1983–84 Leicester City F.C. season

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

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

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

Football League First Division
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
27 August 1983Notts CountyH0–414,838
31 August 1983Luton TownH0–311,929
3 September 1983West Bromwich AlbionA0–112,016
6 September 1983West Ham UnitedA1–322,131Lineker
10 September 1983Tottenham HotspurH0–315,886
17 September 1983Coventry CityA1–212,377Lineker
24 September 1983Stoke CityH2–210,215Jones, Lineker
1 October 1983Birmingham CityA1–215,212Lineker
19 October 1983Norwich CityA1–313,780Eastoe
22 October 1983Ipswich TownA0–014,944
29 October 1983EvertonH2–010,953A Smith, Ramsey
5 November 1983WatfordA3–315,807Lynex (2, 1 pen), Banks
12 November 1983Manchester UnitedH1–124,409Lynex
19 November 1983Aston VillaA1–319,024Lynex (pen)
26 November 1983ArsenalH3–014,777Lineker, Lynex, A Smith
30 November 1983SouthamptonH2–114,181A Smith, Lineker
4 December 1983Nottingham ForestA2–323,248Jones, A Smith
10 December 1983Wolverhampton WanderersH5–110,969Lineker, A Smith (3), Lynex
18 December 1983SunderlandA1–116,993Hazell
26 December 1983Queens Park RangersH2–117,460Lineker, Lynex
27 December 1983LiverpoolA2–233,664A Smith, Banks
31 December 1983West Bromwich AlbionH1–115,128Lynex (pen)
2 January 1984Stoke CityA1–013,728A Smith
14 January 1984Notts CountyA5–210,607MacDonald, Lineker (3), Peake
21 January 1984Coventry CityH1–116,262Lineker
4 February 1984Birmingham CityH2–313,770A Smith (2)
11 February 1984Tottenham HotspurA2–328,410Lineker (2)
25 February 1984Ipswich TownH2–011,399A Smith, O'Neill
3 March 1984WatfordH4–113,295Peake (2), Lineker, A Smith
10 March 1984Manchester UnitedA0–239,473
17 March 1984West Ham UnitedH4–113,533Hazell, Lynex (2, 1 pen), Lineker
20 March 1984EvertonA1–115,142Lineker
24 March 1984Luton TownA0–010,509
31 March 1984Norwich CityH2–111,278A Smith (2)
7 April 1984SouthamptonA2–217,455Lineker (2)
14 April 1984Aston VillaH2–013,366O'Neill, Banks
18 April 1984LiverpoolH3–326,553Peake, Lynex, Lineker
21 April 1984Queens Park RangersA0–212,360
28 April 1984ArsenalA1–224,143Lineker
5 May 1984Nottingham ForestH2–116,600Lynex, Lineker
7 May 1984Wolverhampton WanderersA0–17,405
12 May 1984SunderlandH0–212,627

FA Cup
Main article: 1983–84 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R37 January 1984Crystal PalaceA0–111,497

League Cup
Main article: 1983–84 Football League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st leg5 October 1983ChelseaH0–27,798
R2 2nd leg25 October 1983ChelseaA2–0 (lost 3-4 on pens)15,666A Smith, English

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. 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.
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