1983–84 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season April 2026 April 2026 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1983–84 Derek Dougan Graham Hawkins (until April 1984)Jim Barron (caretaker) Molineux Football League First Division 22nd (relegated) Milk Cup Second round FA Cup Third round Wayne Clarke (6) Wayne Clarke (9) 26,249 v Liverpool (Division One, 27 August 1983) 6,611 v Ipswich Town (Division One, 21 April 1984) 12,478 3–0 v Everton (H), Division One, 27 December 1983 0–5 v Nottingham Forest (A), Division One, 5 November 19830–5 v Watford (H), Division One, 3 December 1983 1982–83 1984–85 The 1983–84 season was the 85th of competitive league football in the history of Wolverhampton Wanderers. Following promotion to the First Division the previous season, they suffered an immediate relegation back to the Second Division, finishing bottom of the table with only six wins all season. Squad Substitute appearances indicated in brackets Pos.Nat.NameLeagueMilk CupFA CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENGPaul Bradshaw1002000120GKENGJohn Burridge3200030350DFENGMike Bennett60200080DFENGMark Buckland13(2)0200013(2)0DFENGBobby Coy50200070DFENGAlan Dodd4102030460DFENGJohn Humphrey2802030330DFENGGeoff Palmer27(3)1103031(3)1DFIREJohn Pender3410030371DFSCOGraham Rodger10000010DFSCOGordon Smith1111000121DFENGStuart Watkiss20000020MFIREMartin Bayly70000070MFSCOAndy Blair (on loan from Aston Villa)1000000100MFENGPaul Butler0(3)00(1)0000(4)0MFENGIan Cartwright1600000160MFSCODanny Crainie27(1)3003030(1)3MFENGPeter Daniel1901030230MFENGPaul Dougherty50000050MFENGKenny Hibbitt19(4)0200021(4)0MFSCOBilly Kellock30000030MFENGSteve Mardenborough910(1)00(1)09(2)1MFENGMick Matthews20100030MFENGDale Rudge15(4)0100016(4)0MFENGTony Towner25(6)2103029(6)0MFENGDave Wintersgill1(1)000001(1)0FWENGWayne Clarke29(2)6223134(2)9FWENGMel Eves14(1)3103118(1)4FWSCOAndy Gray921000102FWENGJoe Jackson10000010FWENGBilly Livingstone11(2)1000011(2)1FWSCOScott McGarvey (on loan from Manchester United)1320000132FWNIRSammy Troughton1720030202 Rothmans 1984-85 394–396 First Division First Division y WOL Results First Division 1983–84 Football League 1 27 August 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 D Liverpool Palmer 2 pen. Rush 46 Molineux Wolverhampton 26,249 2 29 August 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 L Arsenal Clarke 3 Nicholas 25 81 pen. Molineux Wolverhampton 18,571 3 3 September 1983 Norwich City 3–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Bertschin 4Deehan 10 89 Carrow Road Norwich 13,713 4 7 September 1983 Sunderland 3–2 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Rowell 18 pen.Daniel57 o.g.Atkinson 75 Towner 81Eves87 Roker Park Sunderland 12,961 5 10 September 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 D Birmingham City Eves 9 Wright 29 pen. Molineux Wolverhampton 15,933 6 17 September 1983 Luton Town 4–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Walsh 24Stein 51Moss 64Horton 78 Kenilworth Road Luton 10,978 7 24 September 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4 L Queens Park Rangers Gregory 9Allen 10 69Stainrod 39 Molineux Wolverhampton 11,511 8 1 October 1983 Southampton 1–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Worthington 83 The Dell Southampton 16,589 9 15 October 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 L Tottenham Hotspur Gray 16 83 Archibald 13 38Falco 53 Molineux Wolverhampton 12,523 10 23 October 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 D Aston Villa Clarke 52 Withe 32 Molineux Wolverhampton 13,202 11 29 October 1983 Manchester United 3–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Stapleton 5 44Robson 30 Old Trafford Stretford 41,880 12 5 November 1983 Nottingham Forest 5–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Birtles 5Davenport 15 pen.Walsh 55Hodge 59 62 City Ground West Bridgford 13,855 13 12 November 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–3 L West Ham United Brooking 5Swindlehurst 58Cottee 90 Molineux Wolverhampton 12,062 14 19 November 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 D Coventry City Molineux Wolverhampton 11,419 15 26 November 1983 West Bromwich Albion 1–3 W Wolverhampton Wanderers Thompson 88 Crainie 51 54Clarke 72 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 17,947 16 3 December 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–5 L Watford Johnston 13 19 21Reilly 58 64 Molineux Wolverhampton 11,905 17 10 December 1983 Leicester City 5–1 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Lineker 22A. Smith 25 35 43Lynex 81 Clarke 33 Filbert Street Leicester 10,965 18 17 December 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 D Stoke City Molineux Wolverhampton 8,677 19 26 December 1983 Ipswich Town 3–1 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Mariner 10O'Callaghan 49McCall 64 Clarke 62 pen. Portman Road Ipswich 14,477 20 27 December 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 W Everton Eves 20Clarke 73Crainie 83 Molineux Wolverhampton 12,761 21 31 December 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 W Norwich City Troughton 52Towner 75 Molineux Wolverhampton 10,725 22 2 January 1984 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Wicks 69Gregory 71 Dawes 84 o.g. Loftus Road London 12,875 23 14 January 1984 Liverpool 0–1 W Wolverhampton Wanderers Mardenborough 10 Anfield Liverpool 23,325 24 21 January 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 L Luton Town Pender 35 Parker 2Walsh 87 Molineux Wolverhampton 11,594 25 4 February 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 L Southampton Moran 63 Molineux Wolverhampton 9,943 26 11 February 1984 Birmingham City 0–0 D Wolverhampton Wanderers St Andrew's Birmingham 14,319 27 18 February 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 D Manchester United Troughton 14 Whiteside 80 Molineux Wolverhampton 20,676 28 25 February 1984 Aston Villa 4–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Withe 22 60Birch 61Walters 89 Villa Park Birmingham 18,257 29 3 March 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 W Nottingham Forest Hart 89 o.g. Molineux Wolverhampton 10,476 30 10 March 1984 West Ham United 1–1 D Wolverhampton Wanderers Cottee 29 McGarvey 22 Upton Park London 18,111 31 17 March 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 D Sunderland Molineux Wolverhampton 9,111 32 24 March 1984 Arsenal 4–1 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Woodcock 26Rix 34Nicholas 60 pen.Robson 84 McGarvey 71 Highbury London 18,612 33 31 March 1984 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Hazard 34 White Hart Lane London 19,296 34 7 April 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 L Notts County Hunt 38 Molineux Wolverhampton 7,481 35 14 April 1984 Coventry City 2–1 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Daly 6 pen.Ferguson 87 Livingstone 41 Highfield Road Coventry 8,246 36 21 April 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–3 L Ipswich Town d'Avray 29Osman 39Sunderland 89 Molineux Wolverhampton 6,611 37 23 April 1984 Everton 2–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Gray 40Steven 71 Goodison Park Liverpool 17,185 38 28 April 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 D West Bromwich Albion Molineux Wolverhampton 13,208 39 1 May 1984 Notts County 4–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Chiedozie 6Christie 20 88Hunt 54 Meadow Lane Nottingham 5,378 40 5 May 1984 Watford 0–0 D Wolverhampton Wanderers Vicarage Road Watford 13,534 41 7 May 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 W Leicester City Smith 5 Molineux Wolverhampton 7,405 42 12 May 1984 Stoke City 4–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Maguire 19 42 49 pen. 89 pen. Victoria Ground Stoke-on-Trent 18,977 wolvescompletehistory.co.uk - 1983/84 First Division Milk Cup 1983–84 Football League Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg 4 October 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 L Preston North End Clarke 2 43 Hinnigan 24 63Naughton 61 Molineux Wolverhampton 7,790 2nd Round 2nd Leg 25 October 1983 Preston North End 1–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Elliott 65 Deepdale Preston 8,857 FA Cup 1983–84 FA Cup 3rd Round 7 January 1984 Coventry City 1–1 D Wolverhampton Wanderers Withey 6 Clarke 16 Highfield Road Coventry 15,817 3rd Round Replay 10 January 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 D yes Coventry City Eves 69 Peake 85 Molineux Wolverhampton 19,204 3rd Round 2nd Replay 16 January 1984 Coventry City 3–0 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Withey 24 67Hunt 43 Highfield Road Coventry 18,003 References Bibliography Rothmans 1984-85 Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984-85 (Editor: Peter Dunk) Queen Anne Press London 0-356-10446-X Category:Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. seasons Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.