1981–82 Leicester City F.C. season

In the 1981–82 season where the Football League decided to increase the points total on a win to three instead of two points, Leicester's start was inconsistent but during the last couple of months of the campaign, the Foxes revived strongly and finished in eighth. At the end of the season, Wallace left to join Motherwell.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Luton Town	42	16	3	2	48	19	9	10	2	38	27	86	46	+40	88
2	Watford	42	13	6	2	46	16	10	5	6	30	26	76	42	+34	80
3	Norwich City	42	14	3	4	41	19	8	2	11	23	31	64	50	+14	71
4	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	8	3	31	23	10	2	9	24	28	55	51	+4	70
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	4	2	40	9	6	2	13	25	34	65	43	+22	69
6	Barnsley	42	13	4	4	33	14	6	6	9	26	27	59	41	+18	67
7	Rotherham United	42	13	5	3	42	19	7	2	12	24	35	66	54	+12	67
8	Leicester City	42	12	5	4	31	19	6	7	8	25	29	56	48	+8	66
9	Newcastle United	42	14	4	3	30	14	4	4	13	22	36	52	50	+2	62
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	4	6	26	15	5	7	9	21	28	47	43	+4	59
11	Oldham Athletic	42	9	9	3	28	23	6	5	10	22	28	50	51	–1	59
12	Chelsea	42	10	5	6	37	30	5	7	9	23	30	60	60	±0	57
13	Charlton Athletic	42	11	5	5	33	22	2	7	12	17	43	50	65	–15	51
14	Cambridge United	42	11	4	6	31	19	2	5	14	17	34	48	53	–5	48
15	Crystal Palace	42	9	2	10	25	26	4	7	10	9	19	34	45	–11	48
16	Derby County	42	9	8	4	32	23	3	4	14	21	45	53	68	–15	48
17	Grimsby Town	42	5	8	8	29	30	6	5	10	24	35	53	65	–12	46
18	Shrewsbury Town	42	10	6	5	26	19	1	7	13	11	38	37	57	–20	46
19	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	4	7	28	24	3	3	15	11	37	39	61	–22	46
20	Cardiff City	42	9	2	10	28	32	3	6	12	17	29	45	61	–16	44
21	Wrexham	42	9	4	8	22	22	2	7	12	18	34	40	56	–16	44
22	Orient	42	6	8	7	23	24	4	1	16	13	37	36	61	–25	39

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

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 August 1981	Grimsby Town	A	2–2	11,032	Lineker, Melrose
5 September 1981	Wrexham	H	1–0	12,905	Hamill
8 September 1981	Barnsley	H	1–0	15,447	Hamill
12 September 1981	Derby County	A	1–3	16,046	Melrose
19 September 1981	Luton Town	H	1–2	14,159	Lynex (pen)
22 September 1981	Rotherham United	A	1–1	7,781	May
26 September 1981	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–0	8,925	May, Melrose
3 October 1981	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	12,558	Lineker
10 October 1981	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–0	7,361	Melrose (2), Young
16 October 1981	Chelsea	H	1–1	18,358	Melrose
24 October 1981	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2	12,419
31 October 1981	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–0	19,125
7 November 1981	Charlton Athletic	A	4–1	8,212	Melrose, Lynex (pen), Lineker (2)
14 November 1981	Orient	H	0–1	11,733
21 November 1981	Cardiff City	A	1–3	6,687	Welsh
28 November 1981	Cambridge United	H	4–1	9,524	Lynex, Hebberd, Peake, Lineker
5 December 1981	Norwich City	A	0–0	12,768
12 December 1981	Watford	H	1–1	10,340	Lineker
28 December 1981	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	9,174	Lynex
30 January 1982	Luton Town	A	1–2	11,810	Lineker
6 February 1982	Derby County	H	2–1	14,132	Lynex (pen), Lineker
20 February 1982	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	11,667	Peake
27 February 1982	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	10,678	Lynex (pen)
2 March 1982	Newcastle United	H	3–0	12,497	Young, Lineker (2)
9 March 1982	Chelsea	A	1–4	10,586	Lynex
13 March 1982	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–2	17,821	Lynex (pen), Young, Melrose
17 March 1982	Rotherham United	H	1–0	21,123	Melrose
20 March 1982	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–2	18,962
23 March 1982	Crystal Palace	A	2–0	9,506	Lynex, Lineker
27 March 1982	Charlton Athletic	H	3–1	13,681	Young (2), MacDonald
30 March 1982	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	5,340	Lineker
10 April 1982	Newcastle United	A	0–0	25,777
13 April 1982	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	14,298	Melrose, Lineker
17 April 1982	Cardiff City	H	3–1	13,650	Lineker (2), Lynex
20 April 1982	Wrexham	A	0–0	4,913
24 April 1982	Cambridge United	A	2–1	7,212	Lineker, Welsh
1 May 1982	Norwich City	H	1–4	19,630	May
4 May 1982	Barnsley	A	2–0	15,418	Welsh, Lineker
8 May 1982	Watford	A	1–3	20,859	Melrose
12 May 1982	Grimsby Town	H	1–2	13,941	Welsh (pen)
15 May 1982	Shrewsbury Town	H	0–0	11,368
18 May 1982	Orient	A	0–3	2,107

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1982	Southampton	H	3–1	20,589	Young (2), Lineker
R4	23 January 1982	Hereford United	A	1–0	10,602	May
R5	13 February 1982	Watford	H	2–0	27,991	O'Neill, Terry (own goal)
QF	6 March 1982	Shrewsbury Town	H	5–2	29,117	May, Melrose (2), Lineker, Cross (own goal)
SF	3 April 1982	Tottenham Hotspur	N	0–2	46,606

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	6 October 1981	Preston North End	A	0–1	5,382
R2 2nd leg	28 October 1981	Preston North End	H	4–0 (won 4-1 on agg)	7,685	Robson, Lynex, Melrose, O'Riordan (own goal)
R3	11 November 1981	Aston Villa	H	0–0	19,806
R3R	25 November 1981	Aston Villa	A	0–2	23,136

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Mark Wallington
-	DF	Tommy Williams
-	DF	John O'Neill
-	DF	Larry May
-	DF	Paul Friar
-	MF	Steve Lynex
-	MF	Ian Wilson
-	MF	Andy Peake
-	FW	Gary Lineker
-	FW	Alan Young
-	MF	Kevin MacDonald
-	FW	Jim Melrose

No.	Position	Player
-	DF	Norman Leet
-	MF	Eddie Kelly
-	MF	Paul Ramsey
-	FW	Keith Robson
-	DF	Geoff Scott
-	DF	Billy Gibson
-	DF	Peter Welsh
-	GK	Nicky Walker
-	MF	Trevor Hebberd (on loan from Southampton)
-	DF	Bobby Smith
-	MF	Stewart Hamill
-	FW	Dave Buchanan

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1981-1982/results

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