1983-12-17

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	3	1	Watford	Highbury	25,104
Meade 3	Lineups		Johnston
Aston Villa	4	0	Ipswich Town	Villa Park	16,548
Rideout, McMahon, Evans (p), Withe	Lineups
Liverpool	5	0	Notts County	Anfield Road	22,435
Nicol, Souness 2 (1p), Hunt OG, Rush	Lineups
Norwich City	0	0	Coventry City	Carrow Road	16,646
	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	3	0	West Ham United	City Ground	14,440
Hodge, Birtles, Walsh (p)	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	0	Everton	Loftus Road	11,608
Charles 2	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Birmingham City	The Dell	15,248
OG 2	Lineups		Stevenson
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Stoke City	Molineux	8,679
	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	1	Liverpool	18	7	1	1	20	3	4	3	2	11	10	18	37	W	L	W	D	W	1983-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	-1	Manchester United	18	7	0	3	22	9	4	3	1	12	10	15	36	W	W	L	D	W	1983-12-26	Coventry City	A
3	0	West Ham United	18	6	2	1	22	9	4	1	4	8	8	13	33	L	W	L	D	W	1983-12-26	Southampton	H
4	1	Queens Park Rangers	18	6	1	2	13	5	4	1	4	16	11	13	32	W	W	W	L	W	1983-12-26	Leicester City	A
5	-1	Coventry City	18	4	2	2	12	7	5	3	2	16	13	8	32	D	W	W	D	D	1983-12-26	Manchester United	H
6	3	Southampton	18	7	1	1	14	6	2	3	4	6	8	6	31	W	D	W	L	D	1983-12-26	West Ham United	A
7	3	Aston Villa	18	8	1	1	19	11	1	3	4	10	15	3	31	W	D	W	L	W	1983-12-26	Watford	A
8	3	Nottingham Forest	18	7	2	1	23	10	2	1	5	10	15	8	30	W	L	W	D	W	1983-12-26	Birmingham City	A
9	-3	Norwich City	19	5	2	3	16	12	3	4	2	10	9	5	30	D	W	W	W	W	1983-12-26	Stoke City	A
10	-3	Luton Town	17	4	2	2	19	13	5	0	4	12	14	4	29	W	L	W	L	D	1983-12-18	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	18	3	3	2	10	10	5	2	3	20	17	3	29	L	D	L	W	W	1983-12-26	Arsenal	H
12	4	Arsenal	18	5	0	5	17	13	3	0	5	13	13	4	24	W	L	L	L	W	1983-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	-1	West Bromwich Albion	17	4	1	3	10	8	3	1	5	11	17	-4	23	L	W	L	L	L	1983-12-18	Luton Town	A
14	-1	Ipswich Town	18	4	2	3	16	10	2	2	5	11	16	1	22	L	L	D	D	L	1983-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	0	Sunderland	17	3	3	3	11	10	3	1	4	7	16	-8	22	L	D	W	L	W	1983-12-18	Leicester City	H
16	-2	Everton	18	3	3	3	5	6	3	1	5	6	14	-9	22	L	D	W	L	L	1983-12-26	Sunderland	H
17	0	Birmingham City	18	4	0	4	7	6	1	3	6	8	16	-7	18	L	L	L	L	L	1983-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
18	0	Notts County	18	3	2	3	15	13	2	0	8	9	20	-9	17	L	W	L	W	W	1983-12-26	Luton Town	H
19	0	Watford	18	2	3	4	17	19	2	1	6	12	16	-6	16	L	W	W	L	L	1983-12-26	Aston Villa	H
20	0	Leicester City	18	4	2	3	15	15	0	2	7	10	20	-10	16	W	L	W	W	L	1983-12-18	Sunderland	A
21	0	Stoke City	18	2	2	4	11	16	0	5	5	7	17	-15	13	D	L	L	D	L	1983-12-26	Norwich City	H
22	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	0	5	5	6	20	1	0	7	6	25	-33	8	D	L	L	W	D	1983-12-26	Ipswich Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Crystal Palace	Ewood Park	4,798
Garner, Mail	Lineups		Evans
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	1	Newcastle United	Goldstone Ground	13,896
	Lineups		Waddle
Cambridge United	0	0	Manchester City	Abbey Stadium	5,204
	Lineups
Carlisle United	4	2	Barnsley	Brunton Park	4,412
Bannon, Rushbury, Poskett 2	Lineups		Airey, Joyce
Chelsea	2	3	Grimsby Town	Stamford Bridge	13,151
Bumstead, Dixon (p)	Lineups		Waters, Emson, Ford
Derby County	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Baseball Ground	11,265
Plummer	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	2	Middlesbrough	Leeds Road	7,889
Cowling, Stonehouse (p)	Lineups		Baxter, Sugrue
Oldham Athletic	3	0	Fulham	Boundary Park	4,516
Cross 2, Palmer	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	5	2	Cardiff City	Hillsborough	14,793
Varadi 2, Shelton, Bannister, Lyons	Lineups		Baird 2
Swansea City	1	2	Portsmouth	Vetch Field	6,404
Maddy	Lineups		Dillon, Hateley

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Liverpool	18	7	1	1	20	3	4	3	2	11	10	18	37	W	L	W	D	W	1983-12-26	West Bromwich Albion	A
2	-1	Manchester United	18	7	0	3	22	9	4	3	1	12	10	15	36	W	W	L	D	W	1983-12-26	Coventry City	A
3	0	West Ham United	18	6	2	1	22	9	4	1	4	8	8	13	33	L	W	L	D	W	1983-12-26	Southampton	H
4	1	Queens Park Rangers	18	6	1	2	13	5	4	1	4	16	11	13	32	W	W	W	L	W	1983-12-26	Leicester City	A
5	-1	Coventry City	18	4	2	2	12	7	5	3	2	16	13	8	32	D	W	W	D	D	1983-12-26	Manchester United	H
6	3	Southampton	18	7	1	1	14	6	2	3	4	6	8	6	31	W	D	W	L	D	1983-12-26	West Ham United	A
7	3	Aston Villa	18	8	1	1	19	11	1	3	4	10	15	3	31	W	D	W	L	W	1983-12-26	Watford	A
8	3	Nottingham Forest	18	7	2	1	23	10	2	1	5	10	15	8	30	W	L	W	D	W	1983-12-26	Birmingham City	A
9	-3	Norwich City	19	5	2	3	16	12	3	4	2	10	9	5	30	D	W	W	W	W	1983-12-26	Stoke City	A
10	-3	Luton Town	17	4	2	2	19	13	5	0	4	12	14	4	29	W	L	W	L	D	1983-12-18	West Bromwich Albion	H
11	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	18	3	3	2	10	10	5	2	3	20	17	3	29	L	D	L	W	W	1983-12-26	Arsenal	H
12	4	Arsenal	18	5	0	5	17	13	3	0	5	13	13	4	24	W	L	L	L	W	1983-12-26	Tottenham Hotspur	A
13	-1	West Bromwich Albion	17	4	1	3	10	8	3	1	5	11	17	-4	23	L	W	L	L	L	1983-12-18	Luton Town	A
14	-1	Ipswich Town	18	4	2	3	16	10	2	2	5	11	16	1	22	L	L	D	D	L	1983-12-26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	0	Sunderland	17	3	3	3	11	10	3	1	4	7	16	-8	22	L	D	W	L	W	1983-12-18	Leicester City	H
16	-2	Everton	18	3	3	3	5	6	3	1	5	6	14	-9	22	L	D	W	L	L	1983-12-26	Sunderland	H
17	0	Birmingham City	18	4	0	4	7	6	1	3	6	8	16	-7	18	L	L	L	L	L	1983-12-26	Nottingham Forest	H
18	0	Notts County	18	3	2	3	15	13	2	0	8	9	20	-9	17	L	W	L	W	W	1983-12-26	Luton Town	H
19	0	Watford	18	2	3	4	17	19	2	1	6	12	16	-6	16	L	W	W	L	L	1983-12-26	Aston Villa	H
20	0	Leicester City	18	4	2	3	15	15	0	2	7	10	20	-10	16	W	L	W	W	L	1983-12-18	Sunderland	A
21	0	Stoke City	18	2	2	4	11	16	0	5	5	7	17	-15	13	D	L	L	D	L	1983-12-26	Norwich City	H
22	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	0	5	5	6	20	1	0	7	6	25	-33	8	D	L	L	W	D	1983-12-26	Ipswich Town	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	2	2	Preston North End	Burnden Park	6,275
Foster, Chandler	Lineups		Houghton, Farnworth OG
Bradford City	5	2	AFC Bournemouth	Valley Parade	2,842
Hawley 2, Haire, Ellis, Campbell	Lineups		Thompson I 2
Bristol Rovers	1	3	Hull City	Eastville	5,673
Parkin	Lineups		Roberts G 2, Marwood
Exeter City	3	2	Millwall	St James Park	2,859
Pratt 2, Neville	Lineups		Sparrow, Neal D
Newport County	0	2	Sheffield United	Somerton Park	4,295
	Lineups		Edwards 2
Orient	3	2	Plymouth Argyle	Brisbane Road	2,684
McNeil, Cornwell 2	Lineups		Nisbet 2
Port Vale	0	1	Lincoln City	Vale Park	2,861
	Lineups		Cockerill
Rotherham United	1	2	Oxford United	Millmoor	4,000
Mitchell	Lineups		Whatmore 2
Scunthorpe United	2	0	Gillingham	Old Showground	2,127
Cammack (p), Cowling	Lineups
Southend United	1	0	Wigan Athletic	Roots Hall	1,819
Shepherd	Lineups
Walsall	1	0	Brentford	Fellows Park	3,965
Brown (p)	Lineups
Wimbledon	1	4	Burnley	Plough Lane	2,883
Cork	Lineups		Scott 2, Reeves, Hamilton

				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	Oxford United	19	6	3	0	24	11	6	1	3	16	12	17	40	W	W	W	W	D	1983-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
2	1	Sheffield United	19	5	4	0	23	8	5	2	3	14	13	16	36	W	D	W	D	L	1983-12-26	Rotherham United	H
3	1	Hull City	19	6	2	1	21	7	3	6	1	12	9	17	35	W	L	W	D	W	1983-12-26	Scunthorpe United	H
4	1	Walsall	19	7	1	2	20	9	3	4	2	9	16	4	35	W	D	W	W	D	1983-12-26	Lincoln City	A
5	1	Orient	19	7	2	1	18	7	3	2	4	8	12	7	34	W	W	L	W	L	1983-12-26	Millwall	A
6	-4	Bristol Rovers	19	8	1	1	21	10	2	3	4	8	14	5	34	L	D	L	W	D	1983-12-26	Oxford United	A
7	3	Burnley	19	8	0	1	28	7	1	5	4	11	16	16	32	W	D	W	L	W	1983-12-26	Bradford City	H
8	3	Bolton Wanderers	19	6	3	1	22	8	2	3	4	9	12	11	30	D	W	D	L	W	1983-12-26	Wigan Athletic	A
9	-2	Wimbledon	18	7	2	1	30	15	2	1	5	10	18	7	30	L	W	L	W	W	1983-12-24	Brentford	A
10	-2	Gillingham	18	6	1	2	23	13	3	2	4	9	16	3	30	L	W	W	L	W	1983-12-26	Southend United	H
11	-2	Newport County	19	5	4	1	17	13	3	2	4	9	17	-4	30	L	W	L	D	D	1983-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	A
12	1	Lincoln City	19	6	2	1	19	7	3	0	7	7	17	2	29	W	L	W	W	L	1983-12-26	Walsall	H
13	-1	Millwall	19	7	1	1	16	7	0	5	5	17	27	-1	27	L	D	W	D	W	1983-12-26	Orient	H
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	18	4	3	1	11	4	2	1	7	10	18	-1	22	L	L	W	D	W	1983-12-26	Exeter City	H
15	2	Southend United	18	4	4	2	16	9	1	2	5	10	19	-2	21	W	L	L	D	D	1983-12-26	Gillingham	A
16	-1	Rotherham United	18	4	2	4	10	9	2	1	5	10	17	-6	21	L	D	L	L	D	1983-12-26	Sheffield United	A
17	-1	Wigan Athletic	19	3	2	4	10	11	2	4	4	10	16	-7	21	L	L	L	W	L	1983-12-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	2	Exeter City	19	2	3	5	10	17	2	3	4	14	16	-9	18	W	W	L	D	D	1983-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	2	Scunthorpe United	19	4	3	3	14	12	0	3	6	9	21	-10	18	W	L	L	L	D	1983-12-26	Hull City	A
20	-2	AFC Bournemouth	19	4	1	4	14	12	1	2	7	10	26	-14	18	L	W	D	D	L	1983-12-26	Newport County	H
21	-2	Preston North End	19	3	2	4	16	15	1	3	6	8	15	-6	17	D	L	W	W	L	1983-12-26	Port Vale	H
22	0	Bradford City	18	2	5	2	14	13	2	0	7	10	18	-7	17	W	W	W	D	L	1983-12-26	Burnley	A
23	0	Brentford	18	2	5	1	13	11	0	2	8	8	24	-14	13	L	L	L	L	D	1983-12-24	Wimbledon	H
24	0	Port Vale	18	1	2	6	6	11	0	1	8	8	27	-24	6	L	L	L	L	D	1983-12-26	Preston North End	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	0	Torquay United	Bloomfield Road	3,955
Hetzke (p)	Lineups
Chester City	1	1	Peterborough United	Sealand Road	1,191
Waddle OG	Lineups		Chard
Chesterfield	1	1	Wrexham	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,616
Clayton	Lineups		Coleman
Colchester United	4	1	Halifax Town	Layer Road	1,866
Houston, Adcock, Bowen 2	Lineups		Greenway
Darlington	0	1	Aldershot	Feethams Ground	1,273
	Lineups		Banton
Reading	5	1	Hartlepool United	Elm Park	2,955
Tutty, Price, Beavon (p), Lowe OG, Wood	Lineups		Kennedy
Rochdale	0	1	Bristol City	Spotland	1,501
	Lineups		Pritchard
Swindon Town	0	0	Bury	County Ground	3,551
	Lineups
York City	4	0	Hereford United	Bootham Crescent	2,722
Ford 2, Pearce, Byrne	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	York City	19	8	1	1	28	8	4	2	3	15	11	24	39	W	W	W	L	W	1983-12-26	Halifax Town	A
2	0	Blackpool	19	7	0	3	15	8	4	2	3	9	10	6	35	W	L	W	L	W	1983-12-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
3	1	Colchester United	19	8	2	0	25	4	1	4	4	9	13	17	33	W	W	L	D	W	1983-12-26	Peterborough United	A
4	2	Reading	19	8	2	0	32	9	1	3	5	13	22	14	32	W	W	W	W	L	1983-12-26	Aldershot	A
5	-2	Peterborough United	19	7	2	0	22	5	2	3	5	13	17	13	32	D	W	D	W	W	1983-12-26	Colchester United	H
6	1	Aldershot	20	5	3	2	14	13	4	2	4	10	14	-3	32	W	D	L	W	W	1983-12-26	Reading	H
7	1	Bristol City	19	7	0	2	21	4	3	1	6	6	10	13	31	W	L	W	W	L	1983-12-26	Stockport County	H
8	-3	Doncaster Rovers	18	6	3	0	22	10	2	3	4	10	14	8	30	L	D	W	W	D	1983-12-18	Crewe Alexandra	A
9	0	Swindon Town	19	7	2	1	21	10	1	2	6	9	15	5	28	D	W	D	W	L	1983-12-26	Torquay United	A
10	0	Northampton Town	18	4	4	1	11	6	2	5	2	12	12	5	27	W	W	D	W	L	1983-12-18	Mansfield Town	H
11	1	Bury	18	4	4	1	16	10	3	2	4	10	12	4	27	D	L	D	L	D	1983-12-26	Rochdale	H
12	-1	Stockport County	20	4	3	3	15	12	3	3	4	15	18	0	27	W	D	W	L	W	1983-12-26	Bristol City	A
13	0	Tranmere Rovers	19	4	3	2	14	11	2	4	4	9	12	0	25	L	D	L	D	W	1983-12-26	Blackpool	H
14	0	Torquay United	19	3	4	2	11	7	3	2	5	14	23	-5	24	L	L	W	W	W	1983-12-26	Swindon Town	H
15	3	Chesterfield	19	3	7	0	12	8	1	4	4	10	14	0	23	D	D	L	L	D	1983-12-26	Mansfield Town	A
16	0	Darlington	19	5	1	4	9	7	2	1	6	6	12	-4	23	L	W	W	L	L	1983-12-26	Hartlepool United	A
17	-2	Hereford United	18	3	3	2	6	6	2	5	3	9	15	-6	23	L	D	L	D	D	1983-12-26	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	-1	Crewe Alexandra	17	5	1	2	11	10	2	1	6	5	16	-10	23	W	D	L	W	L	1983-12-18	Doncaster Rovers	H
19	0	Mansfield Town	18	4	2	3	19	11	1	3	5	5	20	-7	20	L	D	D	W	W	1983-12-18	Northampton Town	A
20	0	Rochdale	19	4	4	2	18	14	1	1	7	7	21	-10	20	L	D	L	D	D	1983-12-26	Bury	A
21	0	Halifax Town	19	4	3	2	12	11	1	2	7	7	22	-14	20	L	L	L	L	L	1983-12-26	York City	H
22	0	Wrexham	18	3	3	3	15	11	0	4	5	8	18	-6	16	D	L	L	L	L	1983-12-26	Chester City	H
23	0	Chester City	19	2	3	5	11	16	0	4	5	6	16	-15	13	D	W	D	L	L	1983-12-26	Wrexham	A
24	0	Hartlepool United	19	1	4	4	8	12	0	1	9	6	31	-29	8	L	L	L	L	D	1983-12-26	Darlington	H