1980–81 Aston Villa F.C. season
First Division
Columns: Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance
16 August 1980 | Leeds United | Elland Road | 2–1 | 23401 | 20 August 1980 | Norwich City | Villa Park | 1–0 | 25970 | 23 August 1980 | Manchester City | Maine Road | 2–2 | 30017 | 30 August 1980 | Coventry City | Villa Park | 1–0 | 26050 | 6 September 1980 | Ipswich Town | Portman Road | 0–1 | 23192 | 13 September 1980 | Everton | Villa Park | 0–2 | 25673 | 20 September 1980 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Villa Park | 2–1 | 26181 | 27 September 1980 | Crystal Palace | Selhurst Park | 1–0 | 18398 | 4 October 1980 | Sunderland | Villa Park | 4–0 | 26914 | 8 October 1980 | Manchester United | Old Trafford | 3–3 | 38831 | 11 October 1980 | Birmingham City | St Andrew's | 2–1 | 33879 | 18 October 1980 | Tottenham Hotspur | Villa Park | 3–0 | 30940 | 22 October 1980 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Villa Park | 4–1 | 27367 | 25 October 1980 | Southampton | The Dell | 2–1 | 21249 | 1 November 1980 | Leicester City | Villa Park | 2–0 | 29953 | 8 November 1980 | West Bromwich Albion | The Hawthorns | 0–0 | 34195 | 12 November 1980 | Norwich City | Carrow Road | 3–1 | 17050 | 15 November 1980 | Leeds United | Villa Park | 1–1 | 29106 | 22 November 1980 | Liverpool | Anfield | 1–2 | 48114 | 29 November 1980 | Arsenal | Villa Park | 1–1 | 30140 | 6 December 1980 | Middlesbrough | Ayresome Park | 1–2 | 15597 | 11 December 1980 | Birmingham City | Villa Park | 3–0 | 41101 | 20 December 1980 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Goldstone Ground | 0–1 | 16425 | 26 December 1980 | Stoke City | Villa Park | 1–0 | 34658 | 27 December 1980 | Nottingham Forest | City Ground | 2–2 | 33930 | 10 January 1981 | Liverpool | Villa Park | 2–0 | 47960 | 17 January 1981 | Coventry City | Highfield Road | 2–1 | 27020 | 31 January 1981 | Manchester City | Villa Park | 1–0 | 33682 | 7 February 1981 | Everton | Goodison Park | 3–1 | 31434 | 21 February 1981 | Crystal Palace | Villa Park | 2–1 | 27203 | 28 February 1981 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Molineux | 1–0 | 34693 | 7 March 1981 | Sunderland | Roker Park | 2–1 | 27278 | 14 March 1981 | Manchester United | Villa Park | 3–3 | 42182 | 21 March 1981 | Tottenham Hotspur | White Hart Lane | 0–2 | 35091 | 23 March 1981 | Southampton | Villa Park | 2–1 | 32467 | 4 April 1981 | Leicester City | Filbert Street | 4–2 | 26032 | 8 April 1981 | West Bromwich Albion | Villa Park | 1–0 | 47998 | 14 April 1981 | Ipswich Town | Villa Park | 1–2 | 47495 | 18 April 1981 | Nottingham Forest | Villa Park | 2–0 | 34707 | 20 April 1981 | Stoke City | Victoria Ground | 1–1 | 23511 | 25 April 1981 | Middlesbrough | Villa Park | 3–0 | 38018 | 2 May 1981 | Arsenal | Highbury | 0–2 | 57472