Football League Third Division 1982/83
Football League Third Division 1982/83 | |
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 | 74:41 | +33 | 91 |
2. | Cardiff City (A) | 46 | 25th | 11 | 10 | 76:50 | +26 | 86 |
3. | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 84:49 | +35 | 82 |
4th | Newport County | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14th | 76:54 | +22 | 78 |
5. | Oxford United | 46 | 22nd | 12 | 12 | 71:53 | +18 | 78 |
6th | Lincoln City | 46 | 23 | 7th | 16 | 77:51 | +26 | 76 |
7th | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 22nd | 9 | 15th | 84:58 | +26 | 75 |
8th. | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 19th | 8th | 19th | 61:66 | −5 | 65 |
9. | Brentford FC | 46 | 18th | 10 | 18th | 88:77 | +11 | 64 |
10. | Walsall FC | 46 | 17th | 13 | 16 | 64:63 | +1 | 64 |
11. | Sheffield United (N) | 46 | 19th | 7th | 20th | 64:59 | +5 | 64 |
12. | Bradford City (N) | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17th | 68:69 | −1 | 61 |
13. | Gillingham FC | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17th | 58:59 | −1 | 61 |
14th | AFC Bournemouth (N) | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17th | 59:68 | −9 | 61 |
15th | Southend United | 46 | 15th | 14th | 17th | 66:65 | +1 | 59 |
16. | Preston North End | 46 | 15th | 13 | 18th | 60:69 | −9 | 58 |
17th | Millwall FC | 46 | 14th | 13 | 19th | 64:77 | −13 | 55 |
18th | Wigan Athletic (N) | 46 | 15th | 9 | 22nd | 60:72 | −12 | 54 |
19th | Exeter City | 46 | 14th | 12 | 20th | 81: 104 | −23 | 54 |
20th | FC Orient (A) | 46 | 15th | 9 | 22nd | 64:88 | −24 | 54 |
21st | Reading FC | 46 | 12 | 17th | 17th | 64:79 | −15 | 53 |
22nd | AFC Wrexham (A) | 46 | 12 | 15th | 19th | 56:76 | −20 | 51 |
23. | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26th | 57:97 | −40 | 38 |
24. | Chesterfield FC | 46 | 8th | 13 | 25th | 43:68 | −25 | 37 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(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 | Kerry Dixon | Reading FC | 26th |
2 | Bobby Campbell | Bradford City | 25th |
= | Tommy Tynan | Newport County | = |
4th | Derek Bell | Lincoln City | 23 |
= | Francis Joseph | Brentford FC | = |
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References and footnotes
- ^ English League Leading Goalscorers. (RSSSF)
- ^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987-88. P. 428.