Football : Season Details : 1980

Final English Top Division Football (soccer) Table and Cup Final(s)

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Liverpool	60	4-18
2	Manchester United	58	6-5
3	Ipswich Town	53	2-12
4	Arsenal	52	2-54	CWC-F; FAC-F
5	Nottingham Forest	48	5-3	EC-W; LC-F
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers	47	4-3	LC-W
7	Aston Villa	46	4-5
8	Southampton	45	2-2
9	Middlesbrough	44	4-6
10	West Bromwich Albion	41	6-4
11	Leeds United	40	5-16
12	Norwich City	40	2-5
13	Crystal Palace	40	2-1
14	Tottenham Hotspur	40	5-2
15	Coventry City	39	1-13
16	Brighton and Hove Albion	37	1-1
17	Manchester City	37	7-14
18	Stoke City	36	6-1
19	Everton	35	3-26
20	Bristol City	31	2-4
21	Derby County	30	5-11
22	Bolton Wanderers	25	7-2

Legend and Abbreviations
Points: 2 for a win : 1 for a draw. Clubs: Blue Qualified for Europe Red Relegated
History is in the form A-B: A is the number of occasions that the club has been in the Top Division. B is the current number of consecutive seasons in the Top Division.
Notes: FAC FA Cup; LC League Cup; EC European Cup; CWC Cup Winners Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Nottingham Forest 0
FA Cup Final	West Ham United 1 Arsenal 0

European Cup Final	Nottingham Forest 1 SV Hamburg 0
UEFA Cup Final First Leg	Borussia Moenchengladbach 3 Eintracht Frankfurt 2
UEFA Cup Final Second Leg	Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Borussia Moenchengladbach 0 awg: E Frankfurt
Cup Winners Cup Final	Valencia 0 Arsenal 0 aet (pens: 5 - 4)

awg Won by Away Goals : aet After Extra Time : pens Penalties

History

Liverpool won the Championship for the 12th time. They also completed a run of 8 season finishing in the top two of the League, setting a new record.

Nottingham Forest became the second English club to retain the European Cup. They remain the only European Cup winners to have won that trophy more times than their national League Championship.

They also became the first club to play in three consecutive League Cup finals.

Arsenal became the first club since 1888 to play in three consecutive FA Cup finals.

West Ham United won the FA Cup becoming the third second level club to do so since 1973 and 1976. This was the third all-London FA Cup final.

After their FA Cup final defeat, Arsenal lost the Cup Winners Cup final on penalties.

Brighton and Hove Albion made their top division debut.

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