| Monday 3rd October 1983 | |||
| 1st Leg | |||
| Port Vale | 0-1 | Manchester United | |
| Stockport County | 0-2 | Oldham Athletic | |
| Tuesday 4th October 1983 | |||
| 1st Leg | |||
| Aldershot | 2-4 | Notts County | |
| Brighton and Hove A | 4-2 | Bristol Rovers | |
| Bury | 1-2 | West Ham United | |
| Cambridge United | 2-3 | Sunderland | |
| Cardiff City | 0-0 | Norwich City | |
| Carlisle United | 2-0 | Southampton | |
| Chesterfield | 0-1 | Everton | |
| Grimsby Town | 0-0 | Coventry City | |
| Huddersfield Town | 2-1 | Watford | |
| Millwall | 3-0 | West Bromwich Albion | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1-1 | Arsenal | |
| Portsmouth | 2-2 | Aston Villa | |
| Queens Park Rangers | 8-1 | Crewe Alexandra | |
| Rotherham United | 2-3 | Luton Town | |
| Sheffield Wednesday | 3-0 | Darlington | |
| Shrewsbury Town | 2-1 | Sheffield United | |
| Swansea City | 1-1 | Colchester United | |
| Walsall | 1-0 | Barnsley | |
| Wimbledon | 2-0 | Nottingham Forest | |
| Wolverhampton Wndrs | 2-3 | Preston North End | |
| Wednesday 5th October 1983 | |||
| 1st Leg | |||
| Brentford | 1-4 | Liverpool | |
| Derby County | 0-3 | Birmingham City | |
| Doncaster Rovers | 1-3 | Fulham | |
| Ipswich Town | 4-3 | Blackburn Rovers | |
| Leeds United | 0-1 | Chester City | |
| Leicester City | 0-2 | Chelsea | |
| Newcastle United | 1-1 | Oxford United | |
| Stoke City | 0-0 | Peterborough United | |
| Torquay United | 0-0 | Manchester City | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3-1 | Lincoln City | |
| Tuesday 25th October 1983 | |||
| 2nd Leg | |||
| Arsenal | 1-0 | Plymouth Argyle | (2-1) |
| Barnsley | 0-2 | Walsall | (0-3) |
| Birmingham City | 4-0 | Derby County | (7-0) |
| Bristol Rovers | 2-1 | Brighton and Hove A | aet (4-5) |
| Chelsea | 0-2 | Leicester City | aet (2-2) |
| (Chelsea won on penalties) | |||
| Colchester United | 1-0 | Swansea City | (2-1) |
| Coventry City | 2-1 | Grimsby Town | (2-1) |
| Crewe Alexandra | 3-0 | Queens Park Rangers | (4-8) |
| Darlington | 2-4 | Sheffield Wednesday | (2-7) |
| Liverpool | 4-0 | Brentford | (8-1) |
| Luton Town | 0-2 | Rotherham United | aet (3-4) |
| Manchester City | 6-0 | Torquay United | (6-0) |
| Notts County | 4-1 | Aldershot | (8-3) |
| Oldham Athletic | 2-2 | Stockport County | (4-2) |
| Preston North End | 1-0 | Wolverhampton Wndrs | (4-2) |
| Sheffield United | 2-2 | Shrewsbury Town | (3-4) |
| Southampton | 3-0 | Carlisle United | aet (3-2) |
| Watford | 2-2 | Huddersfield Town | (3-4) |
| West Bromwich Albion | 5-1 | Millwall | (5-4) |
| West Ham United | 10-0 | Bury | (12-1) |
| Wednesday 26th October 1983 | |||
| 2nd Leg | |||
| Aston Villa | 3-2 | Portsmouth | aet (5-4) |
| Blackburn Rovers | 1-2 | Ipswich Town | (4-6) |
| Chester City | 1-4 | Leeds United | (2-4) |
| Everton | 2-2 | Chesterfield | (3-2) |
| Fulham | 3-1 | Doncaster Rovers | (6-2) |
| Lincoln City | 2-1 | Tottenham Hotspur | (3-4) |
| Manchester United | 2-0 | Port Vale | (3-0) |
| Norwich City | 3-0 | Cardiff City | (3-0) |
| Nottingham Forest | 1-1 | Wimbledon | (1-3) |
| Oxford United | 2-1 | Newcastle United | (3-2) |
| Peterborough United | 1-2 | Stoke City | (1-2) |
| Sunderland | 4-3 | Cambridge United | (7-5) |
