# 1982–83 Leicester City F.C. season

During the 1982–83 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

## Season summary

In August 1982, Gordon Milne left Coventry City to join Leicester as their new boss. The 1982–83 season didn't start well for the Foxes with just 6 wins in their first 16 league games which saw Leicester in 15th and looked like their promotion challenge was over. Then from December onwards until the end of the season, Leicester lost only 4 league games during their impressive league form and finished the season unbeaten in 15 league matches. Heading to the final league game, Leicester were ahead of Fulham on goal difference knowing a slip up would see the Cottagers leapfrog them to automatic promotion. With Leicester only holding relegated Burnley to a 0–0 draw at home, it gave Fulham a chance to do so at Derby County but with only a win required. An incident involving a spectator and a Fulham player led to the game being abandoned 2 minutes away from the 90 minute mark with Fulham losing 1–0 at the Baseball Ground. An enquiry from the Football League was held for a few days and they decided eventually the result from the Derby-Fulham game would stand which meant the Foxes were promoted after 2 seasons in the second tier.

## Competitions
### Football League Division Two
#### League Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Queens Park Rangers (C, P) | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 77 | 36 | +41 | 85 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (P) | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 75 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 3 | Leicester City (P) | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 70 | Promotion to the First Division |
| 4 | Fulham | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 64 | 47 | +17 | 69 | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 75 | 53 | +22 | 67 | |
Leicester City's score comes first
| Win | Draw | Loss |

#### 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 | L | W | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | D | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W | D |
| Position | 16 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches
### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 8 January 1983 | Notts County | H | 2–3 | 18,384 | A Smith, Wilson |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R2 1st leg | 6 October 1982 | Lincoln City | A | 0–2 | 6,775 | |
| R2 2nd leg | 27 October 1982 | Lincoln City | H | 0–1 (lost 0–3 on agg) | 10,000 | |

## 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 |
| - | MF | NIR | Paul Ramsey |
| - | DF | SCO | Paul Friar |
| - | MF | SCO | Kevin MacDonald |
| - | DF | ENG | Larry May |
| - | DF | NIR | John O'Neill |
| - | MF | ENG | Steve Lynex |
| - | FW | ENG | Gary Lineker |
| - | FW | ENG | Alan Smith |
| - | FW | SCO | Jim Melrose |
| - | DF | SCO | Bobby Smith |
| - | MF | SCO | Eddie Kelly |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | FW | ENG | Tommy English |
| - | MF | SCO | Ian Wilson |
| - | DF | IRL | Jimmy Holmes |
| - | FW | ENG | Dave Buchanan |
| - | DF | ENG | Norman Leet |
| - | DF | SCO | Tommy Williams |
| - | DF | ENG | Paul Brown |
| - | FW | ENG | Keith Robson |
| - | MF | IRL | Gerry Daly (on loan from Coventry City) |
| - | MF | ENG | Andy Peake |
| - | FW | ENG | Robbie Jones |