1983-04-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	3	0	Manchester City	Highbury	16,810
Talbot 3	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	0	Everton	St Andrew's	11,045
Hopkins	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Coventry City	Goldstone Ground	14,674
Connor	Lineups
Ipswich Town	4	1	Sunderland	Portman Road	16,193
Wark 2, Mariner, Turner	Lineups		Pickering
Liverpool	0	2	Norwich City	Anfield Road	37,022
	Lineups		Lawrenson OG, O'Neill
Luton Town	3	1	Swansea City	Kenilworth Road	11,561
Walsh 3	Lineups		Latchford
Manchester United	2	0	Watford	Old Trafford	43,048
Cunningham, Grimes	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Notts County	City Ground	25,554	Largest home gate 1982-83
Swain, Proctor	Lineups		Lahtinen
Stoke City	1	1	Southampton	Victoria Ground	14,903
Berry	Lineups		Wallace
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Tottenham Hotspur	The Hawthorns	14,879
	Lineups		Archibald
West Ham United	2	0	Aston Villa	Upton Park	21,822
Bonds, Swindlehurst	Lineups

				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	38	16	3	1	54	15	8	6	4	31	16	54	81	L	L	D	W	W	1983-04-30	Tottenham Hotspur	A
2	0	Watford	38	14	2	3	45	18	6	2	11	22	32	17	64	L	L	W	W	L	1983-04-30	Arsenal	H
3	1	Manchester United	36	12	7	0	34	9	5	5	7	14	19	20	63	W	L	D	D	W	1983-04-30	Norwich City	A
4	-1	Aston Villa	38	15	2	2	41	14	4	2	13	13	32	8	61	L	W	L	W	W	1983-04-30	Stoke City	H
5	0	Nottingham Forest	38	11	4	4	31	16	6	4	9	23	31	7	59	W	W	D	W	W	1983-04-30	Manchester City	A
6	3	Tottenham Hotspur	37	12	4	2	42	14	4	5	10	13	32	9	57	W	W	D	W	L	1983-04-30	Liverpool	H
7	-1	Stoke City	38	13	4	3	34	18	3	4	11	18	35	-1	56	D	D	W	L	W	1983-04-30	Aston Villa	A
8	-1	Southampton	38	11	4	3	33	17	4	7	9	18	35	-1	56	D	W	D	D	D	1983-04-30	Luton Town	H
9	1	West Ham United	37	12	3	4	38	20	5	1	12	21	34	5	55	W	L	W	W	W	1983-04-30	Everton	A
10	-2	Everton	38	11	5	2	39	18	4	4	12	18	28	11	54	L	W	W	W	L	1983-04-30	West Ham United	H
11	0	Ipswich Town	38	10	3	6	35	20	4	8	7	23	25	13	53	W	L	D	D	L	1983-04-30	Swansea City	A
12	0	Arsenal	37	10	6	3	33	18	4	4	10	17	32	0	52	W	L	W	L	D	1983-04-30	Watford	A
13	1	Norwich City	38	9	5	5	27	16	4	5	10	20	37	-6	49	W	W	W	W	D	1983-04-30	Manchester United	H
14	-1	West Bromwich Albion	38	9	5	5	33	20	3	6	10	14	28	-1	47	L	L	L	L	L	1983-04-30	Coventry City	A
15	0	Notts County	39	10	4	5	33	23	3	3	14	18	44	-16	46	L	D	D	W	L	1983-04-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
16	0	Coventry City	38	10	5	4	27	12	2	4	13	16	41	-10	45	L	L	D	L	L	1983-04-30	West Bromwich Albion	H
17	0	Sunderland	38	7	8	3	26	17	4	4	12	17	39	-13	45	L	D	L	L	D	1983-04-30	Birmingham City	H
18	1	Luton Town	37	7	6	6	33	28	4	5	9	28	46	-13	44	W	D	W	W	L	1983-04-30	Southampton	A
19	-1	Manchester City	39	9	5	5	25	20	3	3	14	20	47	-22	44	L	W	L	L	W	1983-04-30	Nottingham Forest	H
20	1	Birmingham City	38	8	6	5	26	23	1	7	11	8	30	-19	40	W	W	L	L	L	1983-04-30	Sunderland	A
21	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	8	7	5	25	21	1	5	12	11	42	-27	39	W	D	L	D	W	1983-04-30	Notts County	A
22	-2	Swansea City	38	9	3	6	29	24	0	7	13	18	38	-15	37	L	D	L	L	D	1983-04-30	Ipswich Town	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	2	Blackburn Rovers	Oakwell	7,617
Glavin 2	Lineups		Garner, Lowey
Bolton Wanderers	2	0	Cambridge United	Burnden Park	4,636
Hoggan 2	Lineups
Burnley	3	0	Chelsea	Turf Moor	7,452
Hamilton 2, Donovan (p)	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	0	Grimsby Town	Selhurst Park	5,909
Hilaire, Brooks	Lineups
Fulham	0	1	Leicester City	Craven Cottage	24,251	Largest home gate 1982-83
	Lineups		Wilson
Middlesbrough	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ayresome Park	10,315
	Lineups
Newcastle United	4	2	Charlton Athletic	St James' Park	20,567
Wharton, mcDermott, Varadi 2	Lineups		Robinson 2
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Boundary Park	5,088
Wylde	Lineups		Bannister
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Leeds United	Loftus Road	19,573
Hart OG	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	1	Derby County	Millmoor	9,646
Seasman (p)	Lineups		Gemmill (p)
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Carlisle United	Gay Meadow	3,220
Williams, Bates	Lineups		Shoulder
Footnotes
Queens Park Rangers promoted

				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	Queens Park Rangers	37	14	3	2	46	14	10	3	5	24	16	40	78	W	W	D	W	W	1983-04-30	Carlisle United	A
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	13	4	2	39	14	6	9	4	22	23	24	70	D	D	D	D	W	1983-04-30	Crystal Palace	H
3	0	Fulham	38	12	5	3	34	20	7	4	7	26	21	19	66	L	W	D	W	L	1983-04-30	Sheffield Wednesday	A
4	0	Leicester City	38	11	2	6	36	15	8	5	6	32	26	27	64	W	W	D	W	W	1983-04-30	Bolton Wanderers	H
5	0	Newcastle United	38	12	6	2	41	20	4	6	8	25	29	17	60	W	W	W	W	L	1983-04-30	Cambridge United	A
6	0	Leeds United	37	7	8	2	23	16	6	9	5	23	24	6	56	L	D	W	D	W	1983-04-27	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	0	Oldham Athletic	39	8	10	2	37	22	4	9	6	20	22	13	55	D	L	W	D	D	1983-04-30	Grimsby Town	A
8	2	Shrewsbury Town	38	8	8	3	19	13	6	5	8	27	32	1	55	W	D	D	D	D	1983-04-29	Charlton Athletic	A
9	-1	Barnsley	38	9	7	3	37	23	5	5	9	19	26	7	54	D	L	D	L	W	1983-04-30	Leeds United	A
10	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	37	7	8	4	29	21	6	6	6	23	20	11	53	D	L	W	L	W	1983-04-27	Leeds United	A
11	0	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	6	3	34	20	4	5	11	19	34	-1	50	D	W	L	W	D	1983-04-30	Middlesbrough	H
12	0	Cambridge United	38	10	7	2	24	13	1	4	14	13	41	-17	44	L	D	W	W	D	1983-04-30	Newcastle United	H
13	0	Grimsby Town	38	9	6	4	31	23	3	2	14	12	43	-23	44	L	L	D	L	L	1983-04-30	Oldham Athletic	H
14	0	Carlisle United	38	9	4	5	40	25	2	6	12	24	40	-1	43	L	D	L	W	L	1983-04-30	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	1	Derby County	38	5	10	4	24	24	3	9	7	21	28	-7	43	D	D	D	W	W	1983-04-30	Burnley	H
16	1	Middlesbrough	38	7	7	5	25	28	3	6	10	18	37	-22	43	D	W	L	L	W	1983-04-30	Blackburn Rovers	A
17	-2	Charlton Athletic	38	10	2	6	33	26	2	5	13	23	55	-25	43	L	W	D	L	W	1983-04-29	Shrewsbury Town	H
18	1	Crystal Palace	37	9	7	3	26	16	1	5	12	11	30	-9	42	W	L	W	L	D	1983-04-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	1	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	1	8	30	25	1	8	10	11	31	-15	42	W	D	L	L	L	1983-04-30	Leicester City	A
20	-2	Chelsea	38	8	5	5	29	20	2	6	12	19	39	-11	41	L	L	D	L	D	1983-04-30	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Rotherham United	39	5	7	8	19	28	4	6	9	20	36	-25	40	D	L	L	D	W	1983-04-30	Chelsea	A
22	0	Burnley	36	9	3	7	35	22	1	3	13	16	38	-9	36	W	D	L	L	L	1983-04-30	Derby County	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	1	0	Lincoln City	Dean Court	5,010
Morgan	Lineups
Cardiff City	4	1	Southend United	Ninian Park	6,141
Hatton, Lewis 2, Hemmerman	Lineups		Clark
Exeter City	1	7	Brentford	St James Park	2,759
Gibson	Lineups		Kamara 2, Joseph 2, Roberts, Cassells 2
Gillingham	2	1	Plymouth Argyle	Priestfield Stadium	3,356
Cascarino 2	Lineups		Phillips
Huddersfield Town	3	1	Reading	Leeds Road	10,885
Stanton, Russell, Brown (p)	Lineups		Price
Millwall	3	0	Doncaster Rovers	The Den, New Cross	4,288
Neal 2, Bremner	Lineups
Oxford United	2	0	Wigan Athletic	Manor Ground	4,596
Lawrence, Thomas	Lineups
Portsmouth	4	0	Chesterfield	Fratton Park	13,003
Dillon 2, Rogers, Biley	Lineups
Preston North End	2	1	Orient	Deepdale	5,627
Hinnigan, Sayer	Lineups		Foster
Sheffield United	2	1	Bradford City	Bramall Lane	9,375
Edwards, Towner	Lineups		Campbell
Walsall	2	1	Newport County	Fellows Park	5,141
O'Kelly, Shakespeare	Lineups		Tynan

				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	Huddersfield Town	42	14	7	0	54	17	8	5	8	27	27	37	78	W	W	W	W	D	1983-04-30	Bristol Rovers	A
2	0	Portsmouth	41	14	3	3	38	17	9	6	6	28	22	27	78	W	W	L	D	D	1983-04-30	Doncaster Rovers	A
3	1	Cardiff City	42	15	5	1	40	13	7	5	9	29	35	21	76	W	D	W	L	D	1983-04-30	Chesterfield	A
4	-1	Newport County	42	12	6	3	35	19	10	2	9	36	30	22	74	L	L	L	W	W	1983-04-30	Wrexham	H
5	0	Bristol Rovers	42	15	3	3	53	20	6	5	10	28	34	27	71	D	W	D	L	L	1983-04-30	Huddersfield Town	H
6	0	Lincoln City	42	16	0	5	51	20	5	6	10	21	28	24	69	L	W	L	W	D	1983-04-30	Oxford United	H
7	0	Oxford United	41	10	9	1	38	21	9	2	10	27	28	16	68	W	W	D	W	L	1983-04-27	Millwall	H
8	2	Sheffield United	41	15	3	3	42	18	3	4	13	16	36	4	61	W	L	L	W	L	1983-04-30	Brentford	A
9	-1	Plymouth Argyle	42	15	1	5	36	21	3	6	12	21	39	-3	61	L	L	W	L	D	1983-04-30	Preston North End	H
10	1	Brentford	42	12	4	5	46	26	4	6	11	37	45	12	58	W	L	W	D	D	1983-04-30	Sheffield United	H
11	-2	Southend United	42	10	7	4	39	25	5	6	10	22	31	5	58	L	D	D	L	D	1983-04-29	Walsall	H
12	1	Walsall	41	13	4	4	35	18	2	7	11	22	41	-2	56	W	W	W	L	W	1983-04-29	Southend United	A
13	1	AFC Bournemouth	42	11	5	5	31	16	4	6	11	20	44	-9	56	W	D	W	L	W	1983-04-30	Bradford City	A
14	-2	Bradford City	41	9	7	4	34	23	5	5	11	26	38	-1	54	L	D	W	L	W	1983-04-30	AFC Bournemouth	H
15	0	Gillingham	42	10	4	7	33	29	4	8	9	18	25	-3	54	W	D	W	D	D	1983-04-30	Wigan Athletic	A
16	0	Wigan Athletic	42	10	3	8	33	30	5	3	13	22	36	-11	51	L	W	D	L	W	1983-04-30	Gillingham	H
17	0	Wrexham	42	11	5	5	38	23	1	9	11	16	45	-14	50	D	L	L	L	L	1983-04-30	Newport County	A
18	3	Preston North End	42	9	10	2	32	17	3	2	16	23	51	-13	48	W	L	W	D	W	1983-04-30	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	-1	Exeter City	42	10	4	7	42	40	2	7	12	30	55	-23	47	L	W	L	L	W	1983-04-30	Orient	A
20	-1	Orient	42	8	6	7	35	36	5	2	14	18	46	-29	47	L	L	W	D	L	1983-04-30	Exeter City	H
21	-1	Reading	42	9	7	5	33	25	1	9	11	25	48	-15	46	L	D	W	D	D	1983-04-30	Millwall	H
22	0	Millwall	41	10	7	4	37	24	1	5	14	19	49	-17	45	W	D	D	W	W	1983-04-27	Oxford United	A
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	42	6	8	7	37	39	3	2	16	17	48	-33	37	L	L	L	L	W	1983-04-30	Portsmouth	H
24	0	Chesterfield	42	6	6	9	28	26	2	6	13	15	39	-22	36	L	L	L	L	L	1983-04-30	Cardiff City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	6	4	Rochdale	Recreation Ground	1,651
Banton 3, Senior 3	Lineups		Farrell 2, Hilditch, Thompson D
Bristol City	2	1	Bury	Ashton Gate	5,298
Nicholls, Breckin OG	Lineups		Johnson
Hartlepool United	1	2	Swindon Town	Victoria Park	1,126
Dobson	Lineups		Rideout 2 (1p)
Hull City	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Boothferry Park	7,041
Askew	Lineups
Northampton Town	2	1	Hereford United	County Ground	2,071
Sandy, Massey	Lineups		Price
Peterborough United	1	1	Darlington	London Road	2,185
Linton	Lineups		Walsh
Scunthorpe United	4	3	Blackpool	Old Showground	2,771
Cowling 2, Cammack 2 (1p)	Lineups		McNiven 2, Greenall
Torquay United	3	1	Mansfield Town	Plainmoor	1,447
Gallagher, Bishop, Little (p)	Lineups		Ayre
Tranmere Rovers	1	2	Halifax Town	Prenton Park	1,382
Kerr	Lineups		Spooner 2 (1p)
Wimbledon	1	0	Port Vale	Plough Lane	4,061	Largest home gate 1982-83
Ketteridge	Lineups
York City	1	0	Chester	Bootham Crescent	3,264
MacPhail	Lineups

				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	43	14	7	1	46	12	10	6	5	24	19	39	85	W	L	W	W	W	1983-04-30	Chester	A
2	0	Wimbledon	41	15	4	2	48	23	10	6	4	33	20	38	85	W	W	W	W	D	1983-04-30	Crewe Alexandra	A
3	0	Port Vale	41	14	4	2	34	12	10	5	6	28	18	32	81	L	W	W	W	D	1983-04-29	Peterborough United	H
4	0	Bury	43	14	4	3	41	17	8	7	7	30	25	29	77	L	W	D	W	W	1983-04-30	Scunthorpe United	H
5	0	Colchester United	42	15	5	1	47	18	6	4	11	19	33	15	72	L	W	L	L	W	1983-04-26	Rochdale	A
6	0	York City	42	17	3	1	54	18	3	8	10	24	36	24	71	W	W	D	W	L	1983-04-30	Mansfield Town	A
7	0	Scunthorpe United	40	11	6	3	34	15	8	7	5	27	23	23	70	W	L	L	W	W	1983-04-26	Peterborough United	H
8	0	Swindon Town	41	11	3	5	38	21	5	8	9	16	25	8	59	W	D	L	L	W	1983-04-26	Torquay United	H
9	2	Torquay United	41	12	3	6	37	26	5	3	12	15	30	-4	57	W	L	W	W	W	1983-04-26	Swindon Town	A
10	-1	Mansfield Town	42	10	5	6	26	23	5	6	10	25	39	-11	56	L	D	D	D	W	1983-04-30	York City	H
11	-1	Peterborough United	40	11	6	4	32	20	3	7	9	15	20	7	55	D	L	W	W	L	1983-04-26	Scunthorpe United	A
12	0	Stockport County	43	11	8	3	41	29	3	4	14	19	45	-14	54	W	W	L	D	D	1983-04-30	Swindon Town	A
13	0	Chester	42	8	5	8	27	22	6	5	10	26	32	-1	52	L	W	L	D	D	1983-04-30	Hull City	H
14	0	Halifax Town	41	8	6	6	28	21	6	4	11	24	36	-5	52	W	D	L	L	L	1983-04-29	Hartlepool United	H
15	0	Bristol City	42	9	7	5	28	22	3	9	9	26	40	-8	52	W	W	D	D	D	1983-04-29	Colchester United	A
16	1	Northampton Town	43	10	8	5	43	29	2	4	14	15	42	-13	48	W	D	L	W	L	1983-04-30	Darlington	A
17	-1	Blackpool	42	9	8	4	27	20	3	4	14	22	43	-14	46	L	D	L	W	L	1983-04-30	Aldershot	H
18	3	Aldershot	42	9	5	7	32	33	1	10	10	19	39	-21	45	W	L	D	L	L	1983-04-30	Blackpool	A
19	-1	Tranmere Rovers	42	8	6	7	29	28	4	3	14	18	41	-22	45	L	D	L	D	D	1983-04-30	Hereford United	A
20	0	Darlington	41	6	5	9	20	24	5	6	10	30	37	-11	44	D	L	L	L	W	1983-04-30	Northampton Town	H
21	-2	Rochdale	41	10	7	3	33	19	0	7	14	17	45	-14	44	L	D	W	D	L	1983-04-26	Colchester United	H
22	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	9	5	7	35	29	2	3	17	17	37	-14	41	L	L	W	L	W	1983-04-30	Wimbledon	H
23	0	Hartlepool United	42	10	5	6	26	20	1	3	17	13	50	-31	41	L	L	W	L	L	1983-04-29	Halifax Town	A
24	0	Hereford United	42	7	6	8	18	22	3	2	16	21	49	-32	38	L	L	W	L	D	1983-04-30	Tranmere Rovers	H