Football League Third Division 1983/84

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Football League Third Division 1983/84
Football League logo until 1988
master Oxford United
Climbers Oxford United
FC Wimbledon
Sheffield United
Relegated Scunthorpe United
Southend United
Port Vale
Exeter City
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,586  (ø 2.87 per game)
Top scorer Keith Edwards
( Sheffield United )
← Football League Third Division 1982/83
^ Football League Second Division 1983/84

The Football League Third Division 1983/84 was the 57th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Oxford United became third division champions, and Wimbledon FC and Sheffield United, ranked behind them, also rose to the Football League Second Division . For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1984/85, the second division clubs Derby County , Swansea City and Cambridge United ranked in the table below took the places. Scunthorpe United , Southend United , Port Vale and Exeter City had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions York City and the Doncaster Rovers , Reading FC and Bristol City, placed behind them , took the vacant positions in the following season 1984/85 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Oxford United  46  28  11  7th 091:500 +41 95
 2. Wimbledon FC (N)  46  26th  9  11 097:760 +21 87
 3. Sheffield United  46  24  11  11 086:530 +33 83
 4th Hull City (N)  46  23  14th  9 071:380 +33 83
 5. Bristol Rovers  46  22nd  13  11 068:540 +14 79
 6th Walsall FC  46  22nd  9  15th 068:610  +7 75
 7th Bradford City  46  20th  11  15th 073:650  +8 71
 8th. Gillingham FC  46  20th  10  16 074:690  +5 70
 9. Millwall FC  46  18th  13  15th 071:650  +6 67
10. Bolton Wanderers (A)  46  18th  10  18th 056:600  −4 64
11. FC Orient  46  18th  9  19th 071:810 −10 63
12. Burnley FC (A)  46  16  14th  16 076:610 +15 62
13. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport County  46  16  14th  16 058:750 −17 62
14th Lincoln City  46  17th  10  19th 059:620  −3 61
15th Wigan Athletic  46  16  13  17th 046:560 −10 61
16. Preston North End  46  15th  11  20th 066:660  ± 0 56
17th Bournemouth AFC  46  16  7th  23 063:730 −10 55
18th Rotherham United (A)  46  15th  9  22nd 057:640  −7 54
19th Plymouth Argyle  46  13  12  21st 056:620  −6 51
20th Brentford FC  46  11  16  19th 069:790 −10 49
21st Scunthorpe United (N)  46  9  19th  18th 054:730 −19 46
22nd Southend United  46  10  14th  22nd 055:760 −21 44
23. Port Vale (N)  46  11  10  25th 051:830 −32 43
24. Exeter City  46  6th  15th  25th 050:840 −34 33

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

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1984/85
  • Promoted to the Football League Second Division 1984/85
  • Relegation to the Football League Fourth Division 1984/85
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1982/83
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1982/83

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Keith Edwards Sheffield United 33
    2 EnglandEngland Alan Cork Wimbledon FC 28
    3 EnglandEngland John Hawley Bradford City 22nd
    4th IrelandIreland John Aldridge Newport County 20th
    = EnglandEngland Colin Morris Sheffield United =

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987-88, p. 428