Saturday 1981-04-25

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	3	0	Middlesbrough	Villa Park	38,018
Shaw, Withe, Evans	Lineups
Coventry City	1	0	Southampton	Highfield Road	18,213
Thompson	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	3	Nottingham Forest	Selhurst Park	12,138
Smillie	Lineups		Aas, Wallace, Gray S
Everton	0	1	Stoke City	Goodison Park	15,352
	Lineups		Heath
Ipswich Town	1	0	Manchester City	Portman Road	22,644
Butcher	Lineups
Leicester City	1	0	Birmingham City	Filbert Street	13,666
Williams	Lineups
Manchester United	1	0	Norwich City	Old Trafford	40,165
Jordan	Lineups
Sunderland	1	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Roker Park	22,317
Brown	Lineups		Robinson, Williams
Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	Liverpool	White Hart Lane	35,334
Hoddle	Lineups		Gayle
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Arsenal	Molineux	15,160
Richards	Lineups		Stapleton, Berry OG
Footnotes
Leicester City 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	41	16	3	2	40	13	10	5	5	32	25	34	60	W	D	W	L	W	1981-05-02	Arsenal	A
2	0	Ipswich Town	40	15	4	1	43	11	8	6	6	31	27	36	56	W	L	L	W	L	1981-05-02	Middlesbrough	A
3	1	Arsenal	41	12	8	0	34	17	6	7	8	25	28	14	51	W	W	W	D	W	1981-05-02	Aston Villa	H
4	2	Nottingham Forest	41	15	2	3	43	19	4	9	8	18	24	18	49	W	W	L	D	L	1981-05-02	Coventry City	H
5	-2	West Bromwich Albion	40	14	4	2	36	13	5	7	8	20	27	16	49	W	L	L	W	W	1981-05-02	Tottenham Hotspur	H
6	-1	Southampton	41	15	4	2	47	22	4	6	10	26	32	19	48	L	D	D	W	L	1981-05-13	Ipswich Town	A
7	1	Manchester United	42	9	11	1	30	14	6	7	8	21	22	15	48	W	W	W	W	W	End of Season
8	-1	Liverpool	39	12	5	2	37	14	3	12	5	22	26	27	47	D	D	L	D	W	1981-05-02	Sunderland	H
9	1	Tottenham Hotspur	40	9	9	3	44	31	5	6	8	24	32	5	43	D	D	L	D	W	1981-04-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	-1	Leeds United	40	10	4	6	19	19	7	5	8	20	26	-6	43	W	D	D	W	W	1981-05-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
11	1	Stoke City	41	7	9	4	28	21	4	9	8	20	37	-10	40	W	D	D	W	L	1981-05-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	-1	Manchester City	40	10	6	4	34	24	4	4	12	21	33	-2	38	L	W	W	L	D	1981-05-02	Crystal Palace	H
13	0	Birmingham City	41	11	4	5	31	22	2	7	12	18	38	-11	37	L	L	L	L	W	1981-05-02	Everton	H
14	0	Middlesbrough	40	13	4	2	35	13	2	1	18	15	45	-8	35	L	L	L	W	L	1981-05-02	Ipswich Town	H
15	2	Coventry City	41	9	6	6	31	30	4	3	13	16	37	-20	35	W	W	D	L	L	1981-05-02	Nottingham Forest	A
16	-1	Everton	40	8	6	7	32	25	5	2	12	22	32	-3	34	L	L	W	L	D	1981-05-02	Birmingham City	A
17	-1	Sunderland	41	10	4	7	32	19	3	3	14	19	34	-2	33	L	L	W	L	L	1981-05-02	Liverpool	A
18	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	41	9	3	8	28	26	4	4	13	24	41	-15	33	W	W	W	L	L	1981-05-02	Leeds United	H
19	-1	Norwich City	41	9	7	4	32	22	4	0	17	15	48	-23	33	L	W	W	W	W	1981-05-02	Leicester City	H
20	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	39	10	1	8	25	20	2	7	11	15	32	-12	32	L	L	L	W	L	1981-04-30	Tottenham Hotspur	H
21	0	Leicester City	41	7	5	9	20	23	5	1	14	17	42	22	30	W	L	D	L	D	1981-05-02	Norwich City	A
22	0	Crystal Palace	41	6	4	11	32	37	0	2	18	14	45	-36	18	L	L	L	W	L	1981-05-02	Manchester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	3	0	Newcastle United	Ewood Park	10,609
Lowey (p), Burke, Speight	Lineups
Bristol City	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Ashton Gate	5,698
Mann	Lineups		Cross
Grimsby Town	0	1	Cardiff City	Blundell Park	7,377
	Lineups		Stevens
Luton Town	1	2	Oldham Athletic	Kenilworth Road	10,305	Match was delayed 10 mins. - Crowd invaded the pitch in attempt to get game abandoned
Stein	Lineups		Wylde 2
Notts County	1	2	Watford	Meadow Lane	10,345
Goodwin	Lineups		Blissett 2 (1p)
Queens Park Rangers	5	0	Cambridge United	Loftus Road	6,668
Sealy 2, Muir 2, Roeder	Lineups
Swansea City	3	0	Chelsea	Vetch Field	16,063
Robinson, Hadziabdic, James R	Lineups
Wrexham	3	1	Bristol Rovers	Racecourse Ground	3,220
Vinter 2, Fox	Lineups		Barrett

				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	39	18	1	1	52	12	8	8	3	25	17	48	61	W	W	W	W	D	1981-05-02	Wrexham	H
2	0	Notts County	40	9	8	3	24	15	7	9	4	21	23	7	49	L	W	D	D	D	1981-05-02	Chelsea	A
3	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	12	8	1	28	7	3	10	7	13	22	12	48	W	D	D	D	W	1981-05-02	Bristol Rovers	A
4	0	Swansea City	40	12	4	4	37	17	5	9	6	22	24	18	47	W	W	D	D	W	1981-04-27	Luton Town	H
5	0	Luton Town	40	10	6	5	35	23	7	5	7	21	21	12	45	L	W	W	W	L	1981-04-27	Swansea City	A
6	0	Derby County	40	9	8	3	33	24	6	6	8	23	26	6	44	W	W	D	L	L	1981-05-02	Cardiff City	A
7	0	Grimsby Town	40	10	8	3	21	10	4	7	8	20	26	5	43	L	D	D	L	L	1981-04-28	Sheffield Wednesday	A
8	2	Queens Park Rangers	41	11	7	3	36	12	4	5	11	17	31	10	42	W	L	D	L	W	1981-05-02	Shrewsbury Town	A
9	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	39	14	4	1	37	11	3	4	13	14	35	5	42	L	W	L	L	W	1981-04-28	Grimsby Town	H
10	-1	Chelsea	41	8	6	6	27	13	6	6	9	19	26	7	40	L	L	D	D	L	1981-05-02	Notts County	H
11	0	Newcastle United	41	10	7	3	19	12	3	7	11	8	32	-17	40	L	D	L	D	W	1981-05-02	Orient	H
12	1	Watford	40	12	5	3	32	17	2	6	12	15	27	3	39	W	D	W	L	D	1981-05-02	Sheffield Wednesday	H
13	4	Wrexham	40	5	8	7	22	23	7	6	7	21	20	0	38	W	D	L	W	D	1981-05-02	West Ham United	A
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	9	6	5	30	19	2	10	9	13	25	-1	38	D	W	W	D	W	1981-05-02	Queens Park Rangers	H
15	-3	Cambridge United	40	12	1	7	31	22	4	5	11	17	40	-14	38	L	L	L	L	L	1981-05-02	Grimsby Town	H
16	-1	Bolton Wanderers	40	10	5	5	40	24	4	4	12	19	37	-2	37	D	D	W	W	D	1981-04-26	Orient	A
17	-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
18	0	Oldham Athletic	41	6	9	5	17	16	5	6	10	20	32	-11	37	W	L	D	D	W	1981-05-02	Bristol City	H
19	1	Cardiff City	40	7	5	7	23	24	5	5	11	21	36	-16	34	W	L	D	L	W	1981-05-02	Derby County	H
20	-1	Preston North End	40	8	7	5	27	23	2	7	11	11	35	-20	34	D	D	W	W	L	1981-05-02	Swansea City	H
21	0	Bristol City	41	6	10	5	19	15	1	6	13	10	34	-20	30	D	W	D	L	W	1981-05-02	Oldham Athletic	A
22	0	Bristol Rovers	41	4	9	7	21	23	1	4	16	13	41	-30	23	L	L	L	D	L	1981-05-02	Blackburn Rovers	H

Third Division

Division 3				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	0	Barnsley	Bloomfield Road	7,648
	Lineups
Brentford	2	1	Rotherham United	Griffin Park	6,909
	Lineups
Carlisle United	1	2	Charlton Athletic	Brunton Park	4,397
	Lineups
Fulham	1	2	Reading	Craven Cottage	4,601
	Lineups
Gillingham	2	1	Chester	Priestfield Stadium	3,228
	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Sheffield United	Boothferry Park	4,895
	Lineups
Newport County	1	0	Colchester United	Somerton Park	4,619
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Burnley	Home Park	4,331
	Lineups
Portsmouth	1	2	Huddersfield Town	Fratton Park	10,238
	Lineups
Walsall	2	1	Swindon Town	Fellows Park	3,429
	Lineups
Footnotes
Charlton Athletic promoted
Colchester United 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	44	16	6	0	41	7	7	7	8	19	23	30	59	L	D	W	W	W	1981-04-28	Barnsley	A
2	1	Charlton Athletic	45	13	6	3	34	16	11	3	9	27	27	18	57	W	D	L	L	L	1981-05-02	Gillingham	H
3	-1	Barnsley	44	13	5	3	41	18	6	12	5	26	26	23	55	L	D	D	W	W	1981-04-28	Rotherham United	H
4	0	Huddersfield Town	45	13	6	3	36	9	7	8	8	31	29	29	54	W	D	L	L	L	1981-05-02	Fulham	H
5	2	Plymouth Argyle	45	14	5	4	35	18	5	9	8	20	24	13	52	W	D	D	W	W	1981-05-02	Rotherham United	A
6	-1	Portsmouth	45	14	5	4	35	19	7	4	11	19	28	7	51	L	L	W	W	D	1981-05-02	Chester	A
7	-1	Chesterfield	43	15	4	2	38	14	5	6	11	28	32	20	50	D	W	L	D	D	1981-05-02	Millwall	A
8	0	Burnley	45	13	4	5	36	20	5	9	9	23	27	12	49	L	L	D	W	W	1981-05-02	Oxford United	H
9	0	Brentford	45	7	9	7	30	25	7	9	6	22	24	3	46	W	W	D	W	D	1981-05-02	Swindon Town	A
10	2	Reading	44	12	5	5	37	22	5	5	12	21	37	-1	44	W	W	L	L	L	1981-05-02	Hull City	H
11	-1	Exeter City	43	9	7	5	34	28	7	4	11	26	35	-3	43	D	L	L	L	W	1981-04-29	Chester	H
12	-1	Fulham	45	8	7	8	28	29	7	6	9	27	31	-5	43	L	W	W	L	W	1981-05-02	Huddersfield Town	A
13	5	Gillingham	45	9	8	6	23	19	3	10	9	24	37	-9	42	W	D	D	D	D	1981-05-02	Charlton Athletic	A
14	-1	Millwall	44	10	9	3	30	19	4	5	13	13	38	-14	42	D	L	W	L	W	1981-04-29	Oxford United	A
15	5	Newport County	43	10	6	6	34	22	4	7	10	24	32	4	41	W	D	W	D	W	1981-05-02	Barnsley	A
16	-2	Carlisle United	44	8	9	6	32	29	6	4	11	24	36	-9	41	L	W	L	W	D	1981-05-02	Colchester United	A
17	2	Sheffield United	45	12	6	4	38	19	2	6	15	27	43	3	40	D	L	D	L	W	1981-05-02	Walsall	H
18	-3	Swindon Town	45	10	5	7	35	27	3	9	11	16	29	-5	40	L	D	D	D	W	1981-05-02	Brentford	H
19	-2	Oxford United	44	6	8	8	19	24	6	8	8	18	22	-9	40	D	W	D	D	D	1981-04-29	Millwall	H
20	-4	Chester	44	11	5	6	25	16	4	5	13	11	29	-9	40	L	L	W	L	D	1981-04-29	Exeter City	A
21	0	Walsall	45	8	9	6	43	43	4	6	12	15	31	-16	39	W	D	D	L	D	1981-05-02	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Colchester United	45	11	7	4	34	22	2	4	17	10	43	-21	37	L	L	D	L	L	1981-05-02	Carlisle United	H
23	0	Blackpool	45	5	9	9	19	28	4	4	14	26	47	-30	31	W	D	L	D	L	1981-05-02	Exeter City	A
24	0	Hull City	44	6	8	8	20	21	1	8	13	17	47	-31	30	D	D	W	D	L	1981-05-02	Reading	A

Fourth Division

Division 4				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	0	1	Lincoln City	Dean Court	3,542
	Lineups
Aldershot	1	1	York City	Recreation Ground	1,813
	Lineups
Bury	0	1	Stockport County	Gigg Lane	2,862
	Lineups
Darlington	2	1	Crewe Alexandra	Feethams Ground	1,304
	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	1	Hartlepool United	London Road	3,560
	Lineups
Torquay United	0	3	Southend United	Plainmoor	1,736
	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	1	0	Wimbledon	Springfield Park	3,381
	Lineups
Footnotes
Halifax Town to apply for re-election

				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	45	19	3	0	46	5	11	3	9	32	25	48	66	W	W	W	D	L	1981-05-01	Rochdale	H
2	0	Lincoln City	44	14	7	1	43	11	10	7	5	21	13	40	62	W	W	L	D	W	1981-05-02	Darlington	H
3	0	Wimbledon	44	14	4	3	36	12	8	5	10	22	29	17	53	L	W	W	D	W	1981-04-28	Rochdale	H
4	0	Doncaster Rovers	44	14	4	4	34	19	7	7	8	22	28	9	53	W	D	W	L	L	1981-05-02	AFC Bournemouth	H
5	0	Peterborough United	45	11	8	4	37	21	6	9	7	30	32	14	51	D	D	W	D	D	1981-05-02	Hereford United	A
6	0	Aldershot	45	12	9	2	28	11	6	5	11	15	29	3	50	D	D	L	D	W	1981-05-02	Halifax Town	A
7	0	Mansfield Town	44	13	4	5	35	14	7	4	11	21	27	15	48	L	W	D	L	D	1981-05-01	Stockport County	A
8	0	Darlington	44	13	5	4	42	22	6	5	11	22	35	7	48	W	W	L	L	W	1981-05-02	Lincoln City	A
9	0	Hartlepool United	45	13	3	6	39	22	6	6	11	22	39	0	47	D	L	W	W	L	1981-05-02	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	1	Wigan Athletic	45	13	4	6	29	16	5	6	11	18	35	-4	46	W	W	D	L	L	1981-05-02	Scunthorpe United	A
11	-1	AFC Bournemouth	45	9	8	6	30	21	7	5	10	16	25	0	45	L	L	L	D	W	1981-05-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
12	0	Northampton Town	43	10	7	5	41	26	5	6	10	20	40	-5	43	D	D	D	D	W	1981-05-01	Torquay United	H
13	0	Bury	44	10	7	5	37	20	6	3	13	28	39	6	42	L	W	W	D	D	1981-05-02	Wimbledon	A
14	0	Rochdale	43	11	6	5	33	24	3	8	10	25	40	-6	42	L	W	W	D	D	1981-04-28	Wimbledon	A
15	0	Bradford City	44	9	9	4	30	23	4	7	11	20	36	-9	42	L	W	L	D	D	1981-05-02	York City	A
16	0	Torquay United	45	13	2	8	38	26	5	3	14	17	36	-7	41	L	L	L	D	L	1981-05-01	Northampton Town	A
17	0	Scunthorpe United	45	8	11	3	36	27	3	8	12	20	38	-9	41	W	W	L	L	W	1981-05-02	Wigan Athletic	H
18	0	Crewe Alexandra	45	10	6	6	28	20	3	7	13	20	41	-13	39	L	L	L	W	L	1981-05-01	Port Vale	H
19	1	Stockport County	44	9	5	8	27	24	6	2	14	15	30	-12	37	W	W	L	L	W	1981-05-01	Mansfield Town	H
20	-1	Port Vale	43	10	7	5	40	23	2	5	14	16	46	-13	36	L	D	W	L	D	1981-04-26	Halifax Town	H
21	0	Tranmere Rovers	44	11	5	6	39	23	1	5	16	18	46	-12	34	L	L	D	W	D	1981-04-29	Hereford United	H
22	0	York City	44	10	2	9	30	18	2	7	14	16	43	-15	33	D	L	L	W	W	1981-05-02	Bradford City	H
23	0	Halifax Town	44	8	3	11	27	32	2	8	12	16	39	-28	31	W	L	L	L	W	1981-04-26	Port Vale	A
24	0	Hereford United	42	7	7	7	26	19	2	5	14	7	40	-26	30	D	W	D	W	L	1981-04-29	Tranmere Rovers	A