Football League Second Division 1983/84

Football League Second Division 1983/84
master	Chelsea FC
Climbers	Chelsea FC, Sheffield Wednesday , Newcastle United
Relegated	Derby County , Swansea City , Cambridge United
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,233  (ø 2.67 per game)
Top scorer	Kerry Dixon ( Chelsea FC )
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The Football League Second Division 1983/84 was the 81st season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 27, 1983 and ended on May 12, 1984.

Second division champions were Chelsea and the second and third placed Sheffield Wednesday and Newcastle United also rose to the Football League First Division . The three first division clubs Birmingham City , Notts County and Wolverhampton Wanderers, ranked in the table below, took the places for the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1984/85 . Derby County , Swansea City and Cambridge United had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winners Oxford United and Wimbledon and Sheffield United, who ranked behind them, took the vacant positions in the following season 1984/85 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Chelsea FC	42	25th	13	4th	090:400	+50	88
2.	Sheffield Wednesday	42	26th	10	6th	072:340	+38	88
3.	Newcastle United	42	24	8th	10	085:530	+32	80
4th	Manchester City (A)	42	20th	10	12	066:480	+18	70
5.	Grimsby Town	42	19th	13	10	060:470	+13	70
6th	Blackburn Rovers	42	17th	16	9	057:460	+11	67
7th	Carlisle United	42	16	16	10	048:410	+7	64
8th.	Shrewsbury Town	42	17th	10	15th	049:530	−4	61
9.	Brighton & Hove Albion (A)	42	17th	9	16	069:600	+9	60
10.	Leeds United	42	16	12	14th	055:560	−1	60
11.	Fulham FC	42	15th	12	15th	060:530	+7	57
12.	Huddersfield Town (N)	42	14th	15th	13	056:490	+7	57
13.	Charlton Athletic	42	16	9	17th	053:640	−11	57
14th	Barnsley FC	42	15th	7th	20th	057:530	+4	52
15th	Cardiff City (N)	42	15th	6th	21st	053:660	−13	51
16.	Portsmouth FC (N)	42	14th	7th	21st	073:640	+9	49
17th	Middlesbrough FC	42	12	13	17th	041:470	−6	49
18th	Crystal Palace	42	12	11	19th	042:520	−10	47
19th	Oldham Athletic	42	13	8th	21st	047:730	−26	47
20th	Derby County	42	11	9	22nd	036:720	−36	42
21st	Swansea City (A)	42	7th	8th	27	036:850	−49	29
22nd	Cambridge United	42	4th	12	26th	028:770	−49	24

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

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1984/85

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1984/85

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1982/83
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1982/83

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1983/84	BAR	BLA	BHA	CAM	CAR	CAU	CHA	CHE	CRY	OF THE	FUL	GRI	HUD	LEE	MNC	MID	NEW	OLD	POR	SHW	SHR	SWA
Barnsley FC		0-0	3: 1	2-0	2: 3	2: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 1	5: 1	3-0	3: 1	2: 2	0: 2	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0: 3	0: 1	3-0	3: 2
Blackburn Rovers	1: 1		2: 2	1-0	1: 1	4: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	5: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	4: 1
Brighton & Hove Albion	1-0	1: 1		3-0	3: 1	1: 1	7-0	1: 2	3: 1	1-0	1: 1	2-0	3: 1	3-0	1: 1	3-0	0: 1	4-0	0: 1	1: 3	2: 2	1: 1
Cambridge United	0: 3	2-0	3: 4		0: 2	0: 2	2: 2	0: 1	1: 3	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0: 3	2: 2	0-0	0-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 3	1: 2	1-0	1: 1
Cardiff City	0: 3	0: 1	2: 2	5-0		2-0	2: 1	3: 3	0: 2	1-0	0: 4	3: 1	3: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2	2-0	0-0	0: 2	2-0	3: 2
Carlisle United	4: 2	0: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 1		3-0	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0	2-0
Charlton Athletic	3: 2	2-0	2-0	5: 2	2-0	1-0		1: 1	1-0	1-0	3: 4	3: 3	1: 2	2-0	1-0	2-0	1: 3	2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 4	2: 2
Chelsea FC	3: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	0-0	3: 2		2: 2	5-0	4-0	2: 3	3: 1	5-0	0: 1	0-0	4-0	3-0	2: 2	3: 2	3-0	6: 1
Crystal Palace	0: 1	0: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	2-0	0: 1		0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 2	1-0	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	2-0
Derby County	0: 2	1: 1	0: 3	1-0	2: 3	1: 4	0: 1	1: 2	3-0		1-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	1-0	3: 2	2: 2	2-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 1
Fulham FC	1-0	0: 1	3: 1	1-0	0: 2	0-0	0: 1	3: 5	1: 1	2: 2		1: 1	0: 2	2: 1	5: 1	2: 1	2: 2	3-0	0: 2	1: 1	3-0	5-0
Grimsby Town	1-0	3: 2	5-0	0-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	2: 1	2: 1		2: 1	2-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	3-0	3: 4	1-0	1: 1	3-0
Huddersfield Town	0: 1	0: 2	0: 1	3-0	4-0	0-0	0-0	2: 3	2: 1	3-0	2-0	0-0		2: 2	1: 3	2: 2	2: 2	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1-0	1-0
Leeds United	1: 2	1-0	3: 2	3: 1	1-0	3-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 2		1: 2	4: 1	0: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	3-0	1-0
Manchester City	3: 2	6-0	4-0	5-0	2: 1	3: 1	0: 1	0: 2	3: 1	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	2: 3	1: 1		2: 1	1: 2	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	1-0	2: 1
Middlesbrough FC	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 3	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	2: 2	0-0		3: 2	3: 2	0-0	2-0	4-0	1-0
Newcastle United	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	3: 1	5: 1	2: 1	1: 1	3: 1	4-0	3: 2	0: 1	5: 2	1-0	5-0	3: 1		3-0	4: 2	0: 1	0: 1	2-0
Oldham Athletic	1-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	2: 1	2: 3	0-0	1: 1	3: 2	3-0	3-0	2: 1	0: 3	3: 2	2: 2	2: 1	1: 2		3: 2	1: 3	0: 1	3: 3
Portsmouth FC	2: 1	2: 4	5: 1	5-0	1: 1	0: 1	4-0	2: 2	0: 1	3-0	1: 4	4-0	1: 1	2: 3	1: 2	0: 1	1: 4	3: 4		0: 1	4: 1	5-0
Sheffield Wednesday	2-0	4: 2	2: 1	1-0	5: 2	2-0	4: 1	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 1	0-0	0: 2	4: 2	3-0	2-0		1: 1	6: 1
Shrewsbury Town	3: 2	1-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	1: 1	2: 4	1: 1	3-0	0-0	1: 2	1-0	5: 1	1: 3	1-0	2: 2	2-0	2-0	2: 1		2-0
Swansea City	1-0	0: 1	1: 3	2: 1	3: 2	0-0	1-0	1: 3	1-0	2-0	0: 3	0: 1	2: 2	2: 2	0: 2	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	0: 2

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Kerry Dixon	Chelsea FC	28

Web links

• England 1983-84 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1983/84 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .