Leicester City 1981-82 season

Leicester City 1981-82 season | FoxesHistory

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Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A	Outcome
Division Two (old)	42	18	12	12	56	48	8th
FA Cup	5	4	0	1	11	5	Semi-final
League Cup	4	1	1	2	4	3	3rd round
All matches	51	23	13	15	71	56

All matches (51)

#	DATE	POS		RESULT	OPPOSITION	COMPETITION
1	29.08.1981	12	D	2 - 2	Grimsby Town (A)	Division Two (old)
2	05.09.1981	7	W	1 - 0	Wrexham (H)	Division Two (old)
3	08.09.1981	4	W	1 - 0	Barnsley (H)	Division Two (old)
4	12.09.1981	6	L	1 - 3	Derby County (A)	Division Two (old)
5	19.09.1981	11	L	1 - 2	Luton Town (H)	Division Two (old)
6	22.09.1981	11	D	1 - 1	Rotherham United (A)	Division Two (old)
7	26.09.1981	7	W	2 - 0	Blackburn Rovers (A)	Division Two (old)
8	03.10.1981	11	D	1 - 1	Crystal Palace (H)	Division Two (old)
9	06.10.1981	-	L	0 - 1	Preston North End (A)	League Cup 2 leg 1
10	10.10.1981	8	W	3 - 0	Bolton Wanderers (A)	Division Two (old)
11	16.10.1981	6	D	1 - 1	Chelsea (H)	Division Two (old)
12	24.10.1981	11	L	0 - 2	Queens Park Rangers (A)	Division Two (old)
13	28.10.1981	-	W	4 - 0	Preston North End (H)	League Cup 2 leg 2
14	31.10.1981	10	D	0 - 0	Sheffield Wednesday (H)	Division Two (old)
15	07.11.1981	9	W	4 - 1	Charlton Athletic (A)	Division Two (old)
16	11.11.1981	-	D	0 - 0	Aston Villa (H)	League Cup 3
17	14.11.1981	9	L	0 - 1	Leyton Orient (H)	Division Two (old)
18	21.11.1981	14	L	1 - 3	Cardiff City (A)	Division Two (old)
19	25.11.1981	-	L	0 - 2	Aston Villa (A)	League Cup 3 rep
20	28.11.1981	9	W	4 - 1	Cambridge United (H)	Division Two (old)
21	05.12.1981	9	D	0 - 0	Norwich City (A)	Division Two (old)
22	12.12.1981	9	D	1 - 1	Watford (H)	Division Two (old)
23	28.12.1981	9	D	1 - 1	Oldham Athletic (A)	Division Two (old)
24	02.01.1982	-	W	3 - 1	Southampton (H)	FA Cup 3
25	23.01.1982	-	W	1 - 0	Hereford United (A)	FA Cup 4
26	30.01.1982	14	L	1 - 2	Luton Town (A)	Division Two (old)
27	06.02.1982	12	W	2 - 1	Derby County (H)	Division Two (old)
28	13.02.1982	-	W	2 - 0	Watford (H)	FA Cup 5
29	20.02.1982	13	W	1 - 0	Blackburn Rovers (H)	Division Two (old)
30	27.02.1982	13	W	1 - 0	Bolton Wanderers (H)	Division Two (old)
31	02.03.1982	12	W	3 - 0	Newcastle United (H)	Division Two (old)
32	06.03.1982	-	W	5 - 2	Shrewsbury Town (H)	FA Cup 6
33	09.03.1982	12	L	1 - 4	Chelsea (A)	Division Two (old)
34	13.03.1982	12	W	3 - 2	Queens Park Rangers (H)	Division Two (old)
35	17.03.1982	10	W	1 - 0	Rotherham United (H)	Division Two (old)
36	20.03.1982	11	L	0 - 2	Sheffield Wednesday (A)	Division Two (old)
37	23.03.1982	9	W	2 - 0	Crystal Palace (A)	Division Two (old)
38	27.03.1982	7	W	3 - 1	Charlton Athletic (H)	Division Two (old)
39	30.03.1982	6	D	1 - 1	Shrewsbury Town (A)	Division Two (old)
40	03.04.1982	-	L	0 - 2	Tottenham Hotspur (N)	FA Cup sf
41	10.04.1982	10	D	0 - 0	Newcastle United (A)	Division Two (old)
42	13.04.1982	6	W	2 - 1	Oldham Athletic (H)	Division Two (old)
43	17.04.1982	5	W	3 - 1	Cardiff City (H)	Division Two (old)
44	20.04.1982	4	D	0 - 0	Wrexham (A)	Division Two (old)
45	24.04.1982	4	W	2 - 1	Cambridge United (A)	Division Two (old)
46	01.05.1982	8	L	1 - 4	Norwich City (H)	Division Two (old)
47	04.05.1982	4	W	2 - 0	Barnsley (A)	Division Two (old)
48	08.05.1982	8	L	1 - 3	Watford (A)	Division Two (old)
49	12.05.1982	8	L	1 - 2	Grimsby Town (H)	Division Two (old)
50	15.05.1982	8	D	0 - 0	Shrewsbury Town (H)	Division Two (old)
51	18.05.1982	8	L	0 - 3	Leyton Orient (A)	Division Two (old)

#	TEAM	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS
1	Luton Town	42	25	13	4	86	46	88
2	Watford	42	23	11	8	76	42	80
3	Norwich City	42	22	5	15	64	50	71
4	Sheffield Wednesday	42	20	10	12	55	51	70
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	21	6	15	65	43	69
6	Barnsley	42	19	10	13	59	41	67
7	Rotherham United	42	20	7	15	66	54	67
8	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	56	48	66
9	Newcastle United	42	18	8	16	52	50	62
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	11	15	47	43	59
11	Oldham Athletic	42	15	14	13	50	51	59
12	Chelsea	42	15	12	15	60	60	57
13	Charlton Athletic	42	13	12	17	50	65	51
14	Cambridge United	42	13	9	20	48	53	48
15	Crystal Palace	42	13	9	20	34	45	48
16	Derby County	42	12	12	18	53	68	48
17	Grimsby Town	42	11	13	18	53	65	46
18	Shrewsbury Town	42	11	13	18	37	57	46
19	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	7	22	39	61	46
20	Cardiff City	42	12	8	22	45	61	44
21	Wrexham	42	11	11	20	40	56	44
22	Leyton Orient	42	10	9	23	36	61	39

PLAYER	CLUB	FEE	DATE
Keith Robson	Norwich City	Unknown	September 1981
Ian Andrews	Mansfield Town	Unknown	September 1981
Trevor Hebberd	Southampton	On loan	27.11.1981
Eddie Kelly	Bournemouth	£50,000	December 1981
Alan Smith	Alvechurch	£22,000	14.06.1982

PLAYER	CLUB	FEE	DATE
Pat Byrne	Heart of Midlothian	Unknown	July 1981
Everton Carr	Halifax Town	Unknown	July 1981
Martin Henderson	Chesterfield	Unknown	September 1981
Geoff Scott	Birmingham City	£50,000	February 1982
Bobby Smith	Peterborough United	On loan	February 1982
Stewart Hamill	Scunthorpe United	On loan	March 1982
Neil Grewcock	Gillingham	Unknown	March 1982

Squad (24)

NAME	APPS	GOALS
Dave Buchanan	- (1)	-
Paul Friar	28	-
Willie Gibson	9	-
Stewart Hamill	2	2
Trevor Hebberd	4	1
Eddie Kelly	18	-
Norman Leet	20	-
Gary Lineker	45 (2)	19
Steve Lynex	46 (4)	11
Kevin MacDonald	28 (1)	1
Larry May	40	5
Jim Melrose	28 (16)	14
John O'Neill	50	1
Andy Peake	37 (1)	2
Paul Ramsey	11	-
Keith Robson	10	1
Geoff Scott	10	-
Bobby Smith	4 (3)	-
Nicky Walker	6	-
Mark Wallington	45	-
Peter Welsh	7 (9)	4
Tommy Williams	40	-
Ian Wilson	43	-
Alan Young	30	7

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Largest victories

4 - 0 28.10.1981 vs Preston North End	W
5 - 2 06.03.1982 vs Shrewsbury Town	W
3 - 0 02.03.1982 vs Newcastle United	W
4 - 1 28.11.1981 vs Cambridge United	W
4 - 1 07.11.1981 vs Charlton Athletic	W

Largest defeats

1 - 4 09.03.1982 vs Chelsea	L
1 - 4 01.05.1982 vs Norwich City	L
0 - 3 18.05.1982 vs Leyton Orient	L
1 - 3 12.09.1981 vs Derby County	L
0 - 2 24.10.1981 vs Queens Park Rangers	L

Largest crowds

29,117 06.03.1982 vs Shrewsbury Town	W
27,991 13.02.1982 vs Watford	W
21,123 17.03.1982 vs Rotherham United	W
20,589 02.01.1982 vs Southampton	W
19,806 11.11.1981 vs Aston Villa	D

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