1983–84 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season
Huddersfield Town 1983–84 football season
Huddersfield Town's 1983–84 campaign was Town's first season in the second tier since the 1972–73 season under the management of Ian Greaves . They finished in 12th place.
Squad at the start of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Review
Following their impressive promotion campaign the previous season , many Town fans were hoping that Town would return to the promised land of the First Division and Town had a fairly good start to the season, with the exception of losing their 34 match unbeaten home record, which went back to the end of the 1981–82 season , when they lost 3–2 to Chelsea in September.
Following Christmas , Town suffered a dramatic lost in form, going on a run of 9 matches without a win, which seemed to put Town in a downward spiral right back to the Third Division . So Mick Buxton decided to bring in some more strikers on loan to help Town in their time of need.
Peter Eastoe (on loan from West Bromwich Albion ) and Mel Eves (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers ) helped bring up a mini-revival which eventually got Town clear of the relegation mess and finished in a respectable 12th place with 57 points, the same number of points as Fulham and Charlton Athletic .
Squad at the end of the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Results
Date
Opponents
Home/ Away
Result F–A
Scorers
Attendance
Position
27 August 1983
Blackburn Rovers
A
2–2
Lillis, Stonehouse (pen)
7,739
9th
3 September 1983
Charlton Athletic
H
0–0
8,113
16th
6 September 1983
Crystal Palace
H
2–1
Lillis (2)
7,814
10th
10 September 1983
Oldham Athletic
A
3–0
Stanton, Cowling, Lillis
8,543
5th
17 September 1983
Swansea City
H
1–0
Stanton
10,116
3rd
24 September 1983
Carlisle United
A
0–0
5,461
3rd
1 October 1983
Chelsea
H
2–3
Stanton, Lillis
13,280
7th
8 October 1983
Grimsby Town
H
0–0
8,897
7th
15 October 1983
Barnsley
A
2–2
Lillis, Russell (pen)
14,096
8th
18 October 1983
Cambridge United
A
3–0
Lillis, Stanton, Russell (pen)
3,513
6th
22 October 1983
Derby County
H
3–0
Lillis, Russell, Cowling
10,752
5th
29 October 1983
Sheffield Wednesday
A
0–0
27,824
5th
5 November 1983
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
1–3
Sutton
11,063
5th
12 November 1983
Shrewsbury Town
H
1–0
Wilson
8,798
5th
19 November 1983
Fulham
H
2–0
Stanton, Russell (pen)
8,914
5th
26 November 1983
Cardiff City
A
1–3
Russell
6,067
5th
3 December 1983
Portsmouth
H
2–1
Pugh, Stonehouse
8,724
5th
10 December 1983
Newcastle United
A
2–5
Wilson, Jones
25,747
6th
17 December 1983
Middlesbrough
H
2–2
Cowling, Stonehouse (pen)
7,889
8th
26 December 1983
Leeds United
A
2–1
Russell, Lillis
23,791
6th
27 December 1983
Manchester City
H
1–3
Stonehouse
23,497
8th
31 December 1983
Charlton Athletic
A
2–1
Hanvey, Russell
5,972
8th
2 January 1984
Carlisle United
H
0–0
10,621
9th
14 January 1984
Blackburn Rovers
H
0–2
8,203
9th
18 January 1984
Swansea City
A
2–2
Pugh, Lillis
4,944
9th
4 February 1984
Chelsea
A
1–3
Doyle
17,922
9th
11 February 1984
Oldham Athletic
H
0–1
8,162
9th
25 February 1984
Derby County
A
1–1
Stanton
13,525
9th
3 March 1984
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
0–1
6,985
10th
10 March 1984
Shrewsbury Town
A
0–1
3,627
11th
17 March 1984
Crystal Palace
A
0–0
5,003
12th
24 March 1984
Cambridge United
H
3–0
Eves (2), Jones (pen)
6,037
11th
31 March 1984
Grimsby Town
A
1–2
Jones (pen)
7,541
12th
7 April 1984
Barnsley
H
0–1
9,657
13th
14 April 1984
Fulham
A
2–0
Lillis, Eves
5,265
12th
21 April 1984
Leeds United
H
2–2
Eves, Doyle
16,270
13th
23 April 1984
Manchester City
A
3–2
Jones (pen), Pugh, Wilson
23,247
10th
28 April 1984
Cardiff City
H
4–0
Jones (3, 2 pens), Pugh
5,599
11th
1 May 1984
Sheffield Wednesday
H
0–1
18,488
11th
5 May 1984
Portsmouth
A
1–1
Robinson
7,738
12th
7 May 1984
Newcastle United
H
2–2
Cooper, Carney (og )
25,101
12th
12 May 1984
Middlesbrough
A
0–0
5,687
12th
FA Cup
Date
Round
Opponents
Home/ Away
Result F–A
Scorers
Attendance
7 January 1984
Round 3
Queens Park Rangers
H
2–1
Lillis, Stonehouse
11,984
1 February 1984
Round 4
Notts County
H
1–2
Stonehouse
13,634
League Cup
Date
Round
Opponents
Home/ Away
Result F–A
Scorers
Attendance
30 August 1983
Round 1 1st Leg
Mansfield Town
A
2–1
Sutton, Russell
3,734
13 September 1983
Round 1 2nd Leg
Mansfield Town
H
5–1
Lillis (2), Jones, Stanton, Sutton
5,190
Huddersfield won 7–2 on aggregate.
4 October 1983
Round 2 1st Leg
Watford
H
2–1
Cowling, Bolton (og)
10,631
25 October 1983
Round 2 2nd Leg
Watford
A
2–2
Sutton, Jones
13,006
Huddersfield won 4–3 on aggregate.
8 November 1983
Round 3
Stoke City
A
0–0
14,175
22 November 1983
Round 3 Replay
Stoke City
H
0–2
14,191
Appearances and goals
National teams
League competitions
Levels 1–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 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 Football League cups
European competitions