1982–83 Football League

The Football League
Season	1982–83
Champions	Liverpool
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–1983 season was the 84th completed season of The Football League.

Bob Paisley’s last season as Liverpool manager ended on a high as they topped the First Division with a comfortable lead. Bob Paisley retired as Liverpool manager with a record 21 prizes in nine years. His successor was long-serving coach Joe Fagan. Newly promoted Watford were the shock of the season, finishing in second place in their first ever season in the top flight.

Manchester City were relegated despite a four-year spending spree totalling around £5million. Swansea City were also relegated after only their second season as a First Division club. They had finished sixth a year earlier and at several stages had topped the league table. Brighton & Hove Albion joined them on the way down.

Queens Park Rangers, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City won promotion to the First Division. Rotherham United, Burnley and Bolton Wanderers were relegated to the Third Division. It was another blow for Bolton, who had been relegated from the First Division three years earlier.

Charlton Athletic and Wolverhampton Wanderers both came within hours of going bankrupt but were both saved by respective new owners.

Portsmouth’s revival continued as they ran away with the Third Division championship, followed closely behind by runners-up Cardiff City and third-placed Huddersfield Town. Newport County finished 4th, their highest post-war position in the Football League. Occupying the four relegation places were Reading, Wrexham, Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield.

Wimbledon were crowned Fourth Division champions and the efforts of manager Dave Bassett were bound to ensure that this would not be their last promotion. Hull City, Port Vale and Scunthorpe United occupied the other three promotion places. The re-election system once again went in favour of the bottom four sides in the Fourth Division, but had things gone differently then Blackpool could have gone out of the Football League little over a decade after they had been a First Division side.

At the end of the season, Fourth Division strugglers Crewe Alexandra appointed Milan-born ex-Wimbledon manager Dario Gradi as their new manager.

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1982–83
Champions	Liverpool (14th English title)
Relegated	Manchester City Swansea City Brighton & Hove Albion
European Cup 1983–84	Liverpool
European Cup Winners' Cup 1983–84	Manchester United Swansea City
UEFA Cup 1983–84	Aston Villa Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur Watford
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1264 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luther Blissett, (Watford), 27^[1]
Biggest home win	Watford –Sunderland 8–0 (25 Sep 1982)
Biggest away win	Notts County – Ipswich Town 0–6 (25 Sep 1982)
Highest scoring	Watford – Sunderland 8–0 (25 Sep 1982); Luton Town – Notts County 5–3 (4 Sep 1982); Watford –Notts County 5–3 (12 Mar 1983); Stoke – Luton Town 4–4 (25 Sep 1982)
Longest winning run	Liverpool (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Liverpool (19 games)
Longest losing run	West Bromwich Albion (6 games)
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	16	4	1	55	16	8	6	7	32	21	87	37	+50	82	European Cup 1983–84 First round ^{[notes 1]}
2	Watford	42	16	2	3	49	20	6	3	12	25	37	74	57	+17	71	UEFA Cup 1983–84 First round
3	Manchester United	42	14	7	0	39	10	5	6	10	17	28	56	38	+18	70	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1983–84 First round
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	4	2	50	15	5	5	11	15	35	65	50	+15	69	UEFA Cup 1983–84 First round
5	Nottingham Forest	42	12	5	4	34	18	8	4	9	28	32	62	50	+12	69	UEFA Cup 1983–84 First round
6	Aston Villa	42	17	2	2	47	15	4	3	14	15	35	62	50	+12	68	UEFA Cup 1983–84 First round
7	Everton	42	13	6	2	43	19	5	4	12	23	29	66	48	+18	64
8	West Ham United	42	13	3	5	41	23	7	1	13	27	39	68	62	+6	64
9	Ipswich Town	42	11	3	7	39	23	4	10	7	25	27	64	50	+14	58
10	Arsenal	42	11	6	4	36	19	5	4	12	22	37	58	56	+2	58
11	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	5	5	35	20	4	7	10	16	29	51	49	+2	57
12	Southampton	42	11	5	5	36	22	4	7	10	18	36	54	58	–4	57
13	Stoke City	42	13	4	4	34	21	3	5	13	19	43	53	64	–11	57
14	Norwich City	42	10	6	5	30	18	4	6	11	22	40	52	58	–6	54
15	Notts County	42	12	4	5	37	25	3	3	15	18	46	55	71	–16	52
16	Sunderland	42	7	10	4	30	22	5	4	12	18	39	48	61	–13	50
17	Birmingham City	42	9	7	5	29	24	3	7	11	11	31	40	55	–15	50
18	Luton Town	42	7	7	7	34	33	5	6	10	31	51	65	84	–19	49
19	Coventry City	42	10	5	6	29	17	3	4	14	19	42	48	59	–11	48
20	Manchester City	42	9	5	7	26	23	4	3	14	21	47	47	70	–23	47
21	Swansea City	42	10	4	7	32	29	0	7	14	19	40	51	69	–18	41	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1983–84 Preliminary round ^{[notes 2]}
22	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	7	6	25	22	1	6	14	13	46	38	68	–30	40

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Liverpool were also this season's League Cup winners.
↑ Swansea City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as 1983 Welsh Cup winners. Nevertheless, they were relegated to 2nd division.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup, relegated
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup Winners, see Liverpool
	Relegated

First Division results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham City !BIR	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Coventry City !COV	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Liverpool !LIV	Luton Town !LUT	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Norwich City !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Swansea City !SWA	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	Watford !WAT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU
Arsenal !Arsenal		2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–4	2–0	2–3
Aston Villa !Aston Villa	2–1		1–0	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–4	4–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	4–1	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–3	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0
Birmingham City !Birmingham City	2–1	3–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–2	1–2	0–4	1–1	3–0	0–2	1–4	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–0
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–4	0–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–1
Coventry City !Coventry City	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–0		4–2	1–1	0–0	4–2	4–0	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–4
Everton !Everton	2–3	5–0	0–0	2–2	1–0		1–1	0–5	5–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–0
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–2		1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	4–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	6–1	1–2
Liverpool !Liverpool	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	4–0	0–0	1–0		3–3	5–2	0–0	0–2	4–3	5–1	5–0	5–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	3–0
Luton Town !Luton Town	2–2	2–1	3–1	5–0	1–2	1–5	1–1	1–3		3–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	5–3	3–3	0–0	1–3	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–2
Manchester City !Manchester City	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	0–1	0–4	0–1		1–2	4–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–0
Manchester United !Manchester United	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–2		3–0	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1
Norwich City !Norwich City	3–1	1–0	5–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1		0–1	1–2	1–1	4–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–1
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	3–0	1–2	1–1	4–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	0–3	2–2		2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–0
Notts County !Notts County	1–0	4–1	0–0	1–0	5–1	1–0	0–6	1–2	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–2		1–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	3–2	2–1	1–2
Southampton !Southampton	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–1	3–2	2–2	4–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–4	4–1	3–0
Stoke City !Stoke City	2–1	0–3	1–1	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	4–4	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	0–3	5–2
Sunderland !Sunderland	3–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	3–2	0–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2		1–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–0
Swansea City !Swansea City	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–3	2–0	4–1	0–0	4–0	0–3	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–0		2–0	1–3	2–1	1–5
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	5–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–0	4–1	4–2	6–0	4–1	1–1	1–0		0–1	1–1	2–1
Watford !Watford	2–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	5–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	5–3	2–0	1–0	8–0	2–1	0–1		3–0	2–1
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	0–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	2–0	2–2	4–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–3	0–1	1–3		1–2
West Ham United !West Ham United	1–3	2–0	5–0	2–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–3	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	0–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Locations of the Football League First Division 1982–1983 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1982–1983

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1982–83
Champions	Queens Park Rangers (1st title)
Promoted	Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City
Relegated	Rotherham United, Burnley, Bolton Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1244 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gary Lineker (Leicester City), 26 ^[1]
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	3	2	51	16	10	4	7	26	20	77	36	+41	85
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	14	5	2	42	16	6	10	5	26	28	68	44	+24	75
3	Leicester City	42	11	4	6	36	15	9	6	6	36	29	72	44	+28	70
4	Fulham	42	13	5	3	36	20	7	4	10	28	27	64	47	+17	69
5	Newcastle United	42	13	6	2	43	21	5	7	9	32	32	75	53	+22	67
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	9	8	4	33	23	7	7	7	27	24	60	47	+13	63
7	Oldham Athletic	42	8	10	3	38	24	6	9	6	26	23	64	47	+17	61
8	Leeds United	42	7	11	3	28	22	6	10	5	23	24	51	46	+5	60
9	Shrewsbury Town	42	8	9	4	20	15	7	5	9	28	33	48	48	±0	59
10	Barnsley	42	9	8	4	37	28	5	7	9	20	27	57	55	+2	57
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	7	3	38	21	4	5	12	20	37	58	58	±0	57
12	Cambridge United	42	11	7	3	26	17	2	5	14	16	43	42	60	–18	51
13	Derby County	42	7	10	4	27	24	3	9	9	22	34	49	58	–9	49
14	Carlisle United	42	10	6	5	44	28	2	6	13	24	42	68	70	–2	48
15	Crystal Palace	42	11	7	3	31	17	1	5	15	12	35	43	52	–9	48
16	Middlesbrough	42	8	7	6	27	29	3	8	10	19	38	46	67	–21	48
17	Charlton Athletic	42	11	3	7	40	31	2	6	13	23	55	63	86	–23	48
18	Chelsea	42	8	8	5	31	22	3	6	12	20	39	51	61	–10	47
19	Grimsby Town	42	9	7	5	32	26	3	4	14	13	44	45	70	–25	47
20	Rotherham United	42	6	7	8	22	29	4	8	9	23	39	45	68	–23	45
21	Burnley	42	10	4	7	38	24	2	4	15	18	42	56	66	–10	44
22	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	2	9	30	26	1	9	11	12	35	42	61	–19	44

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Bolton Wanderers !BOL	Burnley !BUR	Cambridge United !CAM	Carlisle United !CRL	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Chelsea !CHE	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Fulham !FUL	Grimsby Town !GRI	Leeds United !LEE	Leicester City !LEI	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Rotherham United !ROT	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Barnsley !Barnsley		2–2	3–1	3–0	2–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	4–3	4–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–5	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–1
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	1–1		1–1	2–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	3–0	3–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–3	3–0	2–3	1–0	2–2
Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers	0–2	1–0		3–0	2–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–3	3–2	2–2	0–2	1–4	0–1
Burnley !Burnley	3–1	0–1	0–0		2–1	4–1	7–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	2–4	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	0–1
Cambridge United !Cambridge United	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0		1–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–4	1–4	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	1–1	3–1	5–0	1–1	2–2		4–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	3–2	2–3	2–2	0–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–2	2–3	0–2
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	3–2	3–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–0		5–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–0	4–1	1–3	1–5	0–3	0–1	3–3
Chelsea !Chelsea	0–3	2–0	2–1	2–1	6–0	4–2	3–1		0–0	1–3	0–0	5–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	1–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–0		4–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–0	2–1	3–4
Derby County !Derby County	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–0	3–3	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	2–3	1–1
Fulham !Fulham	1–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–1		4–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–3
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	1–2	5–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	4–1	1–1	0–4		1–1	2–0	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1
Leeds United !Leeds United	0–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0		2–2	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	0–0
Leicester City !Leicester City	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	6–0	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–1		1–0	2–2	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–2	3–2	5–0
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	2–0	1–5	1–0	1–4	0–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	2–3	1–4	1–4	0–0	1–1		1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	1–2	3–2	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–2	4–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–4	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–1		1–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	4–0	1–1
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	1–1	0–0	2–3	3–0	3–0	4–3	2–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–0	2–2		0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	4–1
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	3–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	5–1	1–2	0–0	4–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	2–2	6–1	2–0	1–0		4–0	0–2	4–0	2–1
Rotherham United !Rotherham United	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–5	1–3	0–0		0–3	0–3	1–1
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	5–4	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–2	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1		0–0	0–0
Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–0		0–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	5–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–4	3–0	3–0	0–3	4–0	2–2	0–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–2

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division maps

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1982–1983 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1982–1983

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1982–83
Champions	Portsmouth (2nd title)
Promoted	Cardiff City, Huddersfield Town
Relegated	Reading, Wrexham, Doncaster Rovers, Chesterfield
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1617 (2.93 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kerry Dixon (Reading), 26 ^[1]
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	46	16	4	3	43	19	11	6	6	31	22	74	41	+33	91
2	Cardiff City	46	17	5	1	45	14	8	6	9	31	36	76	50	+26	86
3	Huddersfield Town	46	15	8	0	56	18	8	5	10	28	31	84	49	+35	82
4	Newport County	46	13	7	3	40	20	10	2	11	36	34	76	54	+22	78
5	Oxford United	46	12	9	2	41	23	10	3	10	30	30	71	53	+18	78
6	Lincoln City	46	17	1	5	55	22	6	6	11	22	29	77	51	+26	76
7	Bristol Rovers	46	16	4	3	55	21	6	5	12	29	37	84	58	+26	75
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	15	2	6	37	23	4	6	13	24	43	61	66	–5	65
9	Brentford	46	14	4	5	50	28	4	6	13	38	49	88	77	+11	64
10	Walsall	46	14	5	4	38	19	3	8	12	26	44	64	63	+1	64
11	Sheffield United	46	16	3	4	44	20	3	4	16	18	44	62	64	–2	64
12	Bradford City	46	11	7	5	41	27	5	6	12	27	42	68	69	–1	61
13	Gillingham	46	12	4	7	37	29	4	9	10	21	30	58	59	–1	61
14	Bournemouth	46	11	7	5	35	20	5	6	12	24	48	59	68	–9	61
15	Southend United	46	10	8	5	41	28	5	6	12	25	37	66	65	+1	59
16	Preston North End	46	11	10	2	35	17	4	3	16	25	52	60	69	–9	58
17	Millwall	46	12	7	4	41	24	2	6	15	23	53	64	77	–13	55
18	Wigan Athletic	46	10	4	9	35	33	5	5	13	25	39	60	72	–12	54
19	Exeter City	46	12	4	7	49	43	2	8	13	32	61	81	104	–23	54
20	Orient	46	10	6	7	44	38	5	3	15	20	50	64	88	–24	54
21	Reading	46	10	8	5	37	28	2	9	12	27	51	64	79	–15	53
22	Wrexham	46	11	6	6	40	26	1	9	13	16	50	56	76	–20	51
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	6	8	9	38	44	3	3	17	19	53	57	97	–40	38
24	Chesterfield	46	6	6	11	28	28	2	7	14	15	40	43	68	–25	37

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1982–1983

Brentford

Orient

Millwall

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1982–1983

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1982–83
Champions	Wimbledon (1st title)
Promoted	Hull City, Port Vale, Scunthorpe United
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1502 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Steve Cammack (Scunthorpe United), 25 ^[1]
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Wimbledon	46	17	4	2	57	23	12	7	4	39	22	96	45	+51	98
2	Hull City	46	14	8	1	48	14	11	7	5	27	20	75	34	+41	90
3	Port Vale	46	15	4	4	37	16	11	6	6	30	18	67	34	+33	88
4	Scunthorpe United	46	13	7	3	41	17	10	7	6	30	25	71	42	+29	83
5	Bury	46	15	4	4	43	20	8	8	7	31	26	74	46	+28	81
6	Colchester United	46	17	5	1	51	19	7	4	12	24	36	75	55	+20	81
7	York City	46	18	4	1	59	19	4	9	10	29	39	88	58	+30	79
8	Swindon Town	46	14	3	6	45	27	5	8	10	16	27	61	54	+7	68
9	Peterborough United	46	13	6	4	38	23	4	7	12	20	29	58	52	+6	64
10	Mansfield Town	46	11	6	6	32	26	5	7	11	29	44	61	70	–9	61
11	Halifax Town	46	9	8	6	31	23	7	4	12	28	43	59	66	–7	60
12	Torquay United	46	12	3	8	38	30	5	4	14	18	35	56	65	–9	58
13	Chester City	46	8	6	9	28	24	7	5	11	27	36	55	60	–5	56
14	Bristol City	46	10	8	5	32	25	3	9	11	27	45	59	70	–11	56
15	Northampton Town	46	10	8	5	43	29	4	4	15	22	46	65	75	–10	54
16	Stockport County	46	11	8	4	41	31	3	4	16	19	48	60	79	–19	54
17	Darlington	46	8	5	10	27	30	5	8	10	34	41	61	71	–10	52
18	Aldershot	46	11	5	7	40	35	1	10	12	21	47	61	82	–21	51
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	8	8	7	30	29	5	3	15	19	42	49	71	–22	50
20	Rochdale	46	11	8	4	38	25	0	8	15	17	48	55	73	–18	49
21	Blackpool	46	10	8	5	32	23	3	4	16	23	51	55	74	–19	49	^{[notes2 1]}
22	Hartlepool United	46	11	5	7	30	24	2	4	17	16	52	46	76	–30	48
23	Crewe Alexandra	46	9	5	9	35	32	2	3	18	18	39	53	71	–18	41
24	Hereford United	46	8	6	9	19	23	3	2	18	23	56	42	79	–37	41

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Blackpool had two points deducted.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1982–1983

Wimbledon

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division London teams 1982–1983

Election/Re-election to the Football League

This year Enfield, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements, so 2nd placed Maidstone United (1897) won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1982–83 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club	Final Position	Votes
Blackpool	21st (Fourth Division)	52
Crewe Alexandra	23rd (Fourth Division)	49
Hereford United	24th (Fourth Division)	49
Hartlepool United	22nd (Fourth Division)	36
Maidstone United (1897)	2nd (Alliance Premier League)	26

As a result of this, all four Football League teams were re-elected, and Maidstone United (1897) were denied membership of the League.

References

1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

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Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '82 '83 Finland '82 '83 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '82 '83 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '82 '83 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

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UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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