1982–83 Football League Trophy

The 1982–83 Football League Group Cup was the second and last edition of the tournament now renamed the Football League Trophy. It was won by Millwall, who beat Lincoln City 3–1 in the final at Sincil Bank. Next season the tournament would be replaced by the Associate Members' Cup which still runs as the EFL Trophy.

1981–82 Football League Trophy
Country England
 Wales
Dates13 August 1982 – 20 April 1983
Teams32
ChampionsMillwall (1st title)
Runners-upLincoln City
Third placeReading
Fourth placeChester City
Championship match score2–3
Matches played55
Goals scored183 (3.33 per match)
All statistics correct as of 20 April 1983.

Final
Lincoln City2 – 3Millwall
Burke (32)
Burke (77)		 Neal (47)
McLeary (59)
Neal (71)
Attendance: 3,142

Millwall line-ups

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

Millwall
No. Position Player
1 GK Paul Sansome
2 DF Keith Stevens
3 DF David Stride
4 MF Lawrie Madden
5 DF Sam Allardyce
6 DF Paul Roberts
7 MF Andy Massey
8 FW Dean Neal
9 FW David Martin
10 MF Paul Robinson
11 MF Alan McLeary
sub FW Teddy Sheringham
sub DF Nicky Coleman
sub FW Roger Wynter
sub MF John Neal
sub GK Tony Ashby

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Notes
  1. Millwall won 4-2 on penalties
  2. Chester won 5-4 on penalties

References
  • "Football League Group Cup 1982/1983". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  1. "Statistics 1982/83". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
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