Tag: 1982-83

Bristol Rovers v Cardiff City, 1983

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Bristol Rovers welcomed Cardiff City to Eastville for the final game of the 1982-83 season. The fixture included many famous football names of the past, and future. Cardiff were already promoted and a point secured second place behind Portsmouth, and an immediate return to the Second Division. Bristol Rovers finished in 7th place. There was…

By Paul W May 14, 2023 0
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Stoke City v Luton Town, 1982

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Stoke City welcomed Luton Town to the Victoria Ground in September 1982. It was a high-scoring day in the First Division – results included Coventry 4 Everton 2, Notts County 0 Ipswich 6, Spurs 4 Forest 1, Watford 8 Sunderland 0, and West Ham 4 Manchester City 1. The game at the Victoria Ground matched…

By Paul W September 25, 2022 0
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Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 1983

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Burnley v Wolverhampton Wanderers was a clash between founder members of the Football League, whose very first meeting was on 22 September 1888. The two sides have just met for the 130th time, in the Premier League, but this match at Burnley’s Turf Moor found them in the Second Division as they fell on hard…

By Paul W April 2, 2019 0
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Hull City v Scunthorpe United, 1983

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Unthinkable today, but the BBC’s flagship highlights programme, Match of the Day, once regularly featured football from outside the top division. This snippet from February 1983 shows the cameras visiting Humberside for a Fourth Division encounter between Hull City (who commentator Tony Gubba insists on calling ‘Hull Tigers’ long before that was seriously proposed) and…

By Paul W February 23, 2019 0
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