- 1983–84 Manchester United F.C. season
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Manchester United 1983–84 season Chairman 
Martin EdwardsManager Ron AtkinsonFirst Division 4th FA Cup Third Round Milk Cup Fourth Round Charity Shield Winners Cup Winners' Cup Semi-finals Top goalscorer League:
Frank Stapleton (13)
All:
Frank Stapleton (19)Highest home attendance 58,547 vs Barcelona (21 March 1984) Lowest home attendance 23,589 vs Port Vale (26 October 1983) Average home attendance 42,215 ← 1982–83 1984–85 → The 1983–84 season was Manchester United's 81st season in the Football League, and their 9th consecutive season in the top division of English football. As FA Cup holders they suffered a shock exit at the hands of Third Division underdogs Bournemouth in the third round, but did reach the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup and were narrowly defeated by Juventus. They frequently led the league during the season but eventually finish fourth, having been held to a draw in 14 out of 42 games despite losing just eight times.
It was the breakthrough season at the club for young striker Mark Hughes, who scored four times late in the season, and the final season at the club for midfielder Ray Wilkins who exited Old Trafford at the end of the campaign to sign for AC Milan.
Contents
FA Charity Shield
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 20 August 1983 Liverpool N 2 – 0 Robson (2) 92,000 First Division
Date Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 27 August 1983 Queens Park Rangers H 3 – 1 Mühren (2), Stapleton 48,742 29 August 1983 Nottingham Forest H 1 – 2 Moran 43,005 3 September 1983 Stoke City A 1 – 0 Mühren 23,704 6 September 1983 Arsenal A 3 – 2 Moran, Robson, Stapleton 42,703 10 September 1983 Luton Town H 2 – 0 Albiston, Mühren 41,013 17 September 1983 Southampton A 0 – 3 20,674 24 September 1983 Liverpool H 1 – 0 Stapleton 56,121 1 October 1983 Norwich City A 3 – 3 Whiteside (2), Stapleton 19,290 15 October 1983 West Bromwich Albion H 3 – 0 Albiston, Graham, Whiteside 42,221 22 October 1983 Sunderland A 1 – 0 Wilkins 26,826 29 October 1983 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 3 – 0 Stapleton (2), Robson 41,880 5 November 1983 Aston Villa H 1 – 2 Robson 45,077 12 November 1983 Leicester City A 1 – 1 Robson 24,409 19 November 1983 Watford H 4 – 1 Stapleton (3), Robson 43,111 27 November 1983 West Ham United A 1 – 1 Wilkins 23,355 3 December 1983 Everton H 0 – 1 43,664 10 December 1983 Ipswich Town A 2 – 0 Crooks, Graham 19,779 16 December 1983 Tottenham Hotspur H 4 – 2 Graham (2), Moran (2) 33,616 26 December 1983 Coventry City A 1 – 1 Mühren 21,553 27 December 1983 Notts County H 3 – 3 Crooks, McQueen, Moran 41,544 31 December 1983 Stoke City H 1 – 0 Graham 40,164 2 January 1984 Liverpool A 1 – 1 Whiteside 44,622 13 January 1984 Queens Park Rangers A 1 – 1 Robson 16,308 21 January 1984 Southampton H 3 – 2 Mühren, Robson, Stapleton 40,371 4 February 1984 Norwich City H 0 – 0 36,851 7 February 1984 Birmingham City A 2 – 2 Hogg, Whiteside 19,957 12 February 1984 Luton Town A 5 – 0 Robson (2), Whiteside (2), Stapleton 11,265 18 February 1984 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1 – 1 Whiteside 20,676 25 February 1984 Sunderland H 2 – 1 Moran (2) 40,615 3 March 1984 Aston Villa A 3 – 0 Moses, Robson, Whiteside 32,874 10 March 1984 Leicester City H 2 – 0 Hughes, Moses 39,473 17 March 1984 Arsenal H 4 – 0 Mühren (2), Robson, Stapleton 48,942 31 March 1984 West Bromwich Albion A 0 – 2 28,104 7 April 1984 Birmingham City H 1 – 0 Robson 39,896 14 April 1984 Notts County A 0 – 1 13,911 17 April 1984 Watford A 0 – 0 20,764 21 April 1984 Coventry City H 4 – 1 Hughes (2), McGrath, Wilkins 38,524 28 April 1984 West Ham United H 0 – 0 44,124 5 May 1984 Everton A 1 – 1 Stapleton 28,802 7 May 1984 Ipswich Town H 1 – 2 Hughes 44,257 12 May 1984 Tottenham Hotspur A 1 – 1 Whiteside 39,790 16 May 1984 Nottingham Forest A 0 – 2 23,651 Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 3 Nottingham Forest 42 22 8 12 76 45 +31 74 4 Manchester United 42 20 14 8 71 41 +30 74 5 Queens Park Rangers 42 22 7 13 67 37 +30 73 Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 7 January 1984 Round 3 Bournemouth A 0 – 2 14,782 Milk Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 3 October 1983 Round 2
First legPort Vale A 1 – 0 Stapleton 19,885 26 October 1983 Round 2
Second legPort Vale H 2 – 0 Whiteside, Wilkins 23,589 8 November 1983 Round 3 Colchester United A 2 – 0 McQueen, Moses 13,031 30 November 1983 Round 4 Oxford United A 1 – 1 Hughes 13,739 7 December 1983 Round 4
ReplayOxford United H 1 – 1 Stapleton 27,459 19 December 1983 Round 4
2nd ReplayOxford United A 1 – 2 Graham 13,912 Cup Winners' Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F – AScorers Attendance 14 September 1983 Round 1
First legDukla Prague H 1 – 1 Wilkins 39,745 27 September 1983 Round 1
Second legDukla Prague A 2 – 2 Robson, Stapleton 28,850 19 October 1983 Round 2
First legSpartak Varna A 2 – 1 Graham, Robson 40,000 2 November 1983 Round 2
Second legSpartak Varna H 2 – 0 Stapleton (2) 39,079 7 March 1984 Round 3
First legBarcelona A 0 – 2 70,000 21 March 1984 Round 3
Second legBarcelona H 3 – 0 Robson (2), Stapleton 58,547 11 April 1984 Semi-final
First legJuventus H 1 – 1 Davies 58,171 25 April 1984 Semi-final
Second legJuventus A 1 – 2 Whiteside 64,655 Squad statistics
Pos. Name League FA Cup Milk Cup UEFA Cup Other Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals GK Gary Bailey40 0 1 0 5 0 8 0 1 0 55 0 GK Jeff Wealands2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 DF 
Arthur Albiston40 2 1 0 6 0 8 0 1 0 56 2 DF 
Clayton Blackmore1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DF Mike Duxbury39 0 1 0 6 0 8 0 1 0 55 0 DF John Gidman4 0 0 0 1 0 1(1) 0 0(1) 0 6(2) 0 DF Graeme Hogg16 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 21 1 DF 
Paul McGrath9 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12 1 DF Gordon McQueen20 1 0 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 29 2 DF Kevin Moran38 7 0 0 5 0 8 0 1 0 52 7 MF Alan Davies3 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 1 0 0 3(1) 1 MF Mark Dempsey0 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 MF Arthur Graham33(4) 5 1 0 5 1 6(1) 1 1 0 46(5) 7 MF Lou Macari0(5) 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0 2 0 0 0 2(8) 0 MF Remi Moses31(4) 2 1 0 5(1) 1 5(1) 0 0 0 42(6) 3 MF 
Arnold Mühren26 8 1 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 35 8 MF Bryan Robson33 12 1 0 6 0 6 4 1 2 47 18 MF Ray Wilkins42 3 1 0 6 1 6 1 1 0 56 5 FW Garth Crooks6(1) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6(1) 2 FW Mark Hughes7(4) 4 0 0 1(1) 1 2(2) 0 0 0 10(7) 5 FW Frank Stapleton42 13 1 0 6 2 8 4 1 0 58 19 FW 
Norman Whiteside30(7) 10 1 0 6 1 5(1) 1 1 0 43(8) 12 Notes and references
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