Football League Third Division 1982/83

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Football League Third Division 1982/83
Football League logo until 1988
master Portsmouth FC
Climbers Portsmouth FC
Cardiff City
Huddersfield Town
Relegated Reading FC
Wrexham AFC
Doncaster Rovers
Chesterfield FC
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,617  (ø 2.93 per game)
Top scorer Kerry Dixon ( Reading FC )
← Football League Third Division 1981/82
^ Football League Second Division 1982/83

The Football League Third Division 1982/83 was the 56th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Portsmouth FC became third division champions, and Cardiff City and Huddersfield Town, behind them, also rose to the Football League Second Division . For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1983/84, the second division clubs Rotherham United , Burnley FC and Bolton Wanderers, ranked in the table below, took their places. From the Third Division in the Football League Fourth Division dismount had the Reading FC , the AFC Wrexham , the Doncaster Rovers and Chesterfield FC . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions FC Wimbledon and behind them Hull City , Port Vale and Scunthorpe United took the vacant positions in the following season 1983/84 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Portsmouth FC  46  27  10  9 074:410 +33 91
 2. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City (A)  46  25th  11  10 076:500 +26 86
 3. Huddersfield Town  46  23  13  10 084:490 +35 82
 4th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport County  46  23  9  14th 076:540 +22 78
 5. Oxford United  46  22nd  12  12 071:530 +18 78
 6th Lincoln City  46  23  7th  16 077:510 +26 76
 7th Bristol Rovers  46  22nd  9  15th 084:580 +26 75
 8th. Plymouth Argyle  46  19th  8th  19th 061:660  −5 65
 9. Brentford FC  46  18th  10  18th 088:770 +11 64
10. Walsall FC  46  17th  13  16 064:630  +1 64
11. Sheffield United (N)  46  19th  7th  20th 064:590  +5 64
12. Bradford City (N)  46  16  13  17th 068:690  −1 61
13. Gillingham FC  46  16  13  17th 058:590  −1 61
14th AFC Bournemouth (N)  46  16  13  17th 059:680  −9 61
15th Southend United  46  15th  14th  17th 066:650  +1 59
16. Preston North End  46  15th  13  18th 060:690  −9 58
17th Millwall FC  46  14th  13  19th 064:770 −13 55
18th Wigan Athletic (N)  46  15th  9  22nd 060:720 −12 54
19th Exeter City  46  14th  12  20th 081: 104 −23 54
20th FC Orient (A)  46  15th  9  22nd 064:880 −24 54
21st Reading FC  46  12  17th  17th 064:790 −15 53
22nd WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg AFC Wrexham (A)  46  12  15th  19th 056:760 −20 51
23. Doncaster Rovers  46  9  11  26th 057:970 −40 38
24. Chesterfield FC  46  8th  13  25th 043:680 −25 37

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

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1983/84
  • Promoted to the Football League Second Division 1983/84
  • Relegation to the Football League Fourth Division 1983/84
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1981/82
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1981/82

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Kerry Dixon Reading FC 26th
    2 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Bobby Campbell Bradford City 25th
    = EnglandEngland Tommy Tynan Newport County =
    4th EnglandEngland Derek Bell Lincoln City 23
    = EnglandEngland Francis Joseph Brentford FC =

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    References and footnotes

    1. ^ English League Leading Goalscorers. (RSSSF)
    2. ^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987-88. P. 428.