Football League First Division  1980/81

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1st	Aston Villa	42	26	8	8	72	40	+32	60	Champions ♦EC
2nd	Ipswich Town	42	23	10	9	77	43	+34	56	Runners Up ♦UC
3rd	Arsenal	42	19	15	8	61	45	+16	53	♦UC
4th	West Bromwich Albion	42	20	12	10	60	42	+18	52	♦UC
5th	Liverpool	42	17	17	8	62	42	+20	51	♦EC
6th	Southampton	42	20	10	12	76	56	+20	50	♦UC
7th	Nottingham Forest	42	19	12	11	62	44	+18	50	-
8th	Manchester United	42	15	18	9	51	36	+15	48	-
9th	Leeds United	42	17	10	15	39	47	-8	44	-
10th	Tottenham Hotspur	42	14	15	13	70	68	+2	43	♦ECWC
11th	Stoke City	42	12	18	12	51	60	-9	42	-
12th	Manchester City	42	14	11	17	56	59	-3	39	-
13th	Birmingham City	42	13	12	17	50	61	-11	38	-
14th	Middlesbrough	42	16	5	21	53	61	-8	37	-
15th	Everton	42	13	10	19	55	58	-3	36	-
16th	Coventry City	42	13	10	19	48	68	-20	36	-
17th	Sunderland	42	14	7	21	52	53	-1	35	-
18th	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	13	9	20	43	55	-12	35	-
19th	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	7	21	54	67	-13	35	-
20th	Norwich City	42	13	7	22	49	73	-24	33	▼Relegated
21st	Leicester City	42	13	6	23	40	67	-27	32	▼Relegated
22nd	Crystal Palace	42	6	7	29	47	83	-36	19	▼Relegated

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