1983–84 Football League

The Football League
Season	1983–84
Champions	Liverpool
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–1984 season was the 85th completed season of The Football League.

Liverpool had a successful first season under the management of Joe Fagan as they wrapped up their third successive league title and the 15th in their history. They overcame strong competition from Southampton, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United to lift the championship trophy. Liverpool had an extremely strong season, as they also won the European Cup and the League cup.

Southampton finished second in the league to record their highest-ever final position and achieve a UEFA Cup place, claiming six points from the last two games (both away) to climb up from fifth place.

The First Division relegation places were occupied by Birmingham City, Notts County and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

The £1 rescue deal of Chelsea by chairman Ken Bates paid off as they won the Second Division title and were promoted to the First Division along with Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle United.

Cambridge United finished bottom of the Second Division and were relegated to the Third Division. They were joined by two clubs who had been enjoying better fortunes only a short time ago — Swansea City, who had finished sixth in the First Division just two years earlier, and Derby County, who had been league champions just nine years earlier. Derby's Peter Taylor retired as manager and his surprise successor was Arthur Cox, who had just taken Newcastle into the First Division.

Dave Bassett agreed to take charge of Crystal Palace at the end of the season, but changed his mind three days later — without signing the contract — and returned to Wimbledon. Palace installed former Manchester United winger Steve Coppell, 29, as their new manager.

Oxford United, Wimbledon and Sheffield United continued their rise through the league by gaining promotion to the Second Division.

Scunthorpe United, Southend United, Port Vale and Exeter City slipped out of the Third Division.

Narrowly avoiding the Third Division drop zone were Plymouth Argyle, who compensated for their league form by reaching the FA Cup semi finals for the first time in their history.

York City, Doncaster Rovers, Reading and Bristol City occupied the Fourth Division promotion places. York City became the first team in English league football to gain more than 100 points in a season, with 101. It was Bristol City's first successful season for a long time and a reversal of fortune after their recent fall from the First to Fourth Division in successive seasons.

The re-election system voted in favour of the bottom four clubs in the Fourth Division once again.

Final league tables and results

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,^[1] with home and away statistics separated.

During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.^[2]

First Division

Football League, First Division
Season	1983–84
Champions	Liverpool (15th English title)
Relegated	Birmingham City Notts County Wolverhampton Wanderers
European Cup 1984–85	Liverpool
European Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85	Everton
UEFA Cup 1984–85	Manchester United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Southampton Tottenham Hotspur
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1250 (2.71 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ian Rush (Liverpool),32 ^[3]
Biggest home win	Southampton – Coventry City 8–2 (28 Apr 1984)
Biggest away win	Aston Villa – Arsenal 2–6 (29 Oct 1983)
Highest scoring	Southampton – Coventry City 8–2 (28 Apr 1984)
Longest winning run	QPR (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Manchester United (16 games)
Longest losing run	Ipswich Town Notts County (7 games)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	14	5	2	50	12	8	9	4	23	20	73	32	+41	80	European Cup 1984–85 First round ^{[notes 1]}
2	Southampton	42	15	4	2	44	17	7	7	7	22	21	66	38	+28	77	UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
3	Nottingham Forest	42	14	4	3	47	17	8	4	9	29	28	76	45	+31	74	UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
4	Manchester United	42	14	3	4	43	18	6	11	4	28	23	71	41	+30	74	UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	14	4	3	37	12	8	3	10	30	25	67	37	+30	73	UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round
6	Arsenal	42	10	5	6	41	29	8	4	9	33	31	74	60	+14	63
7	Everton	42	9	9	3	21	12	7	5	9	23	30	44	42	+2	62	European Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 First round
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	4	6	31	24	6	6	9	33	41	64	65	–1	61	UEFA Cup 1984–85 First round ^{[notes 2]}
9	West Ham United	42	10	4	7	39	24	7	5	9	21	31	60	55	+5	60
10	Aston Villa	42	14	3	4	34	22	3	6	12	25	39	59	61	–2	60
11	Watford	42	9	7	5	36	31	7	2	12	32	46	68	77	–9	57
12	Ipswich Town	42	11	4	6	34	23	4	4	13	21	34	55	57	–2	53
13	Sunderland	42	8	9	4	26	18	5	4	12	16	35	42	53	–11	52
14	Norwich City	42	9	8	4	34	20	3	7	11	14	29	48	49	–1	51
15	Leicester City	42	11	5	5	40	30	2	7	12	25	38	65	68	–3	51
16	Luton Town	42	7	5	9	30	33	7	4	10	23	33	53	66	–13	51
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	10	4	7	30	25	4	5	12	18	37	48	62	–14	51
18	Stoke City	42	11	4	6	30	23	2	7	12	14	40	44	63	–19	50
19	Coventry City	42	8	5	8	33	33	5	6	10	24	44	57	77	–20	50
20	Birmingham City	42	7	7	7	19	18	5	5	11	20	32	39	50	–11	48
21	Notts County	42	6	7	8	31	36	4	4	13	19	36	50	72	–22	41
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	4	8	9	15	28	2	3	16	12	52	27	80	–53	29

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

↑ Liverpool won the European Cup this year for the fourth time in less than a decade, and thus qualified for the following season's competition as defending champions.
They also won the League cup this year, in a rematch against Everton.
↑ Tottenham qualified for the 1984–85 UEFA Cup as winners of the 1983–84 UEFA Cup.

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

First Division results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Birmingham City !BIR	Coventry City !COV	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Luton Town !LUT	Manchester United !MUN	Norwich City !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Notts County !NTC	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	Watford !WAT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Arsenal !Arsenal		1–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	3–0	4–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	3–1	1–2	3–2	3–1	0–1	3–3	4–1
Aston Villa !Aston Villa	2–6		1–0	2–0	0–2	4–0	3–1	1–3	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	4–3	1–0	4–0
Birmingham City !Birmingham City	1–1	2–1		1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	3–0	0–0
Coventry City !Coventry City	1–4	3–3	0–1		1–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–4	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1
Everton !Everton	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0
Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	1–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	3–0		0–0	1–1	3–0	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	5–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	3–4	0–3	3–1
Leicester City !Leicester City	3–0	2–0	2–3	1–1	2–0	2–0		3–3	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	0–3	4–1	1–1	4–1	5–1
Liverpool !Liverpool	2–1	2–1	1–0	5–0	3–0	2–2	2–2		6–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	6–0	0–1
Luton Town !Luton Town	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–4	0–3	2–1	0–0	0–0		0–5	2–2	2–3	3–2	0–0	3–1	0–1	4–1	2–4	1–2	2–0	0–1	4–0
Manchester United !Manchester United	4–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0		0–0	1–2	3–3	3–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	4–2	4–1	3–0	0–0	3–0
Norwich City !Norwich City	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–0	3–3		2–3	0–1	0–3	1–0	2–2	3–0	2–1	6–1	2–0	1–0	3–0
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	0–1	2–2	5–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–0		3–1	3–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	5–1	3–1	3–0	5–0
Notts County !Notts County	0–4	5–2	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–5	0–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	0–0		0–3	1–3	1–1	6–1	0–0	3–5	1–1	2–2	4–0
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0		4–0	6–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1
Southampton !Southampton	1–0	2–2	2–1	8–2	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–0		3–1	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Stoke City !Stoke City	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–4	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1		2–1	1–1	0–4	3–1	3–1	4–0
Sunderland !Sunderland	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	2–2		1–1	3–0	3–0	0–1	3–2
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	2–4	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	0–0	1–0	3–0		2–3	0–1	0–2	1–0
Watford !Watford	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–3	4–4	2–2	3–3	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–3	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–3		3–1	0–0	0–0
West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–5	2–0	1–2	0–2	3–0	3–1	1–1	2–0		1–0	1–3
West Ham United !West Ham United	3–1	0–1	4–0	5–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	0–1	4–1	2–4	1–0		1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	0–3	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–4	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–5	0–0	0–3

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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League First Division 1983–1984 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1983–1984

Second Division

Football League, Second Division
Season	1983–84
Champions	Chelsea (1st title)
Promoted	Newcastle United, Sheffield Wednesday
Relegated	Cambridge United, Derby County, Swansea City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1233 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kerry Dixon (Chelsea), 28 ^[3]
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Chelsea	42	15	4	2	55	17	10	9	2	35	23	90	40	+50	88
2	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	4	1	47	16	10	6	5	25	18	72	34	+38	88
3	Newcastle United	42	16	2	3	51	18	8	6	7	34	35	85	53	+32	80
4	Manchester City	42	13	3	5	43	21	7	7	7	23	27	66	48	+18	70
5	Grimsby Town	42	13	6	2	36	15	6	7	8	24	32	60	47	+13	70
6	Blackburn Rovers	42	9	11	1	35	19	8	5	8	22	27	57	46	+11	67
7	Carlisle United	42	10	9	2	29	13	6	7	8	19	28	48	41	+7	64
8	Shrewsbury Town	42	13	5	3	34	18	4	5	12	15	35	49	53	–4	61	^{[notes2 1]}
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	11	6	4	42	17	6	3	12	27	43	69	60	+9	60
10	Leeds United	42	13	4	4	33	16	3	8	10	22	40	55	56	–1	60
11	Fulham	42	9	6	6	35	24	6	6	9	25	29	60	53	+7	57
12	Huddersfield Town	42	8	6	7	27	20	6	9	6	29	29	56	49	+7	57
13	Charlton Athletic	42	13	4	4	40	26	3	5	13	13	38	53	64	–11	57
14	Barnsley	42	9	6	6	33	23	6	1	14	24	30	57	53	+4	52
15	Cardiff City	42	11	3	7	32	27	4	3	14	21	39	53	66	–13	51
16	Portsmouth	42	8	3	10	46	32	6	4	11	27	32	73	64	+9	49
17	Middlesbrough	42	9	8	4	26	18	3	5	13	15	29	41	47	–6	49
18	Crystal Palace	42	8	5	8	18	18	4	6	11	24	34	42	52	–10	47
19	Oldham Athletic	42	10	6	5	33	27	3	2	16	14	46	47	73	–26	47
20	Derby County	42	9	5	7	26	26	2	4	15	10	46	36	72	–36	42
21	Swansea City	42	7	4	10	20	28	0	4	17	16	57	36	85	–49	29
22	Cambridge United	42	4	7	10	20	33	0	5	16	8	44	28	77	–49	24

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

↑ Shrewsbury Town were winners of the Welsh Cup winners this season, but as they are an English club, they did not earn a place in the Cup Winners' Cup.

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, not qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Cambridge United !CAM	Cardiff City !CAR	Carlisle United !CRL	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Chelsea !CHE	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Fulham !FUL	Grimsby Town !GRI	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Leeds United !LEE	Manchester City !MCI	Middlesbrough !MID	Newcastle United !NEW	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Portsmouth !POR	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Swansea City !SWA
Barnsley !Barnsley		0–0	3–1	2–0	2–3	2–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	5–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	3–0	3–2
Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	1–1		2–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	5–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	4–1
Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	1–1		3–0	3–1	1–1	7–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	3–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	1–3	2–2	1–1
Cambridge United !Cambridge United	0–3	2–0	3–4		0–2	0–2	2–2	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–1
Cardiff City !Cardiff City	0–3	0–1	2–2	5–0		2–0	2–1	3–3	0–2	1–0	0–4	3–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	3–2
Carlisle United !Carlisle United	4–2	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1		3–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0
Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic	3–2	2–0	2–0	5–2	2–0	1–0		1–1	1–0	1–0	3–4	3–3	1–2	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–4	2–2
Chelsea !Chelsea	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	3–2		2–2	5–0	4–0	2–3	3–1	5–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	3–0	2–2	3–2	3–0	6–1
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–1		0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0
Derby County !Derby County	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	2–3	1–4	0–1	1–2	3–0		1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–1
Fulham !Fulham	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	3–5	1–1	2–2		1–1	0–2	2–1	5–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	0–2	1–1	3–0	5–0
Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town	1–0	3–2	5–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–1		2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–4	1–0	1–1	3–0
Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–0		2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–0
Leeds United !Leeds United	1–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–2		1–2	4–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0
Manchester City !Manchester City	3–2	6–0	4–0	5–0	2–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–3	1–1		2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	2–1
Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0		3–2	3–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	1–0
Newcastle United !Newcastle United	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	3–2	0–1	5–2	1–0	5–0	3–1		3–0	4–2	0–1	0–1	2–0
Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	2–3	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–3	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–2		3–2	1–3	0–1	3–3
Portsmouth !Portsmouth	2–1	2–4	5–1	5–0	1–1	0–1	4–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–4	4–0	1–1	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–4	3–4		0–1	4–1	5–0
Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	4–2	2–1	1–0	5–2	2–0	4–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	4–2	3–0	2–0		1–1	6–1
Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town	3–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	5–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1		2–0
Swansea City !Swansea City	1–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	0–3	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–2

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1983–1984 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1983–1984

Third Division

Football League, Third Division
Season	1983–84
Champions	Oxford United (2nd title)
Promoted	Sheffield United, Wimbledon
Relegated	Exeter City, Port Vale, Scunthorpe United, Southend United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1586 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorer	Keith Edwards (Sheffield United), 33 ^[3]
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Oxford United	46	17	5	1	58	22	11	6	6	33	28	91	50	+41	95
2	Wimbledon	46	15	5	3	58	35	11	4	8	39	41	97	76	+21	87
3	Sheffield United	46	14	7	2	56	18	10	4	9	30	35	86	53	+33	83
4	Hull City	46	16	5	2	42	11	7	9	7	29	27	71	38	+33	83
5	Bristol Rovers	46	16	5	2	47	21	6	8	9	21	33	68	54	+14	79
6	Walsall	46	14	4	5	44	22	8	5	10	24	39	68	61	+7	75
7	Bradford City	46	11	9	3	46	30	9	2	12	27	35	73	65	+8	71
8	Gillingham	46	13	4	6	50	29	7	6	10	24	40	74	69	+5	70
9	Millwall	46	16	4	3	42	18	2	9	12	29	47	71	65	+6	67
10	Bolton Wanderers	46	13	4	6	36	17	5	6	12	20	43	56	60	–4	64
11	Orient	46	13	5	5	40	27	5	4	14	31	54	71	81	–10	63
12	Burnley	46	12	5	6	52	25	4	9	10	24	36	76	61	+15	62
13	Newport County	46	11	9	3	35	27	5	5	13	23	48	58	75	–17	62
14	Lincoln City	46	11	4	8	42	29	6	6	11	17	33	59	62	–3	61
15	Wigan Athletic	46	11	5	7	26	18	5	8	10	20	38	46	56	–10	61
16	Preston North End	46	12	5	6	42	27	3	6	14	24	39	66	66	±0	56
17	Bournemouth	46	11	5	7	38	27	5	2	16	25	46	63	73	–10	55
18	Rotherham United	46	10	5	8	29	17	5	4	14	28	47	57	64	–7	54
19	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	8	4	38	17	2	4	17	18	45	56	62	–6	51
20	Brentford	46	8	9	6	41	30	3	7	13	28	49	69	79	–10	49
21	Scunthorpe United	46	9	9	5	40	31	0	10	13	14	42	54	73	–19	46
22	Southend United	46	8	9	6	34	24	2	5	16	21	52	55	76	–21	44
23	Port Vale	46	10	4	9	33	29	1	6	16	18	54	51	83	–32	43
24	Exeter City	46	4	8	11	27	39	2	7	14	23	45	50	84	–34	33

Pld = 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 1983–1984

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1983–1984

Fourth Division

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1983–84
Champions	York City (1st title)
Promoted	Bristol City, Doncaster Rovers, Reading
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1505 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Trevor Senior (Reading), 36 ^[3]
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	York City	46	18	4	1	58	16	13	4	6	38	23	96	39	+57	101
2	Doncaster Rovers	46	15	6	2	46	22	9	7	7	36	32	82	54	+28	85
3	Reading	46	17	6	0	51	14	5	10	8	33	42	84	56	+28	82
4	Bristol City	46	18	3	2	51	17	6	7	10	19	27	70	44	+26	82
5	Aldershot	46	14	6	3	49	29	8	3	12	27	40	76	69	+7	75
6	Blackpool	46	15	4	4	47	19	6	5	12	23	33	70	52	+18	72
7	Peterborough United	46	15	5	3	52	16	3	9	11	20	32	72	48	+24	68
8	Colchester United	46	14	7	2	45	14	3	9	11	24	39	69	53	+16	67
9	Torquay United	46	13	7	3	32	18	5	6	12	27	46	59	64	–5	67
10	Tranmere Rovers	46	11	5	7	33	26	6	10	7	20	27	53	53	±0	66
11	Hereford United	46	11	6	6	31	21	5	9	9	23	32	54	53	+1	63
12	Stockport County	46	12	5	6	34	25	5	6	12	26	39	60	64	–4	62
13	Chesterfield	46	10	11	2	34	24	5	4	14	25	37	59	61	–2	60
14	Darlington	46	13	4	6	31	19	4	4	15	18	31	49	50	–1	59
15	Bury	46	9	7	7	34	32	6	7	10	27	32	61	64	–3	59
16	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	8	5	35	27	6	3	14	21	40	56	67	–11	59
17	Swindon Town	46	11	7	5	34	23	4	6	13	24	33	58	56	+2	58
18	Northampton Town	46	10	8	5	32	32	3	6	14	21	46	53	78	–25	53
19	Mansfield Town	46	9	7	7	44	27	4	6	13	22	43	66	70	–4	52
20	Wrexham	46	7	6	10	34	33	4	9	10	25	41	59	74	–15	48	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85 First round ^{[notes3 1]}
21	Halifax Town	46	11	6	6	36	25	1	6	16	19	64	55	89	–34	48
22	Rochdale	46	8	9	6	35	31	3	4	16	17	49	52	80	–28	46
23	Hartlepool United	46	7	8	8	31	28	3	2	18	16	57	47	85	–38	40
24	Chester City	46	7	5	11	23	35	0	8	15	22	47	45	82	–37	34

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

↑ Wrexham lost this year’s Welsh Cup final to Shrewsbury Town, but as the latter are an English side, Wrexham went on to represent Wales in the European Cup Winners' Cup.

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

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1983–1984

Election/Re-election to the Football League

As winners of the Alliance Premier League, Maidstone United F.C. (1897) won the right (for the 2nd time) to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1983–84 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club	Final Position	Votes
Chester City	24th (Fourth Division)	52
Halifax Town	21st (Fourth Division)	52
Rochdale	22nd (Fourth Division)	50
Hartlepool United	23rd (Fourth Division)	32
Maidstone United (1897)	1st (Alliance Premier League)	22

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

References

↑ "England 1983–84". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
↑ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.

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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

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '83 '84 England Estonia '83 '84 Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Latvia '83 '84 Lithuania '83 '84 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '83 '84 Spain Sweden '83 '84 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '83 '84 Finland '83 '84 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '83 '84 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '83 '84 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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