Football : Season Details : 1981

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

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Position	Club	Points	History	Notes
1	Aston Villa	60	4-6
2	Ipswich Town	56	2-13	UEFA-W
3	Arsenal	53	2-55
4	West Bromwich Albion	52	6-5
5	Liverpool	51	4-19	EC-W; LC-W
6	Southampton	50	2-3
7	Nottingham Forest	50	5-4
8	Manchester United	48	6-6
9	Leeds United	44	5-17
10	Tottenham Hotspur	43	5-3	FAC-W
11	Stoke City	42	6-2
12	Manchester City	39	7-15	FAC-F
13	Birmingham City	38	8-1
14	Middlesbrough	37	4-7
15	Coventry City	36	1-14
16	Everton	36	3-27
17	Sunderland	35	4-1
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	4-4
19	Brighton and Hove Albion	35	1-2
20	Norwich City	33	2-6
21	Leicester City	32	7-1
22	Crystal Palace	19	2-2

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; UEFA UEFA Cup; W Winners - F Finalists

League Cup Final	Liverpool 1 West Ham United 1 aet
League Cup Final Replay	Liverpool 2 West Ham United 1
FA Cup Final	Tottenham Hotspur 1 Manchester City 1 aet
FA Cup Final Replay	Tottenham Hotspur 3 Manchester City 2

European Cup Final	Liverpool 1 Real Madrid 0
UEFA Cup Final First Leg	Ipswich Town 3 AZ-67 0
UEFA Cup Final Second Leg	AZ-67 4 Ipswich Town 2 (agg 4 - 5)
Cup Winners Cup Final	Dynamo Tblisi 2 Carl Zeiss Jena 1

aet After Extra Time : agg Aggregate Score

History

Liverpool reached a record 6th European final. They won the European Cup for the third time and also won the League Cup (their first). Between February 1978 and January 1981 Liverpool completed 63 home matches in the league without defeat. This record would be broken in 2020.

Aston Villa won their first Championship since 1910.

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