# Engels voetbalkampioenschap 1980/81

1980/81 was het 83ste seizoen in de Engelse voetbalcompetitie. Aston Villa werd landskampioen.

## Prijzen

| Competitie | Winnaar | Runner-up |
| First Division | Aston Villa | Ipswich Town |
| Second Division | West Ham United | Notts County |
| Third Division | Rotherham United | Barnsley |
| Fourth Division | Southend United | Lincoln City |
| FA Cup | Tottenham Hotspur | Manchester City |
| League Cup | Liverpool | West Ham United |
| Charity Shield | Liverpool | West Ham United |
| Home Championship | Noord-Ierland | Engeland |

## First Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 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 & 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 |

### Uitslagen

| Thuis (beneden) / Uit (rechts) | ARS | AST | BIR | B&H | COV | CPA | EVE | IPS | LEE | LEI | LIV | MNC | MNU | MID | NOR | NOT | SOT | STO | SUN | TOT | WBA | WOL |
| Arsenal | | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 |
| Aston Villa | 1 - 1 | | 3 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 |
| Birmingham City | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | | 2 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | | 4 - 1 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 0 |
| Coventry City | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 3 | | 3 - 1 | 0 - 5 | 0 - 4 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 |
| Crystal Palace | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 0 - 3 | | 2 - 3 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 5 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 4 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 |
| Everton | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 4 - 3 | 3 - 0 | 5 - 0 | | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 0 |
| Ipswich Town | 0 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 5 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 4 - 0 | | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 4 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 1 |
| Leeds United | 0 - 5 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 3 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 3 |
| Leicester City | 1 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 1 | | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 0 |
| Liverpool | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 2 | | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 1 - 0 |
| Manchester City | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 0 - 3 | | 1 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 4 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 |
| Manchester United | 0 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 |
| Middlesbrough | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 1 | | 6 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 |
| Norwich City | 1 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 5 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 2 | 1 - 1 |
| Nottingham Forest | 3 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | | 2 - 1 | 5 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 |
| Southampton | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 3 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | | 1 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 2 |
| Stoke City | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 2 | | 2 - 0 | 2 - 3 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 2 |
| Sunderland | 2 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 0 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 4 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0 | | 1 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 1 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 4 - 1 | 4 - 2 | 2 - 2 | 5 - 3 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 1 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 3 - 2 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 4 | 2 - 2 | 0 - 0 | | 2 - 3 | 2 - 2 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 1 - 2 | 3 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 4 - 2 | | 1 - 1 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 4 - 1 | 1 - 3 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 3 - 0 | 1 - 4 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | |

## Second Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | West Ham United | 42 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 79 | 29 | +50 | 66 |
| 2 | Notts County | 42 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 53 |
| 3 | Swansea City | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 50 |
| 4 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 42 | 29 | +13 | 50 |
| 5 | Luton Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 48 |
| 6 | Derby County | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 45 |
| 7 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 45 |
| 8 | Queen's Park Rangers | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 43 |
| 9 | Watford | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 43 |
| 10 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 42 |
| 11 | Newcastle United | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 45 | -15 | 42 |
| 12 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 40 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 53 | 65 | -12 | 40 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 46 | 47 | -1 | 39 |
| 15 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 39 | 48 | -9 | 39 |
| 16 | Wrexham | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 38 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 56 | -4 | 38 |
| 18 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 61 | 66 | -5 | 38 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 44 | 60 | -16 | 36 |
| 20 | Preston North End | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 41 | 62 | -21 | 36 |
| 21 | Bristol City | 42 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 29 | 51 | -22 | 30 |
| 22 | Bristol Rovers | 42 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 34 | 65 | -31 | 23 |

## Third Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 61 |
| 2 | Barnsley | 46 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 72 | 45 | +27 | 59 |
| 3 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 63 | 44 | +19 | 59 |
| 4 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 40 | +31 | 56 |
| 5 | Chesterfield | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 72 | 48 | +24 | 56 |
| 6 | Portsmouth | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 53 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 52 |
| 8 | Burnley | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 50 |
| 9 | Brentford | 46 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 47 |
| 10 | Reading | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 62 | 62 | +0 | 46 |
| 11 | Exeter City | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 62 | 66 | -4 | 45 |
| 12 | Newport County | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 43 |
| 13 | Fulham | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 57 | 64 | -7 | 43 |
| 14 | Oxford United | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 39 | 47 | -8 | 43 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 46 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 48 | 58 | -10 | 42 |
| 16 | Millwall | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 43 | 60 | -17 | 42 |
| 17 | Swindon Town | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 51 | 56 | -5 | 41 |
| 18 | Chester City | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 38 | 48 | -10 | 41 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 56 | 70 | -14 | 41 |
| 20 | Walsall | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 59 | 74 | -15 | 41 |
| 21 | Sheffield United | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 40 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 65 | -20 | 39 |
| 23 | Blackpool | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 45 | 75 | -30 | 32 |
| 24 | Hull City | 46 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 40 | 71 | -31 | 32 |

## Fourth Division

| | | Wed | W | G | D | DV | DT | DS | Ptn |
| 1 | Southend United | 46 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 79 | 31 | +48 | 67 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 46 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 66 | 25 | +41 | 65 |
| 3 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 56 |
| 4 | Wimbledon | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 64 | 46 | +18 | 55 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 46 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 52 |
| 6 | Aldershot | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 50 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 44 | +14 | 49 |
| 8 | Darlington | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 49 |
| 9 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 49 |
| 10 | Northampton Town | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 65 | 67 | -2 | 49 |
| 11 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 55 | -4 | 47 |
| 12 | Bury | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 70 | 62 | +8 | 45 |
| 13 | Bournemouth | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 47 | 48 | -1 | 45 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 53 | 60 | -7 | 44 |
| 15 | Rochdale | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 60 | 70 | -10 | 43 |
| 16 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 60 | 69 | -9 | 42 |
| 17 | Torquay United | 46 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 55 | 63 | -8 | 41 |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 61 | -13 | 40 |
| 19 | Port Vale | 46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 57 | 70 | -13 | 39 |
| 20 | Stockport County | 46 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 44 | 57 | -13 | 39 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 59 | 73 | -14 | 36 |
| 22 | Hereford United | 46 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 38 | 62 | -24 | 35 |
| 23 | Halifax Town | 46 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 44 | 71 | -27 | 34 |
| 24 | York City | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 47 | 66 | -19 | 33 |
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