Football League First Division 1980/1981

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD	Result
1	Aston Villa	42	26	8	8	72 - 40	60	+32	Champion (Champions League)
2	Ipswich Town	42	23	10	9	77 - 43	56	+34	Vice-champion (UEFA Cup)
3	Arsenal London	42	19	15	8	61 - 45	53	+16	UEFA Cup
4	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	12	10	60 - 42	52	+18	UEFA Cup
5	Liverpool FC	42	17	17	8	62 - 42	51	+20	Champions League place (last winner)
6	Southampton	42	20	10	12	76 - 56	50	+20	UEFA Cup
7	Nottingham Forest	42	19	12	11	62 - 44	50	+18
8	Manchester United	42	15	18	9	51 - 36	48	+15
9	Leeds United	42	17	10	15	39 - 47	44	-8
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	15	13	70 - 68	43	+2	Cup Winner Cup (cup winner)
11	Stoke City FC	42	12	18	12	51 - 60	42	-9
12	Manchester City FC	42	14	11	17	56 - 59	39	-3
13	Birmingham City	42	13	12	17	50 - 61	38	-11
14	Middlesbrough	42	16	5	21	53 - 61	37	-8
15	Everton	42	13	10	19	55 - 58	36	-3
16	Coventry City	42	13	10	19	48 - 68	36	-20
17	Sunderland	42	14	7	21	52 - 53	35	-1
18	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	42	13	9	20	43 - 55	35	-12
19	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	14	7	21	54 - 67	35	-13
20	Norwich City	42	13	7	22	49 - 73	33	-24	Relegated
21	Leicester City	42	13	6	23	40 - 67	32	-27	Relegated
22	Crystal Palace	42	6	7	29	47 - 83	19	-36	Relegated
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

Football League First Division 1980/1981: final table of First division