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Date/Mgr	Opponent	Opponent	Score	Comp etition	Comp	Attendance
H Sa 1983-08-27	Sa 1983-08-27 Smith	Lincoln City	Lincoln City	W 3 - 0 Steve Biggins Biggins George Lawrence Lawrence Neil Whatmore Whatmore	League	D 3	4239
H We 1983-08-31	We 1983-08-31 Smith	Bristol City	Bristol City	D 1 - 1 Kevin Brock Brock	League Cup	LgCup R1 L1	3924
A Sa 1983-09-03	Sa 1983-09-03 Smith	Wigan Athletic	Wigan Athletic	W 2 - 0 Gary Briggs Briggs Mick Vinter Vinter	League	D 3	2697
A We 1983-09-07	We 1983-09-07 Smith	Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe United	D 0 - 0	League	D 3	3516
H Sa 1983-09-10	Sa 1983-09-10 Smith	Burnley	Burnley	D 2 - 2 Andy Thomas Thomas George Lawrence Lawrence	League	D 3	5637
A Mo 1983-09-12	Mo 1983-09-12 Smith	Bristol City	Bristol City	W 1 - 0 Andy Thomas Thomas	League Cup	LgCup R1 L2	5163
A Sa 1983-09-17	Sa 1983-09-17 Smith	Gillingham	Gillingham	W 3 - 2 Steve Biggins Biggins Trevor Hebberd Hebberd Gary Barnett Barnett	League	D 3	3370
H Sa 1983-09-24	Sa 1983-09-24 Smith	Millwall	Millwall	W 4 - 2 Gary Barnett Barnett Mark Jones Jones George Lawrence Lawrence (2)	League	D 3	5543
H We 1983-09-28	We 1983-09-28 Smith	Walsall	Walsall	W 6 - 3 Andy Thomas Thomas (2) Gary Barnett Barnett (2) George Lawrence Lawrence (2)	League	D 3	5720
A Sa 1983-10-01	Sa 1983-10-01 Smith	Preston North End	Preston North End	W 2 - 1 Andy Thomas Thomas Steve Biggins Biggins	League	D 3	4665
A We 1983-10-05	We 1983-10-05 Smith	Newcastle United	Newcastle United	D 1 - 1 Steve Biggins Biggins	League Cup	LgCup R2 L1	21167
H Sa 1983-10-08	Sa 1983-10-08 Smith	Brentford	Brentford	W 2 - 1 Steve Biggins Biggins (2)	League	D 3	7140
A Sa 1983-10-15	Sa 1983-10-15 Smith	Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth Argyle	L 1 - 2 George Lawrence Lawrence	League	D 3	2990
H We 1983-10-19	We 1983-10-19 Smith	Bradford City	Bradford City	W 2 - 0 Trevor Hebberd Hebberd (2)	League	D 3	5624
A Sa 1983-10-22	Sa 1983-10-22 Smith	AFC Bournemouth	AFC Bournemouth	L 1 - 2 Gary Barnett Barnett	League	D 3	4758
H We 1983-10-26	We 1983-10-26 Smith	Newcastle United	Newcastle United	W 2 - 1 Andy Thomas Thomas Neil Whatmore Whatmore	League Cup	LgCup R2 L2	13040
H Sa 1983-10-29	Sa 1983-10-29 Smith	Hull City	Hull City	D 1 - 1 George Lawrence Lawrence	League	D 3	7884
A Tu 1983-11-01	Tu 1983-11-01 Smith	Wimbledon	Wimbledon	L 1 - 3 Andy Thomas Thomas	League	D 3	3821
H Sa 1983-11-05	Sa 1983-11-05 Smith	Sheffield United	Sheffield United	D 2 - 2 Steve Biggins Biggins Gary Barnett Barnett	League	D 3	7514
A We 1983-11-09	We 1983-11-09 Smith	Leeds United	Leeds United	D 1 - 1 Mick Vinter Vinter	League Cup	LgCup R3	13349
A Sa 1983-11-12	Sa 1983-11-12 Smith	Port Vale	Port Vale	W 3 - 1 Trevor Hebberd Hebberd (2) Andy Thomas Thomas	League	D 3	3927
H Sa 1983-11-19	Sa 1983-11-19 Smith	Peterborough United	Peterborough United	W 2 - 0 Steve Biggins Biggins Bobby McDonald McDonald	FA Cup	FAC R1	6343
H We 1983-11-23	We 1983-11-23 Smith	Leeds United	Leeds United	W 4 - 1 Bobby McDonald McDonald Kevin Brock Brock Mick Vinter Vinter Steve Biggins Biggins	League Cup	LgCup R3 (R)	13389
H Sa 1983-11-26	Sa 1983-11-26 Smith	Newport County AFC	Newport County AFC	W 2 - 0 Andy Thomas Thomas Mick Vinter Vinter	League	D 3	6330
H We 1983-11-30	We 1983-11-30 Smith	Manchester United	Manchester United	D 1 - 1 Bobby McDonald McDonald	League Cup	LgCup R4	13711
A Fr 1983-12-02	Fr 1983-12-02 Smith	Southend United	Southend United	W 1 - 0 Steve Biggins Biggins	League	D 3	2559
A We 1983-12-07	We 1983-12-07 Smith	Manchester United	Manchester United	D 1 - 1 Kevin Brock Brock	League Cup	LgCup R4 (R)	27459
A Sa 1983-12-10	Sa 1983-12-10 Smith	Reading	Reading	D 1 - 1 Steve Biggins Biggins	FA Cup	FAC R2	11590
H We 1983-12-14	We 1983-12-14 Smith	Reading	Reading	W 3 - 0 Mick Vinter Vinter Kevin Brock Brock Bobby McDonald McDonald	FA Cup	FAC R2 (R)	7570
A Sa 1983-12-17	Sa 1983-12-17 Smith	Rotherham United	Rotherham United	W 2 - 1 Neil Whatmore Whatmore (2)	League	D 3	4000
H Mo 1983-12-19	Mo 1983-12-19 Smith	Manchester United	Manchester United	W 2 - 1 George Lawrence Lawrence Steve Biggins Biggins	League Cup	LgCup R4 (R2)	13912
H Mo 1983-12-26	Mo 1983-12-26 Smith	Bristol Rovers	Bristol Rovers	W 3 - 2 Kevin Brock Brock Mick Vinter Vinter (2)	League	D 3	12748
A Tu 1983-12-27	Tu 1983-12-27 Smith	Bolton Wanderers	Bolton Wanderers	L 0 - 1	League	D 3	11059
H Sa 1983-12-31	Sa 1983-12-31 Smith	Leyton Orient	Leyton Orient	W 5 - 2 Kevin Brock Brock Trevor Hebberd Hebberd (2) Mick Vinter Vinter (2)	League	D 3	11126
A Mo 1984-01-02	Mo 1984-01-02 Smith	Exeter City	Exeter City	L 1 - 3 Gary Barnett Barnett	League	D 3	4527
A Sa 1984-01-07	Sa 1984-01-07 Smith	Burnley	Burnley	D 0 - 0	FA Cup	FAC R3	11672
H We 1984-01-11	We 1984-01-11 Smith	Burnley	Burnley	W 2 - 1 Own Goal Goal George Lawrence Lawrence	FA Cup	FAC R3 (R)	10497
A Sa 1984-01-14	Sa 1984-01-14 Smith	Lincoln City	Lincoln City	D 2 - 2 Trevor Hebberd Hebberd Mick Vinter Vinter	League	D 3	3345
H We 1984-01-18	We 1984-01-18 Smith	Everton	Everton	D 1 - 1 Bobby McDonald McDonald	League Cup	LgCup R5	14333
A Tu 1984-01-24	Tu 1984-01-24 Smith	Everton	Everton	L 1 - 4 Paul Hinshelwood Hinshelwood	League Cup	LgCup R5 (R)	31011
H Sa 1984-01-28	Sa 1984-01-28 Smith	Blackpool	Blackpool	W 2 - 1 Bobby McDonald McDonald (2)	FA Cup	FAC R4	10759
H Sa 1984-02-04	Sa 1984-02-04 Smith	Preston North End	Preston North End	W 2 - 0 Trevor Hebberd Hebberd Mick Vinter Vinter	League	D 3	9105
A Sa 1984-02-11	Sa 1984-02-11 Smith	Millwall	Millwall	L 1 - 2 Own Goal Goal	League	D 3	4974
H We 1984-02-15	We 1984-02-15 Smith	Wimbledon	Wimbledon	W 2 - 0 Bobby McDonald McDonald Own Goal Goal	League	D 3	7640
H Sa 1984-02-18	Sa 1984-02-18 Smith	Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield Wednesday	L 0 - 3	FA Cup	FAC R5	14167
H We 1984-02-22	We 1984-02-22 Smith	Swindon Town	Swindon Town	L 1 - 3 Own Goal Goal	Assoc. Members Cup	Assoc. Members Cup R1	4744
H Sa 1984-02-25	Sa 1984-02-25 Smith	AFC Bournemouth	AFC Bournemouth	W 3 - 2 Peter Rhoades-Brown Rhoades-Brown Steve Biggins Biggins Kevin Brock Brock	League	D 3	6535
A Tu 1984-02-28	Tu 1984-02-28 Smith	Hull City	Hull City	W 1 - 0 Mick Vinter Vinter	League	D 3	11790
A Sa 1984-03-03	Sa 1984-03-03 Smith	Bradford City	Bradford City	D 2 - 2 Peter Rhoades-Brown Rhoades-Brown Steve Biggins Biggins	League	D 3	7322
A Tu 1984-03-06	Tu 1984-03-06 Smith	Sheffield United	Sheffield United	W 2 - 1 Steve Biggins Biggins (2)	League	D 3	17910
H Sa 1984-03-10	Sa 1984-03-10 Smith	Port Vale	Port Vale	W 2 - 0 Bobby McDonald McDonald Peter Rhoades-Brown Rhoades-Brown	League	D 3	7645
H We 1984-03-14	We 1984-03-14 Smith	Gillingham	Gillingham	L 0 - 1	League	D 3	7433
A Sa 1984-03-17	Sa 1984-03-17 Smith	Brentford	Brentford	W 2 - 1 Steve Biggins Biggins Trevor Hebberd Hebberd	League	D 3	5936
H Sa 1984-03-24	Sa 1984-03-24 Smith	Plymouth Argyle	Plymouth Argyle	W 5 - 0 Steve Biggins Biggins (3) Bobby McDonald McDonald (2)	League	D 3	7777
A Tu 1984-03-27	Tu 1984-03-27 Smith	Burnley	Burnley	D 1 - 1 Mark Jones Jones	League	D 3	7993
H Sa 1984-03-31	Sa 1984-03-31 Smith	Scunthorpe United	Scunthorpe United	W 1 - 0 Malcolm Shotton Shotton	League	D 3	6747
A Sa 1984-04-07	Sa 1984-04-07 Smith	Walsall	Walsall	W 1 - 0 Peter Rhoades-Brown Rhoades-Brown	League	D 3	10163
H Sa 1984-04-14	Sa 1984-04-14 Smith	Southend United	Southend United	W 2 - 1 Steve Biggins Biggins (2)	League	D 3	7538
H Fr 1984-04-20	Fr 1984-04-20 Smith	Bolton Wanderers	Bolton Wanderers	W 5 - 0 John Aldridge Aldridge Trevor Hebberd Hebberd Own Goal Goal Gary Briggs Briggs Steve Biggins Biggins	League	D 3	9788
A Sa 1984-04-21	Sa 1984-04-21 Smith	Bristol Rovers	Bristol Rovers	D 1 - 1 John Aldridge Aldridge	League	D 3	6397
A Sa 1984-04-28	Sa 1984-04-28 Smith	Newport County AFC	Newport County AFC	D 1 - 1 John Aldridge Aldridge	League	D 3	4562
H We 1984-05-02	We 1984-05-02 Smith	Wigan Athletic	Wigan Athletic	D 0 - 0	League	D 3	8967
H Sa 1984-05-05	Sa 1984-05-05 Smith	Exeter City	Exeter City	D 1 - 1 Gary Briggs Briggs	League	D 3	8056
A Mo 1984-05-07	Mo 1984-05-07 Smith	Leyton Orient	Leyton Orient	W 2 - 1 John Aldridge Aldridge Mick Vinter Vinter	League	D 3	5695
H Sa 1984-05-12	Sa 1984-05-12 Smith	Rotherham United	Rotherham United	W 3 - 2 Mick Vinter Vinter Steve Biggins Biggins George Lawrence Lawrence	League	D 3	9852

Statistics

Outcomes

Total

Highest

Home

Away

Total

118

Meetings

First

Last

Crowd

Avg

Low

High

1983-08-27

1984-05-12

8656

3924

14333

1983-09-03

1984-05-07

8646

2559

31011

Appearance data

Player	League Lge	Assoc. Members Cup Assoc. Members Cup	FA Cup FA Cup	League Cup Lge Cup	Total
John Aldridge	5 (3) 4	0 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	5 (3) 4
Gary Barnett	18 (1) 7	1 (0) 0	3 (0) 0	3 (2) 0	25 (3) 7
Steve Biggins	35 (7) 19	1 (0) 0	4 (1) 2	9 (1) 3	49 (9) 24
Gary Briggs	36 (2) 3	1 (0) 0	7 (0) 0	10 (0) 0	54 (2) 3
Kevin Brock	45 (0) 3	0 (0) 0	7 (0) 1	11 (0) 3	63 7
John Butcher	0 (0) 0	1 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	1
David Fogg	3 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	1 (0) 0	4
Stuart Gibson	0 (0) 0	0 (1) 0	0 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	0 (1)
David Grant	4 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	1 (0) 0	5
Steve Hardwick	46 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	7 (0) 0	11 (0) 0	64
Trevor Hebberd	46 (0) 11	1 (0) 0	6 (0) 0	10 (0) 0	63 11
Paul Hinshelwood	43 (0) 0	1 (0) 0	7 (0) 0	10 (0) 1	61 1
Mark Jones	13 (7) 2	0 (1) 0	0 (1) 0	1 (2) 0	14 (11) 2
George Lawrence	34 (0) 9	0 (0) 0	7 (0) 1	11 (0) 1	52 11
Bobby McDonald	39 (0) 4	1 (0) 0	7 (0) 4	10 (0) 3	57 11
Les Phillips	2 (4) 0	0 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	2 (4)
Peter Rhoades-Brown	19 (1) 4	1 (0) 0	2 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	22 (1) 4
Malcolm Shotton	43 (0) 1	1 (0) 0	7 (0) 0	11 (0) 0	62 1
Andy Thomas	23 (0) 7	0 (0) 0	3 (0) 0	9 (0) 2	35 9
Colin Todd	12 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	12
Ray Train	1 (0) 0	1 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	1 (1) 0	3 (1)
John Trewick	3 (0) 0	0 (0) 0	1 (0) 0	1 (0) 0	5
Mick Vinter	25 (1) 11	0 (0) 0	7 (0) 1	8 (1) 2	40 (2) 14
Neil Whatmore	11 (2) 3	1 (0) 0	2 (2) 0	3 (1) 1	17 (5) 4

Pre-season

Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Scorers
Away 1983-07-29	Milton United	W 5 - 3
Away 1983-08-06	Yeovil Town	W 2 - 0	500	Brock, own goal
Home 1983-08-08	Southampton	L 4 - 5	2721	Hinshelwood, Thomas, Vinter, own goal
Away 1983-08-10	Boston United	D 3 - 3	711	Shotton, Biggins, Lawrence
Away 1983-08-10	Aylesbury United	L 0 - 4
Away 1983-08-12	Wantage Town	L 1 - 2		Berry
Away 1983-08-13	Worcester City	W 4 - 3	580	Biggins 2, Thomas, Barnett
Away 1983-08-14	Shamrock Rovers	D 2 - 2	400	Thomas, Biggins
Away 1983-08-16	Sligo Rovers	W 4 - 0	500	Whatmore 2, Lawrence 2
Home 1983-08-20	Watford	W 4 - 3	2378	Thomas 2, Briggs, Lawrence
Away 1984-05-14	Reading	L 1 - 3	1229	Phillips
Home 1984-05-16	Chelsea	W 2 - 1	4441	Lawrence, Aldridge
Home 1984-05-18	West Bromwich Albion	D 3 - 3	1660	Aries, Jeffrey, Jones

Games played: 13

Won: 6

Lost: 4

Drew: 3

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