1981-12-05

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	1	Notts County	St Andrew's	11,914
Evans 2	Lineups		McCulloch
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	1	Sunderland	Goldstone Ground	14,251
Smith, Ritchie	Lineups		Ritchie
Everton	3	1	Swansea City	Goodison Park	23,860
O'Keefe 2, Sharp	Lineups		Latchford
Manchester City	1	0	Aston Villa	Maine Road	32,487
Tueart	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	1	Ipswich Town	Ayresome Park	13,577
	Lineups		D'Avray
Nottingham Forest	0	2	Liverpool	City Ground	24,521
	Lineups		Lawrenson, Kennedy R
Southampton	3	2	Manchester United	The Dell	24,404
Keegan, Moran, Armstrong	Lineups		Robson, Stapleton
Stoke City	1	2	Leeds United	Victoria Ground	13,901
Heath	Lineups		Graham, Hamson
Tottenham Hotspur	1	2	Coventry City	White Hart Lane	27,972
Hazard	Lineups		Hunt, Gillespie
West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	23,329	Largest home gate 1981-82
Regis 2, Whitehead	Lineups
West Ham United	1	2	Arsenal	Upton Park	33,833
Pearson	Lineups		Hollins (p), Whyte

				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	Manchester United	18	6	2	1	14	4	3	3	3	14	11	13	32	L	W	L	W	W	1982-01-06	Everton	H
2	1	Ipswich Town	16	6	1	1	15	8	4	1	3	13	11	9	32	W	W	L	L	W	1982-01-05	Birmingham City	H
3	2	Southampton	17	7	0	1	22	9	2	3	4	10	16	7	30	W	W	D	W	W	1981-12-08	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
4	-2	Swansea City	17	6	2	0	15	4	3	1	5	12	21	2	30	L	W	D	L	W	1981-12-12	Nottingham Forest	H
5	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	16	4	0	5	14	13	5	1	1	12	6	7	28	L	D	W	L	W	1981-12-12	Leeds United	A
6	2	Arsenal	16	4	2	1	5	2	4	1	4	10	10	3	27	W	W	W	W	W	1982-01-20	Stoke City	A
7	-1	West Ham United	17	4	3	1	19	13	2	5	2	14	12	8	26	L	L	D	W	D	1982-01-05	Liverpool	A
8	-1	Nottingham Forest	17	5	2	2	11	8	2	3	3	10	14	-1	26	L	L	W	L	D	1981-12-12	Swansea City	A
9	0	Manchester City	16	5	3	1	15	5	2	1	4	6	12	4	25	W	L	W	W	W	1981-12-12	Coventry City	A
10	0	Liverpool	16	3	3	2	12	7	3	3	2	11	9	7	24	W	L	D	W	W	1981-12-26	Manchester City	H
11	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	17	3	5	1	17	12	2	4	2	5	6	4	24	W	L	D	D	D	1981-12-08	Southampton	A
12	2	Coventry City	17	5	2	1	19	8	1	2	6	8	18	1	22	W	D	W	L	L	1981-12-12	Manchester City	H
13	2	Everton	17	5	1	2	14	8	1	3	5	8	15	-1	22	W	L	D	L	L	1981-12-19	Aston Villa	H
14	3	West Bromwich Albion	17	3	4	2	12	7	2	2	4	9	12	2	21	W	W	D	L	W	1981-12-26	Coventry City	A
15	-3	Stoke City	18	4	0	5	14	12	2	2	5	9	16	-5	20	L	L	L	W	W	1982-01-09	Manchester City	A
16	-3	Aston Villa	16	2	3	3	9	10	2	4	2	12	9	2	19	L	W	D	L	L	1981-12-15	Swansea City	A
17	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	4	2	3	7	7	1	2	5	4	16	-12	19	L	W	D	W	W	1981-12-28	Manchester City	A
18	1	Leeds United	17	4	4	0	13	6	1	0	8	5	26	-14	19	W	D	L	W	L	1981-12-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	1	Birmingham City	16	4	3	1	19	13	0	3	5	4	10	0	18	W	L	L	D	D	1982-01-05	Ipswich Town	A
20	-2	Notts County	17	3	4	1	13	12	1	1	7	11	19	-7	17	L	D	D	D	L	1982-01-16	Aston Villa	H
21	0	Middlesbrough	18	2	3	4	10	15	0	3	6	6	15	-14	12	L	D	D	D	L	1982-01-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A
22	0	Sunderland	18	1	2	6	6	17	1	3	5	7	14	-18	11	L	L	L	W	D	1981-12-19	Manchester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	0	Crystal Palace	Oakwell	14,877
Glavin 2	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	0	Queens Park Rangers	Burnden Park	6,076
Hoggan	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	3	Wrexham	Abbey Stadium	3,172
Taylor, Reilly	Lineups		Edwards 2, Vinter
Chelsea	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Stamford Bridge	17,033
Lee, Hales	Lineups		Bannister
Newcastle United	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	St James' Park	18,775
	Lineups
Norwich City	0	0	Leicester City	Carrow Road	12,768
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	3	1	Grimsby Town	Boundary Park	5,907
Heaton, Steel, Wylde (p)	Lineups		Ford
Rotherham United	1	0	Orient	Millmoor	6,346
Towner	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	2	Luton Town	Gay Meadow	5,259
Dungworth, Atkins	Lineups		White, Donaghy
Watford	2	2	Charlton Athletic	Vicarage Road	12,186
Lohman, Taylor	Lineups		Hales, Rice OG

				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	Luton Town	18	7	0	2	24	10	6	2	1	17	9	22	41	D	W	W	L	W	1981-12-28	Norwich City	A
2	2	Oldham Athletic	18	5	4	0	15	6	4	2	3	13	11	11	33	W	W	D	D	W	1981-12-19	Orient	H
3	-1	Watford	17	5	3	1	16	8	5	0	3	11	11	8	33	D	L	W	D	L	1981-12-12	Leicester City	A
4	2	Barnsley	18	7	1	1	17	4	2	2	5	13	16	10	30	W	L	D	D	W	1981-12-12	Queens Park Rangers	A
5	-2	Queens Park Rangers	18	6	2	1	14	3	3	1	5	12	14	9	30	L	W	D	L	W	1981-12-12	Barnsley	H
6	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	18	5	2	2	14	12	4	1	4	8	10	0	30	L	W	D	W	L	1982-01-16	Blackburn Rovers	H
7	1	Chelsea	18	5	2	2	15	11	3	2	4	10	15	-1	28	W	D	W	D	L	1981-12-19	Blackburn Rovers	H
8	-1	Blackburn Rovers	18	4	2	3	8	5	3	3	3	11	12	2	26	D	W	D	L	L	1981-12-19	Chelsea	A
9	1	Leicester City	17	3	3	2	9	6	3	3	3	14	12	5	24	D	W	L	L	W	1981-12-12	Watford	H
10	1	Newcastle United	18	6	2	1	15	5	1	1	7	8	14	4	24	D	D	L	W	W	1982-01-16	Watford	A
11	-2	Cardiff City	18	5	1	3	13	14	2	2	5	9	14	-6	24	W	L	L	W	D	1981-12-28	Charlton Athletic	H
12	1	Norwich City	18	5	3	1	13	7	2	0	7	8	20	-6	24	D	L	L	W	W	1981-12-28	Luton Town	H
13	-1	Crystal Palace	17	6	0	3	12	7	1	2	5	2	7	0	23	L	W	W	D	L	1982-01-19	Sheffield Wednesday	H
14	0	Shrewsbury Town	18	5	2	2	15	10	1	3	5	4	14	-5	23	D	L	D	W	W	1982-01-30	Chelsea	A
15	2	Charlton Athletic	18	6	0	3	19	13	0	4	5	8	18	-4	22	D	W	L	L	L	1981-12-19	Bolton Wanderers	A
16	-1	Derby County	18	4	3	2	14	11	2	1	6	9	19	-7	22	L	D	W	L	W	1982-01-16	Orient	A
17	1	Rotherham United	17	6	1	2	20	9	0	2	6	5	16	0	21	W	L	W	L	D	1982-01-16	Norwich City	A
18	-2	Cambridge United	18	5	0	4	15	11	2	0	7	10	18	-4	21	L	L	L	L	L	1982-01-23	Charlton Athletic	A
19	2	Wrexham	18	3	0	6	9	14	2	3	4	11	12	-6	18	W	L	W	D	L	1982-01-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	-1	Orient	18	3	3	3	9	9	2	0	7	3	11	-8	18	L	W	W	L	W	1981-12-19	Oldham Athletic	A
21	-1	Grimsby Town	16	1	3	3	8	10	3	2	4	9	17	-10	17	L	D	D	L	D	1982-01-09	Orient	H
22	0	Bolton Wanderers	18	4	0	5	10	13	1	1	7	3	14	-14	16	W	L	L	W	L	1981-12-19	Charlton Athletic	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol Rovers	1	2	Fulham	Eastville	4,489
Williams B	Lineups		Coney, Davies
Burnley	2	1	Oxford United	Turf Moor	4,380
Cassidy, Hamilton	Lineups		Brock
Chester	1	1	Southend United	Sealand Road	1,388
Cooke	Lineups		Greaves
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Portsmouth	Belle Vue	5,912
	Lineups
Exeter City	0	3	Chesterfield	St James Park	3,967
	Lineups		Bonnyman, Green, Walker
Gillingham	1	4	Walsall	Priestfield Stadium	5,845
White (p)	Lineups		O'Kelly 2, Penn, Rees
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Plymouth Argyle	Leeds Road	6,949
	Lineups
Millwall	1	2	Carlisle United	The Den, New Cross	4,740
Chatterton (p)	Lineups		Bannon 2
Preston North End	1	3	Brentford	Deepdale	4,171
Bruce	Lineups		Bowen 2, Johnson G
Reading	3	2	Lincoln City	Elm Park	3,219
Kearney, Webb (p), Earles	Lineups		Cammack, Shipley (p)
Swindon Town	0	0	Bristol City	County Ground	6,949
	Lineups
Wimbledon	2	3	Newport County	Plough Lane	2,056
Clement, Lazarus	Lineups		Tynan, Elsey, Waddle

				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	Chesterfield	18	5	2	2	14	8	5	2	2	13	5	14	34	W	W	L	D	W	1982-01-05	Preston North End	H
2	0	Walsall	18	6	1	2	17	7	3	4	2	8	6	12	32	W	W	D	W	D	1982-01-16	Exeter City	A
3	0	Carlisle United	18	7	1	1	18	9	3	1	5	9	12	6	32	W	W	W	L	W	1981-12-19	Bristol Rovers	A
4	3	Southend United	18	5	1	3	11	7	4	1	4	12	11	5	29	D	W	W	L	W	1982-01-01	Exeter City	H
5	4	Fulham	18	5	3	1	16	8	3	2	4	11	15	4	29	W	D	D	W	L	1981-12-30	Swindon Town	A
6	-2	Gillingham	18	5	1	3	18	14	4	1	4	10	13	1	29	L	L	W	L	L	1981-12-28	Newport County	H
7	3	Brentford	18	2	3	4	5	6	6	1	2	16	9	6	28	W	W	W	L	W	1981-12-28	Millwall	A
8	-3	Millwall	18	4	1	4	13	11	4	3	2	13	10	5	28	L	D	D	W	W	1981-12-28	Brentford	H
9	-3	Oxford United	18	4	2	3	10	7	4	2	3	14	13	4	28	L	W	L	D	W	1982-01-09	Huddersfield Town	A
10	-2	Doncaster Rovers	18	6	1	2	15	6	2	3	4	9	15	3	28	D	D	L	L	L	1982-01-16	Southend United	A
11	2	Reading	18	4	2	3	12	14	4	2	3	11	11	-2	28	W	L	D	L	D	1982-01-02	Newport County	A
12	-1	Bristol Rovers	18	4	2	3	15	15	3	2	4	11	11	0	25	L	L	D	W	W	1981-12-19	Carlisle United	H
13	-1	Exeter City	18	5	0	4	21	22	2	4	3	12	17	-6	25	L	D	W	W	L	1981-12-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
14	0	Lincoln City	18	3	3	3	14	10	3	2	4	13	14	3	23	L	W	W	W	L	1982-01-16	Gillingham	H
15	0	Huddersfield Town	18	4	3	2	13	9	2	2	5	10	13	1	23	D	L	W	W	L	1982-01-02	Brentford	A
16	2	Newport County	18	4	3	2	10	7	2	2	5	13	16	0	23	W	D	L	L	L	1981-12-26	Chester	H
17	-1	Portsmouth	18	4	3	2	12	8	1	4	4	8	13	-1	22	D	W	L	D	W	1981-12-26	Bristol Rovers	H
18	2	Burnley	18	3	4	2	11	11	2	3	4	12	15	-3	22	W	W	D	D	W	1982-01-09	Plymouth Argyle	A
19	-2	Swindon Town	18	3	2	4	14	13	3	2	4	8	13	-4	22	D	L	L	L	L	1981-12-26	Plymouth Argyle	A
20	-1	Bristol City	18	3	3	3	11	11	2	3	4	7	11	-4	21	D	L	L	W	L	1981-12-29	Bristol Rovers	A
21	0	Plymouth Argyle	18	3	2	4	14	12	2	2	5	6	12	-4	19	D	W	W	D	W	1981-12-26	Swindon Town	H
22	1	Chester	18	0	6	3	6	11	3	1	5	7	13	-11	16	D	D	L	L	W	1981-12-26	Newport County	A
23	-1	Preston North End	18	2	4	3	6	8	1	2	6	9	19	-12	15	L	L	L	L	W	1982-01-05	Chesterfield	A
24	0	Wimbledon	18	3	1	5	11	16	0	3	6	8	20	-17	13	L	L	W	D	L	1982-01-02	Bristol City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	2	0	Peterborough United	Valley Parade	4,875
Jackson, McNiven	Lineups
Hartlepool United	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Victoria Park	1,763
Newton	Lineups		Heffernan
Hereford United	0	0	Rochdale	Edgar Street	2,312
	Lineups
Hull City	1	0	Crewe Alexandra	Boothferry Park	3,184
Mutrie	Lineups
Northampton Town	0	1	Darlington	County Ground	1,669
	Lineups		Walsh
Scunthorpe United	0	0	Port Vale	Old Showground	2,021
	Lineups
Sheffield United	2	0	Aldershot	Bramall Lane	11,541
Kenworthy, Neville	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Bury	Plainmoor	2,305
Brown	Lineups		Johnson
Tranmere Rovers	2	2	Mansfield Town	Prenton Park	1,416
Hutchinson, Hamilton	Lineups		Morgan 2
Wigan Athletic	2	0	Halifax Town	Springfield Park	4,022
Houghton, Bradd	Lineups
York City	2	2	Stockport County	Bootham Crescent	1,754
Walwyn, Kay	Lineups		Vaughan, Park

				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	Colchester United	18	7	1	1	26	6	6	0	3	17	11	26	40	W	W	W	W	W	1981-12-26	AFC Bournemouth	A
2	0	Sheffield United	18	7	2	0	20	5	5	2	2	13	8	20	40	W	D	D	W	W	1982-01-02	Halifax Town	H
3	2	Bradford City	17	7	1	1	21	9	5	1	2	17	10	19	38	W	D	W	W	L	1982-01-03	Darlington	H
4	0	Bury	18	8	0	1	29	9	3	3	3	13	14	19	36	D	L	W	W	D	1982-01-16	Colchester United	A
5	-2	Peterborough United	18	8	0	1	24	5	3	3	3	8	11	16	36	L	W	L	W	W	1982-01-19	Wigan Athletic	A
6	0	AFC Bournemouth	18	5	4	0	12	4	5	2	2	10	6	12	36	D	D	W	D	W	1981-12-26	Colchester United	H
7	0	Wigan Athletic	18	7	1	1	15	6	2	5	2	12	12	9	33	W	D	D	D	W	1982-01-02	Mansfield Town	A
8	0	Port Vale	18	5	2	2	12	9	3	3	3	11	11	3	29	D	W	W	W	D	1981-12-19	Torquay United	A
9	0	Torquay United	18	5	3	1	15	9	3	1	5	8	10	4	28	D	L	D	L	W	1981-12-19	Port Vale	H
10	0	Blackpool	18	5	1	2	22	10	2	4	4	15	16	11	26	L	L	L	L	D	1982-01-09	Scunthorpe United	H
11	0	Stockport County	18	7	0	2	20	9	0	3	6	4	15	0	24	D	W	W	L	D	1982-01-25	Hartlepool United	H
12	0	Hartlepool United	18	4	2	3	14	13	2	2	5	10	15	-4	22	D	L	W	L	L	1982-01-16	Mansfield Town	A
13	0	Aldershot	18	4	1	4	14	12	2	2	5	10	22	-10	21	L	W	L	L	L	1982-01-03	Torquay United	H
14	2	Hull City	18	4	1	4	12	12	1	4	4	17	20	-3	20	W	W	D	L	W	1982-01-09	Bradford City	A
15	2	Darlington	18	3	4	2	11	11	1	4	4	6	11	-5	20	W	L	L	W	L	1982-01-03	Bradford City	A
16	-2	Hereford United	18	1	6	2	10	11	2	4	3	14	19	-6	19	D	L	D	D	D	1982-01-30	Bradford City	A
17	-2	York City	18	1	3	5	13	20	4	1	4	12	16	-11	19	D	D	D	W	L	1982-01-23	Tranmere Rovers	H
18	0	Rochdale	18	3	4	2	10	7	1	2	6	6	18	-9	18	D	D	L	W	D	1982-01-13	Halifax Town	H
19	0	Tranmere Rovers	18	1	5	3	6	10	3	1	5	10	15	-9	18	D	L	D	L	D	1982-01-05	Wigan Athletic	A
20	0	Mansfield Town	18	3	3	3	17	16	1	2	6	7	17	-9	17	D	W	W	L	L	1982-01-02	Wigan Athletic	H
21	0	Halifax Town	18	2	3	4	8	12	1	3	5	9	20	-15	15	L	L	L	W	L	1982-01-02	Sheffield United	A
22	0	Scunthorpe United	18	2	4	3	12	16	1	1	7	5	17	-16	14	D	W	L	L	L	1982-01-09	Blackpool	A
23	0	Crewe Alexandra	18	2	1	6	9	12	2	0	7	3	21	-21	13	L	D	W	L	W	1982-01-19	Tranmere Rovers	A
24	0	Northampton Town	19	2	3	5	11	13	0	2	7	9	28	-21	11	L	L	L	W	L	1982-01-23	Scunthorpe United	A