1981-08-29

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	1	Stoke City	Highbury	28,012
	Lineups		Chapman
Aston Villa	0	1	Notts County	Villa Park	30,097
	Lineups		McCulloch
Coventry City	2	1	Manchester United	Highfield Road	19,329	Largest home gate 1981-82
Whitton, Bodak	Lineups		Macari
Everton	3	1	Birmingham City	Goodison Park	33,045
Ainscow, Biley, Eastoe	Lineups		Van Mierlo
Ipswich Town	3	3	Sunderland	Portman Road	24,060
Wark, Gates 2	Lineups		Ritchie, Buckley 2
Manchester City	2	1	West Bromwich Albion	Maine Road	36,187
Tueart, Hutchison	Lineups		Mills (p)
Middlesbrough	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Ayresome Park	20,490
Otto	Lineups		Villa, Hoddle, Falco
Nottingham Forest	2	1	Southampton	City Ground	25,234
Francis 2	Lineups		Keegan
Swansea City	5	1	Leeds United	Vetch Field	23,489
Charles, Latchford 3, Curtis	Lineups		Parlane
West Ham United	1	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Upton Park	30,468
Stewart	Lineups		McNab (p)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Liverpool	Molineux	28,001	Largest home gate 1981-82
Matthews	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	Swansea City	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
2	0	Everton	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	Leeds United	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	West Ham United	H
4	0	Coventry City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	Stoke City	A
5	0	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Notts County	A
6	0	Nottingham Forest	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-08-31	Manchester United	A
7	0	Notts County	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Manchester City	H
8	0	Stoke City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	Coventry City	H
9	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Southampton	A
10	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Birmingham City	A
11	0	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	Aston Villa	H
12	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Swansea City	H
13	0	West Ham United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	Tottenham Hotspur	A
14	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-08-31	Nottingham Forest	H
15	0	Southampton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
16	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	Arsenal	H
17	0	Arsenal	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	West Bromwich Albion	A
18	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	Sunderland	A
19	0	Liverpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Middlesbrough	H
20	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Ipswich Town	H
21	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Liverpool	A
22	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	Everton	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	4	0	Shrewsbury Town	Oakwell	13,344
Aylott 2, Parker, Banks (p)	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Ewood Park	14,980	Largest home gate 1981-82
	Lineups		Curran
Chelsea	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	Stamford Bridge	16,606
Droy, Lee	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Cambridge United	Selhurst Park	11,201
Hinshelwood 2 (2p)	Lineups		Spriggs (p)
Derby County	1	2	Orient	Baseball Ground	12,424
Hector	Lineups		Taylor P, Jennings
Grimsby Town	2	2	Leicester City	Blundell Park	11,032
Kilmore, Drinkell	Lineups		Lineker, Melrose
Luton Town	3	0	Charlton Athletic	Kenilworth Road	8,776
Donaghy, McAllister OG, White	Lineups
Newcastle United	0	1	Watford	St James' Park	19,244
	Lineups		Callaghan
Oldham Athletic	2	2	Cardiff City	Boundary Park	4,374
Clements, Palmer	Lineups		Stevens, Dwyer
Rotherham United	4	1	Norwich City	Millmoor	8,919
Fern 2, Seasman, Moore	Lineups		Shepherd
Wrexham	1	3	Queens Park Rangers	Racecourse Ground	4,665
Edwards	Lineups		King, Allen 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	Barnsley	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Norwich City	A
2	0	Rotherham United	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Cambridge United	A
3	0	Luton Town	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Luton Town	H
5	0	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Cardiff City	A
6	0	Crystal Palace	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	Norwich City	A
7	0	Orient	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Grimsby Town	H
8	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Crystal Palace	H
9	0	Watford	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Grimsby Town	H
10	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Chelsea	H
11	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Watford	A
12	0	Leicester City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Wrexham	H
13	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Watford	A
14	0	Cambridge United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Derby County	H
15	0	Derby County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Cambridge United	A
16	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Shrewsbury Town	A
17	0	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Queens Park Rangers	A
18	0	Wrexham	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Leicester City	A
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Luton Town	H
20	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-02	Crystal Palace	H
21	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-01	Blackburn Rovers	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	2	2	Chester	Eastville	5,554
Curle, Williams D	Lineups		Zelem, Oakes
Carlisle United	2	2	Bristol City	Brunton Park	3,924
Lee, Robson	Lineups		Harford, Mann
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Reading	Belle Vue	4,192
	Lineups		Earles
Fulham	1	2	Brentford	Craven Cottage	7,632
Davies	Lineups		Brown OG, Tucker (p)
Gillingham	3	1	Burnley	Priestfield Stadium	4,663
Price, Laws OG, Lee	Lineups		Taylor
Huddersfield Town	1	1	Exeter City	Leeds Road	8,647
Kindon (p)	Lineups		Pratt
Millwall	2	1	Preston North End	The Den, New Cross	4,549
Horrix, Chatterton (p)	Lineups		Walsh
Newport County	1	0	Chesterfield	Somerton Park	5,079
Johnson	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	0	1	Oxford United	Home Park	4,089
	Lineups		Cassells
Portsmouth	1	1	Lincoln City	Fratton Park	10,867
Rafferty	Lineups		Cammack
Swindon Town	4	1	Wimbledon	County Ground	5,632
Carter R, Graham, Hughes, Greenwood	Lineups		Ketteridge
Walsall	0	1	Southend United	Fellows Park	3,419
	Lineups		Moody

				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	Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Chester	A
2	0	Gillingham	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Reading	A
3	0	Brentford	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Walsall	H
4	0	Millwall	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Wimbledon	A
5	0	Newport County	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-04	Southend United	A
6	0	Oxford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Huddersfield Town	H
7	0	Reading	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Gillingham	H
8	0	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-04	Newport County	H
9	0	Bristol City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Doncaster Rovers	H
10	0	Bristol Rovers	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Chesterfield	A
11	0	Carlisle United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Exeter City	A
12	0	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Swindon Town	H
13	0	Exeter City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Carlisle United	H
14	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Oxford United	A
15	0	Lincoln City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Fulham	H
16	0	Portsmouth	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Preston North End	A
17	0	Fulham	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Lincoln City	A
18	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Portsmouth	H
19	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Bristol Rovers	H
20	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Bristol City	A
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Burnley	A
22	0	Walsall	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Brentford	A
23	0	Burnley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Plymouth Argyle	H
24	0	Wimbledon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Millwall	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Crewe Alexandra	Dean Court	3,244
Morgan, Dawtry	Lineups
Aldershot	0	0	Darlington	Recreation Ground	1,918
	Lineups
Blackpool	2	0	Stockport County	Bloomfield Road	4,556
Blair, Morris	Lineups
Bradford City	3	3	Wigan Athletic	Valley Parade	4,229
Campbell 2, Black	Lineups		Evans 2, Bradd
Bury	3	0	Rochdale	Gigg Lane	3,925
Madden, Hilton P, Johnson	Lineups
Hartlepool United	1	3	Colchester United	Victoria Park	2,006
Harding	Lineups		Bremner 2, Packer (p)
Northampton Town	1	1	Scunthorpe United	County Ground	2,064
Heeley	Lineups		Green
Peterborough United	1	0	Mansfield Town	London Road	4,310
Kellock (p)	Lineups
Port Vale	0	0	Halifax Town	Vale Park	3,383
	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	2	Hereford United	Bramall Lane	11,906
Neville, Matthews	Lineups		Phillips, Laidlaw
Torquay United	2	1	Hull City	Plainmoor	2,780
Hodge, Cooper	Lineups		Mutrie
Tranmere Rovers	0	2	York City	Prenton Park	1,685
	Lineups		Walwyn, Hood

				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	Bury	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Hereford United	A
2	0	Colchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-04	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	0	AFC Bournemouth	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Mansfield Town	A
4	0	Blackpool	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Scunthorpe United	A
5	0	York City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-04	Northampton Town	H
6	0	Torquay United	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-06	Crewe Alexandra	A
7	0	Peterborough United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Halifax Town	A
8	0	Bradford City	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Hull City	A
9	0	Wigan Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Sheffield United	H
10	0	Hereford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Bury	H
11	0	Sheffield United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Wigan Athletic	A
12	0	Northampton Town	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-04	York City	A
13	0	Scunthorpe United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Blackpool	H
14	0	Aldershot	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-04	Stockport County	A
15	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Port Vale	H
16	0	Halifax Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Peterborough United	H
17	0	Port Vale	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Darlington	A
18	0	Hull City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Bradford City	H
19	0	Mansfield Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	AFC Bournemouth	H
20	0	Hartlepool United	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Rochdale	A
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-06	Torquay United	H
22	0	Stockport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-04	Aldershot	H
23	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-04	Colchester United	A
24	0	Rochdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1981-09-05	Hartlepool United	H