Country England & Wales Runners-up Everton Dates 29 Aug 1983 – 28 Mar 1984 | Champions Liverpool Champion Liverpool F.C. Teams 92 | |
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The 1983–84 Football League Cup, known as the Milk Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the twenty-fourth season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition started on 29 August 1983 and ended with the final replay 28 March 1984.
The final was contested by First Division teams Everton and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in London, and the first time that the final was played on a Sunday, and the first time that there was live coverage of the final shown on British TV. Liverpool beat Everton 1-0 after a replay, to win their fourth consecutive League Cup title.
Semi-finals
Having already defeated Arsenal, Third Division underdogs Walsall were now faced with a visit to Anfield to take on Liverpool, winners for the previous three years, in the semi-finals. They held the hosts to a 2–2 draw before losing the return leg 2–0 at Fellows Park. In the other semi-final, Everton won the first leg 2–0 against Aston Villa and went through despite a 1–0 defeat in the return leg, setting the scene for the first major domestic cup final between the two Merseyside clubs.