Season 1981-1982 Details

It seemed as if United and �Sniffer� had finally turned the corner, but it turned out to be a false dawn. England Winger Peter Barnes was the cornerstone of Allan Clarke�s ambitions for United and he paid a club record �930,000 to secure his services from West Bromwich Albion and together with the return of Frank Gray from Nottingham Forest for �300,000 were the close season arrivals to bolster the team. While Alex Sabella returned to his native Argentina to Estudientes for �120,000 and Jeff Chandler went to Bolton Wanderers for �40,000.

Read more about the 1981-1982 season in the The Wilderness Years section of our Leeds United history timeline. For player appearances, goals, red cards and transfers for the 1981-1982 season click here.

	Season Record	GP	W	D	L	F	A	GD	P	Pos
Division One		42	10	12	20	39	61	-22	42	20
FA Cup		2	1	0	1	3	2	1	-	R4
League Cup		2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	-	R2
TOTAL		46	11	12	23	42	67	-25	-	-

	Managers	First Game	P	W	D	L	Win%
	Allan Clarke	Swansea City (A) - 29/08/1981	29/08/1981	46	11	12	23	23.91%

	Division One		Venue	Date		Score
	Swansea City	A	Vetch Field	29/08/1981		1 : 5	L
	Everton	H	Elland Road	02/09/1981		1 : 1	D
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Elland Road	05/09/1981		3 : 0	W
	Coventry City	A	Highfield Road	12/09/1981		0 : 4	L
	Arsenal	H	Elland Road	19/09/1981		0 : 0	D
	Manchester City	A	Maine Road	23/09/1981		0 : 4	L
	Ipswich Town	A	Portman Road	26/09/1981		1 : 2	L
	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	30/09/1981		0 : 1	L
	Aston Villa	H	Elland Road	03/10/1981		1 : 1	D
	Liverpool	A	Anfield	10/10/1981		0 : 3	L
	West Bromwich Albion	H	Elland Road	17/10/1981		3 : 1	W
	Sunderland	H	Elland Road	24/10/1981		1 : 0	W
	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground	31/10/1981		1 : 2	L
	Notts County	H	Elland Road	07/11/1981		1 : 0	W
	Southampton	A	The Dell	21/11/1981		0 : 4	L
	West Ham United	H	Elland Road	28/11/1981		3 : 3	D
	Stoke City	A	Victoria Ground	05/12/1981		2 : 1	W
	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Elland Road	12/12/1981		0 : 0	D
	Swansea City	H	Elland Road	16/01/1982		2 : 0	W
	Arsenal	A	Highbury	30/01/1982		0 : 1	L
	Coventry City	H	Elland Road	06/02/1982		0 : 0	D
	Ipswich Town	H	Elland Road	20/02/1982		0 : 2	L
	Liverpool	H	Elland Road	27/02/1982		0 : 2	L
	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	Goldstone Ground	02/03/1982		0 : 1	L
	Manchester City	H	Elland Road	10/03/1982		0 : 1	L
	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	13/03/1982		1 : 0	W
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux	16/03/1982		0 : 1	L
	Nottingham Forest	H	Elland Road	20/03/1982		1 : 1	D
	Notts County	A	Meadow Lane	27/03/1982		1 : 2	L
	Manchester United	H	Elland Road	03/04/1982		0 : 0	D
	Middlesbrough	A	Ayersome Park	06/04/1982		0 : 0	D
	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	10/04/1982		1 : 0	W
	Middlesbrough	H	Elland Road	13/04/1982		1 : 1	D
	Southampton	H	Elland Road	17/04/1982		1 : 3	L
	West Ham United	A	Upton Park	24/04/1982		3 : 4	L
	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	28/04/1982		4 : 1	W
	Stoke City	H	Elland Road	01/05/1982		0 : 0	D
	Everton	A	Goodison Park	04/05/1982		0 : 1	L
	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	08/05/1982		1 : 2	L
	Birmingham City	H	Elland Road	12/05/1982		3 : 3	D
	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	Elland Road	15/05/1982		2 : 1	W
	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	18/05/1982		0 : 2	L

	FA Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Wolverhampton Wanderers FA Cup 3rd Round	A	Molineux	02/01/1982		3 : 1	W
	Tottenham Hotspur FA Cup 4th Round	A	White Hart Lane	28/01/1982		0 : 1	L

	League Cup		Venue	Date		Score
	Ipswich Town League Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg	H	Elland Road	07/10/1981		0 : 1	L
	Ipswich Town League Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg	A	Portman Road	27/10/1981		0 : 3	L

	Division One Table		Pld	Pts	GD	W	D	L	F	A
1		Liverpool	42	87	48	26	9	7	80	32
2		Ipswich Town	42	83	22	26	5	11	75	53
3		Manchester United	42	78	30	22	12	8	59	29
4		Tottenham Hotspur	42	71	19	20	11	11	67	48
5		Arsenal	42	71	11	20	11	11	48	37
6		Swansea City	42	69	7	21	6	15	58	51
7		Southampton	42	66	5	19	9	14	72	67
8		Everton	42	64	6	17	13	12	56	50
9		West Ham United	42	58	9	14	16	12	66	57
10		Manchester City	42	58	-1	15	13	14	49	50
11		Aston Villa	42	57	2	15	12	15	55	53
12		Nottingham Forest	42	57	-6	15	12	15	42	48
13		Brighton & Hove Albion	42	52	-9	13	13	16	43	52
14		Coventry City	42	50	-6	13	11	18	56	62
15		Notts. County	42	47	-8	13	8	21	61	69
16		Birmingham City	42	44	-8	10	14	18	53	61
17		West Bromwich Albion	42	44	-11	11	11	20	46	57
18		Stoke City	42	44	-19	12	8	22	44	63
19		Sunderland	42	44	-20	11	11	20	38	58
20		Leeds United	42	42	-22	10	12	20	39	61
21		Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	40	-31	10	10	22	32	63
22		Middlesbrough	42	39	-18	8	15	19	34	52

	References
	Sheridan Dictates: Season Statistics 1981-82
	OzWhite: Leeds United Season Statistics and Teamsheets 1981-82
	Leeds United Programme Guide: Season 1981/82
	Leeds-Fans.org.uk: Season 1981 - 1982