1983–84 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United
1983–84 season
ChairmanStan Seymour Jr.
ManagerArthur Cox
StadiumSt James' Park
Second Division3rd (promoted)
FA CupThird Round
Milk CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Kevin Keegan (27)
All: Kevin Keegan (28)
Highest home attendance36,288 vs Sheffield Wednesday (Division Two, 14 April 1984)
Lowest home attendance21,184 vs Oxford United (Milk Cup Second Round First Leg, 5 October 1983)
Average home league attendance29,810
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During the 1983–84 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League Second Division. They finished 3rd and were promoted automatically to the First Division.

Former England captain Kevin Keegan was the leading scorer with 27 league goals, 28 in all competitions. He retired as a player following the final match of the season.

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 Kevin Carr 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
GK  WAL Martin Thomas 23 0 2 0 1 0 26 0
DF  IRE John Anderson 41 1 2 0 1 0 44 1
DF  ENG Malcolm Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  ENG Steve Carney 32(1) 0 2 0 0 0 34(1) 0
DF  ENG John Carver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  ENG Jeff Clarke 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
DF  ENG Ian Dawes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  ENG Peter Haddock 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0
DF  ENG Chris Hedworth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF  ENG Glenn Roeder 23 0 0 0 1 0 24 0
DF  ENG John Ryan 22 1 2 0 1 0 25 1
DF  ENG Wes Saunders 16 0 2 0 1 0 19 0
MF  NIR David McCreery 40 0 2 0 1 0 43 0
MF  ENG Terry McDermott 42 6 2 1 1 0 45 7
MF  ENG Neil McDonald 10(2) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 10(3) 0
MF  ENG John Trewick 14(2) 1 0 0 0 0 14(2) 1
MF  ENG Kenny Wharton 38(3) 4 2 0 1 0 41(3) 4
FW  ENG Peter Beardsley 34(1) 20 2 0 1 0 37(1) 20
FW  NIR Paul Ferris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW  ENG Kevin Keegan 41 27 2 1 1 0 44 28
FW  ENG David Mills 10(6) 5 0(2) 0 0 0 10(8) 5
FW  ENG Chris Waddle 42 18 2 0 1 0 45 18

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League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Chelsea (C, P) 42 25 13 4 90 40 +50 88 Promotion to the First Division
2 Sheffield Wednesday (P) 42 26 10 6 72 34 +38 88
3 Newcastle United (P) 42 24 8 10 85 53 +32 80
4 Manchester City 42 20 10 12 66 48 +18 70
5 Grimsby Town 42 19 13 10 60 47 +13 70
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Second Division

Main article: 1983–84 Football League Second Division
27 August 1983 1 Leeds United 0–1 Newcastle United Leeds
Anderson 22' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 30,806
29 August 1983 2 Newcastle United 0–1 Shrewsbury Town Newcastle upon Tyne
Brown 40' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 29,140
3 September 1983 3 Newcastle United 3–0 Oldham Athletic Newcastle upon Tyne
McDermott 28'
Waddle 58'
Mills 65'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 22,573
6 September 1983 4 Middlesbrough 3–2 Newcastle United Middlesbrough
Currie 39', 63'
Hamilton 86'		 Keegan 48'
Mills 82'		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 19,648
10 September 1984 5 Grimsby Town 1–1 Newcastle United Cleethorpes
Speight 42' Keegan 50' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 9000
17 September 1983 6 Newcastle United 3–1 Crystal Palace Newcastle upon Tyne
Ryan 17'
Waddle 50'
Keegan 53'		 Evans 54' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 22,869
24 September 1984 7 Barnsley 1–1 Newcastle United Barnsley
Cunningham 52' Waddle 84' Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 14,085
1 October 1983 8 Newcastle United 4–2 Portsmouth Newcastle upon Tyne
Waddle 13', 25'
Keegan 40' (pen.)
Wharton 54'		 Tait 79'
Biley 84'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 25,488
8 October 1983 9 Newcastle United 2–1 Charlton Athletic Newcastle upon Tyne
Keegan 72', 81' Curtis 29' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 23,329
16 October 1984 10 Swansea City 1–2 Newcastle United Swansea
Marustik 77' Wharton 3'
Mills 78'		 Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 9807
19 October 1984 11 Cardiff City 0–2 Newcastle United Cardiff
Beardsley 9'
Keegan 59'		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9926
29 October 1983 12 Newcastle United 5–0 Manchester City Newcastle upon Tyne
Beardsley 8', 60', 78'
Keegan 38'
Waddle 88'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 33,675
5 November 1983 13 Newcastle United 3–2 Fulham Newcastle upon Tyne
Keegan 23'
Mills 88'
Wharton 90'		 Wilson 12', 60' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 31,660
12 November 1983 14 Chelsea 4–0 Newcastle United London
Spackman 7'
Rhoades-Brown 36'
Speedie 46', 67'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 30,638
19 November 1983 15 Sheffield Wednesday 4–2 Newcastle United Sheffield
Varadi 37', 51'
Cunningham 71'
Bannister 82'		 McDermott 43'
Keegan 78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 41,134
26 November 1983 16 Newcastle United 2–1 Cambridge United Newcastle upon Tyne
Keegan 43' (pen.)
Beardsley 62'		 Daniels 81' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 25,065
3 December 1983 17 Derby County 3–2 Newcastle United Derby
Davison 60', 66'
Gemmill 71' (pen.)		 Keegan 29'
Waddle 39'		 Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 18,691
10 December 1983 18 Newcastle United 5–2 Huddersfield Town Newcastle upon Tyne
Keegan 2'
Beardsley 42'
Waddle 62', 89'
McDermott 82'		 Wilson 19'
Jones 44'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 25,747
17 December 1983 19 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Newcastle United Hove
Waddle 51' Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 13,896
26 December 1983 20 Newcastle United 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Newcastle upon Tyne
Waddle 59' Barker 29' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 33,622
27 December 1983 21 Carlisle United 3–1 Newcastle United Carlisle
Shoulder 35' (pen.)
Coughlin 88'
Craig 89'		 Waddle 18' Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 14,756
31 December 1983 22 Oldham Athletic 1–2 Newcastle United Oldham
Henry 89' Keegan 15', 62' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 8518
2 January 1984 23 Newcastle United 1–0 Barnsley Newcastle upon Tyne
Waddle 12' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 29,842
21 January 1984 24 Crystal Palace 3–1 Newcastle United London
McCulloch 16'
Mabbutt 41'
Gilbert 44'		 Beardsley 70' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 9464
4 February 1984 25 Portsmouth 1–4 Newcastle United Portsmouth
Webb 61' Keegan 3', 73'
Beardsley 45', 67'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 18,686
11 February 1984 26 Newcastle United 0–1 Grimsby Town Newcastle upon Tyne
Drinkell 17' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 28,633
18 February 1984 27 Manchester City 1–2 Newcastle United Manchester
Kinsey 47' Beardsley 19'
Keegan 21'		 Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 41,767
25 February 1984 28 Newcastle United 3–1 Cardiff City Newcastle upon Tyne
Waddle 12'
Keegan 44', 56' (pen.)		 Vaughan 58' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 27,964
3 March 1984 29 Fulham 2–2 Newcastle United London
Scott 4'
Davies 25'		 Beardsley 3'
Keegan 67'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 12,290
10 March 1984 30 Newcastle United 1–1 Chelsea Newcastle upon Tyne
McDermott 70' Speedie 52' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 36,506
17 March 1984 31 Newcastle United 3–1 Middlesbrough Newcastle upon Tyne
Beardsley 12'
McDermott 75'
Keegan 77'		 Bell 3' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 30,421
24 March 1984 32 Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Newcastle United Shrewsbury
Cross 51', 78' Johnson 52' (o.g.)
Keegan 55'		 Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 8313
28 March 1984 33 Newcastle United 1–0 Leeds United Newcastle upon Tyne
Irwin 25' (o.g.) Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 31,222
31 March 1984 34 Newcastle United 2–0 Swansea City Newcastle upon Tyne
Wharton 76'
Beardsley 88'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 27,329
7 April 1984 35 Charlton Athletic 1–3 Newcastle United London
Dowman 22' Waddle 31'
McDermott 88'
Beardsley 89'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,289
14 April 1984 36 Newcastle United 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday Newcastle upon Tyne
Shelton 77' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 36,288
20 April 1984 37 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Newcastle United Blackburn
Fazackerley 48' (pen.) Trewick 74' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 19,196
23 April 1984 38 Newcastle United 5–1 Carlisle United Newcastle upon Tyne
Keegan 12', 54'
Waddle 39'
Beardsley 73', 77'		 Coughlin 80' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 33,458
28 April 1984 39 Cambridge United 1–0 Newcastle United Cambridge
Smith 38' (pen.) Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 7720
5 May 1984 40 Newcastle United 4–0 Derby County Newcastle upon Tyne
Keegan 17'
Beardsley 22', 80'
Waddle 50'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 35,866
7 May 1984 41 Huddersfield Town 2–2 Newcastle United Huddersfield
Cooper 22'
Carney 26' (o.g.)		 Beardsley 41'
Mills 45'		 Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 25,101
12 May 1984 42 Newcastle United 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Newcastle upon Tyne
Keegan 22'
Waddle 50'
Beardsley 85'		 Ryan 41' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 36,286

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Milk Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Football League Cup
5 October 1983 2nd Round 1st Leg Newcastle United 1–1 Oxford United Newcastle upon Tyne
McDermott 87' Biggins 37' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 21,184
26 October 1983 2nd Round 2nd Leg Oxford United 2–1 Newcastle United Oxford
Whatmore 19'
Thomas 32'		 Keegan 81' Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 13,040

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FA Cup

Main article: 1983–84 FA Cup
6 January 1984 3rd Round Liverpool 4–0 Newcastle United Liverpool
Robinson 7'
Rush 29', 86'
Johnston 63'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 33,566

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References

  1. ^ Rothmans 1984-85, pp. 242–244, 441, 443 & 468
  2. ^ a b c NUFC.com - Stats 1983-84 Fixtures
Bibliography
  • Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984-85 (Editor: Peter Dunk). London: Rothmans/Queen Anne Press. ISBN 0-356-10446-X.