1982–83 Chelsea F.C. season

69th competitive season of Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea 1982–83 football season

Chelsea

1982–83 season

Chairman

Ken Bates

Manager

John Neal

Stadium

Stamford Bridge

Second Division

18th

FA Cup

Fourth round

League Cup

Third round

Top goalscorer

League: Mike Fillery (9)
All: Mike Fillery (12)

Highest home attendance

29,797 vs Fulham
(28 December 1982)

Lowest home attendance

6,677 vs Carlisle United
(12 March 1983)

Average home league attendance

12,728

Biggest win

6–0 v Cambridge United
(15 January 1983)

Biggest defeat

2–5 v Charlton Athletic
(5 March 1983)

Home colours

Away colours

← 1981–82

1983–84 →

The 1982–83 season was Chelsea Football Club's sixty-ninth competitive season. Struggling on and off the pitch, Chelsea narrowly escaped relegation to the Third Division and ultimately finished 18th, their lowest ever position in the Football League.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Queens Park Rangers (C, P)	42	26	7	9	77	36	+41	85	Promotion to the First Division
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers (P)	42	20	15	7	68	44	+24	75
3	Leicester City (P)	42	20	10	12	72	44	+28	70
4	Fulham	42	20	9	13	64	47	+17	69
5	Newcastle United	42	18	13	11	75	53	+22	67
6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	15	11	60	47	+13	63
7	Oldham Athletic	42	14	19	9	64	47	+17	61
8	Leeds United	42	13	21	8	51	46	+5	60
9	Shrewsbury Town	42	15	14	13	48	48	0	59
10	Barnsley	42	14	15	13	57	55	+2	57
11	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	12	15	58	58	0	57
12	Cambridge United	42	13	12	17	42	60	−18	51
13	Derby County	42	10	19	13	49	58	−9	49
14	Carlisle United	42	12	12	18	68	70	−2	48
15	Crystal Palace	42	12	12	18	43	52	−9	48
16	Middlesbrough	42	11	15	16	46	67	−21	48
17	Charlton Athletic	42	13	9	20	63	86	−23	48
18	Chelsea	42	11	14	17	51	61	−10	47
19	Grimsby Town	42	12	11	19	45	70	−25	47
20	Rotherham United (R)	42	10	15	17	45	68	−23	45	Relegation to the Third Division
21	Burnley (R)	42	12	8	22	56	66	−10	44
22	Bolton Wanderers (R)	42	11	11	20	42	61	−19	44

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

External links

1982–83 season at stamford-bridge.com

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
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	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Brighton & Hove Albion Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Orient Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Sheffield United Southend United Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham
Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bristol City Bury Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Hull City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wimbledon York City