1983-05-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	0	Manchester United	Highbury	23,602
O'Leary, Talbot 2	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	St Andrew's	15,977
Handysides	Lineups		Smith
Everton	1	0	Coventry City	Goodison Park	12,972
Sharp (p)	Lineups
Luton Town	0	0	Stoke City	Kenilworth Road	11,877
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Liverpool	City Ground	25,107
Davenport	Lineups
Sunderland	2	2	Watford	Roker Park	13,971
Atkins, James	Lineups		Blissett 2
Swansea City	2	1	Aston Villa	Vetch Field	9,173
Pascoe, Gale	Lineups		Shaw
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Norwich City	The Hawthorns	9,189
Thompson	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	40	16	3	1	54	15	8	6	6	31	19	51	81	L	L	L	L	D	1983-05-07	Aston Villa	H
2	0	Watford	40	15	2	3	47	19	6	3	11	24	34	18	68	D	W	L	L	W	1983-05-07	Ipswich Town	A
3	2	Nottingham Forest	40	12	4	4	32	16	7	4	9	25	32	9	65	W	W	W	W	D	1983-05-07	Norwich City	H
4	-1	Manchester United	38	12	7	0	34	9	5	6	8	15	23	17	64	L	D	W	L	D	1983-05-07	Swansea City	H
5	-1	Aston Villa	40	16	2	2	45	14	4	2	14	14	34	11	64	L	W	L	W	L	1983-05-07	Liverpool	A
6	1	Everton	40	13	5	2	42	18	4	4	12	18	28	14	60	W	W	L	W	W	1983-05-07	Luton Town	A
7	-1	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
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	0	Stoke City	40	13	4	3	34	18	3	5	12	18	39	-5	57	D	L	D	D	W	1983-05-07	Coventry City	H
10	0	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	1	Arsenal	39	11	6	3	36	18	4	4	11	18	34	2	55	W	L	W	L	W	1983-05-07	Sunderland	H
12	-1	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
13	0	West Bromwich Albion	40	10	5	5	34	20	4	6	10	15	28	1	53	W	W	L	L	L	1983-05-07	Southampton	H
14	0	Norwich City	40	9	6	5	28	17	4	5	11	20	38	-7	50	L	D	W	W	W	1983-05-07	Nottingham Forest	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	1	Luton Town	39	7	7	6	33	28	4	6	9	30	48	-13	46	D	D	W	D	W	1983-05-07	Everton	H
17	1	Sunderland	40	7	9	4	29	21	4	4	12	17	39	-14	46	D	L	L	D	L	1983-05-07	Arsenal	A
18	-2	Coventry City	40	10	5	5	27	13	2	4	14	16	42	-12	45	L	L	L	L	D	1983-05-07	Stoke City	A
19	1	Birmingham City	40	8	7	5	27	24	2	7	11	10	31	-18	44	D	W	W	W	L	1983-05-07	Tottenham Hotspur	H
20	-1	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
21	1	Swansea City	40	10	4	6	32	26	0	7	13	18	38	-14	41	W	D	L	D	L	1983-05-07	Manchester United	A
22	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	8	7	5	25	21	1	6	13	12	44	-28	40	D	L	W	D	L	1983-05-07	Manchester City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Derby County	Ewood Park	5,619
Garner, Brotherston	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Grimsby Town	Burnden Park	5,866
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	3	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Valley	7,935
Smith, White, Hales	Lineups		Kellock 2, Eves
Chelsea	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Stamford Bridge	10,462
Speedie	Lineups		Bannister
Leeds United	2	2	Leicester City	Elland Road	14,442
O'Neil OG, Gray F (p)	Lineups		Smith A, May
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Fulham	Loftus Road	24,433	Largest home gate 1982-83
Gregory, Sealy, Stainrod	Lineups		Davies
Footnotes
Wolverhampton Wanderers promoted
Queens Park Rangers champions

				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	39	15	3	2	49	15	10	3	6	24	17	41	81	W	L	W	W	D	1983-05-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
2	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	40	14	4	2	40	14	6	10	4	25	26	25	74	D	W	D	D	D	1983-05-07	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	1	Leicester City	40	11	3	6	36	15	8	6	6	34	28	27	66	D	D	W	W	D	1983-05-07	Oldham Athletic	A
4	-1	Fulham	40	12	5	3	34	20	7	4	9	28	26	16	66	L	L	L	W	D	1983-05-07	Carlisle United	H
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	0	Sheffield Wednesday	40	8	8	4	31	22	7	7	6	26	22	13	60	D	W	W	D	L	1983-05-07	Newcastle United	A
7	0	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	1	Leeds United	40	7	10	3	26	20	6	9	5	23	24	5	58	D	D	L	L	D	1983-05-07	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	-1	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
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	40	10	7	3	37	21	4	5	11	19	34	1	54	W	D	D	W	L	1983-05-07	Rotherham United	A
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	0	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	0	Derby County	40	6	10	4	26	24	3	9	8	21	30	-7	46	L	W	D	D	D	1983-05-07	Crystal Palace	A
15	1	Grimsby Town	40	9	6	5	31	25	3	3	14	12	43	-25	45	D	L	L	L	D	1983-05-07	Burnley	A
16	1	Bolton Wanderers	40	10	2	8	30	25	1	9	10	11	31	-15	44	D	D	W	D	L	1983-05-07	Chelsea	H
17	-2	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
18	0	Charlton Athletic	40	10	3	7	36	30	2	5	13	23	55	-26	44	D	L	L	W	D	1983-05-07	Barnsley	A
19	1	Chelsea	40	8	7	5	31	22	2	6	12	19	39	-11	43	D	D	L	L	D	1983-05-07	Bolton Wanderers	A
20	-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
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
AFC Bournemouth	2	2	Doncaster Rovers	Dean Court	3,995
Sulley, Heffernan (p)	Lineups		Lister, Douglas
Cardiff City	3	1	Brentford	Ninian Park	9,112
McNichol OG, Hatton, Bennett D	Lineups		Kamara
Exeter City	4	3	Southend United	St James Park	2,956
Neville 3, Crown	Lineups		Greaves, Pountney, Phillips
Millwall	3	0	Newport County	The Den, New Cross	5,155
Neal, White (p), Bremner	Lineups
Oxford United	1	2	Reading	Manor Ground	6,739
Whatmore	Lineups		Jones OG, Dixon (p)
Portsmouth	2	2	Orient	Fratton Park	16,232
Biley, Rafferty	Lineups		McNeil, Kitchen
Preston North End	1	0	Lincoln City	Deepdale	6,523
Gowling	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Bramall Lane	7,694
Young, Edwards	Lineups		Withey
Walsall	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Fellows Park	3,473
Buckley, Penn	Lineups
Wrexham	0	0	Chesterfield	Racecourse Ground	2,047
	Lineups

				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	43	14	4	3	40	19	10	6	6	30	22	29	82	D	W	W	W	L	1983-05-07	Southend United	H
2	0	Cardiff City	44	16	5	1	43	14	8	5	9	30	35	24	82	W	W	W	D	W	1983-05-07	Orient	H
3	0	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	44	13	6	3	39	19	10	2	10	36	33	23	77	L	W	L	L	L	1983-05-07	Huddersfield Town	A
5	0	Bristol Rovers	44	16	3	3	54	20	6	5	11	29	36	27	74	L	W	D	W	D	1983-05-07	Gillingham	A
6	0	Oxford United	44	11	9	2	40	23	9	3	10	28	29	16	72	L	D	W	W	W	1983-05-07	Chesterfield	H
7	0	Lincoln City	44	16	1	5	52	21	5	6	11	21	29	23	70	L	D	L	W	L	1983-05-07	Sheffield United	A
8	2	Sheffield United	43	16	3	3	44	19	3	4	14	17	38	4	64	W	L	W	L	L	1983-05-07	Lincoln City	H
9	-1	Plymouth Argyle	44	15	2	5	37	22	3	6	13	21	41	-5	62	L	D	L	L	W	1983-05-07	Wrexham	A
10	-1	Brentford	44	13	4	5	48	27	4	6	12	38	48	11	61	L	W	W	L	W	1983-05-08	Millwall	A
11	2	Walsall	43	14	4	4	37	18	2	8	11	23	42	0	60	W	D	W	W	W	1983-05-07	Bradford City	H
12	0	AFC Bournemouth	44	11	6	5	33	18	5	6	11	23	46	-8	60	D	W	W	D	W	1983-05-07	Wigan Athletic	H
13	-2	Southend United	44	10	8	4	40	26	5	6	11	25	35	4	59	L	D	L	D	D	1983-05-07	Portsmouth	A
14	0	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	0	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	2	Preston North End	44	10	10	2	33	17	3	3	16	24	52	-12	52	W	D	W	L	W	1983-05-07	Reading	H
18	-1	Wrexham	44	11	6	5	38	23	1	9	12	16	49	-18	51	D	L	D	L	L	1983-05-07	Plymouth Argyle	H
19	-1	Orient	44	9	6	7	40	37	5	3	14	20	48	-25	51	D	W	L	L	W	1983-05-07	Cardiff City	A
20	0	Reading	44	9	8	5	36	28	2	9	11	27	49	-14	50	W	D	L	D	W	1983-05-07	Preston North End	A
21	0	Exeter City	44	11	4	7	46	43	2	7	13	31	60	-26	50	W	L	L	W	L	1983-05-07	Doncaster Rovers	H
22	0	Millwall	44	11	7	4	40	24	1	6	15	22	53	-15	49	W	D	L	W	D	1983-05-08	Brentford	H
23	0	Doncaster Rovers	44	6	8	8	37	41	3	3	16	19	50	-35	38	D	L	L	L	L	1983-05-07	Exeter City	A
24	0	Chesterfield	44	6	6	10	28	27	2	7	13	15	39	-23	37	D	L	L	L	L	1983-05-07	Oxford United	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	2	1	Hereford United	Recreation Ground	1,653
Senior 2	Lineups		Harvey (p)
Bristol City	2	2	Darlington	Ashton Gate	4,877
Crawford, Phillipson-Masters	Lineups		Todd, Kamara
Hartlepool United	1	4	Colchester United	Victoria Park	804
Linacre	Lineups		Allinson, Coleman 2, Groves
Hull City	2	2	Mansfield Town	Boothferry Park	7,875
Flounders, Askew	Lineups		Bell 2
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Swindon Town	Old Showground	3,546
Cammack, Lester	Lineups
Torquay United	1	3	Halifax Town	Plainmoor	1,458
Anderson	Lineups		Wood, Allatt, Smith
Wimbledon	4	0	Chester	Plough Lane	2,576
Cork 3, Smith	Lineups
York City	0	0	Port Vale	Bootham Crescent	4,814
	Lineups
Footnotes
Hereford United and Crewe Alexnadra to apply for re-election

				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	Wimbledon	43	16	4	2	52	23	11	6	4	35	20	44	91	W	W	W	W	W	1983-05-07	Blackpool	H
2	0	Hull City	45	14	8	1	48	14	10	7	5	24	19	39	87	D	D	W	L	W	1983-05-14	Rochdale	A
3	0	Port Vale	43	15	4	2	36	13	10	6	6	28	18	33	85	D	W	L	W	W	1983-05-06	Stockport County	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	45	16	5	1	50	19	7	4	12	24	36	19	78	W	W	L	L	W	1983-05-13	Torquay United	H
6	0	Scunthorpe United	43	13	6	3	39	15	8	7	6	27	24	27	76	W	L	W	W	L	1983-05-07	Darlington	H
7	0	York City	44	17	4	1	54	18	3	9	10	26	38	24	73	D	D	W	W	D	1983-05-07	Hereford United	H
8	0	Swindon Town	44	13	3	5	42	22	5	8	10	16	27	9	65	L	W	W	W	D	1983-05-08	Northampton Town	H
9	0	Torquay United	44	12	3	7	38	29	5	4	13	18	34	-7	58	L	D	L	W	L	1983-05-07	Chester	H
10	0	Mansfield Town	44	10	6	6	28	25	5	7	10	27	41	-11	58	D	D	L	D	D	1983-05-07	Peterborough United	A
11	3	Halifax Town	43	8	7	6	29	22	7	4	11	27	37	-3	56	W	D	W	D	L	1983-05-07	Aldershot	A
12	-1	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
13	-1	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
14	-1	Chester	44	8	6	8	27	22	6	5	11	26	36	-5	53	L	D	L	W	L	1983-05-07	Torquay United	A
15	0	Bristol City	44	9	8	5	30	24	3	9	10	27	43	-10	53	D	L	W	W	D	1983-05-07	Crewe Alexandra	H
16	0	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	2	Darlington	43	7	5	9	22	24	5	7	10	32	39	-9	48	D	W	D	L	L	1983-05-07	Scunthorpe United	A
18	-1	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
19	-1	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
20	1	Aldershot	44	10	5	7	34	34	1	10	11	20	43	-23	48	W	L	W	L	D	1983-05-07	Halifax Town	H
21	-1	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
22	0	Hartlepool United	44	10	5	7	27	24	1	4	17	14	51	-34	42	L	D	L	L	W	1983-05-07	Rochdale	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	44	8	6	8	19	22	3	2	17	22	51	-32	41	L	W	L	L	W	1983-05-07	York City	A