1983-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	1	2	Nottingham Forest	St Andrew's	14,482
Rogers	Lineups		Birtles, Hodge
Coventry City	1	1	Manchester United	Highfield Road	21,453	Largest home gate 1983-84
Gibson (p)	Lineups		Muhren
Everton	0	0	Sunderland	Goodison Park	18,683
	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Portman Road	14,477
Mariner, O'Callaghan, McCall	Lineups		Clarke
Leicester City	2	1	Queens Park Rangers	Filbert Street	17,468
Lineker, Lynex	Lineups		Fenwick (p)
Notts County	0	3	Luton Town	Meadow Lane	9,789
	Lineups		Aylott 2, Daniel
Stoke City	2	0	Norwich City	Victoria Ground	12,049
Maguire, James	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	4	Arsenal	White Hart Lane	38,756
Roberts, Archibald	Lineups		Nicholas 2, Meade 2
Watford	3	2	Aston Villa	Vicarage Road	18,276
Gilligan 2, Barnes	Lineups		Curbishley, Walters
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Liverpool	The Hawthorns	25,094
Morley	Lineups		Nicol, Souness
West Ham United	0	1	Southampton	Upton Park	22,221
	Lineups		Wallace

				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	19	7	1	1	20	3	5	3	2	13	11	19	40	W	W	L	W	D	1983-12-27	Leicester City	H
2	0	Manchester United	19	7	0	3	22	9	4	4	1	13	11	15	37	D	W	W	L	D	1983-12-27	Notts County	H
3	3	Luton Town	19	5	2	2	21	13	6	0	4	15	14	9	35	W	W	W	L	W	1983-12-27	West Ham United	H
4	3	Southampton	19	7	1	1	14	6	3	3	4	7	8	7	34	W	W	D	W	L	1983-12-27	Watford	H
5	-2	West Ham United	19	6	2	2	22	10	4	1	4	8	8	12	33	L	L	W	L	D	1983-12-27	Luton Town	A
6	3	Nottingham Forest	19	7	2	1	23	10	3	1	5	12	16	9	33	W	W	L	W	D	1983-12-28	Coventry City	H
7	-2	Coventry City	19	4	3	2	13	8	5	3	2	16	13	8	33	D	D	W	W	D	1983-12-28	Nottingham Forest	A
8	-4	Queens Park Rangers	19	6	1	2	13	5	4	1	5	17	13	12	32	L	W	W	W	L	1983-12-31	Aston Villa	A
9	-1	Aston Villa	19	8	1	1	19	11	1	3	5	12	18	2	31	L	W	D	W	L	1983-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	H
10	0	Norwich City	20	5	2	3	16	12	3	4	3	10	11	3	30	L	D	W	W	W	1983-12-27	Ipswich Town	H
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	19	3	3	3	12	14	5	2	3	20	17	1	29	L	L	D	L	W	1983-12-27	Aston Villa	A
12	0	Arsenal	19	5	0	5	17	13	4	0	5	17	15	6	27	W	W	L	L	L	1983-12-27	Birmingham City	H
13	2	Ipswich Town	19	5	2	3	19	11	2	2	5	11	16	3	25	W	L	L	D	D	1983-12-27	Norwich City	A
14	0	Sunderland	19	3	4	3	12	11	3	2	4	7	16	-8	24	D	D	L	D	W	1983-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
15	-2	West Bromwich Albion	19	4	1	4	11	10	3	1	6	11	19	-7	23	L	L	L	W	L	1983-12-27	Sunderland	A
16	0	Everton	19	3	4	3	5	6	3	1	5	6	14	-9	23	D	L	D	W	L	1983-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
17	2	Leicester City	20	5	2	3	17	16	0	3	7	11	21	-9	20	W	D	W	L	W	1983-12-27	Liverpool	A
18	2	Watford	19	3	3	4	20	21	2	1	6	12	16	-5	19	W	L	W	W	L	1983-12-27	Southampton	A
19	-2	Birmingham City	19	4	0	5	8	8	1	3	6	8	16	-8	18	L	L	L	L	L	1983-12-27	Arsenal	A
20	-2	Notts County	19	3	2	4	15	16	2	0	8	9	20	-12	17	L	L	W	L	W	1983-12-27	Manchester United	A
21	0	Stoke City	19	3	2	4	13	16	0	5	5	7	17	-13	16	W	D	L	L	D	1983-12-31	Manchester United	A
22	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	0	5	5	6	20	1	0	8	7	28	-35	8	L	D	L	L	W	1983-12-27	Everton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	0	Cambridge United	Oakwell	7,486
McGuire, Law	Lineups
Cardiff City	3	2	Swansea City	Ninian Park	14,580	Largest home gate 1983-84
Gibbins, Vaughan, Lee	Lineups		Stanley (p), Toshack
Crystal Palace	0	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	13,781
	Lineups		Wilson, Smillie
Fulham	2	2	Derby County	Craven Cottage	7,480
Rosenior 2	Lineups		Wilson 2
Grimsby Town	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Blundell Park	16,197	Largest home gate 1983-84
Wilkinson	Lineups
Leeds United	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Elland Road	23,791
Wright	Lineups		Russell, Lillis
Manchester City	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Maine Road	35,898
Parlane, Kinsey	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	1	Carlisle United	Ayresome Park	11,147
	Lineups		Ashurst
Newcastle United	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	St James' Park	33,622
Waddle	Lineups		Barker
Portsmouth	4	0	Charlton Athletic	Fratton Park	15,331
Hateley, Biley, Morgan, Webb	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	4	Chelsea	Gay Meadow	7,526
Brown, MacLaren	Lineups		Bumstead 2, Dixon (p), Speedie

				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	Sheffield Wednesday	20	8	2	0	24	9	5	3	2	13	8	20	44	L	W	W	D	L	1983-12-27	Middlesbrough	H
2	0	Chelsea	22	6	2	2	26	10	5	6	1	21	14	23	41	W	L	D	W	L	1983-12-27	Portsmouth	H
3	0	Newcastle United	20	8	1	1	28	11	4	2	4	14	17	14	39	D	W	W	L	W	1983-12-27	Carlisle United	A
4	0	Manchester City	20	7	2	1	23	8	5	1	4	11	13	13	39	W	D	L	W	D	1983-12-27	Huddersfield Town	A
5	1	Grimsby Town	20	7	3	0	20	5	3	3	4	11	17	9	36	W	W	W	D	D	1983-12-28	Cambridge United	A
6	1	Huddersfield Town	20	6	3	1	15	7	3	4	3	16	16	8	34	W	D	L	W	L	1983-12-27	Manchester City	H
7	1	Carlisle United	20	5	4	1	10	3	4	3	3	12	11	8	34	W	W	W	W	D	1983-12-27	Newcastle United	H
8	-3	Charlton Athletic	21	8	3	0	18	6	1	4	5	8	21	-1	34	L	W	W	W	D	1983-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
9	0	Blackburn Rovers	20	4	6	0	19	11	4	1	5	9	18	-1	31	D	W	L	D	W	1983-12-28	Barnsley	H
10	0	Portsmouth	20	6	0	4	26	10	3	2	5	11	13	14	29	W	W	W	L	L	1983-12-27	Chelsea	A
11	2	Barnsley	20	5	3	2	17	11	3	0	7	15	18	3	27	W	L	D	L	W	1983-12-28	Blackburn Rovers	A
12	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	4	2	4	19	12	3	2	5	14	22	-1	25	W	L	D	W	L	1983-12-27	Fulham	H
13	3	Cardiff City	20	7	1	2	20	11	1	0	9	6	19	-4	25	W	L	W	L	W	1983-12-27	Derby County	A
14	-3	Shrewsbury Town	20	5	3	2	17	12	1	4	5	7	16	-4	25	L	L	W	D	D	1983-12-27	Swansea City	A
15	-3	Middlesbrough	20	4	3	3	15	11	2	3	5	8	11	1	24	L	D	D	L	W	1983-12-27	Sheffield Wednesday	A
16	2	Derby County	20	4	3	3	13	15	2	2	6	6	21	-17	23	D	W	L	W	D	1983-12-27	Cardiff City	H
17	-2	Crystal Palace	20	4	1	5	8	11	2	3	5	13	16	-6	22	L	L	L	L	W	1983-12-27	Charlton Athletic	A
18	-1	Oldham Athletic	20	5	2	3	13	12	1	2	7	9	22	-12	22	L	W	L	W	W	1983-12-27	Leeds United	H
19	0	Leeds United	19	4	2	3	13	11	1	3	6	9	19	-8	20	L	L	L	D	D	1983-12-27	Oldham Athletic	A
20	0	Fulham	20	3	2	5	15	16	0	4	6	5	17	-13	15	D	L	L	D	L	1983-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
21	0	Cambridge United	20	2	4	4	11	15	0	1	9	4	23	-23	11	L	D	L	D	L	1983-12-28	Grimsby Town	H
22	0	Swansea City	20	2	2	7	7	14	0	1	8	9	25	-23	9	L	L	L	W	L	1983-12-27	Shrewsbury Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	1	1	Newport County	Dean Court	7,220	Largest home gate 1983-84
Morgan	Lineups		Chamberlain
Burnley	1	2	Bradford City	Turf Moor	12,327	Largest home gate 1983-84
Jackson OG	Lineups		Campbell, Ellis
Gillingham	5	1	Southend United	Priestfield Stadium	5,511
Weatherly, Musker, Mehmet 2, Bruce	Lineups		Phillips
Hull City	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Boothferry Park	15,461	Largest home gate 1983-84
Massey	Lineups
Lincoln City	2	1	Walsall	Sincil Bank	4,886
Hobson, Thomas	Lineups		O'Kelly
Millwall	4	3	Orient	The Den, New Cross	5,161
Sparrow, Bremner, Lovell (p), Lowndes	Lineups		Sussex, Kitchen, Godfrey
Oxford United	3	2	Bristol Rovers	Manor Ground	12,748	Largest home gate 1983-84
Brock, Vinter 2	Lineups		Stephens 2
Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Exeter City	Home Park	10,387
Staniforth, Kellow	Lineups		Neville, Pratt
Preston North End	4	0	Port Vale	Deepdale	5,617
Houghton 2, Elliott, Kelly	Lineups
Sheffield United	3	0	Rotherham United	Bramall Lane	22,756
Philliskirk 2, Edwards (p)	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	Springfield Park	10,045	Largest home gate 1983-84
	Lineups		Chandler

				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	20	7	3	0	27	13	6	1	3	16	12	18	43	W	W	W	W	W	1983-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
2	0	Sheffield United	20	6	4	0	26	8	5	2	3	14	13	19	39	W	W	D	W	D	1983-12-27	Port Vale	A
3	0	Hull City	20	7	2	1	22	7	3	6	1	12	9	18	38	W	W	L	W	D	1983-12-27	Rotherham United	A
4	0	Walsall	20	7	1	2	20	9	3	4	3	10	18	3	35	L	W	D	W	W	1983-12-27	Burnley	H
5	0	Orient	20	7	2	1	18	7	3	2	5	11	16	6	34	L	W	W	L	W	1983-12-27	AFC Bournemouth	H
6	0	Bristol Rovers	20	8	1	1	21	10	2	3	5	10	17	4	34	L	L	D	L	W	1983-12-27	Gillingham	H
7	2	Bolton Wanderers	20	6	3	1	22	8	3	3	4	10	12	12	33	W	D	W	D	L	1983-12-27	Oxford United	H
8	-1	Wimbledon	19	7	2	1	30	15	3	1	5	14	21	8	33	W	L	W	L	W	1983-12-27	Millwall	H
9	1	Gillingham	19	7	1	2	28	14	3	2	4	9	16	7	33	W	L	W	W	L	1983-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
10	-2	Burnley	20	8	0	2	29	9	1	5	4	11	16	15	32	L	W	D	W	L	1983-12-27	Walsall	A
11	1	Lincoln City	20	7	2	1	21	8	3	0	7	7	17	3	32	W	W	L	W	W	1983-12-27	Southend United	A
12	-1	Newport County	20	5	4	1	17	13	3	3	4	10	18	-4	31	D	L	W	L	D	1983-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
13	0	Millwall	20	8	1	1	20	10	0	5	5	17	27	0	30	W	L	D	W	D	1983-12-27	Wimbledon	A
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	19	4	4	1	13	6	2	1	7	10	18	-1	23	D	L	L	W	D	1983-12-27	Newport County	A
15	0	Southend United	19	4	4	2	16	9	1	2	6	11	24	-6	21	L	W	L	L	D	1983-12-27	Lincoln City	H
16	1	Wigan Athletic	20	3	2	5	10	12	2	4	4	10	16	-8	21	L	L	L	L	W	1983-12-27	Bradford City	A
17	-1	Rotherham United	19	4	2	4	10	9	2	1	6	10	20	-9	21	L	L	D	L	L	1983-12-27	Hull City	H
18	3	Preston North End	20	4	2	4	20	15	1	3	6	8	15	-2	20	W	D	L	W	W	1983-12-27	Scunthorpe United	A
19	3	Bradford City	19	2	5	2	14	13	3	0	7	12	19	-6	20	W	W	W	W	D	1983-12-27	Wigan Athletic	H
20	-2	Exeter City	20	2	3	5	10	17	2	4	4	16	18	-9	19	D	W	W	L	D	1983-12-27	Brentford	H
21	-1	AFC Bournemouth	20	4	2	4	15	13	1	2	7	10	26	-14	19	D	L	W	D	D	1983-12-27	Orient	A
22	-3	Scunthorpe United	20	4	3	3	14	12	0	3	7	9	22	-11	18	L	W	L	L	L	1983-12-27	Preston North End	H
23	0	Brentford	19	2	5	2	16	15	0	2	8	8	24	-15	13	L	L	L	L	L	1983-12-27	Exeter City	A
24	0	Port Vale	19	1	2	6	6	11	0	1	9	8	31	-28	6	L	L	L	L	L	1983-12-27	Sheffield United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	0	0	Reading	Recreation Ground	6,270	Largest home gate 1983-84
	Lineups
Bristol City	3	1	Stockport County	Ashton Gate	9,246
Crawford, Riley, Stroud	Lineups		Sword
Bury	3	1	Rochdale	Gigg Lane	4,096	Largest home gate 1983-84
Jakub (p), Entwistle, Park	Lineups		Johnson
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Northampton Town	Belle Vue	3,827
Douglas	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	2	York City	The Shay	2,457	Largest home gate 1983-84
Little	Lineups		Walwyn 2
Hartlepool United	2	1	Darlington	Victoria Park	2,968	Largest home gate 1983-84
Dobson 2	Lineups		Davies
Hereford United	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Edgar Street	3,100
	Lineups		Waller
Mansfield Town	0	1	Chesterfield	Field Mill	6,734	Largest home gate 1983-84
	Lineups		Kendal
Peterborough United	2	0	Colchester United	London Road	6,527
Beech, Waddle	Lineups
Torquay United	1	0	Swindon Town	Plainmoor	2,958
Hughes	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	3	2	Blackpool	Prenton Park	3,566	Largest home gate 1983-84
Hetzke OG, Aspinall 2 (1p)	Lineups		Mercer, Windridge
Wrexham	2	0	Chester City	Racecourse Ground	5,756	Largest home gate 1983-84
King, Arkwright	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	20	8	1	1	28	8	5	2	3	17	12	25	42	W	W	W	W	L	1983-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
2	3	Peterborough United	20	8	2	0	24	5	2	3	5	13	17	15	35	W	D	W	D	W	1983-12-27	Northampton Town	A
3	-1	Blackpool	20	7	0	3	15	8	4	2	4	11	13	5	35	L	W	L	W	L	1983-12-27	Hartlepool United	H
4	3	Bristol City	20	8	0	2	24	5	3	1	6	6	10	15	34	W	W	L	W	W	1983-12-28	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	3	Doncaster Rovers	20	7	3	0	23	10	2	4	4	11	15	9	34	W	D	L	D	W	1983-12-27	Darlington	A
6	-3	Colchester United	20	8	2	0	25	4	1	4	5	9	15	15	33	L	W	W	L	D	1983-12-27	Aldershot	H
7	-3	Reading	20	8	2	0	32	9	1	4	5	13	22	14	33	D	W	W	W	W	1983-12-27	Torquay United	H
8	-2	Aldershot	21	5	4	2	14	13	4	2	4	10	14	-3	33	D	W	D	L	W	1983-12-27	Colchester United	A
9	2	Bury	19	5	4	1	19	11	3	2	4	10	12	6	30	W	D	L	D	L	1983-12-27	Chesterfield	A
10	-1	Northampton Town	20	5	4	1	13	7	2	5	3	12	13	5	30	L	W	W	W	D	1983-12-27	Peterborough United	H
11	-1	Swindon Town	20	7	2	1	21	10	1	2	7	9	16	4	28	L	D	W	D	W	1983-12-27	Wrexham	H
12	1	Tranmere Rovers	20	5	3	2	17	13	2	4	4	9	12	1	28	W	L	D	L	D	1983-12-27	York City	A
13	-1	Stockport County	21	4	3	3	15	12	3	3	5	16	21	-2	27	L	W	D	W	L	1983-12-27	Hereford United	H
14	0	Torquay United	20	4	4	2	12	7	3	2	5	14	23	-4	27	W	L	L	W	W	1983-12-27	Reading	A
15	0	Crewe Alexandra	19	5	2	2	12	11	3	1	6	6	16	-9	27	W	D	W	D	L	1983-12-28	Bristol City	H
16	0	Chesterfield	20	3	7	0	12	8	2	4	4	11	14	1	26	W	D	D	L	L	1983-12-27	Bury	H
17	0	Darlington	20	5	1	4	9	7	2	1	7	7	14	-5	23	L	L	W	W	L	1983-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
18	0	Hereford United	19	3	3	3	6	7	2	5	3	9	15	-7	23	L	L	D	L	D	1983-12-27	Stockport County	A
19	0	Mansfield Town	20	4	2	4	19	12	1	3	6	6	22	-9	20	L	L	L	D	D	1983-12-27	Chester City	A
20	0	Rochdale	20	4	4	2	18	14	1	1	8	8	24	-12	20	L	L	D	L	D	1983-12-27	Halifax Town	H
21	0	Halifax Town	20	4	3	3	13	13	1	2	7	7	22	-15	20	L	L	L	L	L	1983-12-27	Rochdale	A
22	0	Wrexham	19	4	3	3	17	11	0	4	5	8	18	-4	19	W	D	L	L	L	1983-12-27	Swindon Town	A
23	0	Chester City	20	2	3	5	11	16	0	4	6	6	18	-17	13	L	D	W	D	L	1983-12-27	Mansfield Town	H
24	0	Hartlepool United	20	2	4	4	10	13	0	1	9	6	31	-28	11	W	L	L	L	L	1983-12-27	Blackpool	A