1982–83 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1982–83 season
Chairman Percy Axon
Manager Ritchie Barker
Stadium Victoria Ground
Football League First Division 13th (57 Points)
FA Cup Fourth Round
League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Mickey Thomas (11)
All: Mickey Thomas (12)
Highest home attendance 29,401 vs Liverpool (23 October 1982)
Lowest home attendance 10,880 vs Nottingham Forest (16 March 1983)
Average home league attendance 16,662
Home colours

The 1982–83 season was Stoke City's 76th season in the Football League and 50th in the First Division.

More transfer activity took place in the summer of 1982 with club legend Denis Smith departing the club after 14 seasons at the Victoria Ground. Mark Chamberlain arrived from City rivals Port Vale and the 1982–83 season saw Stoke produce some high quality football. They were involved in a number of exciting matches most notably a 4–4 draw with Luton Town in September. Stoke were neither in a fight for a top half finish nor relegation and finished in a safe mid-table position of 13th.[1]

Season review

League

After one season at the helm manager Ritchie Barker continued to clear out with Denis Smith becoming the last member of the 1972 League Cup winning squad to leave the Victoria Ground.[1] Also released were Paul A. Johnson and Steve Kirk.[1] Barker then went to his old club Wolverhampton Wanderers and brought in Derek Parkin and George Berry to fill the gap in defence.[1] With the 1982–83 season fast approaching he sold last season's top goalscorer Lee Chapman to Arsenal for £500,000 and used £200,000 of that to bring in Mickey Thomas. He also turned to near neighbours Port Vale and signed Mark Harrison plus the Chamberlain brothers Mark and Neville in a triple signing.[1]

Former defender Bill Asprey was appointed as assistant manager and with the new arrivals Stoke produced some eye catching performances.[1] Their attacking style of play won many admirers and with Mark Chamberlain catching the eye he earned himself an England call-up during the season, unfortunately his brother, Neville, failed to make an impact.[1] There were some terrific team performances during the course of the season with the most notable being a classic 4–4 draw with Luton Town in September.[1] Stoke finished an entertaining season in 13th place with 57 points.[1] Chairman Percy Axon died at the end of the season.[1] He was replaced by Frank Edwards who also died two years later.[1]

FA Cup

Stoke beat Sheffield United 3–2 in an entertaining replay but were then ousted 2–0 by Liverpool at Anfield.[1]

League Cup

Stoke again failed to make it past the second round this time West Ham United knocking City out of the League Cup.[1]

Final league table

PosClubPWDLFAGDPts
1Liverpool42241088737+5082
2Watford42225157457+1771
3Manchester United421913105638+1870
4Tottenham Hotspur42209136550+1569
5Nottingham Forest42209136250+1269
6Aston Villa42215166250+1268
7Everton421810146648+1864
8West Ham United42204186862+664
9Ipswich Town421513146450+1458
10Arsenal421610165856+258
11West Bromwich Albion421512155149+257
12Southampton421512155458–457
13Stoke City42169175364–1157
14Norwich City421412165258–654
15Notts County42157205571–1652
16Sunderland421214164861–1350
17Birmingham City421214164055–1550
18Luton Town421213176584–1949
19Coventry City42139204859–1148
20Manchester City42138214770–2347
21Swansea City421011215169–1841
22Brighton & Hove Albion42913203868–3040

Key: P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
1 28 August 1982 ArsenalH2–115,504Berry 5', O'Callaghan 50'
2 1 September 1982 Manchester CityA0–127,847
3 4 September 1982 Birmingham CityA4–114,412Hawker 20' (o.g.), Chamberlain (2) 33', 36', Griffiths 43'
4 8 September 1982 West Bromwich AlbionH0–317,447
5 11 September 1982 Swansea CityH4–114,056Watson 15', Thomas 25', Davies 55' (o.g.), Magurie 80' (pen)
6 18 September 1982 Ipswich TownA3–219,119Thomas 12', Magurie (2) 18', 47' (pen)
7 25 September 1982 Luton TownH4–418,475Berry (2) 10', 22', Bracewell 50', O'Callaghan 84'
8 2 October 1982 Nottingham ForestA0–117,122
9 9 October 1982 Manchester UnitedA0–143,132
10 16 October 1982 Brighton & Hove AlbionH3–013,936Thomas 4', Chamberlain 41' McIlroy 50'
11 23 October 1982 LiverpoolH1–129,401Thomas 36'
12 30 October 1982 SunderlandA2–216,406Magurie 5', Chamberlain 70'
13 6 November 1982 West Ham UnitedH5–217,589O'Callaghan 13', Hampton 29', Thomas 41', McIlroy (2) 44', 76'
14 13 November 1982 WatfordA0–118,713
15 20 November 1982 Norwich CityA2–413,658McIlroy 21', O'Callaghan 76'
16 27 November 1982 Aston VillaH0–318,886
17 4 December 1982 SouthamptonA0–117,198
18 11 December 1982 Tottenham HotspurH2–015,849Watson 4', McIlroy 68'
19 18 December 1982 Coventry CityA0–210,065
20 27 December 1982 EvertonH1–025,427Chamberlain 77'
21 28 December 1982 Notts CountyA0–411,600
22 1 January 1983 Norwich CityH1–015,669McIlroy 32'
23 3 January 1983 Birmingham CityH1–115,428Painter 76'
24 15 January 1983 ArsenalA0–319,428
25 22 January 1983 Ipswich TownH1–014,026Painter 58'
26 5 February 1983 West Bromwich AlbionA1–111,486Berry 7'
27 26 February 1983 Brighton & Hove AlbionA2–114,937Thomas 33', Painter 43'
28 2 March 1983 Manchester UnitedH1–020,950O'Callaghan 75'
29 5 March 1983 LiverpoolA1–530,020Bracewell 50'
30 12 March 1983 SunderlandH0–112,806
31 16 March 1983 Nottingham ForestH1–010,880Thomas 67'
32 19 March 1983 West Ham UnitedA1–116,446Thomas 69'
33 26 March 1983 WatfordH4–014,276Thomas 10', Painter 63', Chamberlain 70', McAughtrie 82'
34 2 April 1983 Notts CountyH1–016,314McIlroy 54' (pen)
35 4 April 1983 EvertonA1–315,360Thomas 54'
36 9 April 1983 Manchester CityH1–015,372McIlroy 61'
37 16 April 1983 Swansea CityA1–110,100Thomas 58'
38 23 April 1983 SouthamptonH1–114,903Berry 60'
39 30 April 1983 Aston VillaA0–420,944
40 2 May 1983 Luton TownA0–011,877
41 7 May 1983 Coventry CityH0–312,048
42 14 May 1983 Tottenham HotspurA1–433,691Magurie 67' (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 1982–83 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R38 January 1983 Sheffield UnitedA0–023,239
R3 Replay12 January 1983 Sheffield UnitedH3–218,315McAughtrie 42', Painter 48', Henderson (o.g.) 68'
R429 January 1983 LiverpoolA0–236,666

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R2 1st Leg6 October 1982 West Ham UnitedH1–118,079Thomas 70'
R2 2nd Leg26 October 1982 West Ham UnitedA1–218,349Watson 62'

Friendlies

MatchOpponentVenueResult
1Parkway ClaytonA2–1
2WorkingtonA1–2
3Viking FKA1–2
4Rosenborg BKA2–0
5Port ValeA1–0
6LinfieldA0–2
7Wigan AthleticA1–0
8Cardiff CityA2–2
9Leek TownA5–0
10Shepshed CharterhouseA3–0

Squad statistics

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GKEngland Peter Fox 3503010390
GKEngland Mark Harrison 70001080
DFEngland Alan Dodd 1(1)000001(1)0
DFEngland Steve Bould 11(3)0000011(3)0
DFEngland Peter Hampton 38(2)1302043(2)1
DFScotland David McAughtrie 17(3)1111019(3)2
DFEngland Derek Parkin 3003020350
DFEngland Dave Watson 3523021403
MFWales George Berry 27(4)5201030(4)5
MFEngland Paul Bracewell 4123020462
MFEngland Peter Griffiths 11(4)1000(1)011(5)1
MFScotland Steve Lennox 1(1)000001(1)0
MFEngland Chris Maskery 3(4)010004(4)0
MFNorthern Ireland Sammy McIlroy 4183020468
MFEngland Steve Parkin 20000020
MFNetherlands Loek Ursem 0(2)000000(2)0
FWEngland Mark Chamberlain 3661020396
FWEngland Neville Chamberlain 40000040
FWEngland Phil Heath 0(1)000000(1)0
FWScotland Paul Magurie 22(2)5202026(2)5
FWRepublic of Ireland Brendan O'Callaghan 3753020425
FWEngland Ian Painter 2242(1)10024(1)5
FWEngland Carl Saunders 0(1)000000(1)0
FWWales Mickey Thomas 411130214612
Own goals 2103

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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