1982–83 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
1982–83 season
ChairmanTerry Shipman
ManagerGordon Milne
Second Division3rd (promoted)
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLineker (26)
Average home league attendance12,819

During the 1982–83 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

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In August 1982, Gordon Milne left Coventry City to join Leicester as their new boss. The 1982–83 season didn't start well for the Foxes with just 6 wins in their first 16 league games which saw Leicester in 15th and looked like their promotion challenge was over. Then from December onwards until the end of the season, Leicester lost only 4 league games during their impressive league form and finished the season unbeaten in 15 league matches. Heading to the final league game, Leicester were ahead of Fulham on goal difference knowing a slip up would see the Cottagers leapfrog them to automatic promotion. With Leicester only holding relegated Burnley to a 0–0 draw at home, it gave Fulham a chance to do so at Derby County but with only a win required. An incident involving a spectator and a Fulham player led to the game being abandoned 2 minutes away from the 90 minute mark with Fulham losing 1–0 at the Baseball Ground. An enquiry from the Football League was held for a few days and they decided eventually the result from the Derby-Fulham game would stand which meant the Foxes were promoted after 2 seasons in the second tier.

Competitions

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Football League Division Two

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League Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Queens Park Rangers (C, P) 42 26 7 9 77 36 +41 85 Promotion to the First Division
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (P) 42 20 15 7 68 44 +24 75
3 Leicester City (P) 42 20 10 12 72 44 +28 70
4 Fulham 42 20 9 13 64 47 +17 69
5 Newcastle United 42 18 13 11 75 53 +22 67
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted


Leicester City's score comes first[1]


Win Draw Loss

Position by round

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ResultLWDLWLLWWWWLLDLLWWWDWLWLLWLWWDWDDWWDWWDDWD
Position16581291113117677881215109654545546544444444444333

Matches

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28 August 1982 1 Leicester City 1–2 Charlton Athletic Leicester
B Smith 27' Walker
50' Walker
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 11,038
31 August 1982 2 Rotherham United 3–1 Leicester City Rotherham
Gow 44' Melrose 10'
A Smith, 48'
Lineker 88'
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 9,254
4 September 1982 3 Chelsea 1–1 Leicester City Fulham
15:00 Droy 50' Lineker 85' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 14,127
Referee: Axcell
8 September 1982 4 Leicester City 0–1 Leeds United Leicester
73' Butterworth Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 12,963
11 September 1982 5 Leicester City 6–0 Carlisle United Leicester
Lynex 23' (pen.)
25'
83' (pen.)
Lineker 47', 69', 87' (pen.)
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 8,440
18 September 1982 6 Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Leicester City Blackburn
Garner 16'
Bell 70'
Barton 84'
A Smith 82' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 4,963
25 September 1982 7 Leicester City 0–1 Queens Park Rangers Leicester
67' O'Neill Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 10,647
2 October 1982 8 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Leicester City Shrewsbury
MacDonald 35'
O'Neill 56'
Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 5,223
9 October 1982 9 Leicester City 2–0 Grimsby Town Leicester
Lynex, 59'
Lineker 70'
7 Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 9,640
16 October 1982 10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Leicester City Wolverhampton
6 Wilson, 30'
Lineker, 34'
English 89'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 15,782
23 October 1982 11 Derby County 4–0 Leicester City Derby
7 Lineker 24'
81' Lineker
89' Lineker
A Smith 51'
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 13,191
30 October 1982 12 Leicester City 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Leicester
7 10' Mirosevic
87' Shelton
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 17,341
6 November 1982 13 Cambridge United 1–3 Leicester City Cambridge
Lockhart 19'
Reilly 27'
Finney 34'
8 Lineker 11' Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 5,011
13 November 1982 14 Leicester City 2–2 Newcastle United Leicester
English 43'
Lineker 61'
8 17', 72' Kevin Keegan Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 15,044
20 November 1982 15 Leicester City 0–1 Crystal Palace Leicester
12 65' Mabbutt Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 8,616
27 November 1982 16 Bolton Wanderers 1–3 Leicester City Bolton
Foster 26'
Doyle 43'
Thompson 52'
15 Wilson 68' Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 5,060
4 December 1982 17 Leicester City 2–0 Fulham Leicester
Buchanan, 80'
Lineker 86'
10 Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 9,082
11 December 1982 18 Burnley 4–2 Leicester City Turf Moor
Steven 11'
Taylor 50'
9 Lineker 40'
Lynex 54' (pen.)
A Smith 70'
74'
Attendance: 6,503
18 December 1982 19 Leicester City 2–1 Oldham Athletic Leicester
MacDonald 56' (pen.)
A Smith 60'
6 84' Wylde Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 8,125
27 December 1982 20 Middlesbrough 1–1 Leicester City Middlesbrough
Bell 60' (pen.) 5 49'Lineker Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 12,665
28 December 1982 21 Leicester City 1–0 Barnsley Leicester
A Smith 6' Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 14,838
1 January 1983 22 Crystal Palace 0–1 Leicester City Croydon (London)
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 8,801
3 January 1983 23 Leicester City 3–0 Chelsea Leicester
Lineker
(2), A Smith
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 13,745
15 January 1983 24 Charlton Athletic 1–2 Leicester City Charlton (London)

Wilson Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 5,971
22 January 1983 25 Leicester City 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Leicester
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 8,361
5 February 1983 26 Carlisle United 1–0 Leicester City Brunton Park
MacDonald Attendance: 4,402
19 February 1983 27 Grimsby Town 0–2 Leicester City Blundell Park

Attendance: 6,963
22 February 1983 28 Leicester City 3–2 Shrewsbury Town Leicester
Lineker (2)

, Wilson

Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 6,155
26 February 1983 29 Leicester City 5–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester
Lynex

(2), A Smith,
Lineker,
Daly
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 13,530
5 March 1983 30 Leicester City 1–1 Derby County Leicester
Lynex Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 15,452
19 March 1983 31 Leicester City 4–0 Cambridge United Leicester
A Smith

(2), Lynex ( 0' (pen.)
Wilson
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 8,305
22 March 1983 32 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 Leicester City Sheffield

MacDonald,
A Smith
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 14,036
26 March 1983 33 Newcastle United 2–2 Leicester City Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Lineker
Stadium: St. James' Park
Attendance: 22,692
2 April 1983 34 Barnsley 1–2 Leicester City Oakwell
Wilson,
English
Attendance: 13,278
5 April 1983 35 Leicester City 1–0 Middlesbrough Leicester
O'Neill Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 12,025
9 April 1983 36 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 Leicester City Shepherd's Bush

Lineker , Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 16,301
16 April 1983 37 Leicester City 3–1 Rotherham United Leicester
Wilson,
Lineker (2),
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 12,978
23 April 1983 38 Fulham 0–1 Leicester City Fulham
Wilson Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 24,251
30 April 1983 39 Leicester City 0–0 Bolton Wanderers Leicester
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 13,959
2 May 1983 40 Leeds United 2–2 Leicester City Leeds

A Smith,
May
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 14,442
7 May 1983 41 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Leicester City Oldham
Jones,
Ramsey
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 9,088
14 May 1983 42 Leicester City 0–0 Burnley Leicester
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 29,453

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 1983 Notts County H 2–3 18,384 A Smith, Wilson

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st leg 6 October 1982 Lincoln City A 0–2 6,775
R2 2nd leg 27 October 1982 Lincoln City H 0–1 (lost 0–3 on agg) 10,000

Squad

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[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK England ENG Mark Wallington
- MF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Ramsey
- DF Scotland SCO Paul Friar
- MF Scotland SCO Kevin MacDonald
- DF England ENG Larry May
- DF Northern Ireland NIR John O'Neill
- MF England ENG Steve Lynex
- FW England ENG Gary Lineker
- FW England ENG Alan Smith
- FW Scotland SCO Jim Melrose
- DF Scotland SCO Bobby Smith
- MF Scotland SCO Eddie Kelly
No. Pos. Nation Player
- FW England ENG Tommy English
- MF Scotland SCO Ian Wilson
- DF Republic of Ireland IRL Jimmy Holmes
- FW England ENG Dave Buchanan
- DF England ENG Norman Leet
- DF Scotland SCO Tommy Williams
- DF England ENG Paul Brown
- FW England ENG Keith Robson
- MF Republic of Ireland IRL Gerry Daly (on loan from Coventry City)
- MF England ENG Andy Peake
- FW England ENG Robbie Jones

References

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  1. ^ "Leicester City results for the 1982-1983 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2012.