Liverpool's achievement of reaching three cup finals in the same season is unique and by the end of the season they will have played 63 matches.

Much has been made of the demands placed on Gerard Houllier's squad and the need for the Liverpool manager to rotate his team.

But compared to the 1983/1984 squad, Liverpool's current stars seem to have had it easy.

This season, no-one has played in all of Liverpool's matches. Dutch goalkeeper Sander Westerveld has appeared in the most games, missing just two so far.

In total, 28 players have been used by the club. Seven players have appeared 50 times or more.

In 1984, Liverpool reached both the Milk Cup and European Cup finals and finished the season having played 66 matches.

Four of their cup matches went into extra-time, whereas this year, none of Liverpool's games have reached 120 minutes.

Four of the 1983/1984 squad played all 66 possible matches, among them Alan Hansen, with four others recording over sixty appearances.

In total, 10 of their squad played in more than 50 games and just 16 players were used that season.

The centre-back partnership of Hansen and Mark Lawrenson - who will be covering Liverpool's Uefa Cup final against Alaves for BBC Sport - played 131 games between them that season.

The only game Lawrenson missed was the Milk Cup semi-final first leg against Walsall.

Liverpool 2000/ 2001
Player	Total	PR	FA	WC	UC
Sander Westerveld	59	37	6	4	12
Markus Babbel	58	37	5	4	12
Sami Hyypia	56	34	6	6	10
Jamie Carragher	56	33	6	6	11
Emile Heskey	54	35	5	4	10
Stephane Henchoz	53	32	6	6	9
Dietmar Hamann	52	30	6	5	12
Steven Gerrard	48	32	4	4	8
Vladimir Smicer	48	27	5	6	10
Gary McAllister	47	29	5	5	8
Robbie Fowler	46	26	5	5	10
Nick Barmby	45	25	5	6	9
Danny Murphy	45	26	5	5	9
Michael Owen	44	27	5	2	10
Christian Ziege	32	16	3	4	9
Igor Biscan	21	13	4	4	-
Patrik Berger	19	13	1	1	4
Djimi Traore	12	8	-	1	3
Jari Litmanen	11	5	2	2	2
9 more players	6 or less	-	-	-	-

Note: PR= Premier League (max games=37); FA= FA Cup (max= 5); WC= Worthington Cup (max= 6); UC= Uefa Cup (max= 12).

Liverpool 1983/ 1984
Player	Total	D1	FA	MC	EC
Bruce Grobbelaar	66	42	2	13	9
Alan Kennedy	66	42	2	13	9
Alan Hansen	66	42	2	13	9
Sammy Lee	66	42	2	13	9
Mark Lawrenson	65	42	2	12	9
Ian Rush	64	41	2	12	9
Phil Neal	63	41	2	12	8
Graeme Souness	60	37	2	12	9
Craig Johnston	51	29	2	12	8
Kenny Dalglish	50	33	0	8	9
Michael Robinson	41	24	2	9	6
Steve Nicol	38	23	2	9	4
Ronnie Whelan	34	23	1	5	5
David Hodgson	11	5	0	4	2
John Wark	9	9	0	0	0
Gary Gillespie	1	0	0	1	0

Note: D1= Division One (max games=42); FA= FA Cup (max=2); MC= Milk Cup (max=13); EC= European Cup (max=9).

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