1981–82 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
1981–82 season
Chairman	Terry Shipman
Manager	Jock Wallace
Second Division	8th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Lineker (17); All: Lineker (19)
Average home league attendance	14,183
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

During the 1981–82 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1981–82 season where the Football League decided to increase the points total on a win to three instead of two points, Leicester's start was inconsistent but during the last couple of months of the campaign, the Foxes revived strongly and finished in eighth. At the end of the season, Wallace left to join Motherwell.

Competitions

Division Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Barnsley	42	19	10	13	59	41	+18	67
7	Rotherham United	42	20	7	15	66	54	+12	67
8	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	56	48	+8	66
9	Newcastle United	42	18	8	16	52	50	+2	62
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	11	15	47	43	+4	59

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

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	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	L
Position	11	7	6	11	11	11	7	8	11	8	6	11	10	9	9	14	14	9	12	14	12	13	13	12	12	10	10	11	7	7	8	10	7	5	4	4	8	6	8	8	8	8

Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/matches/season/1982/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Division Two Champions, Promoted to 1982–83 Football League Division One; = Promoted to 1982–83 Football League Division One; = Relegated to Division Three

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Matches

29 August 1981 1	Grimsby Town	2–2	Leicester City	Cleethorpes
	Kilmore 27' Drinkell 47'		16' Lineker 72' Melrose	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 11,032

5 September 1981 2	Leicester City	1–0	Wrexham	Leicester
	Hamill 62'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 12,905

8 September 1981 3	Leicester City	1–0	Barnsley	Leicester
	Hamill			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 15,447

12 September 1981 4	Derby County	1–3	Leicester City	Derby
	Hector 5' Buckley 30' Ramage 44'		63' Melrose	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 16,046

19 September 1981 5	Leicester City	1–2	Luton Town	Leicester
	Lynex 38' (pen.)		46', 52' White	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 14,159

22 September 1981 6	Rotherham United	1–1	Leicester City	Rotherham
			May	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 7,781

26 September 1981 7	Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Leicester City	Blackburn
			39' May 73' Melrose	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 8,925

3 October 1981 8	Leicester City	1–1	Crystal Palace	Leicester
	Lineker 82'		51' Hilaire	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 12,558

10 October 1981 9	Bolton Wanderers	0–3	Leicester City	Bolton
			45' 73'Melrose 75' Young	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 7,361

16 October 1981 10	Leicester City	1–1	Chelsea	Leicester
	Melrose 30'		26' Fillery	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 18,358

24 October 1981 11	Queens Park Rangers	2–0	Leicester City	Shepherd's Bush (West London)
	Stainrod 28' Gregory 79'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,419

31 October 1981 12	Leicester City	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Leicester
				Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 19,125

7 November 1981 13	Charlton Athletic	1–4	Leicester City	Charlton (Southeast London)
	Walsh 42'		31' Melrose 77' (pen.) Lynex 82', 83' Lineker	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 8,212

14 November 1981 14	Leicester City	0–1	Orient	Leicester
			82' McNeil	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 11,733

21 November 1981 15	Cardiff City	1–3	Leicester City	Cardiff
	Micallef 72' Bennett 85' Stevens 88'		87' Welsh	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,687

28 November 1981 16	Leicester City	4–1	Cambridge United	Leicester
	Lynex 3' Hebberd 46' Peake 50' Lineker 64'		65' Christie	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 9,524

5 December 1981 17	Norwich City	0–0	Leicester City	Norwich
				Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 12,768

12 December 1981 18	Leicester City	1–1	Watford	Leicester
GMT	Lineker			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 10,340

28 December 1981 19	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Leicester City	Oldham
GMT			Lynex	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 9,174

30 January 1982 20	Luton Town	1–2	Leicester City	Luton
GMT	White 13' Donaghy 67'		52' Lineker	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 11,810

6 February 1982 21	Leicester City	2–1	Derby County	Leicester
	Lynex 71 ' (pen.) Lineker 85'		75' Emson	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 14,132

20 February 1982 22	Leicester City	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	Leicester
	Peake 43'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 11,667

27 February 1982 23	Leicester City	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Leicester
	Lynex 89' (pen.)			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 10,678

2 March 1982 24	Leicester City	3–0	Newcastle United	Leicester
	Young Lineker ,			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 12,497

9 March 1982 25	Chelsea	4–1	Leicester City	Fulham (West London)
	Hales 3' Locke 50' Mayes 80', 83'		57' (pen.) Lynex	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 10,586

13 March 1982 26	Leicester City	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	Leicester
	Lynex 0' (pen.) Young Melrose			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 17,821

17 March 1982 27	Leicester City	1–0	Rotherham United	Leicester
	Melrose 81'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 21,123

20 March 1982 28	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Leicester City	Sheffield
	Bannister 68' Pearson 87'			Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 18,962

23 March 1982 29	Crystal Palace	0–2	Leicester City	Croydon (South London)
			Lynex Lineker	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 9,506

27 March 1982 30	Leicester City	3–1	Charlton Athletic	Leicester
	Hales 36'		70', 81' Young 77' MacDonald	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 13,681

30 March 1982 31	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Leicester City	Shrewsbury
			Lineker	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 5,340

10 April 1982 32	Newcastle United	0–0	Leicester City	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
				Stadium: St. James' Park Attendance: 25,777

13 April 1982 33	Leicester City	2–1	Oldham Athletic	Leicester
	Melrose Lineker			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 14,298

17 April 1982 34	Leicester City	3–1	Cardiff City	Leicester
	Lineker 1', 78' Lynex 51'		40' Kitchen	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 13,650

20 April 1982 35	Wrexham	0–0	Leicester City	Wrexham
				Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 4,913

24 April 1982 36	Cambridge United	1–2	Leicester City	Cambridge
	Fallon 84'		7' Lineker 89' Welsh	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,212

1 May 1982 37	Leicester City	1–4	Norwich City	Leicester
	May 88'		Deehan 23' Barham 47' Bertschin 53' Leet 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 19,630

4 May 1982 38	Barnsley	0–2	Leicester City	Barnsley
			Welsh Lineker	Stadium: Oakwell Stadium Attendance: 15,418

8 May 1982 39	Watford	3–1	Leicester City	Watford
	Barnes 7', 38' Blissett 34'		76' Melrose	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,859

12 May 1982 40	Leicester City	1–2	Grimsby Town	Leicester
	Welsh 0' (pen.)			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 13,941

15 May 1982 41	Leicester City	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Leicester
				Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 11,368

18 May 1982 42	Orient	3–0	Leicester City	Leyton (East London)
				Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,107

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1982	Southampton	H	3–1	20,589	Young (2), Lineker
R4	23 January 1982	Hereford United	A	1–0	10,602	May
R5	13 February 1982	Watford	H	2–0	27,991	O'Neill, Terry (own goal)
QF	6 March 1982	Shrewsbury Town	H	5–2	29,117	May, Melrose (2), Lineker, Cross (own goal)
SF	3 April 1982	Tottenham Hotspur	N	0–2	46,606

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	6 October 1981	Preston North End	A	0–1	5,382
R2 2nd leg	28 October 1981	Preston North End	H	4–0 (won 4-1 on agg)	7,685	Robson, Lynex, Melrose, O'Riordan (own goal)
R3	11 November 1981	Aston Villa	H	0–0	19,806
R3R	25 November 1981	Aston Villa	A	0–2	23,136

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Mark Wallington
-	DF	SCO	Tommy Williams
-	DF	NIR	John O'Neill
-	DF	ENG	Larry May
-	DF	SCO	Paul Friar
-	MF	ENG	Steve Lynex
-	MF	SCO	Ian Wilson
-	MF	ENG	Andy Peake
-	FW	ENG	Gary Lineker
-	FW	SCO	Alan Young
-	MF	SCO	Kevin MacDonald
-	FW	SCO	Jim Melrose


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	ENG	Norman Leet
-	MF	SCO	Eddie Kelly
-	MF	NIR	Paul Ramsey
-	FW	ENG	Keith Robson
-	DF	ENG	Geoff Scott
-	DF	SCO	Billy Gibson
-	DF	SCO	Peter Welsh
-	GK	SCO	Nicky Walker
-	MF	ENG	Trevor Hebberd (on loan from Southampton)
-	DF	SCO	Bobby Smith
-	MF	SCO	Stewart Hamill
-	FW	ENG	Dave Buchanan

References

^ "Leicester City results for the 1981-1982 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2013.

[1] "Leicester City results for the 1981-1982 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2013.

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