Saturday 1981-02-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	1	Crystal Palace	Villa Park	27,203
Withe 2	Lineups		Hinshelwood
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	2	Liverpool	Goldstone Ground	23,275
Robinson, Smith	Lineups		Johnson, McDermott
Everton	3	0	Coventry City	Goodison Park	26,731
Eastoe, McMahon, Ross	Lineups
Ipswich Town	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Portman Road	24,181
Wark, Gates, Beattie	Lineups		Gray
Leeds United	1	0	Sunderland	Elland Road	23,236
Harris	Lineups
Manchester City	1	0	Manchester United	Maine Road	50,114	Largest home gate 1980-81
MacKenzie	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	1	Stoke City	Ayresome Park	15,142
Jankovic 2 (1p), Cochrane	Lineups		Maguire
Nottingham Forest	3	1	Arsenal	City Ground	25,357
O'Neill 2, Burns	Lineups		Stapleton
Southampton	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	The Dell	21,910
Golac, Moran	Lineups		Robson, Regis
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	27,326
Archibald	Lineups		Lynex, Byrne

				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	30	12	4	0	35	8	6	6	2	23	17	33	46	W	W	W	W	D	1981-02-28	Coventry City	A
2	0	Aston Villa	30	12	2	1	28	7	7	4	4	24	19	26	44	W	W	W	W	W	1981-02-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
3	0	Liverpool	31	9	5	1	31	13	3	9	4	21	24	21	38	D	D	L	L	W	1981-02-28	Southampton	H
4	0	West Bromwich Albion	30	9	3	2	24	8	5	7	4	17	20	13	38	D	W	W	L	W	1981-02-28	Birmingham City	H
5	0	Southampton	30	11	3	2	39	21	3	5	6	21	22	17	36	D	W	W	W	W	1981-02-24	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	0	Nottingham Forest	30	11	1	3	35	17	3	7	5	12	15	15	36	W	W	D	W	L	1981-02-28	Leicester City	A
7	1	Tottenham Hotspur	31	8	6	2	35	23	4	4	7	21	27	6	34	L	D	D	W	W	1981-02-28	Sunderland	A
8	-1	Arsenal	30	8	6	0	24	12	3	6	7	19	25	6	34	L	D	D	L	W	1981-02-24	Manchester City	H
9	0	Manchester United	31	5	10	0	23	10	3	6	7	14	18	9	32	L	D	L	W	L	1981-02-28	Leeds United	H
10	3	Middlesbrough	30	11	4	1	32	11	2	0	12	11	30	2	30	W	L	W	W	L	1981-02-28	Arsenal	A
11	1	Manchester City	30	8	4	4	25	18	3	4	7	17	23	1	30	W	D	L	W	D	1981-02-24	Arsenal	A
12	3	Everton	29	7	6	3	27	18	4	1	8	16	19	6	29	W	L	L	D	L	1981-02-28	Crystal Palace	A
13	-3	Birmingham City	31	8	4	4	26	19	2	5	8	14	27	-6	29	W	D	W	L	L	1981-02-28	West Bromwich Albion	A
14	-3	Stoke City	31	5	7	3	22	17	3	6	7	14	29	-10	29	L	L	W	D	L	1981-03-11	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	1	Leeds United	31	8	3	5	12	16	3	4	8	14	25	-15	29	W	L	D	W	W	1981-02-28	Manchester United	A
16	-2	Coventry City	31	7	5	3	24	20	3	3	10	14	27	-9	28	L	W	D	D	L	1981-02-28	Ipswich Town	H
17	0	Sunderland	31	8	3	4	23	13	2	3	11	16	26	0	26	L	W	L	L	W	1981-02-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
18	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	30	9	1	4	20	13	0	7	9	11	29	-11	26	L	D	W	D	W	1981-02-28	Aston Villa	H
19	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	6	2	7	19	22	2	3	10	16	31	-18	21	D	L	L	L	L	1981-02-24	Southampton	H
20	1	Leicester City	31	5	2	8	12	15	4	0	12	11	33	19	20	W	L	W	W	L	1981-02-28	Nottingham Forest	H
21	-1	Norwich City	31	5	6	4	23	20	2	0	14	9	40	-28	20	L	L	L	L	L	1981-02-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Crystal Palace	31	5	4	6	26	25	0	1	15	11	39	-27	15	L	L	L	L	D	1981-02-28	Everton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Wrexham	Ewood Park	10,147
Garner	Lineups		McNeil
Bristol City	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Ashton Gate	11,036
	Lineups		Waddock
Chelsea	0	1	Watford	Stamford Bridge	19,153
	Lineups		Poskett
Derby County	1	1	Orient	Baseball Ground	15,709
McFarland	Lineups		Margerrison
Luton Town	0	2	Grimsby Town	Kenilworth Road	9,217
	Lineups		Cumming, Waters
Newcastle United	0	0	Bristol Rovers	St James' Park	14,364
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	0	Swansea City	Hillsborough	17,887
Sterland, McCulloch	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	3	0	Preston North End	Gay Meadow	4,660
Keay (p), Turner, Biggins	Lineups
West Ham United	4	2	Cambridge United	Upton Park	36,032	Largest home & D 2 gate 1980-81
Stewart 2, Devonshire, Goddard	Lineups		Reilly, Spriggs

				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	31	15	0	1	45	11	5	7	3	15	14	35	47	W	W	W	W	D	1981-02-28	Watford	A
2	0	Notts County	30	7	6	1	19	10	6	7	3	16	18	7	39	W	D	W	W	D	1981-02-28	Bristol City	H
3	0	Chelsea	31	7	5	4	25	10	6	4	5	19	20	14	35	L	L	W	W	L	1981-02-28	Preston North End	A
4	2	Grimsby Town	31	8	6	1	17	3	4	5	7	18	23	9	35	W	W	L	W	W	1981-02-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
5	-1	Blackburn Rovers	30	9	6	1	21	6	3	5	6	12	19	8	35	D	W	L	W	D	1981-02-28	Grimsby Town	A
6	-1	Derby County	31	7	7	2	28	21	5	4	6	18	20	5	35	D	L	W	D	L	1981-02-28	Wrexham	A
7	2	Sheffield Wednesday	29	12	3	1	30	9	2	3	8	10	21	10	34	W	W	L	L	W	1981-02-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
8	3	Queens Park Rangers	31	8	5	2	25	8	4	4	8	16	20	13	33	W	D	L	W	W	1981-02-28	Sheffield Wednesday	H
9	-2	Swansea City	30	8	2	4	25	15	3	8	5	18	21	7	32	L	L	L	L	L	1981-02-28	Bolton Wanderers	H
10	-2	Luton Town	30	7	5	4	27	20	5	3	6	17	18	6	32	L	W	D	L	D	1981-03-01	Orient	A
11	-1	Cambridge United	30	10	1	4	22	13	4	3	8	13	27	-5	32	L	W	L	D	L	1981-02-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
12	0	Orient	31	7	5	3	25	15	4	4	8	16	24	2	31	D	L	W	L	D	1981-03-01	Luton Town	H
13	0	Newcastle United	29	7	5	3	13	10	3	5	6	8	24	-13	30	D	W	W	W	D	1981-02-25	Cardiff City	A
14	0	Watford	31	9	4	2	22	12	1	5	10	11	22	-1	29	W	W	L	D	D	1981-02-28	West Ham United	H
15	1	Wrexham	30	3	5	6	11	17	6	4	6	16	15	-5	27	D	W	L	L	D	1981-02-28	Derby County	H
16	-1	Bolton Wanderers	30	8	3	4	34	19	2	3	10	14	29	0	26	L	W	L	W	L	1981-02-24	Oldham Athletic	H
17	0	Oldham Athletic	30	5	6	4	13	11	3	3	9	13	25	-10	25	L	L	W	W	W	1981-02-24	Bolton Wanderers	A
18	2	Shrewsbury Town	31	6	5	5	24	17	0	7	8	4	17	-6	24	W	L	L	L	D	1981-02-28	Cambridge United	A
19	-1	Preston North End	30	5	6	3	19	18	1	6	9	8	30	-21	24	L	L	W	L	D	1981-02-28	Chelsea	H
20	-1	Cardiff City	29	6	3	5	17	16	2	4	9	15	29	-13	23	L	L	L	L	D	1981-02-25	Newcastle United	H
21	0	Bristol City	30	5	7	4	14	10	0	5	9	5	25	-16	22	L	W	D	D	L	1981-02-28	Notts County	A
22	0	Bristol Rovers	31	2	8	5	16	19	0	4	12	8	31	-26	16	D	W	L	D	L	1981-02-28	Cardiff City	H

Third Division

Division 3				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	3	Reading	Oakwell	13,304
	Lineups
Blackpool	1	0	Walsall	Bloomfield Road	3,895
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Exeter City	The Valley	7,245
	Lineups
Chester	0	0	Colchester United	Sealand Road	1,778
	Lineups
Chesterfield	1	0	Carlisle United	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,103
	Lineups
Fulham	3	0	Portsmouth	Craven Cottage	9,921	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	2	Swindon Town	Leeds Road	10,655
	Lineups
Hull City	0	0	Brentford	Boothferry Park	4,535
	Lineups
Millwall	2	2	Burnley	The Den, New Cross	4,691
	Lineups
Oxford United	1	1	Gillingham	Manor Ground	3,877
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	3	2	Newport County	Home Park	4,315
	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	1	Sheffield United	Millmoor	11,905
	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	32	13	2	1	31	11	8	3	5	18	16	22	47	W	W	L	D	W	1981-02-28	Colchester United	A
2	0	Rotherham United	34	13	5	0	34	6	4	6	6	13	18	23	45	W	W	W	L	W	1981-02-28	Reading	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	34	12	4	2	30	7	4	6	6	20	18	25	42	L	L	W	W	W	1981-02-28	Sheffield United	A
4	0	Barnsley	32	10	4	3	33	15	6	6	3	19	16	21	42	L	L	D	W	W	1981-02-28	Swindon Town	A
5	0	Portsmouth	34	12	2	3	29	14	6	3	8	16	21	10	41	L	D	W	W	L	1981-02-28	Hull City	H
6	0	Chesterfield	33	12	2	2	28	10	5	4	8	21	19	20	40	W	W	L	W	L	1981-02-28	Newport County	A
7	0	Burnley	34	10	3	4	28	15	4	7	6	17	20	10	38	D	L	L	W	L	1981-02-28	Chester	H
8	0	Reading	35	11	4	3	32	14	3	5	9	14	28	4	37	W	D	W	D	L	1981-02-28	Rotherham United	H
9	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	11	2	4	31	17	2	8	7	14	21	7	36	W	L	W	D	W	1981-02-28	Gillingham	A
10	1	Brentford	35	4	7	6	21	19	6	7	5	18	20	0	34	D	D	D	D	W	1981-02-28	Blackpool	H
11	-1	Exeter City	33	6	5	5	25	24	7	2	8	22	24	-1	33	L	L	L	W	L	1981-02-28	Millwall	H
12	0	Chester	34	9	4	5	20	12	3	4	9	9	22	-5	32	D	W	L	L	L	1981-02-28	Burnley	A
13	0	Walsall	35	6	8	3	34	30	4	3	11	12	27	-11	31	L	D	L	W	L	1981-03-01	Fulham	H
14	1	Colchester United	34	10	6	1	29	15	1	3	13	9	34	-11	31	D	W	L	L	L	1981-02-28	Charlton Athletic	H
15	1	Millwall	33	9	7	2	27	16	2	2	11	8	32	-13	31	D	W	D	W	L	1981-02-28	Exeter City	A
16	-2	Sheffield United	34	10	4	2	27	9	2	2	14	23	38	3	30	L	L	W	L	L	1981-02-28	Huddersfield Town	H
17	1	Fulham	33	5	7	5	19	20	4	5	7	22	24	-3	30	W	W	D	W	L	1981-03-01	Walsall	A
18	-1	Newport County	34	6	4	6	21	17	4	5	9	22	29	-3	29	L	D	D	W	D	1981-02-28	Chesterfield	H
19	0	Gillingham	34	5	6	5	15	16	3	7	8	20	32	-13	29	D	D	L	D	W	1981-02-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
20	0	Swindon Town	32	8	2	7	27	24	3	4	8	12	22	-7	28	W	W	L	L	W	1981-02-28	Barnsley	H
21	1	Oxford United	34	4	5	8	12	20	5	4	8	13	20	-15	27	D	L	L	W	L	1981-02-28	Carlisle United	A
22	-1	Carlisle United	32	6	5	4	25	23	3	3	11	16	33	-15	26	L	W	D	W	W	1981-02-28	Oxford United	H
23	0	Blackpool	33	3	6	7	16	24	4	4	9	21	34	-21	24	W	L	L	L	D	1981-02-28	Brentford	A
24	0	Hull City	32	5	4	6	15	15	1	5	11	14	41	-27	21	D	D	W	W	L	1981-02-28	Portsmouth	A

Fourth Division

Division 4				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	1	Darlington	Recreation Ground	2,046
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	2	0	Stockport County	Gresty Road	2,598
	Lineups
Hartlepool United	1	3	Southend United	Victoria Park	3,748
	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	3	Torquay United	London Road	4,172
	Lineups
Port Vale	1	3	Bury	Vale Park	2,831
	Lineups
Rochdale	0	0	AFC Bournemouth	Spotland	1,846
	Lineups
Scunthorpe United	2	2	Lincoln City	Old Showground	5,032	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	2	0	Mansfield Town	Springfield Park	4,032
	Lineups
Wimbledon	3	0	Halifax Town	Plough Lane	2,501
	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	13	Southend United	34	16	1	0	36	3	8	3	6	24	19	38	52	W	W	W	D	D	1981-02-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
2	0	Lincoln City	32	11	5	1	38	10	9	3	3	19	9	38	48	D	W	W	W	W	1981-02-28	Wimbledon	H
3	0	Mansfield Town	34	12	2	2	29	7	6	3	9	18	23	17	41	L	D	W	L	W	1981-03-07	Southend United	H
4	0	Doncaster Rovers	34	11	3	4	28	17	6	4	6	17	23	5	41	W	W	D	W	L	1981-02-27	Southend United	A
5	0	Hartlepool United	34	10	3	5	31	19	5	5	6	19	27	4	38	L	L	W	D	W	1981-02-28	Hereford United	A
6	1	Aldershot	35	10	7	1	20	4	4	3	10	11	26	1	38	W	D	D	D	L	1981-03-07	Hartlepool United	H
7	-1	Peterborough United	32	8	4	4	28	17	5	6	5	23	21	13	36	L	W	L	D	W	1981-02-28	AFC Bournemouth	A
8	0	AFC Bournemouth	35	8	5	4	21	13	6	3	9	12	21	-1	36	D	W	W	W	D	1981-02-28	Peterborough United	H
9	0	Wimbledon	31	10	3	3	31	11	5	2	8	14	20	14	35	W	D	W	W	D	1981-02-28	Lincoln City	A
10	4	Wigan Athletic	35	10	4	4	24	13	4	3	10	12	29	-6	35	W	L	W	W	D	1981-02-28	Bury	A
11	0	Rochdale	34	9	5	4	28	19	2	7	7	20	31	-2	34	D	L	L	D	W	1981-03-07	Wigan Athletic	A
12	3	Torquay United	34	10	1	5	29	17	5	3	10	16	30	-2	34	W	L	W	L	W	1981-03-01	Tranmere Rovers	H
13	-3	Darlington	33	7	4	4	28	18	6	3	9	18	27	1	33	L	D	L	W	W	1981-03-08	Hereford United	H
14	-2	Northampton Town	34	10	2	5	34	19	3	5	9	15	35	-5	33	W	D	D	L	D	1981-03-06	Stockport County	A
15	-2	Bradford City	33	6	8	2	21	14	4	5	8	17	29	-5	33	L	D	W	L	D	1981-03-04	Southend United	H
16	0	Crewe Alexandra	36	7	6	6	22	19	3	6	8	17	30	-10	32	W	W	L	D	L	1981-03-07	Bradford City	H
17	1	Scunthorpe United	33	5	9	3	27	22	2	6	8	11	21	-5	29	D	L	D	L	W	1981-02-24	Port Vale	H
18	2	Bury	33	7	4	4	23	14	4	2	12	22	34	-3	28	W	D	L	D	L	1981-02-28	Wigan Athletic	H
19	-2	Tranmere Rovers	31	10	2	3	30	13	1	4	11	11	32	-4	28	L	D	L	W	D	1981-03-01	Torquay United	A
20	-1	Stockport County	35	5	5	7	20	22	5	2	11	12	25	-15	27	L	W	D	L	L	1981-02-27	Scunthorpe United	H
21	0	York City	33	8	2	6	26	14	1	6	10	9	31	-10	26	L	L	L	L	L	1981-03-07	Port Vale	A
22	0	Port Vale	32	7	4	5	28	18	1	3	12	12	41	-19	23	L	W	D	L	L	1981-02-24	Scunthorpe United	A
23	0	Halifax Town	35	5	3	9	22	27	1	8	9	13	28	-20	23	L	L	D	D	D	1981-03-07	Torquay United	H
24	0	Hereford United	32	5	6	6	21	17	1	3	11	5	33	-24	21	L	L	L	W	W	1981-02-28	Hartlepool United	H