SEASON
1983-84
United Counties League Premier Division · 6th
The 1983-84 season turned out to be our last time in the United Counties League, but we couldn’t end it with our first Premier Division title. We had to settle for sixth place come the end of the season; Boro’ recording five successive away defeats between October and December. It could, of course, have been worse. There are some mountains that you just can’t conquer. It seems the United Counties League Premier Division will forever be one of them. Well, never say never – but it’s a long way down from where we’ve got ourselves to.
Paddy Butcher finished top of the pile as far as goalscoring was concerned, with Ricky Marshall and Trevor Metcalfe also breaking into double figures for the season. Elsewhere, Boro’ were beaten finalists in the Herts Charity Shield in their only significant cup run of the season; the FA Cup and FA Vase both proving to be disappointments with early exits.
Season at a Glance
Season Story
Heaviest Defeat
Bourne Town 0–4 A · 3 Mar 1984Filter by Competition
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Saturday 13 August 1983
Saturday 27 August 1983
Tuesday 30 August 1983
Saturday 03 September 1983
Monday 05 September 1983
Saturday 10 September 1983
Saturday 17 September 1983
Tuesday 20 September 1983
Saturday 24 September 1983
Saturday 01 October 1983
Monday 03 October 1983
Saturday 08 October 1983
Monday 10 October 1983
Thursday 13 October 1983
Saturday 15 October 1983
Tuesday 18 October 1983
Saturday 22 October 1983
Tuesday 25 October 1983
Saturday 29 October 1983
Monday 31 October 1983
Saturday 05 November 1983
Tuesday 08 November 1983
Saturday 12 November 1983
Saturday 19 November 1983
Saturday 26 November 1983
Monday 28 November 1983
Saturday 03 December 1983
Tuesday 06 December 1983
Saturday 10 December 1983
Saturday 17 December 1983
Monday 19 December 1983
Saturday 24 December 1983
Monday 26 December 1983
Saturday 31 December 1983
Monday 02 January 1984
Saturday 07 January 1984
Saturday 14 January 1984
Tuesday 17 January 1984
Saturday 28 January 1984
Saturday 04 February 1984
Saturday 11 February 1984
Tuesday 14 February 1984
Saturday 18 February 1984
Saturday 25 February 1984
Tuesday 28 February 1984
Saturday 03 March 1984
Monday 05 March 1984
Saturday 10 March 1984
Tuesday 13 March 1984
Saturday 17 March 1984
Saturday 24 March 1984
Saturday 31 March 1984
Saturday 07 April 1984
Tuesday 10 April 1984
Monday 16 April 1984
Saturday 21 April 1984
Monday 23 April 1984
Tuesday 01 May 1984
Tuesday 08 May 1984
Squad Leaders
Full Squad Rollcall
A complete breakdown of every player used during the 1983-84 season.
| Name | Pld | Gls | YC | RC | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mick Adamson | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Peter Adnams | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Atwell | 47 (2) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Bradshaw | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paddy Butcher | 42 (3) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Cardines | 6 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Cornwell | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Cox | 51 (1) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan Czarnecki | 8 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Dee | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Ewins | 21 (7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Barry Farmer | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ricky Flood | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Gittings | 35 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Steve Grys | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Hoeness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Hughes | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lee Jacobs | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Johnson | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Josiah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lear | 10 (4) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alan Loffler | 5 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ricky Marshall | 49 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan McElroy | 1 (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Trevor Metcalfe | 34 (3) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry O'Neill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Pearce | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Peterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Pirie | 22 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Powell | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Derrick Remington | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Sims | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Denny Tyler | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Tyler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Vooght | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mick Westley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
League Table
Final United Counties League Premier Division standings for the 1983-84 season.
| Pl | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buckingham Town | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 77 | 24 | 53 | 58 |
| 2 | Baldock Town | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 75 | 42 | 33 | 50 |
| 3 | Stamford | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 75 | 42 | 33 | 47 |
| 4 | Bourne Town | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 66 | 49 | 17 | 46 |
| 5 | Potton United | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 50 | 39 | 11 | 42 |
| 6 | Stevenage Borough | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 52 | 46 | 6 | 41 |
| 7 | Irthlingborough Diamonds | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 59 | 40 | 19 | 40 |
| 8 | Long Buckby | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 55 | 48 | 7 | 39 |
| 9 | Wootton Blue Cross | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 49 | 7 | 37 |
| 10 | Ampthill Town | 36 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 56 | 54 | 2 | 36 |
| 11 | Arlesey Town | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 56 | -11 | 36 |
| 12 | Newport Pagnell Town | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 40 | 50 | -10 | 33 |
| 13 | Rothwell Town | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 52 | 58 | -6 | 32 |
| 14 | Raunds Town | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 68 | -12 | 30 |
| 15 | Holbeach United | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 68 | -24 | 30 |
| 16 | Eynesbury Rovers | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 51 | 74 | -23 | 29 |
| 17 | S&L Corby | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 63 | -29 | 21 |
| 18 | Desborough Town | 36 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 62 | -30 | 20 |
| 19 | St Neots Town | 36 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 28 | 74 | -46 | 17 |
Points Per Game Progression
How Boro's cumulative league points-per-game changed across the 1983-84 season.
