Friday 1980-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	1	0	Stoke City	Villa Park	34,658
Withe	Lineups
Coventry City	1	0	Middlesbrough	Highfield Road	16,066
Daly	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	2	Arsenal	Selhurst Park	29,850
Sealy 2	Lineups		Stapleton, McDermott
Everton	0	2	Manchester City	Goodison Park	36,194
	Lineups		Gow, Power
Ipswich Town	2	0	Norwich City	Portman Road	27,890
Brazil, Wark	Lineups
Leeds United	0	0	Birmingham City	Elland Road	19,214
	Lineups
Leicester City	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Filbert Street	19,570
	Lineups		Gregory
Manchester United	0	0	Liverpool	Old Trafford	57,049	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Sunderland	0	0	West Bromwich Albion	Roker Park	28,296
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	4	4	Southampton	White Hart Lane	28,792
Brooke 2, Archibald, Crooks	Lineups		Moran 2, George, Baker G
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	4	Nottingham Forest	Molineux	31,588
Richards	Lineups		Gray F (p), Foote, Brazier OG, Palmer OG

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Liverpool	24	9	3	0	28	9	2	8	2	18	18	19	33	D	W	D	W	W	1980-12-27	Leeds United	H
2	0	Aston Villa	24	9	2	1	23	6	5	3	4	17	15	19	33	W	L	W	L	D	1980-12-27	Nottingham Forest	A
3	0	Ipswich Town	22	6	4	0	17	4	6	4	2	22	16	19	32	W	W	L	D	D	1980-12-27	Arsenal	A
4	0	Arsenal	24	8	4	0	21	9	2	5	5	15	18	9	29	D	W	L	D	D	1980-12-27	Ipswich Town	H
5	2	Nottingham Forest	24	9	0	3	29	14	2	6	4	9	11	13	28	W	W	L	W	D	1980-12-27	Aston Villa	H
6	-1	Manchester United	24	3	9	0	19	9	3	6	3	13	11	12	27	D	L	D	D	D	1980-12-27	West Bromwich Albion	A
7	1	West Bromwich Albion	23	6	3	2	17	7	3	6	3	11	16	5	27	D	L	L	W	D	1980-12-27	Manchester United	H
8	-2	Everton	23	6	5	1	22	13	4	1	6	16	17	8	26	L	W	D	D	L	1980-12-27	Middlesbrough	A
9	0	Southampton	24	8	2	2	29	17	1	5	6	15	22	5	25	D	W	D	W	D	1980-12-27	Leicester City	H
10	0	Tottenham Hotspur	24	6	5	1	30	20	3	2	7	17	25	2	25	D	L	W	W	L	1980-12-27	Norwich City	A
11	0	Stoke City	24	5	5	2	18	12	2	5	5	9	20	-5	24	L	W	D	D	L	1980-12-27	Coventry City	H
12	0	Middlesbrough	23	7	4	1	25	10	2	0	9	9	23	1	22	L	W	L	W	W	1980-12-27	Everton	H
13	0	Birmingham City	23	5	4	3	17	13	2	4	5	11	17	-2	22	D	L	L	L	D	1980-12-27	Sunderland	H
14	0	Manchester City	24	5	3	4	16	15	3	3	6	16	21	-4	22	W	W	L	D	W	1980-12-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	1	Coventry City	24	7	3	2	20	15	2	1	9	7	20	-8	22	W	L	W	L	D	1980-12-27	Stoke City	A
16	1	Leeds United	24	6	3	3	9	10	2	2	8	12	24	-13	21	D	L	W	W	W	1980-12-27	Liverpool	A
17	1	Sunderland	24	5	3	4	17	13	2	3	7	13	19	-2	20	D	L	W	L	L	1980-12-27	Birmingham City	A
18	-3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	7	1	4	15	13	0	5	7	8	20	-10	20	L	L	D	D	W	1980-12-27	Manchester City	A
19	0	Norwich City	24	5	5	2	21	15	2	0	10	8	30	-16	19	L	W	L	D	W	1980-12-27	Tottenham Hotspur	H
20	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	24	5	1	6	14	16	2	3	7	14	25	-13	18	W	W	L	W	L	1980-12-27	Crystal Palace	H
21	0	Leicester City	24	4	2	6	11	12	2	0	10	7	26	18	14	L	L	W	W	L	1980-12-27	Southampton	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	24	5	2	5	25	21	0	1	11	6	29	-19	13	D	L	W	L	L	1980-12-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Preston North End	Ewood Park	17,726
	Lineups
Bristol City	0	0	Cardiff City	Ashton Gate	15,039
	Lineups
Derby County	4	1	Oldham Athletic	Baseball Ground	16,958
Biley 2, Swindlehurst 2	Lineups		Wylde
Grimsby Town	0	0	Newcastle United	Blundell Park	17,623
	Lineups
Luton Town	2	0	Chelsea	Kenilworth Road	16,006
Stein 2	Lineups
Orient	1	1	Watford	Brisbane Road	10,041
Taylor P	Lineups		Blissett
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	West Ham United	Loftus Road	23,811	Largest home gate 1980-81
Silkman, Currie, Stainrod	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Hillsborough	22,863
Pearson	Lineups		Atkins
Swansea City	2	1	Bristol Rovers	Vetch Field	15,135
Stevenson, James R	Lineups		Emmanuel
Wrexham	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	Racecourse Ground	7,635
	Lineups		Whatmore

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	West Ham United	24	11	0	1	30	8	3	6	3	9	12	19	34	L	W	D	W	D	1980-12-27	Orient	H
2	1	Swansea City	24	8	2	2	23	10	3	7	2	13	11	15	31	W	D	W	W	D	1980-12-27	Cardiff City	A
3	-1	Chelsea	24	5	4	3	19	9	6	3	3	19	15	14	29	L	L	L	D	D	1980-12-27	Bristol City	H
4	0	Notts County	23	6	4	1	16	8	4	5	3	10	14	4	29	D	L	L	D	L	1980-12-27	Preston North End	A
5	0	Orient	24	6	4	2	19	9	4	3	5	14	17	7	27	D	W	W	L	D	1980-12-27	West Ham United	A
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	23	10	2	0	24	7	1	3	7	8	20	5	27	D	W	L	W	L	1981-01-10	Chelsea	H
7	1	Derby County	24	5	5	2	21	16	4	4	4	15	16	4	27	W	L	D	W	D	1980-12-27	Newcastle United	A
8	-1	Blackburn Rovers	23	7	4	1	17	5	2	4	5	8	14	6	26	D	D	D	W	D	1980-12-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
9	1	Luton Town	24	6	4	2	22	14	4	2	6	11	14	5	26	W	W	W	D	D	1980-12-27	Bristol Rovers	A
10	-1	Cambridge United	23	8	1	3	18	10	3	2	6	10	20	-2	25	D	D	W	L	W	1981-01-10	Bristol City	A
11	0	Grimsby Town	24	5	6	1	9	3	1	5	6	11	20	-3	23	D	L	W	D	W	1980-12-27	Oldham Athletic	A
12	2	Queens Park Rangers	23	6	3	2	20	6	2	3	7	12	17	9	22	W	W	L	D	L	1980-12-27	Watford	A
13	2	Bolton Wanderers	24	6	3	3	26	14	2	3	7	12	21	3	22	W	L	L	W	D	1980-12-27	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	-1	Newcastle United	23	5	4	2	10	7	2	4	6	7	24	-14	22	D	D	L	D	L	1980-12-27	Derby County	H
15	1	Watford	24	8	2	2	20	11	0	3	9	9	20	-2	21	D	W	L	D	W	1980-12-27	Queens Park Rangers	H
16	-4	Wrexham	24	3	4	5	11	15	4	3	5	9	10	-5	21	L	D	D	W	D	1980-12-27	Shrewsbury Town	A
17	0	Shrewsbury Town	24	5	4	3	19	12	0	6	6	4	13	-2	20	D	L	L	W	D	1980-12-27	Wrexham	H
18	1	Cardiff City	22	6	2	3	14	10	2	2	7	9	19	-6	20	D	D	D	W	W	1980-12-27	Swansea City	H
19	1	Preston North End	24	4	5	3	15	15	1	5	6	7	20	-13	20	D	D	L	L	L	1980-12-27	Notts County	H
20	-2	Oldham Athletic	24	4	6	2	10	6	1	3	8	8	20	-8	19	L	D	W	D	D	1980-12-27	Grimsby Town	H
21	0	Bristol City	24	4	6	2	13	8	0	3	9	5	25	-15	17	D	D	W	L	D	1980-12-27	Chelsea	A
22	0	Bristol Rovers	24	1	7	4	12	14	0	3	9	7	26	-21	12	L	D	L	L	L	1980-12-27	Luton Town	H

Third Division

Division 3				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	2	3	Chester	Bloomfield Road	4,878
	Lineups
Brentford	2	1	Colchester United	Griffin Park	6,241
	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	2	Burnley	Brunton Park	7,136	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	0	Barnsley	Saltergate Recreation Ground	17,169	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Fulham	2	1	Sheffield United	Craven Cottage	6,239
	Lineups
Gillingham	1	2	Millwall	Priestfield Stadium	4,603
	Lineups
Hull City	1	2	Rotherham United	Boothferry Park	8,618	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Newport County	0	2	Swindon Town	Somerton Park	7,086
	Lineups
Oxford United	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Manor Ground	6,001
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	2	Exeter City	Home Park	14,792
	Lineups
Portsmouth	0	0	Reading	Fratton Park	17,412	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Walsall	2	2	Huddersfield Town	Fellows Park	5,906
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Charlton Athletic	25	11	0	1	25	7	6	3	4	16	12	22	37	L	W	W	W	W	1980-12-27	Fulham	H
2	0	Barnsley	26	8	3	2	23	8	5	6	2	16	13	18	35	D	W	D	W	D	1980-12-27	Walsall	H
3	2	Rotherham United	26	9	4	0	25	5	3	5	5	12	17	15	33	W	W	L	W	D	1980-12-27	Carlisle United	H
4	0	Chesterfield	25	9	2	1	22	8	4	4	5	19	15	18	32	D	D	W	L	L	1980-12-27	Chester	A
5	-2	Burnley	26	8	3	2	22	10	4	5	4	14	13	13	32	L	W	W	L	W	1980-12-27	Blackpool	H
6	0	Huddersfield Town	26	8	4	1	19	4	3	5	5	17	15	17	31	D	D	D	W	W	1980-12-27	Hull City	H
7	0	Portsmouth	24	9	1	3	18	11	5	1	5	11	10	8	30	D	D	L	W	L	1980-12-27	Millwall	A
8	2	Exeter City	25	5	4	3	20	16	6	2	5	20	16	8	28	W	D	D	W	W	1980-12-27	Newport County	H
9	-1	Sheffield United	26	9	3	1	25	8	2	2	9	20	24	13	27	L	W	W	D	D	1980-12-27	Brentford	H
10	-1	Plymouth Argyle	26	7	2	4	22	15	2	7	4	12	13	6	27	L	L	W	D	D	1980-12-27	Swindon Town	A
11	1	Chester	26	7	2	4	14	10	3	4	6	8	14	-2	26	W	L	D	W	D	1980-12-27	Chesterfield	H
12	-1	Reading	24	8	2	2	23	10	2	3	7	10	21	2	25	D	D	L	W	D	1980-12-27	Oxford United	H
13	1	Brentford	26	3	4	6	15	17	6	2	5	17	19	-4	24	W	L	D	L	L	1980-12-27	Sheffield United	A
14	-1	Colchester United	26	7	6	0	21	9	1	2	10	6	26	-8	24	L	W	L	W	D	1980-12-27	Gillingham	H
15	0	Walsall	26	4	6	3	28	27	3	3	7	9	17	-7	23	D	L	L	D	D	1980-12-27	Barnsley	A
16	2	Fulham	26	3	6	4	11	16	3	4	6	18	20	-7	22	W	D	D	D	D	1980-12-27	Charlton Athletic	A
17	-1	Newport County	25	5	3	5	16	15	3	2	7	15	19	-3	21	L	L	D	D	D	1980-12-27	Exeter City	A
18	-1	Gillingham	26	4	5	4	14	15	2	4	7	13	25	-13	21	L	W	L	L	L	1980-12-27	Colchester United	A
19	1	Millwall	25	7	4	2	19	12	1	1	10	7	30	-16	21	W	W	L	D	L	1980-12-27	Portsmouth	H
20	1	Swindon Town	25	5	2	6	16	20	2	4	6	10	19	-13	20	W	W	D	W	D	1980-12-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
21	-2	Blackpool	25	2	5	5	14	20	4	3	6	14	22	-14	20	L	L	D	L	D	1980-12-27	Burnley	A
22	0	Oxford United	26	2	4	7	7	17	4	3	6	11	15	-14	19	W	L	L	L	W	1980-12-27	Reading	A
23	0	Carlisle United	25	4	4	4	20	23	2	3	8	14	26	-15	19	W	L	W	L	D	1980-12-27	Rotherham United	A
24	0	Hull City	26	4	3	6	13	14	0	4	9	8	31	-24	15	L	L	W	L	W	1980-12-27	Huddersfield Town	A

Fourth Division

Division 4				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	1	Southend United	Dean Court	4,381
	Lineups
Aldershot	4	0	Hereford United	Recreation Ground	3,094
	Lineups
Bradford City	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Valley Parade	4,356	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Bury	2	0	York City	Gigg Lane	3,224
	Lineups
Darlington	3	0	Hartlepool United	Feethams Ground	7,155	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	1	0	Scunthorpe United	Field Mill	4,261
	Lineups
Peterborough United	3	0	Northampton Town	London Road	6,265
	Lineups
Port Vale	0	1	Lincoln City	Vale Park	4,239	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Rochdale	1	1	Halifax Town	Spotland	2,628
	Lineups
Torquay United	2	3	Wimbledon	Plainmoor	3,442
	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	1	0	Stockport County	Prenton Park	2,381
	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Springfield Park	5,026
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Southend United	26	13	0	0	30	3	5	2	6	17	16	28	38	L	W	W	W	W	1980-12-27	Aldershot	H
2	0	Lincoln City	25	9	3	1	33	7	7	2	3	12	6	32	37	W	W	W	L	W	1980-12-27	Mansfield Town	H
3	1	Mansfield Town	26	9	2	2	18	6	5	1	7	13	16	9	31	W	L	W	W	L	1980-12-27	Lincoln City	A
4	1	Peterborough United	25	7	4	2	24	13	4	4	4	18	16	13	30	W	D	W	W	W	1980-12-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	-2	Hartlepool United	26	8	1	4	22	12	4	5	4	15	21	4	30	L	D	D	L	W	1980-12-27	Bradford City	H
6	1	Aldershot	26	8	5	0	15	2	4	1	8	10	20	3	30	W	L	W	L	D	1980-12-27	Southend United	A
7	-1	Doncaster Rovers	26	8	2	3	19	11	4	3	6	11	20	-1	29	D	W	W	L	W	1980-12-27	Tranmere Rovers	H
8	0	Bradford City	26	5	6	2	18	13	4	3	6	14	21	-2	27	D	L	L	D	W	1980-12-27	Hartlepool United	A
9	3	Wimbledon	25	7	2	3	22	9	4	1	8	11	18	6	25	W	D	L	L	W	1980-12-27	AFC Bournemouth	H
10	3	Darlington	25	6	2	4	24	15	4	3	6	13	20	2	25	W	D	D	D	W	1980-12-27	Halifax Town	A
11	-1	Rochdale	26	7	3	3	19	13	1	6	6	16	26	-4	25	D	L	W	L	W	1980-12-27	York City	A
12	-1	Crewe Alexandra	27	4	5	5	18	17	3	6	4	15	20	-4	25	D	D	L	D	L	1980-12-27	Peterborough United	H
13	-4	Northampton Town	25	8	1	3	25	14	3	2	8	12	31	-8	25	L	W	D	W	D	1980-12-27	Port Vale	H
14	3	Tranmere Rovers	25	9	1	2	25	8	1	3	9	9	27	-1	24	W	L	D	L	L	1980-12-27	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	1	Wigan Athletic	25	7	4	2	18	9	2	2	8	8	23	-6	24	D	W	D	D	L	1980-12-27	Stockport County	A
16	4	AFC Bournemouth	26	6	4	3	14	10	3	2	8	8	19	-7	24	W	L	L	W	D	1980-12-27	Wimbledon	A
17	-3	York City	25	7	2	3	22	8	1	5	7	7	24	-3	23	L	W	D	D	W	1980-12-27	Rochdale	H
18	-3	Torquay United	26	7	1	5	23	15	3	2	8	10	22	-4	23	L	L	D	W	W	1980-12-27	Hereford United	A
19	-1	Scunthorpe United	25	4	5	3	19	15	2	5	6	8	16	-4	22	L	W	D	D	D	1980-12-27	Bury	H
20	-1	Stockport County	26	4	4	5	16	19	4	2	7	11	17	-9	22	L	L	L	L	W	1980-12-27	Wigan Athletic	H
21	1	Bury	26	7	2	4	23	14	2	1	10	15	27	-3	21	W	W	L	W	L	1980-12-27	Scunthorpe United	A
22	-1	Port Vale	25	6	4	3	22	12	1	2	9	11	28	-7	20	L	D	D	L	W	1980-12-27	Northampton Town	A
23	1	Halifax Town	26	4	2	7	17	21	1	5	7	10	21	-15	17	D	D	L	L	W	1980-12-27	Darlington	H
24	-1	Hereford United	25	4	6	3	18	11	0	3	9	3	29	-19	17	L	W	L	D	W	1980-12-27	Torquay United	H