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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		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		1-2	0-2
3	Arsenal	42	19	15	8	61	45	13	8	0	36	17	6	7	8	25	28	16	53		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		2-1	1-2
5	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	62	42	13	5	3	38	15	4	12	5	24	27	20	51		0-0	0-0
6	Southampton	42	20	10	12	76	56	15	4	2	47	22	5	6	10	29	34	20	50		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		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		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		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		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 (?)

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