# Third Division 1980-1981

La Third Division 1980-1981 è stato il 54º campionato inglese di calcio di terza divisione.

## Squadre partecipanti

| Squadra | Città | Stadio | Stagione precedente |
| Barnsley | Barnsley | Oakwell | 11º posto in Third Division |
| Blackpool | Blackpool | Bloomfield Road | 18º posto in Third Division |
| Brentford | Londra (Hounslow) | Griffin Park | 19º posto in Third Division |
| Burnley | Burnley | Turf Moor | 21º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Carlisle United | Carlisle | Brunton Park | 6º posto in Third Division |
| Charlton Athletic | Londra (Charlton) | The Valley | 22º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Chester | Chester | Sealand Road | 9º posto in Third Division |
| Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Saltergate | 4º posto in Third Division |
| Colchester United | Colchester | Layer Road | 5º posto in Third Division |
| Exeter City | Exeter | St James Park | 8º posto in Third Division |
| Fulham | Londra (Hammersmith and Fulham) | Craven Cottage | 20º posto in Second Division, retrocesso |
| Gillingham | Gillingham | Priestfield Stadium | 16º posto in Third Division |
| Huddersfield Town | Huddersfield | Leeds Road | 1º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Hull City | Kingston upon Hull | Boothferry Park | 20º posto in Third Division |
| Millwall | Londra (Bermondsey) | The Den | 14º posto in Third Division |
| Newport County | Newport | Somerton Park | 3º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Oxford United | Oxford | Manor Ground | 17º posto in Third Division |
| Plymouth Argyle | Plymouth | Home Park | 15º posto in Third Division |
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Fratton Park | 4º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |
| Reading | Reading | Elm Park | 7º posto in Third Division |
| Rotherham United | Rotherham | Millmoor | 13º posto in Third Division |
| Sheffield Utd | Sheffield | Bramall Lane | 12º posto in Third Division |
| Swindon Town | Swindon | County Ground | 10º posto in Third Division |
| Walsall | Walsall | Fellows Park | 2º posto in Fourth Division, promosso |

## Classifica finale

| Pos. | Squadra | Pt | G | V | N | P | GF | GS | DR |
| 1 | Rotherham Utd | 61 | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 62 | 32 | +30 |
| 2 | Barnsley | 59 | 46 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 72 | 45 | +27 |
| 3 | Charlton | 59 | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 63 | 44 | +19 |
| 4 | Huddersfield Town | 56 | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 40 | +31 |
| 5 | Chesterfield | 56 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 72 | 48 | +24 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 53 | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 47 | +8 |
| 7 | Plymouth | 52 | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 56 | 44 | +12 |
| 8 | Burnley | 50 | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 60 | 48 | +12 |
| 9 | Brentford | 47 | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 52 | 49 | +3 |
| 10 | Reading | 46 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 62 | 62 | +0 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 45 | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 62 | 66 | -4 |
| 12 | Newport County | 43 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 64 | 61 | +3 |
| 13 | Fulham | 43 | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 57 | 64 | -7 |
| 14 | Oxford Utd | 43 | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 39 | 47 | -8 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 42 | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 48 | 58 | -10 |
| 16 | Millwall | 42 | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 43 | 60 | -17 |
| 17 | Swindon Town | 41 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 51 | 56 | -5 |
| 18 | Chester | 41 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 48 | -10 |
| 19 | Carlisle Utd | 41 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 56 | 70 | -14 |
| 20 | Walsall | 41 | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 59 | 74 | -15 |
| 21 | Sheffield Utd | 40 | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 65 | 63 | +2 |
| 22 | Colchester Utd | 39 | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 65 | -20 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 32 | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 45 | 75 | -30 |
| 24 | Hull City | 32 | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 40 | 71 | -31 |
Legenda:
    Promosso in Second Division 1981-1982.
    Retrocesso in Fourth Division 1981-1982.
Regolamento:
    Due punti a vittoria, uno a pareggio, zero a sconfitta.
    A parità di punti le squadre venivano classificate secondo la differenza reti.

## Risultati
### Tabellone

| | BAR | BLP | BRE | BUR | CLS | CHA | CHE | CHF | COL | EXE | FUL | GIL | HUD | HUL | MIL | NPC | OXF | PLY | POR | REA | ROT | SHU | SWI | WAL |
| Barnsley | | 2-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 3-0 |
| Blackpool | 1-0 | | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Brentford | 1-1 | 2-0 | | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 |
| Burnley | 0-1 | 4-1 | 2-0 | | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Carlisle United | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | | 1-2 | 3-0 | 2-6 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Chester | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4-0 | | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Chesterfield | 0-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-0 | | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 |
| Colchester United | 2-2 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | | 1-2 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Exeter City | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 4-0 | | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-3 |
| Fulham | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 |
| Gillingham | 1-1 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1-0 | | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Huddersfield Town | 1-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 4-2 | 1-0 | | 5-0 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| Hull City | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| Millwall | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 3-1 | 0-1 |
| Newport County | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 4-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 4-0 | 2-1 | | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 |
| Oxford United | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 3-0 | | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Portsmouth | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 5-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Reading | 3:2 | 3:0 | 0:0 | 1:3 | 3:1 | 1:3 | 3:0 | 2:3 | 1:0 | 2:1 | 0:0 | 0:1 | 2:1 | 2:0 | 4:1 | 1:1 | 0:1 | 1:1 | 2:1 | | 1:1 | 1:0 | 4:1 | 2:0 |
| Rotherham United | 2-0 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 2-0 | | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 |
| Sheffield United | 1-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | | 3-0 | 0-1 |
| Swindon Town | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 5-2 | | 3-1 |
| Walsall | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 2-1 | |