1982–83 Leicester City F.C. season

1982–83 season of Leicester City February 2015 February 2015 Leicester City 1982–83 Gordon Milne Terry Shipman Second Division 3rd (promoted) FA Cup Third round League Cup Second round Lineker (26) 12,819 _whiteborder _whitecollar_trineck _whiteborder 000040 000040 000040 1981–82 1983–84 During the 1982–83 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division. Season summary In August 1982, Gordon Milne left Coventry City to join Leicester as their new boss. The 1982–83 season didn't start well for the Foxes with just 6 wins in their first 16 league games which saw Leicester in 15th and looked like their promotion challenge was over. Then from December onwards until the end of the season, Leicester lost only 4 league games during their impressive league form and finished the season unbeaten in 15 league matches. Heading to the final league game, Leicester were ahead of Fulham on goal difference knowing a slip up would see the Cottagers leapfrog them to automatic promotion. With Leicester only holding relegated Burnley to a 0–0 draw at home, it gave Fulham a chance to do so at Derby County but with only a win required. An incident involving a spectator and a Fulham player led to the game being abandoned 2 minutes away from the 90 minute mark with Fulham losing 1–0 at the Baseball Ground. An enquiry from the Football League was held for a few days and they decided eventually the result from the Derby-Fulham game would stand which meant the Foxes were promoted after 2 seasons in the second tier. Competitions Football League Division Two 1982–83 Football League#Second Division League Table Second Division y LEI Leicester City's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1982-1983/results Leicester City results for the 1982-1983 season - Statto.com 12 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035204/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1982-1983/results 4 March 2016 live dmy-all WinDrawLoss 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 L/W/D/L/W/L/L/W/W/W/W/L/L/D/L/L/W/W/W/D/W/L/W/L/L/W/L/W/W/D/W/D/D/W/W/D/W/W/D/D/W/D Position 16/5/8/12/9/11/13/11/7/6/7/7/8/8/12/15/10/9/6/5/4/5/4/5/5/4/6/5/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/3/3/3 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Division Two Champions, Promoted to 1983–84 Football League Division One blue2 Promoted to 1983–84 Football League Division One red1 Relegated to Division Three complete https://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/matches/season/1983/ September 2023 Matches 28 August 1982 1 Leicester City Charlton Athletic 1–2 11,038 B Smith 27 Walker50 Walker Leicester Filbert Street L 31 August 1982 2 Rotherham United Leicester City 3–1 9,254 Gow 44 Melrose 10 A Smith,48 Lineker88 Rotherham Millmoor W 4 September 1982 3 15:00 Chelsea Leicester City 1–1 14,127 Droy 50 Lineker85 Fulham Stamford Bridge Axcell D 8 September 1982 4 Leicester City Leeds United 0–1 12,963 73 Butterworth Leicester Filbert Street L 11 September 1982 5 Leicester City Carlisle United 6–0 8,440 Lynex23 pen2583 pen Lineker47,69,87 pen Leicester Filbert Street W 18 September 1982 6 Blackburn Rovers Leicester City 1–3 4,963 Garner 16Bell 70Barton 84 A Smith82 Blackburn Ewood Park L 25 September 1982 7 Leicester City Queens Park Rangers 0–1 10,647 67 O'Neill Leicester Filbert Street L 2 October 1982 8 Shrewsbury Town Leicester City 2–0 5,223 MacDonald 35 O'Neill56 Shrewsbury Gay Meadow W 9 October 1982 9 Leicester City Grimsby Town 2–0 7 9,640 Lynex,59 Lineker70 Leicester Filbert Street W 16 October 1982 10 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester City 3–0 6 15,782 Wilson,30 Lineker,34 English89 Wolverhampton Molineux W 23 October 1982 11 Derby County Leicester City 4–0 7 13,191 Lineker2481 Lineker89 Lineker A Smith51 Derby Baseball Ground W 30 October 1982 12 Leicester City Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 7 17,341 10 Mirosevic87 Shelton Leicester Filbert Street L 6 November 1982 13 Cambridge United Leicester City 1–3 8 5,011 Lockhart 19Reilly 27Finney 34 Lineker11 Cambridge Abbey Stadium L 13 November 1982 14 Leicester City Newcastle United 2–2 8 15,044 English 43 Lineker61 17,72 Kevin Keegan Leicester Filbert Street D 20 November 1982 15 Leicester City Crystal Palace 0–1 12 8,616 65 Mabbutt Leicester Filbert Street L 27 November 1982 16 Bolton Wanderers Leicester City 1–3 15 5,060 Wilson68 Foster 26Doyle 43Thompson 52 Bolton Burnden Park L 4 December 1982 17 Leicester City Fulham 2–0 10 9,082 Buchanan,80 Lineker86 Leicester Filbert Street W 11 December 1982 18 Burnley Leicester City 4–2 9 6,503 Steven 11Taylor 50 Lineker 40 Lynex54 pen A Smith 7074 Turf Moor W 18 December 1982 19 Leicester City Oldham Athletic 2–1 6 8,125 MacDonald 56 penA Smith60 84 Wylde Leicester Filbert Street W 27 December 1982 20 Middlesbrough Leicester City 1–1 5 12,665 Bell 60 pen 49Lineker Middlesbrough Ayresome Park D 28 December 1982 21 Leicester City Barnsley 1–0 14,838 A Smith6 Leicester Filbert Street W 1 January 1983 22 Crystal Palace Leicester City 0–1 8,801 Croydon (London) Selhurst Park L 3 January 1983 23 Leicester City Chelsea H 3–0 13,745 Lineker (2), A Smith Leicester Filbert Street W 15 January 1983 24 Charlton Athletic Leicester City 1–2 5,971 Wilson Charlton (London) The Valley L 22 January 1983 25 Leicester City Blackburn Rovers 0–1 8,361 Leicester Filbert Street L 5 February 1983 26 Carlisle United Leicester City 1–0 4,402 MacDonald Brunton Park W 19 February 1983 27 Grimsby Town Leicester City 0–2 6,963 Blundell Park L 22 February 1983 28 Leicester City Shrewsbury Town 3–2 6,155 Lineker (2), Wilson Leicester Filbert Street W 26 February 1983 29 Leicester City Wolverhampton Wanderers H 5–0 13,530 Lynex (2), A Smith, Lineker, Daly Leicester Filbert Street W 5 March 1983 30 Leicester City Derby County 1–1 15,452 Lynex Leicester Filbert Street D 19 March 1983 31 Leicester City Cambridge United 4–0 8,305 A Smith (2), Lynex (0 pen Wilson Leicester Filbert Street W 22 March 1983 32 Sheffield Wednesday Leicester City 2–2 14,036 MacDonald, A Smith Sheffield Hillsborough D 26 March 1983 33 Newcastle United Leicester City 2–2 22,692 Lineker Newcastle-upon-Tyne St. James' Park D 2 April 1983 34 Barnsley Leicester City 1–2 13,278 Wilson, English Oakwell W 5 April 1983 35 Leicester City Middlesbrough 1–0 12,025 O'Neill Leicester Filbert Street W 9 April 1983 36 Queens Park Rangers Leicester City 2–2 16,301 Lineker , Shepherd's Bush Loftus Road D 16 April 1983 37 Leicester City Rotherham United 3–1 12,978 Wilson, Lineker (2), Leicester Filbert Street W 23 April 1983 38 Fulham Leicester City 0–1 24,251 Wilson Fulham Craven Cottage W 30 April 1983 39 Leicester City Bolton Wanderers H 0–0 13,959 Leicester Filbert Street D 2 May 1983 40 Leeds United Leicester City 2–2 14,442 A Smith, May Leeds Elland Road D 7 May 1983 41 Oldham Athletic Leicester City 1–2 9,088 Jones, Ramsey Oldham Boundary Park W 14 May 1983 42 Leicester City Burnley 0–0 29,453 Leicester Filbert Street D FA Cup 1982–83 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR38 January 1983 Notts CountyH2–318,384A Smith, Wilson League Cup 1982–83 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st leg6 October 1982 Lincoln CityA0–26,775R2 2nd leg27 October 1982 Lincoln CityH0–1 (lost 0–3 on agg)10,000 Squad yes yes ENG GK Mark Wallington yes NIR MF Paul Ramsey yes SCO DF Paul Friar yes SCO MF Kevin MacDonald yes ENG DF Larry May yes NIR DF John O'Neill yes ENG MF Steve Lynex yes ENG FW Gary Lineker yes ENG FW Alan Smith yes SCO FW Jim Melrose yes SCO DF Bobby Smith yes SCO MF Eddie Kelly yes yes ENG FW Tommy English yes SCO MF Ian Wilson yes IRL DF Jimmy Holmes yes ENG FW Dave Buchanan yes ENG DF Norman Leet yes SCO DF Tommy Williams yes ENG DF Paul Brown yes ENG FW Keith Robson yes IRL MF Gerry Daly on loan from Coventry City yes ENG MF Andy Peake yes ENG FW Robbie Jones References Category:Leicester City F.C. seasons Leicester City