1982–83 FA Cup

1982–83 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Defending champions	Tottenham Hotspur
Final positions
Champions	Manchester United; (5th title)
Runner-up	Brighton & Hove Albion
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 FA Cup was the 102nd season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The competition was won by Manchester United, who drew the first final 2–2, but won the replay 4–0.

First round proper

Teams from the Football League Third and Fourth Division entered in this round plus Enfield, Altrincham, Barnet and Wycombe Wanderers were given byes. The first round of games were played over the weekend 20–21 November 1982. Replays were played on the 22nd-24th.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Enfield	0–0	Newport County	20 November 1982
Replay	Newport County	4–2	Enfield	23 November 1982
2	Blackpool	3–0	Horwich RMI	20 November 1982
3	Chester	1–1	Northwich Victoria	20 November 1982
Replay	Northwich Victoria	3–1	Chester	22 November 1982
4	Chesterfield	2–2	Peterborough United	20 November 1982
Replay	Peterborough United	2–1	Chesterfield	24 November 1982
5	Darlington	0–1	Scunthorpe United	20 November 1982
6	Bournemouth	0–2	Southend United	20 November 1982
7	Preston North End	5–1	Shepshed Charterhouse	20 November 1982
8	Weymouth	4–3	Maidstone United	20 November 1982
9	Worthing	2–1	Dartford	20 November 1982
10	Reading	1–2	Bishop's Stortford	20 November 1982
11	Walsall	3–0	Kettering Town	20 November 1982
12	Gillingham	1–0	Dagenham	20 November 1982
13	Macclesfield Town	1–5	Worcester City	20 November 1982
14	Swindon Town	2–0	Wealdstone	20 November 1982
15	Tranmere Rovers	4–2	Scarborough	20 November 1982
16	Brentford	7–0	Windsor & Eton	20 November 1982
17	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	20 November 1982
18	Northampton Town	2–2	Wimbledon	20 November 1982
Replay	Wimbledon	0–2	Northampton Town	23 November 1982
19	Portsmouth	4–1	Hereford United	20 November 1982
20	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Exeter City	20 November 1982
21	Hull City	1–1	Sheffield United	20 November 1982
Replay	Sheffield United	2–0	Hull City	23 November 1982
22	Altrincham	2–1	Rochdale	20 November 1982
23	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Mossley	20 November 1982
24	Mansfield Town	3–2	Stockport County	20 November 1982
25	Port Vale	0–1	Bradford City	20 November 1982
26	Halifax Town	0–1	North Shields	20 November 1982
27	Chesham United	0–1	Yeovil Town	20 November 1982
28	Workington	1–2	Doncaster Rovers	20 November 1982
29	Carshalton Athletic	4–0	Barnet	20 November 1982
30	York City	3–1	Bury	20 November 1982
31	Aldershot	4–0	Wimborne Town	20 November 1982
32	Wigan Athletic	0–0	Telford United	21 November 1982
Replay	Telford United	2–1	Wigan Athletic	23 November 1982
33	Boston United	3–1	Crewe Alexandra	20 November 1982
34	Holbeach United	0–4	Wrexham	20 November 1982
35	Colchester United	0–2	Torquay United	20 November 1982
36	Slough Town	1–0	Millwall	20 November 1982
37	Wokingham Town	1–1	Cardiff City	20 November 1982
Replay	Cardiff City	3–0	Wokingham Town	23 November 1982
38	Oxford United	5–2	Folkestone	20 November 1982
39	Orient	4–1	Bristol City	20 November 1982
40	Hartlepool United	3–0	Lincoln City	20 November 1982

Second round proper

The second round of games were played on 11 December 1982. Replays were played on the 14th–15th, or the 20th.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Preston North End	2–1	Blackpool	11 December 1982
2	Gillingham	1–1	Northampton Town	11 December 1982
Replay	Northampton Town	3–2	Gillingham	14 December 1982
3	Swindon Town	2–2	Brentford	11 December 1982
Replay	Brentford	1–3	Swindon Town	14 December 1982
4	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Plymouth Argyle	11 December 1982
Replay	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Bristol Rovers	20 December 1982
5	Portsmouth	1–3	Aldershot	11 December 1982
6	Worcester City	2–1	Wrexham	11 December 1982
7	Altrincham	0–1	Huddersfield Town	11 December 1982
8	Southend United	3–0	Yeovil Town	11 December 1982
9	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Northwich Victoria	11 December 1982
10	Mansfield Town	1–1	Bradford City	11 December 1982
Replay	Bradford City	3–2	Mansfield Town	15 December 1982
11	Cardiff City	2–3	Weymouth	11 December 1982
12	Newport County	1–0	Orient	11 December 1982
13	Torquay United	4–1	Carshalton Athletic	11 December 1982
14	North Shields	0–3	Walsall	11 December 1982
15	Boston United	1–1	Sheffield United	11 December 1982
Replay	Sheffield United	5–1	Boston United	14 December 1982
16	Peterborough United	5–2	Doncaster Rovers	11 December 1982
17	Slough Town	1–4	Bishop's Stortford	11 December 1982
18	Oxford United	4–0	Worthing	11 December 1982
19	Telford United	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	11 December 1982
Replay	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	Telford United	14 December 1982
20	Hartlepool United	1–1	York City	11 December 1982
Replay	York City	4–0	Hartlepool United	14 December 1982

Third round proper

Teams from the Football League First and Second Division entered in this round. The third round of games in the FA Cup were played on 8 January 1983. Replays took place over 11–12 January, with a second replay on the 24th.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Watford	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	8 January 1983
2	Walsall	0–0	Birmingham City	8 January 1983
Replay	Birmingham City	1–0	Walsall	11 January 1983
3	Leicester City	2–3	Notts County	8 January 1983
4	Blackburn Rovers	1–2	Liverpool	8 January 1983
5	Middlesbrough	2–2	Bishop's Stortford	8 January 1983
Replay	Bishop's Stortford	1–2	Middlesbrough	11 January 1983
6	West Bromwich Albion	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	8 January 1983
7	Sunderland	0–0	Manchester City	8 January 1983
Replay	Manchester City	2–1	Sunderland	12 January 1983
8	Derby County	2–0	Nottingham Forest	8 January 1983
9	Luton Town	3–0	Peterborough United	8 January 1983
10	Swindon Town	7–0	Aldershot	8 January 1983
11	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Rotherham United	8 January 1983
12	Sheffield United	0–0	Stoke City	8 January 1983
Replay	Stoke City	3–2	Sheffield United	12 January 1983
13	Tranmere Rovers	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8 January 1983
14	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Southampton	8 January 1983
15	Northampton Town	0–1	Aston Villa	8 January 1983
16	Coventry City	3–1	Worcester City	8 January 1983
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Newcastle United	8 January 1983
Replay	Newcastle United	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	12 January 1983
18	Manchester United	2–0	West Ham United	8 January 1983
19	Norwich City	2–1	Swansea City	8 January 1983
20	Bradford City	0–1	Barnsley	8 January 1983
21	Carlisle United	2–2	Burnley	8 January 1983
Replay	Burnley	3–1	Carlisle United	11 January 1983
22	Oldham Athletic	0–2	Fulham	8 January 1983
23	Crystal Palace	2–1	York City	8 January 1983
24	Southend United	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	8 January 1983
Replay	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Southend United	11 January 1983
Replay	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Southend United	24 January 1983
25	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Grimsby Town	8 January 1983
Replay	Grimsby Town	2–0	Scunthorpe United	11 January 1983
26	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Chelsea	8 January 1983
Replay	Chelsea	2–0	Huddersfield Town	12 January 1983
27	Newport County	1–1	Everton	8 January 1983
Replay	Everton	2–1	Newport County	11 January 1983
28	Charlton Athletic	2–3	Ipswich Town	8 January 1983
29	Arsenal	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	8 January 1983
30	Leeds United	3–0	Preston North End	8 January 1983
31	Cambridge United	1–0	Weymouth	8 January 1983
32	Oxford United	1–1	Torquay United	8 January 1983
Replay	Torquay United	2–1	Oxford United	12 January 1983

Fourth round proper

The fourth round of games were mainly played over the weekend 29 –30 January 1983. Some games were replayed on 1–2 February, with a second replay on the 9th.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Burnley	3–1	Swindon Town	29 January 1983
2	Liverpool	2–0	Stoke City	29 January 1983
3	Watford	1–1	Fulham	29 January 1983
Replay	Fulham	1–2	Watford	1 February 1983
4	Aston Villa	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29 January 1983
5	Middlesbrough	2–0	Notts County	29 January 1983
6	Derby County	2–1	Chelsea	29 January 1983
7	Luton Town	0–2	Manchester United	29 January 1983
8	Everton	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	30 January 1983
9	Ipswich Town	2–0	Grimsby Town	29 January 1983
10	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	29 January 1983
11	Coventry City	2–2	Norwich City	29 January 1983
Replay	Norwich City	2–1	Coventry City	2 February 1983
12	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–0	Manchester City	29 January 1983
13	Crystal Palace	1–0	Birmingham City	29 January 1983
14	Arsenal	1–1	Leeds United	29 January 1983
Replay	Leeds United	1–1	Arsenal	2 February 1983
Replay	Arsenal	2–1	Leeds United	9 February 1983
15	Torquay United	2–3	Sheffield Wednesday	29 January 1983
16	Cambridge United	1–0	Barnsley	29 January 1983

Fifth round proper

The fifth set of games were all played on 19 –20 February 1983. Two replays were played on the 28th. Holders Tottenham Hotspur were eliminated by Everton – their first defeat in the competition since March 1980.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Liverpool	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	20 February 1983
2	Aston Villa	4–1	Watford	19 February 1983
3	Middlesbrough	1–1	Arsenal	19 February 1983
Replay	Arsenal	3–2	Middlesbrough	28 February 1983
4	Derby County	0–1	Manchester United	19 February 1983
5	Everton	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	19 February 1983
6	Norwich City	1–0	Ipswich Town	19 February 1983
7	Crystal Palace	0–0	Burnley	19 February 1983
Replay	Burnley	1–0	Crystal Palace	28 February 1983
8	Cambridge United	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	19 February 1983

Sixth round proper

The sixth round of FA Cup games were played on 12 March 1983 with a replay on the 16th.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Burnley	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	12 March 1983
Replay	Sheffield Wednesday	5–0	Burnley	16 March 1983
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Norwich City	12 March 1983
3	Manchester United	1–0	Everton	12 March 1983
4	Arsenal	2–0	Aston Villa	12 March 1983

Semi finals

16 April 1983

Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday
Case 15' Robinson 78'		Miročević 57'

Highbury, London

Referee: George Courtney (Spennymoor)

16 April 1983

Manchester United	2–1	Arsenal
B. Robson 49' Norman Whiteside 70'		Tony Woodcock 36'

Villa Park, Birmingham

Referee: Keith Hackett (Sheffield)

Final

21 May 1983

Manchester United	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Brighton & Hove Albion
Stapleton 55' Wilkins 72'		Smith 14' Stevens 87'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: Alf Grey (Norfolk)

Man United

Brighton

Replay

26 May 1983

Manchester United	4–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
Robson 25' 44' Whiteside 30' Mühren 62' (pen.)

Wembley, London

Attendance: 92,000

Referee: Alf Grey (Norfolk)

Man United

Brighton

TV Coverage

The right to show FA Cup games were, as with Football League matches, shared between the BBC and ITV network. All games were shown in a highlights format, except the Final, which was shown live both on BBC1 & ITV. The BBC football highlights programme Match of the Day would show up to three games and the various ITV regional network stations would cover up to one game and show highlights from other games covered elsewhere on the ITV network. The BBC showed brief highlights of two FA Cup games from rounds One & Two after League highlights games. For the first time since the 1970–71 season, an ITV Region (TVS) showed highlights of one Second Round tie, Portsmouth v Aldershot. Highlights of replays would be shown on either the BBC or ITV.

This Season ITV Highlights with the regional highlights programmes were back on Saturday nights while BBC1 Highlights under Match Of The Day were back on Sunday afternoons in the final season of the 4 year alternation deal and also the final season of ITV regional highlights

First Round Blackpool v Horwich RMI BBC1
Second Round BBC1 Boston United v Sheffield United, ITV Portsmouth v Aldershot (TVS)
Third Round BBC1 Manchester United v West Ham United, Northampton Town v Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton, Newcastle United v Brighton & Hove Albion (Midweek replay),Manchester City v Sunderland (Midweek replay) ITV Derby County v Nottingham Forest (Central), Charlton Athletic v Ipswich Town (LWT & Anglia), Blackburn Rovers v Liverpool (Granada), Sunderland v Manchester City (Tyne-Tees)
Fourth Round BBC1 Aston Villa v Wolverhampton Wanderers, Watford v Fulham, Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester City ITV Tottenham Hotspur v West Bromwich Albion (LWT & Central),Luton Town v Manchester United (Anglia), Middlesbrough v Notts County (Tyne-Tees), Liverpool v Stoke City (Granada), Leeds United v Arsenal (Midweek replay All regions), Norwich City v Coventry City (Midweek replay All regions)
Fifth Round BBC1 Norwich City v Ipswich Town, Crystal Palace v Burnley, Derby County v Manchester United ITV Aston Villa v Watford (Central & LWT), Everton v Tottenham Hotspur (Granada), Middlesbrough v Arsenal (Tyne-Tees), Cambridge United v Sheffield Wednesday (Anglia & Yorkshire)
Sixth Round BBC1 Arsenal v Aston Villa, Burnley v Sheffield Wednesday ITV Manchester United v Everton (Granada & LWT), Brighton & Hove Albion v Norwich City (TVS & Anglia) All regions showed those two games
FA Cup Semi-Finals BBC1 Arsenal v Manchester United ITV Brighton & Hove Albion v Sheffield Wednesday (All regions)
FA Cup Final Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United Live on BBC1 and ITV (All Regions) (Both games)

References

External links

The FA Cup at TheFA.com
FA Cup at BBC.co.uk
FA Cup news at Reuters.co.uk

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