Английская Википедия:1982–83 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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The 1982–83 season was the 84th of competitive league football in the history of Wolverhampton Wanderers. They finished runners-up in the Second Division to win promotion back to the First Division after one season away.

Season summary

Wolves were relegated from the First Division at the end of the 1981–82 season and went into receivership as financial difficulties following construction of the new John Ireland stand caught up with them. They came close to liquidation but were saved at the eleventh hour by a consortium fronted by former player Derek Dougan.

Dougan sacked manager Ian Greaves and replaced him with former Wolves teammate Graham Hawkins. Hawkins named Jim Barron as his assistant and put Frank Upton in charge of the youth team with a brief that young players would be important to the first team due to the club's tight budget. Indeed, three teenagers – Dave Wintersgill, Billy Livingstone and Paul Butler – made their debuts against Blackburn Rovers on the opening day of the new season.

Wolves were unbeaten for the first 10 matches and also went 817 minutes without conceding a league goal. Both runs were ended by Leicester City on 16 October, the first of five defeats in seven matches, but an 11-match unbeaten run followed and a 3–0 win over Leeds United on 3 January took Wolves six points clear at the top of the division. Promotion was secured by a 3–3 draw at Charlton Athletic on 2 May, despite Wolves struggling for form in the latter half of the campaign and eventually finishing 10 points behind champions Queens Park Rangers.

Squad

Substitute appearances indicated in brackets

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		Milk Cup		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Шаблон:Flag	Paul Bradshaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Шаблон:Flag	John Burridge	42	0	2	0	2	0	46	0
DF	Шаблон:Flag	Hugh Atkinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Шаблон:Flag	Bobby Coy	15(3)	0	2	0	0	0	17(3)	0
DF	Шаблон:Flag	Alan Dodd	27	3	0	0	2	0	29	3
DF	Шаблон:Flag	Joe Gallagher	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Шаблон:Flag	Mike Hollifield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Шаблон:Flag	John Humphrey	42	3	2	0	2	0	46	3
DF	Шаблон:Flag	Geoff Palmer	40(1)	5	2	0	2	0	44(1)	5
DF	Шаблон:Flag	John Pender	39	1	2	0	2	0	43	1
DF	Шаблон:Flag	Gordon Smith	24(3)	2	1	0	2	0	27(3)	2
MF	Шаблон:Flag	Paul Butler	1(7)	0	0(2)	0	0	0	1(9)	0
MF	Шаблон:Flag	Ian Cartwright	7(2)	1	0	0	0	0	7(2)	1
MF	Шаблон:Flag	Peter Daniel	13	0	2	0	0	0	15	0
MF	Шаблон:Flag	Kenny Hibbitt	27(4)	2	1	0	2	1	30(4)	3
MF	Шаблон:Flag	Billy Kellock	9	3	0	0	0	0	9	3
MF	Шаблон:Flag	Anthony Kernan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Шаблон:Flag	Mick Matthews	40	5	2	0	2	0	44	5
MF	Шаблон:Flag	Dale Rudge	8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
MF	Шаблон:Flag	Dave Wintersgill	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	Шаблон:Flag	Wayne Clarke	38(1)	12	2	0	1	0	41(1)	12
FW	Шаблон:Flag	John Croke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Шаблон:Flag	Mel Eves	40	18	2	1	2	0	44	19
FW	Шаблон:Flag	Andy Gray	33	10	1	0	2	0	36	10
FW	Шаблон:Flag	Billy Livingstone	10(1)	3	1	0	0	0	11(1)	3
FW	Шаблон:Flag	John Richards	2(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2(2)	0

Second Division

1982–83 Football League

References

Bibliography

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