1983-04-30

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	4	0	Stoke City	Villa Park	20,944
Cowans, McNaught, Morley, Evans	Lineups
Coventry City	0	1	West Bromwich Albion	Highfield Road	9,457
	Lineups		Perry
Everton	2	0	West Ham United	Goodison Park	16,353
Sharp 2	Lineups
Manchester City	1	2	Nottingham Forest	Maine Road	23,563
Baker	Lineups		Wallace, Davenport
Norwich City	1	1	Manchester United	Carrow Road	22,233
Barham	Lineups		Whiteside
Notts County	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Meadow Lane	7,326
Kilcline	Lineups
Southampton	2	2	Luton Town	The Dell	18,237
Wright, Armstrong	Lineups		Elliott, Antic
Sunderland	1	2	Birmingham City	Roker Park	14,818
West	Lineups		Blake (p), Harford
Swansea City	1	1	Ipswich Town	Vetch Field	8,568
Rajkovic	Lineups		Mariner
Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Liverpool	White Hart Lane	44,907	Largest home gate 1982-83
Archibald 2	Lineups
Watford	2	1	Arsenal	Vicarage Road	20,529
Barnes, Blissett (p)	Lineups		McDermott
Footnotes
Liverpool champions

				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	39	16	3	1	54	15	8	6	5	31	18	52	81	L	L	L	D	W	1983-05-02	Nottingham Forest	A
2	0	Watford	39	15	2	3	47	19	6	2	11	22	32	18	67	W	L	L	W	W	1983-05-02	Sunderland	A
3	0	Manchester United	37	12	7	0	34	9	5	6	7	15	20	20	64	D	W	L	D	D	1983-05-02	Arsenal	A
4	0	Aston Villa	39	16	2	2	45	14	4	2	13	13	32	12	64	W	L	W	L	W	1983-05-02	Swansea City	A
5	0	Nottingham Forest	39	11	4	4	31	16	7	4	9	25	32	8	62	W	W	W	D	W	1983-05-02	Liverpool	H
6	0	Tottenham Hotspur	38	13	4	2	44	14	4	5	10	13	32	11	60	W	W	W	D	W	1983-05-03	Southampton	A
7	3	Everton	39	12	5	2	41	18	4	4	12	18	28	13	57	W	L	W	W	W	1983-05-02	Coventry City	H
8	0	Southampton	39	11	5	3	35	19	4	7	9	18	35	-1	57	D	D	W	D	D	1983-05-03	Tottenham Hotspur	H
9	-2	Stoke City	39	13	4	3	34	18	3	4	12	18	39	-5	56	L	D	D	W	L	1983-05-02	Luton Town	A
10	-1	West Ham United	38	12	3	4	38	20	5	1	13	21	36	3	55	L	W	L	W	W	1983-05-03	Ipswich Town	A
11	0	Ipswich Town	39	10	3	6	35	20	4	9	7	24	26	13	54	D	W	L	D	D	1983-05-03	West Ham United	H
12	0	Arsenal	38	10	6	3	33	18	4	4	11	18	34	-1	52	L	W	L	W	L	1983-05-02	Manchester United	H
13	1	West Bromwich Albion	39	9	5	5	33	20	4	6	10	15	28	0	50	W	L	L	L	L	1983-05-02	Norwich City	H
14	-1	Norwich City	39	9	6	5	28	17	4	5	10	20	37	-6	50	D	W	W	W	W	1983-05-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
15	0	Notts County	40	11	4	5	34	23	3	3	14	18	44	-15	49	W	L	D	D	W	1983-05-07	West Ham United	A
16	0	Coventry City	39	10	5	5	27	13	2	4	13	16	41	-11	45	L	L	L	D	L	1983-05-02	Everton	A
17	1	Luton Town	38	7	6	6	33	28	4	6	9	30	48	-13	45	D	W	D	W	W	1983-05-02	Stoke City	H
18	-1	Sunderland	39	7	8	4	27	19	4	4	12	17	39	-14	45	L	L	D	L	L	1983-05-02	Watford	H
19	0	Manchester City	40	9	5	6	26	22	3	3	14	20	47	-23	44	L	L	W	L	L	1983-05-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
20	0	Birmingham City	39	8	6	5	26	23	2	7	11	10	31	-18	43	W	W	W	L	L	1983-05-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
21	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	8	7	5	25	21	1	5	13	11	43	-28	39	L	W	D	L	D	1983-05-02	Birmingham City	A
22	0	Swansea City	39	9	4	6	30	25	0	7	13	18	38	-15	38	D	L	D	L	L	1983-05-02	Aston Villa	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Middlesbrough	Ewood Park	4,083
Lowey	Lineups		Otto
Cambridge United	1	0	Newcastle United	Abbey Stadium	7,591
Cooke	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Brunton Park	5,724
Robson K	Lineups
Chelsea	1	1	Rotherham United	Stamford Bridge	8,674
Walker	Lineups		Arnott
Derby County	2	0	Burnley	Baseball Ground	14,674
Wilson, Davison	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Blundell Park	4,755
	Lineups		Palmer, Ryan
Leeds United	0	0	Barnsley	Elland Road	15,344
	Lineups
Leicester City	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Filbert Street	13,959
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Fulham	Hillsborough	12,531
Mills D, Lyons	Lineups		Wilson
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Crystal Palace	Molineux	12,523
Gray	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	Queens Park Rangers	38	14	3	2	46	14	10	3	6	24	17	39	78	L	W	W	D	W	1983-05-02	Fulham	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	14	4	2	40	14	6	9	4	22	23	25	73	W	D	D	D	D	1983-05-02	Charlton Athletic	A
3	0	Fulham	39	12	5	3	34	20	7	4	8	27	23	18	66	L	L	W	D	W	1983-05-02	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	0	Leicester City	39	11	3	6	36	15	8	5	6	32	26	27	65	D	W	W	D	W	1983-05-02	Leeds United	A
5	0	Newcastle United	39	12	6	2	41	20	4	6	9	25	30	16	60	L	W	W	W	W	1983-05-04	Barnsley	A
6	1	Sheffield Wednesday	39	8	8	4	31	22	7	6	6	25	21	13	59	W	W	D	L	W	1983-05-02	Chelsea	A
7	2	Oldham Athletic	40	8	10	2	37	22	5	9	6	22	22	15	58	W	D	L	W	D	1983-05-07	Leicester City	H
8	-2	Shrewsbury Town	39	8	8	3	19	13	7	5	8	28	32	2	58	W	W	D	D	D	1983-05-03	Burnley	H
9	-1	Leeds United	39	7	9	3	24	18	6	9	5	23	24	5	57	D	L	L	D	W	1983-05-02	Leicester City	H
10	0	Barnsley	39	9	7	3	37	23	5	6	9	19	26	7	55	D	D	L	D	L	1983-05-04	Newcastle United	H
11	0	Blackburn Rovers	39	9	7	3	35	21	4	5	11	19	34	-1	51	D	D	W	L	W	1983-05-02	Derby County	H
12	0	Cambridge United	39	11	7	2	25	13	1	4	14	13	41	-16	47	W	L	D	W	W	1983-05-03	Carlisle United	A
13	1	Carlisle United	39	10	4	5	41	25	2	6	12	24	40	0	46	W	L	D	L	W	1983-05-03	Cambridge United	H
14	1	Derby County	39	6	10	4	26	24	3	9	7	21	28	-5	46	W	D	D	D	W	1983-05-02	Blackburn Rovers	A
15	1	Middlesbrough	39	7	7	5	25	28	3	7	10	19	38	-22	44	D	D	W	L	L	1983-05-07	Cambridge United	H
16	-3	Grimsby Town	39	9	6	5	31	25	3	2	14	12	43	-25	44	L	L	L	D	L	1983-05-02	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	2	Bolton Wanderers	39	10	1	8	30	25	1	9	10	11	31	-15	43	D	W	D	L	L	1983-05-02	Grimsby Town	H
18	-1	Charlton Athletic	39	10	2	7	33	27	2	5	13	23	55	-26	43	L	L	W	D	L	1983-05-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	-1	Crystal Palace	38	9	7	3	26	16	1	5	13	11	31	-10	42	L	W	L	W	L	1983-05-07	Derby County	H
20	0	Chelsea	39	8	6	5	30	21	2	6	12	19	39	-11	42	D	L	L	D	L	1983-05-02	Sheffield Wednesday	H
21	0	Rotherham United	40	5	7	8	19	28	4	7	9	21	37	-25	41	D	D	L	L	D	1983-05-07	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Burnley	37	9	3	7	35	22	1	3	14	16	40	-11	36	L	W	D	L	L	1983-05-03	Shrewsbury Town	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	2	3	AFC Bournemouth	Valley Parade	3,455
Campbell, Hill	Lineups		Dawtry, Lee, Morgan
Brentford	2	1	Sheffield United	Griffin Park	4,987
Hurlock, Roberts	Lineups		Morris (p)
Bristol Rovers	1	0	Huddersfield Town	Eastville	8,919
Ball	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	1	Cardiff City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,797
	Lineups		Bennett D
Doncaster Rovers	0	2	Portsmouth	Belle Vue	2,974
	Lineups		Rafferty, Webb
Lincoln City	1	1	Oxford United	Sincil Bank	2,812
Vinter OG	Lineups		Lawrence
Newport County	4	0	Wrexham	Somerton Park	4,344
Tynan 3, Lowndes	Lineups
Orient	5	1	Exeter City	Brisbane Road	2,407
Houchen 2, McNeil 2, Viney OG	Lineups		Neville
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Preston North End	Home Park	2,912
Smith	Lineups		Booth
Reading	3	3	Millwall	Elm Park	4,650
Earles, Price, Dixon	Lineups		White 2 (1p), Bremner
Wigan Athletic	2	2	Gillingham	Springfield Park	3,610
O'Keefe (p), Barrow	Lineups		Adams, Mehmet
Footnotes
Chesterfield relegated
Doncaster Rovers relegated

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Portsmouth	42	14	3	3	38	17	10	6	6	30	22	29	81	W	W	W	L	D	1983-05-02	Orient	H
2	1	Cardiff City	43	15	5	1	40	13	8	5	9	30	35	22	79	W	W	D	W	L	1983-05-02	Brentford	H
3	-2	Huddersfield Town	43	14	7	0	54	17	8	5	9	27	28	36	78	L	W	W	W	W	1983-05-07	Newport County	H
4	0	Newport County	43	13	6	3	39	19	10	2	9	36	30	26	77	W	L	L	L	W	1983-05-02	Millwall	A
5	0	Bristol Rovers	43	16	3	3	54	20	6	5	10	28	34	28	74	W	D	W	D	L	1983-05-02	Sheffield United	A
6	0	Oxford United	43	11	9	1	39	21	9	3	10	28	29	17	72	D	W	W	W	D	1983-05-02	Reading	H
7	0	Lincoln City	43	16	1	5	52	21	5	6	10	21	28	24	70	D	L	W	L	W	1983-05-02	Preston North End	A
8	1	Plymouth Argyle	43	15	2	5	37	22	3	6	12	21	39	-3	62	D	L	L	W	L	1983-05-02	Walsall	A
9	2	Brentford	43	13	4	5	48	27	4	6	11	37	45	13	61	W	W	L	W	D	1983-05-02	Cardiff City	A
10	-2	Sheffield United	42	15	3	3	42	18	3	4	14	17	38	3	61	L	W	L	L	W	1983-05-02	Bristol Rovers	H
11	-1	Southend United	43	10	8	4	40	26	5	6	10	22	31	5	59	D	L	D	D	L	1983-05-02	Exeter City	A
12	1	AFC Bournemouth	43	11	5	5	31	16	5	6	11	23	46	-8	59	W	W	D	W	L	1983-05-02	Doncaster Rovers	H
13	-1	Walsall	42	13	4	4	35	18	2	8	11	23	42	-2	57	D	W	W	W	L	1983-05-02	Plymouth Argyle	H
14	1	Gillingham	43	10	4	7	33	29	4	9	9	20	27	-3	55	D	W	D	W	D	1983-05-03	Bradford City	H
15	-1	Bradford City	42	9	7	5	36	26	5	5	11	26	38	-2	54	L	L	D	W	L	1983-05-03	Gillingham	A
16	0	Wigan Athletic	43	10	4	8	35	32	5	3	13	22	36	-11	52	D	L	W	D	L	1983-05-07	AFC Bournemouth	A
17	0	Wrexham	43	11	5	5	38	23	1	9	12	16	49	-18	50	L	D	L	L	L	1983-05-02	Chesterfield	H
18	2	Orient	43	9	6	7	40	37	5	2	14	18	46	-25	50	W	L	L	W	D	1983-05-02	Portsmouth	A
19	-1	Preston North End	43	9	10	2	32	17	3	3	16	24	52	-13	49	D	W	L	W	D	1983-05-02	Lincoln City	H
20	1	Reading	43	9	8	5	36	28	1	9	11	25	48	-15	47	D	L	D	W	D	1983-05-02	Oxford United	A
21	-2	Exeter City	43	10	4	7	42	40	2	7	13	31	60	-27	47	L	L	W	L	L	1983-05-02	Southend United	H
22	0	Millwall	43	10	7	4	37	24	1	6	15	22	53	-18	46	D	L	W	D	D	1983-05-02	Newport County	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	43	6	8	8	37	41	3	2	16	17	48	-35	37	L	L	L	L	L	1983-05-02	AFC Bournemouth	A
24	0	Chesterfield	43	6	6	10	28	27	2	6	13	15	39	-23	36	L	L	L	L	L	1983-05-02	Wrexham	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	4	1	Aldershot	Bloomfield Road	1,994
Senior OG, Hockaday, Deary, Stewart	Lineups		McDonald
Bury	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Gigg Lane	4,739
Madden	Lineups
Chester	0	0	Hull City	Sealand Road	2,450
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	2	Wimbledon	Gresty Road	2,552
	Lineups		Downes, Smith
Darlington	2	0	Northampton Town	Feethams Ground	1,042
McLean, Honour (p)	Lineups
Hereford United	1	0	Tranmere Rovers	Edgar Street	2,089
Spiring	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	2	York City	Field Mill	2,288
Dungworth, Caldwell	Lineups		Ford, Walwyn
Rochdale	2	2	Torquay United	Spotland	1,359
Farrell, Thompson S	Lineups		Carter, James
Swindon Town	2	0	Stockport County	County Ground	2,838
Pritchard, Quinn	Lineups
Footnotes
Hull City promoted
Footnotes
Wimbledon promoted

				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	Wimbledon	42	15	4	2	48	23	11	6	4	35	20	40	88	W	W	W	W	W	1983-05-02	Chester	H
2	-1	Hull City	44	14	7	1	46	12	10	7	5	24	19	39	86	D	W	L	W	W	1983-05-02	Mansfield Town	H
3	0	Port Vale	42	15	4	2	36	13	10	5	6	28	18	33	84	W	L	W	W	W	1983-05-02	York City	A
4	0	Bury	44	15	4	3	42	17	8	7	7	30	25	30	80	W	L	W	D	W	1983-05-07	Tranmere Rovers	A
5	0	Colchester United	44	16	5	1	50	19	6	4	12	20	35	16	75	W	L	L	W	L	1983-05-02	Hartlepool United	A
6	0	Scunthorpe United	42	12	6	3	37	15	8	7	6	27	24	25	73	L	W	W	L	L	1983-05-02	Swindon Town	H
7	0	York City	43	17	3	1	54	18	3	9	10	26	38	24	72	D	W	W	D	W	1983-05-02	Port Vale	H
8	0	Swindon Town	43	13	3	5	42	22	5	8	9	16	25	11	65	W	W	W	D	L	1983-05-02	Scunthorpe United	A
9	0	Torquay United	43	12	3	6	37	26	5	4	13	18	34	-5	58	D	L	W	L	W	1983-05-02	Halifax Town	H
10	0	Mansfield Town	43	10	6	6	28	25	5	6	10	25	39	-11	57	D	L	D	D	D	1983-05-02	Hull City	A
11	0	Peterborough United	42	11	6	4	32	20	3	7	11	16	25	3	55	L	L	D	L	W	1983-05-04	Blackpool	H
12	0	Stockport County	44	11	8	3	41	29	3	4	15	19	47	-16	54	L	W	W	L	D	1983-05-06	Port Vale	H
13	1	Chester	43	8	6	8	27	22	6	5	10	26	32	-1	53	D	L	W	L	D	1983-05-02	Wimbledon	A
14	-1	Halifax Town	42	8	7	6	29	22	6	4	11	24	36	-5	53	D	W	D	L	L	1983-05-02	Torquay United	A
15	0	Bristol City	43	9	7	5	28	22	3	9	10	27	43	-10	52	L	W	W	D	D	1983-05-02	Darlington	H
16	2	Blackpool	43	10	8	4	31	21	3	4	14	22	43	-11	49	W	L	D	L	W	1983-05-04	Peterborough United	A
17	0	Rochdale	43	11	8	3	37	22	0	7	14	17	45	-13	48	D	W	L	D	W	1983-05-07	Hartlepool United	A
18	-2	Northampton Town	44	10	8	5	43	29	2	4	15	15	44	-15	48	L	W	D	L	W	1983-05-08	Swindon Town	A
19	2	Darlington	42	7	5	9	22	24	5	6	10	30	37	-9	47	W	D	L	L	L	1983-05-02	Bristol City	A
20	0	Tranmere Rovers	43	8	6	7	29	28	4	3	15	18	42	-23	45	L	L	D	L	D	1983-05-07	Bury	H
21	-2	Aldershot	43	9	5	7	32	33	1	10	11	20	43	-24	45	L	W	L	D	L	1983-05-02	Hereford United	H
22	0	Hartlepool United	43	10	5	6	26	20	1	4	17	14	51	-31	42	D	L	L	W	L	1983-05-02	Colchester United	H
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	44	9	5	8	35	31	2	3	17	17	37	-16	41	L	L	L	W	L	1983-05-07	Bristol City	A
24	0	Hereford United	43	8	6	8	19	22	3	2	16	21	49	-31	41	W	L	L	W	L	1983-05-02	Aldershot	A