Seasons · Division One · Season 61

1980/81

Finished 9th · Manager Allan Clarke

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The season · Record

Played: 46
Won: 17
Drawn: 11
Lost: 18
For: 41
Against: 53
Points: 44

The season · Highlights

Biggest win: 3–0; v Ipswich Town
Biggest defeat: 0–5; v Arsenal
Clean sheets: 20
Top scorer: Harris; 10 goals
Most assists: -
Avg attendance: 22,652

Final table

Division One

Final Division One table, 1980/81
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	42	26	8	8	72	40	+32	60
2	Ipswich Town	42	23	10	9	77	43	+34	56
3	Arsenal	42	19	15	8	61	45	+16	53
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	12	10	60	42	+18	52
5	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	62	42	+20	51
6	Southampton	42	20	10	12	76	56	+20	50
7	Nottingham Forest	42	19	12	11	62	44	+18	50
8	Manchester United	42	15	18	9	51	36	+15	48
9	Leeds United	42	17	10	15	39	47	-8	44
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	15	13	70	68	+2	43
11	Stoke City	42	12	18	12	51	60	-9	42
12	Manchester City	42	14	11	17	56	59	-3	39
13	Birmingham City	42	13	12	17	50	61	-11	38
14	Middlesbrough	42	16	5	21	53	61	-8	37
15	Everton	42	13	10	19	55	58	-3	36
16	Coventry City	42	13	10	19	48	68	-20	36
17	Sunderland	42	14	7	21	52	53	-1	35
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	9	20	43	55	-12	35
19	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	14	7	21	54	67	-13	35
20	Norwich City	42	13	7	22	49	73	-24	33
21	Leicester City	42	13	6	23	40	67	-27	32
22	Crystal Palace	42	6	7	29	47	83	-36	19

Matchlog

Every fixture

Division One · 42 played

Division One fixtures, 1980/81
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
16 Aug	H	Aston Villa	1–2	23,401	Lost 1–2 v Aston Villa
19 Aug	A	Middlesbrough	0–3	19,470	Lost 0–3 v Middlesbrough
23 Aug	A	Norwich City	3–2	17,890	Won 3–2 v Norwich City
30 Aug	H	Leicester City	1–2	18,530	Lost 1–2 v Leicester City
6 Sep	A	Stoke City	0–3	12,729	Lost 0–3 v Stoke City
13 Sep	H	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	21,947	Drew 0–0 v Tottenham Hotspur
20 Sep	H	Manchester United	0–0	32,539	Drew 0–0 v Manchester United
27 Sep	A	Sunderland	1–4	29,619	Lost 1–4 v Sunderland
4 Oct	A	Ipswich Town	1–1	24,087	Drew 1–1 v Ipswich Town
8 Oct	H	Manchester City	1–0	19,134	Won 1–0 v Manchester City
11 Oct	H	Everton	1–0	25,601	Won 1–0 v Everton
18 Oct	A	Wolves	1–2	20,699	Lost 1–2 v Wolves
22 Oct	A	Nottingham Forest	1–2	25,033	Lost 1–2 v Nottingham Forest
25 Oct	H	Crystal Palace	1–0	19,208	Won 1–0 v Crystal Palace
1 Nov	A	Coventry City	1–2	13,970	Lost 1–2 v Coventry City
8 Nov	H	Arsenal	0–5	20,855	Lost 0–5 v Arsenal
12 Nov	H	Middlesbrough	2–1	17,382	Won 2–1 v Middlesbrough
15 Nov	A	Aston Villa	1–1	29,106	Drew 1–1 v Aston Villa
22 Nov	A	Southampton	1–2	20,278	Lost 1–2 v Southampton
29 Nov	H	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	14,333	Won 1–0 v Brighton & Hove Albion
6 Dec	A	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	17,771	Won 2–1 v West Bromwich Albion
13 Dec	H	Nottingham Forest	1–0	21,882	Won 1–0 v Nottingham Forest
20 Dec	A	Manchester City	0–1	31,866	Lost 0–1 v Manchester City
26 Dec	H	Birmingham City	0–0	19,214	Drew 0–0 v Birmingham City
27 Dec	A	Liverpool	0–0	44,086	Drew 0–0 v Liverpool
10 Jan	H	Southampton	0–3	21,007	Lost 0–3 v Southampton
17 Jan	A	Leicester City	1–0	16,094	Won 1–0 v Leicester City
31 Jan	H	Norwich City	1–0	15,836	Won 1–0 v Norwich City
7 Feb	A	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	32,372	Drew 1–1 v Tottenham Hotspur
14 Feb	H	Stoke City	1–3	16,530	Lost 1–3 v Stoke City
21 Feb	H	Sunderland	1–0	23,236	Won 1–0 v Sunderland
28 Feb	A	Manchester United	1–0	45,733	Won 1–0 v Manchester United
14 Mar	A	Everton	2–1	23,014	Won 2–1 v Everton
21 Mar	H	Wolves	1–3	19,252	Lost 1–3 v Wolves
28 Mar	A	Crystal Palace	1–0	15,053	Won 1–0 v Crystal Palace
31 Mar	H	Ipswich Town	3–0	26,462	Won 3–0 v Ipswich Town
4 Apr	H	Coventry City	3–0	15,882	Won 3–0 v Coventry City
11 Apr	A	Arsenal	0–0	29,339	Drew 0–0 v Arsenal
18 Apr	H	Liverpool	0–0	39,206	Drew 0–0 v Liverpool
21 Apr	A	Birmingham City	2–0	14,505	Won 2–0 v Birmingham City
2 May	A	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	27,577	Lost 0–2 v Brighton & Hove Albion
6 May	H	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	17,218	Drew 0–0 v West Bromwich Albion

League Cup · 2 played

League Cup fixtures, 1980/81
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
27 Aug	A	Aston Villa	0–1	24,238	Lost 0–1 v Aston Villa
3 Sep	H	Aston Villa	1–3	12,236	Lost 1–3 v Aston Villa

FA Cup · 2 played

FA Cup fixtures, 1980/81
Date	H/A	Opponent	Score	Att.	Result
3 Jan	H	Coventry City	1–1	24,523	Drew 1–1 v Coventry City
6 Jan	A	Coventry City	0–1	22,057	Lost 0–1 v Coventry City