Season 1983-84

The 1983–1984 season was the 84th completed season of The Football League.

Liverpool had a great 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.

A terrible season saw Cambridge United finish bottom of the Second Division and go down 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 dismal 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 welcome piece of good news 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.

Source: Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

Season 1983-84 matches (grid view)

	Liverpool		1:1	1:0	1:1	2:0	2:1	3:0	3:1	6:0	2:1	3:0	2:2	0:1	1:1	2:2	6:0	3:0	1:0	5:0	1:0	5:0	0:1
	Southampton	2:0		0:1	3:0	0:0	1:0	3:1	5:0	2:0	2:2	1:0	3:2	1:1	2:1	2:2	2:1	1:0	3:1	8:2	2:1	0:2	1:0
	Nottingham Forest	0:1	0:1		2:0	3:2	0:1	1:0	2:2	3:0	2:2	5:1	2:1	1:1	3:0	3:2	1:0	3:1	0:0	3:0	5:1	3:1	5:0
	Manchester United	1:0	3:2	1:2		3:1	4:0	0:1	4:2	0:0	1:2	4:1	1:2	2:1	0:0	2:0	2:0	3:0	1:0	4:1	1:0	3:3	3:0
	Queens Park Rangers	0:1	4:0	0:1	1:1		2:0	2:0	2:1	1:1	2:1	1:1	1:0	3:0	2:0	2:0	0:1	1:1	6:0	2:1	2:1	1:0	2:1
	Arsenal	0:2	2:2	4:1	2:3	0:2		2:1	3:2	3:3	1:1	3:1	4:1	1:2	3:0	2:1	2:1	0:1	3:1	0:1	1:1	1:1	4:1
	Everton	1:1	1:0	1:0	1:1	3:1	0:0		2:1	0:1	1:1	1:0	1:0	0:0	0:2	1:1	0:1	0:0	1:0	0:0	1:1	4:1	2:0
	Tottenham Hotspur	2:2	0:0	2:1	1:1	3:2	2:4	1:2		0:2	2:1	2:3	2:0	3:0	2:0	3:2	2:1	0:1	1:0	1:1	0:1	1:0	1:0
	West Ham United	1:3	0:1	1:2	1:1	2:2	3:1	0:1	4:1		0:1	2:4	2:1	0:1	0:0	3:1	3:1	1:0	3:0	5:2	4:0	3:0	1:1
	Aston Villa	1:3	1:0	1:0	0:3	2:1	2:6	0:2	0:0	1:0		2:1	4:0	1:0	1:0	3:1	0:0	4:3	1:1	2:0	1:0	3:1	4:0
	Watford	0:2	1:1	3:2	0:0	1:0	2:1	4:4	2:3	0:0	3:2		2:2	2:1	1:3	3:3	1:2	3:1	2:0	2:3	1:0	3:1	0:0
	Ipswich Town	1:1	0:3	2:2	0:2	0:2	1:0	3:0	3:1	0:3	2:1	0:0		1:0	2:0	0:0	3:0	3:4	5:0	3:1	1:2	1:0	3:1
	Sunderland	0:0	0:2	1:1	0:1	1:0	2:2	2:1	1:1	0:1	0:1	3:0	1:1		1:1	1:1	2:0	3:0	2:2	1:0	2:1	0:0	3:2
	Norwich City	0:1	1:0	2:3	3:3	0:3	1:1	1:1	2:1	1:0	3:1	6:1	0:0	3:0		3:1	0:0	2:0	2:2	0:0	1:1	0:1	3:0
	Leicester City	3:3	2:1	2:1	1:1	2:1	3:0	2:0	0:3	4:1	2:0	4:1	2:0	0:2	2:1		0:3	1:1	2:2	1:1	2:3	0:4	5:1
	Luton Town	0:0	3:1	2:3	0:5	0:0	1:2	0:3	2:4	0:1	1:0	1:2	2:1	4:1	2:2	0:0		2:0	0:1	2:4	1:1	3:2	4:0
	WBA	1:2	0:2	0:5	2:0	1:2	1:3	1:1	1:1	1:0	3:1	2:0	2:1	3:1	0:0	1:0	3:0		3:0	1:1	1:2	2:0	1:3
	Stoke City	2:0	1:1	1:1	0:1	1:2	1:0	1:1	1:1	3:1	1:0	0:4	1:0	2:1	2:0	0:1	2:4	3:1		1:3	2:1	1:0	4:0
	Coventry City	4:0	0:0	2:1	1:1	1:0	1:4	1:1	2:4	1:2	3:3	1:2	1:2	2:1	2:1	2:1	2:2	1:2	2:3		0:1	2:1	2:1
	Birmingham City	0:0	0:0	1:2	2:2	0:2	1:1	0:2	0:1	3:0	2:1	2:0	1:0	0:1	0:1	2:1	1:1	2:1	1:0	1:2		0:0	0:0
	Notts County	0:0	1:3	0:0	1:0	0:3	0:4	0:1	0:0	2:2	5:2	3:5	0:2	6:1	1:1	2:5	0:3	1:1	1:1	2:1	2:1		4:0
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1:1	0:1	1:0	1:1	0:4	1:2	3:0	2:3	0:3	1:1	0:5	0:3	0:0	2:0	1:0	1:2	0:0	0:0	0:0	1:1	0:1

Season matches ordered by date

1.		Liverpool
2.		Southampton
3.		Nottingham Forest
4.		Manchester United
5.		Queens Park Rangers
6.		Arsenal
7.		Everton
8.		Tottenham Hotspur
9.		West Ham United
10.		Aston Villa
11.		Watford
12.		Ipswich Town
13.		Sunderland
14.		Norwich City
15.		Leicester City
16.		Luton Town
17.		WBA
18.		Stoke City
19.		Coventry City
20.		Birmingham City
21.		Notts County
22.		Wolverhampton Wanderers

Full standing - Home, Away, Total

			Home						Away						Total
#	Club		T	W	D	L	GD	P	T	W	D	L	GD	P	T	W	D	L	GD	P
1.		Liverpool	21	14	5	2	50:12	0	21	8	9	4	23:20	0	42	22	14	6	73:32	80
2.		Southampton	21	15	4	2	44:17	0	21	7	7	7	22:21	0	42	22	11	9	66:38	77
3.		Nottingham Forest	21	14	4	3	47:17	0	21	8	4	9	29:28	0	42	22	8	12	76:45	74
4.		Manchester United	21	14	3	4	43:18	0	21	6	11	4	28:23	0	42	20	14	8	71:41	74
5.		Queens Park Rangers	21	14	4	3	37:12	0	21	8	3	10	30:25	0	42	22	7	13	67:37	73
6.		Arsenal	21	10	5	6	41:29	0	21	8	4	9	33:31	0	42	18	9	15	74:60	63
7.		Everton	21	9	9	3	21:12	0	21	7	5	9	23:30	0	42	16	14	12	44:42	62
8.		Tottenham Hotspur	21	11	4	6	31:24	0	21	6	6	9	33:41	0	42	17	10	15	64:65	61
9.		West Ham United	21	10	4	7	39:24	0	21	7	5	9	21:31	0	42	17	9	16	60:55	60
10.		Aston Villa	21	14	3	4	34:22	0	21	3	6	12	25:39	0	42	17	9	16	59:61	60
11.		Watford	21	9	7	5	36:31	0	21	7	2	12	32:46	0	42	16	9	17	68:77	57
12.		Ipswich Town	21	11	4	6	34:23	0	21	4	4	13	21:34	0	42	15	8	19	55:57	53
13.		Sunderland	21	8	9	4	26:18	0	21	5	4	12	16:35	0	42	13	13	16	42:53	52
14.		Norwich City	21	9	8	4	34:20	0	21	3	7	11	14:29	0	42	12	15	15	48:49	51
15.		Leicester City	21	11	5	5	40:30	0	21	2	7	12	25:38	0	42	13	12	17	65:68	51
16.		Luton Town	21	7	5	9	30:33	0	21	7	4	10	23:33	0	42	14	9	19	53:66	51
17.		WBA	21	10	4	7	30:25	0	21	4	5	12	18:37	0	42	14	9	19	48:62	51
18.		Stoke City	21	11	4	6	30:23	0	21	2	7	12	14:40	0	42	13	11	18	44:63	50
19.		Coventry City	21	8	5	8	33:33	0	21	5	6	10	24:44	0	42	13	11	18	57:77	50
20.		Birmingham City	21	7	7	7	19:18	0	21	5	5	11	20:32	0	42	12	12	18	39:50	48
21.		Notts County	21	6	7	8	31:36	0	21	4	4	13	19:36	0	42	10	11	21	50:72	41
22.		Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	4	8	9	15:28	0	21	2	3	16	12:52	0	42	6	11	25	27:80	29