Saturday 1981-03-07

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

FA Cup Round 6						Venue	Gate
D 1	Everton	2	2	Manchester City	D 1	Goodison Park	52,791
	Eastoe, Ross	Lineups		Power, Gow
D 1	Middlesbrough	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	D 1	Ayresome Park	36,382
	Cochrane	Lineups		Gray
D 1	Nottingham Forest	3	3	Ipswich Town	D 1	City Ground	34,796
	Francis, Walsh, Robertson (p)	Lineups		Mariner, Anderson OG, Muhren
D 1	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	Exeter City	D 3	White Hart Lane	40,629
	Miller, Roberts	Lineups

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	1	Coventry City	Goldstone Ground	14,063
Robinson 2, Stille, Smith	Lineups		Bannister
Leicester City	1	0	Arsenal	Filbert Street	20,198
Williams	Lineups
Southampton	1	0	Manchester United	The Dell	22,698
Keegan	Lineups
Sunderland	1	2	Aston Villa	Roker Park	27,278
Hinnigan	Lineups		Evans, Mortimer
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Crystal Palace	The Hawthorns	15,056
Robson	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	31	12	4	0	35	8	7	6	2	27	17	37	48	W	W	W	W	W	1981-03-14	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	0	Aston Villa	32	12	2	1	28	7	9	4	4	27	20	28	48	W	W	W	W	W	1981-03-14	Manchester United	H
3	2	West Bromwich Albion	32	10	4	2	27	10	5	7	4	17	20	14	41	W	D	D	W	W	1981-03-14	Manchester City	A
4	-1	Liverpool	32	10	5	1	33	13	3	9	4	21	24	23	40	W	D	D	L	L	1981-03-21	Everton	H
5	-1	Nottingham Forest	32	12	1	3	36	17	3	8	5	13	16	16	39	W	D	W	W	D	1981-03-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
6	1	Southampton	33	12	3	2	40	21	3	5	8	21	26	14	38	W	L	L	D	W	1981-03-14	Stoke City	A
7	-1	Arsenal	33	9	7	0	28	14	3	6	8	19	26	7	37	L	D	W	L	D	1981-03-21	Norwich City	A
8	0	Tottenham Hotspur	32	8	6	2	35	23	4	5	7	22	28	6	35	D	L	D	D	W	1981-03-11	Stoke City	H
9	0	Manchester United	33	5	10	1	23	11	3	6	8	14	19	7	32	L	L	L	D	L	1981-03-14	Aston Villa	A
10	0	Everton	30	7	6	3	27	18	5	1	8	19	21	7	31	W	W	L	L	D	1981-03-14	Leeds United	H
11	0	Middlesbrough	32	11	4	1	32	11	2	1	13	13	33	1	31	L	D	W	L	W	1981-03-17	Norwich City	A
12	0	Leeds United	32	8	3	5	12	16	4	4	8	15	25	-14	31	W	W	L	D	W	1981-03-14	Everton	A
13	0	Manchester City	31	8	4	4	25	18	3	4	8	17	25	-1	30	L	W	D	L	W	1981-03-14	West Bromwich Albion	H
14	0	Birmingham City	32	8	4	4	26	19	2	6	8	16	29	-6	30	D	W	D	W	L	1981-03-17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
15	0	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
16	0	Coventry City	33	7	5	4	24	24	3	3	11	15	31	-16	28	L	L	L	W	D	1981-03-14	Leicester City	H
17	0	Sunderland	33	8	4	5	25	16	2	3	11	16	26	-1	27	L	D	L	W	L	1981-03-14	Crystal Palace	A
18	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31	9	1	5	20	14	0	7	9	11	29	-12	26	L	L	D	W	D	1981-03-14	Norwich City	H
19	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	33	8	2	7	25	23	2	3	11	17	34	-15	25	W	L	W	D	L	1981-03-14	Nottingham Forest	A
20	1	Leicester City	33	6	3	8	14	16	4	0	12	11	33	20	23	W	D	W	L	W	1981-03-14	Coventry City	A
21	-1	Norwich City	32	6	6	4	26	21	2	0	14	9	40	-26	22	W	L	L	L	L	1981-03-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	33	5	4	7	28	28	0	1	16	11	40	-29	15	L	L	L	L	L	1981-03-14	Sunderland	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Cambridge United	1	3	Bristol Rovers	Abbey Stadium	4,060
O'Neill	Lineups		Randall, Williams D, Penny
Chelsea	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	12,948
Walker, Mayes	Lineups
Notts County	0	1	Luton Town	Meadow Lane	8,075
	Lineups		Stein
Preston North End	3	0	Orient	Deepdale	5,510
Taylor OG, Doyle, McGee	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Loftus Road	9,513
Francis	Lineups		Speight
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Derby County	Hillsborough	28,518	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Oldham Athletic	Gay Meadow	4,191
Keay (p), King	Lineups		Wylde, Palmer
Watford	4	2	Cardiff City	Vicarage Road	10,114
Poskett 2, Blissett, Pritchett	Lineups		Kitchen, Jones
West Ham United	1	0	Newcastle United	Upton Park	27,174
Cross	Lineups

				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	33	16	0	1	46	11	6	7	3	17	15	37	51	W	W	W	W	W	1981-03-21	Oldham Athletic	H
2	0	Notts County	32	8	6	2	21	12	6	7	3	16	18	7	41	L	W	W	D	W	1981-03-14	Grimsby Town	A
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	32	12	4	1	30	9	3	4	8	12	22	11	38	D	D	W	W	W	1981-03-14	Blackburn Rovers	A
4	4	Chelsea	33	8	5	4	27	10	6	4	6	19	21	15	37	W	L	L	L	W	1981-03-14	Bristol Rovers	A
5	1	Blackburn Rovers	32	9	6	1	21	6	3	7	6	13	20	8	37	D	D	D	W	L	1981-03-14	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	1	Derby County	33	7	7	2	28	21	5	6	6	20	22	5	37	D	D	D	L	W	1981-03-21	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	-3	Swansea City	32	10	2	4	31	16	3	8	5	18	21	12	36	W	W	L	L	L	1981-03-17	Bristol City	H
8	-3	Grimsby Town	32	8	7	1	17	3	4	5	7	18	23	9	36	D	W	W	L	W	1981-03-10	Bristol City	A
9	2	Luton Town	32	7	5	4	27	20	6	4	6	18	18	7	35	W	D	L	W	D	1981-03-14	Bristol City	H
10	0	Queens Park Rangers	33	8	6	3	27	11	4	4	8	16	20	12	34	D	L	W	D	L	1981-03-21	Derby County	H
11	-2	Cambridge United	32	11	1	5	26	17	4	3	8	13	27	-5	34	L	W	L	W	L	1981-03-15	Oldham Athletic	A
12	0	Orient	33	7	6	3	25	15	4	4	9	16	27	-1	32	L	D	D	L	W	1981-03-21	Notts County	A
13	1	Watford	33	10	4	3	27	16	1	5	10	11	22	0	31	W	L	W	W	L	1981-03-21	Bristol Rovers	H
14	-1	Newcastle United	32	7	5	3	13	10	3	6	8	8	26	-15	31	L	D	L	D	W	1981-03-14	Preston North End	H
15	0	Bolton Wanderers	33	9	3	4	36	19	2	3	12	14	34	-3	28	L	L	W	L	W	1981-03-14	Shrewsbury Town	H
16	0	Wrexham	32	3	6	6	13	19	6	4	7	17	18	-7	28	L	D	D	W	L	1981-03-21	Bristol City	A
17	0	Cardiff City	33	7	4	5	18	16	3	4	10	18	33	-13	28	L	D	W	W	L	1981-03-21	Cambridge United	A
18	1	Preston North End	32	7	6	3	23	18	1	6	9	8	30	-17	28	W	W	L	L	W	1981-03-14	Newcastle United	A
19	-1	Oldham Athletic	33	5	7	4	13	11	3	4	10	15	29	-12	27	D	D	L	L	L	1981-03-15	Cambridge United	H
20	0	Shrewsbury Town	33	6	6	5	26	19	0	7	9	5	20	-8	25	D	L	W	L	L	1981-03-14	Bolton Wanderers	A
21	0	Bristol City	31	5	7	4	14	10	0	5	10	6	27	-17	22	L	L	W	D	D	1981-03-10	Grimsby Town	H
22	0	Bristol Rovers	33	2	8	6	16	20	1	4	12	11	32	-25	18	W	L	D	W	L	1981-03-14	Chelsea	H

Third Division

Division 3				Venue	Gate
Burnley	3	0	Fulham	Turf Moor	5,472
	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	1	Walsall	Brunton Park	4,485
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Barnsley	The Valley	9,371
	Lineups
Chester	1	0	Swindon Town	Sealand Road	1,810
	Lineups
Chesterfield	3	0	Portsmouth	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,985
	Lineups
Colchester United	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Layer Road	3,644
	Lineups
Gillingham	3	1	Blackpool	Priestfield Stadium	3,424
	Lineups
Newport County	1	1	Brentford	Somerton Park	5,270
	Lineups
Oxford United	1	1	Hull City	Manor Ground	3,165
	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	34	13	3	1	32	12	8	3	6	18	18	20	48	D	L	W	W	L	1981-03-14	Sheffield United	A
2	0	Rotherham United	35	13	5	0	34	6	4	7	6	14	19	23	46	D	W	W	W	L	1981-03-18	Exeter City	A
3	0	Huddersfield Town	36	12	4	2	30	7	5	7	6	24	21	26	45	W	D	L	L	W	1981-03-17	Plymouth Argyle	A
4	1	Barnsley	34	10	4	3	33	15	6	7	4	20	19	19	43	D	L	L	L	D	1981-03-21	Millwall	A
5	-1	Portsmouth	36	13	2	3	31	15	6	3	9	16	24	8	43	L	W	L	D	W	1981-03-14	Newport County	H
6	0	Chesterfield	35	13	2	2	31	10	5	4	9	22	24	19	42	W	L	W	W	L	1981-03-14	Hull City	A
7	0	Burnley	36	12	3	4	32	15	4	7	6	17	20	14	42	W	W	D	L	L	1981-03-28	Barnsley	A
8	0	Plymouth Argyle	35	11	2	4	31	17	3	8	7	15	21	8	38	W	W	L	W	D	1981-03-14	Blackpool	A
9	0	Reading	36	11	5	3	33	15	3	5	9	14	28	4	38	D	W	D	W	D	1981-03-08	Millwall	A
10	0	Brentford	37	5	7	6	23	19	6	8	5	19	21	2	37	D	W	D	D	D	1981-03-14	Carlisle United	H
11	0	Exeter City	34	7	5	5	27	24	7	2	8	22	24	1	35	W	L	L	L	W	1981-03-18	Rotherham United	H
12	2	Chester	36	10	4	5	21	12	3	4	10	9	23	-5	34	W	L	D	W	L	1981-03-17	Fulham	A
13	-1	Colchester United	36	11	6	2	32	17	1	3	13	9	34	-10	33	L	W	D	W	L	1981-03-17	Hull City	A
14	3	Newport County	36	7	5	6	27	19	4	5	9	22	29	1	32	D	W	L	D	D	1981-03-14	Portsmouth	A
15	-2	Fulham	35	5	7	5	19	20	5	5	8	24	28	-5	32	L	W	W	W	D	1981-03-14	Gillingham	H
16	2	Walsall	37	6	8	4	35	32	4	4	11	13	28	-12	32	D	L	L	D	L	1981-03-14	Oxford United	H
17	-2	Millwall	35	9	7	2	27	16	2	3	12	8	34	-15	32	D	L	D	W	D	1981-03-08	Reading	H
18	-2	Sheffield United	35	10	5	2	29	11	2	2	14	23	38	3	31	D	L	L	W	L	1981-03-14	Charlton Athletic	H
19	1	Gillingham	36	6	6	6	18	18	3	7	8	20	32	-12	31	W	L	D	D	L	1981-03-14	Fulham	A
20	-1	Swindon Town	34	9	2	7	29	24	3	4	9	12	23	-6	30	L	W	W	W	L	1981-03-14	Millwall	H
21	0	Oxford United	36	4	6	8	13	21	5	5	8	13	20	-15	29	D	D	D	L	L	1981-03-14	Walsall	A
22	0	Carlisle United	34	6	7	4	26	24	3	3	11	16	33	-15	28	D	D	L	W	D	1981-03-14	Brentford	A
23	0	Blackpool	36	3	7	7	16	24	4	4	11	22	39	-25	25	L	D	L	W	L	1981-03-14	Plymouth Argyle	H
24	0	Hull City	34	5	4	6	15	15	1	6	12	16	44	-28	22	D	L	D	D	W	1981-03-14	Chesterfield	H

Fourth Division

Division 4				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	2	1	Hartlepool United	Recreation Ground	2,252
	Lineups
Bury	1	1	Peterborough United	Gigg Lane	2,522
	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	1	0	Bradford City	Gresty Road	2,487
	Lineups
Halifax Town	2	1	Torquay United	The Shay	2,008
	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Doncaster Rovers	Sincil Bank	8,832	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	0	1	Southend United	Field Mill	4,379
	Lineups
Port Vale	2	0	York City	Vale Park	2,319
	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	0	1	Rochdale	Springfield Park	6,029
	Lineups
Wimbledon	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Plough Lane	2,394
	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	37	16	2	0	36	3	9	3	7	26	21	38	55	W	L	D	W	W	1981-03-13	Halifax Town	H
2	0	Lincoln City	35	11	7	1	39	11	9	4	3	19	9	38	51	D	D	D	D	W	1981-03-10	Darlington	A
3	0	Doncaster Rovers	36	11	3	4	28	17	6	6	6	18	24	5	43	D	D	W	W	D	1981-03-13	Crewe Alexandra	H
4	0	Mansfield Town	35	12	2	3	29	8	6	3	9	18	23	16	41	L	L	D	W	L	1981-03-14	Bradford City	A
5	2	Aldershot	36	11	7	1	22	5	4	3	10	11	26	2	40	W	W	D	D	D	1981-03-14	Rochdale	A
6	2	Wimbledon	34	11	3	3	33	12	5	4	8	15	21	15	39	W	D	D	W	D	1981-03-14	Hartlepool United	A
7	-2	AFC Bournemouth	37	9	5	4	25	14	6	4	9	13	22	2	39	D	W	D	W	W	1981-03-14	Darlington	H
8	1	Peterborough United	35	8	5	4	29	18	5	7	6	25	26	10	38	D	D	L	L	W	1981-03-13	Wigan Athletic	H
9	-3	Hartlepool United	36	10	3	5	31	19	5	5	8	20	32	0	38	L	L	L	L	W	1981-03-14	Wimbledon	H
10	4	Rochdale	35	9	5	4	28	19	3	7	7	21	31	-1	36	W	D	L	L	D	1981-03-08	Bradford City	A
11	-1	Torquay United	36	11	1	5	31	18	5	3	11	17	32	-2	36	L	W	W	L	W	1981-03-14	Bury	H
12	-1	Wigan Athletic	37	10	4	5	24	14	4	4	10	12	29	-7	36	L	D	W	L	W	1981-03-13	Peterborough United	A
13	-1	Northampton Town	35	10	2	5	34	19	4	5	9	17	36	-4	35	W	W	D	D	L	1981-03-13	Scunthorpe United	H
14	-1	Bradford City	35	7	8	2	23	15	4	5	9	17	30	-5	35	L	W	L	D	W	1981-03-08	Rochdale	H
15	2	Crewe Alexandra	37	8	6	6	23	19	3	6	8	17	30	-9	34	W	W	W	L	D	1981-03-13	Doncaster Rovers	A
16	-1	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
17	-1	Scunthorpe United	37	5	11	3	29	24	2	7	9	13	25	-7	32	D	D	L	D	D	1981-03-13	Northampton Town	A
18	0	Bury	35	7	6	4	24	15	4	2	12	22	34	-3	30	D	D	W	D	L	1981-03-14	Torquay United	A
19	0	Tranmere Rovers	34	10	3	3	30	13	1	4	13	13	36	-6	29	L	D	L	L	D	1981-03-10	Bradford City	H
20	0	Stockport County	37	6	5	8	23	24	5	2	11	12	25	-14	29	L	W	L	W	D	1981-03-20	York City	H
21	1	Port Vale	35	8	5	5	32	20	1	4	12	13	42	-17	27	W	D	D	L	W	1981-03-16	Hereford United	H
22	-1	York City	34	8	2	6	26	14	1	6	11	9	33	-12	26	L	L	L	L	L	1981-03-14	Lincoln City	H
23	0	Halifax Town	36	6	3	9	24	28	1	8	9	13	28	-19	25	W	L	L	D	D	1981-03-13	Southend United	A
24	0	Hereford United	33	6	6	6	24	17	1	3	11	5	33	-21	23	W	L	L	L	W	1981-03-08	Darlington	A