The City Ground

SEASON: 1983-84

Prev Season: 1982-83
This Season: 1983-84
Next Season: 1984-85

DIVISION:: Canon First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Southampton (H) 1-2)
League Cup:: Quarter Final (Wimbledon (H) 1-1)
Player Of The Year:: Chris Fairclough

Top Goalscorer:: Peter Davenport (17 goals)

LEAGUE POSITIONS

SEASON END TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1983-84								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Liverpool	42	22	14	6	73	32	14	5	2	50	12	8	9	4	23	20	41	80	European Cup	0-1	0-1
2	Southampton	42	22	11	9	66	38	15	4	2	44	17	7	7	7	22	21	28	77	UEFA Cup First Round	0-1	1-0
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	8	12	76	45	14	4	3	47	17	8	4	9	29	28	31	74	UEFA Cup First Round
4	Manchester United	42	20	14	8	71	41	14	3	4	43	18	6	11	4	28	23	30	74	UEFA Cup First Round	2-0	2-1
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	22	7	13	67	37	14	4	3	37	12	8	3	10	30	25	30	73	UEFA Cup First Round	3-2	1-0
6	Arsenal	42	18	9	15	74	60	10	5	6	41	29	8	4	9	33	31	14	63		0-1	1-4
7	Everton	42	16	14	12	44	42	9	9	3	21	12	7	5	9	23	30	2	62	Cup Winners Cup First Round	1-0	0-1
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	10	15	64	65	11	4	6	31	24	6	6	9	33	41	-1	61	UEFA Cup First Round	2-2	1-2
9	West Ham United	42	17	9	16	60	55	10	4	7	39	24	7	5	9	21	31	5	60		3-0	2-1
10	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	59	61	14	3	4	34	22	3	6	12	25	39	-2	60		2-2	0-1
11	Watford	42	16	9	17	68	77	9	7	5	36	31	7	2	12	32	46	-9	57		5-1	2-3
12	Ipswich Town	42	15	8	19	55	57	11	4	6	34	23	4	4	13	21	34	-2	53		2-1	2-2
13	Sunderland	42	13	13	16	42	53	8	9	4	26	18	5	4	12	16	35	-11	52		1-1	1-1
14	Norwich City	42	12	15	15	48	49	9	8	4	34	20	3	7	11	14	29	-1	51		3-0	3-2
15	Leicester City	42	13	12	17	65	68	11	5	5	40	30	2	7	12	25	38	-3	51		3-2	1-2
16	Luton Town	42	14	9	19	53	66	7	5	9	30	33	7	4	10	23	33	-13	51		1-0	3-2
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	9	19	48	62	10	4	7	30	25	4	5	12	18	37	-14	51		3-1	5-0
18	Stoke City	42	13	11	18	44	63	11	4	6	30	23	2	7	12	14	40	-19	50		0-0	1-1
19	Coventry City	42	13	11	18	57	77	8	5	8	33	33	5	6	10	24	44	-20	50		3-0	1-2
20	Birmingham City	42	12	12	18	39	50	7	7	7	19	18	5	5	11	20	32	-11	48	Relegated	5-1	2-1
21	Notts County	42	10	11	21	50	72	6	7	8	31	36	4	4	13	19	36	-22	41	Relegated	3-1	0-0
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	6	11	25	27	80	4	8	9	15	28	2	3	16	12	52	-53	29	Relegated	5-0	0-1
1	Liverpool	42	22	14	6	73	32	14	5	2	50	12	8	9	4	23	20	41	80	European Cup	0-1	0-1
2	Southampton	42	22	11	9	66	38	15	4	2	44	17	7	7	7	22	21	28	77	UEFA Cup First Round	0-1	1-0
3	Nottingham Forest	42	22	8	12	76	45	14	4	3	47	17	8	4	9	29	28	31	74	UEFA Cup First Round
4	Manchester United	42	20	14	8	71	41	14	3	4	43	18	6	11	4	28	23	30	74	UEFA Cup First Round	2-0	2-1
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	22	7	13	67	37	14	4	3	37	12	8	3	10	30	25	30	73	UEFA Cup First Round	3-2	1-0
6	Arsenal	42	18	9	15	74	60	10	5	6	41	29	8	4	9	33	31	14	63		0-1	1-4
7	Everton	42	16	14	12	44	42	9	9	3	21	12	7	5	9	23	30	2	62	Cup Winners Cup First Round	1-0	0-1
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	10	15	64	65	11	4	6	31	24	6	6	9	33	41	-1	61	UEFA Cup First Round	2-2	1-2
9	West Ham United	42	17	9	16	60	55	10	4	7	39	24	7	5	9	21	31	5	60		3-0	2-1
10	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	59	61	14	3	4	34	22	3	6	12	25	39	-2	60		2-2	0-1
11	Watford	42	16	9	17	68	77	9	7	5	36	31	7	2	12	32	46	-9	57		5-1	2-3
12	Ipswich Town	42	15	8	19	55	57	11	4	6	34	23	4	4	13	21	34	-2	53		2-1	2-2
13	Sunderland	42	13	13	16	42	53	8	9	4	26	18	5	4	12	16	35	-11	52		1-1	1-1
14	Norwich City	42	12	15	15	48	49	9	8	4	34	20	3	7	11	14	29	-1	51		3-0	3-2
15	Leicester City	42	13	12	17	65	68	11	5	5	40	30	2	7	12	25	38	-3	51		3-2	1-2
16	Luton Town	42	14	9	19	53	66	7	5	9	30	33	7	4	10	23	33	-13	51		1-0	3-2
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	14	9	19	48	62	10	4	7	30	25	4	5	12	18	37	-14	51		3-1	5-0
18	Stoke City	42	13	11	18	44	63	11	4	6	30	23	2	7	12	14	40	-19	50		0-0	1-1
19	Coventry City	42	13	11	18	57	77	8	5	8	33	33	5	6	10	24	44	-20	50		3-0	1-2
20	Birmingham City	42	12	12	18	39	50	7	7	7	19	18	5	5	11	20	32	-11	48	Relegated	5-1	2-1
21	Notts County	42	10	11	21	50	72	6	7	8	31	36	4	4	13	19	36	-22	41	Relegated	3-1	0-0
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	6	11	25	27	80	4	8	9	15	28	2	3	16	12	52	-53	29	Relegated	5-0	0-1

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Competitive Games:: 55
Competitive Goals:: 90
Goals per game:: 1.6
League Games:: 42
League Points:: 74 out of 126 (3 points per win)
Points Percentage:: 58.7%

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	13 times	9 times		4 times
Conceded	22 times	12 times	2 times	1 time
Won By	17 times	5 times	3 times	2 times	2 times
Lost By	12 times	1 time	2 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Liverpool (0-1)
2	18	2	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Manchester United (2-0)
3	66	3	1	1	-	-	3	0	3	West Ham United (3-0)
4	32	4	1	1	-	-	2	1	3	Manchester United (2-1)
5	25	5	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Queens Park Rangers (1-0)
6	8	6	2	2	-	-	4	2	6	Luton Town (3-2), Southampton (1-0)
7	21	7	4	3	-	1	6	2	9	Liverpool (0-1), Luton Town (1-0), Coventry City (3-0), West Ham United (2-1)
8	14	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
9	22	9	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Aston Villa (2-2)
10	16	10	3	3	-	-	10	2	9	Ipswich Town (2-1), Norwich City (3-0), Watford (5-1)
11	29	11	1	-	-	1	0	1	0	Aston Villa (0-1)
12	3	12	1	-	1	-	2	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur (2-2)
13	1	13	3	2	-	1	6	5	6	Queens Park Rangers (3-2), Norwich City (3-2), Arsenal (0-1)
14	3	14	2	-	-	2	2	6	0	Arsenal (1-4), Leicester City (1-2)
15	3	15	1	1	-	-	1	0	3	Everton (1-0)
16	1	16	4	2	1	1	10	5	7	Sunderland (1-1), West Bromwich Albion (3-1), Coventry City (1-2), Birmingham City (5-1)
17	2	17	5	2	1	2	9	5	7	Tottenham Hotspur (1-2), Sunderland (1-1), Everton (0-1), Birmingham City (2-1), West Bromwich Albion (5-0)<
18		18	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Stoke City (1-1)
19		19	1	-	-	1	2	3	0	Watford (2-3)
20		20	4	2	2	-	8	5	8	Notts County (3-1), Leicester City (3-2), Ipswich Town (2-2), Stoke City (0-0)
21		21	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Notts County (0-0)
22		22	2	1	-	1	5	1	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers (5-0), Wolverhampton Wanderers (0-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Southampton (0-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 29,692 (Liverpool)
Lowest League Attendance:: 13,625 (Stoke City)
Average League Attendance:: 17,843
Highest Cup Attendance:: 32,017 (Celtic)
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 14,994 (Vorwarts)

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 18
Yellow cards:: 6
Red cards:: 1
Own goals (for):: 3 (scored by opponents for us)
Own goals (against):: 1 (scored by us for opponents)
Penalties scored:: 10
Penalties conceded:: 7
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 2

GAMES

Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 27, 1983	Southampton	H	0-1	Loss	14,626	17
2	Mon Aug 29, 1983	Manchester United	A	2-1	Win	43,005	10	Anderson (65), Davenport (86)
3	Sat Sep 03, 1983	Liverpool	A	0-1	Loss	31,376	15
4	Wed Sep 07, 1983	Aston Villa	H	2-2	Draw	16,363	14	Davenport (42), Birtles (85)
5	Sat Sep 10, 1983	Queens Park Rangers	H	3-2	Win	14,607	9	Hodge (?), Davenport (?), Bob Hazell (? OG)
6	Sat Sep 17, 1983	Norwich City	A	3-2	Win	15,017	9	Walsh (22 pen, 42, 65)
7	Sat Sep 24, 1983	Luton Town	H	1-0	Win	16,296	7	Wallace (?)
8	Sun Oct 02, 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1-2	Loss	30,596	10	Walsh (5)
9	Sun Oct 16, 1983	Notts County	H	3-1	Win	26,657	8	Wallace (8), Bowyer (28), Davenport (40)
10	Sat Oct 22, 1983	Arsenal	A	1-4	Loss	22,870	11	Davenport (64 pen)
11	Sat Oct 29, 1983	Sunderland	H	1-1	Draw	16,943	11	Thijssen (28)
12	Sat Nov 05, 1983	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5-0	Win	13,855	7	Birtles (6), Davenport (16 pen), Walsh (57), Hodge (60, 67)
13	Sat Nov 12, 1983	Everton	A	0-1	Loss	17,546	11
14	Sat Nov 19, 1983	Ipswich Town	H	2-1	Win	14,979	8	Birtles (?), Swain (73)
15	Sat Nov 26, 1983	Stoke City	A	1-1	Draw	11,655	7	Walsh (4 pen)
16	Sun Dec 04, 1983	Leicester City	H	3-2	Win	23,248	6	Walsh (?), Bowyer (?), Thijssen (?)
17	Sat Dec 10, 1983	Watford	A	2-3	Loss	14,047	11	Birtles (15, 49)
18	Sat Dec 17, 1983	West Ham United	H	3-0	Win	14,544	8	Hodge (26), Birtles (70), Walsh (86 pen)
19	Mon Dec 26, 1983	Birmingham City	A	2-1	Win	14,482	6	Birtles (?), Hodge (?)
20	Wed Dec 28, 1983	Coventry City	H	3-0	Win	22,169	5	Davenport (23), Birtles (53, 84)
21	Sat Dec 31, 1983	Liverpool	H	0-1	Loss	29,692	5
22	Mon Jan 02, 1984	Luton Town	A	3-2	Win	12,126	4	Birtles (37), Hodge (39), Davenport (43)
23	Sat Jan 21, 1984	Norwich City	H	3-0	Win	13,993	4	Hodge (?), Thijssen (5), Anderson (29)
24	Mon Jan 23, 1984	Southampton	A	1-0	Win	17,420	3	Birtles (30)
25	Sat Feb 04, 1984	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	Draw	21,482	4	Hodge (11), Walsh (65 pen)
26	Wed Feb 08, 1984	West Bromwich Albion	A	5-0	Win	16,692	2	Walsh (13 pen), Ken McNaught (47 OG), Bowyer (53), Birtles (79), Anderson (83)
27	Sat Feb 11, 1984	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-0	Win	16,692	2	Birtles (41)
28	Sat Feb 18, 1984	Sunderland	A	1-1	Draw	20,045	2	Anderson (85)
29	Sat Feb 25, 1984	Arsenal	H	0-1	Loss	20,045	3
30	Sat Mar 03, 1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0-1	Loss	10,476	3
31	Wed Mar 14, 1984	Everton	H	1-0	Win	13,647	3	Hodge (89)
32	Sat Mar 17, 1984	Aston Villa	A	0-1	Loss	16,270	3
33	Sat Mar 31, 1984	Notts County	A	0-0	Draw	18,357	3
34	Sat Apr 07, 1984	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	Win	15,245	3	Anderson (?), Bowyer (?), Walsh (? pen)
35	Sat Apr 14, 1984	Ipswich Town	A	2-2	Draw	15,429	3	Wigley (1), Davenport (81)
36	Tue Apr 17, 1984	Coventry City	A	1-2	Loss	9,818	3	Walsh (78)
37	Sat Apr 21, 1984	Birmingham City	H	5-1	Win	15,323	3	Davenport (?, ?), Walsh (?), Bowyer (?), Wallace (?)
38	Sat Apr 28, 1984	Stoke City	H	0-0	Draw	13,625	5
39	Sat May 05, 1984	Leicester City	A	1-2	Loss	16,600	5	Davenport (80)
40	Mon May 07, 1984	Watford	H	5-1	Win	13,732	5	Paul Atkinson (3 OG), Hodge (11), Davenport (22, 54), Bowyer (60)
41	Sat May 12, 1984	West Ham United	A	2-1	Win	18,468	4	Birtles (21), Davenport (57)
42	Wed May 16, 1984	Manchester United	H	2-0	Win	23,651	2	Birtles (34), Anderson (47)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 07, 1984	Southampton	3			H	1-2	Loss	19,271	Hart (83)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Oct 04, 1983	Wimbledon	2	1			A	0-2	Loss	7,554
Wed Oct 26, 1983	Wimbledon	2	2			H	1-1	Draw	22,870	Wallace (87)

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 14, 1983	Vorwarts	Austria	1	1	H	2-0	Win	14,994	Wallace (16), Hodge (61)
Wed Sep 28, 1983	Vorwarts	Austria	1	2	A	1-0	Win	18,000	Bowyer (66)
Wed Oct 19, 1983	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	2	1	A	2-1	Win	28,000	Davenport (51), Walsh (89 pen)
Wed Nov 02, 1983	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	2	2	H	1-0	Win	16,943	Davenport (55)
Wed Nov 23, 1983	Celtic	Scotland	3	1	H	0-0	Draw	32,017
Wed Dec 07, 1983	Celtic	Scotland	3	2	A	2-1	Win	66,938	Hodge (53), Walsh (74)
Wed Mar 07, 1984	Sturm Graz	Austria	Quarter	1	H	1-0	Win	19,459	Hart (70)
Wed Mar 21, 1984	Sturm Graz	Austria	Quarter	2	A	1-1	Draw	21,000	Walsh (114 pen)
Wed Apr 11, 1984	Anderlecht	Belgium	Semi	1	H	2-0	Win	22,681	Hodge (84, 87)
Wed Apr 25, 1984	Anderlecht	Belgium	Semi	2	A	0-3	Loss	36,000

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Fri May 18, 1984	Mansfield Town	Final	H	3-0	Win	3,169	Davenport (?, ?), Wallace (? pen)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Fri Aug 05, 1983	Utrecht	Netherlands	A	0-1	Loss	8,500
Sun Aug 07, 1983	Romania XI	Romania	A	2-0	Win	9,000	Birtles (?, ?)
Wed Aug 10, 1983	Groningen	Netherlands	A	1-2	Loss	11,000	Davenport (?)
Fri Aug 12, 1983	Brugge	Belgium	A	1-1	Loss	9,000	Birtles (?)
Sun Aug 14, 1983	Real Zaragoza	Spain	A	1-2	Loss	-	Birtles (56)
Sat Aug 20, 1983	Swansea City	Wales	A	3-1	Win	-	Birtles (?, ?), Wallace (?)
Tue Aug 23, 1983	Barcelona	Spain	A	0-2	Loss	40,000
Wed Aug 24, 1983	Anderlecht	Belgium	A	2-4	Loss	90,000	Wallace (?), Gunn (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sun Jan 29, 1984	Oman XI	Oman	A	5-1	Win	2,000	Wigley (?), Walsh (? pen), Hodge (?), Wallace (?), Gunn (?)
Tue Jan 31, 1984	Oman XI	Oman	A	3-1	Win	1,000	Wallace (?), Thijssen (?, ?)
Tue May 01, 1984	Botev Vratza	Bulgaria	A	2-0	Win	4,000	Anderson (?), Fairclough (?)
Sun May 27, 1984	Western Australia	Australia	A	4-1	Win	-	Davenport (?), Birtles (?), Bowyer (?), Mills (?)
Wed May 30, 1984	Australia A	Australia	A	1-1	Draw	4,500	Anderson (?)
Sun Jun 03, 1984	Manchester United	England	N	0-1	Loss	4,000
Thu Jun 07, 1984	Australia A	Australia	A	2-2	Draw	5,274	Hodge (? pen), Bowyer (?)
Mon Jun 11, 1984	Australia B	Australia	A	0-0	Draw	3,949

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Oct 11, 1983	Derby County	England	A	2-2	Draw	4,500	Davenport (77), Fashanu (84)

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Manager: Brian Clough
Fri Aug 05, 1983	Pre-Season Friendly	Utrecht			A	0-1	8,500
Sun Aug 07, 1983	Pre-Season Friendly	Romania XI			A	2-0	9,000	Birtles (?, ?)
Wed Aug 10, 1983	Pre-Season Friendly	Groningen			A	1-2	11,000	Davenport (?)
Fri Aug 12, 1983	Pre-Season Friendly	Brugge	Semi		A	1-1	9,000	Birtles (?)
Sun Aug 14, 1983	Pre-Season Friendly	Real Zaragoza	3rd/4th place		A	1-2	-	Birtles (56)
Sat Aug 20, 1983	Pre-Season Friendly	Swansea City			A	3-1	-	Birtles (?, ?), Wallace (?)
Tue Aug 23, 1983	Pre-Season Friendly	Barcelona			A	0-2	40,000
Wed Aug 24, 1983	Pre-Season Friendly	Anderlecht			A	2-4	90,000	Wallace (?), Gunn (?)
Sat Aug 27, 1983	League Tier 1	Southampton			H	0-1	14,626
Mon Aug 29, 1983	League Tier 1	Manchester United			A	2-1	43,005	Anderson (65), Davenport (86)
Sat Sep 03, 1983	League Tier 1	Liverpool			A	0-1	31,376
Wed Sep 07, 1983	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			H	2-2	16,363	Davenport (42), Birtles (85)
Sat Sep 10, 1983	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers			H	3-2	14,607	Hodge (?), Davenport (?), Bob Hazell (? OG)
Wed Sep 14, 1983	UEFA Cup	Vorwarts	1	1	H	2-0	14,994	Wallace (16), Hodge (61)
Sat Sep 17, 1983	League Tier 1	Norwich City			A	3-2	15,017	Walsh (22 pen, 42, 65)
Sat Sep 24, 1983	League Tier 1	Luton Town			H	1-0	16,296	Wallace (?)
Wed Sep 28, 1983	UEFA Cup	Vorwarts	1	2	A	1-0	18,000	Bowyer (66)
Sun Oct 02, 1983	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			A	1-2	30,596	Walsh (5)
Tue Oct 04, 1983	League Cup	Wimbledon	2	1	A	0-2	7,554
Tue Oct 11, 1983	Testimonial	Derby County			A	2-2	4,500	Davenport (77), Fashanu (84)
Sun Oct 16, 1983	League Tier 1	Notts County			H	3-1	26,657	Wallace (8), Bowyer (28), Davenport (40)
Wed Oct 19, 1983	UEFA Cup	PSV Eindhoven	2	1	A	2-1	28,000	Davenport (51), Walsh (89 pen)
Sat Oct 22, 1983	League Tier 1	Arsenal			A	1-4	22,870	Davenport (64 pen)
Wed Oct 26, 1983	League Cup	Wimbledon	2	2	H	1-1	22,870	Wallace (87)
Sat Oct 29, 1983	League Tier 1	Sunderland			H	1-1	16,943	Thijssen (28)
Wed Nov 02, 1983	UEFA Cup	PSV Eindhoven	2	2	H	1-0	16,943	Davenport (55)
Sat Nov 05, 1983	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			H	5-0	13,855	Birtles (6), Davenport (16 pen), Walsh (57), Hodge (60, 67)
Sat Nov 12, 1983	League Tier 1	Everton			A	0-1	17,546
Sat Nov 19, 1983	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			H	2-1	14,979	Birtles (?), Swain (73)
Wed Nov 23, 1983	UEFA Cup	Celtic	3	1	H	0-0	32,017
Sat Nov 26, 1983	League Tier 1	Stoke City			A	1-1	11,655	Walsh (4 pen)
Sun Dec 04, 1983	League Tier 1	Leicester City			H	3-2	23,248	Walsh (?), Bowyer (?), Thijssen (?)
Wed Dec 07, 1983	UEFA Cup	Celtic	3	2	A	2-1	66,938	Hodge (53), Walsh (74)
Sat Dec 10, 1983	League Tier 1	Watford			A	2-3	14,047	Birtles (15, 49)
Sat Dec 17, 1983	League Tier 1	West Ham United			H	3-0	14,544	Hodge (26), Birtles (70), Walsh (86 pen)
Mon Dec 26, 1983	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			A	2-1	14,482	Birtles (?), Hodge (?)
Wed Dec 28, 1983	League Tier 1	Coventry City			H	3-0	22,169	Davenport (23), Birtles (53, 84)
Sat Dec 31, 1983	League Tier 1	Liverpool			H	0-1	29,692
Mon Jan 02, 1984	League Tier 1	Luton Town			A	3-2	12,126	Birtles (37), Hodge (39), Davenport (43)
Sat Jan 07, 1984	FA Cup	Southampton	3		H	1-2	19,271	Hart (83)
Sat Jan 21, 1984	League Tier 1	Norwich City			H	3-0	13,993	Hodge (?), Thijssen (5), Anderson (29)
Mon Jan 23, 1984	League Tier 1	Southampton			A	1-0	17,420	Birtles (30)
Sun Jan 29, 1984	Friendly	Oman XI			A	5-1	2,000	Wigley (?), Walsh (? pen), Hodge (?), Wallace (?), Gunn (?)
Tue Jan 31, 1984	Friendly	Oman XI			A	3-1	1,000	Wallace (?), Thijssen (?, ?)
Sat Feb 04, 1984	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur			H	2-2	21,482	Hodge (11), Walsh (65 pen)
Wed Feb 08, 1984	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			A	5-0	16,692	Walsh (13 pen), Ken McNaught (47 OG), Bowyer (53), Birtles (79), Anderson (83)
Sat Feb 11, 1984	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers			A	1-0	16,692	Birtles (41)
Sat Feb 18, 1984	League Tier 1	Sunderland			A	1-1	20,045	Anderson (85)
Sat Feb 25, 1984	League Tier 1	Arsenal			H	0-1	20,045
Sat Mar 03, 1984	League Tier 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers			A	0-1	10,476
Wed Mar 07, 1984	UEFA Cup	Sturm Graz	Quarter	1	H	1-0	19,459	Hart (70)
Wed Mar 14, 1984	League Tier 1	Everton			H	1-0	13,647	Hodge (89)
Sat Mar 17, 1984	League Tier 1	Aston Villa			A	0-1	16,270
Wed Mar 21, 1984	UEFA Cup	Sturm Graz	Quarter	2	A	1-1	21,000	Walsh (114 pen)
Sat Mar 31, 1984	League Tier 1	Notts County			A	0-0	18,357
Sat Apr 07, 1984	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion			H	3-1	15,245	Anderson (?), Bowyer (?), Walsh (? pen)
Wed Apr 11, 1984	UEFA Cup	Anderlecht	Semi	1	H	2-0	22,681	Hodge (84, 87)
Sat Apr 14, 1984	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town			A	2-2	15,429	Wigley (1), Davenport (81)
Tue Apr 17, 1984	League Tier 1	Coventry City			A	1-2	9,818	Walsh (78)
Sat Apr 21, 1984	League Tier 1	Birmingham City			H	5-1	15,323	Davenport (?, ?), Walsh (?), Bowyer (?), Wallace (?)
Wed Apr 25, 1984	UEFA Cup	Anderlecht	Semi	2	A	0-3	36,000
Sat Apr 28, 1984	League Tier 1	Stoke City			H	0-0	13,625
Tue May 01, 1984	Friendly	Botev Vratza			A	2-0	4,000	Anderson (?), Fairclough (?)
Sat May 05, 1984	League Tier 1	Leicester City			A	1-2	16,600	Davenport (80)
Mon May 07, 1984	League Tier 1	Watford			H	5-1	13,732	Paul Atkinson (3 OG), Hodge (11), Davenport (22, 54), Bowyer (60)
Sat May 12, 1984	League Tier 1	West Ham United			A	2-1	18,468	Birtles (21), Davenport (57)
Wed May 16, 1984	League Tier 1	Manchester United			H	2-0	23,651	Birtles (34), Anderson (47)
Fri May 18, 1984	County Cup	Mansfield Town	Final		H	3-0	3,169	Davenport (?, ?), Wallace (? pen)
Sun May 27, 1984	Friendly	Western Australia			A	4-1	-	Davenport (?), Birtles (?), Bowyer (?), Mills (?)
Wed May 30, 1984	Friendly	Australia A			A	1-1	4,500	Anderson (?)
Sun Jun 03, 1984	Friendly	Manchester United			N	0-1	4,000
Thu Jun 07, 1984	Friendly	Australia A			A	2-2	5,274	Hodge (? pen), Bowyer (?)
Mon Jun 11, 1984	Friendly	Australia B			A	0-0	3,949

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (3) - £0				Out (5) - £210,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
1983	Gary Mills	Bought			Danny Wilson	Sold
Apr 21, 1984	Frans Thijssen	Loan In		Nov 12, 1983	Colin Todd	Sold
Sep 29, 1984	Jim McInally	Bought		May 16, 1984	Hans van Breukelen	Sold
				May 16, 1984	Ian Wallace	Sold
				May 16, 1984	Viv Anderson	Sold	£210,000

SQUAD

				Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Country	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Netherlands	Hans van Breukelen	46	25	7	14
GK		England	Steve Sutton	9	4	4	1						2
Defenders
D		England	Bryn Gunn	7	7							3	1
D		England	Colin Todd	19	10	3	6		1
D		England	Des Walker	4	1	2	1					1	1
D		Scotland	Jim McInally
D		England	Kenny Swain	54	28	11	15	1			1
D		England	Mark Smalley										1
D		England	Paul Hart	48	23	11	14	2		1	1
D		England	Viv Anderson	53	28	11	14	6			1
Midfielders
M		England	Chris Fairclough	41	24	7	10		1			2		Player Of The Year
M		Scotland	Colin Walsh	51	28	10	13	16	1		5	4
M		England	Danny Wilson	1	1							1
M		Netherlands	Frans Thijssen	19	9	6	4	3			8
M		England	Gary Mills	9	4	2	3				2	2	1
M		England	Ian Bowyer	55	29	11	15	7	2
M		Scotland	James McKechnie
M		Netherlands	Leo Ehlen
M		England	Steve Hodge	52	26	11	15	14	1		3
M		Scotland	Steven Murray (1983-86)										1
M		England	Justin Fashanu
Forwards
F		England	David Riley	1	1							1	1
F		England	Garry Birtles	43	22	8	13	15			5	3
F		Scotland	Ian Wallace	35	20	7	8	5			2	7	3
F		England	Peter Davenport	45	23	10	12	17			3	2
F		England	Steve Wigley	47	27	6	14	1			3	8	3

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
17 (2)	Peter Davenport	45
16 (8)	Colin Walsh	51
15	Garry Birtles	43
14	Steve Hodge	52
7	Ian Bowyer	55
6	Viv Anderson	53
5	Ian Wallace	35
3	Frans Thijssen	19
3	Own Goals	55
2	Paul Hart	48
1	Kenny Swain	54
1	Steve Wigley	47

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Birmingham City	Mon Dec 26, 1983	Away	2-1	Sat Apr 21, 1984	Home	5-1
Luton Town	Sat Sep 24, 1983	Home	1-0	Mon Jan 02, 1984	Away	3-2
Manchester United	Mon Aug 29, 1983	Away	2-1	Wed May 16, 1984	Home	2-0
Norwich City	Sat Sep 17, 1983	Away	3-2	Sat Jan 21, 1984	Home	3-0
Queens Park Rangers	Sat Sep 10, 1983	Home	3-2	Sat Feb 11, 1984	Away	1-0
West Bromwich Albion	Wed Feb 08, 1984	Away	5-0	Sat Apr 07, 1984	Home	3-1
West Ham United	Sat Dec 17, 1983	Home	3-0	Sat May 12, 1984	Away	2-1