1984 Football League Cup final
# 1984 Football League Cup final

The 1984 Football League Cup Final (billed as the Milk Cup Final) was an association football match between Liverpool and Everton. The initial final was a dour affair in which Liverpool had more chances but Everton saw what seemed a clear-cut penalty claim waved away by the referee when Alan Hansen used his hand to steer Adrian Heath's goal-bound shot off the Liverpool goal line. The replay was equally dour but Liverpool won the game through a first-half Graeme Souness goal at Maine Road. This was Liverpool's fourth consecutive success in the competition and also the third consecutive final in which they had defeated that season's eventual FA Cup winners.

## Match details

| Liverpool | Everton |
| - | - |

Bruce Grobbelaar :

| RB | 2 | Phil Neal |
| - | - | - |
| LB | 3 | Alan Kennedy |
| CB | 4 | Mark Lawrenson |
| LM | 5 | Ronnie Whelan |
| CB | 6 | Alan Hansen |
| CF | 7 | Kenny Dalglish |
| RM | 8 | Sammy Lee |
| CF | 9 | Ian Rush |
| CM | 10 | Craig Johnston | 91' |
| CM | 11 | Graeme Souness (c) |
| Substitute: ||||
| FW | 12 | Michael Robinson | 91' |
| Manager: ||||
| Joe Fagan ||||

Neville Southall :

| RB | 2 | Gary Stevens |
| - | - | - |
| LB | 3 | John Bailey |
| CB | 4 | Kevin Ratcliffe (c) |
| CB | 5 | Derek Mountfield |
| CM | 6 | Peter Reid |
| RM | 7 | Alan Irvine |
| CF | 8 | Adrian Heath |
| CF | 9 | Graeme Sharp |
| CM | 10 | Kevin Richardson |
| LM | 11 | Kevin Sheedy 75' |
| Substitute: ||||
| DF/MF | 12 | Alan Harper 75' |
| Manager: ||||
| Howard Kendall ||||

* Match rules
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* Replay if scores still level.
* One named substitute.
* Maximum of one substitution.

## Replay

| Liverpool | Everton |
| - | - |

Bruce Grobbelaar :

| RB | 2 | Phil Neal |
| - | - | - |
| LB | 3 | Alan Kennedy |
| CB | 4 | Mark Lawrenson |
| LM | 5 | Ronnie Whelan |
| CB | 6 | Alan Hansen |
| CF | 7 | Kenny Dalglish |
| RM | 8 | Sammy Lee |
| CF | 9 | Ian Rush |
| CM | 10 | Craig Johnston |
| CM | 11 | Graeme Souness (c) |
| Substitute: ||||
| FW | 12 | Michael Robinson |
| Manager: ||||
| Joe Fagan ||||

Neville Southall :

| RB | 2 | Gary Stevens |
| - | - | - |
| LB | 3 | John Bailey |
| CB | 4 | Kevin Ratcliffe (c) |
| CB | 5 | Derek Mountfield |
| CM | 6 | Peter Reid |
| RM | 7 | Alan Irvine |
| CF | 8 | Adrian Heath |
| CF | 9 | Graeme Sharp |
| MF | 10 | Kevin Richardson |
| MF | 11 | Alan Harper |
| Substitute: ||||
| MF | 12 | Andy King |
| Manager: ||||
| Howard Kendall ||||

* Match rules
* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
* One named substitute.
* Maximum of one substitution.
