1982–83 FA Cup

September 2020 1982–83 FA Cup EnglandWales Manchester United(5th title) Brighton & Hove Albion Tony Woodcock, Graham Rix (4 goals) 1981–82 1983–84 The 1982–83 FA Cup was the 102nd season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The competition was won by Manchester United, who drew the first final 2–2, but won the replay 4–0. Qualifying rounds Most participating clubs that were not members of the Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 28 places available in the first round. The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Scarborough, North Shields, Mossley, Workington, Northwich Victoria, Horwich RMI, Macclesfield Town, Telford United, Boston United, Kettering Town, Worcester City, Holbeach United, Shepshed Charterhouse, Bishop's Stortford, Wokingham Town, Chesham United, Dagenham, Wealdstone, Dartford, Carshalton Athletic, Maidstone United, Worthing, Folkestone, Windsor & Eton, Slough Town, Wimborne Town, Yeovil Town and Weymouth. Appearing in the competition proper for the first time were Holbeach United, Shepshed Charterhouse, Wokingham Town and Wimborne Town. Of the others, Telford United had last featured at this stage in 1973–74, while North Shields and Carshalton Athletic had last done so in 1969–70, Worthing had not done so since 1936–37 and Horwich RMI had not done so since 1928–29. In returning to the competition proper after a 46-year absence, Worthing participated in seven rounds of the tournament and defeated Fleet Town, Crawley Town, Eastleigh, Farnborough Town, Minehead and Dartford before going out to Oxford United at the Manor Ground. all qualifying round results 1982–83 FA Cup qualifying rounds First round proper The 48 teams from the Football League Third and Fourth Divisions entered in this round along with the 28 non-league clubs from the qualifying rounds and Enfield, Altrincham, Barnet and Wycombe Wanderers who were given byes. The first round of games were played over the weekend 20–21 November 1982. Replays were played on the 22nd-24th. Wimborne Town, from the Western League First Division at Step 9 of English Football, was the lowest-ranked team in the round. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Enfield (5)0–0Newport County20 November 1982ReplayNewport County4–2Enfield23 November 19822Blackpool3–0Horwich RMI (8)20 November 19823Chester1–1Northwich Victoria (5)20 November 1982ReplayNorthwich Victoria3–1Chester22 November 19824Chesterfield2–2Peterborough United20 November 1982ReplayPeterborough United2–1Chesterfield24 November 19825Darlington0–1Scunthorpe United20 November 19826AFC Bournemouth0–2Southend United20 November 19827Preston North End5–1Shepshed Charterhouse (8)20 November 19828Weymouth (5)4–3Maidstone United (5)20 November 19829Worthing (7)2–1Dartford (6)20 November 198210Reading1–2Bishop's Stortford (6)20 November 198211Walsall3–0Kettering Town (5)20 November 198212Gillingham1–0Dagenham (5)20 November 198213Macclesfield Town (6)1–5Worcester City (5)20 November 198214Swindon Town2–0Wealdstone (5)20 November 198215Tranmere Rovers4–2Scarborough (5)20 November 198216Brentford7–0Windsor & Eton (8)20 November 198217Bristol Rovers1–0Wycombe Wanderers (6)20 November 198218Northampton Town2–2Wimbledon20 November 1982ReplayWimbledon0–2Northampton Town23 November 198219Portsmouth4–1Hereford United20 November 198220Plymouth Argyle2–0Exeter City20 November 198221Hull City1–1Sheffield United20 November 1982ReplaySheffield United2–0Hull City23 November 198222Altrincham (5)2–1Rochdale20 November 198223Huddersfield Town1–0Mossley (6)20 November 198224Mansfield Town3–2Stockport County20 November 198225Port Vale0–1Bradford City20 November 198226Halifax Town0–1North Shields (8)20 November 198227Chesham United (7)0–1Yeovil Town (5)20 November 198228Workington (6)1–2Doncaster Rovers20 November 198229Carshalton Athletic (6)4–0Barnet (5)20 November 198230York City3–1Bury20 November 198231Aldershot4–0Wimborne Town (9)20 November 198232Wigan Athletic0–0Telford United (5)21 November 1982ReplayTelford United2–1Wigan Athletic23 November 198233Boston United (5)3–1Crewe Alexandra20 November 198234Holbeach United (8)0–4Wrexham20 November 198235Colchester United0–2Torquay United20 November 198236Slough Town (6)1–0Millwall20 November 198237Wokingham Town (6)1–1Cardiff City20 November 1982ReplayCardiff City3–0Wokingham Town23 November 198238Oxford United5–2Folkestone (7)20 November 198239Orient4–1Bristol City20 November 198240Hartlepool United3–0Lincoln City20 November 1982 Second round proper The second round of games were played on 11 December 1982. Replays were played on 14–15 and 20 December. This round featured one team from Step 8 of the football pyramid: North Shields from the Northern League. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Preston North End2–1Blackpool11 December 19822Gillingham1–1Northampton Town11 December 1982ReplayNorthampton Town3–2Gillingham14 December 19823Swindon Town2–2Brentford11 December 1982ReplayBrentford1–3Swindon Town14 December 19824Bristol Rovers2–2Plymouth Argyle11 December 1982ReplayPlymouth Argyle1–0Bristol Rovers20 December 19825Portsmouth1–3Aldershot11 December 19826Worcester City (5)2–1Wrexham11 December 19827Altrincham (5)0–1Huddersfield Town11 December 19828Southend United3–0Yeovil Town (5)11 December 19829Scunthorpe United2–1Northwich Victoria (5)11 December 198210Mansfield Town1–1Bradford City11 December 1982ReplayBradford City3–2Mansfield Town15 December 198211Cardiff City2–3Weymouth (5)11 December 198212Newport County1–0Orient11 December 198213Torquay United4–1Carshalton Athletic (6)11 December 198214North Shields (8)0–3Walsall11 December 198215Boston United (5)1–1Sheffield United11 December 1982ReplaySheffield United5–1Boston United14 December 198216Peterborough United5–2Doncaster Rovers11 December 198217Slough Town (6)1–4Bishop's Stortford (6)11 December 198218Oxford United4–0Worthing (7)11 December 198219Telford United (5)1–1Tranmere Rovers11 December 1982ReplayTranmere Rovers2–1Telford United14 December 198220Hartlepool United1–1York City11 December 1982ReplayYork City4–0Hartlepool United14 December 1982 Third round proper Teams from the Football League First and Second Division entered in this round. The third round of games in the FA Cup were played on 8 January 1983. Replays took place over 11–12 January, with a second replay on the 24th. Bishop's Stortford, from the Isthmian League Premier Division (Step 6), was the lowest-ranked team in the round while Worcester City, Weymouth and Bishop's Stortford were the last non-league clubs left in the competition. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Watford (1)2–0Plymouth Argyle (3)8 January 19832Walsall (3)0–0Birmingham City (1)8 January 1983ReplayBirmingham City1–0Walsall11 January 19833Leicester City (2)2–3Notts County (1)8 January 19834Blackburn Rovers (2)1–2Liverpool (1)8 January 19835Middlesbrough (2)2–2Bishop's Stortford (6)8 January 1983ReplayBishop's Stortford1–2Middlesbrough11 January 19836West Bromwich Albion (1)3–2Queens Park Rangers (2)8 January 19837Sunderland (1)0–0Manchester City (1)8 January 1983ReplayManchester City2–1Sunderland12 January 19838Derby County (2)2–0Nottingham Forest (1)8 January 19839Luton Town (1)3–0Peterborough United (4)8 January 198310Swindon Town (4)7–0Aldershot (4)8 January 198311Shrewsbury Town (2)2–1Rotherham United (2)8 January 198312Sheffield United (3)0–0Stoke City (1)8 January 1983ReplayStoke City3–2Sheffield United12 January 198313Tranmere Rovers (4)0–1Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)8 January 198314Tottenham Hotspur (1)1–0Southampton (1)8 January 198315Northampton Town (4)0–1Aston Villa (1)8 January 198316Coventry City (1)3–1Worcester City (5)8 January 198317Brighton & Hove Albion (1)1–1Newcastle United (2)8 January 1983ReplayNewcastle United0–1Brighton & Hove Albion12 January 198318Manchester United (1)2–0West Ham United (1)8 January 198319Norwich City (1)2–1Swansea City (1)8 January 198320Bradford City (3)0–1Barnsley (2)8 January 198321Carlisle United (2)2–2Burnley (2)8 January 1983ReplayBurnley3–1Carlisle United11 January 198322Oldham Athletic (2)0–2Fulham (2)8 January 198323Crystal Palace (2)2–1York City (4)8 January 198324Southend United (3)0–0Sheffield Wednesday (2)8 January 1983ReplaySheffield Wednesday2–2Southend United11 January 1983ReplaySheffield Wednesday2–1Southend United24 January 198325Scunthorpe United (4)0–0Grimsby Town (2)8 January 1983ReplayGrimsby Town2–0Scunthorpe United11 January 198326Huddersfield Town (3)1–1Chelsea (2)8 January 1983ReplayChelsea2–0Huddersfield Town12 January 198327Newport County (3)1–1Everton (1)8 January 1983ReplayEverton2–1Newport County11 January 198328Charlton Athletic (2)2–3Ipswich Town (1)8 January 198329Arsenal (1)2–1Bolton Wanderers (2)8 January 198330Leeds United (2)3–0Preston North End (3)8 January 198331Cambridge United (2)1–0Weymouth (5)8 January 198332Oxford United (3)1–1Torquay United (4)8 January 1983ReplayTorquay United2–1Oxford United12 January 1983 Fourth round proper The fourth round of games were mainly played over the weekend 29 –30 January 1983. Some games were replayed on 1–2 February, with a second replay on 9 February. Swindon Town and Torquay United from the Fourth Division were the lowest-ranked teams in the round and the last clubs from the First Round left in the competition. Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Burnley3–1Swindon Town29 January 19832Liverpool2–0Stoke City29 January 19833Watford1–1Fulham29 January 1983ReplayFulham1–2Watford1 February 19834Aston Villa1–0Wolverhampton Wanderers29 January 19835Middlesbrough2–0Notts County29 January 19836Derby County2–1Chelsea29 January 19837Luton Town0–2Manchester United29 January 19838Everton2–1Shrewsbury Town30 January 19839Ipswich Town2–0Grimsby Town29 January 198310Tottenham Hotspur2–1West Bromwich Albion29 January 198311Coventry City2–2Norwich City29 January 1983ReplayNorwich City2–1Coventry City2 February 198312Brighton & Hove Albion4–0Manchester City29 January 198313Crystal Palace1–0Birmingham City29 January 198314Arsenal1–1Leeds United29 January 1983ReplayLeeds United1–1Arsenal2 February 1983ReplayArsenal2–1Leeds United9 February 198315Torquay United2–3Sheffield Wednesday29 January 198316Cambridge United1–0Barnsley29 January 1983 Fifth round proper The fifth set of games were all played on 19–20 February 1983. Two replays were played on 28 February. Holders Tottenham Hotspur were eliminated by Everton – their first defeat in the competition since March 1980. However, because both Everton and Liverpool were drawn to play at home in this round, there was one game played on Sunday 20 February: Liverpool v Brighton with Everton v Tottenham on the same day as the other R5 ties Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Liverpool1–2Brighton & Hove Albion20 February 19832Aston Villa4–1Watford19 February 19833Middlesbrough1–1Arsenal19 February 1983ReplayArsenal3–2Middlesbrough28 February 19834Derby County0–1Manchester United19 February 19835Everton2–0Tottenham Hotspur19 February 19836Norwich City1–0Ipswich Town19 February 19837Crystal Palace0–0Burnley19 February 1983ReplayBurnley1–0Crystal Palace28 February 19838Cambridge United1–2Sheffield Wednesday19 February 1983 Sixth round proper The sixth round of FA Cup games were played on 12 March 1983 with a replay on the 15 March.http://carousel.royalwebhosting.net/itv/ITVrestab.html?19830315__1 ITV football 1968-1983 - Past results & table by date carousel.royalwebhosting.net Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamDate1Burnley1–1Sheffield Wednesday12 March 1983ReplaySheffield Wednesday5–0Burnley15 March 19832Brighton & Hove Albion1–0Norwich City12 March 19833Manchester United1–0Everton12 March 19834Arsenal2–0Aston Villa12 March 1983 Semi finals 16 April 1983 Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday Case 15Robinson 78 Miročević 57 Highbury, London George Courtney (Spennymoor) 16 April 1983 Manchester United 2–1 Arsenal B. Robson 49Norman Whiteside 70 Tony Woodcock 36 Villa Park, Birmingham Keith Hackett (Sheffield) Final 1983 FA Cup final 21 May 1983 Manchester United 2–2 (a.e.t.) Brighton & Hove Albion Stapleton 55Wilkins 72 Smith 14Stevens 87 Wembley, London 100,000 Alf Grey (Norfolk) _manutdh8284 _manutdh8284 _manutdh8284 _adidas_red _red_top_3_white_stripes E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF 000000 Man United _white_stripes2 _thinwhitestripes _white_stripes2 _thinwhitesides _3_stripes_blue 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF Brighton Replay 26 May 1983 Manchester United 4–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Robson 25 44Whiteside 30Mühren 62 pen. Wembley, London 92,000 Alf Grey (Norfolk) _manutdh8284 _manutdh8284 _manutdh8284 _adidas_red _red_top_3_white_stripes E20E0E E20E0E E20E0E FFFFFF 000000 Man United _white_stripes2 _thinwhitestripes _white_stripes2 _thinwhitesides _3_stripes_blue 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF Brighton Television coverage May 2026 The right to show FA Cup games were, as with Football League matches, shared between the BBC and ITV network. All games were shown in a highlights format, except the Final, which was shown live both on BBC1 and ITV. The BBC football highlights programme Match of the Day would show up to three games and the various ITV regional network stations would cover up to one game and show highlights from other games covered elsewhere on the ITV network. The BBC showed brief highlights of two FA Cup games from rounds One and Two after League highlights games. For the first time since the 1970–71 season, an ITV Region (TVS) showed highlights of one Second Round tie, Portsmouth v Aldershot. Highlights of replays would be shown on either the BBC or ITV. This Season ITV Highlights with the regional highlights programmes were back on Saturday nights while BBC1 Highlights under Match Of The Day were back on Sunday afternoons in the final season of the four-year alternation deal and also the final season of ITV regional highlights. First Round Blackpool v Horwich RMI BBC1 Second Round BBC1 Boston United v Sheffield United, ITV Portsmouth v Aldershot (TVS) Third Round BBC1 Manchester United v West Ham United, Northampton Town v Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton, Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion (Midweek replay), Manchester City v Sunderland (Midweek replay) ITV Derby County v Nottingham Forest (Central), Charlton Athletic v Ipswich Town (LWT and Anglia), Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool (Granada), Sunderland v Manchester City (Tyne-Tees) Fourth Round BBC1 Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Watford v Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City ITV Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion (LWT and Central),Luton Town v Manchester United (Anglia, later Granada), Middlesbrough v Notts County (Tyne-Tees), Liverpool v Stoke City (Granada), Leeds United v Arsenal (Midweek replay All regions), Norwich City v Coventry City (Midweek replay All regions) Fifth Round BBC1 Norwich City v Ipswich Town, Crystal Palace v Burnley, Derby County v Manchester United ITV Aston Villa v Watford (Central and LWT), Everton v Tottenham Hotspur (Granada), Middlesbrough v Arsenal (Tyne-Tees), Cambridge United v Sheffield Wednesday (Anglia and Yorkshire) Sixth Round BBC1 Arsenal v Aston Villa, Burnley v Sheffield Wednesday ITV Manchester United v Everton (Granada and LWT), Brighton & Hove Albion v Norwich City (TVS and Anglia) All regions showed those two games FA Cup Semi-Finals BBC1 Arsenal v Manchester United ITV Brighton & Hove Albion v Sheffield Wednesday (All regions) FA Cup Final Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United Live on BBC1 and ITV (All Regions) (Both games) References External links The FA Cup at TheFA.com FA Cup at BBC.co.uk FA Cup news at Reuters.co.uk Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup