Football League Third Division  1982/83

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Portsmouth 46 27 10 9 74 41 +33 91 ▲Champions
2nd  Cardiff City 46 25 11 10 76 50 +26 86 ▲Runners Up
3rd  Huddersfield Town 46 23 13 10 84 49 +35 82 ▲Promoted
4th  Newport County 46 23 9 14 76 54 +22 78 -
5th  Oxford United 46 22 12 12 71 53 +18 78 -
6th  Lincoln City 46 23 7 16 77 51 +26 76 -
7th  Bristol Rovers 46 22 9 15 84 58 +26 75 -
8th  Plymouth Argyle 46 19 8 19 61 66 -5 65 -
9th  Brentford 46 18 10 18 88 77 +11 64 -
10th  Walsall 46 17 13 16 64 63 +1 64 -
11th  Sheffield United 46 19 7 20 62 64 -2 64 -
12th  Bradford City 46 16 13 17 68 69 -1 61 -
13th  Gillingham 46 16 13 17 58 59 -1 61 -
14th  AFC Bournemouth 46 16 13 17 59 68 -9 61 -
15th  Southend United 46 15 14 17 66 65 +1 59 -
16th  Preston North End 46 15 13 18 60 69 -9 58 -
17th  Millwall 46 14 13 19 64 77 -13 55 -
18th  Wigan Athletic 46 15 9 22 60 72 -12 54 -
19th  Exeter City 46 14 12 20 81 104 -23 54 -
20th  Orient 46 15 9 22 64 88 -24 54 -
21st  Reading 46 12 17 17 64 79 -15 53 ▼Relegated
22nd  Wrexham 46 12 15 19 56 76 -20 51 ▼Relegated
23rd  Doncaster Rovers 46 9 11 26 57 97 -40 38 ▼Relegated
24th  Chesterfield 46 8 13 25 43 68 -25 37 ▼Relegated

 

End of Season Notes

 ▼Rotherham United were Relegated from the Second Division
 ▼Burnley were Relegated from the Second Division
 ▼Bolton Wanderers were Relegated from the Second Division
 ▲Portsmouth were Promoted to the Second Division
 ▲Cardiff City were Promoted to the Second Division
 ▲Huddersfield Town were Promoted to the Second Division
 ▼Reading were Relegated to the Fourth Division
 ▼Wrexham were Relegated to the Fourth Division
 ▼Doncaster Rovers were Relegated to the Fourth Division
 ▼Chesterfield Relegated to the Fourth Division
 ▲Wimbledon were Promoted from the Fourth Division
 ▲Hull City were Promoted from the Fourth Division
 ▲Port Vale were Promoted from the Fourth Division
 ▲Scunthorpe United were Promoted from the Fourth Division