1983–84 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
1983–84 season
ChairmanTerry Shipman
ManagerGordon Milne
First Division15th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLineker (22)
Average home league attendance14,923

During the 1983–84 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1983–84 season, Leicester had a poor start with six successive league defeats which represented the Foxes' worst start to a season and labelled them as early relegation favourites. After going out of the League Cup though, their form picked up with only 2 defeats in their next 15 league games from the end of October until the end of January. Their relegation worries were formally avoided when Leicester beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 at Filbert Street on 5 May with 2 games to spare and the Foxes finished the season in a fairly comfortable 15th place.

Final league table

Main article: 1983–84 Football League § First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Sunderland 42 13 13 16 42 53 −11 52
14 Norwich City 42 12 15 15 48 49 −1 51
15 Leicester City 42 13 12 17 65 68 −3 51
16 Luton Town 42 14 9 19 53 66 −13 51
17 West Bromwich Albion 42 14 9 19 48 62 −14 51
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Leicester City's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss
27 August 1983 1 Leicester City 0–4 Notts County Leicester
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 14,838
31 August 1983 2 Leicester City 0–3 Luton Town Leicester
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 11,929
3 September 1983 3 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Leicester City West Bromwich
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 12,016
6 September 1983 4 West Ham United 3–1 Leicester City Upton Park
Lineker Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 22,131
10 September 1983 5 Leicester City 0–3 Tottenham Hotspur Leicester
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 15,886
17 September 1983 6 Coventry City 2–1 Leicester City Coventry
Lineker Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 12,377
24 September 1983 7 Leicester City 2–2 Stoke City Leicester
Jones, Lineker Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 10,215
1 October 1983 8 Birmingham City 2–1 Leicester City Birmingham
Lineker Attendance: 15,212
19 October 1983 9 Norwich City 3–1 Leicester City Norwich
Eastoe Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,780
22 October 1983 10 Ipswich Town 0–0 Leicester City Ipswich Town
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 14,944
29 October 1983 11 Leicester City 2–0 Everton Leicester
A Smith, Ramsey Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 10,953
5 November 1983 12 Watford 3–3 Leicester City Watford
Lynex (2, 1 pen), Banks Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 15,807
12 November 1983 13 Leicester City 1–1 Manchester United Leicester
Lynex Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 24,409
19 November 1983 14 Aston Villa 3–1 Leicester City Birmingham
Lynex (pen) Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 19,024
26 November 1983 15 Leicester City 3–0 Arsenal Leicester
Lineker, Lynex, A Smith Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 14,777
30 November 1983 16 Leicester City 2–1 Southampton Leicester
A Smith, Lineker Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 14,181
4 December 1983 17 Nottingham Forest 3–2 Leicester City Nottingham
Jones, A Smith Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,248
10 December 1983 18 Leicester City 5–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester
Lineker, A Smith (3), Lynex Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 10,969
18 December 1983 19 Sunderland 1–1 Leicester City Sunderland
Hazell Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 16,993
26 December 1983 20 Leicester City 2–1 Queens Park Rangers Leicester
Lineker, Lynex Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 17,460
27 December 1983 21 Liverpool 2–2 Leicester City Liverpool
A Smith, Banks Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 33,664
31 December 1983 22 Leicester City 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Leicester
Lynex (pen) Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 15,128
2 January 1984 23 Stoke City 0–1 Leicester City Stoke-on-Trent]
A Smith Attendance: 13,728
14 January 1984 24 Notts County 2–5 Leicester City Nottingham
MacDonald, Lineker (3), Peake Attendance: 10,607
21 January 1984 25 Leicester City 1–1 Coventry City Leicester
Lineker Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 16,262
4 February 1984 26 Leicester City 2–3 Birmingham City  
A Smith (2)
11 February 1984 27 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Leicester City Tottenham
Lineker (2) Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 28,410
25 February 1984 28 Leicester City 2–0 Ipswich Town Leicester
A Smith, O'Neill Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 11,399
3 March 1984 29 Leicester City 4–1 Watford Leicester
Peake (2), Lineker, A Smith Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 13,295
10 March 1984 30 Manchester United 2–0 Leicester City Greater Manchester
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 39,473
17 March 1984 31 Leicester City 4–1 West Ham United Leicester
Hazell, Lynex (2, 1 pen), Lineker Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 13,533
20 March 1984 32 Everton 1–1 Leicester City Walton
Lineker Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 15,142
24 March 1984 33 Luton Town 0–0 Leicester City Luton
Attendance: 10,509
31 March 1984 34 Leicester City 2–1 Norwich City Leicester
A Smith (2) Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 11,278
7 April 1984 35 Southampton 2–2 Leicester City Southampton
Lineker (2) Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 17,455
14 April 1984 36 Leicester City 2–0 Aston Villa Leicester
O'Neill, Banks Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 13,366
18 April 1984 37 Leicester City 3–3 Liverpool Leicester
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 26,553
21 April 1984 38 Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Leicester City Shepherd's Bush
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,360
28 April 1984 39 Arsenal 2–1 Leicester City Islington
Lineker Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 24,143
5 May 1984 40 Leicester City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Leicester
Lynex, Lineker Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 16,600
7 May 1984 41 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Leicester City
Attendance: 7,405
12 May 1984 42 Leicester City 0–2 Sunderland Leicester
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 12,627

FA Cup

Main article: 1983–84 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 7 January 1984 Crystal Palace A 0–1 11,497

League Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st leg 5 October 1983 Chelsea H 0–2 7,798
R2 2nd leg 25 October 1983 Chelsea A 2–0 (lost 3-4 on pens) 15,666 A Smith, English

Squad

[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 Bobby Smith
- MF Scotland SCO Kevin MacDonald
- MF England ENG Ian Banks
- 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 England ENG Robbie Jones
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF Scotland SCO Ian Wilson
- MF England ENG Andy Peake
- DF Scotland SCO David Rennie
- FW England ENG Tommy English
- GK England ENG Mark Grew
- DF Scotland SCO Tommy Williams
- DF England ENG Bob Hazell
- FW England ENG Peter Eastoe (on loan from West Brom)
- DF England ENG Andy Feeley
- GK England ENG Ian Andrews
- MF England ENG Rob Kelly

References

  1. ^ "Leicester City results for the 1983-1984 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 November 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.