Central League Division Two 1982-83
- Thread starter Punisher
- Start date
1982-83 (played 30 )
Nottm F 22 3 5 66 27 47
Sunderland 17 9 4 72 34 43
Bolton 17 4 9 68 50 38
Burnley 14 8 8 49 41 36
Derby 14 4 12 61 44 32
Man City 13 6 11 54 40 32
Bradford 12 7 11 47 46 31
Chesterfield 11 5 14 44 49 27
Middlesbrough 12 3 15 39 46 27
Preston 12 3 15 54 65 27
Barnsley 10 5 15 48 44 25
Wigan 9 7 14 44 55 25
Rotherham 8 9 13 29 47 25
Notts County 9 6 15 45 73 24
Oldham 8 6 16 32 64 22
Port Vale 6 7 17 37 64 19
Nottm F 22 3 5 66 27 47
Sunderland 17 9 4 72 34 43
Bolton 17 4 9 68 50 38
Burnley 14 8 8 49 41 36
Derby 14 4 12 61 44 32
Man City 13 6 11 54 40 32
Bradford 12 7 11 47 46 31
Chesterfield 11 5 14 44 49 27
Middlesbrough 12 3 15 39 46 27
Preston 12 3 15 54 65 27
Barnsley 10 5 15 48 44 25
Wigan 9 7 14 44 55 25
Rotherham 8 9 13 29 47 25
Notts County 9 6 15 45 73 24
Oldham 8 6 16 32 64 22
Port Vale 6 7 17 37 64 19
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IIRC, season 1982-83 was the first one following the decision to split the Central League into two divisions.
Was there subsequently any promotion / relegation between the (two?) Central League divisions, or did the division, that a reserve team participated in, primarily depend on the level that their first team was playing in? (i.e. First Division / other?)
Was there subsequently any promotion / relegation between the (two?) Central League divisions, or did the division, that a reserve team participated in, primarily depend on the level that their first team was playing in? (i.e. First Division / other?)
Yes from what I've discovered it appears that relegation/promotion came into effect to give teams more competition but I can't confirm this at the moment but will look into it further.
I think 1st teams that were relegated from league Div 2 did drop their reserves into a lower league as did happen with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 80s.
1st teams promoted from league Div 3 did bring their reserves into the CL.
Hope this helps
Hi
Forget what I said about Wolverhampton Wanderers reserves.
They were actually withdrawn from the Central league and they dropped into the Midland Intermediate league and then returned to the Central about 3 seasons later.
To answer your question when the Central league was split into 2 division there was promotion/relegation regardless of what division the first teams were in.
As you say it changed when the Premier league reserves division came into being 1992/93.
Premier & Championship reserves teams played in it until about 2006/07 when the Premier league insisted only Premier reserves sides could play in it.
The championship sides then had to return to the Central league.
