1981–82 AFC Bournemouth season

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
	← 1980–81 1982–83 →

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

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	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: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Bournemouth's score comes first^[2]

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

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

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

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

^[3] 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