Joe Fagan

At the age of 62, Joe Fagan had finally become manager of Liverpool FC. This unassuming family man, who still lived in a modest semi detached house a few hundred yards from the ground, had risen from assistant coach to manager in a glorious upward path stretching back a quarter of a century. The difference in the club circa 1983 from the Second Division outfit he had joined in 1958 was there for all to see. Joe’s job now was ensuring the club maintained it’s position amongst Europe’s elite.

Joe Fagan’s best season as manager of Liverpool FC was the 1983/84 season when they won the treble and below you will see how they did it.

The League campaign

Arsenal 2-1 2-0 Aston Villa 2-1 3-1 Birmingham City 1-0 0-0 Coventry City 5-0 0-4 Everton 3-0 1-1 Ipswich Town 2-2 1-1 Leicester City 2-2 3-3 Luton Town 6-0 0-0 Manchester United 1-1 0-1 Norwich City 1-1 1-0 Nottingham Forest 1-0 1-0 Notts County 5-0 0-0 Queens Park Rangers 2-0 1-0 Southampton 1-1 0-2 Stoke City 1-0 0-2 Sunderland 0-1 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 2-2 Watford 3-0 2-0 West Bromwich Albion 3-0 2-1 West Ham United 6-0 3-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 1-1 P W D L F A Pts Home 21 14 5 2 50 12 47 Away 21 8 9 4 23 20 33 Total 42 22 14 6 73 32 80

The League Cup campaign

Rd 2 Leg 1 Brentford (A) 4-1 Rd 2 Leg 2 Brentford (H) 4-0 Rd 3 Fulham (A) 1-1 Replay Fulham (H) 1-1 2nd Replay Fulham (A) 1-0 Rd 4 Birmingham City (A) 1-1 Replay Birmingham City (H) 3-0 Rd 5 Sheff. Wed. (A) 2-2 Replay Sheff. Wed. (H) 3-0 Semi Leg 1 Walsall (H) 2-2 Semi Leg 2 Walsall (A) 2-0 Final Everton (Wem.) 0-0 Replay Everton (Maine Road) 1-0

The European Cup campaign

Rd 1 Leg 1 BK Odense (A) 1-0 Rd 1 Leg 2 BK Odense (H) 5-0 Rd 2 Leg 1 Athletico Bilbao (H) 0-0 Rd 2 Leg 2 Athletico Bilbao (A) 1-0 Rd 3 Leg 1 Benfica (H) 1-0 Rd 3 Leg 2 Benfica (A) 4-1 Semi Leg 1 Dynamo Bucharest (H) 1-0 Semi Leg 2 Dynamo Bucharest (A) 2-1 Final AS Roma (Rome) 1-1 4-2 (pens)