Division 11980/1981

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1228 (2.66 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 40

Red cards : 1

53%
Home victories

26%
Draws

22%
Away victories

Players age average : 25.67 years

Number of players participating : 487

Promoted : Sunderland, Birmingham City, Leicester

Relegated to lower tier : Bolton Wanderers, Derby County, Bristol City

Division 1 1980/1981's fixtures and results

Round 16

General rankingLast updated on 19/05/1981

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Aston Villa	60	42	26	8	8	72	40	+32
2	Ipswich Town	56	42	23	10	9	77	43	+34
3	Arsenal	53	42	19	15	8	61	45	+16
4	WBA	52	42	20	12	10	60	42	+18
5	Liverpool	51	42	17	17	8	62	42	+20
6	Southampton	50	42	20	10	12	76	56	+20
7	Nottingham	50	42	19	12	11	62	44	+18
8	Man United	48	42	15	18	9	51	36	+15
9	Leeds United	44	42	17	10	15	39	47	-8
10	Tottenham	43	42	14	15	13	70	68	+2
11	Stoke City	42	42	12	18	12	51	60	-9
12	Manchester City	39	42	14	11	17	56	59	-3
13	Birmingham City	38	42	13	12	17	50	61	-11
14	Middlesbrough	37	42	16	5	21	53	61	-8
15	Everton	36	42	13	10	19	55	58	-3
16	Coventry	36	42	13	10	19	48	68	-20
17	Sunderland	35	42	14	7	21	52	53	-1
18	Wolverhampton	35	42	13	9	20	43	55	-12
19	Brighton & Hove	35	42	14	7	21	54	67	-13
20	Norwich City	33	42	13	7	22	49	73	-24
21	Leicester	32	42	13	6	23	40	67	-27
22	Crystal Palace	19	42	6	7	29	47	83	-36

Latest transfers

March 15, 1981
Einar Jan Aas ( Bayern)		Nottingham

March 12, 1981
Bruce Grobbelaar ( The Caps)		Liverpool
Chris Woods ( QPR)		Norwich

March 10, 1981
David Price ( Arsenal)		Palace
Peter Nicholas ( Palace)		Arsenal

March 01, 1981
Brian Bason ( Plymouth)		Palace
Steve Walford ( Arsenal)		Norwich
Alan Ball ( Blackpool)		Southampton

February 25, 1981
Martin O'Neill ( Nottingham)		Norwich

February 10, 1981
Stephen Lynex ( Birmingham)		Leicester

February 01, 1981
Dario Gradi mana.( Free)		Palace

All transfers

One match scorers

Justin Fashanuhas scored 3 goals during the match Norwich City 5-1 Stoke City (16/08/1980)

John Hawleyhas scored 3 goals during the match Manchester City 0-4 Sunderland (20/08/1980)

Clive Allenhas scored 3 goals during the match Crystal Palace 5-2 Middlesbrough (23/08/1980)

Bob Latchfordhas scored 3 goals during the match Everton 5-0 Crystal Palace (20/09/1980)

Gordon Smithhas scored 3 goals during the match Coventry 3-3 Brighton & Hove (04/10/1980)

Mike Flanaganhas scored 3 goals during the match Crystal Palace 3-2 Southampton (21/10/1980)

Garth Crookshas scored 3 goals during the match Tottenham 4-2 Crystal Palace (12/11/1980)

Lee Chapmanhas scored 3 goals during the match Stoke City 3-1 Norwich City (15/11/1980)

David Hodgsonhas scored 3 goals during the match Middlesbrough 4-1 Tottenham (20/12/1980)

Lee Chapmanhas scored 3 goals during the match Leeds United 1-3 Stoke City (14/02/1981)

Thomas Englishhas scored 3 goals during the match Coventry 4-1 Leicester (14/03/1981)

Tom Ritchiehas scored 3 goals during the match Sunderland 3-0 Birmingham City (18/04/1981)

James Melrosehas scored 3 goals during the match Norwich City 2-3 Leicester (02/05/1981)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 15/04/2025 at 12:13

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	Home	Away	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Steve Archibald	20	0	180	3600	41	40	12	8	20	0	29%	21/03/1981
Peter Withe	20	1	162	3240	36	36	11	9	10	10	29%	25/04/1981
Michael Robinson	19	0	199	3780	42	42	13	6	18	1	35%	25/04/1981
Justin Fashanu	19	0	187	3555	40	40	15	4	18	1	40%	02/05/1981
Gary Shaw	18	0	198	3555	40	40	11	7	4	14	26%	25/04/1981
John Wark	18	4	200	3600	40	40	12	6	18	0	24%	13/05/1981
Steve Moran	18	0	153	2745	31	30	8	10	16	2	24%	13/05/1981
Alan Brazil	17	0	177	3015	35	35	9	8	17	0	23%	13/05/1981
Frank Worthington	16	1	193	3087	36	36	8	8	14	2	33%	31/03/1981
Garth Crooks	16	0	199	3191	40	40	12	4	16	0	23%	04/04/1981
Lee Chapman	15	0	243	3645	41	41	8	7	8	7	29%	18/04/1981
Joe Jordan	15	0	193	2889	33	33	6	9	9	6	31%	25/04/1981
Peter Eastoe	15	0	241	3612	42	41	9	6	9	6	27%	02/05/1981
Cyrille Regis	14	0	241	3375	38	38	9	5	14	0	24%	20/04/1981
Frank Stapleton	14	0	257	3600	40	40	8	6	14	0	24%	25/04/1981

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Man United	VEverton 0-1 28/03/1981	V 1-0 Crystal Palace04/04/1981	VCoventry 0-2 11/04/1981	VLiverpool 0-1 14/04/1981	V 2-1 WBA18/04/1981	V 1-0 Norwich City25/04/1981
2	Arsenal	VBrighton & Hove 0-1 04/04/1981	D 0-0 Leeds United11/04/1981	VIpswich Town 0-2 18/04/1981	V 3-2 Crystal Palace20/04/1981	VWolverhampton 1-2 25/04/1981	V 2-0 Aston Villa02/05/1981
3	Brighton & Hove	L 0-1 Arsenal04/04/1981	LMiddlesbrough 1-0 11/04/1981	VCrystal Palace 0-3 18/04/1981	V 2-1 Leicester20/04/1981	VSunderland 1-2 25/04/1981	V 2-0 Leeds United02/05/1981
4	Norwich City	V 2-0 Manchester City04/04/1981	VEverton 0-2 11/04/1981	VTottenham 2-3 18/04/1981	V 1-0 Ipswich Town20/04/1981	LMan United 1-0 25/04/1981	L 2-3 Leicester02/05/1981
5	Stoke City	LLiverpool 3-0 03/04/1981	V 2-0 Sunderland11/04/1981	DCoventry 2-2 18/04/1981	D 1-1 Aston Villa20/04/1981	VEverton 0-1 25/04/1981	V 3-2 Wolverhampton02/05/1981
6	WBA	V 3-1 Ipswich Town04/04/1981	LAston Villa 1-0 08/04/1981	LMan United 2-1 18/04/1981	V 2-1 Sunderland20/04/1981	V 4-2 Tottenham02/05/1981	DLeeds United 0-0 06/05/1981
7	Aston Villa	V 1-0 WBA08/04/1981	L 1-2 Ipswich Town14/04/1981	V 2-0 Nottingham18/04/1981	DStoke City 1-1 20/04/1981	V 3-0 Middlesbrough25/04/1981	LArsenal 2-0 02/05/1981
8	Leeds United	V 3-0 Coventry04/04/1981	DArsenal 0-0 11/04/1981	D 0-0 Liverpool18/04/1981	VBirmingham City 0-2 21/04/1981	LBrighton & Hove 2-0 02/05/1981	D 0-0 WBA06/05/1981
9	Liverpool	L 0-1 Man United14/04/1981	DLeeds United 0-0 18/04/1981	DTottenham 1-1 25/04/1981	L 0-1 Sunderland02/05/1981	VMiddlesbrough 1-2 05/05/1981	V 1-0 Manchester City19/05/1981
10	Leicester	DManchester City 3-3 31/03/1981	L 2-4 Aston Villa04/04/1981	D 2-2 Southampton18/04/1981	LBrighton & Hove 2-1 20/04/1981	V 1-0 Birmingham City25/04/1981	VNorwich City 2-3 02/05/1981
11	Southampton	LAston Villa 2-1 28/03/1981	V 2-0 Nottingham04/04/1981	DLeicester 2-2 18/04/1981	D 1-1 Tottenham20/04/1981	LCoventry 1-0 25/04/1981	VIpswich Town 2-3 13/05/1981
12	Coventry	LLeeds United 3-0 04/04/1981	L 0-2 Man United11/04/1981	D 2-2 Stoke City18/04/1981	VMiddlesbrough 0-1 21/04/1981	V 1-0 Southampton25/04/1981	DNottingham 1-1 02/05/1981
13	Nottingham	LSouthampton 2-0 04/04/1981	D 0-0 Liverpool11/04/1981	LAston Villa 2-0 18/04/1981	V 1-0 Wolverhampton20/04/1981	VCrystal Palace 1-3 25/04/1981	D 1-1 Coventry02/05/1981
14	Manchester City	LNorwich City 2-0 04/04/1981	VWolverhampton 1-3 18/04/1981	V 3-1 Everton20/04/1981	LIpswich Town 1-0 25/04/1981	D 1-1 Crystal Palace02/05/1981	LLiverpool 1-0 19/05/1981
15	Sunderland	L 0-1 Wolverhampton04/04/1981	LStoke City 2-0 11/04/1981	V 3-0 Birmingham City18/04/1981	LWBA 2-1 20/04/1981	L 1-2 Brighton & Hove25/04/1981	VLiverpool 0-1 02/05/1981
16	Middlesbrough	V 1-0 Brighton & Hove11/04/1981	LEverton 4-1 18/04/1981	L 0-1 Coventry21/04/1981	LAston Villa 3-0 25/04/1981	V 2-1 Ipswich Town02/05/1981	L 1-2 Liverpool05/05/1981
17	Ipswich Town	VAston Villa 1-2 14/04/1981	L 0-2 Arsenal18/04/1981	LNorwich City 1-0 20/04/1981	V 1-0 Manchester City25/04/1981	LMiddlesbrough 2-1 02/05/1981	L 2-3 Southampton13/05/1981
18	Everton	L 0-2 Norwich City11/04/1981	V 4-1 Middlesbrough18/04/1981	LManchester City 3-1 20/04/1981	L 0-1 Stoke City25/04/1981	DBirmingham City 1-1 02/05/1981	DWolverhampton 0-0 04/05/1981
19	Wolverhampton	L 1-3 Manchester City18/04/1981	LNottingham 1-0 20/04/1981	L 1-2 Arsenal25/04/1981	V 1-0 Tottenham30/04/1981	LStoke City 3-2 02/05/1981	D 0-0 Everton04/05/1981
20	Crystal Palace	LMan United 1-0 04/04/1981	V 3-1 Birmingham City11/04/1981	L 0-3 Brighton & Hove18/04/1981	LArsenal 3-2 20/04/1981	L 1-3 Nottingham25/04/1981	DManchester City 1-1 02/05/1981
21	Birmingham City	V 2-1 Middlesbrough04/04/1981	LCrystal Palace 3-1 11/04/1981	LSunderland 3-0 18/04/1981	L 0-2 Leeds United21/04/1981	LLeicester 1-0 25/04/1981	D 1-1 Everton02/05/1981
22	Tottenham	D 2-2 Everton04/04/1981	L 2-3 Norwich City18/04/1981	DSouthampton 1-1 20/04/1981	D 1-1 Liverpool25/04/1981	LWolverhampton 1-0 30/04/1981	LWBA 4-2 02/05/1981

Longest streaksLast updated on 19/04/2025 at 12:46

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Man United	7	7
Aston Villa	7
Ipswich Town	6
Everton	6
Southampton	5
Norwich City	4
Brighton & Hove	4	4
Arsenal	4	4
WBA	4
Birmingham City	3
Tottenham	3
Liverpool	3	2
Nottingham	3
Leeds United	3
Manchester City	3
Sunderland	2
Wolverhampton	2
Middlesbrough	2
Leicester	2	2
Crystal Palace	2
Coventry	2
Stoke City	2	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 19/04/2025 at 12:46

Team \ Rd	33	34	37	39	41	42
Aston Villa	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ipswich Town	2	2	2	2	2	2
Arsenal	3	3	3	3	3	3
WBA	4	4	4	4	4	4
Liverpool	5	5	5	5	5	5
Southampton	6	6	6	6	6	6
Nottingham	7	7	7	7	7	7
Man United	8	8	8	8	8	8
Leeds United	9	9	9	9	9	9
Tottenham	10	10	10	10	10	10
Stoke City	11	11	11	11	11	11
Manchester City	12	12	12	12	12	12
Birmingham City	13	13	13	13	13	13
Middlesbrough	14	14	14	14	14	14
Everton	15	15	15	15	15	15
Coventry	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunderland	17	17	17	17	17	17
Wolverhampton	18	18	18	18	18	18
Brighton & Hove	19	19	19	19	19	19
Norwich City	20	20	20	20	20	20
Leicester	21	21	21	21	21	21
Crystal Palace	22	22	22	22	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 19/04/2025 at 12:46

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	795
Best scorer : John Wark - 18 Goals
16 - 30	54
Best scorer : Peter Withe - 5 Goals
31 - 45+	126
Best scorer : Ian Wallace - 7 Goals
46 - 60	57
Best scorer : Tony Morley - 5 Goals
61 - 75	60
Best scorer : Gary Shaw - 6 Goals
76 - 90+	134
Best scorer : Gary Shaw - 6 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 19/04/2025 at 12:46

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	31 times
1 - 0	91 times
1 - 1	47 times
2 - 0	55 times
2 - 1	75 times
2 - 2	34 times
3 - 0	30 times
3 - 1	32 times
3 - 2	17 times
3 - 3	5 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 0	9 times
4 - 1	15 times
4 - 2	7 times
4 - 3	2 times
4 - 4	1 times
5 - 0	6 times
5 - 1	2 times
5 - 2	1 times
5 - 3	1 times
6 - 1	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 19/04/2025 at 12:46

General statistics by teamLast updated on 15/04/2025 at 12:13

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Crystal Palace	28	33	15	Clive Allen (9 goals)
Norwich City	27	27	13	Justin Fashanu (19 goals)
Leicester	26	27	13	James Melrose (9 goals)
Manchester City	25	33	13	Kevin Reeves (12 goals)
Coventry	24	31	13	Gerry Daly (8 goals)
Tottenham	24	21	14	Steve Archibald (20 goals)
Middlesbrough	24	29	12	Bosko Jankovic (12 goals)
Birmingham City	23	24	10	Frank Worthington (16 goals)
Wolverhampton	23	31	10	John Richards (12 goals)
Southampton	23	31	12	Steve Moran (18 goals)
Man United	23	21	11	Joe Jordan (15 goals)
Liverpool	23	24	14	Terry McDermott (13 goals)
Brighton & Hove	23	22	13	Michael Robinson (19 goals)
Nottingham	22	33	14	Ian Wallace (11 goals)
Sunderland	22	28	12	Gary Rowell (10 goals)
Everton	22	25	12	Peter Eastoe (15 goals)
Leeds United	22	25	11	Carl Harris (10 goals)
Ipswich Town	21	27	11	John Wark (18 goals)
Stoke City	21	25	12	Lee Chapman (15 goals)
Arsenal	20	27	14	Frank Stapleton (14 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 13/04/2025 at 09:12

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Leicester	22.2	Mark Wallington (27 years)	Paul Friar (16 years)
Coventry	22.2	Tommy Hutchison (32 years)	Danny Thomas (18 years)
Crystal Palace	22.4	Gerry Francis (28 years)	Shaun Brooks (17 years)
Sunderland	23.5	Bryan Robson (34 years)	Robert Vincent (17 years)
Brighton & Hove	24.1	Brian Horton (30 years)	Chris Ramsey (17 years)
Ipswich Town	24.3	Allan Hunter (33 years)	Mich d'Avray (17 years)
Middlesbrough	24.3	Micky Burns (33 years)	Colin Ross (17 years)
Manchester City	24.4	Tommy Hutchison (32 years)	Andy May (15 years)
WBA	24.4	John Wile (32 years)	Ian Benjamin (18 years)
Everton	24.4	Asa Hartford (29 years)	Steve McMahon (18 years)
Norwich City	24.6	Duncan Forbes (38 years)	Mark Barham (17 years)
Stoke City	24.6	Michael Doyle (33 years)	David McAughtrie (16 years)
Tottenham	24.9	Terry Yorath (29 years)	Gary O'Reilly (18 years)
Arsenal	25.1	Pat Jennings (34 years)	Paul Davis (18 years)
Man United	25.3	Jimmy Greenhoff (33 years)	Scott McGarvey (16 years)
Aston Villa	25.3	Jimmy Rimmer (31 years)	Gary Shaw (18 years)
Wolverhampton	25.3	Emelyn Hughes (32 years)	John Teasdale (17 years)
Leeds United	25.6	Paul Madeley (35 years)	Martin Dickinson (16 years)
Birmingham City	25.7	Malcolm Page (32 years)	Ian Handysides (17 years)
Nottingham	25.8	Larry Lloyd (31 years)	Colin Walsh (17 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 15/04/2025 at 12:13

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	7249	333	783
Scotland	1806	69	256
Republic of Ireland	586	28	64
Wales	342	18	31
Northern Ireland	286	15	16
Netherlands	100	3	15
Argentina	92	4	9
Serbia	84	4	18
Croatia	24	2	0
Israel	21	3	0
Switzerland	21	1	3
Uruguay	12	1	0
Sweden	10	1	3
Belgium	9	1	0
Norway	7	1	1
Nigeria	6	1	0
Andorra	5	1	1
Poland	3	1	0