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1983–84 Huddersfield Town A.F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Huddersfield Town
season	1983–84
chairman	Keith Longbottom
manager	Mick Buxton
stadium	Leeds Road
league	Second Division
league result	12th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
(knocked out by Notts County)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
(knocked out by Stoke City)
league topscorer	Mark Lillis (11)
season topscorer	Mark Lillis (14)
highest attendance	25,101 vs Newcastle United (7 May 1984)
lowest attendance	5,190 vs Mansfield Town (13 September 1983)
largest win	5–1 vs Mansfield Town (13 September 1983)
4–0 vs Cardiff City (28 April 1984)
largest loss	2–5 vs Newcastle United (10 December 1983)
prevseason	1982–83
nextseason	1984–85

(knocked out by Notts County) (knocked out by Stoke City) 4–0 vs Cardiff City (28 April 1984) 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

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

Results

[[Football League Second Division|Division Two]]

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

Main article: 1983–84 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

Main article: 1983–84 Football 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
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
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

Name	Position	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Kevin Bird	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
David Burke	DF	42	0	2	0	6	0	50	0
Graham Cooper	FW	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
David Cowling	MF	40 (1)	3	2	0	6	1	48 (1)	4
Brian Cox	GK	23	0	0	0	6	0	29	0
Steve Doyle	MF	34 (2)	2	2	0	4	0	40 (2)	2
Peter Eastoe	FW	8 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	8 (2)	0
Mel Eves	FW	7	4	0	0	0	0	7	4
Roy Greenwood	DF	1 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (3)	0
Keith Hanvey	DF	9	1	2	0	0	0	11	1
Paul Jones	DF	36	7	0	0	6	2	42	9
Brian Laws	DF	31	0	0	0	5	0	36	0
Mark Lillis	MF	36 (1)	11	2	1	6	2	44 (1)	14
Keith Mason	GK	19	0	2	0	0	0	21	0
Daral Pugh	MF	19 (10)	4	2	0	1 (1)	0	24 (11)	4
Liam Robinson	FW	4 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	4 (1)	1
Colin Russell	FW	23 (2)	7	0 (1)	0	6	1	29 (3)	8
Brian Stanton	MF	33	6	1	0	6	1	40	7
Kevin Stonehouse	FW	15 (2)	4	2	2	2 (1)	0	19 (3)	6
Steve Stoutt	DF	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Dave Sutton	DF	34	1	2	0	6	3	42	4
Phil Wilson	MF	41	3	2	0	6	0	49	3

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