Huddersfield Town's 1983–84 campaign was Town's first season in the second tier since the 1972–73 season under the management of Ian Greaves. They finished in 12th place.

Squad at the start of the season

Review Following their impressive promotion campaign the previous season, many Town fans were hoping that Town would return to the promised land of the First Division and Town had a fairly good start to the season, with the exception of losing their 34 match unbeaten home record, which went back to the end of the 1981–82 season, when they lost 3–2 to Chelsea in September.

Following Christmas, Town suffered a dramatic lost in form, going on a run of 9 matches without a win, which seemed to put Town in a downward spiral right back to the Third Division. So Mick Buxton decided to bring in some more strikers on loan to help Town in their time of need.

Peter Eastoe (on loan from West Bromwich Albion) and Mel Eves (on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers) helped bring up a mini-revival which eventually got Town clear of the relegation mess and finished in a respectable 12th place with 57 points, the same number of points as Fulham and Charlton Athletic.

Squad at the end of the season

Results

Division Two DateOpponentsHome/AwayResultF–AScorersAttendancePosition27 August 1983Blackburn RoversA2–2Lillis, Stonehouse (pen)7,7399th3 September 1983Charlton AthleticH0–08,11316th6 September 1983Crystal PalaceH2–1Lillis (2)7,81410th10 September 1983Oldham AthleticA3–0Stanton, Cowling, Lillis8,5435th17 September 1983Swansea CityH1–0Stanton10,1163rd24 September 1983Carlisle UnitedA0–05,4613rd1 October 1983ChelseaH2–3Stanton, Lillis13,2807th8 October 1983Grimsby TownH0–08,8977th15 October 1983BarnsleyA2–2Lillis, Russell (pen)14,0968th18 October 1983Cambridge UnitedA3–0Lillis, Stanton, Russell (pen)3,5136th22 October 1983Derby CountyH3–0Lillis, Russell, Cowling10,7525th29 October 1983Sheffield WednesdayA0–027,8245th5 November 1983Brighton & Hove AlbionA1–3Sutton11,0635th12 November 1983Shrewsbury TownH1–0Wilson8,7985th19 November 1983FulhamH2–0Stanton, Russell (pen)8,9145th26 November 1983Cardiff CityA1–3Russell6,0675th3 December 1983PortsmouthH2–1Pugh, Stonehouse8,7245th10 December 1983Newcastle UnitedA2–5Wilson, Jones25,7476th17 December 1983MiddlesbroughH2–2Cowling, Stonehouse (pen)7,8898th26 December 1983Leeds UnitedA2–1Russell, Lillis23,7916th27 December 1983Manchester CityH1–3Stonehouse23,4978th31 December 1983Charlton AthleticA2–1Hanvey, Russell5,9728th2 January 1984Carlisle UnitedH0–010,6219th14 January 1984Blackburn RoversH0–28,2039th18 January 1984Swansea CityA2–2Pugh, Lillis4,9449th4 February 1984ChelseaA1–3Doyle17,9229th11 February 1984Oldham AthleticH0–18,1629th25 February 1984Derby CountyA1–1Stanton13,5259th3 March 1984Brighton & Hove AlbionH0–16,98510th10 March 1984Shrewsbury TownA0–13,62711th17 March 1984Crystal PalaceA0–05,00312th24 March 1984Cambridge UnitedH3–0Eves (2), Jones (pen)6,03711th31 March 1984Grimsby TownA1–2Jones (pen)7,54112th7 April 1984BarnsleyH0–19,65713th14 April 1984FulhamA2–0Lillis, Eves5,26512th21 April 1984Leeds UnitedH2–2Eves, Doyle16,27013th23 April 1984Manchester CityA3–2Jones (pen), Pugh, Wilson23,24710th28 April 1984Cardiff CityH4–0Jones (3, 2 pens), Pugh5,59911th1 May 1984Sheffield WednesdayH0–118,48811th5 May 1984PortsmouthA1–1Robinson7,73812th7 May 1984Newcastle UnitedH2–2Cooper, Carney (og)25,10112th12 May 1984MiddlesbroughA0–05,68712th

FA Cup

DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF–AScorersAttendance7 January 1984Round 3Queens Park RangersH2–1Lillis, Stonehouse11,9841 February 1984Round 4Notts CountyH1–2Stonehouse13,634

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentsHome/AwayResultF–AScorersAttendance30 August 1983Round 1 1st LegMansfield TownA2–1Sutton, Russell3,73413 September 1983Round 1 2nd LegMansfield TownH5–1Lillis (2), Jones, Stanton, Sutton5,190 Huddersfield won 7–2 on aggregate.4 October 1983Round 2 1st LegWatfordH2–1Cowling, Bolton (og)10,63125 October 1983Round 2 2nd LegWatfordA2–2Sutton, Jones13,006 Huddersfield won 4–3 on aggregate.8 November 1983Round 3Stoke CityA0–014,17522 November 1983Round 3 ReplayStoke CityH0–214,191

Appearances and goals NameNationalityPositionLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsKevin BirdDF10000010David BurkeDF4202060500Graham CooperFW31000031David CowlingMF40 (1)3206148 (1)4Brian CoxGK2300060290Steve DoyleMF34 (2)2204040 (2)2Peter EastoeFW8 (2)000008 (2)0Mel EvesFW74000074Roy GreenwoodDF1 (3)000001 (3)0Keith HanveyDF912000111Paul JonesDF3670062429Brian LawsDF3100050360Mark LillisMF36 (1)11216244 (1)14Keith MasonGK1902000210Daral PughMF19 (10)4201 (1)024 (11)4Liam RobinsonFW4 (1)100004 (1)1Colin RussellFW23 (2)70 (1)06129 (3)8Brian StantonMF3361061407Kevin StonehouseFW15 (2)4222 (1)019 (3)6Steve StouttDF30100040Dave SuttonDF3412063424Phil WilsonMF4132060493

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