Season

1983-84

Manchester UnitedRon Atkinson

4thleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.6
goal difference
1.6 scored · 1.0 conceded
58
Played
47%
Win rate

Season in brief

4th of 22 in the First Division, down from 3rd the year before. Home form carried the season — 63% of home matches won against 30% away. Frank Stapleton led the scoring with 19 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 93 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Liverpool42P · 22W 14D 6L · GD +4180
  2. 2Southampton42P · 22W 11D 9L · GD +2877
  3. 3Nottingham Forest42P · 22W 8D 12L · GD +3174
  4. 4Manchester United42P · 20W 14D 8L · GD +3074
  5. 5Queens Park Rangers42P · 22W 7D 13L · GD +3073
  6. 6Arsenal42P · 18W 9D 15L · GD +1463
  8. 21Notts County42P · 10W 11D 21L · GD -2241
  9. 22Wolverhampton Wanderers42P · 6W 11D 25L · GD -5329

Slice: the final First Division table for 1983-84, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

58 matches
20 Aug 1983 n Liverpool: 2–027 Aug 1983 v Queens Park Rangers: 3–129 Aug 1983 v Nottingham Forest: 1–23 Sep 1983 @ Stoke City: 1–06 Sep 1983 @ Arsenal: 3–210 Sep 1983 v Luton Town: 2–014 Sep 1983 v Dukla Prague: 1–117 Sep 1983 @ Southampton: 0–324 Sep 1983 v Liverpool: 1–027 Sep 1983 @ Dukla Prague: 2–21 Oct 1983 @ Norwich City: 3–33 Oct 1983 @ Port Vale: 1–015 Oct 1983 v West Bromwich Albion: 3–019 Oct 1983 @ PFC Spartak 1918: 2–122 Oct 1983 @ Sunderland: 1–026 Oct 1983 v Port Vale: 2–029 Oct 1983 v Wolverhampton Wanderers: 3–02 Nov 1983 v PFC Spartak 1918: 2–05 Nov 1983 v Aston Villa: 1–28 Nov 1983 @ Colchester United: 2–012 Nov 1983 @ Leicester City: 1–119 Nov 1983 v Watford: 4–127 Nov 1983 @ West Ham United: 1–130 Nov 1983 @ Oxford United: 1–13 Dec 1983 v Everton: 0–17 Dec 1983 v Oxford United: 1–110 Dec 1983 @ Ipswich Town: 2–016 Dec 1983 v Tottenham Hotspur: 4–219 Dec 1983 @ Oxford United: 1–226 Dec 1983 @ Coventry City: 1–127 Dec 1983 v Notts County: 3–331 Dec 1983 v Stoke City: 1–02 Jan 1984 @ Liverpool: 1–17 Jan 1984 @ AFC Bournemouth: 0–213 Jan 1984 @ Queens Park Rangers: 1–121 Jan 1984 v Southampton: 3–24 Feb 1984 v Norwich City: 0–07 Feb 1984 @ Birmingham City: 2–212 Feb 1984 @ Luton Town: 5–018 Feb 1984 @ Wolverhampton Wanderers: 1–125 Feb 1984 v Sunderland: 2–13 Mar 1984 @ Aston Villa: 3–07 Mar 1984 @ FC Barcelona: 0–210 Mar 1984 v Leicester City: 2–017 Mar 1984 v Arsenal: 4–021 Mar 1984 v FC Barcelona: 3–031 Mar 1984 @ West Bromwich Albion: 0–27 Apr 1984 v Birmingham City: 1–011 Apr 1984 v Juventus: 1–114 Apr 1984 @ Notts County: 0–117 Apr 1984 @ Watford: 0–021 Apr 1984 v Coventry City: 4–125 Apr 1984 @ Juventus: 1–228 Apr 1984 v West Ham United: 0–05 May 1984 @ Everton: 1–17 May 1984 v Ipswich Town: 1–212 May 1984 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 1–116 May 1984 @ Nottingham Forest: 0–2
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.