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

GK 1 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

GK 1 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' [1] Substitute: DF/MF 12 Alan Harper  75' [2] Manager: Howard Kendall

Replay

28 March 1984

19:30

Liverpool	1–0	Everton
Souness 21'	Report

Maine Road, Manchester

Attendance: 52,089

Referee: Alan Robinson

Liverpool

Everton

GK 1 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

GK 1 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