Football League First Division  1981/82

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1st	Liverpool	42	26	9	7	80	32	+48	87	Champions ♦EC
2nd	Ipswich Town	42	26	5	11	75	53	+22	83	Runners Up ♦UC
3rd	Manchester United	42	22	12	8	59	29	+30	78	♦UC
4th	Tottenham Hotspur	42	20	11	11	67	48	+19	71	♦ECWC
5th	Arsenal	42	20	11	11	48	37	+11	71	♦UC
6th	Swansea City	42	21	6	15	58	51	+7	69	♦ECWC
7th	Southampton	42	19	9	14	72	67	+5	66	♦UC-
8th	Everton	42	17	13	12	56	50	+6	64	-
9th	West Ham United	42	14	16	12	66	57	+9	58	-
10th	Manchester City	42	15	13	14	49	50	-1	58	-
11th	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	55	53	+2	57	♦EC
12th	Nottingham Forest	42	15	12	15	42	48	-6	57	-
13th	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	13	13	16	43	52	-9	52	-
14th	Coventry City	42	13	11	18	56	62	-6	50	-
15th	Notts County	42	13	8	21	61	69	-8	47	-
16th	Birmingham City	42	10	14	18	53	61	-8	44	-
17th	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	11	20	46	57	-11	44	-
18th	Stoke City	42	12	8	22	44	63	-19	44	-
19th	Sunderland	42	11	11	20	38	58	-20	44	-
20th	Leeds United	42	10	12	20	39	61	-22	42	▼Relegated
21st	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	10	22	32	63	-31	40	▼Relegated
22nd	Middlesbrough	42	8	15	19	34	52	-18	39	▼Relegated

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