In the 1983–84 season, Leicester had a poor start with six successive league defeats which represented the Foxes' worst start to a season and labelled them as early relegation favourites. After going out of the League Cup though, their form picked up with only 2 defeats in their next 15 league games from the end of October until the end of January. Their relegation worries were formally avoided when Leicester beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 at Filbert Street on 5 May with 2 games to spare and the Foxes finished the season in a fairly comfortable 15th place.
Source:
World Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Leicester City's score comes first [ 1]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
27 August 1983
Notts County
H
0–4
14,838
31 August 1983
Luton Town
H
0–3
11,929
3 September 1983
West Bromwich Albion
A
0–1
12,016
6 September 1983
West Ham United
A
1–3
22,131
Lineker
10 September 1983
Tottenham Hotspur
H
0–3
15,886
17 September 1983
Coventry City
A
1–2
12,377
Lineker
24 September 1983
Stoke City
H
2–2
10,215
Jones, Lineker
1 October 1983
Birmingham City
A
1–2
15,212
Lineker
19 October 1983
Norwich City
A
1–3
13,780
Eastoe
22 October 1983
Ipswich Town
A
0–0
14,944
29 October 1983
Everton
H
2–0
10,953
A Smith , Ramsey
5 November 1983
Watford
A
3–3
15,807
Lynex (2, 1 pen), Banks
12 November 1983
Manchester United
H
1–1
24,409
Lynex
19 November 1983
Aston Villa
A
1–3
19,024
Lynex (pen)
26 November 1983
Arsenal
H
3–0
14,777
Lineker , Lynex , A Smith
30 November 1983
Southampton
H
2–1
14,181
A Smith , Lineker
4 December 1983
Nottingham Forest
A
2–3
23,248
Jones, A Smith
10 December 1983
Wolverhampton Wanderers
H
5–1
10,969
Lineker , A Smith (3), Lynex
18 December 1983
Sunderland
A
1–1
16,993
Hazell
26 December 1983
Queens Park Rangers
H
2–1
17,460
Lineker , Lynex
27 December 1983
Liverpool
A
2–2
33,664
A Smith , Banks
31 December 1983
West Bromwich Albion
H
1–1
15,128
Lynex (pen)
2 January 1984
Stoke City
A
1–0
13,728
A Smith
14 January 1984
Notts County
A
5–2
10,607
MacDonald , Lineker (3), Peake
21 January 1984
Coventry City
H
1–1
16,262
Lineker
4 February 1984
Birmingham City
H
2–3
13,770
A Smith (2)
11 February 1984
Tottenham Hotspur
A
2–3
28,410
Lineker (2)
25 February 1984
Ipswich Town
H
2–0
11,399
A Smith , O'Neill
3 March 1984
Watford
H
4–1
13,295
Peake (2), Lineker , A Smith
10 March 1984
Manchester United
A
0–2
39,473
17 March 1984
West Ham United
H
4–1
13,533
Hazell , Lynex (2, 1 pen), Lineker
20 March 1984
Everton
A
1–1
15,142
Lineker
24 March 1984
Luton Town
A
0–0
10,509
31 March 1984
Norwich City
H
2–1
11,278
A Smith (2)
7 April 1984
Southampton
A
2–2
17,455
Lineker (2)
14 April 1984
Aston Villa
H
2–0
13,366
O'Neill , Banks
18 April 1984
Liverpool
H
3–3
26,553
Peake , Lynex , Lineker
21 April 1984
Queens Park Rangers
A
0–2
12,360
28 April 1984
Arsenal
A
1–2
24,143
Lineker
5 May 1984
Nottingham Forest
H
2–1
16,600
Lynex , Lineker
7 May 1984
Wolverhampton Wanderers
A
0–1
7,405
12 May 1984
Sunderland
H
0–2
12,627
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
7 January 1984
Crystal Palace
A
0–1
11,497
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R2 1st leg
5 October 1983
Chelsea
H
0–2
7,798
R2 2nd leg
25 October 1983
Chelsea
A
2–0 (lost 3-4 on pens)
15,666
A Smith , English
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