1982–83 Charlton Athletic F.C. season

Charlton Athletic 1982–83 football season

Charlton Athletic
1982–83 season
Chairman	Mark Hulyer
Manager	Lennie Lawrence
Stadium	The Valley
Second Division	17th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

During the 1982–83 English football season, Charlton Athletic F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

Charlton stunned the footballing world when they saw off competition from Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur to sign Danish striker Allan Simonsen, the European Footballer of the Year only 5 years earlier, from Spanish giants Barcelona. The club had hopes of regaining promotion to the First Division, but things went horribly wrong for Charlton. Barcelona wanted the money from the transfer of Simonsen up-front, and demanded bank guarantees of £100,000, delaying Simonsen's debut by six weeks. By February, the Addicks were nearly bankrupt and facing relegation. Simonsen left in March after 9 goals in 16 games, and Charlton only survived relegation with a last-day win.

Chairman Mark Hulyer had to reach an agreement with the Inland Revenue in the summer over a £145,000 tax bill, and also faced both a petition for bankruptcy from former chairman Michael Gliksten and a winding-up order from creditors Leeds. Goalkeeper Nicky Johns was voted the club's Player of the Season.

Kit

German company Adidas remained Charlton's kit manufacturers. No kit sponsor was found for the team's kits during the season.

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Nicky Johns
—	DF	ENG	Les Berry
—	DF	ENG	Terry Naylor
—	DF	WAL	Mark Aizlewood


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Steve Gritt
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Smith
—	FW	ENG	Derek Hales
—	FW	ENG	Martin Robinson

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	DEN	Allan Simonsen (released)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Transfers

In

Allan Simonsen - Barcelona, £300,000, October

Results

Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Crystal Palace	42	12	12	18	43	52	−9	48
16	Middlesbrough	42	11	15	16	46	67	−21	48
17	Charlton Athletic	42	13	9	20	63	86	−23	48
18	Chelsea	42	11	14	17	51	61	−10	47
19	Grimsby Town	42	12	11	19	45	70	−25	47

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

November

Middlesbrough 3-2 Charlton Athletic

References

"Farvel til Catalonien". 26 September 2008.
"The transfers that rocked the world: Part IV - FourFourTwo's Inside Track - FourFourTwo". Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2011.

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1982–83 in English football

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 8 only) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One North, One South)

Northern League (One, Two)
South Midlands League (Premier, One)
Sussex County League (One, Two)
United Counties League (Premier, One)
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only)
Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Brighton & Hove Albion Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Orient Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Sheffield United Southend United Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham
Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bristol City Bury Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Hull City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wimbledon York City

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