]

MadMax382 it was a very good Tottenham side. Great players. It took Liverpool’s greatest ever team to beat them.

[@merseydave1]

Those were the days when The Football League Cup Final was played on a Saturday at 3pm (no live t.v. just recorded highlights on the Sunday afternoon). That Liverpool F.C. all red kit lasted for 18 years - November 1964 to May 1976 the O neck and August 1976 to May 1982 the V neck, from then on they varied the design of the kit.

[@studio-flash]

No diving..no rolling around faking it..no bull..just great football.. how Liverpool dominated the 1980's ....

[@Leediverify]

@David David Although I much preferred Motson and Davies on BBC to Brian Moore. Moore seemed to shout and get much more excited in games when there often wasn't anything to be excited about.

[@ΑθανάσιοςΕυσταθίου-ε7υ]

The best football in history that English football in this period of time.......

[@bigsmallapple]

The quality of soccer those days were a different class. Each one on the pitch is a true Legends.

[@merseydave1]

The World Name, for The World Game is FOOTBALL ... fact.

[@robertcottam8824]

​@@merseydave1 No. There are 6 codes of football: Association, Rugby (League and Union), American, Aussie Rules and Gaelic. We call AsSOCiation football 'Soccer' for short - just as rugby union is shortened to 'rugger' and so forth. Of course you may call soccer whatever you want, dear boy. But it's still soccer...

[@merseydave1]

@@robertcottam8824 My very simple reply to you is this .... The Full name of the competition in this video is The 1982 FOOTBALL League Cup Final organized by the (then) FOOTBALL League. It started in England in 1888 up to 1992 the Main competition under that organization was The FOOTBALL League Championship (now the Premier League) As I have just mentioned in 1992 The top division of the FOOTBALL League was taken over by The Football .Association and re-named The F.A. Premier League ... Of Course The FOOTBALL Association organised The FOOTBALL Association Cup we say The F.A.Cup that started from 1872 the FOOTBALL Association started in The mid 1860s in England. So No ; -/ soccer ;-/ here! Our European FOOTBALL governing body is called Union European FOOTBALL Association or just U.E.F.A. Our World FOOTBALL governing body is called Federation International FOOTBALL Association or just F.I.F.A. Hence The World Name, for The World Game is FOOTBALL ... FACT!.

[@merseydave1]

@@robertcottam8824 You totally missed my point ... there is Only One World Game, its This Game of FOOTBALL

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

The teams Liverpool beat in the 1982, 1983 and 1984 League Cup Finals all went on to win the FA Cup that same season.

[@peter-shauntyrell5613]

That's a cool fact

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Had it been the year previously, West Ham as well. To ruin the sequence, West Ham took the Cup in 1980, not 81

[@davidreed1995]

Not wankstain united

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

@@davidreed1995 Haha great name

[@athelstan927]

Great fact.. thanks.. well done!

[@johnruby147]

A full blooded cup final , lots of tackles , no one rolling around like they been hit with a exocet missile , and of coarse , the best commentator . No nonsence , no theatrics , a commentator that treated the watching viewer as an adult , not a child like todays commentators do

[@vantheman1238]

John Ruby well said

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

@John Ruby Brian Moore, the best commentator? Really??

[@RobCLynch]

I agree totally. I think we should start a league of our own and only players from each city can represent. Their club

[@breadandcircuses9967]

the funny thing is martin tyler was in the arsenal dressing room after they beat man u to win the fa cup in 79 , it was a more honest playing and interviewing approach back then yet he's still here and acts oblivious to the diving and theatrics .

[@gravyboat2370]

Matt busby at the end handing over the cup....one Liverpool legend to another

[@DVDFHardTarget]

One Liverpool captain passing it to another.

[@athelstan927]

It's hard to believe Sir Matt played for LFC.

[@paulgraham6316]

Indeed. It is largely forgotten that Matt Busby, a true sporting great and gentleman, played for Liverpool. He was even offered a coaching position at Anfield but, being that gentleman and having already made a commitment to Man Utd, he remained true to his word and moved to Old Trafford. How different things might have been!

[@terrymurray4335]

R I p Ray Clemence Legend for both clubs and a great commentator in Brian Moore iin the days where 1 commentater was all you needed

[@steliosc.4686]

I was 11 years old at the time. Watching the match here in Cyprus with my family. After losing 3-1 i couldn't sleep for 2 days. My father as well . Great memories. Both great teams even though i wouldn't admit it back then. :)

[@horder2344]

Brilliant end to end game and gutted as a spurs fan but what a great team that Liverpool team were back then as well. 1st time Spurs lost at Wembley too

[@Muesli711]

Iconic strips with no advertising, world class players and commentary, match full of excitement and goals. Wonderful 👍

[@johnt7630]

For a final, this was a very open match. A credit to both sides.

[@parisstromatias637]

That was with the British football always attacking at any game

[@krewashton264]

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[@rogerjesus9096]

@Krew Ashton Instablaster ;)

[@owenhunt]

1:59 Classic King Kenny. Waits for the defender to detach and then creates a chance from thin air where a ball outside the box would tempt most midfielders. Three decades before Suarez would excute similar feats.

[@owenhunt]

4:45 - 4:53 Classic King Kennt. Surveys the defence with patience. Waits for Whelan to dart his run. Releases the ball 0.60th of a second before Whelan arrives to finish without interruption. They ran a team with Ardilles and Ricky Villa ragged. My favourite sporting saga is snapshotted in one match here.

[@50young603]

So many legends on both sides, now that's football. Liverpool fan since birth.

[@laythjato716]

Love the 80's football. No personalities and selfishness between who wins what from individual honors. Everyone plays for their club and win together. No diving or no parking the bus. Love this game especially because Liverpool stuck it to # #Clemence who went to play for Spurs

[@christopherchristos7275]

Stuck it to Clemence? Poor comment

[@mattp8593]

Two great teams

[@paulgraham6316]

Crucial to this game was when David Johnson came on and superbly made two of the goals. Rest in peace, Johnno.

[@MatteoSimeone22]

That ball brings back memories Great game Liverpool were superb in pressing and on the counter - similar to Klopps men today

[@merseydave1]

Those were the days of The League Cup Final being played on Saturday at 3pm and L.W.T. The Big Match, with Brian Moore on I.T.V. showing the highlights (it wasn't Live then) on the Sunday afternoon.

[@karlerasure]

Turning point of the match was the missed chance of Archibald. Then it was 1-1. A solid team and the beginning of Rush success.

[@studio-flash]

3:55 a great save from the corner by Clemence..to younger viewers who dont know the 1980's see how the keeper never punched the ball away...a great goalie would always prefer to catch the ball..something modern keepers dont do as much...lesson over..haaa.

[@steskilly3660]

Yessssssss

[@akampurirajames6811]

What a great quality of footballers in the 1980s......an entataining game it was!

[@ijs6427]

Remember it going off big time after the game...... Liverpool stood out a mile by the clobber they wore..... spurs we're still mainly skinhead's...... Liverpool's main mob had the day but I do remember some Liverpool gettin a slap if they we're wearing colour's.....!

[@MGTOW-nn9ls]

Three days after this win Liverpool went to Sofia and lost to CSKA Sofia at the quarter final of Europen Champions cup. They were super team and i was at stadium at Sofia. Since then i am Liverpool fan.

[@soundbeings1]

As Max Boyce would say, "I remember, because I was there!!" Skinny soon-to-be 16 year old at my first Wembley final. Magic stuff. YNWA.

[@ossyable]

Interesting the get the ball up if you lose it we'll soon get it back mentality was far more similar style of play to a 1950s than the keep hold of possession we see today. think crowds back then would have lost patience with the modern endless passing

[@seanbonella]

the two new young lads, Whelan & Rush the late Brian Moore said....in 1982...incredible

[@sbutler860]

This was a proper game of football. x

[@martinkelly9763]

.... adored Ronnie Whelan, the Home Farm boy.

[@raypatrick6788]

Two very strong sides

[@daztot]

Golden Era of football that

[@abdouliverpool247]

And now we meet again ....c'mon Reds 😍😍😍

[@gary1961]

... and we WON again!!!!

[@dedisuwandi655]

why I love Liverpool because Liverpool is able to amaze the audience with the changes in the game ❤️❤️❤️

[@Unker_Spunkanathan]

Still enjoyable, 40 yrs down the road. Really didn't look like they could win it. In the end, the new boys, Rush, Whelan & Grobbelaar helped to make it happen... And the next few years were even more incredible

[@davett64]

Remember it like yesterday. Ronnie Whelan!

[@jimrobertson9011]

The celebrations were incredible that night, never forget that weekend, amazing

[@christopherlock4703]

best team in 80's, this why daglish and rush all time top 10. now in 2020's maybe salah, firmino, sane, van djik, allison and trent alexander aronld could get in top 20 of all time.

[@frannydarko2698]

When football was football..

[@johncronin1082]

Was at the game Souness was brilliant that day YNWA

[@aroshan644]

Winning Trophies in the 1970s and 1980s were far more Tougher than now ,because English Football was in its peak and the Quality of Players playing in England were By far the most Aggressive ones.

[@motormouthalmighty]

i remember that day!four minutes from beating liverpool?ronnie whelan scored two?just think.we were all living in a different world that day weren't we?we could not have imagined this very moment could we?

[@davedavies8188]

Bruce Groebllar...the greatest goalie the world's ever seen...or will ever see

[@rossmorebaz]

I remember watching this live as a 9 year old kid in 1982 !

[@rossmorebaz]

it was broadcast live in Ireland pal !

[@padraigsisk4057]

Brilliant commentary

[@brettmoth3036]

great game!

[@grantg60]

I was there that day, behind the goal where Liverpool scored all 3 goals. But memory is a funny thing. I could have sworn that rush scored the equaliser but it was Ronnie whelan. I am glad to see that it was as good a game as I remember. I saw Liverpool at 1 fa cup nina like and 5 league cup finals. This was the best game and the most satisfying win. Why didn't that spurs ream achieve more than they did? Some great players there

[@ianw5114]

My first away game watching Liverpool. A great game with great memories, most notably the Spurs fans rushing up the tunnel at the Liverpool end after the game lol. We've never left the ground so quickly lol

[@neilalexander4255]

Dalglish was outstanding.

[@JamesSmith-dt3yf]

Rush Incredible player

[@4726-i4d]

Today is 2022 League Cup final, Liverpool v Chelsea. Exactly 40 years later. Lets win it against.

[@dnstone1127]

Spurs won the major domestic cup FA Cup that year and the year before, Milk cup was a second rate trophy.

[@davidreed1995]

Do sad to heard the death of form liverpool goalkeeper ray clemence has die age 72 RIP RAY

[@jpeel2066]

Great years.

[@Dude0000]

Liverpool were the masters of of relentless pressure.

[@brianmuir9059]

I was at that game. My one and only time at Wembley.

[@jackthegamer4019]

How did Archibald miss that chance at the end!!!

[@eddyjohan8650]

That spurs team got hoddle, archibald, crooke, clemence, (ossie ardilles and villa still there i guess). Wealth of talent. Got most amazing jerseys too.

[@gailfitzpatrick4967]

I love port vale football club 1867 and they are the best team in the world

[@gailfitzpatrick4967]

I like liver pool football club they are the best team

[@TheGenesect10]

+Radio TV & Film 2 That's awesome!

[@gary1961]

The only time a team has won a cup final at Wembley and received TWO trophies.

[@carl4esq]

why did it have to cut before the milk cup got lifted apart from that good post

[@seanbonella]

as a scouser, Spurs have to say were some side. they everything but the league....

[@studio-flash]

Have you noticed what Liverpool had here that the current team dont??? The idea that you dont pass back and sideways all the time..Liverpool in the 1980's predominately passed and moved ..FORWARD.....it started with Shankly..then Paisley..pass and move..all at pace..great football.

[@Kafkaesque117]

Keep in mind you are watching highlights. Backpasses aren't really used much in highlights. Liverpool where using the style of play adopted from the red star Belgrade team in the 70s

[@richjackson8349]

The classic FL ball, I had one of those!

[@رحلةحياة-ب6ط]

Nothing is new or surprising, this is the ordinary position for the reds. Always on the platform. When you see different team there, then you must start wondering. YNWA.

[@simonandrews-composer-cond736]

"Ozzie's going to Wembley, his knees have gone all trembly..."

[@richardboyes9215]

Memories my first trip to Wembley

[@peterreid9769]

3-1 flattered Liverpool. And Archibald should have made it 2-0 with that sitter he missed.

[@raymondmcmenemy303]

Players did'nt feel the need to pass the ball about in their own penalty area like they all seem to do now.

[@andrebronkhorst8539]

What makes Liverpool so successful over this period look all the shirts are tucked in. Look at Spurs

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

0:53 Mark Lawrenson would have been sent off for that foul nowadays.

[@tonyknowles1864]

This was the last League Cup final to be played on a Saturday as I remember. Wasn't shown live back then either which may have been the reason why it was switched to Sunday a year later.

[@johnholmes8178]

1983 League Cup Final, Liverpool v Man United was the last to be played on a Saturday.

[@tonyknowles1864]

@@johnholmes8178 Yes you're right. My memory isn't so good these days!

[@Tom-dv2pt]

Great liverpool from Thailand

[@xxMrBaldyxx]

first liverpool goal is at 5:20

[@oneliverpool6287]

Up to this day Tottenham are still the Battler's

[@xxMrBaldyxx]

they never really end up winning anything though

[@aleebee4989]

The Bottlers, you mean?

[@xtrofilm]

The brilliant Ian Rush.

[@zzzaaa0990]

The pace of the game then was so much faster than todays game where players just trot around the pitch treating the game like a chore or a hobby.The true Golden Age of soccer.13>1.Amen.

[@Kafkaesque117]

Nope, today's pace is ridiculous, heck even the 90s a decade later had faster speed than that.

[@zzzaaa0990]

@@Kafkaesque117 Stop lying dude,proove it dude,I say proove it dude.13>1.Amen.

[@Kafkaesque117]

@@zzzaaa0990 OK I'll prove it then. Just heads up im a massive admirer of Liverpool as my old man's a fan (especially the 1980s squad). With football it got faster and faster as time has gone on. Here's a game with Liverpool vs Everton: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn6sdmCcfsZ8Z80 With the first division it had in my opinion the fastest play of football at that time. The speed of knocking the ball and running around imo was that decade's fastest. Now look at serie A a couple of years down the line in a game between Napoli vs AC Milan 88-89. From here we can see that the speed of play is slightly slower but more technical/finesse. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4HFhn6Zpt1_rtk From here you can see the players trotting around as you said. Still happened in the same era. Now here's a match in the 90s with Inter Milan and AC Milan. Serie A had become that decade's fastest league. The speed of play is slightly more comparable to today's. You can see by comparing this and the clip before on how in a short time span the game had gotten faster. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4fNo3Rpotqka9U Now here's a game between them again a couple of years later, look how the speed has improved in a few years. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJuaZ6umfZaGjpY When the 2000s hit, the speed returned to England and has stayed here as the fastest league. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWXUhWRqlM-daLM From this clip we can compare it to the 80s, the speed is incomparable. Now compare to the late 2000s in a game between Utd and Liverpool kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4CsamSVjZuZqc0 Faster in a short timespan The point of these clips where to show you an comparably evolution of speed in football. Now fast forward to a game between Utd and city. The speed between now and the 1980s immense. Through lighter equipment and faster, fitter players, football's speed has become ridiculous compared to the 1980s kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2rbcpyGqLamr68 Oh yeah and players don't run around like headless chickens now a days, runs are controlled and physicality is good only if it serves a purpose. This style of controlled physicality and speed was preached by Cruyff and total football, it has made its way into modern day football as tactics and teamwork are alot different and complex

[@zzzaaa0990]

That's not proof dude,just your view and conjecture,Show me concrete proof dude,I say show me concrete proof dude and stop lying.Players today just run around like headless chickens with no purpose dude..13>!1.Amen.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

@@zzzaaa0990you sound like a world class moron. Embarrassing.

[@paulcope834]

Ardilles responsible for 2 goals had a shocker.

[@veronicaasemota976]

Just smashed Chelsea in this cup , the Liverpool way 🇮🇪❤️☝️

[@qasion]

Anybody from Liverpool remember attending this match?

[@johnholmes8178]

Yes. I was there that day.

[@qasion]

@@johnholmes8178 Lucky you. Notice only 1 black player back then, now it's almost the opposite.

[@johnholmes8178]

@@qasion Not quite. Though there are certainly more black players today. However, Garth Crooks is British. And British players are in the minority these days. This country produces very little in the way of home-grown footballing talent compared to then.

[@qasion]

@@johnholmes8178 Interesting, I wonder why is that, maybe a decline in population?

[@federicomasset6064]

Great

[@barnbersonol]

Blimey Garth Crook before he weighed seventeen stone!

[@yatyingha7431]

Glenn Hoddle is the best ！

[@keegan773]

Look at that pitch....it was crap, at Wembley as well. Things have improved a lot in that department.

[@mschauhan3855]

keegan773 but at that time people played for their passion,but now they play for the money

[@swissfred986]

English football in the 80s was something else.

[@BrianGriffen71]

Love how Souness blew and wiped his nose with the same hand then tried to get rid of the evidence by wiping it on his shirt and then went on to shake the hands of the VIP using that same hand. Arh. The good old days, when men where men by bathing in the same bath together.

[@diptastik5651]

Great game !

[@joelfernandez2333]

The good old days.

[@myrddingwynedd2751]

11:46 and then shakes the hand of one of the one presenting the cup.

[@y1521t21b5]

Never-say-die kings! _YNWA_

[@alternativefm328]

I remember seeing this live

[@gary1961]

So do I .... from behind the goal where Liverpool scored their goals (and Spurs scored theirs).

[@bradermozz6667]

Classic...all my football icons were here...

[@AIKsupporter]

and now they meet again in another cupfinal =)

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I love the expectoration of a nose lugey just before getting the cup.

[@alanw8571]

I wonder if Ray Clemence would've remained as Liverpool's no.1 if he didn't leave for Spurs, what with Grobbelaar waiting in the wings?

[@aleebee4989]

That's one of the reasons Ray left.

[@richardcochrane1966]

Nothing changes...they have the cup in their grasp, & Chokenham strike again!🤣🤣🤣

[@ΜπάμπηςΜαρνάς-γ6ξ]

Μεγάλη Λίβερπουλ ........................

[@smittenthekitteninmittens2679]

why both trophies?