Associate Members' Cup - 1983/84
Participating teams
48: 24 each from the Third and Fourth Divisions. 24 teams in each
area group.
North: Blackpool, Bolton, Bradford, Burnley, Bury, Chester,
Chesterfield, Crewe, Darlington, Doncaster, Halifax, Hartlepool, Hull,
Lincoln, Mansfield, Preston, Rochdale, Rotherham, Scunthorpe, Sheffield
United, Stockport, Tranmere, Wigan, York.
South: Aldershot, Bournemouth, Brentford, Bristol City, Bristol
Rovers, Colchester, Exeter, Gillingham, Hereford, Millwall, Newport,
Northampton, Orient, Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Port Vale, Reading,
Southend, Swindon, Torquay, Walsall, Wimbledon, Wrexham.
Format
First round: 12 single-game ties in each area. Winners advance
to the second round.
Second round: 6 single-game ties in each area. Winners and two
best losers advance to the area quarter-finals. (Losers ranked by total
goals scored, then total goals conceded, in the first two rounds.)
Area quarter-finals: 4 single-game ties in each area. Winners
advance to the area semi-finals.
Area semi-finals: 2 single-game ties in each area. Winners
advance to the area finals.
Area finals: 1 single-game tie in each area. Winners advance to
the national final.
Final: a single game, played at the home ground of one of the
participants.
First round
North
| 20 Feb |
Tranmere |
2 |
- |
0 |
Halifax |
|
| 21 Feb |
Burnley |
2 |
- |
1 |
Bolton |
|
|
Bury |
1 |
- |
0 |
Wigan |
|
|
Mansfield |
1 |
- |
3 |
Darlington |
|
|
Rotherham |
0 |
- |
1 |
Sheffield United |
|
|
Scunthorpe |
2 |
- |
1 |
Chesterfield |
|
|
York |
1 |
- |
2 |
Hull |
|
| 22 Feb |
Bradford |
3 |
- |
2 |
Hartlepool |
|
|
Chester |
2 |
- |
1 |
Blackpool |
|
|
Lincoln |
0 |
- |
2 |
Doncaster |
|
|
Rochdale |
0 |
- |
3 |
Preston |
|
|
Stockport |
2 |
- |
2 |
Crewe |
(aet) |
|
(Crewe won on penalties) |
South
| 20 Feb |
Southend |
5 |
- |
0 |
Reading |
|
| 21 Feb |
Bournemouth |
4 |
- |
0 |
Aldershot |
|
|
Brentford |
3 |
- |
2 |
Orient |
|
|
Colchester |
2 |
- |
1 |
Wimbledon |
|
|
Plymouth |
5 |
- |
1 |
Torquay |
|
|
Walsall |
3 |
- |
1 |
Northampton |
|
|
Wrexham |
3 |
- |
2 |
Peterborough |
(aet) |
| 22 Feb |
Exeter |
3 |
- |
1 |
Bristol City |
|
|
Hereford |
0 |
- |
1 |
Port Vale |
|
|
Oxford |
1 |
- |
3 |
Swindon |
|
| 28 Feb |
Millwall |
4 |
- |
3 |
Gillingham |
(aet) |
|
Newport |
0 |
- |
1 |
Bristol Rovers |
|
Second round
North
| 12 Mar |
Tranmere |
4 |
- |
0 |
Chester |
|
| 13 Mar |
Burnley |
2 |
- |
1 |
Darlington |
|
|
Doncaster |
2 |
- |
1 |
Preston |
|
|
Hull |
1 |
- |
0 |
Bury |
|
|
Scunthorpe |
4 |
- |
4 |
Crewe |
(aet) |
|
(Scunthorpe won on penalties) |
|
Sheffield United |
2 |
- |
1 |
Bradford |
|
Ranking of losers: Crewe 6-6, Preston 4-2, Darlington 4-3,
Bradford 4-4, Chester 2-5, Bury 1-1.
South
| 13 Mar |
Bristol Rovers |
2 |
- |
0 |
Port Vale |
|
|
Colchester |
0 |
- |
2 |
Southend |
|
|
Millwall |
2 |
- |
2 |
Bournemouth |
(aet) |
|
(Bournemouth won on penalties) |
|
Swindon |
3 |
- |
0 |
Walsall |
|
| 14 Mar |
Wrexham |
2 |
- |
0 |
Exeter |
|
| 26 Mar |
Plymouth |
2 |
- |
0 |
Brentford |
(aet) |
Ranking of losers: Millwall 6-5, Exeter 3-3, Brentford &
Walsall 3-4, Colchester 2-3, Port Vale 1-2.
Area quarter-finals
North
| 20 Mar |
Doncaster |
1 |
- |
3 |
Burnley |
|
|
Hull |
3 |
- |
0 |
Preston |
|
|
Scunthorpe |
2 |
- |
3 |
Sheffield United |
|
|
Tranmere |
0 |
- |
0 |
Crewe |
(aet) |
|
(Tranmere won on penalties) |
South
| 27 Mar |
Millwall |
3 |
- |
1 |
Swindon |
|
| 3 Apr |
Bournemouth |
2 |
- |
0 |
Wrexham |
|
|
Southend |
1 |
- |
2 |
Bristol Rovers |
|
| 24 Apr |
Plymouth |
2 |
- |
1 |
Exeter |
|
Area semi-finals
North
| 17 Apr |
Tranmere |
2 |
- |
0 |
Burnley |
(aet) |
| 2 May |
Hull |
1 |
- |
0 |
Sheffield United |
|
South
| 14 May |
Bournemouth |
1 |
- |
0 |
Bristol Rovers |
|
| 17 May |
Plymouth |
0 |
- |
1 |
Millwall |
|
Area finals
North
| 18 May |
Hull |
4 |
- |
1 |
Tranmere |
|
South
| 21 May |
Bournemouth |
2 |
- |
1 |
Millwall |
|
Final
Thursday 24th May 1984, at Boothferry Park, Hull
| Hull City |
1 |
- |
2 |
AFC Bournemouth |
|