1983–84 Leicester City F.C. season

In the 1983–84 season, Leicester had a poor start with six successive league defeats which represented the Foxes' worst start to a season and labelled them as early relegation favourites. After going out of the League Cup though, their form picked up with only 2 defeats in their next 15 league games from the end of October until the end of January. Their relegation worries were formally avoided when Leicester beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 at Filbert Street on 5 May with 2 games to spare and the Foxes finished the season in a fairly comfortable 15th place.

{{main|1983–84 Football League#First Division}}

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|date= 27 August 1983|round=1 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Notts County||H||score=0–4||attendance=14,838||result=L|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 31 August 1983|round=2 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Luton Town||H||score=0–3||attendance=11,929||result=L|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 3 September 1983|round=3 ||team1=West Bromwich Albion|team2=Leicester City|location=West Bromwich|stadium=The Hawthorns|A||score=1–0||attendance=12,016||result=L

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|date= 6 September 1983|round=4 ||team1=West Ham United||team2=Leicester City|location=Upton Park|stadium=Boleyn Ground|A||score=3–1||attendance=22,131|||goals2=Lineker|result=L

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|date= 10 September 1983|round=5 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Tottenham Hotspur||H||score=0–3||attendance=15,886||result=L|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 17 September 1983|round=6 ||team1=Coventry City|team2=Leicester City|location=Coventry|stadium=Highfield Road||A||score=2–1||attendance=12,377||goals2=Lineker|result=L

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|date= 24 September 1983|round=7 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Stoke City||H||score=2–2||attendance=10,215||goals1=Jones, Lineker|result=D|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 1 October 1983|round=8 ||team1=Birmingham City|team2=Leicester City|location=Birmingham|stadium=||A||score=2–1||attendance=15,212||goals2=Lineker|result=L

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|date= 19 October 1983|round=9 ||team1=Norwich City|team2=Leicester City|location=Norwich|stadium=Carrow Road||A||score=3–1||attendance=13,780||goals2=Eastoe|result=L

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|date= 22 October 1983|round=10 ||team1=Ipswich Town|team2=Leicester City|location=Ipswich Town|stadium=Portman Road||A||score=0–0||attendance=14,944||result=D

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|date= 29 October 1983|round=11 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Everton||H||score=2–0||attendance=10,953||goals1=A Smith, Ramsey|result=W|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 5 November 1983|round=12 ||team1=Watford|team2=Leicester City|location=Watford|stadium=Craven Cottage||A||score=3–3||attendance=15,807||goals2=Lynex (2, 1 pen), Banks|result=D

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|date= 12 November 1983|round=13 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Manchester United||H||score=1–1||attendance=24,409||goals1=Lynex|result=D|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 19 November 1983|round=14 ||team1=Aston Villa|team2=Leicester City|location=Birmingham|stadium=Villa Park||A||score=3–1||attendance=19,024||goals2=Lynex (pen)|result=L

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|date= 26 November 1983|round=15 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Arsenal||H||score=3–0||attendance=14,777||goals1=Lineker, Lynex, A Smith|result=W|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 30 November 1983|round=16 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Southampton||H||score=2–1||attendance=14,181||goals1=A Smith, Lineker|result=W|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 4 December 1983|round=17 ||team1=Nottingham Forest|team2=Leicester City|location=Nottingham|stadium=City Ground||A||score=3–2||attendance=23,248||goals2=Jones, A Smith|result=L

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|date= 10 December 1983|round=18 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Wolverhampton Wanderers||H||score=5–1||attendance=10,969||goals1=Lineker, A Smith (3), Lynex|result=W|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 18 December 1983|round=19 ||team1=Sunderland|team2=Leicester City|location=Sunderland|stadium=Roker Park||A||score=1–1||attendance=16,993||goals2=Hazell|result=D

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|date= 26 December 1983|round=20 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Queens Park Rangers||H||score=2–1||attendance=17,460||goals1=Lineker, Lynex|result=W|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 27 December 1983|round=21 ||team1=Liverpool|team2=Leicester City|location=Liverpool|stadium=Anfield||A||score=2–2||attendance=33,664||goals2=A Smith, Banks|result=D

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|date= 31 December 1983|round=22 |team1=Leicester City|team2=West Bromwich Albion||H||score=1–1||attendance=15,128||goals1=Lynex (pen)|result=D

|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 2 January 1984|round=23 ||team1=Stoke City|team2=Leicester City|location=Stoke-on-Trent]|stadium=||A||score=0–1||attendance=13,728||goals2=A Smith|result=W

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|date= 14 January 1984|round=24 ||team1=Notts County|team2=Leicester City|location=Nottingham|stadium=||A||score=2–5||attendance=10,607||goals2=MacDonald, Lineker (3), Peake|result=W

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|date= 21 January 1984|round=25 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Coventry City||H||score=1–1||attendance=16,262||goals1=Lineker|result=D|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 4 February 1984|round=26 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Birmingham City||H||score=2–3||13,770||goals1=A Smith (2)|result=L

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|date= 11 February 1984|round=27 ||team1=Tottenham Hotspur|team2=Leicester City|location=Tottenham|stadium=White Hart Lane||A||score=3–2||attendance=28,410||goals2=Lineker (2)|result=L

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|date= 25 February 1984|round=28 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Ipswich Town||H||score=2–0||attendance=11,399||goals1=A Smith, O'Neill|result=W|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 3 March 1984|round=29 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Watford||H||score=4–1||attendance=13,295||goals1=Peake (2), Lineker, A Smith|result=W|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 10 March 1984|round=30 ||team1=Manchester United|team2=Leicester City|location=Greater Manchester|stadium=Old Trafford||A||score=2–0||attendance=39,473||result=L

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|date= 17 March 1984|round=31 |team1=Leicester City|team2=West Ham United||H||score=4–1||attendance=13,533||goals1=Hazell, Lynex (2, 1 pen), Lineker|result=W|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 20 March 1984|round=32 ||team1=Everton|team2=Leicester City|location=Walton|stadium=Goodison Park||A||score=1–1||attendance=15,142||goals2=Lineker|result=D

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|date= 24 March 1984|round=33 ||team1=Luton Town|team2=Leicester City|location=Luton|stadium=||A||score=0–0||attendance=10,509||result=D

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|date= 31 March 1984|round=34 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Norwich City||H||score=2–1||attendance=11,278||goals1=A Smith (2)|result=W|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 7 April 1984|round=35 ||team1=Southampton|team2=Leicester City|location=Southampton|stadium=The Dell||A||score=2–2||attendance=17,455||goals2=Lineker (2)|result=D

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|date= 14 April 1984|round=36 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Aston Villa||H||score=2–0||attendance=13,366||goals1=O'Neill, Banks|result=W|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 18 April 1984|round=37 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Liverpool||H||score=3–3||attendance=26,553||Peake, Lynex, Lineker|result=D|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 21 April 1984|round=38 ||team1=Queens Park Rangers|team2=Leicester City|location=Shepherd's Bush|stadium=Loftus Road||A||score=2–0||attendance=12,360||result=L

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|date= 28 April 1984|round=39 ||team1=Arsenal|team2=Leicester City|location=Islington|stadium=Highbury||A||score=2–1||attendance=24,143||goals2=Lineker|result=L

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|date= 5 May 1984|round=40 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Nottingham Forest||H||score=2–1||attendance=16,600||goals1=Lynex, Lineker|result=W

|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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|date= 7 May 1984|round=41 ||team1=Wolverhampton Wanderers|team2=Leicester City|location=|stadium=||A||score=1–0||attendance=7,405||result=L

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|date= 12 May 1984|round=42 |team1=Leicester City|team2=Sunderland||H||score=0–2||attendance=12,627||result=L|location=Leicester|stadium=Filbert Street

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{{Main|1983–84 FA Cup}}

{{Main|1983–84 Football League Cup}}

[http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1984]

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{{Fs player|no=-|nat=NIR|pos=MF|name=Paul Ramsey}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Bobby Smith}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Kevin MacDonald}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Ian Banks}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Larry May}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=NIR|pos=DF|name=John O'Neill}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Steve Lynex}}

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{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Robbie Jones}}

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{{Fs player|no=-|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Ian Wilson}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Andy Peake}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=David Rennie}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Tommy English}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Mark Grew}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=SCO|pos=DF|name=Tommy Williams}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Bob Hazell}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Peter Eastoe|other=on loan from West Brom}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Andy Feeley}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Ian Andrews}}

{{Fs player|no=-|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Rob Kelly}}

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{{1983–84 in English football}}

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