1983–84 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1983–84
League	Division Four
Manager	Sam Ellis
League position	6th
Top goalscorer	League: Paul Stewart (10) Combined: Paul Stewart & Keith Mercer (12)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season	← 1982–83
Next season	1984–85 →

The 1983–84 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 76th season (73rd consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Four, then the bottom tier of English league football, finishing sixth.

Paul Stewart and Keith Mercer were the club's joint-top goalscorers, with twelve goals apiece.

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	York City	46	31	8	7	96	39	+57	101
2	Doncaster Rovers	46	24	13	9	82	54	+28	85
3	Reading	46	22	16	8	84	56	+28	82
4	Bristol City	46	24	10	12	70	44	+26	82
5	Aldershot	46	22	9	15	76	69	+7	75
6	Blackpool	46	21	9	16	70	52	+18	72
7	Peterborough United	46	18	14	14	72	48	+24	68
8	Colchester United	46	17	16	13	69	53	+16	67
9	Torquay United	46	18	13	15	59	64	−5	67
10	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	15	14	53	53	+0	66
11	Hereford United	46	16	15	15	54	53	+1	63
12	Stockport County	46	17	11	18	60	64	−4	62
13	Chesterfield	46	15	15	16	59	61	−2	60
14	Darlington	46	17	8	21	49	50	−1	59
15	Bury	46	15	14	17	61	64	−3	59
16	Crewe Alexandra	46	16	11	19	56	67	−11	59
17	Swindon Town	46	15	13	18	58	56	+2	58
18	Northampton Town	46	13	14	19	53	78	−25	53
19	Mansfield Town	46	13	13	20	66	70	−4	52
20	Wrexham	46	11	15	20	59	74	−15	48
21	Halifax Town	46	12	12	22	55	89	−34	48
22	Rochdale	46	11	13	22	52	80	−28	46
23	Hartlepool United	46	10	10	26	47	85	−38	40
24	Chester City	46	7	13	26	45	82	−37	34

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

References

Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 1-873626-07-X.

Blackpool F.C. seasons

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1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

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1983–84 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Queens Park Rangers Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swansea City

Third Division	Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol Rovers Burnley Exeter City Gillingham Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Southend United Walsall Wigan Athletic Wimbledon

Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bristol City Bury Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rochdale Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City

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