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1980–81 Football League

The Football League
Season 1980–81
Champions Aston Villa
Football League, First Division
Season 1980–81
Champions Aston Villa (7th English title)
Relegated Crystal Palace,
Leicester City,
Norwich City
European Cup 1981–82 Aston Villa,
Liverpool
FA Cup winners
European Cup Winners' Cup 1981–82
Tottenham Hotspur (6th FA Cup title)
UEFA Cup 1981–82 Arsenal,
Ipswich Town,
Southampton,
West Bromwich Albion
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1228 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer Peter Withe (Aston Villa), 20
Steve Archibald (Tottenham Hotspur), 20
Biggest home win MiddlesbroughNorwich 6–1 (4 Oct 1980)
EvertonCrystal Palace 5–0 (20 Sep 1980)
Manchester UnitedLeicester 5–0 (13 Sep 1980)
Nottingham ForestLeicester 5–0 (20 Sep 1980)
Nottingham ForestStoke 5–0 (30 Aug 1980)
Biggest away win CoventryEverton 0–5 (27 Sep 1980)
Leeds UnitedArsenal 0–5 (8 Nov 1980)
Highest scoring TottenhamIpswich Town 5–3 (17 Dec 1980)
TottenhamSouthampton 4–4 (26 Dec 1980)
Football League, Second Division
Season 1980–81
Champions West Ham United (2nd title)
Promoted Notts County,
Swansea City
Relegated Bristol City,
Bristol Rovers,
Preston North End
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1073 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer David Cross (West Ham United), 22
Biggest home win ChelseaNewcastle 6–0 (25 Oct 1980)
Biggest away win

Grimsby TownWest Ham 1–5 (11 Apr 1981)


WrexhamChelsea 0–4 (15 Nov 1980)
Highest scoring BoltonCambridge United 6–1 (1 Nov 1980)
Football League, Third Division
Season 1980–81
Champions Rotherham United (1st title)
Promoted Barnsley,
Charlton Athletic
Relegated Blackpool,
Colchester United,
Hull City,
Sheffield United
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1337 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer Tony Kellow (Exeter City), 25
Football League, Fourth Division
Season 1980–81
Champions Southend United (1st title)
Promoted Doncaster Rovers,
Lincoln City,
Wimbledon
Failed re-election None
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1364 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer Alan Cork (Wimbledon), 23

The 19801981 season was the 82nd completed season of The Football League.

Ron Saunders completed Aston Villa's revival, as they ended their 71-year wait for the league championship trophy. They competed in a two-horse race with Ipswich Town during the final stages of the season before pipping the Suffolk side at the post. Liverpool slipped into fifth place but compensated for this downfall by lifting the European Cup and their first-ever League Cup. But Manchester United failed to make the top five and this shortcoming cost Dave Sexton his manager's job. He was succeeded by Ron Atkinson, who had just finished fourth in the league and reached the UEFA Cup quarterfinals with an impressive West Bromwich Albion side — who would suffer a rapid decline after Atkinson's departure.

Crystal Palace endured a dreadful season with just six wins. They were joined in the Second Division by also-doomed Norwich City and Leicester City.

FA Cup holders West Ham United regained their First Division status by lifting the Second Division championship trophy. They were joined by Notts County and Swansea City, completing a meteoric rise under John Toshack, from the Fourth Division to the First in just four years.


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