1983–84 Leicester City F.C. season

In the 1983–84 season, Leicester got off to the worst possible start with 6 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 East Midlands rivals 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	14	5	2	50	12	8	9	4	23	20	73	32	+41	80
2	Southampton	42	15	4	2	44	17	7	7	7	22	21	66	38	+28	77
3	Nottingham Forest	42	14	4	3	47	17	8	4	9	29	28	76	45	+31	74
4	Manchester United	42	14	3	4	43	18	6	11	4	28	23	71	41	+30	74
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	14	4	3	37	12	8	3	10	30	25	67	37	+30	73
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
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	4	6	31	24	6	6	9	33	41	64	65	–1	61
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

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

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
27 August 1983	Notts County	H	0–4	14,838
31 August 1983	Luton Town	H	0–3	11,929
3 September 1983	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–1	12,016
6 September 1983	West Ham United	A	1–3	22,131	Lineker
10 September 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–3	15,886
17 September 1983	Coventry City	A	1–2	12,377	Lineker
24 September 1983	Stoke City	H	2–2	10,215	Jones, Lineker
1 October 1983	Birmingham City	A	1–2	15,212	Lineker
19 October 1983	Norwich City	A	1–3	13,780	Eastoe
22 October 1983	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	14,944
29 October 1983	Everton	H	2–0	10,953	A Smith, Ramsey
5 November 1983	Watford	A	3–3	15,807	Lynex (2, 1 pen), Banks
12 November 1983	Manchester United	H	1–1	24,409	Lynex
19 November 1983	Aston Villa	A	1–3	19,024	Lynex (pen)
26 November 1983	Arsenal	H	3–0	14,777	Lineker, Lynex, A Smith
30 November 1983	Southampton	H	2–1	14,181	A Smith, Lineker
4 December 1983	Nottingham Forest	A	2–3	23,248	Jones, A Smith
10 December 1983	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5–1	10,969	Lineker, A Smith (3), Lynex
18 December 1983	Sunderland	A	1–1	16,993	Hazell
26 December 1983	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	17,460	Lineker, Lynex
27 December 1983	Liverpool	A	2–2	33,664	A Smith, Banks
31 December 1983	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	15,128	Lynex (pen)
2 January 1984	Stoke City	A	1–0	13,728	A Smith
14 January 1984	Notts County	A	5–2	10,607	MacDonald, Lineker (3), Peake
21 January 1984	Coventry City	H	1–1	16,262	Lineker
4 February 1984	Birmingham City	H	2–3	13,770	A Smith (2)
11 February 1984	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	28,410	Lineker (2)
25 February 1984	Ipswich Town	H	2–0	11,399	A Smith, O'Neill
3 March 1984	Watford	H	4–1	13,295	Peake (2), Lineker, A Smith
10 March 1984	Manchester United	A	0–2	39,473
17 March 1984	West Ham United	H	4–1	13,533	Hazell, Lynex (2, 1 pen), Lineker
20 March 1984	Everton	A	1–1	15,142	Lineker
24 March 1984	Luton Town	A	0–0	10,509
31 March 1984	Norwich City	H	2–1	11,278	A Smith (2)
7 April 1984	Southampton	A	2–2	17,455	Lineker (2)
14 April 1984	Aston Villa	H	2–0	13,366	O'Neill, Banks
18 April 1984	Liverpool	H	3–3	26,553	Peake, Lynex, Lineker
21 April 1984	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2	12,360
28 April 1984	Arsenal	A	1–2	24,143	Lineker
5 May 1984	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	16,600	Lynex, Lineker
7 May 1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	7,405
12 May 1984	Sunderland	H	0–2	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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Mark Wallington
-	MF	Paul Ramsey
-	DF	Bobby Smith
-	MF	Kevin MacDonald
-	MF	Ian Banks
-	DF	Larry May
-	DF	John O'Neill
-	MF	Steve Lynex
-	FW	Gary Lineker
-	FW	Alan Smith
-	FW	Robbie Jones

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Ian Wilson
-	MF	Andy Peake
-	DF	David Rennie
-	FW	Tommy English
-	GK	Mark Grew
-	DF	Tommy Williams
-	DF	Bob Hazell
-	FW	Peter Eastoe (on loan from West Brom)
-	DF	Andy Feeley
-	GK	Ian Andrews
-	MF	Rob Kelly

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1983-1984/results

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