1981–82 AFC Bournemouth season

During the 1981–82 English football season, AFC Bournemouth competed in the Football League Fourth Division.

Bournemouth

1981–82 season
Manager	David Webb **Until February 1982**
Stadium	Dean Court
Fourth Division	4th (Promoted)
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	First Round
League Group Cup	First Round

Final league table

Main article: 1981–82 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
2	Bradford City	46	26	13	7	88	45	+43	91	Promoted
3	Wigan Athletic	46	26	13	7	80	46	+34	91
4	Bournemouth	46	23	19	4	62	30	+32	88
5	Peterborough United	46	24	10	12	71	57	+14	82
6	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	82	57	+25	72

Source:

Results

Bournemouth's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Third Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
29 August 1981	Crewe Alexandra	H	2–0	3,244
5 September 1981	Mansfield Town	A	1–0	2,950
12 September 1981	Darlington	H	2–0	3,900
19 September 1981	Halifax Town	A	1–1	1,588
22 September 1981	York City	A	1–0	2,252
26 September 1981	Rochdale	H	1–0	5,146
29 September 1981	Wigan Athletic	H	0–0	4,952
3 October 1981	Stockport County	A	2–1	2,718
10 October 1981	Northampton Town	H	1–1	5,241
17 October 1981	Peterborough United	A	0–1	4,673
20 October 1981	Aldershot	A	0–2	3,704
24 October 1981	Bury	H	3–2	4,894
31 October 1981	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0	1,730
3 November 1981	Scunthorpe United	H	2–0	5,032
7 November 1981	Port Vale	H	1–1	5,798
14 November 1981	Blackpool	A	3–0	4,665
28 November 1981	Sheffield United	H	0–0	9,855
5 December 1981	Hartlepool United	A	1–1	1,763
26 December 1981	Colchester United	H	1–1	8,829
28 December 1982	Torquay United	A	2–1	2,791
23 January 1982	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–0	1,597
30 January 1982	Halifax Town	H	1–1	4,690
2 February 1982	Bradford City	H	0–2	5,084
6 February 1982	Darlington	A	1–0	2,443
9 February 1982	York City	H	5–1	4,373
13 February 1982	Stockport County	A	1–0	5,628
20 February 1982	Rochdale	A	1–0	1,295
23 February 1982	Mansfield Town	H	1–0	5,725
27 February 1982	Northampton Town	A	0–1	2,125
6 March 1982	Peterborough United	H	1–1	7,351
9 March 1982	Aldershot	H	2–2	5,333
13 March 1982	Bury	A	2–2	4,087
16 March 1982	Scunthorpe United	A	2–0	1,441
20 March 1982	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	5,302
27 March 1982	Port Vale	A	1–1	3,004
31 March 1982	Hereford United	A	2–1	3,145
3 April 1982	Blackpool	H	1–0	5,146
10 April 1982	Colchester United	A	2–1	2,662
13 April 1982	Torquay United	H	4–0	6,398
17 April 1982	Hartlepool United	H	5–1	6,567
24 April 1983	Sheffield United	A	0–0	18,593
1 May 1982	Hull City	H	1–0	8,055
4 May 1982	Wigan Athletic	A	0–0	9,021
8 May 1982	Bradford City	A	2–2	9,768
11 May 1982	Hull City	A	0–0	3,387
15 May 1982	Hereford United	H	1–1	9,925

FA Cup

Main article: 1981–82 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R1	20 November 1981	Reading	H	1–0
R2	12 December 1981	Dorchester Town	A	1–1
R2R	15 December 1981	Dorchester Town	H	2–1
R3	2 January 1982	Oxford United	H	0–2

League Cup

Main article: 1981–82 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes
R1 1st Leg	1 September 1981	Fulham	H	0–1
R1 2nd Leg	15 September 1981	Fulham	A	0–2	Fulham won 3–0 on aggregate

Football League Group Cup

Main article: 1981-82 Football League Group Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R1	15 August 1981	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–0	2,707
R1	18 August 1981	Torquay United	H	1–1	2,519
R1	22 August 1981	Newport County	H	1–1	2,511

Squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Ian Leigh
—	GK	ENG	Kenny Allen
—	DF	ENG	Phil Brignull
—	DF	ENG	Paul Compton
—	DF	ENG	John Impey
—	DF	ENG	David Webb
—	DF	SCO	Brian O'Donnell
—	DF	ENG	Derek Dawkins
—	DF	ENG	Chris Sulley
—	DF	ENG	Tom Heffernan
—	MF	ENG	Steve Carter
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Dawtry

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Milton Graham
—	MF	SCO	Eddie Kelly
—	MF	ENG	Brian Smith
—	MF	ENG	Nigel Spackman
—	MF	ENG	Keith Williams
—	MF	ENG	Paul Edmunds
—	FW	ENG	Andy Crawford
—	FW	ENG	Tony Funnell
—	FW	ENG	Charlie George
—	FW	ENG	Howard Goddard
—	FW	ENG	Dean Mooney
—	FW	ENG	Trevor Morgan