1983-02-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	1	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's	12,987
Harford	Lineups		Davenport
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	Stoke City	Goldstone Ground	14,937
Ritchie	Lineups		Thomas, Painter
Everton	2	2	Swansea City	Goodison Park	17,112
King 2	Lineups		James R, Gale
Ipswich Town	3	0	Luton Town	Portman Road	18,615
Brazil, Wark, Putney	Lineups
Manchester United	1	1	Liverpool	Old Trafford	57,397	Largest home, D 1 & league gate 1982-83
Muhren	Lineups		Dalglish
Notts County	5	1	Coventry City	Meadow Lane	8,676
Fashanu 2, Lahtinen, McCulloch, Hooks	Lineups		Gillespie
Sunderland	3	2	Manchester City	Roker Park	15,496
Atkins, Rowell 2 (1p)	Lineups		Reeves, Caton
Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	Norwich City	White Hart Lane	23,342
	Lineups
Watford	2	1	Aston Villa	Vicarage Road	19,318
Blissett, Rostron	Lineups		Walters
West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Arsenal	The Hawthorns	13,923
	Lineups
West Ham United	1	1	Southampton	Upton Park	19,626
Lampard	Lineups		Wallace

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Liverpool	28	12	2	0	42	12	7	4	3	23	11	42	63	D	W	W	W	W	1983-03-05	Stoke City	H
2	1	Watford	27	11	2	1	32	8	4	2	7	17	20	21	49	W	W	W	L	W	1983-03-02	Norwich City	A
3	-1	Manchester United	27	9	5	0	25	6	4	4	5	12	15	16	48	D	D	W	W	D	1983-03-02	Stoke City	A
4	0	Nottingham Forest	28	9	3	2	24	10	4	3	7	18	26	6	45	D	D	L	L	W	1983-03-05	Arsenal	A
5	1	Aston Villa	28	10	2	2	30	12	3	1	10	10	25	3	42	L	W	W	D	L	1983-03-05	Norwich City	H
6	-1	Coventry City	28	10	3	1	25	7	2	3	9	14	30	2	42	L	W	L	D	D	1983-03-05	Watford	H
7	0	Everton	28	8	5	1	30	14	3	2	9	15	22	9	40	D	L	W	W	W	1983-03-02	Manchester City	A
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	28	9	4	2	32	13	2	3	8	7	24	2	40	D	W	D	D	D	1983-03-05	Notts County	A
9	0	West Bromwich Albion	29	7	5	2	26	13	3	5	7	12	23	2	40	D	D	D	D	W	1983-03-05	Luton Town	A
10	0	Southampton	29	8	3	3	24	13	3	4	8	14	30	-5	40	D	W	W	W	L	1983-03-05	Swansea City	H
11	3	Ipswich Town	28	7	2	5	25	16	3	6	5	18	16	11	38	W	L	D	L	W	1983-03-05	Birmingham City	H
12	-1	West Ham United	27	8	2	4	29	16	4	0	9	14	25	2	38	D	L	L	L	L	1983-03-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
13	2	Stoke City	27	8	3	2	25	16	3	2	9	14	25	-2	38	W	D	W	L	D	1983-03-02	Manchester United	H
14	-1	Arsenal	27	7	3	3	22	14	3	4	7	12	20	0	37	D	W	L	W	L	1983-03-05	Nottingham Forest	H
15	-3	Manchester City	29	8	4	2	22	13	2	3	10	16	35	-10	37	L	L	L	D	D	1983-03-02	Everton	H
16	0	Notts County	29	8	2	5	25	19	3	2	9	14	31	-11	37	W	W	L	L	W	1983-03-05	Tottenham Hotspur	H
17	1	Sunderland	28	6	5	3	22	14	2	4	8	11	29	-10	33	W	L	W	D	W	1983-03-05	Everton	H
18	-1	Luton Town	27	4	5	4	24	21	3	4	7	23	36	-10	30	L	L	W	D	W	1983-03-05	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	0	Swansea City	28	7	2	4	20	14	0	5	10	14	28	-8	28	D	L	L	D	W	1983-03-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
20	0	Birmingham City	27	5	5	4	19	17	0	7	6	4	19	-13	27	D	W	L	L	D	1983-03-05	Ipswich Town	A
21	0	Norwich City	27	6	2	5	17	13	1	4	9	9	32	-19	27	D	L	L	L	W	1983-03-02	Watford	H
22	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	6	5	4	19	16	0	2	11	6	37	-28	25	L	D	L	L	L	1983-03-01	Swansea City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	1	Rotherham United	Oakwell	13,969
Birch, Parker	Lineups		Moore
Bolton Wanderers	3	1	Middlesbrough	Burnden Park	5,598
Deakin, Hoggan 2	Lineups		Otto
Burnley	7	1	Charlton Athletic	Turf Moor	7,040
Hamilton 3, Taylor 3, Steven	Lineups		Hales
Carlisle United	2	2	Leeds United	Brunton Park	6,423
Bannon, Shoulder	Lineups		Connor, Butterworth
Chelsea	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Stamford Bridge	6,982
Walker, Rhoades-Brown	Lineups
Derby County	2	0	Grimsby Town	Baseball Ground	12,775
Davison, Moore K OG	Lineups
Fulham	2	2	Newcastle United	Craven Cottage	14,277
Davies, Lock (p)	Lineups		McDermott, Varadi
Leicester City	5	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Filbert Street	13,870
Lynex 2, Smith A, Lineker, Daly	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Crystal Palace	Boundary Park	9,780
Palmer, Wylde	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Cambridge United	Hillsborough	12,815
McCulloch 2, Mills D	Lineups		Mayo
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	Gay Meadow	4,397
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	12	0	2	35	11	5	5	4	18	20	22	56	L	W	L	W	D	1983-03-01	Sheffield Wednesday	H
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	28	10	2	2	28	10	7	3	4	16	12	22	56	D	W	W	W	W	1983-03-05	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	Fulham	28	8	4	2	25	17	7	3	4	25	17	16	52	D	D	W	W	W	1983-03-05	Burnley	A
4	0	Leicester City	29	8	1	6	27	13	6	2	6	23	19	18	45	W	W	L	W	L	1983-03-05	Derby County	H
5	1	Oldham Athletic	30	6	7	2	30	19	4	6	5	19	18	12	43	W	L	W	L	W	1983-03-05	Carlisle United	A
6	1	Sheffield Wednesday	27	7	6	2	27	17	4	3	5	16	17	9	42	W	D	D	D	W	1983-03-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
7	-2	Grimsby Town	29	9	4	2	28	16	3	1	10	12	32	-8	41	L	W	W	L	D	1983-03-05	Sheffield Wednesday	H
8	3	Barnsley	28	7	6	1	27	15	3	4	7	13	21	4	40	W	L	W	L	W	1983-03-05	Bolton Wanderers	H
9	0	Leeds United	28	5	6	2	18	13	3	9	3	17	19	3	39	D	D	D	D	W	1983-03-05	Blackburn Rovers	H
10	-2	Blackburn Rovers	29	6	6	2	26	16	4	3	8	13	24	-1	39	L	D	D	W	W	1983-03-05	Leeds United	A
11	-1	Newcastle United	28	7	5	2	22	13	2	6	6	20	26	3	38	D	W	D	W	L	1983-03-05	Crystal Palace	A
12	0	Shrewsbury Town	28	5	6	3	12	10	5	2	7	21	28	-5	38	D	L	D	L	D	1983-03-05	Rotherham United	A
13	3	Chelsea	29	7	5	2	25	11	2	3	10	14	28	0	35	W	D	L	L	L	1983-03-05	Charlton Athletic	A
14	3	Bolton Wanderers	29	8	1	5	24	17	1	7	7	10	22	-5	35	W	L	D	L	W	1983-03-05	Barnsley	A
15	-2	Crystal Palace	28	7	5	2	22	13	1	5	8	9	22	-4	34	L	W	D	L	L	1983-03-05	Newcastle United	H
16	-2	Rotherham United	29	5	5	5	16	18	3	5	6	16	23	-9	34	L	D	D	L	L	1983-03-05	Shrewsbury Town	H
17	-2	Charlton Athletic	28	7	2	5	22	21	2	4	8	18	38	-19	33	L	D	W	D	W	1983-03-05	Chelsea	H
18	0	Carlisle United	29	7	2	5	31	23	1	6	8	18	30	-4	32	D	D	L	L	D	1983-03-05	Oldham Athletic	H
19	0	Middlesbrough	28	4	5	4	16	23	2	6	7	14	28	-21	29	L	L	D	L	D	1983-03-05	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	0	Cambridge United	28	7	5	2	20	13	0	2	12	9	32	-16	28	L	D	L	W	L	1983-03-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
21	0	Burnley	27	6	3	5	29	19	1	2	10	14	30	-6	26	W	D	W	L	D	1983-03-05	Fulham	H
22	0	Derby County	27	4	6	4	19	20	1	5	7	13	23	-11	26	W	W	D	L	W	1983-03-05	Leicester City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	0	2	Portsmouth	Dean Court	13,506	Largest home gate 1982-83
	Lineups		Aizlewood (p), Biley
Bradford City	1	0	Chesterfield	Valley Parade	4,033
Black (p)	Lineups
Brentford	1	0	Doncaster Rovers	Griffin Park	4,413
Bowles (p)	Lineups
Gillingham	2	3	Cardiff City	Priestfield Stadium	4,587
Johnson, Lansdowne	Lineups		Hemmerman 2 (1p), Gibbins
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Preston North End	Leeds Road	8,562
Cowling	Lineups		O'Riordan
Lincoln City	1	2	Plymouth Argyle	Sincil Bank	3,915
Bell (p)	Lineups		Hodges, Phillips
Millwall	5	2	Exeter City	The Den, New Cross	2,806
Neal 3, Aylott, Chatterton	Lineups		Neville, Harle
Newport County	4	1	Orient	Somerton Park	3,202
Lowndes 3, Aldridge	Lineups		Silkman
Reading	1	1	Southend United	Elm Park	2,904
Donnellan	Lineups		Nelson
Walsall	1	0	Oxford United	Fellows Park	3,104
Summerfield	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	0	5	Bristol Rovers	Springfield Park	3,288
	Lineups		Randall 2, Withey 2, Platnauer
Wrexham	4	1	Sheffield United	Racecourse Ground	3,953
Steel 2, Hunt, Dowman	Lineups		Trusson

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Portsmouth	31	12	0	2	31	14	8	4	5	24	20	21	64	W	W	W	W	W	1983-03-01	Wigan Athletic	H
2	0	Cardiff City	32	12	2	1	31	11	7	3	7	28	32	16	62	W	D	L	W	L	1983-03-01	Reading	H
3	0	Lincoln City	30	12	0	4	42	14	5	4	5	17	18	27	55	L	L	D	L	D	1983-03-02	Exeter City	A
4	0	Huddersfield Town	31	10	5	0	41	12	5	4	7	18	24	23	54	D	L	W	W	D	1983-03-01	Doncaster Rovers	A
5	0	Bristol Rovers	31	12	2	2	44	13	4	3	8	24	26	29	53	W	L	L	W	W	1983-03-05	Orient	H
6	0	Newport County	31	9	6	2	32	16	6	2	6	23	22	17	53	W	W	W	D	L	1983-03-01	Sheffield United	A
7	0	Oxford United	29	6	7	0	25	14	7	1	8	21	21	11	47	L	L	D	L	W	1983-03-02	Bradford City	H
8	1	Plymouth Argyle	30	11	1	3	26	15	3	4	8	19	31	-1	47	W	W	D	L	W	1983-03-01	Millwall	H
9	-1	Southend United	31	9	4	3	32	17	4	3	8	14	20	9	46	D	W	W	L	D	1983-02-28	Wrexham	H
10	1	Bradford City	31	9	5	2	32	19	2	5	8	16	28	1	43	W	L	W	W	D	1983-03-02	Oxford United	A
11	-1	Wigan Athletic	31	9	1	7	28	26	4	2	8	20	27	-5	42	L	L	W	D	L	1983-03-01	Portsmouth	A
12	1	Wrexham	31	9	4	3	27	12	1	7	7	12	32	-5	41	W	D	W	D	W	1983-02-28	Southend United	A
13	1	Brentford	31	10	2	4	39	21	1	5	9	22	34	6	40	W	L	L	D	L	1983-03-01	Preston North End	A
14	-2	Gillingham	31	7	3	5	24	19	3	6	7	13	19	-1	39	L	D	W	D	L	1983-03-01	Orient	A
15	1	Reading	33	8	5	4	29	21	1	6	9	20	40	-12	38	D	W	D	W	W	1983-03-01	Cardiff City	A
16	-1	Sheffield United	28	9	3	3	27	14	1	4	8	9	24	-2	37	L	L	W	W	D	1983-03-01	Newport County	H
17	4	Walsall	30	8	4	4	19	15	1	5	8	17	31	-10	36	W	L	W	D	D	1983-03-01	Chesterfield	A
18	-1	AFC Bournemouth	32	6	5	4	21	14	3	4	10	14	40	-19	36	L	D	D	L	W	1983-03-05	Gillingham	A
19	-1	Exeter City	33	7	4	5	33	29	1	7	9	25	47	-18	35	L	D	L	L	W	1983-03-02	Lincoln City	H
20	-1	Orient	31	7	4	5	29	29	3	1	11	10	38	-28	35	L	D	L	D	L	1983-03-01	Gillingham	H
21	-1	Chesterfield	31	6	3	6	23	16	2	6	8	13	26	-6	33	L	W	L	D	W	1983-03-01	Walsall	H
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	31	5	8	2	34	27	2	1	13	11	34	-16	30	L	D	L	L	W	1983-03-01	Huddersfield Town	H
23	0	Millwall	30	6	6	3	25	19	0	4	11	12	36	-18	28	W	L	L	L	W	1983-03-01	Plymouth Argyle	A
24	0	Preston North End	30	3	8	2	18	13	2	1	14	18	42	-19	24	D	D	L	L	L	1983-03-01	Brentford	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	0	Rochdale	Bloomfield Road	2,373
McNiven	Lineups
Bristol City	2	0	Hartlepool United	Ashton Gate	4,207
Economou, Ritchie (p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	3	1	Hereford United	Gresty Road	2,251
Walker 2 (1p), Waller	Lineups		Phillips
Darlington	1	3	Colchester United	Feethams Ground	1,089
McLean (p)	Lineups		Adcock 2, McDonough
Hull City	1	1	Scunthorpe United	Boothferry Park	11,933
Marwood	Lineups		Leman
Mansfield Town	2	1	Chester	Field Mill	1,803
Matthews, Hutchinson	Lineups		Thomas
Northampton Town	2	0	Torquay United	County Ground	1,817
Saxby, Massey	Lineups
Peterborough United	3	0	Tranmere Rovers	London Road	2,045
Clarke, Ippolito, Gynn	Lineups
Port Vale	2	1	Halifax Town	Vale Park	5,163
Sproson, Hunter	Lineups		Spooner
Stockport County	2	1	Aldershot	Edgeley Park	1,853
Quinn 2	Lineups		Banton
Swindon Town	1	1	Bury	County Ground	4,692
Pritchard	Lineups		Johnson
Wimbledon	4	3	York City	Plough Lane	2,168
Evans 2, Leslie, Barnett	Lineups		Smith M OG, Walwyn, Hay

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Port Vale	30	12	2	2	26	9	7	4	3	21	11	27	63	W	W	W	W	L	1983-03-02	Hartlepool United	A
2	-1	Hull City	32	11	6	0	41	10	6	5	4	15	13	33	62	D	D	W	D	W	1983-03-01	Bury	A
3	1	Wimbledon	31	9	3	2	33	19	8	5	4	24	16	22	59	W	D	W	W	D	1983-03-05	Bristol City	H
4	-1	Bury	33	10	4	2	30	11	6	6	5	23	18	24	58	D	W	L	D	L	1983-03-01	Hull City	H
5	0	Colchester United	31	11	4	0	32	10	5	2	9	16	25	13	54	W	W	L	W	W	1983-03-01	Northampton Town	H
6	0	Scunthorpe United	29	7	5	2	21	8	6	6	3	19	15	17	50	D	D	D	D	L	1983-03-01	Mansfield Town	H
7	0	Swindon Town	29	10	2	2	30	12	4	6	5	11	16	13	50	D	L	W	L	W	1983-02-28	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	0	York City	30	10	2	1	38	15	2	7	8	18	28	13	45	L	W	W	D	L	1983-03-01	Crewe Alexandra	H
9	0	Halifax Town	31	7	4	4	23	15	5	3	8	20	27	1	43	L	W	L	L	W	1983-03-01	Peterborough United	H
10	2	Stockport County	32	9	5	2	30	20	3	2	11	17	38	-11	43	W	L	W	D	W	1983-03-02	Hereford United	A
11	0	Chester	33	7	2	8	23	19	5	4	7	18	22	0	42	L	L	W	W	L	1983-03-05	Colchester United	H
12	-2	Torquay United	29	9	3	2	27	14	3	3	9	12	25	0	42	L	D	W	L	L	1983-03-02	Blackpool	H
13	1	Peterborough United	30	8	4	4	22	14	2	6	6	11	14	5	40	W	L	L	D	D	1983-03-01	Halifax Town	A
14	-1	Aldershot	31	8	3	3	21	15	1	9	7	17	32	-9	39	L	D	D	W	D	1983-03-01	Darlington	H
15	0	Mansfield Town	30	7	2	6	17	19	4	3	8	18	29	-13	38	W	L	D	L	L	1983-03-01	Scunthorpe United	A
16	0	Northampton Town	31	7	7	3	33	21	2	3	9	11	29	-6	37	W	L	L	L	L	1983-03-01	Colchester United	A
17	3	Bristol City	32	6	5	5	20	19	1	7	8	16	34	-17	33	W	L	W	W	D	1983-03-05	Wimbledon	A
18	4	Blackpool	30	8	6	3	24	16	1	1	11	9	28	-11	32	W	L	L	L	D	1983-03-02	Torquay United	A
19	-2	Tranmere Rovers	31	6	5	4	23	19	3	0	13	13	33	-16	32	L	W	L	D	W	1983-02-28	Swindon Town	H
20	-2	Rochdale	30	7	6	2	25	16	0	4	11	12	33	-12	31	L	D	D	L	D	1983-03-04	Halifax Town	A
21	-2	Hartlepool United	31	8	4	3	20	14	0	3	13	10	40	-24	31	L	W	L	D	L	1983-03-02	Port Vale	H
22	1	Crewe Alexandra	30	6	4	7	27	27	2	2	9	12	21	-9	30	W	D	W	D	L	1983-03-01	York City	A
23	-2	Darlington	30	4	4	7	15	19	3	4	8	20	28	-12	29	L	W	W	L	D	1983-03-01	Aldershot	A
24	0	Hereford United	32	6	4	6	15	17	1	1	14	15	41	-28	26	L	L	L	L	W	1983-03-02	Stockport County	H