Season 1981-82

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division
Re-elections
Lower League Key

FA Cup Final 1982						Venue	Gate	Notes

Cup Competition
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Queens Park Rangers	D 2	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000	aet
	Hoddle			Fenwick
FA Cup Final 1982 Replay						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	D 2	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	90,000
	Hoddle (p)

FA Cup Semi-Finals 1982						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 2	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	D 1	Highbury, London	45,015
	Allen C
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Leicester City	D 2	Villa Park, Birmingham	46,606
	Crooks, Wilson OG

League Cup Final 1982						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Liverpool	3	1	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	Wembley Stadium (Empire Stadium), London	100,000	aet
	Whelan 2, Rush			Archibald

League Cup Semi-Finals 1982 1st & 2nd Leg						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Ipswich Town	0	2	Liverpool	D 1	Portman Road, Ipswich	26,690
				McDermott, Rush
D 1	West Bromwich Albion	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	D 1	The Hawthorns, West Bromwich	32,100

D 1	Liverpool	2	2	Ipswich Town	D 1	Anfield Road, Liverpool	34,933	agg 4-2
	Rush, Dalglish			Gates, Brazil
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	D 1	White Hart Lane, London	47,241	agg 1-0
	Hazard

European Cup Final 1982						Venue	Gate	Notes
D 1	Aston Villa	1	0	Bayern Munich		De Kuip, Rotterdam	39,776
	Withe

Final Table for Season 1981-82

				Home					Away
First Division
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	4	Liverpool	42	14	3	4	39	14	12	6	3	41	18	48	87	Rd 5	Win	EC QF
2	0	Ipswich Town	42	17	1	3	47	25	9	4	8	28	28	22	83	Rd 5	SF	UEFA Rd 1
3	5	Manchester United	42	12	6	3	27	9	10	6	5	32	20	30	78	Rd 3	Rd 2
4	6	Tottenham Hotspur	42	12	4	5	41	26	8	7	6	26	22	19	71	Win	Final	CWC SF
5	-2	Arsenal	42	13	5	3	27	15	7	6	8	21	22	11	71	Rd 3	Rd 4	UEFA Rd 2
6	D 2	Swansea City	42	13	3	5	34	16	8	3	10	24	35	7	69	Rd 3	Rd 2	CWC Rd 1
7	-1	Southampton	42	15	2	4	49	30	4	7	10	23	37	5	66	Rd 3	Rd 2	UEFA Rd 2
8	7	Everton	42	11	7	3	33	21	6	6	9	23	29	6	64	Rd 3	Rd 4
9	D 2	West Ham United	42	9	10	2	42	29	5	6	10	24	28	9	58	Rd 4	Rd 3
10	2	Manchester City	42	9	7	5	32	23	6	6	9	17	27	-1	58	Rd 4	Rd 4
11	-10	Aston Villa	42	9	6	6	28	24	6	6	9	27	29	2	57	Rd 5	Rd 5	EC W
12	-5	Nottingham Forest	42	7	7	7	19	20	8	5	8	23	28	-6	57	Rd 3	Rd 5
13	6	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	7	6	30	24	5	6	10	13	28	-9	52	Rd 4	Rd 3
14	2	Coventry City	42	9	4	8	31	24	4	7	10	25	38	-6	50	Rd 6	Rd 2
15	D 2	Notts County	42	8	5	8	32	33	5	3	13	29	36	-8	47	Rd 3	Rd 2
16	-3	Birmingham City	42	8	6	7	29	25	2	8	11	24	36	-8	44	Rd 3	Rd 2
17	-13	West Bromwich Albion	42	6	6	9	24	25	5	5	11	22	32	-11	44	SF	SF	UEFA Rd 1
18	-7	Stoke City	42	9	2	10	27	28	3	6	12	17	35	-19	44	Rd 3	Rd 2
19	-2	Sunderland	42	6	5	10	19	26	5	6	10	19	32	-20	44	Rd 4	Rd 3
20	-11	Leeds United	42	6	11	4	23	20	4	1	16	16	41	-22	42	Rd 4	Rd 2
21	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	5	8	19	20	2	5	14	13	43	-31	40	Rd 3	Rd 2
22	-8	Middlesbrough	42	5	9	7	20	24	3	6	12	14	28	-18	39	Rd 3	Rd 3

				Home					Away
Second Division
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	4	Luton Town	42	16	3	2	48	19	9	10	2	38	27	40	88	Rd 4	Rd 2
2	7	Watford	42	13	6	2	46	16	10	5	6	30	26	34	80	Rd 5	Rd 5
3	D 1	Norwich City	42	14	3	4	41	19	8	2	11	23	31	14	71	Rd 5	Rd 3
4	6	Sheffield Wednesday	42	10	8	3	31	23	10	2	9	24	28	4	70	Rd 3	Rd 2
5	3	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	4	2	40	9	6	2	13	25	34	22	69	Final	Rd 4
6	D 3	Barnsley	42	13	4	4	33	14	6	6	9	26	27	18	67	Rd 3	Rd 5
7	D 3	Rotherham United	42	13	5	3	42	19	7	2	12	24	35	12	67	Rd 3	Rd 2
8	D 1	Leicester City	42	12	5	4	31	19	6	7	8	25	29	8	66	SF	Rd 3
9	2	Newcastle United	42	14	4	3	30	14	4	4	13	22	36	2	62	Rd 4	Rd 2
10	-6	Blackburn Rovers	42	11	4	6	26	15	5	7	9	21	28	4	59	Rd 3	Rd 3
11	4	Oldham Athletic	42	9	9	3	28	23	6	5	10	22	28	-1	59	Rd 3	Rd 3
12	0	Chelsea	42	10	5	6	37	30	5	7	9	23	30	0	57	Rd 6	Rd 3
13	D 3	Charlton Athletic	42	11	5	5	33	22	2	7	12	17	43	-15	51	Rd 3	Rd 2
14	-1	Cambridge United	42	11	4	6	31	19	2	5	14	17	34	-5	48	Rd 3	Rd 2
15	D 1	Crystal Palace	42	9	2	10	25	26	4	7	10	9	19	-11	48	Rd 6	Rd 4
16	-10	Derby County	42	9	8	4	32	23	3	4	14	21	45	-15	48	Rd 3	Rd 2
17	-10	Grimsby Town	42	5	8	8	29	30	6	5	10	24	35	-12	46	Rd 5	Rd 2
18	-4	Shrewsbury Town	42	10	6	5	26	19	1	7	13	11	38	-20	46	Rd 6	Rd 2
19	-1	Bolton Wanderers	42	10	4	7	28	24	3	3	15	11	37	-22	46	Rd 4	Rd 1
20	-1	Cardiff City	42	9	2	10	28	32	3	6	12	17	29	-16	44	Rd 3	Rd 1
21	-5	Wrexham	42	9	4	8	22	22	2	7	12	18	34	-16	44	Rd 4	Rd 3
22	-5	Orient	42	6	8	7	23	24	4	1	16	13	37	-25	39	Rd 5	Rd 1

				Home					Away
Third Division
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	7	Burnley	46	13	7	3	37	20	8	10	5	29	25	21	80	Rd 4	Rd 1
2	17	Carlisle United	46	17	4	2	44	21	6	7	10	21	29	15	80	Rd 3	Rd 2
3	10	Fulham	46	12	9	2	44	22	9	6	8	33	29	26	78	Rd 2	Rd 4
4	D 4	Lincoln City	46	13	7	3	40	16	8	7	8	26	24	26	77	Rd 1	Rd 3
5	9	Oxford United	46	10	8	5	28	18	9	6	8	35	31	14	71	Rd 5	Rd 3
6	9	Gillingham	46	14	5	4	44	26	6	6	11	20	30	8	71	Rd 4	Rd 1
7	D 4	Southend United	46	11	7	5	35	23	7	8	8	28	28	12	69	Rd 1	Rd 1
8	1	Brentford	46	8	6	9	28	22	11	5	7	28	25	9	68	Rd 2	Rd 1
9	7	Millwall	46	12	4	7	36	28	6	9	8	26	34	0	67	Rd 3	Rd 2
10	-3	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	5	6	37	24	6	6	11	27	32	8	65	Rd 1	Rd 2
11	-6	Chesterfield	46	12	4	7	33	27	6	6	11	24	31	-1	64	Rd 2	Rd 1
12	-2	Reading	46	11	6	6	43	35	6	5	12	24	40	-8	62	Rd 1	Rd 1
13	-7	Portsmouth	46	11	10	2	33	14	3	9	11	23	37	5	61	Rd 1	Rd 2
14	D 2	Preston North End	46	10	7	6	25	22	6	6	11	25	34	-6	61	Rd 1	Rd 2
15	D 2	Bristol Rovers	46	12	4	7	35	28	6	5	12	23	37	-7	61	Rd 1	Rd 2
16	-4	Newport County	46	9	10	4	28	21	5	6	12	26	33	0	58	Rd 1	Rd 2
17	-13	Huddersfield Town	46	10	5	8	38	25	5	7	11	26	34	5	57	Rd 4	Rd 2
18	-7	Exeter City	46	14	4	5	46	33	2	5	16	25	51	-13	57	Rd 1	Rd 2
19	D 4	Doncaster Rovers	46	9	9	5	31	24	4	8	11	24	44	-13	56	Rd 4	Rd 2
20	0	Walsall	46	10	7	6	32	23	3	7	13	19	32	-4	53	Rd 2	Rd 1
21	D 4	Wimbledon	46	10	6	7	33	27	4	5	14	28	48	-14	53	Rd 2	Rd 1
22	-5	Swindon Town	46	9	5	9	37	36	4	8	11	18	35	-16	52	Rd 3	Rd 1
23	D 2	Bristol City	46	7	6	10	24	29	4	7	12	16	36	-25	46	Rd 4	Rd 3
24	-6	Chester	46	2	10	11	16	30	5	1	17	20	48	-42	32	Rd 1	Rd 1
Notes
Bristol Rovers deducted 2 pts.

				Home					Away
Fourth Division
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	FA Cup	FL Cup	Euro Comp
1	D 3	Sheffield United	46	15	8	0	53	15	12	7	4	41	26	53	96	Rd 1	Rd 2
2	12	Bradford City	46	14	7	2	52	23	12	6	5	36	22	43	91	Rd 1	Rd 3
3	8	Wigan Athletic	46	17	5	1	47	18	9	8	6	33	28	34	91	Rd 1	Rd 4
4	9	AFC Bournemouth	46	12	10	1	37	15	11	9	3	25	15	32	88	Rd 3	Rd 1
5	0	Peterborough United	46	16	3	4	46	22	8	7	8	25	35	14	82	Rd 3	Rd 1
6	D 3	Colchester United	46	12	6	5	47	23	8	6	9	35	34	25	72	Rd 3	Rd 3
7	12	Port Vale	46	9	12	2	26	17	9	4	10	30	32	7	70	Rd 3	Rd 2
8	D 3	Hull City	46	14	3	6	36	23	5	9	9	34	38	9	69	Rd 3	Rd 1
9	3	Bury	46	13	7	3	53	26	4	10	9	27	33	21	68	Rd 2	Rd 1
10	12	Hereford United	46	10	9	4	36	25	6	10	7	28	33	6	67	Rd 4	Rd 1
11	10	Tranmere Rovers	46	7	9	7	27	25	7	9	7	24	31	-5	60	Rd 1	Rd 4
12	D 3	Blackpool	46	11	5	7	40	26	4	8	11	26	34	6	58	Rd 4	Rd 1
13	-5	Darlington	46	10	5	8	36	28	5	8	10	25	34	-1	58	Rd 1	Rd 1
14	-5	Hartlepool United	46	9	8	6	39	34	4	8	11	34	50	-11	55	Rd 2	Rd 1
15	2	Torquay United	46	9	8	6	30	25	5	5	13	17	34	-12	55	Rd 1	Rd 1
16	-10	Aldershot	46	8	7	8	34	29	5	8	10	23	39	-11	54	Rd 2	Rd 2
17	7	York City	46	9	5	9	45	37	5	3	15	24	54	-22	50	Rd 2	Rd 1
18	2	Stockport County	46	10	5	8	34	28	2	8	13	14	39	-19	49	Rd 2	Rd 1
19	4	Halifax Town	46	6	11	6	28	30	3	11	9	23	42	-21	49	Rd 1	Rd 1
20	-13	Mansfield Town	46	8	6	9	39	39	5	4	14	24	42	-18	47	Rd 1	Rd 2
21	-6	Rochdale	46	7	9	7	26	22	3	7	13	24	40	-12	46	Rd 1	Rd 1
22	-12	Northampton Town	46	9	5	9	32	27	2	4	17	25	57	-27	42	Rd 2	Rd 3
23	-7	Scunthorpe United	46	7	9	7	26	35	2	6	15	17	44	-36	42	Rd 3	Rd 1
24	-6	Crewe Alexandra	46	3	6	14	19	32	3	3	17	10	52	-55	27	Rd 2	Rd 1
Notes
Mansfield Town deducted 2 pts.

League	Clubs	Ave Gate	FA Cup	League Cup	Ballot	Result
1982 Election to the Fourth Division of the Football League
D 4	Northampton Town	2,306	Rd 2	Rd 3	53	Re-Elected
D 4	Crewe Alexandra	2,195	Rd 2	Rd 1	50	Re-Elected
D 4	Rochdale	1,818	Rd 1	Rd 1	48	Re-Elected
D 4	Scunthorpe United	2,232	Rd 3	Rd 1	48	Re-Elected
APL	Telford United		Q3		13	Failed