1982–83 Football League

The Football League
Season 1982–83
Champions Liverpool

The 19821983 season was the 84th completed season of The Football League.

Bob Paisley’s last season as Liverpool manager ended on a high as they topped the First Division with a comfortable lead. Bob Paisley retired as Liverpool manager with a record 21 prizes in nine years. His successor was long-serving coach Joe Fagan. Newly promoted Watford were the shock of the season, finishing in second place in their first ever season in the top flight.

Manchester City were relegated despite a four-year spending spree totalling around £5million. Swansea City were also relegated after only their second season as a First Division club. They had finished sixth a year earlier and at several stages had topped the league table. Brighton & Hove Albion joined them on the way down.

Queens Park Rangers, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City won promotion to the First Division. Rotherham United, Burnley and Bolton Wanderers were relegated to the Third Division. It was another blow for Bolton, who had been relegated from the First Division three years earlier.

Charlton Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers both came within hours of going bankrupt but were both saved by respective new owners.

Portsmouth’s revival continued as they ran away with the Third Division championship, followed closely behind by runners-up Cardiff City and third-placed Huddersfield Town. Newport County finished 4th, their highest post-World War II position in the Football League. Occupying the four relegation places were Reading, Wrexham, Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield.

Wimbledon were crowned Fourth Division champions and the efforts of manager Dave Bassett were bound to ensure that this would not be their last promotion. Hull City, Port Vale and Scunthorpe United occupied the other three promotion places. The re-election system once again went in favour of the bottom four sides in the Fourth Division, but had things gone differently then Blackpool could have gone out of the Football League little over a decade after they had been a First Division side.

At the end of the season, Fourth Division strugglers Crewe Alexandra appointed Milan-born ex-Wimbledon manager Dario Gradi as their new manager.

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season 1982–83
Champions Liverpool (14th English title)
Relegated Manchester City
Swansea City
Brighton & Hove Albion
European Cup 1983–84 Liverpool
European Cup Winners' Cup 1983–84 Manchester United
Swansea City
UEFA Cup 1983–84 Aston Villa
Nottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur
Watford
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1264 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer Luther Blissett, (Watford), 27[1]
Biggest home win WatfordSunderland 8–0 (25 Sep 1982)
Biggest away win Notts CountyIpswich Town 0–6 (25 Sep 1982)
Highest scoring WatfordSunderland 8–0 (25 Sep 1982);
Luton TownNotts County 5–3 (4 Sep 1982);
WatfordNotts County 5–3 (12 Mar 1983);
StokeLuton Town 4–4 (25 Sep 1982)
Longest winning run Liverpool (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run Liverpool (19 games)
Longest losing run West Bromwich Albion (6 games)
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Liverpool421641551686732218737+5082 European Cup 1983–84 First round [notes 1]
2 Watford 4216234920631225377457+1771 UEFA Cup 1983–84 First round
3 Manchester United 4214703910561017285638+1870 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1983–84 First round
4 Tottenham Hotspur 4215425015551115356550+1569 UEFA Cup 1983–84 First round
5 Nottingham Forest 421254341884928326250+1269 UEFA Cup 1983–84 First round
6 Aston Villa 4217224715431415356250+1268 UEFA Cup 1983–84 First round
7 Everton 4213624319541223296648+1864
8 West Ham United 4213354123711327396862+664
9 Ipswich Town 4211373923410725276450+1458
10 Arsenal 4211643619541222375856+258
11 West Bromwich Albion 4211553520471016295149+257
12 Southampton 4211553622471018365458–457
13 Stoke City 4213443421351319435364–1157
14 Norwich City 4210653018461122405258–654
15 Notts County 4212453725331518465571–1652
16 Sunderland 4271043022541218394861–1350
17 Birmingham City 429752924371111314055–1550
18 Luton Town 427773433561031516584–1949
19 Coventry City 4210562917341419424859–1148
20 Manchester City 429572623431421474770–2347
21 Swansea City 4210473229071419405169–1841 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1983–84 Preliminary round [notes 2]
22 Brighton & Hove Albion 428762522161413463868–3040
  1. Liverpool were also this season's League Cup winners.
  2. Swansea City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as 1983 Welsh Cup winners. Nevertheless, they were relegated to 2nd division.
Key
League Champions, qualified for European Cup
FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup, relegated
Qualified for UEFA Cup
League Cup Winners, see Liverpool
Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away ARS AST BIRBHACOVEVEIPSLIVLUTMCIMUNNORNOTNTCSOUSTKSUNSWATOTWATWBAWHU
Arsenal 21 00 31 21 11 22 02 41 30 30 11 00 20 00 30 01 21 20 24 20 23
Aston Villa 21 10 10 40 20 11 24 41 11 21 32 41 20 20 40 13 20 40 30 10 10
Birmingham City 21 30 11 10 10 00 00 23 22 12 04 11 30 02 14 21 11 20 11 21 30
Brighton & Hove Albion 10 00 10 10 12 11 22 24 01 10 30 11 02 01 12 32 11 21 11 00 31
Coventry City 02 00 01 20 42 11 00 42 40 30 20 12 10 10 20 10 00 11 01 01 24
Everton 23 50 00 22 10 11 05 50 21 20 11 31 30 20 31 31 22 31 10 00 20
Ipswich Town 01 12 31 20 11 02 10 30 10 11 23 20 00 21 23 41 31 12 31 61 12
Liverpool 31 11 10 31 40 00 10 33 52 00 02 43 51 50 51 10 30 30 31 20 30
Luton Town 22 21 31 50 12 15 11 13 31 11 01 02 53 33 00 13 31 11 10 00 02
Manchester City 21 01 00 11 32 00 01 04 01 12 41 12 01 20 10 22 21 22 10 21 20
Manchester United 00 31 30 11 30 21 31 11 30 22 30 20 40 11 10 00 21 10 20 00 21
Norwich City 31 10 51 21 11 01 00 10 10 12 11 01 12 11 42 20 10 00 30 13 11
Nottingham Forest 30 12 11 40 42 20 21 10 01 30 03 22 21 12 10 00 21 22 20 00 10
Notts County 10 41 00 10 51 10 06 12 11 10 32 22 32 12 40 01 00 30 32 21 12
Southampton 22 10 01 00 11 32 01 32 22 41 01 40 11 10 10 20 21 12 14 41 30
Stoke City 21 03 11 30 03 10 10 11 44 10 10 10 10 10 11 01 41 20 40 03 52
Sunderland 30 20 12 11 21 21 23 00 11 32 00 41 01 11 11 22 11 01 22 11 10
Swansea City 12 21 00 12 21 03 11 03 20 41 00 40 03 20 32 11 30 20 13 21 15
Tottenham Hotspur 50 20 21 20 40 21 31 20 22 12 20 00 41 42 60 41 11 10 01 11 21
Watford 21 21 21 41 00 20 21 21 52 20 01 22 13 53 20 10 80 21 01 30 21
West Bromwich Albion 00 10 20 50 20 22 41 01 10 02 31 10 21 22 10 11 30 33 01 13 12
West Ham United 13 20 50 21 03 20 11 31 23 41 31 10 12 20 11 11 21 32 30 21 01

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1982–1983

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season 1982–83
Champions Queens Park Rangers (1st title)
Promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers,
Leicester City
Relegated Rotherham United,
Burnley,
Bolton Wanderers
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1244 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer Gary Lineker (Leicester City), 26 [1]
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts
1 Queens Park Rangers 4216325116104726207736+4185
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4214524216610526286844+2475
3 Leicester City 421146361596636297244+2870
4 Fulham 4213533620741028276447+1769
5 Newcastle United 421362432157932327553+2267
6 Sheffield Wednesday 42984332377727246047+1363
7 Oldham Athletic 428103382469626236447+1761
8 Leeds United 4271132822610523245146+560
9 Shrewsbury Town 42894201575928334848±059
10 Barnsley 42984372857920275755+257
11 Blackburn Rovers 4211733821451220375858±057
12 Cambridge United 4211732617251416434260–1851
13 Derby County 427104272439922344958–949
14 Carlisle United 4210654428261324426870–248
15 Crystal Palace 4211733117151512354352–948
16 Middlesbrough 428762729381019384667–2148
17 Charlton Athletic 4211374031261323556386–2348
18 Chelsea 428853122361220395161–1047
19 Grimsby Town 429753226341413444570–2547
20 Rotherham United 42678222948923394568–2345
21 Burnley 4210473824241518425666–1044
22 Bolton Wanderers 4210293026191112354261–1944
Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away BAR BLB BOLBURCAMCRLCHACHECRYDERFULGRILEELEIMIDNEWOLDQPRROTSHWSHRWOL
Barnsley 22 31 30 23 22 00 11 31 11 43 40 21 12 20 05 11 01 21 00 22 21
Blackburn Rovers 11 11 21 31 32 20 30 30 20 00 21 00 31 11 12 22 13 30 23 10 22
Bolton Wanderers 02 10 30 20 10 41 01 10 02 01 00 12 31 31 31 23 32 22 02 14 01
Burnley 31 01 00 21 41 71 30 21 11 10 11 12 24 11 10 12 21 12 41 12 01
Cambridge United 11 20 00 20 11 32 01 10 00 10 10 00 31 20 10 14 14 20 22 00 21
Carlisle United 11 31 50 11 22 41 21 41 30 32 23 22 01 13 20 00 10 22 42 23 02
Charlton Athletic 32 30 41 21 21 00 52 21 11 30 01 01 21 23 20 41 13 15 03 01 33
Chelsea 03 20 21 21 60 42 31 00 13 00 52 00 11 00 02 20 02 11 11 12 00
Crystal Palace 11 20 30 10 00 21 11 00 41 11 20 11 10 30 02 10 03 11 20 21 34
Derby County 11 12 00 20 11 03 11 10 11 10 20 33 04 11 21 22 20 30 00 23 11
Fulham 10 31 40 31 11 20 21 11 10 21 40 32 01 10 22 03 11 11 10 21 13
Grimsby Town 12 50 10 32 10 21 11 21 41 11 04 11 20 03 22 02 11 12 11 20 11
Leeds United 00 21 11 31 21 11 12 33 21 21 11 10 22 00 31 00 01 22 12 11 00
Leicester City 10 01 00 00 40 60 12 30 01 11 20 20 01 10 22 21 01 31 02 32 50
Middlesbrough 20 15 10 14 01 10 30 31 20 23 14 14 00 11 11 11 21 11 11 21 00
Newcastle United 12 32 22 30 20 22 42 11 10 10 14 40 21 22 11 10 10 40 21 40 11
Oldham Athletic 11 00 23 30 30 43 22 22 20 22 10 11 22 12 30 22 01 11 11 10 41
Queens Park Rangers 30 22 10 32 21 10 51 12 00 41 31 40 10 22 61 20 10 40 02 40 21
Rotherham United 10 31 11 11 20 12 10 10 22 11 01 30 01 13 11 15 13 00 03 03 11
Sheffield Wednesday 01 00 31 11 31 11 54 32 21 20 21 20 23 22 31 11 11 01 01 00 00
Shrewsbury Town 31 00 10 12 21 21 00 20 11 11 01 00 00 02 22 21 00 00 20 10 02
Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 21 00 20 11 21 50 21 10 21 24 30 30 03 40 22 00 40 20 10 22

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division maps

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1982–1983

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season 1982–83
Champions Portsmouth (2nd title)
Promoted Cardiff City,
Huddersfield Town
Relegated Reading,
Wrexham,
Doncaster Rovers,
Chesterfield
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1617 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer Kerry Dixon (Reading), 26 [1]
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts
1 Portsmouth 4616434319116631227441+3391
2 Cardiff City 461751451486931367650+2686
3 Huddersfield Town 4615805618851028318449+3582
4 Newport County 46137340201021136347654+2278
5 Oxford United 46129241231031030307153+1878
6 Lincoln City 4617155522661122297751+2676
7 Bristol Rovers 4616435521651229378458+2675
8 Plymouth Argyle 4615263723461324436166–565
9 Brentford 4614455028461338498877+1164
10 Walsall 4614543819381226446463+164
11 Sheffield United 4616344420341618446264–264
12 Bradford City 4611754127561227426869–161
13 Gillingham 4612473729491021305859–161
14 Bournemouth 4611753520561224485968–961
15 Southend United 4610854128561225376665+159
16 Preston North End 46111023517431625526069–958
17 Millwall 4612744124261523536477–1355
18 Wigan Athletic 4610493533551325396072–1254
19 Exeter City 46124749432813326181104–2354
20 Orient 4610674438531520506488–2454
21 Reading 4610853728291227516479–1553
22 Wrexham 4611664026191316505676–2051
23 Doncaster Rovers 466893844331719535797–4038
24 Chesterfield 4666112828271415404368–2537
Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
Relegated

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1982–1983

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season 1982–83
Champions Wimbledon (1st title)
Promoted Hull City,
Port Vale,
Scunthorpe United
Failed re-election None
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1502 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer Steve Cammack (Scunthorpe United), 25 [1]
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Wimbledon 4617425723127439229645+5198
2 Hull City 4614814814117527207534+4190
3 Port Vale 4615443716116630186734+3388
4 Scunthorpe United 4613734117107630257142+2983
5 Bury 461544432088731267446+2881
6 Colchester United 4617515119741224367555+2081
7 York City 4618415919491029398858+3079
8 Swindon Town 4614364527581016276154+768
9 Peterborough United 4613643823471220295852+664
10 Mansfield Town 4611663226571129446170–961
11 Halifax Town 469863123741228435966–760
12 Torquay United 4612383830541418355665–958
13 Chester City 468692824751127365560–556
14 Bristol City 4610853225391127455970–1156
15 Northampton Town 4610854329441522466575–1054
16 Stockport County 4611844131341619486079–1954
17 Darlington 4685102730581034416171–1052
18 Aldershot 46115740351101221476182–2151
19 Tranmere Rovers 468873029531519424971–2250
20 Rochdale 4611843825081517485573–1849
21 Blackpool 4610853223341623515574–1949[notes2 1]
22 Hartlepool United 4611573024241716524676–3048
23 Crewe Alexandra 469593532231818395371–1841
24 Hereford United 468691923321823564279–3741
  1. Blackpool had two points deducted.
Key
Division Champions, promoted
Promoted
New club in the league (none)
Re-elected
Failed re-election (none)

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1982–1983

Election/Re-election to the Football League

This year Enfield, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements, so 2nd placed Maidstone United (1897) won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1982–83 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club Final Position Votes
Blackpool 21st (Fourth Division) 52
Crewe Alexandra 23rd (Fourth Division) 49
Hereford United 24th (Fourth Division) 49
Hartlepool United 22nd (Fourth Division) 36
Maidstone United (1897) 2nd (Alliance Premier League) 26

As a result of this, all four Football League teams were re-elected, and Maidstone United (1897) were denied membership of the League.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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