1983–84 West Ham United F.C. season

The 1983-84 season was West Ham's third season in the First Division since their return in season 1980-81. The club were managed by John Lyall and the team captain was Billy Bonds.

The season started well for West Ham with them winning their first five games. They maintained good form until the end of 1983 when they were in third place in the league. They had not been lower than fifth place. A slump towards the end of the season saw them fall to their lowest place during the season, ninth place. Tony Cottee was the top scorer with 19 goals in all competitions. The next highest scorer was Dave Swindlehurst with 15. Steve Walford made the most appearances; 50 in all competitions. The season also saw the last game for West Ham by club legend, Trevor Brooking.^[1]^[2] In the League Cup West Ham recorded their biggest ever win in the competition. On 25 October 1983, in the second round, they beat Bury, 10-0 in the second leg, to win the tie 12-1 on aggregate. The game was watched by only 10,896 people; the club's lowest attendance for 30 years.^[3]

Leading scorer, Tony Cottee

Club captain, Billy Bonds

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	14	5	2	50	12	8	9	4	23	20	73	32	+41	80	European Cup 1984–85 First round ^{[notes 1]}
2	Southampton	42	15	4	2	44	17	7	7	7	22	21	66	38	+28	77	UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
3	Nottingham Forest	42	14	4	3	47	17	8	4	9	29	28	76	45	+31	74	UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
4	Manchester United	42	14	3	4	43	18	6	11	4	28	23	71	41	+30	74	UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	14	4	3	37	12	8	3	10	30	25	67	37	+30	73	UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
6	Arsenal	42	10	5	6	41	29	8	4	9	33	31	74	60	+14	63
7	Everton	42	9	9	3	21	12	7	5	9	23	30	44	42	+2	62	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 First round
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	4	6	31	24	6	6	9	33	41	64	65	–1	61	UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round ^{[notes 2]}
9	West Ham United	42	10	4	7	39	24	7	5	9	21	31	60	55	+5	60
10	Aston Villa	42	14	3	4	34	22	3	6	12	25	39	59	61	–2	60
11	Watford	42	9	7	5	36	31	7	2	12	32	46	68	77	–9	57
12	Ipswich Town	42	11	4	6	34	23	4	4	13	21	34	55	57	–2	53
13	Sunderland	42	8	9	4	26	18	5	4	12	16	35	42	53	–11	52
14	Norwich City	42	9	8	4	34	20	3	7	11	14	29	48	49	–1	51
15	Leicester City	42	11	5	5	40	30	2	7	12	25	38	65	68	–3	51
16	Luton Town	42	7	5	9	30	33	7	4	10	23	33	53	66	–13	51
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	4	7	30	25	4	5	12	18	37	48	62	–14	51
18	Stoke City	42	11	4	6	30	23	2	7	12	14	40	44	63	–19	50
19	Coventry City	42	8	5	8	33	33	5	6	10	24	44	57	77	–20	50
20	Birmingham City	42	7	7	7	19	18	5	5	11	20	32	39	50	–11	48
21	Notts County	42	6	7	8	31	36	4	4	13	19	36	50	72	–22	41
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	4	8	9	15	28	2	3	16	12	52	27	80	–53	29

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Liverpool won the European Cup this year for the fourth time in less than a decade, and thus qualified for the following season's competition as defending champions.
They also won the League cup this year, in a rematch against Everton.
↑ Tottenham qualified for UEFA Cup as winners of this season's competition.

Results

West Ham United's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
27 August 1983	Birmingham City	H	4-0	19,729	Martin, Cottee (2), Swindlehurst
29 August 1983	Everton	A	1-0	20,999	Walford
3 September 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-0	38,042	Whitton, Swindlehurst
6 September 1983	Leicester City	H	3-1	22,131	Walford, Cottee, Swindlehurst
10 September 1983	Coventry City	H	5-2	23,077	Whitton (2), Swindlehurst (3)
17 September 1983	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-1	15,113
24 September 1983	Notts County	H	3-0	20,613	Stewart, Goddard, Brooking
1 October 1983	Stoke City	A	1-3	13,643	Stewart
15 October 1983	Liverpool	H	1-3	32,535	Devonshire
22 October 1983	Norwich City	H	0-0	18,958
28 October 1983	Watford	A	0-0	14,559
5 November 1983	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	20,682	Swindlehurst (2)
12 November 1983	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3-0	12,062	Cottee, Swindlehurst, Brooking
19 November 1983	Sunderland	A	1-0	19,921	Swindlehurst
27 November 1983	Manchester United	H	1-1	23,255	Swindlehurst
3 December 1983	Aston Villa	A	0-1	21,297
10 December 1983	Arsenal	H	3-1	25,118	Brooking, Pike, Whyte (og)
17 December 1983	Nottingham Forest	A	0-3	14,440
26 December 1983	Southampton	A	0-1	22,221
27 December 1983	Luton Town	A	1-0	16,343	Cottee
31 December 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	H	4-1	30,939	Stewart, Martin, Cottee, Brooking
2 January 1984	Notts County	A	2-2	8,667	Stewart, Swindlehurst
14 January 1984	Birmingham City	A	0-3	10,334
21 January 1984	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-0	17,213	Cottee
4 February 1984	Stoke City	H	3-0	18,775	Stewart, Cottee, Barnes
7 February 1984	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-1	20,102	Cottee
11 February 1984	Coventry City	A	2-1	13,290	Cottee, Bamber (og)
21 February 1984	Watford	H	2-4	21,263	Barnes, Swindlehurst
25 February 1984	Norwich City	A	0-1	15,937
3 March 1984	Ipswich Town	A	3-0	17,384	Hilton, Cottee, Butcher (og)
10 March 1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-1	18,111	Cottee
17 March 1984	Leicester City	A	1-4	13,533	Stewart
31 March 1984	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-2	21,099	Cottee, Pike
7 April 1984	Liverpool	A	0-6	38,369
14 April 1984	Sunderland	H	0-1	16,558
17 April 1984	Luton Town	H	3-1	15,430	Martin, Cottee (2)
21 April 1984	Southampton	A	0-2	20,846
28 April 1984	Manchester United	A	0-0	44,124
5 May 1984	Aston Villa	H	0-1	17,393
7 May 1984	Arsenal	A	3-3	33,347	Hilton, Whitton (2)
12 May 1984	Nottingham Forest	H	1-2	18,458	Stewart
17 May 1984	Everton	H	0-1	25,452

FA Cup

Main article: 1983-84 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	7 January 1984	Wigan Athletic	H	1-0	16,000	Stewart
R4	28 January 1984	Crystal Palace	A	1-1	27,590	Swindlehurst
R4 Replay	31 January 1984	Crystal Palace	H	2-0	27,127	Barnes, Pike
R5	18 February 1984	Birmingham City	A	0-3	29,570

League Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	4 October 1983	Bury	A	1-2	15,894	Orr, Goddard
R2 Second Leg	25 October 1983	Bury	H	10-0 (won 12-1 on agg)	10,896	Stewart, Martin, Devonshire (2), Cottee (4), Brooking (2)
R3	8 November 1983	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	1-0	17,082	Swindlehurst
R4	30 November 1983	Everton	H	2-2	19,702	Pike, Mountfield (og)
R4	6 December 1983	Everton	A	0-2	21,607

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Paul Allen
		MF	Bobby Barnes
		DF	Billy Bonds (captain)
		MF	Trevor Brooking
		DF	Paul Brush
		FW	Tony Cottee
		MF	Alan Devonshire
		MF	Alan Dickens
		MF	Warren Donald
		FW	Paul Goddard
		DF	Paul Hilton

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Frank Lampard
		DF	Alvin Martin
		DF	Neil Orr
		GK	Phil Parkes
		MF	Geoff Pike
		DF	Ray Stewart
		FW	Dave Swindlehurst
		DF	Steve Walford
		FW	Steve Whitton

References

↑ Ellis, Ralph (8 February 2013). "He played twice for Cork but to suggest Brooking is not a one-club man is nonsense (he even snubbed Chelsea...)". Daily Mail. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
1 2 "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - 1st Division 1983-84". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
↑ "Perfect ten to humble Bury". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

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