The City Ground

SEASON: 1980-81

Prev Season: 1979-80
This Season: 1980-81
Next Season: 1981-82

DIVISION:: English First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: Quarter Final (Ipswich Town (A) 0-1)
League Cup:: 4th Round (Watford (A) 1-4)
Player Of The Year:: Kenny Burns

Top Goalscorer:: Ian Wallace (13 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	17 times	10 times	8 times	2 times	3 times
Conceded	27 times	11 times	3 times	1 time
Won By	15 times	3 times	4 times		3 times
Lost By	10 times	5 times	2 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 33,930
Lowest League Attendance:: 19,690
Average League Attendance:: 24,419
Highest Cup Attendance:: 34,110
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 12,463

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 15
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 2
Penalties scored:: 1
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Aston Villa	42	26	8	8	72	40	16	3	2	40	13	10	5	6	32	27	32	60	European Cup First Round	2-2	0-2
2	Ipswich Town	42	23	10	9	77	43	15	4	2	45	14	8	6	7	32	29	34	56	UEFA Cup First Round	1-2	0-2
3	Arsenal	42	19	15	8	61	45	13	8	0	36	17	6	7	8	25	28	16	53	UEFA Cup First Round	3-1	0-1
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	12	10	60	42	15	4	2	40	15	5	8	8	20	27	18	52	UEFA Cup First Round	2-1	1-2
5	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	62	42	13	5	3	38	15	4	12	5	24	27	20	51	European Cup First Round	0-0	0-0
6	Southampton	42	20	10	12	76	56	15	4	2	47	22	5	6	10	29	34	20	50	UEFA Cup First Round	2-1	0-2
7	Nottingham Forest	42	19	12	11	62	44	15	3	3	44	20	4	9	8	18	24	18	50
8	Manchester United	42	15	18	9	51	36	9	11	1	30	14	6	7	8	21	22	15	48		1-2	1-1
9	Leeds United	42	17	10	15	39	47	10	5	6	19	19	7	5	9	20	28	-8	44		2-1	0-1
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	15	13	70	68	9	9	3	44	31	5	6	10	26	37	2	43	Cup Winners Cup First Round	0-3	0-2
11	Stoke City	42	12	18	12	51	60	8	9	4	31	23	4	9	8	20	37	-9	42		5-0	2-1
12	Manchester City	42	14	11	17	56	59	10	7	4	35	25	4	4	13	21	34	-3	39		3-2	1-1
13	Birmingham City	42	13	12	17	50	61	11	5	5	32	23	2	7	12	18	38	-11	38		2-1	0-2
14	Middlesbrough	42	16	5	21	53	61	14	4	3	38	16	2	1	18	15	45	-8	37		1-0	0-0
15	Everton	42	13	10	19	55	58	8	6	7	32	25	5	4	12	23	33	-3	36		1-0	0-0
16	Coventry City	42	13	10	19	48	68	9	6	6	31	30	4	4	13	17	38	-20	36		1-1	1-1
17	Sunderland	42	14	7	21	52	53	10	4	7	32	19	4	3	14	20	34	-1	35		3-1	2-2
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	9	20	43	55	11	2	8	26	20	2	7	12	17	35	-12	35		1-0	4-1
19	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	14	7	21	54	67	10	3	8	30	26	4	4	13	24	41	-13	35		4-1	1-0
20	Norwich City	42	13	7	22	49	73	9	7	5	34	25	4	0	17	15	48	-24	33	Relegated	2-1	1-1
21	Leicester City	42	13	6	23	40	67	7	5	9	20	23	6	1	14	20	44	-27	32	Relegated	5-0	1-1
22	Crystal Palace	42	6	7	29	47	83	6	4	11	32	37	0	3	18	15	46	-36	19	Relegated	3-0	3-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 16, 1980	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-2	Loss	43,398	18
2	Wed Aug 20, 1980	Birmingham City	H	2-1	Win	26,561	14	Ponte (?), Birtles (?)
3	Sat Aug 23, 1980	Everton	A	0-0	Draw	25,981	13
4	Sat Aug 30, 1980	Stoke City	H	5-0	Win	21,915	6	Birtles (?, ?), Wallace (?, ?), Robertson (?)
5	Sat Sep 06, 1980	Middlesbrough	A	0-0	Draw	17,119	6
6	Sat Sep 13, 1980	Manchester City	H	3-2	Win	23,184	4	Bowyer (?), Birtles (?), Wallace (?)
7	Sat Sep 20, 1980	Leicester City	H	5-0	Win	27,145	2	Gray (?), Birtles (?, ?), Robertson (? pen), Mills (?)
8	Sat Sep 27, 1980	Arsenal	A	0-1	Loss	29,801	5
9	Sat Oct 04, 1980	Manchester United	H	1-2	Loss	29,801	8	Wallace (?)
10	Wed Oct 08, 1980	Sunderland	A	2-2	Draw	30,515	9	Bowyer (?), Mills (?)
11	Sat Oct 11, 1980	Brighton and Hove Albion	A	1-0	Win	17,420	6	Wallace (?)
12	Sat Oct 18, 1980	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	Win	25,096	5	Bowyer (?), Mills (?)
13	Wed Oct 22, 1980	Leeds United	H	2-1	Win	25,033	5	Burns (?), Wallace (?)
14	Sat Oct 25, 1980	Norwich City	A	1-1	Draw	17,849	4	Robertson (?)
15	Sat Nov 01, 1980	Southampton	H	2-1	Win	24,669	3	Ward (?), Robertson (?)
16	Sat Nov 08, 1980	Liverpool	A	0-0	Draw	43,143	3
17	Tue Nov 11, 1980	Birmingham City	A	0-2	Loss	22,433	4
18	Sat Nov 15, 1980	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-3	Loss	25,400	7
19	Sat Nov 22, 1980	Ipswich Town	H	1-2	Loss	24,423	8	Wallace (?)
20	Sat Nov 29, 1980	Coventry City	A	1-1	Draw	15,171	8	Wallace (?)
21	Sat Dec 06, 1980	Crystal Palace	H	3-0	Win	20,223	8	Gray (?), Ward (?), Walsh (?)
22	Sat Dec 13, 1980	Leeds United	A	0-1	Loss	21,882	8
23	Sat Dec 20, 1980	Sunderland	H	3-1	Win	23,151	7	Ponte (?), Francis (?), Walsh (?)
24	Fri Dec 26, 1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	4-1	Win	31,588	5	Gray (?), Ponte (?), Brazier (? OG), Palmer (? OG)
25	Sat Dec 27, 1980	Aston Villa	H	2-2	Draw	33,930	5	O'Neill (?), Francis (?)
26	Sat Jan 10, 1981	Ipswich Town	A	0-2	Loss	25,701	7
27	Sat Jan 31, 1981	Everton	H	1-0	Win	25,611	8	Burns (?)
28	Sat Feb 07, 1981	Manchester City	A	1-1	Draw	39,524	8	Francis (?)
29	Wed Feb 18, 1981	Stoke City	A	2-1	Win	17,305	6	Walsh (?), Doyle (? OG)
30	Sat Feb 21, 1981	Arsenal	H	3-1	Win	25,357	6	Burns (?), O'Neill (?, ?)
31	Sat Feb 28, 1981	Leicester City	A	1-1	Draw	26,608	5	Walsh (?)
32	Tue Mar 03, 1981	Middlesbrough	H	1-0	Win	19,690	4	Burns (?)
33	Sat Mar 14, 1981	Brighton and Hove Albion	H	4-1	Win	20,688	3	Burns (?), Wallace (?), Mills (?), Robertson (?)
34	Wed Mar 18, 1981	Manchester United	A	1-1	Draw	38,205	3	Wallace (?)
35	Sat Mar 21, 1981	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-2	Loss	19,269	6	Mills (?)
36	Sat Mar 28, 1981	Norwich City	H	2-1	Win	22,353	3	Francis (?, ?)
37	Sat Apr 04, 1981	Southampton	A	0-2	Loss	22,712	6
38	Sat Apr 11, 1981	Liverpool	H	0-0	Draw	27,363	6
39	Sat Apr 18, 1981	Aston Villa	A	0-2	Loss	34,707	8
40	Mon Apr 20, 1981	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1-0	Win	19,711	6	Francis (?)
41	Sat Apr 25, 1981	Crystal Palace	A	3-1	Win	12,138	4	Aas (?), Wallace (?), Gray (?)
42	Sat May 02, 1981	Coventry City	H	1-1	Draw	21,511	5	Robertson (?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 03, 1981	Bolton Wanderers	3			H	3-3	Draw	-	Ponte (?), Francis (?, ?)
Tue Jan 06, 1981	Bolton Wanderers	3	Y	1	A	1-0	Win	-	Francis (?)
Sat Jan 24, 1981	Manchester United	4			H	1-0	Win	34,110	Francis (?)
Sat Feb 14, 1981	Bristol City	5			H	2-1	Win	-	Wallace (?), Robertson (?)
Sat Mar 07, 1981	Ipswich Town	Quarter			H	3-3	Draw	-	Francis (?), Walsh (?), Robertson (?)
Tue Mar 10, 1981	Ipswich Town	Quarter	Y	1	A	0-1	Loss	-

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Aug 27, 1980	Peterborough United	2	1	H	3-0	Win	-	Gray (?), Birtles (?), Robertson (?)
Wed Sep 03, 1980	Peterborough United	2	2	A	1-1	Draw	-	Mills (?)
Tue Sep 23, 1980	Bury	3		A	7-0	Win	-	Anderson (?, ?), Ponte (?, ?, ?), Birtles (?), Mills (?)
Tue Oct 28, 1980	Watford	4		A	1-4	Loss	-	Wallace (?)

European Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 17, 1980	CSKA Sofia	Bulgaria	1	2	A	0-1	Loss	70,000
Wed Oct 01, 1980	CSKA Sofia	Bulgaria	1	1	H	0-1	Loss	25,818

Super Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Tue Nov 25, 1980	Valencia	Spain	Final	H	2-1	Win	12,463	Bowyer (57, 89)
Wed Dec 17, 1980	Valencia	Spain	Final	A	0-1	Loss	29,038

Intercontinental Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Feb 11, 1981	Nacional Montevideo	Uruguay		A	0-1	Loss	70,000

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon May 04, 1981	Mansfield Town	Final	H	2-1	Win	-	Ward (?), Gray (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Jul 23, 1980	Vancouver Whitecaps	Canada	A	1-1	Draw	-	McGovern (?)
Fri Jul 25, 1980	Tampa Bay Rowdies	USA	A	0-0	Draw	-
Sun Jul 27, 1980	Colombia XI	USA	A	0-5	Loss	-
Thu Jul 31, 1980	Toronto Blizzard	Canada	A	3-1	Win	-	Bowyer (?), Wallace (?), Ponte (?)
Tue Aug 05, 1980	P Mulligan XI		A	3-2	Win	-	Wallace (?, ?), Birtles (?)
Fri Aug 08, 1980	Alkmaar AZ67	Netherlands	N	1-2	Loss	-	Birtles (62)
Sun Aug 10, 1980	Bayern Munich	Germany	N	0-3	Loss	-
Mon Aug 11, 1980	Grasshoppers Zurich	Switzerland	A	0-0	Draw	-

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Sep 08, 1980	Notts County	England	A	3-2	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Mon Oct 13, 1980	Tampa Bay Rowdies	USA	H	7-1	Win	-	Needham (?, ?), Mills (?, ?, ?), Ponte (?), Burns (?)
Wed Dec 10, 1980	Grantham Town	England	A	6-1	Win	-	Francis (?, ?, ?), Walsh (?), Ward (?), Anderson (?)
Sun Jan 11, 1981	Paris St Germain	France	A	0-2	Loss	11,000
Thu Jan 15, 1981	Torquay United	England	A	-		-
Wed Feb 04, 1981	Red Star Belgrade	Yugoslavia	H	1-3	Loss	-	Francis (?)
Tue Apr 07, 1981	Kettering Town	England	A	5-2	Win	-	Robertson (? pen, ? pen), Wallace (?, ?), Francis (?)
Tue Apr 14, 1981	Cardiff City	Wales	A	2-1	Win	-	Robertson (?, ?)
Sun May 10, 1981	Real Madrid	Spain	A	0-2	Loss	-
Tue May 19, 1981	Real Mallorca	Spain	A	5-1	Win	-	Mills (?), Wallace (?, ?), Ward (?), Gray (? pen)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Thu May 07, 1981	Notts County	England	H	3-1	Win	-	Ward (?, ?), Needham (?)

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (9)				Out (5)
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
	Jurgen Rober	Bought			John O'Hare	Sold
	Lee Smelt	Bought			Lee Smelt	Sold
	Stephen Kendal	Bought			Martin O'Neill	Sold
Aug 16, 1980	Ian Wallace	Bought	£1,250,000	Feb 11, 1981	Larry Lloyd	Sold
Aug 16, 1980	Raimondo Ponte	Bought		Mar 28, 1981	Raimondo Ponte	Sold
Oct 01, 1980	Peter Ward	Bought
Apr 04, 1981	Einer Aas	Bought
Aug 29, 1981	Mark Proctor	Bought	£384,000
Dec 12, 1981	Willie Young	Bought

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Lee Smelt	1			1
GK		Peter Shilton	54	25	14	15
GK		Steve Sutton	2		1	1
D		Larry Lloyd	27	11	6	10					1
D		Stephen Kendal
D		Viv Anderson	44	21	11	12	2			2
M		Brynn Gunn	33	15	10	8
M		Chris Fairclough
M		Einer Aas	6	2	2	2	1
M		Frank Gray	54	24	15	15	4	1		1
M		Kenny Burns	42	18	11	13	5			1			Player Of The Year (2nd time)
M		Raimondo Ponte	32	14	8	10	7			4	7
M		Willie Young
F		Calvin Plummer
F		Colin Walsh	21	11	5	5	5			2	1
F		David Needham	23	9	5	9				1
F		Garry Birtles	14	6	3	5	8						Sold to Man Utd in October
F		Gary Mills	33	15	9	9	7			3	4
F		Ian Bowyer	28	11	7	10	5			2	2		Sold to Sunderland in Jan 1981
F		Ian Wallace	49	22	13	14	13			1
F		John McGovern	36	15	10	11
F		John O'Hare	1	1
F		John Robertson	52	22	15	15	9	1		1
F		Jurgen Rober
F		Mark Proctor
F		Martin O'Neill	33	16	6	11	3			1	3
F		Peter Ward	20	7	5	8	2			1	4
F		Steve Hodge
F		Stuart Gray	18	7	6	5	1			1
F		Trevor Francis	26	12	7	7	11			2
		C Smith (1980)
		Nigel Thrower
		Steve Sutton (1980)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
13	Ian Wallace	49
11	Trevor Francis	26
9	John Robertson	52
8	Garry Birtles	14
7	Gary Mills	33
7	Raimondo Ponte	32
5	Colin Walsh	21
5	Ian Bowyer	28
5	Kenny Burns	42
4	Frank Gray	54
3	Martin O'Neill	33
2	Peter Ward	20
2	Viv Anderson	44
1	Einer Aas	6
1	Stuart Gray	18

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1980-81

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Brighton and Hove Albion	Sat Oct 11, 1980	A	1-0	Sat Mar 14, 1981	H	4-1
Crystal Palace	Sat Dec 06, 1980	H	3-0	Sat Apr 25, 1981	A	3-1
Stoke City	Sat Aug 30, 1980	H	5-0	Wed Feb 18, 1981	A	2-1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Fri Dec 26, 1980	A	4-1	Mon Apr 20, 1981	H	1-0