1983-03-05

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Nottingham Forest	Highbury	21,698
	Lineups
Aston Villa	3	2	Norwich City	Villa Park	18,624
Withe, Deacy, Shaw	Lineups		Barham, Van Wyjk
Coventry City	0	1	Watford	Highfield Road	11,235
	Lineups		Taylor
Ipswich Town	3	1	Birmingham City	Portman Road	16,436
Putney, Osman, Brazil	Lineups		Dennis
Liverpool	5	1	Stoke City	Anfield Road	30,020
Dalglish 2, Neal, Johnston, Souness	Lineups		Bracewell
Luton Town	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Kenilworth Road	10,852
	Lineups
Manchester City	1	2	Manchester United	Maine Road	45,400	Largest home gate 1982-83
Reeves	Lineups		Stapleton 2
Notts County	3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Meadow Lane	11,841
Hunt, Chiedozie 2	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Swansea City	The Dell	16,842
Baird, Armstrong	Lineups		Loveridge
Sunderland	2	1	Everton	Roker Park	16,051
Rowell 2	Lineups		Sharp
West Ham United	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Upton Park	16,850
Cottee, Dickens	Lineups		Ryan

				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	29	13	2	0	47	13	7	4	3	23	11	46	66	W	D	W	W	W	1983-03-12	West Ham United	H
2	0	Watford	29	11	2	1	32	8	5	2	8	18	23	19	52	W	L	W	W	W	1983-03-12	Notts County	H
3	0	Manchester United	29	9	5	0	25	6	5	4	6	14	17	16	51	W	L	D	D	W	1983-03-19	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
4	0	Nottingham Forest	29	9	3	2	24	10	4	4	7	18	26	6	46	D	D	D	L	L	1983-03-12	Luton Town	H
5	0	Aston Villa	29	11	2	2	33	14	3	1	10	10	25	4	45	W	L	W	W	D	1983-03-08	Notts County	H
6	5	Southampton	30	9	3	3	26	14	3	4	8	14	30	-4	43	W	D	W	W	W	1983-03-15	Everton	A
7	-1	Coventry City	29	10	3	2	25	8	2	3	9	14	30	1	42	L	L	W	L	D	1983-03-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H
8	4	Ipswich Town	29	8	2	5	28	17	3	6	5	18	16	13	41	W	W	L	D	L	1983-03-12	West Bromwich Albion	A
9	-2	Everton	30	8	5	1	30	14	3	3	10	16	24	8	41	L	D	D	L	W	1983-03-15	Southampton	H
10	3	West Ham United	28	9	2	4	31	17	4	0	9	14	25	3	41	W	D	L	L	L	1983-03-12	Liverpool	A
11	-1	West Bromwich Albion	30	7	5	2	26	13	3	6	7	12	23	2	41	D	D	D	D	D	1983-03-12	Ipswich Town	H
12	-4	Stoke City	29	9	3	2	26	16	3	2	10	15	30	-5	41	L	W	W	D	W	1983-03-12	Sunderland	H
13	-4	Tottenham Hotspur	29	9	4	2	32	13	2	3	9	7	27	-1	40	L	D	W	D	D	1983-03-12	Coventry City	A
14	2	Notts County	30	9	2	5	28	19	3	2	9	14	31	-8	40	W	W	W	L	L	1983-03-08	Aston Villa	A
15	0	Arsenal	28	7	4	3	22	14	3	4	7	12	20	0	38	D	D	W	L	W	1983-03-15	Birmingham City	A
16	-2	Manchester City	31	8	5	3	23	15	2	3	10	16	35	-11	38	L	D	L	L	L	1983-03-12	Swansea City	A
17	0	Sunderland	29	7	5	3	24	15	2	4	8	11	29	-9	36	W	W	L	W	D	1983-03-12	Stoke City	A
18	0	Luton Town	28	4	6	4	24	21	3	4	7	23	36	-10	31	D	L	L	W	D	1983-03-12	Nottingham Forest	A
19	0	Norwich City	29	7	2	5	20	13	1	4	10	11	35	-17	30	L	W	D	L	L	1983-03-19	Notts County	A
20	0	Swansea City	30	7	2	5	21	16	0	5	11	15	30	-10	28	L	L	D	L	L	1983-03-12	Manchester City	H
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	6	5	4	19	16	1	2	12	9	40	-28	28	L	W	L	D	L	1983-03-19	Manchester United	A
22	0	Birmingham City	28	5	5	4	19	17	0	7	7	5	22	-15	27	L	D	W	L	L	1983-03-15	Arsenal	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	1	Bolton Wanderers	Oakwell	10,400
Birch, McCarthy, Ronson	Lineups		Rudge
Burnley	1	0	Fulham	Turf Moor	8,774
Flynn	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Brunton Park	4,054
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	5	2	Chelsea	The Valley	11,211
Bullivant, Smith, Harris, Simonsen 2	Lineups		Robson, Lee
Crystal Palace	0	2	Newcastle United	Selhurst Park	10,239
	Lineups		Waddle, Varadi
Grimsby Town	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Blundell Park	9,472
Cumming	Lineups		Pearson
Leeds United	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	Elland Road	12,280
Gray F (p), Hird	Lineups		Lowey
Leicester City	1	1	Derby County	Filbert Street	15,452
Lynex	Lineups		Barton
Queens Park Rangers	6	1	Middlesbrough	Loftus Road	9,596
Micklewhite, Flanagan, Allen 3, Gregory	Lineups		Kennedy (p)
Rotherham United	0	3	Shrewsbury Town	Millmoor	4,810
	Lineups		Williams, Bates, Brown
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Cambridge United	Molineux	12,844
Eves	Lineups		Mayo

				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	30	13	1	2	37	12	5	5	4	18	20	23	60	D	W	L	W	L	1983-03-12	Derby County	A
2	0	Queens Park Rangers	29	11	2	2	34	11	7	3	4	16	12	27	59	W	D	W	W	W	1983-03-12	Bolton Wanderers	A
3	0	Fulham	29	8	4	2	25	17	7	3	5	25	18	15	52	L	D	D	W	W	1983-03-12	Crystal Palace	H
4	0	Leicester City	30	8	2	6	28	14	6	2	6	23	19	18	46	D	W	W	L	W	1983-03-19	Cambridge United	H
5	0	Oldham Athletic	31	6	7	2	30	19	4	7	5	19	18	12	44	D	W	L	W	L	1983-03-19	Fulham	H
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	29	7	6	2	27	17	4	4	6	17	19	8	43	D	L	W	D	D	1983-03-19	Derby County	A
7	1	Barnsley	29	8	6	1	30	16	3	4	7	13	21	6	43	W	W	L	W	L	1983-03-12	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	1	Leeds United	29	6	6	2	20	14	3	9	3	17	19	4	42	W	D	D	D	D	1983-03-12	Newcastle United	A
9	-2	Grimsby Town	30	9	5	2	29	17	3	1	10	12	32	-8	42	D	L	W	W	L	1983-03-12	Cambridge United	A
10	1	Newcastle United	29	7	5	2	22	13	3	6	6	22	26	5	41	W	D	W	D	W	1983-03-12	Leeds United	H
11	1	Shrewsbury Town	29	5	6	3	12	10	6	2	7	24	28	-2	41	W	D	L	D	L	1983-03-08	Middlesbrough	A
12	-2	Blackburn Rovers	30	6	6	2	26	16	4	3	9	14	26	-2	39	L	L	D	D	W	1983-03-13	Charlton Athletic	H
13	4	Charlton Athletic	29	8	2	5	27	23	2	4	8	18	38	-16	36	W	L	D	W	D	1983-03-13	Blackburn Rovers	A
14	-1	Chelsea	30	7	5	2	25	11	2	3	11	16	33	-3	35	L	W	D	L	L	1983-03-12	Carlisle United	H
15	-1	Bolton Wanderers	30	8	1	5	24	17	1	7	8	11	25	-7	35	L	W	L	D	L	1983-03-12	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	-1	Crystal Palace	29	7	5	3	22	15	1	5	8	9	22	-6	34	L	L	W	D	L	1983-03-12	Fulham	A
17	-1	Rotherham United	30	5	5	6	16	21	3	5	6	16	23	-12	34	L	L	D	D	L	1983-03-12	Middlesbrough	A
18	0	Carlisle United	30	7	3	5	31	23	1	6	8	18	30	-4	33	D	D	D	L	L	1983-03-12	Chelsea	A
19	2	Burnley	28	7	3	5	30	19	1	2	10	14	30	-5	29	W	W	D	W	L	1983-03-19	Newcastle United	H
20	0	Cambridge United	29	7	5	2	20	13	0	3	12	10	33	-16	29	D	L	D	L	W	1983-03-12	Grimsby Town	H
21	-2	Middlesbrough	29	4	5	4	16	23	2	6	8	15	34	-26	29	L	L	L	D	L	1983-03-08	Shrewsbury Town	H
22	0	Derby County	28	4	6	4	19	20	1	6	7	14	24	-11	27	D	W	W	D	L	1983-03-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Orient	Eastville	5,642
Randall, Withey	Lineups		Godfrey
Doncaster Rovers	1	2	Bradford City	Belle Vue	3,473
Walker	Lineups		McCall, Cooke
Gillingham	2	5	AFC Bournemouth	Priestfield Stadium	3,485
Bruce (p), Lansdowne	Lineups		Lee 2, Dawtry 2, Beck
Lincoln City	2	1	Brentford	Sincil Bank	3,698
Cockerill G, Bell	Lineups		Cassells
Oxford United	2	0	Wrexham	Manor Ground	4,811
Vinter, Whatmore	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Chesterfield	Home Park	4,466
Phillips, Rogers	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Portsmouth	Deepdale	5,598
	Lineups
Sheffield United	3	0	Exeter City	Bramall Lane	9,703
Edwards 2, Brazil	Lineups
Walsall	4	0	Millwall	Fellows Park	2,779
Kearns O, Summerfield, Lovell OG, O'Kelly	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	2	2	Reading	Springfield Park	3,042
Butler, O'Keefe (p)	Lineups		Doherty, Barnes

				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	33	12	1	2	31	14	8	5	5	24	20	21	66	D	D	W	W	W	1983-03-12	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Cardiff City	33	12	3	1	31	11	7	3	7	28	32	16	63	D	W	D	L	W	1983-03-12	Portsmouth	A
3	2	Lincoln City	32	13	0	4	44	15	5	4	6	18	21	26	58	W	L	L	L	D	1983-03-12	Bradford City	A
4	-1	Huddersfield Town	32	10	5	0	41	12	6	4	7	22	24	27	57	W	D	L	W	W	1983-03-12	Gillingham	H
5	1	Bristol Rovers	32	13	2	2	46	14	4	3	8	24	26	30	56	W	W	L	L	W	1983-03-12	Reading	A
6	-2	Newport County	33	9	6	2	32	16	7	2	7	27	25	18	56	W	L	W	W	W	1983-03-12	Wigan Athletic	H
7	0	Oxford United	31	8	7	0	32	15	7	1	8	21	21	17	53	W	W	L	L	D	1983-03-12	Exeter City	A
8	0	Plymouth Argyle	32	13	1	3	31	16	3	4	8	19	31	3	53	W	W	W	W	D	1983-03-11	Brentford	A
9	0	Southend United	33	9	5	4	35	23	4	3	8	14	20	6	47	L	D	D	W	W	1983-03-13	Orient	A
10	0	Bradford City	33	9	5	2	32	19	3	5	9	19	34	-2	46	W	L	W	L	W	1983-03-12	Lincoln City	H
11	0	Wigan Athletic	33	9	2	7	30	28	4	3	8	20	27	-5	44	D	D	L	L	W	1983-03-12	Newport County	A
12	2	Sheffield United	30	11	3	3	32	14	1	4	8	9	24	3	43	W	W	L	L	W	1983-03-12	Millwall	A
13	-1	Wrexham	33	9	4	3	27	12	1	8	8	14	36	-7	42	L	D	W	D	W	1983-03-12	Walsall	H
14	-1	Brentford	33	10	2	4	39	21	1	5	11	23	39	2	40	L	L	W	L	L	1983-03-11	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	4	Walsall	32	9	4	4	23	15	1	6	8	17	31	-6	40	W	D	W	L	W	1983-03-12	Wrexham	A
16	0	Reading	35	8	5	4	29	21	1	8	9	22	42	-12	40	D	D	D	W	D	1983-03-12	Bristol Rovers	H
17	-2	Gillingham	33	7	3	6	26	24	3	6	8	13	21	-6	39	L	L	L	D	W	1983-03-12	Huddersfield Town	A
18	2	AFC Bournemouth	33	6	5	4	21	14	4	4	10	19	42	-16	39	W	L	D	D	L	1983-03-12	Preston North End	H
19	-2	Exeter City	35	8	4	5	36	30	1	7	10	25	50	-19	38	L	W	L	D	L	1983-03-12	Oxford United	H
20	-2	Orient	33	8	4	5	31	29	3	1	12	11	40	-27	38	L	W	L	D	L	1983-03-13	Southend United	H
21	0	Chesterfield	33	6	4	6	23	16	2	6	9	13	28	-8	34	L	D	L	W	L	1983-03-12	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	0	Doncaster Rovers	33	5	8	4	35	33	2	1	13	11	34	-21	30	L	L	L	D	L	1983-03-12	Chesterfield	A
23	1	Preston North End	32	4	9	2	21	13	2	1	14	18	42	-16	28	D	W	D	D	L	1983-03-12	AFC Bournemouth	A
24	-1	Millwall	32	6	6	3	25	19	0	4	13	13	43	-24	28	L	L	W	L	L	1983-03-12	Sheffield United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	2	Hartlepool United	Recreation Ground	1,439
	Lineups		Staff, Robinson
Bury	3	0	Darlington	Gigg Lane	1,926
Gore (p), Jakub, Madden	Lineups
Chester	1	1	Colchester United	Sealand Road	1,136
Simpson	Lineups		Adcock
Hereford United	0	0	Blackpool	Edgar Street	1,755
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	0	Swindon Town	Field Mill	2,101
Dungworth (p)	Lineups
Northampton Town	1	2	Hull City	County Ground	2,879
Gage	Lineups		Flounders, Askew
Port Vale	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Vale Park	8,241	Largest home gate 1982-83
Tartt	Lineups		Waller
Torquay United	2	1	Peterborough United	Plainmoor	1,440
Carter, Cooper	Lineups		Young OG
Tranmere Rovers	0	4	Scunthorpe United	Prenton Park	1,647
	Lineups		Leman, Cammack 2, Parkinson
Wimbledon	2	1	Bristol City	Plough Lane	2,541
Newman OG, Leslie	Lineups		Kelly E
York City	3	1	Stockport County	Bootham Crescent	2,883
Ford, Pollard 2 (1p)	Lineups		Power

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Hull City	34	11	6	0	41	10	8	5	4	20	16	35	68	W	W	D	D	W	1983-03-12	Tranmere Rovers	H
2	0	Port Vale	32	12	3	2	27	10	7	5	3	23	13	27	65	D	D	W	W	W	1983-03-12	Blackpool	A
3	0	Wimbledon	32	10	3	2	35	20	8	5	4	24	16	23	62	W	W	D	W	W	1983-03-11	Stockport County	A
4	0	Bury	35	11	4	3	35	14	6	6	5	23	18	26	61	W	L	D	W	L	1983-03-12	Colchester United	A
5	0	Colchester United	33	12	4	0	35	11	5	3	9	17	26	15	58	D	W	W	W	L	1983-03-12	Bury	H
6	0	Scunthorpe United	31	7	6	2	23	10	7	6	3	23	15	21	54	W	D	D	D	D	1983-03-12	Torquay United	H
7	1	York City	32	12	2	1	43	16	2	7	8	18	28	17	51	W	W	L	W	W	1983-03-12	Hartlepool United	A
8	-1	Swindon Town	31	10	2	2	30	12	4	6	7	11	19	10	50	L	L	D	L	W	1983-03-12	Chester	H
9	4	Torquay United	31	10	3	3	30	18	3	3	9	12	25	-1	45	W	L	L	D	W	1983-03-12	Scunthorpe United	A
10	-1	Halifax Town	33	7	5	5	24	17	5	3	8	20	27	0	44	D	L	L	W	L	1983-03-11	Crewe Alexandra	A
11	-1	Stockport County	34	9	5	2	30	20	3	3	12	18	41	-13	44	L	D	W	L	W	1983-03-11	Wimbledon	H
12	-1	Peterborough United	32	8	4	4	22	14	3	6	7	14	17	5	43	L	W	W	L	L	1983-03-12	Northampton Town	H
13	-1	Chester	34	7	3	8	24	20	5	4	7	18	22	0	43	D	L	L	W	W	1983-03-12	Swindon Town	A
14	0	Mansfield Town	32	8	2	6	18	19	4	4	8	20	31	-12	42	W	D	W	L	D	1983-03-12	Darlington	A
15	0	Aldershot	33	8	3	5	22	23	1	9	7	17	32	-16	39	L	L	L	D	D	1983-03-12	Bristol City	A
16	0	Northampton Town	33	7	7	4	34	23	2	3	10	12	32	-9	37	L	L	W	L	L	1983-03-12	Peterborough United	A
17	0	Blackpool	32	8	6	3	24	16	2	2	11	12	29	-9	36	D	W	W	L	L	1983-03-12	Port Vale	H
18	0	Tranmere Rovers	33	7	5	5	25	23	3	0	13	13	33	-18	35	L	W	L	W	L	1983-03-12	Hull City	A
19	3	Hartlepool United	33	8	5	3	22	16	1	3	13	12	40	-22	35	W	D	L	W	L	1983-03-12	York City	H
20	-1	Bristol City	33	6	5	5	20	19	1	7	9	17	36	-18	33	L	W	L	W	W	1983-03-12	Aldershot	H
21	-1	Darlington	32	4	4	7	15	19	4	4	9	26	32	-10	32	L	W	L	W	W	1983-03-12	Mansfield Town	H
22	-1	Rochdale	31	7	6	2	25	16	0	5	11	12	33	-12	32	D	L	D	D	L	1983-03-12	Hereford United	H
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	32	6	4	7	27	27	2	3	10	13	24	-11	31	D	L	W	D	W	1983-03-11	Halifax Town	H
24	0	Hereford United	34	6	6	6	15	17	1	1	14	15	41	-28	28	D	D	L	L	L	1983-03-12	Rochdale	A