Football League Second Division 1981/82

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Football League Second Division 1981/82
Football League logo until 1988
master Luton Town
Climbers Luton Town, Watford FC ,
Norwich City
Relegated Cardiff City , Wrexham AFC ,
Orient FC
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1,171  (ø 2.53 per game)
Top scorer Ronnie Moore ( Rotherham United )
← Football League Second Division 1980/81
^ Football League First Division 1981/82

The Football League Second Division 1981/82 was the 79th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 29, 1981 and ended on May 18, 1982.

The three-point rule was applied for the first time. Second division champions were Luton Town and also the second and third placed Watford and Norwich City rose to the Football League First Division . The three first division clubs Leeds United , Wolverhampton Wanderers and Middlesbrough FC, ranked in the table below, took the places for the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1982/83 . Cardiff City , AFC Wrexham and FC Orient had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winners Burnley FC and Carlisle United and Fulham FC , who ranked behind them, took the vacant positions in the following season 1982/83 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Luton Town  42  25th  13  4th 086:460 +40 88
 2. Watford FC  42  23  11  8th 076:420 +34 80
 3. Norwich City (A)  42  22nd  5  15th 064:500 +14 71
 4th Sheffield Wednesday  42  20th  10  12 055:510  +4 70
 5. Queens Park Rangers  42  21st  6th  15th 065:430 +22 69
 6th Barnsley FC (N)  42  19th  10  13 059:410 +18 67
 7th Rotherham United (N)  42  20th  7th  15th 066:540 +12 67
 8th. Leicester City (A)  42  18th  12  12 056:480  +8 66
 9. Newcastle United  42  18th  8th  16 052:500  +2 62
10. Blackburn Rovers  42  16  11  15th 047:430  +4 59
11. Oldham Athletic  42  15th  14th  13 050:510  −1 59
12. Chelsea FC  42  15th  12  15th 060:600  ± 0 57
13. Charlton Athletic (N)  42  13  12  17th 050:650 −15 51
14th Cambridge United  42  13  9  20th 048:530  −5 48
15th Crystal Palace (A)  42  13  9  20th 034:450 −11 48
16. Derby County  42  12  12  18th 053:680 −15 48
17th Grimsby Town  42  11  13  18th 053:650 −12 46
18th Shrewsbury Town  42  11  13  18th 037:570 −20 46
19th Bolton Wanderers  42  13  7th  22nd 039:610 −22 46
20th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City  42  12  8th  22nd 045:610 −16 44
21st WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wrexham AFC  42  11  11  20th 040:560 −16 44
22nd FC Orient  42  10  9  23 036:610 −25 39

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

  • Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1982/83
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1982/83
  • Relegation from the Football League Second Division
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1980/81
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1980/81

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    1981/82 BAR BLA BOL CAM CAR CHA CHE CRY OF THE GRI LEI LUT NEW NOR OLD ORI QPR RED SHW SHR WAT WRE
    Barnsley FC 0: 1 3-0 0-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 2-0 0-0 3: 2 0: 2 4: 3 1-0 0: 1 3: 1 1-0 3-0 3-0 1-0 4-0 0-0 2: 2
    Blackburn Rovers 2: 1 0: 2 1-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 4: 1 2-0 0: 2 0: 1 4: 1 3-0 0-0 2-0 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 0-0 1: 2 0-0
    Bolton Wanderers 2: 1 2: 2 3: 4 1-0 2-0 2: 2 0-0 3: 2 1: 2 0: 3 1: 2 1-0 0: 1 0: 2 1-0 1-0 0: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 2-0
    Cambridge United 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 4-0 1-0 0-0 1: 2 2: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 0-0 2-0 1-0 3-0 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 2: 3
    Cardiff City 0-0 1: 3 2: 1 5: 4 0: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 3: 1 2: 3 0: 4 1-0 0: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 0: 2 1: 1 2-0 3: 2
    Charlton Athletic 2: 1 2-0 1-0 0-0 2: 2 3: 4 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 4 0-0 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 5: 2 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0
    Chelsea FC 1: 2 1: 1 2-0 4: 1 1-0 2: 2 1: 2 0: 2 1: 1 4: 1 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1: 4 2: 1 3: 1 1: 3 2-0
    Crystal Palace 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 2: 1 1-0 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 0: 3 0: 2 3: 3 1: 2 2: 1 4-0 1-0 0-0 3: 1 1: 2 0: 1 0: 3 2: 1
    Derby County 0: 1 1: 1 0: 2 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 4: 1 1: 1 3: 1 0-0 2: 2 0: 2 1-0 1: 2 3: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1
    Grimsby Town 3: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 3: 3 3: 3 0: 1 1-0 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 5: 1 0: 2 1: 1
    Leicester City 1-0 1-0 1-0 4: 1 3: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 3-0 1: 4 2: 1 0: 1 3: 2 1-0 0-0 0-0 1: 1 1-0
    Luton Town 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1-0 2: 3 3-0 2: 2 1-0 3: 2 6-0 2: 1 3: 2 2-0 2-0 2-0 3: 2 3: 1 0: 3 4: 1 4: 1 0-0
    Newcastle United 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 2: 1 4: 1 1-0 0-0 3-0 0: 1 0-0 3: 2 2: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 4 1: 1 1-0 2-0 0: 1 4: 2
    Norwich City 1: 1 2-0 0-0 2: 1 2: 1 5-0 2: 1 1-0 4: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 3 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 0: 1 2-0 2: 3 2: 1 4: 2 4-0
    Oldham Athletic 1: 1 0: 3 1: 1 2-0 2: 2 1-0 1-0 0-0 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 2-0 3: 2 2-0 0: 3 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1
    FC Orient 1: 3 0-0 3-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 3: 2 1: 2 3-0 0: 3 1-0 1: 1 0: 3 1: 1 1: 2 3-0 2-0 1: 3 0-0
    Queens Park Rangers 1-0 2-0 7: 1 2: 1 2-0 4-0 0: 2 1-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 1: 2 3-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 1: 1 2-0 2: 1 0-0 1: 1
    Rotherham United 2: 4 4: 1 2-0 1-0 1-0 2: 1 6-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 4: 1 1: 2 1-0 1-0 2: 2 3-0 1: 2 2-0
    Sheffield Wednesday 2: 2 2: 2 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 3: 3 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 3 2-0 0-0 3: 1 0: 3
    Shrewsbury Town 0: 2 1: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 4: 1 2-0 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 0: 2 2: 1 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1
    Watford FC 3: 1 3: 2 3-0 0-0 0-0 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 6: 1 0: 2 3: 1 1: 1 2: 3 3-0 1: 1 3-0 4-0 1-0 4-0 3: 1 2-0
    Wrexham AFC 0-0 1-0 2: 1 0-0 3: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 0-0 0: 2 4: 2 2: 3 0: 3 0: 1 1: 3 3: 2 0: 1 1-0 0: 1

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Ronnie Moore Rotherham United 22nd

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ 1981/82 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .