Season 1980-1981

Division II


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League Table


                                  P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
1. West Ham United 42 19 1 1 53 12 9 9 3 26 17 66 2. Notts County 42 10 8 3 26 15 8 9 4 23 23 53 3. Swansea City 42 12 5 4 39 19 6 9 6 25 25 50 4. Blackburn Rovers 42 12 8 1 28 7 4 10 7 14 22 50 5. Luton Town 42 10 6 5 35 23 8 6 7 26 23 48 6. Derby County 42 9 8 4 34 26 6 7 8 23 26 45 7. Grimsby Town 42 10 8 3 21 10 5 7 9 23 32 45 8. Queens Park Rangers 42 11 7 3 36 12 4 6 11 20 34 43 9. Watford 42 13 5 3 34 18 3 6 12 16 27 43 10. Sheffield Wednesday 42 14 4 3 38 14 3 4 14 15 37 42 11. Newcastle United 42 11 7 3 22 13 3 7 11 8 32 42 12. Chelsea 42 8 6 7 27 15 6 6 9 19 26 40 13. Cambridge United 42 13 1 7 36 23 4 5 12 17 42 40 14. Shrewsbury Town 42 9 7 5 33 22 2 10 9 13 25 39 15. Oldham Athletic 42 7 9 5 19 16 5 6 10 20 32 39 16. Wrexham 42 5 8 8 22 24 7 6 8 21 21 38 17. Leyton Orient 42 9 8 4 34 20 4 4 13 18 36 38 18. Bolton Wanderers 42 10 5 6 40 27 4 5 12 21 39 38 19. Cardiff City 42 7 7 7 23 24 5 5 11 21 36 36 20. Preston North End 42 8 7 6 28 26 3 7 11 13 36 36 21. Bristol City 42 6 10 5 19 15 1 6 14 10 36 30 22. Bristol Rovers 42 4 9 8 21 24 1 4 16 13 41 23

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League Results

       Date      Opponents             Result  Posn  Attendance  Scorers

 1. Sat 16 Aug  NEWCASTLE UNITED........ 2-0     2     26,164   Andy McCulloch, Kevin Taylor
 2. Tue 19 Aug  Bolton Wanderers........ 0-0     3     15,926   
 3. Sat 23 Aug  Notts County............ 0-2    13     10,246   
 4. Sat 30 Aug  PRESTON NORTH END....... 3-0     3     16,724   Andy McCulloch 2, Jeff King

 5. Sat  6 Sep  Oldham Athletic......... 0-2     9     11,700   
 6. Sat 13 Sep  BRISTOL CITY............ 2-1     6     15,054   Jeff King, John Pearson
 7. Sat 20 Sep  QUEENS PARK RANGERS..... 1-0     5     15,195   John Pearson
 8. Sat 27 Sep  Swansea City............ 3-2     4      9,764   Brian Hornsby, Andy McCulloch
                                                                John Pearson

 9. Sat  4 Oct  Derby County............ 1-3     4     18,554   Andy McCulloch
10. Tue  7 Oct  BLACKBURN ROVERS........ 2-1     4     16,707   Terry Curran, Brian Hornsby
11. Sat 11 Oct  CARDIFF CITY............ 2-0     4     15,396   Brian Hornsby, Andy McCulloch
12. Sat 18 Oct  Bristol Rovers.......... 3-3     5      4,401   Ray Blackhall, David Grant
                                                                Andy McCulloch
13. Tue 21 Oct  Grimsby Town............ 0-0     6     10,298   
14. Sat 25 Oct  LEYTON ORIENT........... 2-2     6     18,018   Andy McCulloch, Ante Mirocevic

15. Sat  1 Nov  Luton Town.............. 0-3     6     12,092   
16. Sat  8 Nov  WREXHAM................. 2-1     6     15,736   Terry Curran 2
17. Tue 11 Nov  BOLTON WANDERERS........ 2-0     4     16,262   Terry Curran, Own Goal
18. Sat 15 Nov  Newcastle United........ 0-1     4     19,161   
19. Sat 22 Nov  Chelsea................. 0-2     4     24,947   
20. Sat 29 Nov  WATFORD................. 1-0     4     14,761   Andy McCulloch

21. Sat  6 Dec  West Ham United......... 1-2     6     30,476   Ante Mirocevic
22. Sat 13 Dec  BRISTOL ROVERS.......... 4-1     5     14,008   Andy McCulloch 2, Terry Curran
                                                                Mark Smith
23. Fri 26 Dec  SHREWSBURY TOWN......... 1-1     6     22,863   John Pearson

24. Sat 10 Jan  CHELSEA................. 0-0     8     25,113   
25. Sat 24 Jan  Cambridge United........ 2-0     7      9,231   Dennis Leman, Mel Sterland
26. Sat 31 Jan  NOTTS COUNTY............ 1-2     9     22,449   Ante Mirocevic

27. Sat  7 Feb  Bristol City............ 0-1    10     11,639   
28. Sat 14 Feb  OLDHAM ATHLETIC......... 3-0     9     16,679   Terry Curran 2, Andy McCulloch
29. Sat 21 Feb  SWANSEA CITY............ 2-0     7     17,887   Andy McCulloch, Mel Sterland
30. Sat 28 Feb  Queens Park Rangers..... 2-1     3     15,104   Kevin Taylor 2

31. Wed  4 Mar  Cardiff City............ 0-0     3      7,002   
32. Sat  7 Mar  DERBY COUNTY............ 0-0     3     28,301   
33. Sat 14 Mar  Blackburn Rovers........ 1-3     5     19,222   Andy McCulloch
34. Sat 28 Mar  Leyton Orient........... 0-2     8      6,561   

35. Sat  4 Apr  LUTON TOWN.............. 3-1     6     17,006   Terry Curran 2, Ante Mirocevic
36. Sat 11 Apr  Wrexham................. 0-4     7      8,001   
37. Tue 14 Apr  Preston North End....... 1-2     7      9,537   Andy McCulloch
38. Sat 18 Apr  CAMBRIDGE UNITED........ 4-1     6     14,315   Andy McCulloch 3, Kevin Taylor
39. Tue 21 Apr  Shrewsbury Town......... 0-2     8      8,118   
40. Tue 28 Apr  GRIMSBY TOWN............ 1-2     9     16,747   Ante Mirocevic

41. Sat  2 May  Watford................. 1-2     9     12,351   Kevin Taylor
42. Fri  8 May  WEST HAM UNITED......... 0-1    10     21,087   

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FA Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 3   Sat  3 Jan  Newcastle United........ 1-2     22,499   John Pearson

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League Cup Results


Rnd     Date      Opponents             Result  Attendance  Scorers

 1L1 Sat  9 Aug  SHEFFIELD UNITED........ 2-0     23,989   Jeff Johnson, Kevin Taylor
 1L2 Tue 12 Aug  Sheffield United........ 1-1     25,588   Terry Curran
     Wednesday won 3-1 on aggregate            

 2L1 Tue 26 Aug  Wimbledon............... 1-2      3,549   Gordon Owen
 2L2 Tue  2 Sep  WIMBLEDON............... 3-1     15,151   Terry Curran, David Grant
     Wednesday won 4-3 on aggregate            Gordon Owen

 3   Tue 23 Sep  WATFORD................. 1-2     14,085   John Pearson

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Appearances

                            LEAGUE        FA CUP      LEAGUE CUP       TOTAL      
 Player                   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals   Apps  Goals
Ray Blackhall              41      1      1      0      5      0     47      1
Mark Smith                 41      1      1      0      5      0     47      1
Andy McCulloch             39     18      1      0      5      0     45     18
Bob Bolder                 39      0      1      0      3      0     43      0
Terry Curran               35/1    9      1      0      4      2     40/1   11
David Grant                35      1      1      0      4      1     40      2
Jeff Johnson               33/1    0      1      0      3      1     37/1    1
Kevin Taylor               29/1    5      0      0      4      1     33/1    6
Peter Shirtliff            28      0      1      0      0      0     29      0
Jeff King                  20      2      0      0      5      0     25      2
Ante Mirocevic             22/3    5      0/1    0      0      0     22/4    5
Mel Sterland               21/1    2      1      0      0      0     22/1    2
Mike Pickering             15      0      0      0      5      0     20      0
Dennis Leman               16      1      1      0      0      0     17      1
Ian Mellor                 13/6    0      0      0      2      0     15/6    0
Brian Hornsby              12/2    3      0      0      0      0     12/2    3
Gordon Owen                 4/2    0      0      0      5      2      9/2    2
John Pearson                7/8    4      1      1      1      1      9/8    6
Charlie Williamson          8      0      0      0      1      0      9      0
Brian Cox                   3      0      0      0      2      0      5      0
John Lowey                  0      0      0      0      1      0      1      0
Trevor Matthewson           1      0      0      0      0      0      1      0
Phil Campbell               0/1    0      0      0      0      0      0/1    0
Gavin Oliver                0/2    0      0      0      0/1    0      0/3    0
Paul Shirtliff              0/1    0      0      0      0      0      0/1    0

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