1982–83 Stoke City F.C. season

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

Stoke City
1982–83 season
ChairmanPercy Axon
ManagerRitchie Barker
StadiumVictoria Ground
Football League First Division13th (57 Points)
FA CupFourth Round
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mickey Thomas (11)
All: Mickey Thomas (12)
Highest home attendance29,401 vs Liverpool (23 October 1982)
Lowest home attendance10,880 vs Nottingham Forest (16 March 1983)
Average home league attendance16,662

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 West Bromwich Albion 42 15 12 15 51 49 +2 57
12 Southampton 42 15 12 15 54 58 4 57
13 Stoke City 42 16 9 17 53 64 11 57
14 Norwich City 42 14 12 16 52 58 6 54
15 Notts County 42 15 7 20 55 71 16 52
Source:

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
128 August 1982ArsenalH2–115,504Berry 5', O'Callaghan 50'
21 September 1982Manchester CityA0–127,847
34 September 1982Birmingham CityA4–114,412Hawker 20' (o.g.), Chamberlain (2) 33', 36', Griffiths 43'
48 September 1982West Bromwich AlbionH0–317,447
511 September 1982Swansea CityH4–114,056Watson 15', Thomas 25', Davies 55' (o.g.), Magurie 80' (pen)
618 September 1982Ipswich TownA3–219,119Thomas 12', Magurie (2) 18', 47' (pen)
725 September 1982Luton TownH4–418,475Berry (2) 10', 22', Bracewell 50', O'Callaghan 84'
82 October 1982Nottingham ForestA0–117,122
99 October 1982Manchester UnitedA0–143,132
1016 October 1982Brighton & Hove AlbionH3–013,936Thomas 4', Chamberlain 41' McIlroy 50'
1123 October 1982LiverpoolH1–129,401Thomas 36'
1230 October 1982SunderlandA2–216,406Magurie 5', Chamberlain 70'
136 November 1982West Ham UnitedH5–217,589O'Callaghan 13', Hampton 29', Thomas 41', McIlroy (2) 44', 76'
1413 November 1982WatfordA0–118,713
1520 November 1982Norwich CityA2–413,658McIlroy 21', O'Callaghan 76'
1627 November 1982Aston VillaH0–318,886
174 December 1982SouthamptonA0–117,198
1811 December 1982Tottenham HotspurH2–015,849Watson 4', McIlroy 68'
1918 December 1982Coventry CityA0–210,065
2027 December 1982EvertonH1–025,427Chamberlain 77'
2128 December 1982Notts CountyA0–411,600
221 January 1983Norwich CityH1–015,669McIlroy 32'
233 January 1983Birmingham CityH1–115,428Painter 76'
2415 January 1983ArsenalA0–319,428
2522 January 1983Ipswich TownH1–014,026Painter 58'
265 February 1983West Bromwich AlbionA1–111,486Berry 7'
2726 February 1983Brighton & Hove AlbionA2–114,937Thomas 33', Painter 43'
282 March 1983Manchester UnitedH1–020,950O'Callaghan 75'
295 March 1983LiverpoolA1–530,020Bracewell 50'
3012 March 1983SunderlandH0–112,806
3116 March 1983Nottingham ForestH1–010,880Thomas 67'
3219 March 1983West Ham UnitedA1–116,446Thomas 69'
3326 March 1983WatfordH4–014,276Thomas 10', Painter 63', Chamberlain 70', McAughtrie 82'
342 April 1983Notts CountyH1–016,314McIlroy 54' (pen)
354 April 1983EvertonA1–315,360Thomas 54'
369 April 1983Manchester CityH1–015,372McIlroy 61'
3716 April 1983Swansea CityA1–110,100Thomas 58'
3823 April 1983SouthamptonH1–114,903Berry 60'
3930 April 1983Aston VillaA0–420,944
402 May 1983Luton TownA0–011,877
417 May 1983Coventry CityH0–312,048
4214 May 1983Tottenham HotspurA1–433,691Magurie 67' (pen)

FA Cup

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

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
R2 1st Leg6 October 1982West Ham UnitedH1–118,079Thomas 70'
R2 2nd Leg26 October 1982West 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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Peter Fox 3503010390
GK Mark Harrison 70001080
GK Phil Pritchard 00000000
DF Alan Dodd 1(2)000001(2)0
DF Steve Bould 11(3)0000011(3)0
DF Steve Davis 00000000
DF Peter Hampton 38(2)1302043(2)1
DF David McAughtrie 17(3)1111019(3)2
DF Derek Parkin 3003020350
DF Dave Watson 3523021403
MF George Berry 27(4)5201030(4)5
MF Paul Bracewell 4123020462
MF Peter Griffiths 11(4)1000(1)011(5)1
MF Steve Lennox 1(1)000001(1)0
MF Chris Maskery 3(4)010004(4)0
MF Paul Maddy 00000000
MF Sammy McIlroy 4183020468
MF Steve Parkin 20000020
MF Loek Ursem 0(2)000000(2)0
FW Mark Chamberlain 3661020396
FW Neville Chamberlain 40000040
FW Phil Heath 0(1)000000(1)0
FW Paul Maguire 22(2)5202026(2)5
FW Brendan O'Callaghan 3753020425
FW Ian Painter 2242(1)10024(1)5
FW Carl Saunders 0(1)000000(1)0
FW Mickey Thomas 411130214612
Own goals 2103

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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