1981–82 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1981–82 season
Chairman Mr P. Axon
Manager Ritchie Barker
Football League First Division 18th (44 Points)
FA Cup Round 3
League Cup Round 2
Top goalscorer Lee Chapman (16)
Highest home attendance 25,256 vs Manchester City (5 September 1981)
Lowest home attendance 9,120 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (20 March 1982)
← 1980–81 1982–83 →

The 1981–82 season was Stoke's 82nd season of league football and the 49th in the First Division.

Contents

Overview

The 1981–82 season saw the introduction of three points for a win and shirt sponsors. Stoke's were sponsored by Ricoh until 1985.

New manager Ritchie Barker made a good start as Stoke manager by winning the first game of the season at Arsenal. However by January the team had slipped into the bottom six and were out of both cups. Adrian Heath had departed for Everton and Dave Watson joined from Southampton. Mike Doyle fell out with Ritchie Barker and left for Bolton and Manchester United midfielder Sammy McIlroy joined the club to aid the relegation battle. Stoke managed to stay up by just two points finishing 18th with 44 points.

Final league table

First Division

P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1 Liverpool 42 26 9 7 80 32 +48 87 European Cup 1982–83
First round[1]
2 Ipswich Town 42 26 5 11 75 53 +22 83 UEFA Cup 1982–83
First round
3 Manchester United 42 22 12 8 59 29 +30 78 UEFA Cup 1982–83
First round
4 Tottenham Hotspur 42 20 11 11 67 48 +19 71 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1982–83
First round
5 Arsenal 42 20 11 11 48 37 +11 71 UEFA Cup 1982–83
First round
6 Swansea City 42 21 6 15 58 51 +7 69 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1982–83
First round[2]
7 Southampton 42 19 9 14 72 67 +5 66 UEFA Cup 1982–83
First round
8 Everton 42 17 13 12 56 50 +6 64
9 West Ham United 42 14 16 12 66 57 +9 58
10 Manchester City 42 15 13 14 49 50 -1 58
11 Aston Villa 42 15 12 15 55 53 +2 57 European Cup 1982–83
First round[3]
12 Nottingham Forest 42 15 12 15 42 48 -6 57
13 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 13 13 16 43 52 -9 52
14 Coventry City 42 13 11 18 56 62 -6 50
15 Notts County 42 13 8 21 61 69 -8 47
16 Birmingham City 42 10 14 18 53 61 -8 44
17 West Bromwich Albion 42 11 11 20 46 57 -11 44
18 Stoke City 42 12 8 22 44 63 -19 44
19 Sunderland 42 11 11 20 38 58 -20 44
20 Leeds United 42 10 12 20 39 61 -22 42
21 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 10 10 22 32 63 -31 40
22 Middlesbrough 42 8 15 19 34 52 -18 39
  1. ^ Liverpool were also this season's League Cup Winners.
  2. ^ Swansea City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as 1982 Welsh Cup winners.
  3. ^ Aston Villa won the European Cup this year, and thus qualified for the following season's competition as defending
    champions.
Key
League Champions, qualified for European Cup
Qualified for European Cup
FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
Qualified for UEFA Cup
League Cup Winners, see Liverpool
Relegated

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1981–82 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 29 August 1981 Arsenal A 1 – 0 28,212 Chapman 44'
2 2 September 1981 Coventry City H 4 – 0 13,914 Chapman 5', 77', Heath 12', 54'
3 5 September 1981 Manchester City H 1 – 3 25,256 Chapman 62'
4 12 September 1981 West Ham United A 2 – 3 28,774 O'Callaghan 29', Magurie 87' (Pen)
5 19 September 1981 Nottingham Forest H 1 – 2 15,653 Heath 5'
6 23 September 1981 Aston Villa A 2 – 2 25,637 Griffiths 63', Magurie 65' (Pen)
7 26 September 1981 Middlesbrough A 2 – 3 11,604 Griffiths 18', Chapman 80'
8 3 October 1981 Everton H 3 – 1 16,007 Chapman 2', 90', Magurie 80'
9 10 October 1981 Tottenham Hotspur A 0 – 2 30,520
10 17 October 1981 Swansea City H 1 – 2 14,665 Griffiths 35'
11 24 October 1981 Birmingham City H 1 – 0 15,399 Chapman 50'
12 31 October 1981 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0 – 0 17,862
13 7 November 1981 Southampton H 0 – 2 13,884
14 14 November 1981 West Bromwich Albion A 2 – 1 15,787 Heath 25', Chapman 37'
15 21 November 1981 Ipswich Town H 2 – 0 13,802 Chapman 60', Magurie 90'
16 24 November 1981 Coventry City A 0 – 3 10,250
17 28 November 1981 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0 – 2 15,314
18 5 December 1981 Leeds United H 1 – 2 13,901 Heath 51'
19 9 January 1982 Manchester City A 1 – 1 31,491 O'Callaghan 39'
20 20 January 1982 Arsenal H 0 – 1 9,625
21 23 January 1982 Manchester United H 0 – 3 19,662
22 30 January 1982 Nottingham Forest A 0 – 0 16,219
23 6 February 1982 West Ham United H 2 – 1 11,987 Chapman 10', Magurie 80'
24 10 February 1982 Sunderland A 2 – 0 14,317 O'Callaghan 65', McIlroy 70'
25 13 February 1982 Everton A 0 – 0 20,656
26 20 February 1982 Middlesbrough H 2 – 0 10,473 O'Callaghan 29', Chapman 46'
27 27 February 1982 Tottenham Hotspur H 0 – 2 20,592
28 6 March 1982 Swansea City A 0 – 3 11,811
29 9 March 1982 Liverpool H 1 – 5 16,758 McIlroy 56'
30 13 March 1982 Birmingham City A 1 – 2 12,018 Chapman 79'
31 20 March 1982 Brighton & Hove Albion H 0 – 0 9,120
32 27 March 1982 Southampton A 3 – 4 20,058 Biley 49', Watson 75', McIlroy 75'
33 10 April 1982 Sunderland H 0 – 1 11,399
34 13 April 1982 Liverpool A 0 – 2 30,419
35 17 April 1982 Ipswich Town A 0 – 2 20,309
36 24 April 1982 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2 – 1 13,797 Magurie 35' (Pen), Chapman 47'
37 26 April 1982 Notts County A 1 – 3 8,686 Chapman 27'
38 1 May 1982 Leeds United A 0 – 0 17,775
39 5 May 1982 Aston Villa H 1 – 0 10,363 Bracewell 17'
40 8 May 1982 Notts County H 2 – 2 11,011 Watson 25', Magurie 27'
41 15 May 1982 Manchester United A 0 – 2 43,073
42 20 May 1982 West Bromwich Albion H 3 – 0 19,698 Watson 25', Chapman 38', O'Callaghan 73'

League Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R2 1st Leg 10 October 1981 Manchester City A 0 – 2 23,146
R2 2nd Leg 28 October 1981 Manchester City H 2 – 0 (8 – 9 Pens) 17,373 Chapman 80', Evans 87'

FA Cup

Main article: 1981–82 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 2 January 1982 Norwich City H 0 – 1 12,805

Friendlies

Match Opponent Venue Result
1
Crewe Alexandra
A
1 – 0
2
Shrewsbury Town
A
1 – 2
3
Port Vale
A
6 – 1
4
Blackburn Rovers
A
0 – 0
5
Wrexham
A
3 – 0
6
Forest Green Rovers
A
4 – 0
7
Shrewsbury Town
A
0 – 0
8
Sheffield Wednesday
A
0 – 0
9
Bideford
A
4 – 0
10
Port Vale
H
3 – 2
11
Panathinaikos
A
2 – 3
12
Tunisia XI
A
1 – 1

Appearances

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Peter Fox 38 0 1 0 2 0 41 0
GK Eric McManus 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF Ray Evans 22 0 1 0 2 1 25 1
DF Peter Hampton 33 0 1 0 2 0 36 0
DF Alan Dodd 41 0 1 0 2 0 44 0
DF Denis Smith 17 0 0 0 2 0 19 0
DF Steve Bould 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF Paul Anthony Johnson 12(1) 0 0(1) 0 1 0 15 0
DF Dave Watson 24 3 0 0 0 0 24 0
DF Steve Kirk 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
DF David McAughtrie 13 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
MF Mike Doyle 8 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
MF Paul Griffiths 27(4) 3 1 0 0(1) 0 33 3
MF Adrian Heath 17 5 1 0 2 0 20 5
MF Paul Bracewell 42 1 1 0 2 0 45 1
MF Jeff Cook 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Loek Ursem 1(2) 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
MF Sammy McIlroy 18 3 0 0 0 0 18 3
MF Alan Biley 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
MF Steve Parkin 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
FW Brendan O'Callaghan 39(2) 5 1 0 2 0 44 5
FW Lee Chapman 40(1) 16 1 0 2 1 44 17
FW Paul Magurie 32(3) 7 0 0 2 0 37 7
FW John Lumsden 2(3) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
FW Stephen Ford 1(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0

References

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