1981–82 West Ham United F.C. season

This was West Ham's first season in the First Division since their return in season 1980-81. The club were managed by John Lyall and the team captain was Billy Bonds.

The season started well for West Ham and they went unbeaten in their first nine league games. By the end of the year they sat in 7th place in the league. Four defeats in a row in December and January and a slump in form then occurred and they reached a low position of 14th at the end of February 1982. They finished in 9th place having drawn 10 of their home games and 16 games home and away. David Cross was the top scorer with 20 goals in all competitions and 16 in the league. The next highest scorer was Paul Goddard with 17. Ray Stewart made the most appearances; 51 in all competitions. The season saw the only appearance for West Ham by future Liverpool and Ireland player, Ray Houghton and the last West Ham appearance for 1980 FA Cup Final winner with West Ham, Stuart Pearson.^[1]^[2]

Club captain, Billy Bonds

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	14	3	4	39	14	12	6	3	41	18	80	32	+48	87	European Cup 1982–83 First round ^{[notes 1]}
2	Ipswich Town	42	17	1	3	47	25	9	4	8	28	28	75	53	+22	83	UEFA Cup 1982–83 First round
3	Manchester United	42	12	6	3	27	9	10	6	5	32	20	59	29	+30	78	UEFA Cup 1982–83 First round
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	12	4	5	41	26	8	7	6	26	22	67	48	+19	71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1982–83 First round
5	Arsenal	42	13	5	3	27	15	7	6	8	21	22	48	37	+11	71	UEFA Cup 1982–83 First round
6	Swansea City	42	13	3	5	34	16	8	3	10	24	35	58	51	+7	69	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1982–83 First round ^{[notes 2]}
7	Southampton	42	15	2	4	49	30	4	7	10	23	37	72	67	+5	66	UEFA Cup 1982–83 First round
8	Everton	42	11	7	3	33	21	6	6	9	23	29	56	50	+6	64
9	West Ham United	42	9	10	2	42	29	5	6	10	24	28	66	57	+9	58
10	Manchester City	42	9	7	5	32	23	6	6	9	17	27	49	50	–1	58
11	Aston Villa	42	9	6	6	28	24	6	6	9	27	29	55	53	+2	57	European Cup 1982–83 First round ^{[notes 3]}
12	Nottingham Forest	42	7	7	7	19	20	8	5	8	23	28	42	48	–6	57
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	8	7	6	30	24	5	6	10	13	28	43	52	–9	52
14	Coventry City	42	9	4	8	31	24	4	7	10	25	38	56	62	–6	50
15	Notts County	42	8	5	8	32	33	5	3	13	29	36	61	69	–8	47
16	Birmingham City	42	8	6	7	29	25	2	8	11	24	36	53	61	–8	44
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	6	6	9	24	25	5	5	11	22	32	46	57	–11	44
18	Stoke City	42	9	2	10	27	28	3	6	12	17	35	44	63	–19	44
19	Sunderland	42	6	5	10	19	26	5	6	10	19	32	38	58	–20	44
20	Leeds United	42	6	11	4	23	20	4	1	16	16	41	39	61	–22	42
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	5	8	19	20	2	5	14	13	43	32	63	–31	40
22	Middlesbrough	42	5	9	7	20	24	3	6	12	14	28	34	52	–18	39

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ Liverpool were also this season's League Cup Winners.
↑ Swansea City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as 1982 Welsh Cup winners.
↑ Aston Villa won the European Cup this year, and thus qualified for the following season's competition as defending champions.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for European Cup
	Qualified for European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup Winners, see Liverpool
	Relegated

Results

West Ham United's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
29 August 1981	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	1-1	30,468	Stewart
2 September 1981	Tottenham Hotspur	A	4-0	41,200	Cross (4)
5 September 1981	Sunderland	A	2-0	28,347	Goddard, Cross
12 September 1981	Stoke City	H	3-2	28,774	Stewart, Goddard (2)
19 September 1981	West Bromwich Albion	A	0-0	19,429
22 September 1981	Southampton	H	4-2	34,026	Goddard (3), Pike
26 September 1981	Liverpool	H	1-1	30,802	Pike
3 October 1981	Birmingham City	A	2-2	22,290	Cross (2)
10 October 1981	Everton	H	1-1	31,608	Martin
17 October 1981	Aston Villa	A	2-3	32,064	Cross, Brooking
24 October 1981	Notts County	A	1-1	12,456	Brooking
31 October 1981	Middlesbrough	H	3-2	27,604	Stewart, Neighbour, Goddard
7 November 1981	Nottingham Forest	A	0-0	26,327
21 November 1981	Coventry City	H	5-2	26,065	Stewart, Martin (2), Neighbour, Brooking
28 November 1981	Leeds United	A	3-3	25,637	Cross, Brooking (2)
5 December 1981	Arsenal	H	1-2	33,833	Pearson
5 January 1982	Liverpool	A	0-3	28,427
16 January 1982	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	0-1	22,591
27 January 1982	Manchester United	A	0-1	41,291
30 January 1982	West Bromwich Albion	H	3-1	24,423	Goddard, Cross (2)
2 February 1982	Manchester City	H	1-1	26,522	Bonds
6 February 1982	Stoke City	A	1-2	11,987	Van der Elst
13 February 1982	Birmingham City	H	2-2	22,512	Stewart, Orr
20 February 1982	Southampton	A	1-2	24,026	Stewart
27 February 1982	Everton	A	0-0	28,598
2 March 1982	Ipswich Town	A	2-0	24,846	Devonshire, Van der Elst
6 March 1982	Aston Villa	H	2-2	26,894	Stewart, Van der Elst
13 March 1982	Notts County	H	1-0	22,145	Stewart
20 March 1982	Middlesbrough	A	3-2	12,134	Goddard (2), Van der Elst
27 March 1982	Nottingham Forest	H	0-1	24,633
30 March 1982	Swansea City	A	1-0	20,272	Van der Elst
3 April 1982	Manchester City	A	1-0	30,875	Goddard
6 April 1982	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3-1	20,651	Martin, Goddard (2)
10 April 1982	Swansea City	H	1-1	26,566	Goddard
13 April 1982	Ipswich Town	H	2-3	29,050	Cross (2)
17 April 1982	Coventry City	A	0-1	13,446
24 April 1982	Leeds United	H	4-3	24,478	Stewart, Cross, Brooking (2)
1 May 1982	Arsenal	A	0-2	34,977
4 May 1982	Sunderland	H	1-1	17,130	Stewart
8 May 1982	Manchester United	H	1-1	26,377	Cross
10 May 1982	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2-2	27,667	Goddard, Brooking
15 May 1982	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1-2	13,283	Cross

FA Cup

Main article: 1981-82 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1982	Everton	H	2-1	24,431	Bonds, Cross
R4	23 January 1982	Watford	H	0-2	27,004

League Cup

Main article: 1981–82 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	7 October 1981	Derby County	A	3-2	13,764	Stewart, Cross, Brooking
R2 Second Leg	27 October 1981	Derby County	H	2-0 (won 5-2 on agg)	21,043	Goddard (2)
R3	10 November 1981	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-2	24,168	Stewart, Cross
R3 Replay	24 November 1981	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	15,869	Stewart
R3 2nd Replay	1 December 1981	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-1	24,760

Squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Paul Allen
		FW	Dale Banton
		MF	Bobby Barnes
		DF	Billy Bonds (captain)
		MF	Trevor Brooking
		DF	Paul Brush
		FW	George Cowie
		FW	David Cross
		MF	Alan Devonshire
		FW	Paul Goddard
		MF	Ray Houghton

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Everald La Ronde
		DF	Frank Lampard
		DF	Alvin Martin
		GK	Tom McAlister
		MF	Jimmy Neighbour
		DF	Neil Orr
		GK	Phil Parkes
		FW	Stuart Pearson
		MF	Geoff Pike
		DF	Ray Stewart
		FW	Francois Van der Elst

References

↑ "Ray Houghton". www.liverpoolfc.com. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Stuart Pearson". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
↑ "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics - 1st Division 1981-82". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 26 March 2014.

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