Football League Fourth Division 1983/84

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Football League Fourth Division 1983/84
master York city
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 AFC Wrexham (as Welsh Cup finalist)
Climbers York City
Doncaster Rovers
Reading FC
Bristol City
Relegated none
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,505  (ø 2.73 per game)
Top scorer Trevor Senior (Reading FC)
← Football League Fourth Division 1982/83
^ Football League Third Division 1983/84

The Football League Fourth Division 1983/84 was the 26th season of the fourth highest English football league . The top four teams were promoted to the Football League Third Division .

There was no relegation. The four last-placed clubs Halifax Town , AFC Rochdale , Hartlepool United and Chester City all received enough votes in the re-election process to be allowed to participate again in the Fourth Division in the following season 1984/85.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. York city  46  31  8th  7th 096:390 +57 101
 2. Doncaster Rovers (A)  46  24  13  9 082:540 +28 85
 3. Reading FC (A)  46  22nd  16  8th 084:560 +28 82
 4th Bristol City  46  24  10  12 070:440 +26 82
 5. FC Aldershot  46  22nd  9  15th 076:750  +1 75
 6th Blackpool FC  46  21st  9  16 070:520 +18 72
 7th Peterborough United  46  18th  14th  14th 072:480 +24 68
 8th. Colchester United  46  17th  16  13 069:530 +16 67
 9. Torquay United  46  18th  13  15th 059:640  −5 67
10. Tranmere Rovers  46  17th  15th  14th 053:530  ± 0 66
11. Hereford United  46  16  15th  15th 054:530  +1 63
12. Stockport County  46  17th  11  18th 060:640  −4 62
13. Chesterfield FC (A)  46  15th  15th  16 059:610  −2 60
14th Darlington FC  46  17th  8th  21st 049:500  −1 59
15th Bury FC  46  15th  14th  17th 061:640  −3 59
16. Crewe Alexandra  46  16  11  19th 056:670 −11 59
17th Swindon Town  46  15th  13  18th 058:560  +2 58
18th Northampton Town  46  13  14th  19th 053:780 −25 53
19th Mansfield Town  46  13  13  20th 066:700  −4 52
20th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC (A) 1st  46  11  15th  20th 059:740 −15 48
20th Halifax Town  46  12  12  22nd 055:890 −34 48
21st Rochdale AFC  46  11  13  22nd 052:800 −28 46
22nd Hartlepool United  46  10  10  26th 047:850 −38 40
24. Chester City  46  7th  13  26th 045:820 −37 34

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

1 AFC Wrexham lost this year's Welsh Cup final to Shrewsbury Town , but with the latter being an English team, Wrexham represented Wales in the European Cup Winners' Cup.
  • Promoted to the Football League Third Division 1984/85
  • Participation in the 1984/85 European Cup Winners' Cup as Welsh Cup finalist
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Third Division 1982/83

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