1980-81 Seasons | First Division | Competitions
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | G | W‑D‑L | GF‑GA | Pts | |
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| Aston Villa | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 4-0 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 4-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 42 | 26‑8‑8 | 72‑40 | 60 |
| Ipswich Town | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-5 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 42 | 23‑10‑9 | 77‑43 | 56 |
| Arsenal | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 42 | 19‑15‑8 | 61‑45 | 53 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 42 | 20‑12‑10 | 60‑42 | 52 |
| Liverpool | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 3-0 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 42 | 17‑17‑8 | 62‑42 | 51 |
| Southampton | 2-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 4-4 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-2 | 42 | 20‑10‑12 | 76‑56 | 50 |
| Nottingham Forest | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 42 | 19‑12‑11 | 62‑44 | 50 |
| Manchester United | 3-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 42 | 15‑18‑9 | 51‑36 | 48 |
| Leeds United | 1-2 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 42 | 17‑10‑15 | 39‑47 | 44 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2-0 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 4-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 5-3 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 42 | 14‑15‑13 | 70‑68 | 43 |
| Stoke City | 1-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-5 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-4 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 42 | 12‑18‑12 | 51‑60 | 42 |
| Manchester City | 0-2 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 42 | 14‑11‑17 | 56‑59 | 39 |
| Birmingham City | 3-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 4-0 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 42 | 13‑12‑17 | 50‑61 | 38 |
| Middlesbrough | 0-3 | 3-0 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 6-1 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 42 | 16‑5‑21 | 53‑61 | 37 |
| Everton | 1-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 5-0 | 5-0 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 3-0 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 42 | 13‑10‑19 | 55‑58 | 36 |
| Coventry City | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 0-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3-0 | 0-3 | 0-4 | 1-4 | 4-1 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 42 | 13‑10‑19 | 48‑68 | 36 |
| Sunderland | 3-1 | 4-0 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3-0 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 42 | 14‑7‑21 | 52‑53 | 35 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0-2 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 4-1 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 42 | 13‑9‑20 | 43‑55 | 35 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-4 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 1-3 | 4-1 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 2-0 | 42 | 14‑7‑21 | 54‑67 | 35 |
| Norwich City | 5-1 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 1-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-0 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-4 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 2-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 42 | 13‑7‑22 | 49‑73 | 33 |
| Leicester City | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-5 | 0-5 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 3-3 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 42 | 13‑6‑23 | 40‑67 | 32 |
| Crystal Palace | 0-3 | 3-4 | 5-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 4-1 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 42 | 6‑7‑29 | 47‑83 | 19 |
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