1981–82 Leicester City F.C. season

1981–82 season of Leicester City February 2015 February 2015 Leicester City 1981–82 Jock Wallace Terry Shipman Second Division 8th FA Cup Semi-finals League Cup Third round Lineker (17) Lineker (19) 14,183 _chelsea1977h _chelsea1977h _chelsea1977h 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 1980–81 1982–83 During the 1981–82 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division. Season summary In the 1981–82 season where the Football League decided to increase the points total on a win to three instead of two points, Leicester's start was inconsistent but during the last couple of months of the campaign, the Foxes revived strongly and finished in eighth. At the end of the season, Wallace left to join Motherwell. Competitions Division Two 1981–82 Football League#Second Division League table Second Division y LEI Position by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A Result D/W/W/L/L/D/W/D/W/D/L/D/W/L/L/W/D/D/D/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/D/D/W/W/D/W/L/W/L/L/D/L Position 11/7/6/11/11/11/7/8/11/8/6/11/10/9/9/14/14/9/12/14/12/13/13/12/12/10/10/11/7/7/8/10/7/5/4/4/8/6/8/8/8/8 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Division Two Champions, Promoted to 1982–83 Football League Division One blue2 Promoted to 1982–83 Football League Division One red1 Relegated to Division Three complete https://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/matches/season/1982/ September 2023 Leicester City's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1981-1982/results Leicester City results for the 1981-1982 season - Statto.com 14 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150610204855/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1981-1982/results 10 June 2015 live dmy-all Matches 29 August 1981 1 Grimsby Town 2–2 Leicester City Cleethorpes Blundell Park 11,032 Kilmore 27 Drinkell 47 16 Lineker72 Melrose D 2 5 September 1981 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Wrexham 1–0 12,905 Hamill 62 W 3 8 September 1981 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Barnsley 1–0 15,447 Hamill W 4 12 September 1981 Derby County Leicester City 1–3 Derby Baseball Ground 16,046 Hector 5 Buckley 30 Ramage 44 63 Melrose L 5 19 September 1981 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Luton Town 1–2 14,159 Lynex 38 pen 46, 52 White L 6 22 September 1981 Rotherham United 1–1 Leicester City Rotherham Millmoor 7,781 May D 7 26 September 1981 Blackburn Rovers Leicester City 2–0 Blackburn Ewood Park 8,925 39 May73 Melrose W 8 3 October 1981 Leicester City 1–1 Crystal Palace Lineker 82 51 Hilaire Leicester Filbert Street 12,558 D 9 10 October 1981 Bolton Wanderers 0–3 Leicester City Bolton Burnden Park 7,361 45 73Melrose 75 Young W 10 16 October 1981 Leicester City 1–1 Chelsea Leicester Filbert Street 18,358 Melrose 30 26 Fillery D 11 24 October 1981 Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Leicester City Shepherd's Bush (West London) Loftus Road 12,419 Stainrod 28 Gregory 79 L 12 31 October 1981 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 19,125 D 13 7 November 1981 Charlton Athletic Leicester City 1–4 Charlton (Southeast London) The Valley 8,212 Walsh 42 31 Melrose77 pen Lynex 82, 83 Lineker W 14 14 November 1981 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Orient 0–1 11,733 L 82 McNeil 15 21 November 1981 Cardiff City Leicester City 1–3 Cardiff Ninian Park 6,687 L Micallef 72 Bennett 85 Stevens 88 87 Welsh 16 28 November 1981 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Cambridge United 4–1 9,524 W Lynex 3 Hebberd 46 Peake 50 Lineker 64 65 Christie 17 5 December 1981 Norwich City Leicester City 0–0 Norwich Carrow Road 12,768 D 18 12 December 1981 GMT Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Watford 1–1 10,340 Lineker D 19 28 December 1981 GMT Oldham Athletic Leicester City 1–1 Oldham Boundary Park 9,174 D Lynex 20 30 January 1982 GMT Luton Town Leicester City 1–2 Luton Kenilworth Road 11,810 L White 13 Donaghy 67 52 Lineker 21 6 February 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Derby County 2–1 14,132 W Lynex 71 pen Lineker 85 75 Emson 22 20 February 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Blackburn Rovers 1–0 11,667 W Peake 43 23 27 February 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Bolton Wanderers 1–0 10,678 W Lynex 89 pen 24 2 March 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Newcastle United 3–0 12,497 W Young Lineker , 25 9 March 1982 Chelsea Leicester City 4–1 Fulham (West London) Stamford Bridge 10,586 L Hales 3 Locke 50 Mayes 80, 83 57 pen Lynex 26 13 March 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Queens Park Rangers 3–2 17,821 W Lynex 0 pen Young Melrose 27 17 March 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Rotherham United 1–0 21,123 W Melrose 81 28 20 March 1982 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Leicester City Sheffield Hillsborough 18,962 L Bannister 68 Pearson 87 29 23 March 1982 Crystal Palace 0–2 Leicester City Croydon (South London) Selhurst Park 9,506 W Lynex Lineker 30 27 March 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Charlton Athletic 3–1 13,681 W Hales 36 70, 81 Young 77 MacDonald 31 30 March 1982 Shrewsbury Town Leicester City 1–1 Shrewsbury Gay Meadow 5,340 Lineker D 32 10 April 1982 Newcastle United Leicester City 0–0 Newcastle-upon-Tyne St. James' Park 25,777 D 33 13 April 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Oldham Athletic 2–1 14,298 W Melrose Lineker 34 17 April 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Cardiff City 3–1 13,650 W Lineker 1, 78 Lynex 51 40 Kitchen 35 20 April 1982 Wrexham Leicester City 0–0 Wrexham Racecourse Ground 4,913 D 36 24 April 1982 Cambridge United Leicester City 1–2 Cambridge Abbey Stadium 7,212 W Fallon 84 7 Lineker89 Welsh 37 1 May 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Norwich City 1–4 19,630 L May 88 Deehan 23 Barham 47 Bertschin 53 Leet 66 o.g. 38 4 May 1982 Barnsley Leicester City 0–2 Barnsley Oakwell Stadium 15,418 W Welsh Lineker 39 8 May 1982 Watford Leicester City 3–1 Watford Vicarage Road 20,859 L Barnes 7, 38 Blissett 34 76 Melrose 40 12 May 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Grimsby Town 1–2 13,941 L Welsh 0 pen 41 15 May 1982 Leicester City Leicester Filbert Street Shrewsbury Town 0–0 11,368 D 18 May 1982 Orient Leicester City 3–0 Leyton (East London) Brisbane Road 2,107 L 42 FA Cup 1981–82 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR32 January 1982 SouthamptonH3–120,589Young (2), LinekerR423 January 1982 Hereford UnitedA1–010,602MayR513 February 1982 WatfordH2–027,991O'Neill, Terry (own goal)QF6 March 1982 Shrewsbury TownH5–229,117May, Melrose (2), Lineker, Cross (own goal)SF3 April 1982 Tottenham HotspurN0–246,606 League Cup 1981–82 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st leg 6 October 1981 Preston North EndA0–15,382R2 2nd leg 28 October 1981 Preston North EndH4–0 (won 4-1 on agg)7,685Robson, Lynex, Melrose, O'Riordan (own goal)R311 November 1981 Aston VillaH0–019,806R3R25 November 1981 Aston VillaA0–223,136 Squad yes yes ENG GK Mark Wallington yes SCO DF Tommy Williams yes NIR DF John O'Neill yes ENG DF Larry May yes SCO DF Paul Friar yes ENG MF Steve Lynex yes SCO MF Ian Wilson yes ENG MF Andy Peake yes ENG FW Gary Lineker yes SCO FW Alan Young yes SCO MF Kevin MacDonald yes SCO FW Jim Melrose yes yes ENG DF Norman Leet yes SCO MF Eddie Kelly yes NIR MF Paul Ramsey yes ENG FW Keith Robson yes ENG DF Geoff Scott yes SCO DF Billy Gibson yes SCO DF Peter Welsh yes SCO GK Nicky Walker yes ENG MF Trevor Hebberd on loan from Southampton yes SCO DF Bobby Smith yes SCO MF Stewart Hamill yes ENG FW Dave Buchanan References Category:Leicester City F.C. seasons Leicester City