Saturday 1981-01-31

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	2	Coventry City	Highbury	24,876
Talbot, Stapleton	Lineups		Bodak, Daly
Aston Villa	1	0	Manchester City	Villa Park	33,682
Shaw	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Goldstone Ground	23,610
	Lineups		Ardiles, Crooks
Ipswich Town	4	0	Stoke City	Portman Road	23,843
Wark (p), Brazil 2, Gates	Lineups
Leeds United	1	0	Norwich City	Elland Road	15,836
Harris	Lineups
Liverpool	1	2	Leicester City	Anfield Road	35,154
Young OG	Lineups		Byrne, Melrose
Manchester United	2	0	Birmingham City	Old Trafford	39,081
Jordan, Macari	Lineups
Middlesbrough	2	0	Crystal Palace	Ayresome Park	16,099
Armstrong, McAndrew (p)	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	1	0	Everton	City Ground	25,631
Burns	Lineups
Southampton	2	1	Sunderland	The Dell	21,345
Keegan 2	Lineups		Chisholm
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	Molineux	29,764
Eves, Gray	Lineups

				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	Ipswich Town	27	9	4	0	28	5	6	6	2	23	17	29	40	W	D	W	W	D	1981-02-07	Crystal Palace	H
2	0	Aston Villa	28	11	2	1	26	6	6	4	4	21	18	23	40	W	W	W	D	W	1981-02-07	Everton	A
3	0	Liverpool	28	9	4	1	29	11	3	8	3	19	20	19	36	L	W	L	D	D	1981-02-07	West Bromwich Albion	A
4	2	Southampton	28	10	2	2	35	18	3	5	6	21	22	16	33	W	W	W	W	D	1981-02-07	Norwich City	H
5	-1	West Bromwich Albion	27	8	3	2	22	8	4	6	4	13	18	9	33	L	W	W	W	D	1981-02-07	Liverpool	H
6	-1	Arsenal	28	8	6	0	24	12	3	5	6	17	21	8	33	D	L	W	D	D	1981-02-07	Stoke City	A
7	0	Tottenham Hotspur	28	8	5	1	33	20	4	3	7	21	27	7	32	W	W	W	D	D	1981-02-07	Leeds United	H
8	0	Nottingham Forest	27	10	1	3	32	16	2	6	5	9	13	12	31	W	L	D	W	W	1981-02-07	Manchester City	A
9	0	Manchester United	28	5	9	0	23	10	3	6	5	14	16	11	31	W	L	W	L	D	1981-02-07	Leicester City	A
10	0	Everton	27	6	6	2	23	15	4	1	8	16	19	5	27	L	D	L	L	L	1981-02-07	Aston Villa	H
11	0	Manchester City	28	7	3	4	23	17	3	4	7	17	23	0	27	L	W	D	W	W	1981-02-07	Nottingham Forest	H
12	2	Middlesbrough	27	9	4	1	28	10	2	0	11	11	29	0	26	W	L	L	W	L	1981-02-07	Sunderland	H
13	-1	Stoke City	27	5	6	2	20	14	2	6	6	10	25	-9	26	L	D	D	L	W	1981-02-07	Arsenal	H
14	3	Leeds United	28	7	3	4	10	13	3	3	8	13	24	-14	26	W	W	L	D	D	1981-02-07	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	1	Coventry City	28	7	4	3	22	18	2	3	9	11	24	-9	25	D	L	D	D	W	1981-02-07	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	9	1	4	20	13	0	6	8	8	24	-9	25	W	D	W	L	L	1981-02-07	Coventry City	A
17	-4	Sunderland	28	7	3	4	22	13	2	3	9	16	24	1	24	L	W	W	L	D	1981-02-07	Middlesbrough	A
18	-3	Birmingham City	28	6	4	4	20	18	2	4	8	12	25	-11	24	L	L	L	L	W	1981-02-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	6	1	7	17	20	2	3	9	15	29	-17	20	L	L	L	W	W	1981-02-07	Birmingham City	A
20	0	Norwich City	28	5	6	3	23	18	2	0	12	8	34	-21	20	L	L	L	D	L	1981-02-07	Southampton	A
21	1	Leicester City	28	4	2	8	11	15	3	0	11	9	31	18	16	W	L	L	L	L	1981-02-07	Manchester United	H
22	-1	Crystal Palace	28	5	4	5	26	22	0	1	13	8	34	-22	15	L	D	D	L	D	1981-02-07	Ipswich Town	A
Manager of the month
Ron Saunders - Aston Villa

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	2	0	Orient	Ewood Park	9,091
Burke, Lowey	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	0	Bristol City	Eastville	10,087	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	2	Oldham Athletic	Ninian Park	5,563
	Lineups		Nuttall, Palmer
Chelsea	3	0	Shrewsbury Town	Stamford Bridge	14,673
Mayes, Lee (p), Fillery	Lineups
Derby County	2	2	Luton Town	Baseball Ground	16,479
Wilson, Hector	Lineups		Moss, Ingram
Newcastle United	2	1	Bolton Wanderers	St James' Park	19,143
Clarke, Martin	Lineups		Bennett
Sheffield Wednesday	1	2	Notts County	Hillsborough	22,685
Mirocevic	Lineups		Christie, McCulloch
Swansea City	1	2	Queens Park Rangers	Vetch Field	12,518
Stevenson	Lineups		Langley, King
Watford	0	0	Cambridge United	Vicarage Road	11,944
	Lineups
West Ham United	5	0	Preston North End	Upton Park	26,398
Devonshire 2, Goddard, Lampard, Pike	Lineups
Wrexham	0	2	Grimsby Town	Racecourse Ground	5,619
	Lineups		Cumming 2

				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	28	13	0	1	37	9	4	7	3	13	14	27	41	W	D	W	W	L	1981-02-07	Shrewsbury Town	A
2	1	Notts County	27	6	6	1	17	9	5	6	3	14	17	5	34	W	D	D	D	D	1981-02-07	Swansea City	H
3	1	Chelsea	28	6	5	3	22	9	6	4	4	19	16	16	33	W	L	D	D	L	1981-02-07	Cambridge United	H
4	-2	Swansea City	28	8	2	4	25	15	3	8	3	17	17	10	32	L	L	L	D	W	1981-02-07	Notts County	A
5	2	Blackburn Rovers	27	8	5	1	19	5	3	5	5	11	16	9	32	W	D	D	W	D	1981-02-07	Luton Town	A
6	-1	Derby County	28	6	6	2	25	19	5	4	5	18	19	5	32	D	L	W	W	W	1981-02-07	Grimsby Town	H
7	2	Grimsby Town	28	7	6	1	15	3	3	5	6	15	21	6	31	W	W	W	W	D	1981-02-07	Derby County	A
8	0	Luton Town	28	6	5	3	24	17	5	3	6	17	18	6	30	D	L	D	W	W	1981-02-07	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	-3	Sheffield Wednesday	26	10	3	1	25	9	2	3	7	10	20	6	30	L	W	D	D	W	1981-02-07	Bristol City	A
10	0	Cambridge United	27	9	1	4	21	13	4	3	6	11	20	-1	30	D	L	W	W	D	1981-02-07	Chelsea	A
11	1	Queens Park Rangers	27	7	4	2	22	7	3	4	7	15	19	11	28	W	W	D	D	W	1981-02-03	Cardiff City	H
12	-1	Orient	28	6	5	3	23	14	4	3	7	15	21	3	28	L	D	L	L	D	1981-02-07	Wrexham	H
13	0	Newcastle United	27	6	4	3	12	10	3	5	6	8	24	-14	27	W	W	D	L	D	1981-02-07	Queens Park Rangers	H
14	1	Watford	28	8	4	2	21	12	0	5	9	9	20	-2	25	D	D	D	D	D	1981-02-07	Preston North End	A
15	-1	Bolton Wanderers	28	7	3	4	30	17	2	3	9	13	27	-1	24	L	W	L	L	W	1981-02-07	Cardiff City	H
16	0	Wrexham	27	3	5	6	11	17	5	3	5	11	11	-6	24	L	D	W	L	D	1981-02-07	Orient	A
17	3	Oldham Athletic	27	4	6	3	11	8	3	3	8	13	22	-6	23	W	W	L	L	D	1981-02-07	Bristol Rovers	H
18	-1	Cardiff City	26	6	3	4	17	15	2	4	7	13	23	-8	23	L	D	D	D	D	1981-02-03	Queens Park Rangers	A
19	-1	Shrewsbury Town	28	5	5	4	21	15	0	7	7	4	16	-6	22	L	D	D	L	D	1981-02-07	West Ham United	H
20	-1	Preston North End	27	4	6	3	17	17	1	6	7	8	26	-18	22	L	D	D	D	D	1981-02-07	Watford	H
21	0	Bristol City	28	4	7	3	13	9	0	5	9	5	25	-16	20	D	D	L	D	D	1981-02-07	Sheffield Wednesday	H
22	0	Bristol Rovers	28	1	8	5	14	18	0	3	11	8	30	-26	13	D	L	L	L	L	1981-02-07	Oldham Athletic	A
Manager of the month
George Kerr - Grimsby Town

Third Division

Division 3				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	3	3	Gillingham	Oakwell	13,703
	Lineups
Blackpool	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Bloomfield Road	9,431
	Lineups
Carlisle United	3	0	Chester	Brunton Park	3,282
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	The Valley	8,127
	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	0	Burnley	Saltergate Recreation Ground	7,637
	Lineups
Exeter City	1	3	Hull City	St James Park	5,022
	Lineups
Fulham	2	0	Swindon Town	Craven Cottage	4,785
	Lineups
Millwall	0	0	Newport County	The Den, New Cross	4,913
	Lineups
Oxford United	2	0	Sheffield United	Manor Ground	4,679
	Lineups
Reading	0	0	Brentford	Elm Park	6,374
	Lineups
Rotherham United	3	0	Portsmouth	Millmoor	7,588
	Lineups
Walsall	3	1	Colchester United	Fellows Park	3,195
	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	29	12	2	1	30	11	7	3	4	17	12	24	43	D	W	W	D	L	1981-02-07	Chester	A
2	0	Barnsley	30	10	4	2	31	12	6	6	2	19	15	23	42	D	W	W	W	D	1981-02-07	Huddersfield Town	A
3	0	Rotherham United	32	11	5	0	31	5	4	6	6	13	18	21	41	W	L	W	D	D	1981-02-07	Swindon Town	H
4	0	Huddersfield Town	31	11	4	1	29	5	4	6	5	19	16	27	40	W	W	D	W	W	1981-02-07	Barnsley	H
5	2	Chesterfield	30	10	2	2	25	9	5	4	7	21	18	19	36	W	L	L	W	L	1981-02-07	Plymouth Argyle	A
6	-1	Portsmouth	30	10	2	3	22	14	6	2	7	14	16	6	36	L	W	D	L	W	1981-02-07	Walsall	H
7	-1	Burnley	30	9	3	3	27	14	4	6	5	14	16	11	35	L	L	D	W	L	1981-02-07	Exeter City	H
8	1	Plymouth Argyle	31	9	2	4	27	15	2	8	6	14	19	7	32	D	W	W	L	L	1981-02-07	Chesterfield	H
9	-1	Exeter City	29	6	5	5	25	24	6	2	5	20	16	5	31	L	W	L	D	W	1981-02-03	Colchester United	A
10	0	Reading	30	10	3	3	29	12	2	4	8	11	24	4	31	D	L	D	W	W	1981-02-07	Sheffield United	A
11	0	Brentford	32	4	6	6	19	17	6	5	5	17	19	0	31	D	W	D	D	D	1981-02-07	Fulham	A
12	3	Walsall	32	6	7	3	33	29	4	3	9	12	24	-8	30	W	L	W	W	D	1981-02-07	Portsmouth	A
13	-1	Chester	32	8	3	5	16	12	3	4	9	9	22	-9	29	L	L	L	D	L	1981-02-07	Charlton Athletic	H
14	-1	Sheffield United	31	9	4	2	25	9	2	2	12	20	31	5	28	L	L	L	L	D	1981-02-07	Reading	H
15	-1	Colchester United	30	9	6	0	26	12	1	2	12	8	31	-9	28	L	L	W	W	L	1981-02-03	Exeter City	H
16	0	Millwall	31	8	6	2	22	13	2	2	11	8	32	-15	28	D	W	L	W	D	1981-02-07	Colchester United	H
17	0	Gillingham	31	5	6	4	15	15	3	5	8	18	30	-12	27	D	W	W	D	L	1981-02-07	Carlisle United	H
18	2	Oxford United	31	4	4	7	11	18	5	4	7	12	18	-13	26	W	L	W	D	W	1981-02-07	Newport County	H
19	-1	Newport County	30	6	3	6	20	16	3	4	8	18	25	-3	25	D	L	L	W	D	1981-02-07	Oxford United	A
20	1	Fulham	30	4	6	5	15	19	3	5	7	20	24	-8	25	W	L	L	D	W	1981-02-07	Brentford	H
21	-2	Swindon Town	29	7	2	7	22	22	2	4	7	10	21	-11	24	L	W	L	W	W	1981-02-07	Rotherham United	A
22	0	Blackpool	30	2	6	6	15	22	4	4	8	20	32	-19	22	L	D	D	L	L	1981-02-07	Hull City	A
23	0	Carlisle United	28	5	4	4	23	23	2	3	10	15	32	-17	21	W	L	L	W	L	1981-02-07	Gillingham	A
24	0	Hull City	29	4	3	6	13	14	1	4	11	13	40	-28	17	W	L	L	L	L	1981-02-07	Blackpool	H
Manager of the month
Mick Buxton - Huddersfield Town

Fourth Division

Division 4				Venue	Gate
Bury	0	0	Halifax Town	Gigg Lane	3,144
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	0	Aldershot	Gresty Road	2,455
	Lineups
Hartlepool United	2	2	Rochdale	Victoria Park	3,867
	Lineups
Hereford United	2	1	Mansfield Town	Edgar Street	2,672
	Lineups
Northampton Town	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	County Ground	2,140
	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	London Road	6,146
	Lineups
Port Vale	2	3	Wimbledon	Vale Park	2,372
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Bradford City	Old Showground	2,628
	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	0	2	Lincoln City	Springfield Park	5,190
	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	31	15	1	0	34	3	6	3	6	20	18	33	46	D	D	W	W	W	1981-02-06	Hereford United	H
2	0	Lincoln City	29	10	5	1	37	10	8	2	3	14	6	35	43	W	W	D	D	W	1981-02-07	Stockport County	H
3	0	Mansfield Town	31	11	2	2	27	7	6	2	8	16	19	17	38	L	W	W	W	D	1981-02-07	Bury	H
4	0	Hartlepool United	31	9	3	4	29	16	5	5	5	18	24	7	36	D	W	L	W	D	1981-02-07	York City	H
5	1	Doncaster Rovers	31	10	2	4	24	14	5	4	6	14	22	2	36	W	L	D	W	W	1981-02-06	Northampton Town	H
6	-1	Peterborough United	30	8	4	3	27	14	4	6	5	20	19	14	34	L	D	W	D	L	1981-02-07	Rochdale	A
7	0	Aldershot	32	9	6	1	18	3	4	2	10	11	26	0	34	D	L	W	L	D	1981-02-07	Port Vale	H
8	1	Rochdale	31	9	4	3	26	16	2	7	6	20	29	1	33	D	W	D	W	W	1981-02-07	Peterborough United	H
9	-1	Darlington	30	7	3	4	26	16	6	3	7	16	22	4	32	W	W	L	D	W	1981-02-07	Wigan Athletic	A
10	2	AFC Bournemouth	32	7	5	4	17	13	5	2	9	11	21	-6	31	W	D	W	W	L	1981-02-06	Tranmere Rovers	A
11	2	Wimbledon	28	8	3	3	26	11	5	1	8	14	20	9	30	W	D	W	W	D	1981-02-07	Crewe Alexandra	H
12	-2	Bradford City	30	5	7	2	19	14	4	5	7	17	25	-3	30	L	D	D	D	D	1981-02-07	Torquay United	H
13	-2	Northampton Town	31	9	1	5	30	17	3	4	9	14	34	-7	29	L	D	L	L	D	1981-02-03	Wigan Athletic	H
14	0	Torquay United	29	8	1	5	25	16	4	3	8	12	23	-2	28	D	W	W	L	L	1981-02-04	Scunthorpe United	H
15	0	Tranmere Rovers	30	10	2	2	30	12	1	4	11	11	32	-3	28	D	L	W	D	L	1981-02-06	AFC Bournemouth	H
16	0	Wigan Athletic	30	7	4	4	18	12	4	2	9	11	25	-8	28	L	W	L	L	W	1981-02-03	Northampton Town	A
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	33	5	6	6	19	19	3	6	7	17	28	-11	28	D	L	L	L	L	1981-02-07	Wimbledon	A
18	1	Scunthorpe United	29	5	7	3	23	18	2	6	6	10	18	-3	27	W	D	D	D	L	1981-02-04	Torquay United	A
19	-1	York City	30	8	2	5	26	13	1	6	8	7	27	-7	26	L	L	W	D	L	1981-02-07	Hartlepool United	A
20	0	Bury	30	7	3	4	23	14	3	2	11	19	31	-3	25	D	L	W	D	W	1981-02-07	Mansfield Town	A
21	0	Stockport County	31	4	4	7	16	21	5	2	9	12	22	-15	24	L	L	L	W	L	1981-02-07	Lincoln City	A
22	0	Halifax Town	31	5	3	8	21	24	1	6	8	11	23	-15	21	D	W	L	D	L	1981-02-07	Scunthorpe United	A
23	1	Hereford United	29	5	6	5	20	14	1	3	9	5	30	-19	21	W	W	L	L	L	1981-02-06	Southend United	A
24	-1	Port Vale	29	6	4	4	24	15	1	2	12	12	41	-20	20	L	L	L	L	L	1981-02-07	Aldershot	A
Manager of the month
Colin Murphy - Lincoln City