Football League Third Division 1983/84
Football League Third Division 1983/84 | |
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 | 91:50 | +41 | 95 |
2. | Wimbledon FC (N) | 46 | 26th | 9 | 11 | 97:76 | +21 | 87 |
3. | Sheffield United | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 86:53 | +33 | 83 |
4th | Hull City (N) | 46 | 23 | 14th | 9 | 71:38 | +33 | 83 |
5. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 22nd | 13 | 11 | 68:54 | +14 | 79 |
6th | Walsall FC | 46 | 22nd | 9 | 15th | 68:61 | +7 | 75 |
7th | Bradford City | 46 | 20th | 11 | 15th | 73:65 | +8 | 71 |
8th. | Gillingham FC | 46 | 20th | 10 | 16 | 74:69 | +5 | 70 |
9. | Millwall FC | 46 | 18th | 13 | 15th | 71:65 | +6 | 67 |
10. | Bolton Wanderers (A) | 46 | 18th | 10 | 18th | 56:60 | −4 | 64 |
11. | FC Orient | 46 | 18th | 9 | 19th | 71:81 | −10 | 63 |
12. | Burnley FC (A) | 46 | 16 | 14th | 16 | 76:61 | +15 | 62 |
13. | Newport County | 46 | 16 | 14th | 16 | 58:75 | −17 | 62 |
14th | Lincoln City | 46 | 17th | 10 | 19th | 59:62 | −3 | 61 |
15th | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17th | 46:56 | −10 | 61 |
16. | Preston North End | 46 | 15th | 11 | 20th | 66:66 | ± 0 | 56 |
17th | Bournemouth AFC | 46 | 16 | 7th | 23 | 63:73 | −10 | 55 |
18th | Rotherham United (A) | 46 | 15th | 9 | 22nd | 57:64 | −7 | 54 |
19th | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 13 | 12 | 21st | 56:62 | −6 | 51 |
20th | Brentford FC | 46 | 11 | 16 | 19th | 69:79 | −10 | 49 |
21st | Scunthorpe United (N) | 46 | 9 | 19th | 18th | 54:73 | −19 | 46 |
22nd | Southend United | 46 | 10 | 14th | 22nd | 55:76 | −21 | 44 |
23. | Port Vale (N) | 46 | 11 | 10 | 25th | 51:83 | −32 | 43 |
24. | Exeter City | 46 | 6th | 15th | 25th | 50:84 | −34 | 33 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(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 | Keith Edwards | Sheffield United | 33 |
2 | Alan Cork | Wimbledon FC | 28 |
3 | John Hawley | Bradford City | 22nd |
4th | John Aldridge | Newport County | 20th |
= | Colin Morris | Sheffield United | = |
Web links
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987-88, p. 428