1983–84 York City F.C. season

The 1983–84 season was the sixty-second season of competitive association football and fifty-fifth season in the Football League played by York City Football Club, a professional football club based in York, North Yorkshire, England. They finished in first position in the 1983–84 Football League Fourth Division, in doing so becoming the first Football League club to reach one hundred points in a season. By winning the Fourth Division championship, York earned the first major honour in the club's history.

They entered the 1983–84 FA Cup in the first round, beating Macclesfield Town in a replay before losing at home to Rochdale in the second round. They were knocked in the first round of both the 1983–84 Football League Cup and 1983–84 Associate Members' Cup, being beaten by Grimsby Town and Hull City respectively.

Eighteen players made at least one appearance in nationally organised first-team competition, and there were eleven different goalscorers. Defender John MacPhail, midfielder Gary Ford and striker John Byrne played in all fifty-two first-team matches over the season. Byrne finished as leading goalscorer with twenty-eight goals, of which twenty-seven came in league competition and one came in the FA Cup. The winner of the Clubman of the Year award was MacPhail.

Match details

Football League Fourth Division

Main article: 1983–84 Football League Fourth Division

Football League Fourth Division match details
Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
000000001983-08-27-000027 August 1983	5th	Stockport County	A	W	2–0	MacPhail, Byrne	2,185
000000001983-09-03-00003 September 1983	2nd	Rochdale	H	W	2–0	Ford, Walwyn	2,772
000000001983-09-06-00006 September 1983	1st	Peterborough United	H	W	2–0	Pollard, Byrne	3,709
000000001983-09-10-000010 September 1983	1st	Chesterfield	A	L	1–2	Walwyn	4,041
000000001983-09-17-000017 September 1983	1st	Chester City	H	W	4–1	Byrne (3), MacPhail	3,037
000000001983-09-24-000024 September 1983	1st	Darlington	A	D	0–0		2,181
000000001983-09-27-000027 September 1983	1st	Doncaster Rovers	A	D	2–2	Byrne, Walwyn	4,996
000000001983-10-01-00001 October 1983	1st	Blackpool	H	W	4–0	Byrne (2), Walwyn (2)	4,058
000000001983-10-07-00007 October 1983	1st	Colchester United	H	W	3–0	MacPhail, Pollard pen., Walwyn	6,207
000000001983-10-15-000015 October 1983	1st	Swindon Town	A	L	2–3	Walwyn (2)	2,457
000000001983-10-18-000018 October 1983	2nd	Bristol City	A	L	0–1		10,827
000000001983-10-22-000022 October 1983	2nd	Reading	H	D	2–2	Pollard, Sbragia	4,315
000000001983-10-29-000029 October 1983	1st	Northampton Town	A	W	2–1	Walwyn (2)	2,956
000000001983-11-01-00001 November 1983	1st	Wrexham	H	W	3–2	Sbragia, Pollard (2, 1 pen.)	5,641
000000001983-11-05-00005 November 1983	1st	Crewe Alexandra	A	W	3–0	Walwyn (2), Byrne	2,785
000000001983-11-12-000012 November 1983	1st	Torquay United	H	L	2–3	Hood, Ford	4,609
000000001983-11-26-000026 November 1983	1st	Hartlepool United	A	W	3–2	Byrne (2), Sbragia	2,022
000000001983-12-03-00003 December 1983	1st	Aldershot	H	W	2–0	Byrne, Pearce	3,951
000000001983-12-17-000017 December 1983	1st	Hereford United	H	W	4–0	Ford (2), Pearce, Byrne	2,722
000000001983-12-26-000026 December 1983	1st	Halifax Town	A	W	2–1	Walwyn (2)	2,457
000000001983-12-27-000027 December 1983	1st	Tranmere Rovers	H	D	1–1	Senior	6,357
000000001983-12-31-000031 December 1983	1st	Bury	A	W	3–1	Walwyn, Byrne (2)	3,864
000000001984-01-02-00002 January 1984	1st	Mansfield Town	H	W	2–1	Ford, Hay	5,682
000000001984-01-14-000014 January 1984	1st	Stockport County	H	W	3–1	Hood pen., MacPhail, Walwyn	3,570
000000001984-01-31-000031 January 1984	1st	Chesterfield	H	W	1–0	Byrne	4,782
000000001984-02-04-00004 February 1984	1st	Blackpool	A	L	0–3		6,010
000000001984-02-11-000011 February 1984	1st	Darlington	H	W	2–0	MacPhail, Ford	4,773
000000001984-02-18-000018 February 1984	1st	Northampton Town	H	W	3–0	Walwyn, Pollard pen., Byrne	3,941
000000001984-02-25-000025 February 1984	1st	Reading	A	L	0–1		4,548
000000001984-02-28-000028 February 1984	1st	Wrexham	A	D	0–0		1,199
000000001984-03-03-00003 March 1984	1st	Bristol City	H	D	1–1	Phillipson-Masters o.g.	5,096
000000001984-03-06-00006 March 1984	1st	Crewe Alexandra	H	W	5–2	Walwyn (2), Byrne, Sbragia, Pearce	4,106
000000001984-03-10-000010 March 1984	1st	Torquay United	A	W	3–1	Ford, Walwyn, Byrne	2,836
000000001984-03-19-000019 March 1984	1st	Colchester United	A	W	3–1	MacPhail, Walwyn, Pearce	3,032
000000001984-03-24-000024 March 1984	1st	Swindon Town	H	W	2–0	Walwyn, Ford	3,341
000000001984-03-27-000027 March 1984	1st	Rochdale	A	W	2–0	Byrne (2)	1,756
000000001984-04-01-00001 April 1984	1st	Peterborough United	A	W	2–0	MacPhail, Byrne	5,216
000000001984-04-08-00008 April 1984	1st	Doncaster Rovers	H	D	1–1	Ford	11,297
000000001984-04-14-000014 April 1984	1st	Aldershot	A	W	4–1	MacPhail, Houchen, Byrne, Pearce	5,071
000000001984-04-18-000018 April 1984	1st	Chester City	A	D	1–1	Hood	1,850
000000001984-04-20-000020 April 1984	1st	Halifax Town	H	W	4–1	Byrne (3), Walwyn	7,120
000000001984-04-23-000023 April 1984	1st	Tranmere Rovers	A	W	1–0	Ford	3,527
000000001984-04-28-000028 April 1984	1st	Hartlepool United	H	W	2–0	Walwyn (2)	6,063
000000001984-05-05-00005 May 1984	1st	Mansfield Town	A	W	1–0	MacPhail	3,355
000000001984-05-07-00007 May 1984	1st	Bury	H	W	3–0	Byrne, Hood, Ford	8,026
000000001984-05-07-00007 May 1984	1st	Hereford United	A	L	1–2	MacPhail	4,333

League table (part)

Final Football League Fourth Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1st	York City	46	31	8	7	96	39	+57	101
2nd	Doncaster Rovers	46	24	13	9	82	54	+28	85
3rd	Reading	46	22	16	8	84	56	+28	82
4th	Bristol City	46	24	10	12	70	44	+26	82
5th	Aldershot	46	22	9	15	76	69	+7	75
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source	^[1]

FA Cup

Main article: 1983–84 FA Cup

FA Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	000000001983-11-19-000019 November 1983	Macclesfield Town	A	D	0–0		3,407
First round replay	000000001983-11-22-000022 November 1983	Macclesfield Town	H	W	2–0	Sbragia, Byrne	4,963
Second round	000000001983-12-13-000013 December 1983	Rochdale	H	L	0–2		5,203

League Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Football League Cup

League Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round first leg	000000001983-08-30-000030 August 1983	Grimsby Town	H	W	2–1	Ford, Pollard	3,505
First round second leg	000000001983-09-13-000013 September 1983	Grimsby Town	A	L	0–2 a.e.t.		3,529

Associate Members' Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Football League Trophy

Associate Members' Cup match details
Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	000000001984-02-21-000021 February 1984	Hull City	H	L	1–2	Senior	5,837

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with names struck through and marked

left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with York.

Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Players having played at least one first-team match
Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		AMC		Total
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	Mike Astbury	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
GK	ENG	Roger Jones	41	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	46	0
DF	WAL	Chris Evans	16 (3)	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	1	0	17 (5)	0
DF	SCO	Alan Hay	42	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	47	1
DF	ENG	Derek Hood	33 (1)	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	38 (1)	4
DF	SCO	John MacPhail	46	10	3	0	2	0	1	0	52	10
DF	SCO	Ricky Sbragia	45	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	51	5
DF	ENG	Steve Senior	39	1	3	0	2	0	1	1	45	2
MF	ENG	Brian Chippendale	0 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (4)	0
MF	ENG	Malcolm Crosby	31	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	37	0
MF	ENG	Gary Ford	46	11	3	0	2	1	1	0	52	12
MF	ENG	Sean Haslegrave	24 (2)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	25 (4)	0
MF	ENG	Keith Houchen	1 (6)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (6)	1
MF	ENG	Alan Pearce	17 (1)	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	17 (1)	5
MF	ENG	Brian Pollard	29 (1)	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	35 (1)	7
FW	ENG	~~Viv Busby~~	0 (3)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2 (3)	0
FW	ENG	John Byrne	46	27	3	1	2	0	1	0	52	28
FW	SKN	Keith Walwyn	45	25	1	0	2	0	1	0	49	25

References

General

Batters, David (2008). York City: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-633-0.
Windross, Dave; Jarred, Martin (1997). Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. Selby: Citizen Publications. ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7.
Source for match dates, league positions and results: "York City 1983–1984: Results". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015.
Source for appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Batters. York City: The Complete Record. pp. 360–361, 412–413.
Source for Bristol City own goal from match played 3 March 1984: Dunk, Peter, ed. (1984). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1984–85. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 402. ISBN 978-0-356-10446-1.
Source for player details: Jarred; Windross. Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922–1997. pp. 7–107.

Specific

↑ "York City 1983–1984: Table: Final Table". Statto Organisation. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.

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