Football League Second Division 1980/81

Football League Second Division 1980/81
master	West Ham United
European Cup Winners' Cup	Swansea City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers	West Ham United, Notts County , Swansea City
Relegated	Preston North End , Bristol City , Bristol Rovers
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,073  (ø 2.32 per game)
Top scorer	David Cross ( West Ham United )
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The Football League Second Division 1980/81 was the 78th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 16, 1980 and ended on May 8, 1981.

West Ham United became second division champions and the second and third placed Notts County and Swansea City also rose to the Football League First Division . The three first division clubs Norwich City , Leicester City and Crystal Palace, ranked in the table below, took the places for the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1981/82 . Preston North End , Bristol City and the Bristol Rovers had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winners Rotherham United and behind them FC Barnsley and Charlton Athletic took the vacant positions in the following season 1981/82 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	West Ham United (P)	42	28	10	4th	079:290	+50	66:18
2.	Notts County	42	18th	17th	7th	049:380	+11	53:31
3.	Swansea City	42	18th	14th	10	064:440	+20	50:34
4th	Blackburn Rovers (N)	42	16	18th	8th	042:290	+13	50:34
5.	Luton Town	42	18th	12	12	061:460	+15	48:36
6th	Derby County (A)	42	15th	15th	12	057:520	+5	45:39
7th	Grimsby Town (N)	42	15th	15th	12	044:420	+2	45:39
8th.	Queens Park Rangers	42	15th	13	14th	056:460	+10	43:41
9.	Watford FC	42	16	11	15th	050:450	+5	43:41
10.	Sheffield Wednesday (N)	42	17th	8th	17th	053:510	+2	42:42
11.	Newcastle United	42	14th	14th	14th	030:450	−15	42:42
12.	Chelsea FC	42	14th	12	16	046:410	+5	40:44
13.	Cambridge United	42	17th	6th	19th	053:650	−12	40:44
14th	Shrewsbury Town	42	11	17th	14th	046:470	−1	39:45
15th	Oldham Athletic	42	12	15th	15th	039:480	−9	39:45
16.	Wrexham AFC	42	12	14th	16	043:450	−2	38:46
17th	FC Orient	42	13	12	17th	052:560	−4	38:46
18th	Bolton Wanderers (A)	42	14th	10	18th	061:660	−5	38:46
19th	Cardiff City	42	12	12	18th	044:600	−16	36:48
20th	Preston North End	42	11	14th	17th	041:620	−21	36:48
21st	Bristol City (A)	42	7th	16	19th	029:510	−22	30:54
22nd	Bristol Rovers	42	5	13	24	034:650	−31	23:61

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1981/82

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1981/82

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1981/82 and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1981/82 as a Welsh Cup winner

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1979/80
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1979/80

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1980/81	BLA	BOL	BRC	BRR	CAM	CAR	CHE	OF THE	GRI	LUT	NEW	NOC	OLD	ORI	PNE	QPR	SHW	SHR	SWA	WAT	WHU	WRE
Blackburn Rovers		0-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	2: 3	1: 1	1-0	2-0	3-0	3-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1: 1
Bolton Wanderers	1: 2		1: 1	2-0	6: 1	4: 2	2: 3	3: 1	1: 1	0: 3	4-0	3-0	2-0	3: 1	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	0: 2	1: 4	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1
Bristol City	2-0	3: 1		0-0	0: 1	0-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	0: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 2
Bristol Rovers	0: 1	2: 1	0-0		0: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	2: 4	0-0	1: 1	0-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 2	3: 3	1: 1	1: 2	3: 1	0: 1	0: 1
Cambridge United	0-0	2: 3	2: 1	1: 3		2-0	0: 1	3-0	5: 1	1: 3	2: 1	1: 2	3: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	0: 2	3: 1	3: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1-0
Cardiff City	1: 2	1: 1	2: 3	2: 1	1: 2		0: 1	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 2	4: 2	1: 3	1-0	0-0	2: 2	3: 3	1-0	0-0	1-0
Chelsea FC	0-0	2-0	0-0	2-0	3-0	0: 1		1: 3	3-0	0: 2	6-0	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	3-0	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	2: 2
Derby County	2: 2	1-0	1-0	2: 1	0: 3	1: 1	3: 2		2: 1	2: 2	2-0	2: 2	4: 1	1: 1	1: 2	3: 3	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2-0	0: 1
Grimsby Town	0-0	4-0	1-0	2-0	3: 1	0: 1	2-0	0: 1		0-0	0-0	2: 1	0-0	2-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 5	1-0
Luton Town	3: 1	2: 2	3: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 2	2-0	1: 2	0: 2		0: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2: 1	4: 2	3-0	3-0	1: 1	2: 2	1-0	3: 2	1: 1
Newcastle United	0-0	2: 1	0-0	0-0	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1		1: 1	0-0	3: 1	2-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	0-0	0: 1
Notts County	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	3: 1	2-0	4: 2	1: 1	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0		0: 2	1-0	0-0	2: 1	2-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1
Oldham Athletic	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0	0-0	0: 2	1: 2	0-0	0-0	0: 1		0: 1	1: 1	1-0	2-0	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 3
FC Orient	1: 1	2: 2	3: 1	2: 2	3-0	2: 2	0: 1	1-0	2-0	0-0	1: 1	0: 2	2: 3		4-0	4-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	2: 1
Preston North End	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	2-0	3: 1	1-0	0: 3	2: 4	1-0	2: 3	2: 2	1: 2	3-0		3: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 3	2: 1	0-0	1: 1
Queens Park Rangers	1: 1	3: 1	4-0	4-0	5-0	2-0	1-0	3: 1	1-0	3: 2	1: 2	1: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 1		1: 2	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	0: 1
Sheffield Wednesday	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	4: 1	4: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0	1: 2	3: 1	2-0	1: 2	3-0	2: 2	3-0	1-0		1: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 1
Shrewsbury Town	1: 1	1: 2	4-0	3: 1	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	1-0	1-0	0: 1	1-0	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2	3-0	3: 3	2-0		0-0	2: 1	0: 2	1: 2
Swansea City	2-0	3-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	3: 1	1-0	2: 2	4-0	1: 1	3-0	0: 2	3-0	1: 2	2: 3	2: 1		1-0	1: 3	3: 1
Watford FC	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	3: 1	0-0	4: 2	2: 3	1: 1	3: 1	0: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 1		1: 2	1-0
West Ham United	2-0	2: 1	5-0	2-0	4: 2	1-0	4-0	3: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1-0	4-0	1: 1	2: 1	5-0	3-0	2: 1	3-0	2-0	3: 2		1-0
Wrexham AFC	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	0-0	0: 1	0: 4	2: 2	0: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 1	3: 2	3: 1	0: 1	1: 1	4-0	1: 2	1: 1	0: 1	2: 2

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	David Cross	West Ham United	22nd

Web links

• England 1980-81. (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ^ English League Leading Goalscorers. (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1980/81 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 10, 2018 .