1983–84 Everton F.C. season

During the 1983–84 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division and finished seventh in the table, runners-up in the League Cup and won the FA Cup for the first time in eighteen years.

Everton

1983–84 season
Chairman	Philip Carter
Manager	Howard Kendall
First Division	7th
FA Cup	Winners
League Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Adrian Heath (12) All: Adrian Heath (19)
Highest home attendance	51,245 v Liverpool (3 March 1984)
Lowest home attendance	8,067 v Chesterfield (26 October 1983)
Average home league attendance	20,158
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Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	22	7	13	67	37	+30	73	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	Arsenal	42	18	9	15	74	60	+14	63
7	Everton	42	16	14	12	44	42	+2	62	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	17	10	15	64	65	−1	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
9	West Ham United	42	17	9	16	60	55	+5	60

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Everton qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1983–84 FA Cup winners.
2. Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as the 1983–84 UEFA Cup winners.

First Division

Main article: 1983–84 Football League § First Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report
27 August 1983	Stoke City	H	1–0	Sharp 38'	22,658	Report
29 August 1983	West Ham United	H	0–1		20,375	Report
3 September 1983	Coventry City	A	1–1	Sheedy 27'	12,532	Report
6 September 1983	Ipswich Town	A	0–3		16,543	Report
10 September 1983	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0		15,548	Report
17 September 1983	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	Reid 20', Sheedy 37'	29,125	Report
24 September 1983	Birmingham City	H	1–1	Sharp 46' (pen.)	15,253	Report
1 October 1983	Notts County	A	1–0	Reid 33'	7,949	Report
15 October 1983	Luton Town	H	0–1		14,325	Report
22 October 1983	Watford	H	1–0	Johnson 34'	13,571	Report
29 October 1983	Leicester City	A	0–2		10,953	Report
6 November 1983	Liverpool	A	0–3		40,875	Report
12 November 1983	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	Heath 22'	17,546	Report
19 November 1983	Arsenal	A	1–2	King 41' (pen.)	24,330	Report
26 November 1983	Norwich City	H	0–2		14,106	Report
3 December 1983	Manchester United	A	1–0	Sheedy 46'	43,664	Report
10 December 1983	Aston Villa	H	1–1	Gray 90'	15,810	Report
17 December 1983	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2		11,608	Report
26 December 1983	Sunderland	H	0–0		18,683	Report
27 December 1983	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3		12,761	Report
31 December 1983	Coventry City	H	0–0		13,659	Report
2 January 1984	Birmingham City	A	2–0	Stevens 48' King 88'	10,004	Report
14 January 1984	Stoke City	A	1–1	Heath 46'	7,945	Report
21 January 1984	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	Heath 43', 78'	18,003	Report
4 February 1984	Notts County	H	4–1	Heath 26', 38', 69', Sheedy 29' (pen.)	13,016	Report
11 February 1984	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	Mountfield 47'	10,313	Report
25 February 1984	Watford	A	4–4	Sharp 52', 79', Gray 67', Heath 90+1'	16,982	Report
3 March 1984	Liverpool	H	1–1	Harper 85'	51,245	Report
14 March 1984	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1		13,647	Report
17 March 1984	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	Mountfield 4'	18,013	Report
20 March 1984	Leicester City	H	1–1	Richardson 30'	15,142	Report
31 March 1984	Southampton	H	1–0	Gray 39'	20,244	Report
7 April 1984	Luton Town	A	3–0	Mountfield 63', Heath 79', 89' (pen.)	9,224	Report
9 April 1984	Arsenal	H	0–0		21,174	Report
17 April 1984	Southampton	A	1–3	Richardson 58'	16,978	Report
21 April 1984	Sunderland	A	1–2	Heath 44'	15,876	Report
23 April 1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	Gray 40', Steven 72'	17,185	Report
28 April 1984	Norwich City	A	1–1	Gray 44'	13,624	Report
5 May 1984	Manchester United	H	1–1	Wakenshaw 58'	28,817	Report
7 May 1984	Aston Villa	A	2–0	Richardson 67', Sharp 72'	16,792	Report
12 May 1984	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	Heath 38' Sharp 78', 81'	20,679	Report
14 May 1984	West Ham United	A	1–0	Richardson 15'	25,452	Report

FA Cup

Main article: 1983–84 FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report
7 January 1984	Stoke City	A	2–0	Gray 67', Irvine 84'	16,462	Report
28 January 1984	Gillingham	H	0–0		22,380	Report
31 January 1984	Gillingham	A	0–0		15,339	Report
6 February 1984	Gillingham	A	3–0	Sheedy 27', 38', Heath 32'	15,943	Report
18 February 1984	Shrewsbury Town	H	3–0	Irvine 29', Reid 61', Griffin 86' (o.g.)	27,106	Report
10 March 1984	Notts County	A	2–1	Richardson 6', Gray 47'	19,534	Report
14 April 1984	Southampton	N	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Heath 117'	46,587	Report

Final

Main article: 1984 FA Cup Final

Everton	2–0	Watford
Sharp 38' Gray 51'	Report

19 May 1984

15:00 BST

Wembley, London

Attendance: 100,000

Referee: John Hunting

Everton

Watford

GK 1 Neville Southall DF 2 Gary Stevens DF 3 John Bailey DF 4 Kevin Ratcliffe (c) DF 5 Derek Mountfield MF 6 Peter Reid MF 7 Trevor Steven FW 8 Adrian Heath FW 9 Graeme Sharp FW 10 Andy Gray MF 11 Kevin Richardson Substitute: DF 12 Alan Harper Manager: Howard Kendall

GK 1 Steve Sherwood DF 2 David Bardsley DF 3 Neil Price  58' MF 4 Les Taylor (c) DF 5 Steve Terry DF 6 Lee Sinnott MF 7 Nigel Callaghan FW 8 Mo Johnston FW 9 George Reilly MF 10 Kenny Jackett MF 11 John Barnes Substitute: FW 12 Paul Atkinson  58' Manager: Graham Taylor

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary Replay if scores still level One named substitute Maximum of one substitution

League Cup

Main article: 1983–84 Football League Cup

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Report
4 October 1983	Chesterfield	A	1–0	Sharp 32'	10,713	Report
26 October 1983	Chesterfield	H	2–2	Heath 5', Steven 67'	8,067	Report
9 November 1983	Coventry City	H	2–1	Heath 79', Sharp 90'	9,080	Report
30 November 1983	West Ham United	A	2–2	Reid 2', Sheedy 55'	19,702	Report
6 December 1983	West Ham United	H	2–0 (a.e.t.)	King 95', Sheedy 116'	21,609	Report
18 January 1984	Oxford United	A	1–1	Heath 81'	14,333	Report
24 January 1984	Oxford United	H	4–1	Richardson 7', Sheedy 34', Heath 52', Sharp 90'	31,001	Report
15 February 1984	Aston Villa	H	2–0	Sheedy 28', Richardson 82'	40,006	Report
22 February 1984	Aston Villa	A	0–1		42,426	Report

Final

Main article: 1984 Football League Cup Final

Liverpool	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Everton
	Report

25 March 1984

15:00

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 100,000

LIVERPOOL: GK 1 Bruce Grobbelaar RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Alan Kennedy CB 4 Mark Lawrenson LM 5 Ronnie Whelan CB 6 Alan Hansen CF 7 Kenny Dalglish RM 8 Sammy Lee CF 9 Ian Rush CM 10 Craig Johnston  91' CM 11 Graeme Souness (c) Substitute: FW 12 Michael Robinson  91' Manager: Joe Fagan

EVERTON: GK 1 Neville Southall DF 2 Gary Stevens DF 3 John Bailey DF 4 Kevin Ratcliffe (c) DF 5 Derek Mountfield MF 6 Peter Reid MF 7 Alan Irvine FW 8 Adrian Heath FW 9 Graeme Sharp FW 10 Kevin Richardson MF 11 Kevin Sheedy Substitute: DF 12 Alan Harper Manager: Howard Kendall

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Replay if scores still level. One named substitute. Maximum of one substitution.

Replay

Main article: 1984 Football League Cup Final § Replay

Liverpool	1–0	Everton
Souness 21'	Report

28 March 1984

19:30

Maine Road, Manchester

Attendance: 52,089

LIVERPOOL: GK 1 Bruce Grobbelaar RB 2 Phil Neal LB 3 Alan Kennedy CB 4 Mark Lawrenson LM 5 Ronnie Whelan CB 6 Alan Hansen CF 7 Kenny Dalglish RM 8 Sammy Lee CF 9 Ian Rush CM 10 Craig Johnston CM 11 Graeme Souness (c) Substitute: FW 12 Michael Robinson Manager: Joe Fagan

EVERTON: GK 1 Neville Southall DF 2 Gary Stevens DF 3 John Bailey DF 4 Kevin Ratcliffe (c) DF 5 Derek Mountfield MF 6 Peter Reid MF 7 Alan Irvine FW 8 Adrian Heath FW 9 Graeme Sharp FW 10 Kevin Richardson MF 11 Alan Harper Substitute: MF 12 Andy King Manager: Howard Kendall

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. One named substitute. Maximum of one substitution.

References

• evertonresults.com – Everton's Record in 1983-84

1. 1983-1984 Summary: Appearances and Goals