1983-12-27

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	1	Birmingham City	Highbury	25,642
Nicholas (p)	Lineups		Hopkins
Aston Villa	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	30,125
	Lineups
Liverpool	2	2	Leicester City	Anfield Road	33,664
Lee, Rush	Lineups		Smith A, Banks
Luton Town	0	1	West Ham United	Kenilworth Road	16,343
	Lineups		Cottee
Manchester United	3	3	Notts County	Old Trafford	41,544
Crooks, McQueen, Moran	Lineups		Christie (p), Fashanu 2
Norwich City	0	0	Ipswich Town	Carrow Road	25,679	Largest home gate 1983-84
	Lineups
Southampton	1	0	Watford	The Dell	20,759
Armstrong D	Lineups
Sunderland	3	0	West Bromwich Albion	Roker Park	17,968
Robson, Bracewell 2	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	0	Everton	Molineux	12,761
Clarke, Crainie, Eves	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	20	7	2	1	22	5	5	3	2	13	11	19	41	D	W	W	L	W	1983-12-31	Nottingham Forest	A
2	0	Manchester United	20	7	1	3	25	12	4	4	1	13	11	15	38	D	D	W	W	L	1983-12-31	Stoke City	H
3	1	Southampton	20	8	1	1	15	6	3	3	4	7	8	8	37	W	W	W	D	W	1983-12-31	Arsenal	A
4	1	West Ham United	20	6	2	2	22	10	5	1	4	9	8	13	36	W	L	L	W	L	1983-12-31	Tottenham Hotspur	H
5	-2	Luton Town	20	5	2	3	21	14	6	0	4	15	14	8	35	L	W	W	W	L	1983-12-31	Sunderland	A
6	0	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	0	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	0	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	0	Aston Villa	20	8	2	1	19	11	1	3	5	12	18	2	32	D	L	W	D	W	1983-12-31	Queens Park Rangers	H
10	0	Norwich City	21	5	3	3	16	12	3	4	3	10	11	3	31	D	L	D	W	W	1983-12-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	20	3	3	3	12	14	5	3	3	20	17	1	30	D	L	L	D	L	1983-12-31	West Ham United	A
12	0	Arsenal	20	5	1	5	18	14	4	0	5	17	15	6	28	D	W	W	L	L	1983-12-31	Southampton	H
13	1	Sunderland	20	4	4	3	15	11	3	2	4	7	16	-5	27	W	D	D	L	D	1983-12-31	Luton Town	H
14	-1	Ipswich Town	20	5	2	3	19	11	2	3	5	11	16	3	26	D	W	L	L	D	1983-12-31	Notts County	H
15	0	West Bromwich Albion	20	4	1	4	11	10	3	1	7	11	22	-10	23	L	L	L	L	W	1983-12-31	Leicester City	A
16	0	Everton	20	3	4	3	5	6	3	1	6	6	17	-12	23	L	D	L	D	W	1983-12-31	Coventry City	H
17	0	Leicester City	21	5	2	3	17	16	0	4	7	13	23	-9	21	D	W	D	W	L	1983-12-31	West Bromwich Albion	H
18	0	Watford	20	3	3	4	20	21	2	1	7	12	17	-6	19	L	W	L	W	W	1983-12-31	Birmingham City	H
19	0	Birmingham City	20	4	0	5	8	8	1	4	6	9	17	-8	19	D	L	L	L	L	1983-12-31	Watford	A
20	0	Notts County	20	3	2	4	15	16	2	1	8	12	23	-12	18	D	L	L	W	L	1983-12-31	Ipswich Town	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	20	1	5	5	9	20	1	0	8	7	28	-32	11	W	L	D	L	L	1983-12-31	Norwich City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Fulham	Goldstone Ground	15,076
Ryan	Lineups		Sealy
Carlisle United	3	1	Newcastle United	Brunton Park	15,871	Largest home gate 1983-84
Shoulder (p), Coughlin, Craig	Lineups		Waddle
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Crystal Palace	The Valley	10,224
Hales	Lineups
Chelsea	2	2	Portsmouth	Stamford Bridge	26,285
Dixon, Canoville	Lineups		Hateley, Dillon (p)
Derby County	2	3	Cardiff City	Baseball Ground	16,054
McAlle, Hooks	Lineups		Baird 2, Dwyer
Huddersfield Town	1	3	Manchester City	Leeds Road	23,497
Stonehouse	Lineups		Lomax, Baker, Kinsey
Oldham Athletic	3	2	Leeds United	Boundary Park	8,393
Bowden, McBride, Cross	Lineups		Wright, Gray F
Sheffield Wednesday	0	2	Middlesbrough	Hillsborough	25,188
	Lineups		Sugrue, Currie (p)
Swansea City	0	2	Shrewsbury Town	Vetch Field	7,706
	Lineups		Hackett, Stevens

				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	21	8	2	1	24	11	5	3	2	13	8	18	44	L	L	W	W	D	1983-12-31	Carlisle United	A
2	0	Chelsea	23	6	3	2	28	12	5	6	1	21	14	23	42	D	W	L	D	W	1983-12-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
3	1	Manchester City	21	7	2	1	23	8	6	1	4	14	14	15	42	W	W	D	L	W	1983-12-31	Barnsley	A
4	-1	Newcastle United	21	8	1	1	28	11	4	2	5	15	20	12	39	L	D	W	W	L	1983-12-31	Oldham Athletic	A
5	2	Carlisle United	21	6	4	1	13	4	4	3	3	12	11	10	37	W	W	W	W	W	1983-12-31	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	2	Charlton Athletic	22	9	3	0	19	6	1	4	5	8	21	0	37	W	L	W	W	W	1983-12-31	Huddersfield Town	H
7	-2	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
8	-2	Huddersfield Town	21	6	3	2	16	10	3	4	3	16	16	6	34	L	W	D	L	W	1983-12-31	Charlton Athletic	A
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	21	6	0	4	26	10	3	3	5	13	15	14	30	D	W	W	W	L	1983-12-31	Fulham	H
11	3	Shrewsbury Town	21	5	3	2	17	12	2	4	5	9	16	-2	28	W	L	L	W	D	1983-12-31	Crystal Palace	A
12	1	Cardiff City	21	7	1	2	20	11	2	0	9	9	21	-3	28	W	W	L	W	L	1983-12-31	Grimsby Town	A
13	-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
14	1	Middlesbrough	21	4	3	3	15	11	3	3	5	10	11	3	27	W	L	D	D	L	1983-12-31	Leeds United	A
15	-3	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	4	3	4	20	13	3	2	5	14	22	-1	26	D	W	L	D	W	1983-12-31	Chelsea	A
16	2	Oldham Athletic	21	6	2	3	16	14	1	2	7	9	22	-11	25	W	L	W	L	W	1983-12-31	Newcastle United	H
17	-1	Derby County	21	4	3	4	15	18	2	2	6	6	21	-18	23	L	D	W	L	W	1983-12-31	Swansea City	A
18	-1	Crystal Palace	21	4	1	5	8	11	2	3	6	13	17	-7	22	L	L	L	L	L	1983-12-31	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	0	Leeds United	20	4	2	3	13	11	1	3	7	11	22	-9	20	L	L	L	L	D	1983-12-31	Middlesbrough	H
20	0	Fulham	21	3	2	5	15	16	0	5	6	6	18	-13	16	D	D	L	L	D	1983-12-31	Portsmouth	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	21	2	2	8	7	16	0	1	8	9	25	-25	9	L	L	L	L	W	1983-12-31	Derby County	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Oxford United	Burnden Park	11,059	Largest home gate 1983-84
Chandler	Lineups
Bradford City	6	2	Wigan Athletic	Valley Parade	5,176
Ellis, Hawley 3 (1p), Gray 2	Lineups		Butler, Lowe
Bristol Rovers	3	0	Gillingham	Eastville	5,996
Stephens, Williams D, White	Lineups
Exeter City	1	2	Brentford	St James Park	4,303
Pratt	Lineups		Cassells, Roberts G
Newport County	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	Somerton Park	5,154	Largest home gate 1983-84
Aldridge 2	Lineups
Orient	2	0	AFC Bournemouth	Brisbane Road	4,077
Cornwell, Sussex	Lineups
Port Vale	2	0	Sheffield United	Vale Park	7,034	Largest home gate 1983-84
O'Keefe, Young	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	1	Hull City	Millmoor	6,298
	Lineups		Skipper
Scunthorpe United	1	5	Preston North End	Old Showground	3,986
Cammack	Lineups		Elliott 3, Houghton, Kelly
Southend United	2	0	Lincoln City	Roots Hall	3,010
McDonough, Phillips	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Burnley	Fellows Park	8,131
Rees	Lineups		Hamilton
Wimbledon	4	3	Millwall	Plough Lane	5,667
Cork 2, Smith, Evans	Lineups		Otulakowski, Bremner, Downes OG

				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	21	7	3	0	27	13	6	1	4	16	13	17	43	L	W	W	W	W	1983-12-31	Orient	H
2	1	Hull City	21	7	2	1	22	7	4	6	1	13	9	19	41	W	W	W	L	W	1983-12-31	Port Vale	H
3	-1	Sheffield United	21	6	4	0	26	8	5	2	4	14	15	17	39	L	W	W	D	W	1983-12-31	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	1	Orient	21	8	2	1	20	7	3	2	5	11	16	8	37	W	L	W	W	L	1983-12-31	Oxford United	A
5	1	Bristol Rovers	21	9	1	1	24	10	2	3	5	10	17	7	37	W	L	L	D	L	1983-12-30	Millwall	A
6	1	Bolton Wanderers	21	7	3	1	23	8	3	3	4	10	12	13	36	W	W	D	W	D	1983-12-31	Sheffield United	A
7	1	Wimbledon	20	8	2	1	34	18	3	1	5	14	21	9	36	W	W	L	W	L	1983-12-31	Gillingham	A
8	-4	Walsall	21	7	2	2	21	10	3	4	3	10	18	3	36	D	L	W	D	W	1983-12-31	Preston North End	A
9	3	Newport County	21	6	4	1	19	13	3	3	4	10	18	-2	34	W	D	L	W	L	1983-12-31	Brentford	A
10	0	Burnley	21	8	0	2	29	9	1	6	4	12	17	15	33	D	L	W	D	W	1983-12-31	Scunthorpe United	H
11	-2	Gillingham	20	7	1	2	28	14	3	2	5	9	19	4	33	L	W	L	W	W	1983-12-31	Wimbledon	H
12	-1	Lincoln City	21	7	2	1	21	8	3	0	8	7	19	1	32	L	W	W	L	W	1983-12-31	Bradford City	H
13	0	Millwall	21	8	1	1	20	10	0	5	6	20	31	-1	30	L	W	L	D	W	1983-12-30	Bristol Rovers	H
14	1	Southend United	20	5	4	2	18	9	1	2	6	11	24	-4	24	W	L	W	L	L	1983-12-31	Plymouth Argyle	A
15	3	Preston North End	21	4	2	4	20	15	2	3	6	13	16	2	23	W	W	D	L	W	1983-12-31	Walsall	H
16	3	Bradford City	20	3	5	2	20	15	3	0	7	12	19	-2	23	W	W	W	W	W	1983-12-31	Lincoln City	A
17	-3	Plymouth Argyle	20	4	4	1	13	6	2	1	8	10	20	-3	23	L	D	L	L	W	1983-12-31	Southend United	H
18	-1	Rotherham United	20	4	2	5	10	10	2	1	6	10	20	-10	21	L	L	L	D	L	1983-12-31	Wigan Athletic	A
19	-3	Wigan Athletic	21	3	2	5	10	12	2	4	5	12	22	-12	21	L	L	L	L	L	1983-12-31	Rotherham United	H
20	0	Exeter City	21	2	3	6	11	19	2	4	4	16	18	-10	19	L	D	W	W	L	1983-12-31	AFC Bournemouth	A
21	0	AFC Bournemouth	21	4	2	4	15	13	1	2	8	10	28	-16	19	L	D	L	W	D	1983-12-31	Exeter City	H
22	0	Scunthorpe United	21	4	3	4	15	17	0	3	7	9	22	-15	18	L	L	W	L	L	1983-12-31	Burnley	A
23	0	Brentford	20	2	5	2	16	15	1	2	8	10	25	-14	16	W	L	L	L	L	1983-12-31	Newport County	H
24	0	Port Vale	20	2	2	6	8	11	0	1	9	8	31	-26	9	W	L	L	L	L	1983-12-31	Hull City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	1	0	Hartlepool United	Bloomfield Road	4,562
Hetzke (p)	Lineups
Chester City	0	4	Mansfield Town	Sealand Road	1,432
	Lineups		Lowery, Barrowclough, Caldwell, Nicholson
Chesterfield	1	5	Bury	Saltergate Recreation Ground	4,196
Newton	Lineups		Entwistle 2, Jakub 2, Madden
Colchester United	4	1	Aldershot	Layer Road	3,123
Adcock 2 (1p), Wignall, Bowen	Lineups		McDonald
Darlington	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	Feethams Ground	2,457
Todd	Lineups		Mutrie, Moss
Northampton Town	2	1	Peterborough United	County Ground	6,464	Largest home gate 1983-84
Jeffrey, Hayes	Lineups		Waddle
Reading	2	2	Torquay United	Elm Park	5,130
Senior, Horrix	Lineups		Hughes, Anderson
Rochdale	1	1	Halifax Town	Spotland	1,870
Higgins	Lineups		Cook
Stockport County	1	0	Hereford United	Edgeley Park	2,287
Evans	Lineups
Swindon Town	0	1	Wrexham	County Ground	4,298
	Lineups		Edwards
York City	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Bootham Crescent	6,357
Senior	Lineups		Philpotts

				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	21	8	2	1	29	9	5	2	3	17	12	25	43	D	W	W	W	W	1983-12-31	Bury	A
2	1	Blackpool	21	8	0	3	16	8	4	2	4	11	13	6	38	W	L	W	L	W	1983-12-31	Halifax Town	A
3	2	Doncaster Rovers	21	7	3	0	23	10	3	4	4	13	16	10	37	W	W	D	L	D	1983-12-31	Stockport County	H
4	2	Colchester United	21	9	2	0	29	5	1	4	5	9	15	18	36	W	L	W	W	L	1984-01-02	Wrexham	H
5	-3	Peterborough United	21	8	2	0	24	5	2	3	6	14	19	14	35	L	W	D	W	D	1983-12-31	Swindon Town	H
6	-2	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
7	0	Reading	21	8	3	0	34	11	1	4	5	13	22	14	34	D	D	W	W	W	1983-12-30	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	1	Bury	20	5	4	1	19	11	4	2	4	15	13	10	33	W	W	D	L	D	1983-12-31	York City	H
9	1	Northampton Town	21	6	4	1	15	8	2	5	3	12	13	6	33	W	L	W	W	W	1983-12-31	Hartlepool United	A
10	-2	Aldershot	22	5	4	2	14	13	4	2	5	11	18	-6	33	L	D	W	D	L	1983-12-31	Chesterfield	H
11	2	Stockport County	22	5	3	3	16	12	3	3	5	16	21	-1	30	W	L	W	D	W	1983-12-31	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	0	Tranmere Rovers	21	5	3	2	17	13	2	5	4	10	13	1	29	D	W	L	D	L	1983-12-30	Reading	H
13	-2	Swindon Town	21	7	2	2	21	11	1	2	7	9	16	3	28	L	L	D	W	D	1983-12-31	Peterborough United	A
14	0	Torquay United	21	4	4	2	12	7	3	3	5	16	25	-4	28	D	W	L	L	W	1983-12-31	Rochdale	H
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	21	3	7	1	13	13	2	4	4	11	14	-3	26	L	W	D	D	L	1983-12-31	Aldershot	A
17	2	Mansfield Town	21	4	2	4	19	12	2	3	6	10	22	-5	23	W	L	L	L	D	1983-12-31	Crewe Alexandra	H
18	-1	Darlington	21	5	1	5	10	9	2	1	7	7	14	-6	23	L	L	L	W	W	1983-12-31	Wrexham	A
19	-1	Hereford United	20	3	3	3	6	7	2	5	4	9	16	-8	23	L	L	L	D	L	1984-01-02	Reading	A
20	2	Wrexham	20	4	3	3	17	11	1	4	5	9	18	-3	22	W	W	D	L	L	1983-12-31	Darlington	H
21	-1	Rochdale	21	4	5	2	19	15	1	1	8	8	24	-12	21	D	L	L	D	L	1983-12-31	Torquay United	A
22	-1	Halifax Town	21	4	3	3	13	13	1	3	7	8	23	-15	21	D	L	L	L	L	1983-12-31	Blackpool	H
23	0	Chester City	21	2	3	6	11	20	0	4	6	6	18	-21	13	L	L	D	W	D	1983-12-31	Bristol City	A
24	0	Hartlepool United	21	2	4	4	10	13	0	1	10	6	32	-29	11	L	W	L	L	L	1983-12-31	Northampton Town	H