1980–81 FA Cup

1980–81 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Final positions
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur
Runner-up	Manchester City
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The FA Cup 1980–81 was the 100th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The final saw Tottenham Hotspur defeat Manchester City in the first ever Wembley replay. The final also saw a memorable solo goal from Ricky Villa which was later voted the greatest goal ever scored at Wembley^[1]

First round proper

The first round of games were played on 22 November 1980. Replays were played mainly on 25 and 26 November, with a couple of games on 1 December.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Enfield	3–0	Wembley	22 November 1980
2	Blackpool	4–0	Fleetwood Town	22 November 1980
3	Chester	1–2	Barnsley	22 November 1980
4	Darlington	0–2	Bury	22 November 1980
5	Barnet	2–2	Minehead	22 November 1980
Replay	Minehead	1–2	Barnet	25 November 1980
6	Burnley	1–0	Scarborough	22 November 1980
7	Yeovil Town	2–1	Farnborough Town	22 November 1980
8	Reading	1–2	Fulham	22 November 1980
9	Walsall	3–0	Stafford Rangers	22 November 1980
10	Gillingham	2–1	Dagenham	22 November 1980
11	Northwich Victoria	1–1	Huddersfield Town	22 November 1980
Replay	Huddersfield Town	6–0	Northwich Victoria	25 November 1980
12	Lincoln City	1–0	Gateshead	22 November 1980
13	Swindon Town	3–2	Weymouth	22 November 1980
14	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	York City	22 November 1980
Replay	York City	1–2	Tranmere Rovers	25 November 1980
15	Stockport County	0–0	Sheffield United	22 November 1980
Replay	Sheffield United	3–2	Stockport County	25 November 1980
16	Wycombe Wanderers	0–3	Bournemouth	22 November 1980
17	Kidderminster Harriers	1–1	Millwall	22 November 1980
Replay	Millwall	1–0	Kidderminster Harriers	25 November 1980
18	Brentford	2–2	Addlestone & Weybridge Town	22 November 1980
Replay	Brentford	2–0	Addlestone & Weybridge Town	25 November 1980
19	Northampton Town	1–4	Peterborough United	22 November 1980
20	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Newport County	22 November 1980
21	Hull City	2–1	Halifax Town	22 November 1980
22	Wimbledon	7–2	Windsor & Eton	22 November 1980
23	Southend United	0–1	Hereford United	22 November 1980
24	Exeter City	5–0	Leatherhead	22 November 1980
25	Scunthorpe United	3–1	Hartlepool United	22 November 1980
26	Blyth Spartans	2–1	Burton Albion	22 November 1980
27	Mansfield Town	3–1	Rochdale	22 November 1980
28	Port Vale	4–2	Bradford City	22 November 1980
29	Torquay United	2–0	Barton Rovers	22 November 1980
30	Workington	0–0	Carlisle United	22 November 1980
Replay	Carlisle United	4–1	Workington	1 December 1980
31	Kettering Town	1–1	Maidstone United	22 November 1980
Replay	Maidstone United	0–0	Kettering Town	26 November 1980
Replay	Maidstone United	3–1	Kettering Town	1 December 1980
32	Wigan Athletic	2–2	Chesterfield	22 November 1980
Replay	Chesterfield	2–0	Wigan Athletic	25 November 1980
33	Boston United	0–4	Rotherham United	22 November 1980
34	Harlow Town	0–2	Charlton Athletic	22 November 1980
35	Colchester United	3–0	Portsmouth	22 November 1980
36	Gravesend & Northfleet	1–2	St Albans City	22 November 1980
37	Burscough	1–2	Altrincham	22 November 1980
38	Mossley F.C.	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	22 November 1980
39	Sutton Coldfield Town	0–2	Doncaster Rovers	22 November 1980
40	Oxford United	1–0	Aldershot	22 November 1980

Second Round Proper

The second round of games were intended to be played on 13 December 1980. Replays took place over 16–17 December with second replays needed in two cases.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Enfield	2–0	Hereford United	13 December 1980
2	Barnet	0–1	Peterborough United	13 December 1980
3	Burnley	1–1	Port Vale	13 December 1980
Replay	Port Vale	2–0	Burnley	16 December 1980
4	Bury	2–0	Lincoln City	13 December 1980
5	Gillingham	0–0	Maidstone United	13 December 1980
Replay	Maidstone United	0–0	Gillingham	16 December 1980
Replay	Gillingham	0–2	Maidstone United	22 December 1980
6	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Blackpool	13 December 1980
7	Sheffield United	1–1	Chesterfield	13 December 1980
Replay	Chesterfield	1–0	Sheffield United	16 December 1980
8	Tranmere Rovers	0–3	Huddersfield Town	13 December 1980
9	Fulham	1–0	Brentford	13 December 1980
10	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Oxford United	13 December 1980
11	Millwall	0–1	Exeter City	13 December 1980
12	Hull City	1–1	Blyth Spartans	13 December 1980
Replay	Blyth Spartans	2–2	Hull City	16 December 1980
Replay	Hull City	2–1	Blyth Spartans	22 December 1980
13	Carlisle United	3–0	Walsall	13 December 1980
14	Wimbledon	2–0	Swindon Town	13 December 1980
15	St Albans City	1–1	Torquay United	13 December 1980
Replay	Torquay United	4–1	St Albans City	17 December 1980
16	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Altrincham	13 December 1980
Replay	Altrincham	1–0	Scunthorpe United	15 December 1980
17	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Bournemouth	13 December 1980
18	Rotherham United	0–1	Barnsley	13 December 1980
19	Colchester United	1–1	Yeovil Town	13 December 1980
Replay	Yeovil Town	0–2	Colchester United	17 December 1980
20	Mossley F.C.	1–3	Mansfield Town	13 December 1980

Third round proper

The third round of games in the FA Cup were played on 3 January 1981. Replays took place over 6–7 January with second replays needed in two cases.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Bury	1–1	Fulham	3 January 1981
Replay	Fulham	0–0	Bury	6 January 1981
Replay	Bury	0–1	Fulham	12 January 1981
2	Liverpool	4–1	Altrincham	3 January 1981
3	Preston North End	3–4	Bristol Rovers	3 January 1981
4	Southampton	3–1	Chelsea	3 January 1981
5	Leicester City	3–0	Cardiff City	3 January 1981
6	Notts County	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	3 January 1981
7	Nottingham Forest	3–3	Bolton Wanderers	3 January 1981
Replay	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Nottingham Forest	6 January 1981
8	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	Grimsby Town	3 January 1981
9	Derby County	0–0	Bristol City	3 January 1981
Replay	Bristol City	2–0	Derby County	7 January 1981
10	Everton	2–0	Arsenal	3 January 1981
11	Ipswich Town	1–0	Aston Villa	3 January 1981
12	Newcastle United	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	3 January 1981
13	Manchester City	4–0	Crystal Palace	3 January 1981
14	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	3 January 1981
Replay	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	7 January 1981
15	Barnsley	2–1	Torquay United	3 January 1981
16	Maidstone United	2–4	Exeter City	3 January 1981
17	West Ham United	1–1	Wrexham	3 January 1981
Replay	Wrexham	0–0	West Ham United	6 January 1981
Replay	Wrexham	1–0	West Ham United	19 January 1981
18	Manchester United	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	3 January 1981
Replay	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	Manchester United	7 January 1981
19	Norwich City	1–0	Cambridge United	3 January 1981
20	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Charlton Athletic	3 January 1981
21	Hull City	1–0	Doncaster Rovers	3 January 1981
22	Wimbledon	0–0	Oldham Athletic	3 January 1981
Replay	Oldham Athletic	0–1	Wimbledon	6 January 1981
23	Huddersfield Town	0–3	Shrewsbury Town	3 January 1981
24	Mansfield Town	2–2	Carlisle United	3 January 1981
Replay	Carlisle United	2–1	Mansfield Town	6 January 1981
25	Port Vale	1–1	Enfield	3 January 1981
Replay	Enfield	3–0	Port Vale	6 January 1981
26	Leeds United	1–1	Coventry City	3 January 1981
Replay	Coventry City	1–0	Leeds United	6 January 1981
27	Stoke City	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3 January 1981
Replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Stoke City	6 January 1981
28	Peterborough United	1–1	Chesterfield	3 January 1981
Replay	Chesterfield	1–2	Peterborough United	6 January 1981
29	Colchester United	0–1	Watford	3 January 1981
30	Birmingham City	1–1	Sunderland	3 January 1981
Replay	Sunderland	1–2	Birmingham City	7 January 1981
31	Orient	1–3	Luton Town	3 January 1981
32	Swansea City	0–5	Middlesbrough	3 January 1981

Fourth Round Proper

The fourth round of games were mainly played on 24 January 1981. Replays were played on 27 and 28 January.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Southampton	3–1	Bristol Rovers	24 January 1981
2	Watford	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	24 January 1981
Replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Watford	27 January 1981
3	Leicester City	1–1	Exeter City	24 January 1981
Replay	Exeter City	3–1	Leicester City	28 January 1981
4	Notts County	0–1	Peterborough United	24 January 1981
5	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Manchester United	24 January 1981
6	Middlesbrough	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	24 January 1981
7	Everton	2–1	Liverpool	24 January 1981
8	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Ipswich Town	24 January 1981
Replay	Ipswich Town	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	27 January 1981
9	Wrexham	2–1	Wimbledon	24 January 1981
10	Newcastle United	2–1	Luton Town	24 January 1981
11	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Hull City	24 January 1981
12	Manchester City	6–0	Norwich City	24 January 1981
13	Fulham	1–2	Charlton Athletic	24 January 1981
14	Barnsley	1–1	Enfield	24 January 1981
Replay	Enfield	0–3	Barnsley	28 January 1981
15	Coventry City	3–2	Birmingham City	24 January 1981
16	Carlisle United	1–1	Bristol City	24 January 1981
Replay	Bristol City	5–0	Carlisle United	28 January 1981

Fifth Round Proper

The fifth set of games were all played on 14 February 1981. Two replays were played on 17 and 18 February.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Southampton	0–0	Everton	14 February 1981
Replay	Everton	1–0	Southampton	17 February 1981
2	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Bristol City	14 February 1981
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Wrexham	14 February 1981
4	Middlesbrough	2–1	Barnsley	14 February 1981
5	Ipswich Town	2–0	Charlton Athletic	14 February 1981
6	Newcastle United	1–1	Exeter City	14 February 1981
Replay	Exeter City	4–0	Newcastle United	18 February 1981
7	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Coventry City	14 February 1981
8	Peterborough United	0–1	Manchester City	14 February 1981

Sixth Round Proper

The sixth round of FA Cup games were played on 7 March 1981. There were three replays, taken place over 10–11 March.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Date
1	Nottingham Forest	3–3	Ipswich Town	7 March 1981
Replay	Ipswich Town	1–0	Nottingham Forest	10 March 1981
2	Middlesbrough	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7 March 1981
Replay	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Middlesbrough	10 March 1981
3	Everton	2–2	Manchester City	7 March 1981
Replay	Manchester City	3–1	Everton	11 March 1981
4	Tottenham Hotspur	2–0	Exeter City	7 March 1981

Semi-Finals

The matches were both played on 11 April 1981, with a replay on 15 April. Tottenham and Manchester City were victorious and reached the Final.

Manchester City v Ipswich Town

11 April 1981

Manchester City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Ipswich Town
Power

Villa Park, Birmingham

11 April 1981

Tottenham Hotspur	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Archibald 4' Hoddle 44'		Hibbitt 5' Carr 90' (pen)

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Replay

15 April 1981

Tottenham Hotspur	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Crooks Crooks Villa

Highbury, London

Final

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Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

9 May 1981

Tottenham Hotspur	1–1 (a.e.t)	Manchester City
Hutchison 79' (o.g.)	(Report)	Hutchison 30'

Wembley, London
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Keith Hackett (South Yorkshire)

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester City



GK	1	Milija Aleksic
LB	2	Chris Hughton
CB	3	Paul Miller
CB	4	Graham Roberts
RB	5	Steve Perryman (c)
CM	6	Ricardo Villa	68'
CM	7	Osvaldo Ardiles
CF	8	Steve Archibald
LM	9	Tony Galvin
CM	10	Glenn Hoddle
CF	11	Garth Crooks
Substitute:
MF	12	Garry Brooke	68'
Manager:
Keith Burkinshaw



GK	1	Joe Corrigan
RB	2	Ray Ranson
LB	3	Bobby McDonald
CB	4	Nicky Reid
LM	5	Paul Power (c)
CB	6	Tommy Caton
CF	7	Dave Bennett
CM	8	Gerry Gow
CM	9	Steve MacKenzie
RM	10	Tommy Hutchison	105'
CF	11	Kevin Reeves
Substitute:
MF	12	Tony Henry	105'
Manager:
John Bond

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
One substitute.

Replay

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City

14 May 1981

Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Manchester City
Villa 8', 76' Crooks 70'	(Report)	MacKenzie 11' Reeves 50' (pen.)

Wembley, London
Attendance: 92,000
Referee: Keith Hackett (Sheffield)

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester City



GK	1	Milija Aleksic
LB	2	Chris Hughton
CB	3	Paul Miller
CB	4	Graham Roberts
CM	5	Ricardo Villa
RB	6	Steve Perryman (c)
RM	7	Osvaldo Ardiles
CF	8	Steve Archibald
LM	9	Tony Galvin
CM	10	Glenn Hoddle
CF	11	Garth Crooks
Substitute:
MF	12	Garry Brooke
Manager:
Keith Burkinshaw



GK	1	Joe Corrigan
RB	2	Ray Ranson
LB	3	Bobby McDonald	79'
CB	4	Nicky Reid
LM	5	Paul Power (c)
CB	6	Tommy Caton
CF	7	Dave Bennett
CM	8	Gerry Gow
CM	9	Steve MacKenzie
RM	10	Tommy Hutchison
CF	11	Kevin Reeves
Substitute:
MF	12	Dennis Tueart	79'
Manager:
John Bond

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Replay if scores still level.
One substitute.

References

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External links

The FA Cup at TheFA.com
FA Cup at BBC.co.uk
FA Cup news at Reuters.co.uk

↑ The Independent, 15 September 2000

[1] The Independent, 15 September 2000

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Second Round Proper

Third round proper

Fourth Round Proper

Fifth Round Proper

Sixth Round Proper

Semi-Finals

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