Saturday 1981-04-18

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aston Villa	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Villa Park	34,707
Cowans (p), Withe	Lineups
Coventry City	2	2	Stoke City	Highfield Road	12,766
Daly, Thompson	Lineups		Chapman, Maguire (p)
Crystal Palace	0	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	18,792	Crystal Palace Relegated
	Lineups		Gregory 2, Smith
Everton	4	1	Middlesbrough	Goodison Park	15,706
Hartford 2, Eastoe, Megson	Lineups		Shearer
Ipswich Town	0	2	Arsenal	Portman Road	30,935
	Lineups		Sansom, Nicholas
Leeds United	0	0	Liverpool	Elland Road	39,206	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Leicester City	2	2	Southampton	Filbert Street	21,349
Young, Lynex (p)	Lineups		Moran, Baker G
Manchester United	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Old Trafford	44,442
Jordan, Macari	Lineups		Regis
Sunderland	3	0	Birmingham City	Roker Park	20,158
Ritchie 3	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	2	3	Norwich City	White Hart Lane	34,413
Miller, Hoddle (p)	Lineups		O'Neill, Watson, Roberts OG
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Manchester City	Molineux	17,371
Richards	Lineups		Bennett 2, Tueart
Footnotes
Crystal Palace Relegated

				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	Aston Villa	39	15	3	2	37	13	10	4	5	31	24	31	57	W	L	W	W	W	1981-04-20	Stoke City	A
2	0	Ipswich Town	38	14	4	1	42	11	8	6	5	31	26	36	54	L	W	L	L	W	1981-04-20	Norwich City	A
3	1	Southampton	39	15	3	2	46	21	4	6	9	26	31	20	47	D	W	L	W	W	1981-04-20	Tottenham Hotspur	H
4	-1	West Bromwich Albion	39	13	4	2	34	12	5	7	8	20	27	15	47	L	L	W	W	L	1981-04-20	Sunderland	H
5	2	Arsenal	39	11	8	0	31	15	5	7	8	23	27	12	47	W	D	W	W	W	1981-04-20	Crystal Palace	H
6	-1	Liverpool	38	12	5	2	37	14	3	11	5	21	25	27	46	D	L	D	W	L	1981-04-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
7	1	Manchester United	41	8	11	1	29	14	6	7	8	21	22	14	46	W	W	W	W	W	1981-04-25	Norwich City	H
8	-2	Nottingham Forest	39	14	2	3	42	19	3	9	8	15	23	15	45	L	D	L	W	L	1981-04-20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
9	0	Tottenham Hotspur	38	9	8	3	43	30	5	5	8	23	31	5	41	L	D	W	W	L	1981-04-20	Southampton	A
10	0	Leeds United	39	10	4	6	19	19	6	5	8	18	26	-8	41	D	D	W	W	W	1981-04-21	Birmingham City	A
11	0	Birmingham City	39	11	4	4	31	20	2	7	11	18	37	-8	37	L	L	W	L	D	1981-04-21	Leeds United	H
12	0	Stoke City	39	7	8	4	27	20	3	9	8	19	37	-11	37	D	W	L	D	D	1981-04-20	Aston Villa	H
13	1	Manchester City	38	9	6	4	31	23	4	4	11	21	32	-3	36	W	L	D	D	L	1981-04-20	Everton	H
14	-1	Middlesbrough	38	13	4	1	35	12	2	1	17	15	42	-4	35	L	W	L	W	L	1981-04-21	Coventry City	H
15	0	Everton	38	8	6	6	32	24	5	2	11	21	29	0	34	W	L	D	L	L	1981-04-20	Manchester City	A
16	1	Sunderland	39	10	4	6	31	17	3	3	13	18	32	0	33	W	L	L	L	W	1981-04-20	West Bromwich Albion	A
17	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	10	1	7	24	18	2	7	10	15	31	-10	32	L	W	L	W	L	1981-04-20	Nottingham Forest	A
18	0	Coventry City	39	8	6	6	30	30	3	3	13	15	37	-22	31	D	L	L	L	L	1981-04-21	Middlesbrough	A
19	0	Norwich City	39	8	7	4	31	22	4	0	16	15	47	-23	31	W	W	W	L	D	1981-04-20	Ipswich Town	H
20	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	39	8	3	8	26	25	3	4	13	22	40	-17	29	W	L	L	D	D	1981-04-20	Leicester City	H
21	-1	Leicester City	39	6	5	9	19	23	5	1	13	16	40	20	28	D	L	D	W	D	1981-04-20	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	39	6	4	10	31	34	0	2	17	12	42	-33	18	L	W	L	L	D	1981-04-20	Arsenal	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	Ewood Park	16,357
	Lineups
Bristol City	0	0	Chelsea	Ashton Gate	9,764
	Lineups
Derby County	2	0	Newcastle United	Baseball Ground	13,846
Wilson, McFarland	Lineups
Grimsby Town	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Blundell Park	10,634
	Lineups
Luton Town	1	0	Bristol Rovers	Kenilworth Road	9,009
Moss (p)	Lineups
Notts County	0	0	Preston North End	Meadow Lane	8,485
	Lineups
Orient	0	2	West Ham United	Brisbane Road	14,592	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups		Neighbour, Pike
Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Watford	Loftus Road	10,571
	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	4	1	Cambridge United	Hillsborough	14,315
McCulloch 3, Taylor	Lineups		Streete
Swansea City	1	1	Cardiff City	Vetch Field	19,038
James L	Lineups		Kitchen
Wrexham	1	2	Shrewsbury Town	Racecourse Ground	8,416
Hill	Lineups		Biggins, Atkins

				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	38	17	1	1	49	12	8	8	3	25	17	45	59	W	W	W	D	D	1981-04-21	Queens Park Rangers	H
2	0	Notts County	38	9	8	2	23	13	6	9	4	19	22	7	47	D	D	D	D	W	1981-04-20	Cambridge United	A
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	39	11	8	1	25	7	3	9	7	13	22	9	45	D	D	W	L	D	1981-04-21	Preston North End	A
4	0	Swansea City	38	11	4	4	34	17	4	9	6	20	23	14	43	D	D	W	W	L	1981-04-21	Bristol Rovers	A
5	0	Luton Town	38	10	6	4	34	21	6	5	7	19	21	11	43	W	W	L	D	D	1981-04-20	Chelsea	A
6	1	Sheffield Wednesday	38	14	4	1	37	11	3	4	12	14	33	7	42	W	L	L	W	L	1981-04-21	Shrewsbury Town	A
7	-1	Grimsby Town	38	10	8	2	21	9	4	6	8	19	25	6	42	D	L	L	W	W	1981-04-20	Newcastle United	A
8	0	Derby County	39	9	8	3	33	24	5	6	8	21	26	4	42	W	D	L	L	W	1981-04-20	Oldham Athletic	A
9	0	Chelsea	39	8	6	5	27	11	6	6	8	19	23	12	40	D	D	L	L	D	1981-04-20	Luton Town	H
10	0	Queens Park Rangers	39	10	7	3	31	12	4	5	10	17	28	8	40	D	L	W	L	D	1981-04-21	West Ham United	A
11	0	Newcastle United	39	10	6	3	18	11	3	7	10	8	29	-14	39	L	D	W	D	W	1981-04-20	Grimsby Town	H
12	0	Cambridge United	38	12	1	6	30	20	4	5	10	17	35	-8	38	L	L	L	D	W	1981-04-20	Notts County	H
13	1	Watford	39	12	5	3	32	17	1	6	12	13	26	2	37	D	W	L	D	L	1981-04-25	Notts County	A
14	-1	Orient	40	9	7	4	32	18	4	4	12	17	33	-2	37	L	L	D	L	W	1981-04-26	Bolton Wanderers	H
15	1	Bolton Wanderers	39	10	4	5	39	23	4	4	12	19	37	-2	36	D	W	W	D	W	1981-04-20	Wrexham	H
16	-1	Wrexham	38	4	8	7	19	22	7	5	7	20	19	-2	35	L	W	D	D	D	1981-04-20	Bolton Wanderers	A
17	1	Shrewsbury Town	39	8	6	5	28	19	2	9	9	12	24	-3	35	W	D	W	D	W	1981-04-21	Sheffield Wednesday	H
18	-1	Oldham Athletic	39	6	9	4	17	14	4	6	10	18	31	-10	35	D	D	W	W	D	1981-04-20	Derby County	H
19	0	Preston North End	39	8	6	5	27	23	2	7	11	11	35	-20	33	D	W	W	L	L	1981-04-21	Blackburn Rovers	H
20	0	Cardiff City	38	7	5	6	21	21	4	5	11	20	36	-16	32	D	L	W	D	L	1981-04-20	Bristol City	H
21	0	Bristol City	39	6	9	5	18	14	0	6	13	7	32	-21	27	D	L	W	L	L	1981-04-20	Cardiff City	A
22	0	Bristol Rovers	39	4	9	6	20	21	1	4	15	12	38	-27	23	L	D	L	W	L	1981-04-21	Swansea City	H

Third Division

Division 3				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	0	0	Burnley	Bloomfield Road	7,198
	Lineups
Brentford	1	1	Sheffield United	Griffin Park	5,622
	Lineups
Carlisle United	0	1	Rotherham United	Brunton Park	6,798
	Lineups
Chesterfield	2	0	Chester	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,850
	Lineups
Fulham	1	0	Charlton Athletic	Craven Cottage	7,102
	Lineups
Gillingham	0	0	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium	4,408
	Lineups
Hull City	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Boothferry Park	6,328
	Lineups
Newport County	2	1	Exeter City	Somerton Park	5,231
	Lineups
Oxford United	2	1	Reading	Manor Ground	5,641
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	0	Swindon Town	Home Park	6,369
	Lineups
Portsmouth	2	1	Millwall	Fratton Park	13,115
	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Barnsley	Fellows Park	6,026	Largest home gate 1980-81
	Lineups
Footnotes
Rotherham United promoted
Hull City relegated

				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	Rotherham United	42	16	5	0	40	6	7	7	7	18	21	31	58	W	W	W	W	W	1981-04-20	Hull City	H
2	1	Barnsley	42	13	4	3	40	17	6	12	4	26	25	24	54	D	W	W	D	D	1981-04-20	Chesterfield	H
3	-1	Charlton Athletic	43	13	5	3	34	16	10	3	9	25	26	17	54	L	L	L	L	W	1981-04-21	Oxford United	H
4	0	Huddersfield Town	43	13	5	3	35	8	6	8	8	29	28	28	51	L	L	L	W	W	1981-04-21	Walsall	H
5	0	Portsmouth	43	14	5	3	34	17	7	4	10	18	26	9	51	W	W	D	D	D	1981-04-20	Reading	A
6	2	Chesterfield	42	15	4	2	38	14	5	5	11	27	31	20	49	W	L	D	D	L	1981-04-20	Barnsley	A
7	-1	Burnley	43	13	4	4	36	17	5	9	8	22	25	16	49	D	W	W	D	D	1981-04-21	Carlisle United	H
8	-1	Plymouth Argyle	43	13	5	4	33	17	5	8	8	19	23	12	49	D	W	W	D	W	1981-04-21	Exeter City	A
9	1	Brentford	43	6	9	7	28	24	6	9	6	20	24	0	42	D	W	D	L	L	1981-04-20	Colchester United	A
10	-1	Exeter City	42	9	6	5	33	27	7	4	11	26	35	-3	42	L	L	L	W	D	1981-04-21	Plymouth Argyle	H
11	3	Fulham	43	8	7	7	27	27	6	6	9	25	30	-5	41	W	L	W	D	W	1981-04-21	Sheffield United	A
12	-1	Millwall	43	10	8	3	30	19	4	5	13	13	38	-14	41	L	W	L	W	D	1981-04-20	Gillingham	H
13	-1	Reading	42	11	5	5	35	21	4	5	12	19	36	-3	40	L	L	L	L	W	1981-04-20	Portsmouth	H
14	-1	Chester	43	11	5	6	25	16	4	5	12	10	27	-8	40	L	W	L	D	D	1981-04-25	Gillingham	A
15	1	Sheffield United	43	12	6	3	37	17	2	5	15	26	42	4	39	D	L	W	D	D	1981-04-21	Fulham	H
16	1	Swindon Town	43	10	4	7	34	26	3	9	10	15	27	-4	39	D	D	W	D	D	1981-04-20	Newport County	H
17	2	Oxford United	43	6	8	8	19	24	6	7	8	18	22	-9	39	W	D	D	D	D	1981-04-21	Charlton Athletic	A
18	0	Gillingham	43	8	8	6	21	18	3	9	9	24	37	-10	39	D	D	D	W	D	1981-04-20	Millwall	A
19	-4	Carlisle United	42	8	9	5	31	27	5	4	11	21	36	-11	39	L	W	D	D	W	1981-04-21	Burnley	A
20	0	Newport County	41	9	6	6	33	22	4	6	10	23	31	3	38	W	D	W	L	D	1981-04-20	Swindon Town	A
21	0	Colchester United	43	11	7	3	34	20	2	4	16	10	42	-18	37	D	L	L	D	L	1981-04-20	Brentford	H
22	0	Walsall	43	7	9	6	41	42	4	5	12	14	30	-17	36	D	L	D	L	W	1981-04-21	Huddersfield Town	A
23	0	Blackpool	44	4	9	9	18	28	4	4	14	26	47	-31	29	D	L	D	L	L	1981-04-25	Barnsley	H
24	0	Hull City	42	6	7	8	19	20	1	7	13	16	46	-31	28	W	D	L	D	D	1981-04-20	Rotherham United	A

Fourth Division

Division 4				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Wimbledon	Dean Court	5,048
	Lineups
Aldershot	1	2	Southend United	Recreation Ground	4,433
	Lineups
Bury	6	1	Scunthorpe United	Gigg Lane	2,367
	Lineups
Darlington	3	1	Halifax Town	Feethams Ground	1,763
	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	0	Lincoln City	Field Mill	4,771
	Lineups
Peterborough United	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	London Road	3,743
	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Northampton Town	Vale Park	2,371
	Lineups
Rochdale	3	2	York City	Spotland	1,651
	Lineups
Torquay United	0	1	Hereford United	Plainmoor	1,838
	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	2	1	Stockport County	Springfield Park	3,980
	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	44	19	3	0	46	5	10	3	9	29	25	45	64	W	W	D	L	W	1981-04-25	Torquay United	A
2	0	Lincoln City	42	13	7	1	42	11	9	7	5	20	13	38	58	L	D	W	D	W	1981-04-20	Port Vale	H
3	1	Wimbledon	42	13	4	3	35	12	8	5	9	22	28	17	51	W	D	W	W	W	1981-04-20	Torquay United	H
4	-1	Doncaster Rovers	43	13	4	4	32	19	7	7	8	22	28	7	51	D	W	L	L	W	1981-04-21	Bradford City	H
5	1	Peterborough United	43	11	7	4	36	20	6	8	7	28	30	14	49	W	D	D	W	W	1981-04-21	Northampton Town	A
6	1	Mansfield Town	43	13	4	5	35	14	7	4	10	21	25	17	48	W	D	L	D	L	1981-04-20	Scunthorpe United	A
7	-2	Aldershot	43	12	8	2	27	10	6	4	11	15	29	3	48	L	D	W	D	L	1981-04-20	Hereford United	A
8	2	Darlington	43	12	5	4	40	21	6	5	11	22	35	6	46	W	L	L	W	D	1981-04-25	Crewe Alexandra	H
9	-1	Hartlepool United	43	13	3	6	39	22	6	5	10	21	36	2	46	W	W	L	W	L	1981-04-19	Bradford City	A
10	-1	AFC Bournemouth	44	9	8	5	30	20	7	5	10	16	25	1	45	L	L	D	W	D	1981-04-25	Lincoln City	H
11	0	Wigan Athletic	44	12	4	6	28	16	5	6	11	18	35	-5	44	W	D	L	L	W	1981-04-25	Wimbledon	H
12	2	Bury	43	10	7	4	37	19	6	3	13	28	39	7	42	W	W	D	D	W	1981-04-25	Stockport County	H
13	2	Rochdale	42	11	6	5	33	24	3	8	9	25	38	-4	42	W	W	D	D	L	1981-04-20	Halifax Town	A
14	-1	Northampton Town	42	10	6	5	39	24	5	6	10	20	40	-5	42	D	D	D	W	D	1981-04-21	Peterborough United	H
15	-3	Torquay United	43	13	2	7	38	23	5	3	13	17	35	-3	41	L	D	L	L	W	1981-04-20	Wimbledon	A
16	0	Bradford City	42	8	9	4	28	23	4	7	10	20	34	-9	40	L	D	D	L	L	1981-04-19	Hartlepool United	H
17	0	Crewe Alexandra	44	10	6	6	28	20	3	7	12	19	39	-12	39	L	L	W	L	L	1981-04-25	Darlington	A
18	0	Scunthorpe United	43	7	11	3	34	27	2	8	12	18	37	-12	37	L	L	W	L	W	1981-04-20	Mansfield Town	H
19	0	Port Vale	42	10	7	5	40	23	2	5	13	16	45	-12	36	D	W	L	D	D	1981-04-20	Lincoln City	A
20	0	Tranmere Rovers	42	11	5	5	38	21	1	5	15	18	45	-10	34	D	W	D	L	L	1981-04-20	Stockport County	A
21	0	Stockport County	42	8	5	8	26	24	5	2	14	14	30	-14	33	L	L	W	L	W	1981-04-20	Tranmere Rovers	H
22	0	York City	43	10	2	9	30	18	2	6	14	15	42	-15	32	L	L	W	W	L	1981-04-25	Aldershot	A
23	1	Hereford United	41	7	6	7	26	19	2	5	14	7	40	-26	29	W	D	W	L	L	1981-04-20	Aldershot	H
24	-1	Halifax Town	43	7	3	11	25	32	2	8	12	16	39	-30	29	L	L	L	W	W	1981-04-20	Rochdale	H