1981-08-31
| Cup and International Matches |
|---|
| League Cup Round 1 1st Leg | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D 4 | Wigan Athletic | 3 | 0 | Stockport County | D 4 | Springfield Park | 5,079 | |
| Lloyd, Quinn, Houghton | Lineups | |||||||
| First Division |
| Division 1 | Venue | Gate | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester United | 0 | 0 | Nottingham Forest | Old Trafford | 51,496 | |
| 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 | 5 | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | D | W | # | # | # | 1981-09-05 | Birmingham City | A |
| 2 | -1 | Swansea City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1981-09-01 | Brighton & Hove Albion | A |
| 3 | -1 | Everton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1981-09-02 | Leeds United | A |
| 4 | -1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1981-09-02 | West Ham United | H |
| 5 | -1 | Coventry City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1981-09-02 | Stoke City | A |
| 6 | -1 | Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | W | # | # | # | # | 1981-09-01 | Notts County | 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 | D | L | # | # | # | 1981-09-05 | Ipswich Town | 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 |
