# 1981–82 Leicester City F.C. season

During the 1981–82 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

## Season summary

In the 1981–82 season where the Football League decided to increase the points total on a win to three instead of two points, Leicester's start was inconsistent but during the last couple of months of the campaign, the Foxes revived strongly and finished in eighth. At the end of the season, Wallace left to join Motherwell.

## Competitions
### Division Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Barnsley | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 67 |
| 7 | Rotherham United | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 67 |
| 8 | Leicester City | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 66 |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 62 |
| 10 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 59 |

#### Position by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | W | L | L | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | D | L |
| Position | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Leicester City's score comes first

#### Matches
### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 2 January 1982 | Southampton | H | 3–1 | 20,589 | Young (2), Lineker |
| R4 | 23 January 1982 | Hereford United | A | 1–0 | 10,602 | May |
| R5 | 13 February 1982 | Watford | H | 2–0 | 27,991 | O'Neill, Terry (own goal) |
| QF | 6 March 1982 | Shrewsbury Town | H | 5–2 | 29,117 | May, Melrose (2), Lineker, Cross (own goal) |
| SF | 3 April 1982 | Tottenham Hotspur | N | 0–2 | 46,606 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R2 1st leg | 6 October 1981 | Preston North End | A | 0–1 | 5,382 | |
| R2 2nd leg | 28 October 1981 | Preston North End | H | 4–0 (won 4-1 on agg) | 7,685 | Robson, Lynex, Melrose, O'Riordan (own goal) |
| R3 | 11 November 1981 | Aston Villa | H | 0–0 | 19,806 | |
| R3R | 25 November 1981 | Aston Villa | A | 0–2 | 23,136 | |

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | GK | ENG | Mark Wallington |
| - | DF | SCO | Tommy Williams |
| - | DF | NIR | John O'Neill |
| - | DF | ENG | Larry May |
| - | DF | SCO | Paul Friar |
| - | MF | ENG | Steve Lynex |
| - | MF | SCO | Ian Wilson |
| - | MF | ENG | Andy Peake |
| - | FW | ENG | Gary Lineker |
| - | FW | SCO | Alan Young |
| - | MF | SCO | Kevin MacDonald |
| - | FW | SCO | Jim Melrose |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | DF | ENG | Norman Leet |
| - | MF | SCO | Eddie Kelly |
| - | MF | NIR | Paul Ramsey |
| - | FW | ENG | Keith Robson |
| - | DF | ENG | Geoff Scott |
| - | DF | SCO | Billy Gibson |
| - | DF | SCO | Peter Welsh |
| - | GK | SCO | Nicky Walker |
| - | MF | ENG | Trevor Hebberd (on loan from Southampton) |
| - | DF | SCO | Bobby Smith |
| - | MF | SCO | Stewart Hamill |
| - | FW | ENG | Dave Buchanan |