1982–83 Queens Park Rangers F.C. season

Queens Park Rangers

1982–83 season
Chairman	Jim Gregory
Manager	Terry Venables
Second Division	1st
FA Cup	Third round
Milk Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Sealy (16) All: John Gregory (16) and Tony Sealy (16)
Highest home attendance	24,431 v Fulham (Second Division, 2 May 1983)
Lowest home attendance	8903 v Oldham Athletic (Second Division, 5 February 1983)
Average home league attendance	12,806
Home colours Away colours

During the 1982–83 English football season, Queens Park Rangers competed in the Second Division and finished as champions, winning promotion back to the First Division after an absence of four years.

Season summary

Rangers showed consistent form throughout the season and were never out of the top three from October onwards. After going top with a 4–0 win over Rotherham United on 19 March, they pulled away from the chasing pack to finish ten points clear of 2nd-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers. Promotion was clinched by a 1–0 win over Leeds United on 23 April, and the championship followed courtesy of a 3–1 win over Fulham on 2 May.

Kit

Adidas remained as QPR's kit manufacturers.

Squad

Substitute appearances indicated in brackets

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Milk Cup		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	Graham Benstead	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
GK	ENG	Peter Hucker	42	0	2	0	0	0	44	0
DF	ENG	Ian Dawes	42	0	2	0	1	0	45	0
DF	ENG	Terry Fenwick	39	3	2	0	1	1	42	4
DF	JAM	Bob Hazell	39	3	2	0	1	0	42	3
DF	ENG	Doug McClure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	NIR	Alan McDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	ENG	Warren Neill	39	2	2	0	1	0	42	2
DF	ENG	Glenn Roeder	9	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
DF	ENG	Steve Wicks	14	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
MF	ENG	Tony Currie	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
MF	ENG	Martin Duffield	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0
MF	ENG	John Gregory	42	15	2	1	0	0	44	16
MF	ENG	Gary Micklewhite	33(1)	6	2	0	1	1	36(1)	7
MF	IRE	Mark O'Connor	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0
MF	IRE	Gary Waddock	33	0	2	0	1	0	36	0
MF	ENG	Dean Wilkins	0(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0
FW	ENG	Clive Allen	23(2)	13	2	0	1	0	26(2)	13
FW	ENG	Steve Burke	1(4)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(5)	0
FW	ENG	Alan Comfort	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	ENG	Wayne Fereday	0(5)	0	0	0	0	0	0(5)	0
FW	ENG	Mike Flanagan	21(1)	7	0	0	1	0	22(1)	7
FW	ENG	Ian Muir	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	ENG	Tony Sealy	39(1)	16	2	0	1	0	42(1)	16
FW	ENG	Simon Stainrod	29(2)	9	2	0	0	0	31(2)	9
FW	NIR	Ian Stewart	15(4)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	15(5)	0

Second Division

Pos	Team	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
3	Leicester City (P)	42	20	10	12	72	44	+28	70
4	Fulham	42	20	9	13	64	47	+17	69
5	Newcastle United	42	18	13	11	75	53	+22	67

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Second Division

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance	Position
28 August 1982	Newcastle United	A	0–1		36,185	16
31 August 1982	Cambridge United	H	2–1	Sealy 2	9686	9
4 September 1982	Derby County	H	4–1	Gregory, Fenwick (pen), Stainrod 2	10,217	2
7 September 1982	Fulham	A	1–1	Stainrod	15,004	5
11 September 1982	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	Gregory	4266	3
18 September 1982	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2		13,733	6
25 September 1982	Leicester City	A	1–0	O'Neill (og)	10,647	5
28 September 1982	Crystal Palace	H	0–0		12,194	5
2 October 1982	Burnley	H	3–2	Neill, Allen, Micklewhite	9145	4
9 October 1982	Barnsley	A	1–0	Allen	13,270	2
16 October 1982	Shrewsbury Town	H	4–0	Allen, Flanagan, Micklewhite, Gregory	9275	1
23 October 1982	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	Allen	7892	3
30 October 1982	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	Stainrod	9363	2
6 November 1982	Rotherham United	A	0–0		7402	3
13 November 1982	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–2	Allen, Fenwick (pen)	9149	2
20 November 1982	Cambridge United	A	4–1	Wicks, Sealy, Allen 2	5685	1
27 November 1982	Carlisle United	H	1–0	Fenwick	9397	1
4 December 1982	Leeds United	A	1–0	Allen	11,528	1
11 December 1982	Grimsby Town	H	4–0	Neill, Sealy, Gregory, Micklewhite	9811	1
18 December 1982	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–4		15,423	1
27 December 1982	Chelsea	H	1–2	Sealy	23,744	2
29 December 1982	Charlton Athletic	A	3–1	Micklewhite 2, Sealy	13,306	2
3 January 1983	Derby County	A	0–2		14,007	2
15 January 1983	Newcastle United	H	2–0	Gregory 2	13,972	2
22 January 1983	Crystal Palace	A	3–0	Allen 2, Hazell	14,621	2
5 February 1983	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	Sealy	8903	2
19 February 1983	Barnsley	H	3–0	Gregory, Sealy, Flanagan	10,271	2
26 February 1983	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–0		4397	1
5 March 1983	Middlesbrough	H	6–1	Micklewhite, Flanagan, Allen 3, Gregory	9596	2
12 March 1983	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–3	Gregory (pen), Sealy	6373	2
19 March 1983	Rotherham United	H	4–0	Sealy, Flanagan, Gregory 2	9541	1
22 March 1983	Charlton Athletic	H	5–1	Sealy 2, Hazell, Gregory, Stainrod	10,776	1
26 March 1983	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–1	Stainrod 2, Flanagan	5317	1
4 April 1983	Chelsea	A	2–0	Gregory, Sealy	20,821	1
9 April 1983	Leicester City	H	2–2	Gregory, Sealy	16,301	1
19 April 1983	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–0	Flanagan	11,713	1
23 April 1983	Leeds United	H	1–0	Hart (og)	19,573	1
30 April 1983	Carlisle United	A	0–1		5724	1
2 May 1983	Fulham	H	3–1	Gregory, Sealy, Stainrod	24,431	1
7 May 1983	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	Flanagan, Hazell	19,854	1
10 May 1983	Burnley	A	1–2	Sealy	7191	1
14 May 1983	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	Stainrod	9590	1

Milk Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
4 October 1982	Second Round First Leg	Rotherham United	A	1–2	Gregory	5603
26 October 1982	Second Round Second Leg	Rotherham United	H	0–0		9653

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
8 January 1983	Third Round	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–3	Fenwick (pen), Micklewhite	16,528

References

Bibliography

• Rothmans Football Yearbook 1983-84 (Editor: Tony Williams). London: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-09727-7.