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Leicester City 1983–84 football season
During the 1983–84 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division .
Season summary
In the 1983–84 season, Leicester got off to the worst possible start with 6 successive league defeats which represented the Foxes' worst start to a season and labelled them as early relegation favourites. After going out of the League Cup though, their form picked up with only 2 defeats in their next 15 league games from the end of October until the end of January. Their relegation worries were formally avoided when Leicester beat East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest 2-1 at Filbert Street on 5 May with 2 games to spare and the Foxes finished the season in a fairly comfortable 15th place.
Final league table
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Results
Leicester City's score comes first [ 1]
Legend
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
27 August 1983
Notts County
H
0–4
14,838
31 August 1983
Luton Town
H
0–3
11,929
3 September 1983
West Bromwich Albion
A
0–1
12,016
6 September 1983
West Ham United
A
1–3
22,131
Lineker
10 September 1983
Tottenham Hotspur
H
0–3
15,886
17 September 1983
Coventry City
A
1–2
12,377
Lineker
24 September 1983
Stoke City
H
2–2
10,215
Jones, Lineker
1 October 1983
Birmingham City
A
1–2
15,212
Lineker
19 October 1983
Norwich City
A
1–3
13,780
Eastoe
22 October 1983
Ipswich Town
A
0–0
14,944
29 October 1983
Everton
H
2–0
10,953
A Smith , Ramsey
5 November 1983
Watford
A
3–3
15,807
Lynex (2, 1 pen), Banks
12 November 1983
Manchester United
H
1–1
24,409
Lynex
19 November 1983
Aston Villa
A
1–3
19,024
Lynex (pen)
26 November 1983
Arsenal
H
3–0
14,777
Lineker , Lynex , A Smith
30 November 1983
Southampton
H
2–1
14,181
A Smith , Lineker
4 December 1983
Nottingham Forest
A
2–3
23,248
Jones, A Smith
10 December 1983
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
5–1
10,969
Lineker , A Smith (3), Lynex
18 December 1983
Sunderland
A
1–1
16,993
Hazell
26 December 1983
Queens Park Rangers
H
2–1
17,460
Lineker , Lynex
27 December 1983
Liverpool
A
2–2
33,664
A Smith , Banks
31 December 1983
West Bromwich Albion
H
1–1
15,128
Lynex (pen)
2 January 1984
Stoke City
A
1–0
13,728
A Smith
14 January 1984
Notts County
A
5–2
10,607
MacDonald , Lineker (3), Peake
21 January 1984
Coventry City
H
1–1
16,262
Lineker
4 February 1984
Birmingham City
H
2–3
13,770
A Smith (2)
11 February 1984
Tottenham Hotspur
A
2–3
28,410
Lineker (2)
25 February 1984
Ipswich Town
H
2–0
11,399
A Smith , O'Neill
3 March 1984
Watford
H
4–1
13,295
Peake (2), Lineker , A Smith
10 March 1984
Manchester United
A
0–2
39,473
17 March 1984
West Ham United
H
4–1
13,533
Hazell , Lynex (2, 1 pen), Lineker
20 March 1984
Everton
A
1–1
15,142
Lineker
24 March 1984
Luton Town
A
0–0
10,509
31 March 1984
Norwich City
H
2–1
11,278
A Smith (2)
7 April 1984
Southampton
A
2–2
17,455
Lineker (2)
14 April 1984
Aston Villa
H
2–0
13,366
O'Neill , Banks
18 April 1984
Liverpool
H
3–3
26,553
Peake , Lynex , Lineker
21 April 1984
Queens Park Rangers
A
0–2
12,360
28 April 1984
Arsenal
A
1–2
24,143
Lineker
5 May 1984
Nottingham Forest
H
2–1
16,600
Lynex , Lineker
7 May 1984
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
0–1
7,405
12 May 1984
Sunderland
H
0–2
12,627
FA Cup
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
7 January 1984
Crystal Palace
A
0–1
11,497
League Cup
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st leg
5 October 1983
Chelsea
H
0–2
7,798
R2 2nd leg
25 October 1983
Chelsea
A
2–0 (lost 3-4 on pens)
15,666
A Smith , English
Squad
[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
References
General Grounds Rivalries Miscellaneous
National teams
League competitions
Levels 1–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two )
Athenian League (level 8 only )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (level 8 only )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
London Spartan League (Premier , Senior )
Midland Football Combination (level 8 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One North , One South )
Northern League (One , Two )
South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions