1982–83 Football League

The 1982–83 season was the 84th completed season of the English Football League.

The Football League

Season	1982–83
Champions	Liverpool
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Bob Paisley’s last season as Liverpool manager ended on a high as they topped the First Division with a comfortable lead. Paisley retired as Liverpool manager with a record 21 prizes in nine years. His successor was the club's long-serving coach Joe Fagan. Newly promoted Watford were the shock of the season, finishing in second place in their first 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. Hull City, Port Vale and Scunthorpe United occupied the other three promotion places. The re-election system went in favour of the bottom four sides in the Fourth Division, all of whom were re-elected for the following season, 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.

Final league tables and results

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,[1] with home and away statistics separated.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.[2]

First Division

Liverpool were dominant throughout Bob Paisley's final season as manager, retaining the league title and winning a third successive League Cup. Paisley, who had won 21 major trophies in nine seasons as manager, handed over the reins to his assistant Joe Fagan.

Second place in the league went to Watford, who took the First Division by storm in their first season at this level. Manchester United won the FA Cup in Ron Atkinson's second season as manager, and also finished third in the league for the second consecutive season. Tottenham Hotspur continued to thrive, finishing fourth and qualifying for the UEFA Cup, although they failed to add any silverware to the FA Cup victories of 1981 and 1982. Nottingham Forest finished fifth and secured a place in the UEFA Cup.

Brighton, who took Manchester United to a replay in the FA Cup final, went down in bottom place after four seasons in the First Division. Swansea City, who had finished sixth on their First Division debut a year earlier, were unable to maintain their fine form for a second season, and went down in second place from bottom. The final relegation place went to Manchester City, whose 17-year stay in the First Division was ended in the final minutes of the final game of the season, when a Raddy Antic goal gave visitors Luton Town a 1-0 victory and saved them from an immediate return to the Second Division.

For the first time in eight years, there were no English clubs winning European trophies this season.

Football League
First Division

Season	1982–83
Champions	Liverpool (14th English title)
Relegated	Manchester City Swansea City Brighton & Hove Albion
1983–84 European Cup	Liverpool
1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup	Manchester United Swansea City
1983–84 UEFA Cup	Aston Villa Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur Watford
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,264 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luther Blissett, (Watford), 27[3]
Biggest home win	Watford –Sunderland 8–0 (25 Sep 1982)
Biggest away win	Notts County – Ipswich Town 0–6 (25 Sep 1982)
Highest scoring	Watford – Sunderland 8–0 (25 Sep 1982); Luton Town – Notts County 5–3 (4 Sep 1982); Watford –Notts County 5–3 (12 Mar 1983); Stoke – Luton 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)
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool	42	16	4	1	55	16	8	6	7	32	21	+50	82	European Cup[lower-alpha 1]
2	Watford	42	16	2	3	49	20	6	3	12	25	37	+17	71	UEFA Cup
3	Manchester United	42	14	7	0	39	10	5	6	10	17	28	+18	70	Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 2]
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	4	2	50	15	5	5	11	15	35	+15	69	UEFA Cup
5	Nottingham Forest	42	12	5	4	34	18	8	4	9	28	32	+12	69
6	Aston Villa	42	17	2	2	47	15	4	3	14	15	35	+12	68
7	Everton	42	13	6	2	43	19	5	4	12	23	29	+18	64
8	West Ham United	42	13	3	5	41	23	7	1	13	27	39	+6	64
9	Ipswich Town	42	11	3	7	39	23	4	10	7	25	27	+14	58
10	Arsenal	42	11	6	4	36	19	5	4	12	22	37	+2	58
11	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	5	5	35	20	4	7	10	16	29	+2	57
12	Southampton	42	11	5	5	36	22	4	7	10	18	36	−4	57
13	Stoke City	42	13	4	4	34	21	3	5	13	19	43	−11	57
14	Norwich City	42	10	6	5	30	18	4	6	11	22	40	−6	54
15	Notts County	42	12	4	5	37	25	3	3	15	18	46	−16	52
16	Sunderland	42	7	10	4	30	22	5	4	12	18	39	−13	50
17	Birmingham City	42	9	7	5	29	24	3	7	11	11	31	−15	50
18	Luton Town	42	7	7	7	34	33	5	6	10	31	51	−19	49
19	Coventry City	42	10	5	6	29	17	3	4	14	19	42	−11	48
20	Manchester City	42	9	5	7	26	23	4	3	14	21	47	−23	47	Relegated
21	Swansea City	42	10	4	7	32	29	0	7	14	19	40	−18	41	Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 3]
22	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	7	6	25	22	1	6	14	13	46	−30	40	Relegated

Source:
Notes:

1. Liverpool were also this season's League Cup winners.
2. FA Cup winners
3. Swansea City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as 1983 Welsh Cup winners. Nevertheless, they were relegated to 2nd division.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	BIR	B&HA	COV	EVE	IPS	LIV	LUT	MCI	MUN	NWC	NOT	NTC	SOU	STK	SUN	SWA	TOT	WAT	WBA	WHU
Arsenal		2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–4	2–0	2–3
Aston Villa	2–1		1–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–3	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0
Birmingham City	2–1	3–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–4	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1
Coventry City	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–0		4–2	1–1	0–0	4–2	4–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–4
Everton	2–3	5–0	0–0	2–2	1–0		1–1	0–5	5–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0
Ipswich Town	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–2		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	4–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	6–1	1–2
Liverpool	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	0–0	1–0		3–3	5–2	0–0	0–2	4–3	5–1	5–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	3–0
Luton Town	2–2	2–1	3–1	5–0	1–2	1–5	1–1	1–3		3–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	5–3	3–3	0–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2
Manchester City	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–1	0–4	0–1		1–2	4–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0
Manchester United	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–2		3–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1
Norwich City	3–1	1–0	5–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1		0–1	1–2	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–1
Nottingham Forest	3–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–3	2–2		2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–0
Notts County	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	0–6	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–2		1–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–2
Southampton	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–2	2–2	4–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–4	4–1	3–0
Stoke City	2–1	0–3	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–4	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	0–3	5–2
Sunderland	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2		1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0
Swansea City	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–3	2–0	4–1	0–0	4–0	0–3	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–0		2–0	1–3	2–1	1–5
Tottenham Hotspur	5–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	4–2	6–0	4–1	1–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	2–1
Watford	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	5–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	5–3	2–0	1–0	8–0	2–1	0–1		3–0	2–1
West Bromwich Albion	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–3	0–1	1–3		1–2
West Ham United	1–3	2–0	5–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–3	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	0–1

Source: Soccerbase
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Arsenal

Tottenham

Watford

West Ham

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

Arsenal

Aston Villa

Birmingham

Brighton & Hove

Coventry

Everton

Ipswich Town

Liverpool

Luton Town

Manchester City

Manchester United

Norwich City

Nottingham Forest

Notts County

Southampton

Stoke

Sunderland

Swansea City

Tottenham

Watford

West Bromwich Albion

West Ham

Locations of the Football League First Division 1982–1983 teams

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	1,244 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gary Lineker (Leicester City), 26[3]
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	3	2	51	16	10	4	7	26	20	+41	85	Division Champions, promoted
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	5	2	42	16	6	10	5	26	28	+24	75	Promoted
3	Leicester City	42	11	4	6	36	15	9	6	6	36	29	+28	70
4	Fulham	42	13	5	3	36	20	7	4	10	28	27	+17	69
5	Newcastle United	42	13	6	2	43	21	5	7	9	32	32	+22	67
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	8	4	33	23	7	7	7	27	24	+13	63
7	Oldham Athletic	42	8	10	3	38	24	6	9	6	26	23	+17	61
8	Leeds United	42	7	11	3	28	22	6	10	5	23	24	+5	60
9	Shrewsbury Town	42	8	9	4	20	15	7	5	9	28	33	0	59
10	Barnsley	42	9	8	4	37	28	5	7	9	20	27	+2	57
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	7	3	38	21	4	5	12	20	37	0	57
12	Cambridge United	42	11	7	3	26	17	2	5	14	16	43	−18	51
13	Derby County	42	7	10	4	27	24	3	9	9	22	34	−9	49
14	Carlisle United	42	10	6	5	44	28	2	6	13	24	42	−2	48
15	Crystal Palace	42	11	7	3	31	17	1	5	15	12	35	−9	48
16	Middlesbrough	42	8	7	6	27	29	3	8	10	19	38	−21	48
17	Charlton Athletic	42	11	3	7	40	31	2	6	13	23	55	−23	48
18	Chelsea	42	8	8	5	31	22	3	6	12	20	39	−10	47
19	Grimsby Town	42	9	7	5	32	26	3	4	14	13	44	−25	47
20	Rotherham United	42	6	7	8	22	29	4	8	9	23	39	−23	45	Relegated
21	Burnley	42	10	4	7	38	24	2	4	15	18	42	−10	44
22	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	2	9	30	26	1	9	11	12	35	−19	44

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLB	BOL	BUR	CAM	CRL	CHA	CHE	CRY	DER	FUL	GRI	LEE	LEI	MID	NEW	OLD	QPR	ROT	SHW	SHR	WOL
Barnsley		2–2	3–1	3–0	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–3	4–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–5	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–1
Blackburn Rovers	1–1		1–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–3	3–0	2–3	1–0	2–2
Bolton Wanderers	0–2	1–0		3–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–3	3–2	2–2	0–2	1–4	0–1
Burnley	3–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	4–1	7–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	0–1
Cambridge United	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0		1–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–4	1–4	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1
Carlisle United	1–1	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–2		4–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	3–2	2–3	2–2	0–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–2	2–3	0–2
Charlton Athletic	3–2	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–0		5–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–0	4–1	1–3	1–5	0–3	0–1	3–3
Chelsea	0–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	6–0	4–2	3–1		0–0	1–3	0–0	5–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Crystal Palace	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0		4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–4
Derby County	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–0	3–3	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–3	1–1
Fulham	1–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1		4–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3
Grimsby Town	1–2	5–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–4		1–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1
Leeds United	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0		2–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0
Leicester City	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	6–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1		1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	3–2	5–0
Middlesbrough	2–0	1–5	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–3	1–4	1–4	0–0	1–1		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0
Newcastle United	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–4	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–1		1–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	1–1
Oldham Athletic	1–1	0–0	2–3	3–0	3–0	4–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	2–2		0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–1
Queens Park Rangers	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	5–1	1–2	0–0	4–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	6–1	2–0	1–0		4–0	0–2	4–0	2–1
Rotherham United	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–5	1–3	0–0		0–3	0–3	1–1
Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	5–4	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1		0–0	0–0
Shrewsbury Town	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		0–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	5–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–4	3–0	3–0	0–3	4–0	2–2	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–2

Source: Soccerbase
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Charlton Athletic

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Fulham

Queens Park Rangers

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

Barnsley

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton

Burnley

Cambridge Utd

Carlisle United

Charlton

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Derby County

Fulham

Grimsby Town

Leeds United

Leicester City

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Oldham

QPR

Rotherham

Sheffield Wednesday

Shrewsbury

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1982–1983 teams

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	1,617 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kerry Dixon (Reading), 26[3]
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Portsmouth	46	16	4	3	43	19	11	6	6	31	22	+33	91	Division Champions, promoted
2	Cardiff City	46	17	5	1	45	14	8	6	9	31	36	+26	86	Promoted
3	Huddersfield Town	46	15	8	0	56	18	8	5	10	28	31	+35	82
4	Newport County	46	13	7	3	40	20	10	2	11	36	34	+22	78
5	Oxford United	46	12	9	2	41	23	10	3	10	30	30	+18	78
6	Lincoln City	46	17	1	5	55	22	6	6	11	22	29	+26	76
7	Bristol Rovers	46	16	4	3	55	21	6	5	12	29	37	+26	75
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	15	2	6	37	23	4	6	13	24	43	−5	65
9	Brentford	46	14	4	5	50	28	4	6	13	38	49	+11	64
10	Walsall	46	14	5	4	38	19	3	8	12	26	44	+1	64
11	Sheffield United	46	16	3	4	44	20	3	4	16	18	44	−2	64
12	Bradford City	46	11	7	5	41	27	5	6	12	27	42	−1	61
13	Gillingham	46	12	4	7	37	29	4	9	10	21	30	−1	61
14	Bournemouth	46	11	7	5	35	20	5	6	12	24	48	−9	61
15	Southend United	46	10	8	5	41	28	5	6	12	25	37	+1	59
16	Preston North End	46	11	10	2	35	17	4	3	16	25	52	−9	58
17	Millwall	46	12	7	4	41	24	2	6	15	23	53	−13	55
18	Wigan Athletic	46	10	4	9	35	33	5	5	13	25	39	−12	54
19	Exeter City	46	12	4	7	49	43	2	8	13	32	61	−23	54
20	Orient	46	10	6	7	44	38	5	3	15	20	50	−24	54
21	Reading	46	10	8	5	37	28	2	9	12	27	51	−15	53	Relegated
22	Wrexham	46	11	6	6	40	26	1	9	13	16	50	−20	51
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	6	8	9	38	44	3	3	17	19	53	−40	38
24	Chesterfield	46	6	6	11	28	28	2	7	14	15	40	−25	37

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	BOU	BRA	BRE	BRR	CAR	CHF	DON	EXE	GIL	HUD	LIN	MIL	NPC	ORI	OXF	PLY	POR	PNE	REA	SHU	STD	WAL	WIG	WRE
Bournemouth		2–2	4–3	0–0	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–0	2–2	1–1
Bradford City	2–3		0–1	2–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	4–2	2–3	3–2	4–0	2–2	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Brentford	2–1	0–2		5–1	1–3	4–2	1–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	5–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	4–2	2–3	1–3	4–1
Bristol Rovers	1–1	4–1	2–0		1–1	3–0	2–0	4–4	2–1	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–3	2–1	0–1	2–0	5–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	4–0
Cardiff City	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1		1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	4–1	3–1	3–2	1–2
Chesterfield	0–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–1		3–3	1–3	1–2	0–1	1–3	0–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	5–1
Doncaster Rovers	2–1	1–2	4–4	1–2	2–2	0–0		6–1	0–2	0–4	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–2	0–2	2–0	7–5	2–0	0–0	1–3	3–6	1–1
Exeter City	4–2	2–1	1–7	0–1	0–2	2–3	3–0		2–2	3–4	3–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	0–3	4–3	4–3	2–1	3–3
Gillingham	2–5	3–0	2–2	1–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	4–4		1–3	0–2	1–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–1
Huddersfield Town	0–0	6–3	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–2		1–1	5–1	1–0	6–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–1
Lincoln City	9–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	5–1	4–1	3–1	1–2		3–1	1–4	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	3–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Millwall	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–4	1–1	3–0	5–2	4–1	3–0	2–1		3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–0	1–1
Newport County	5–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–2		4–1	1–2	2–2	0–3	3–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–0
Orient	5–0	0–1	3–3	1–5	4–0	2–0	1–0	5–1	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–3	1–5		1–5	0–2	2–1	2–1	3–3	4–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0
Oxford United	2–0	5–1	2–2	4–2	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–3	2–2		1–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	2–0
Plymouth Argyle	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–4	3–2	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	2–4	2–0	2–1		0–1	1–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–0
Portsmouth	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	4–0	2–1	3–2	1–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	2–1		3–1	2–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0
Preston North End	0–1	0–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0		2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–0
Reading	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	4–2	3–0	0–3	3–2	1–2	2–3		2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Sheffield United	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–1		0–1	3–1	2–0	2–0
Southend United	0–0	1–1	4–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–1	1–2	3–1	4–0	2–3	4–2	3–1		1–1	2–0	2–2
Walsall	3–1	1–1	2–1	5–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–3		2–0	1–1
Wigan Athletic	1–2	3–2	3–2	0–5	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	3–2	4–0	1–3		3–1
Wrexham	1–0	0–4	3–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	4–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	0–2	3–1	4–0	4–1	3–2	4–0	1–1

Source: Soccerbase
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Brentford

Orient

Millwall

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

Bournemouth

Bradford City

Brentford

Bristol Rovers

Cardiff City

Chesterfield

Doncaster

Exeter City

Gillingham

Huddersfield

Orient

Lincoln City

Millwall

Oxford

Newport County

Plymouth Argyle

Portsmouth

Preston North End

Reading

Sheffield United

Southend

Walsall

Wigan Athletic

Wrexham

Locations of the Football League Third Division 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	1,502 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve Cammack (Scunthorpe United), 25[3]
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Wimbledon	46	17	4	2	57	23	12	7	4	39	22	+51	98	Division Champions, promoted
2	Hull City	46	14	8	1	48	14	11	7	5	27	20	+41	90	Promoted
3	Port Vale	46	15	4	4	37	16	11	6	6	30	18	+33	88
4	Scunthorpe United	46	13	7	3	41	17	10	7	6	30	25	+29	83
5	Bury	46	15	4	4	43	20	8	8	7	31	26	+28	81
6	Colchester United	46	17	5	1	51	19	7	4	12	24	36	+20	81
7	York City	46	18	4	1	59	19	4	9	10	29	39	+30	79
8	Swindon Town	46	14	3	6	45	27	5	8	10	16	27	+7	68
9	Peterborough United	46	13	6	4	38	23	4	7	12	20	29	+6	64
10	Mansfield Town	46	11	6	6	32	26	5	7	11	29	44	−9	61
11	Halifax Town	46	9	8	6	31	23	7	4	12	28	43	−7	60
12	Torquay United	46	12	3	8	38	30	5	4	14	18	35	−9	58
13	Chester City	46	8	6	9	28	24	7	5	11	27	36	−5	56
14	Bristol City	46	10	8	5	32	25	3	9	11	27	45	−11	56
15	Northampton Town	46	10	8	5	43	29	4	4	15	22	46	−10	54
16	Stockport County	46	11	8	4	41	31	3	4	16	19	48	−19	54
17	Darlington	46	8	5	10	27	30	5	8	10	34	41	−10	52
18	Aldershot	46	11	5	7	40	35	1	10	12	21	47	−21	51
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	8	8	7	30	29	5	3	15	19	42	−22	50
20	Rochdale	46	11	8	4	38	25	0	8	15	17	48	−18	49
21	Blackpool	46	10	8	5	32	23	3	4	16	23	51	−19	49[lower-alpha 1]	Re-elected
22	Hartlepool United	46	11	5	7	30	24	2	4	17	16	52	−30	48
23	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	5	9	35	32	2	3	18	18	39	−18	41
24	Hereford United	46	8	6	9	19	23	3	2	18	23	56	−37	41

Source:
Notes:

1. Blackpool had two points deducted.

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	BLP	BRI	BRY	CHE	COL	CRE	DAR	HAL	HAR	HER	HUL	MAN	NOR	PET	PTV	ROC	SCU	STP	SWI	TOR	TRA	WDN	YOR
Aldershot		2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–6	6–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–4	6–4	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–3
Blackpool	4–1		1–4	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	5–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	2–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1
Bristol City	2–0	0–0		2–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	4–2	2–2
Bury	3–1	4–1	2–2		3–2	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	4–0	3–2	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	1–3	2–1
Chester City	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–1		1–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	5–2	1–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1
Colchester United	0–0	4–1	3–1	2–1	1–0		4–3	2–2	1–0	4–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–2	4–1	5–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–3	3–0	0–0
Crewe Alexandra	0–0	3–1	4–1	3–3	3–2	0–1		2–5	1–1	3–0	3–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–1
Darlington	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–1		1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	4–3	0–0	3–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–2	1–3
Halifax Town	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	4–0	0–3	2–0		1–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	2–2
Hartlepool United	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	2–0	1–2		0–1	0–0	0–4	2–1	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	0–2	4–0	1–0	2–0
Hereford United	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	5–2	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		2–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–4	0–0
Hull City	2–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0		2–2	4–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	7–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	4–0
Mansfield Town	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–4	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	3–1		2–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–2
Northampton Town	1–1	2–1	7–1	0–3	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–3	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2		0–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–3	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	1–1
Peterborough United	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–1	3–2	2–0		0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	4–3	1–3	3–0	0–3	2–2
Port Vale	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	1–2	2–1		4–0	0–1	2–3	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1
Rochdale	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	4–1	1–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–3		0–1	1–0	1–1	2–2	4–2	0–2	1–0
1-0	1–1	4–3	1–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	5–1	3–0	1–0	1–1		3–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0
Stockport County	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–3	3–0	3–2	2–1	4–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1		1–2	1–0	3–2	1–3	2–1
Swindon Town	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–3	3–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	0–1	4–0	1–5	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–2	2–0		2–1	4–2	0–1	3–2
Torquay United	4–2	1–3	0–2	2–3	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–3	3–2	2–1	0–0		3–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–1	3–0	1–1		3–0	0–1	1–3
Tranmere Rovers	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–4	1–1	2–0	2–0		0–2	3–0
Wimbledon	6–1	5–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	3–2	3–1	2–4	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	4–0		4–3
York City	4–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	5–2	3–2	5–1	5–1	1–0	6–1	5–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	1–1	2–1	1–4

Source: Soccerbase
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Maps

Aldershot

Blackpool

Bristol City

Bury

Chester

Colchester

Crewe Alexandra

Darlington

Halifax Town

Hartlepool

Hereford United

Hull

Mansfield Town

Northampton Town

Peterborough

Port Vale

Rochdale

Scunthorpe & Lindsey

Stockport

Swindon

Torquay

Tranmere

Wimbledon

York City

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1982–1983

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

• 1982-83 in English football

References

1. "England 1982–83". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.