1983–84 West Ham United F.C. season

English football team season March 2015 March 2015 West Ham United 1983–84 John Lyall Len Cearns Boleyn Ground First Division 9th FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Fourth round Tony Cottee (15) Cottee (19) _whiteborder _lightbluehorizontal _whiteborder 50b4ff 890909 50b4ff 1982–83 1984–85 The 1983–84 West Ham United F.C. season was West Ham's third in the First Division since their return at the end of the 1980–81 season. The club was managed by John Lyall and the team captain was Billy Bonds. Season summary The season started well for West Ham with them winning their first five games. They maintained good form until the end of 1983, when they were in third place in the league. They had not been lower than fifth place. A slump towards the end of the season saw them fall to their lowest place during the season, ninth place. Tony Cottee was the club's top scorer with 19 goals in all competitions. The next highest scorer was Dave Swindlehurst with 15. Steve Walford made the most appearances – 50 in all competitions. The season also saw the last game for West Ham by Trevor Brooking. In the League Cup, West Ham recorded their biggest win in the competition when they beat Bury 10–0 in the second round second leg, to win the tie 12–1 on aggregate. The game was watched by only 10,896 people, the club's lowest home attendance for 30 years.http://www.whufc.com/articles/20071018/perfect-ten-to-humble-bury_2236895_1328711 Perfect ten to humble Bury www.whufc.com 5 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140201180456/http://www.whufc.com/articles/20071018/perfect-ten-to-humble-bury_2236895_1328711 1 February 2014 thumb|right|190px|Leading scorer, Tony Cottee thumb|right|190px|Club captain, Billy Bonds League table 1983–84 Football League#First Division First Division y WHU Results West Ham United's score comes firsthttp://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=4&ham=1984&united=1st_Division_1983-84 Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - 1st Division 1983-84 www.westhamstats.info 5 March 2014 Legend WinDrawLoss Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 27 August 1983 Birmingham CityH4–019,729Martin, Cottee (2), Swindlehurst 29 August 1983 EvertonA1–020,999Walford 3 September 1983 Tottenham HotspurA2–038,042Whitton, Swindlehurst 6 September 1983 Leicester CityH3–122,131Walford, Cottee, Swindlehurst 10 September 1983 Coventry CityH5–223,077Whitton (2), Swindlehurst (3) 17 September 1983 West Bromwich AlbionA0–115,113 24 September 1983 Notts CountyH3–020,613Stewart, Goddard, Brooking 1 October 1983 Stoke CityA1–313,643Stewart 15 October 1983 LiverpoolH1–332,535Devonshire 22 October 1983 Norwich CityH0–018,958 28 October 1983 WatfordA0–014,559 5 November 1983 Ipswich TownH2–120,682Swindlehurst (2) 12 November 1983 Wolverhampton WanderersA3–012,062Cottee, Swindlehurst, Brooking 19 November 1983 SunderlandA1–019,921Swindlehurst 27 November 1983 Manchester UnitedH1–123,255Swindlehurst 3 December 1983 Aston VillaA0–121,297 10 December 1983 ArsenalH3–125,118Brooking, Whyte (og), Pike 17 December 1983 Nottingham ForestA0–314,440 26 December 1983 SouthamptonH0–122,221 27 December 1983 Luton TownA1–016,343Cottee 31 December 1983 Tottenham HotspurH4–130,939Stewart, Martin, Cottee, Brooking 2 January 1984 Notts CountyA2–28,667Stewart, Swindlehurst 14 January 1984 Birmingham CityA0–310,334 21 January 1984 West Bromwich AlbionH1–017,213Cottee 4 February 1984 Stoke CityH3–018,775Stewart, Cottee, Barnes 7 February 1984 Queens Park RangersA1–120,102Cottee 11 February 1984 Coventry CityA2–113,290Cottee, Bamber (og) 21 February 1984 WatfordH2–421,263Barnes, Swindlehurst 25 February 1984 Norwich CityA0–115,937 3 March 1984 Ipswich TownA3–017,384Hilton, Cottee, Butcher (og) 10 March 1984 Wolverhampton WanderersH1–118,111Cottee 17 March 1984 Leicester CityA1–413,533Stewart 31 March 1984 Queens Park RangersH2–221,099Cottee, Pike 7 April 1984 LiverpoolA0–638,369 14 April 1984 SunderlandH0–116,558 17 April 1984 Luton TownH3–115,430Martin, Cottee (2) 21 April 1984 SouthamptonA0–220,846 28 April 1984 Manchester UnitedA0–044,124 5 May 1984 Aston VillaH0–117,393 7 May 1984 ArsenalA3–333,347Hilton, Whitton (2) 12 May 1984 Nottingham ForestH1–218,458Stewart 14 May 1984 EvertonH0–125,452 FA Cup 1983–84 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR37 January 1984 Wigan AthleticH1–016,000StewartR428 January 1984 Crystal PalaceA1–127,590SwindlehurstR4 Replay31 January 1984 Crystal PalaceH2–027,127Barnes, PikeR5 18 February 1984 Birmingham CityA0–329,570 League Cup 1983–84 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 First Leg4 October 1983 BuryA2–115,894Orr, GoddardR2 Second Leg25 October 1983 BuryH10–0 (12–1 on agg)10,896Stewart, Martin, Devonshire (2), Cottee (4), Brooking (2)R38 November 1983 Brighton and Hove AlbionH1–017,082SwindlehurstR430 November 1983 EvertonH2–219,702Mountfield (og) 34', Pike 87'R46 December 1983 EvertonA0–221,607 Squad yes yes ENG MF Paul Allen yes ENG MF Bobby Barnes yes ENG DF Billy Bonds captain yes ENG MF Trevor Brooking yes ENG DF Paul Brush yes ENG FW Tony Cottee yes ENG MF Alan Devonshire yes ENG MF Alan Dickens yes ENG MF Warren Donald yes ENG FW Paul Goddard yes ENG DF Paul Hilton yes yes ENG DF Frank Lampard yes ENG DF Alvin Martin yes SCO DF Neil Orr yes ENG GK Phil Parkes yes ENG MF Geoff Pike yes SCO DF Ray Stewart yes ENG FW Dave Swindlehurst yes ENG DF Steve Walford yes ENG FW Steve Whitton References Category:West Ham United F.C. seasons West Ham United West Ham United West Ham United