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1980–81 Stoke City F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Stoke City
season	1980–81
manager	Alan Durban
chairman	Percy Axon
stadium	Victoria Ground
league	[Football League First Division](1980-81-football-league)
league result	11th (42 Points)
cup1	[FA Cup](1980-81-fa-cup)
cup1 result	Third Round
cup2	[League Cup](1980-81-football-league-cup)
cup2 result	Second Rpund
league topscorer	Lee Chapman
(15)
season topscorer	Lee Chapman
(17)
highest attendance	24,549 vs Manchester United
(4 October 1980)
lowest attendance	10,722 vs Ipswich Town
(23 August 1980)
average attendance	15,580
prevseason	[1979–80](1979-80-stoke-city-f-c-season)
nextseason	[1981–82](1981-82-stoke-city-f-c-season)
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(15) (17) (4 October 1980) (23 August 1980) The 1980–81 season was Stoke City's 74th season in the Football League and 48th in the First Division.

The 1980–81 campaign was a transitional one for Stoke with a number of players coming and going. The team made a poor start and in their first four matches conceded twelve goals. They slowly recovered and were easily able to pull themselves away from any fears of being involved in a relegation battle and finished in a mid-table position of 11th. It was a pretty uneventful season, and with 18 draws often a boring one, for the supporters.

Season review

League

In the Summer of 1980 there were some more comings and goings. Firstly Mr Percy Axon became chairman while striker Garth Crooks moved to Tottenham Hotspur for a club record £650,000 and goalkeeper Roger Jones joined Derby County. With cash in the bank, Durban signed left back Peter Hampton from Leeds United for £170,000 and Paul Maguire joined from Shrewsbury Town for £262,000. Iain Munro and Peter Griffiths also joined the club. The team made an awful start to the 1980–81 season losing 5–1 at Norwich City and then 5–0 at Nottingham Forest.

Stoke soon started to grind out results and Alan Durban's well drilled side picked up the points they needed to pull away from any danger and they finished the season in 11th place with 42 points.

FA Cup

Stoke drew Staffordshire rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in the third round and after a 2–2 draw at home Wolves won 2–1 in the replay.

League Cup

Stoke lost to Manchester City 4–1 over two legs, drawing 1–1 at home but suffering a 3–0 defeat at Maine Road.

Final league table

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1980–81 Football League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	16 August 1980	Norwich City	A	1–5	14,616	Heath 44'
2	20 August 1980	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	14,085
3	23 August 1980	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	10,722	Ursem 8', Chapman 80'
4	30 August 1980	Nottingham Forest	A	0–5	21,739
5	6 September 1980	Leeds United	H	3–0	12,739	Ursem 4', Maguire 14', Heath 30'
6	13 September 1980	Arsenal	A	0–2	27,183
7	20 September 1980	Manchester City	A	2–1	29,507	Ursem 53', Chapman 39'
8	27 September 1980	Middlesbrough	H	1–0	11,847	Ursem 30'
9	4 October 1980	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–3	18,511	Hampton 50', O'Callaghan 78'
10	8 October 1980	Leicester City	A	1–1	15,549	Chapman 8'
11	11 October 1980	Southampton	A	2–1	19,473	Munro 50', Hampton 77'
12	18 October 1980	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–0	13,079
13	22 October 1980	Manchester United	H	1–2	24,549	O'Callaghan 80'
14	25 October 1980	Birmingham City	A	1–1	16,535	Doyle 80'
15	1 November 1980	Liverpool	H	2–2	22,864	Chapman 47', Randall 90'
16	8 November 1980	Sunderland	A	0–0	21,483
17	15 November 1980	Norwich City	H	3–1	11,207	Chapman (3) 7', 51', 58'
18	22 November 1980	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	13,422	O'Callaghan 56'
19	25 November 1980	West Bromwich Albion	A	0–0	15,922
20	29 November 1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	18,786
21	6 December 1980	Everton	H	2–2	15,650	Chapman 35', O'Callaghan 68'
22	13 December 1980	Manchester United	A	2–2	39,568	Randall 8', Chapman 21'
23	20 December 1980	Leicester City	H	1–0	13,433	Chapman 18'
24	26 December 1980	Aston Villa	A	0–1	34,658
25	27 December 1980	Coventry City	H	2–2	17,675	Doyle 52', Griffiths 69'
26	10 January 1981	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	14,154	Doyle 89'
27	31 January 1981	Ipswich Town	A	0–4	23,843
28	7 February 1981	Arsenal	H	1–1	14,406	Ursem 12'
29	14 February 1981	Leeds United	A	3–1	16,530	Chapman (3) 28', 49', 63'
30	18 February 1981	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2	17,305	Heath 50'
31	21 February 1981	Middlesbrough	A	1–3	15,142	Maguire 83'
32	11 March 1981	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–2	28,742	O'Callaghan 5', Heath 75'
33	14 March 1981	Southampton	H	1–2	14,828	Heath 86'
34	18 March 1981	Manchester City	H	2–1	15,802	Doyle 45', O'Callaghan 76'
35	21 March 1981	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–1	13,583	Ursem 35'
36	28 March 1981	Birmingham City	H	0–0	14,624
37	3 April 1981	Liverpool	A	0–3	33,308
38	11 April 1981	Sunderland	H	2–0	11,501	Chapman 64', Dodd 85'
39	18 April 1981	Coventry City	A	2–2	12,766	Chapman 50', Maguire 71' (pen)
40	20 April 1981	Aston Villa	H	1–1	23,511	O'Callaghan 25'
41	25 April 1981	Everton	A	1–0	15,352	Heath 80'
42	2 May 1981	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–2	14,929	Bracewell (2) 25', 68', Ursem 82'

FA Cup

Main article: 1980–81 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
	R3	3 January 1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	24,737	Chapman 30', Bracewell 52'
	R3 Replay	6 January 1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	22,892	Heath 34'

League Cup

Main article: 1980–81 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
	R2 1st Leg	27 August 1980	Manchester City	H	1–1	13,176	Chapman 2'
	R2 2nd Leg	3 September 1980	Manchester City	A	0–3	21,356

Friendlies

Match	Opponent	Venue	Result
1	Telford United	A	3–1
2	Linfield	A	4–1
3	Cardiff City	A	1–3
4	Newport County	A	1–1
5	Port Vale	A	1–1
6	Derby County	H	4–3
7	AEK Athens	A	2–2
8	Rochdale	A	4–0
9	Rotherham United	A	0–0
10	Bideford	A	6–0
11	Lewes	A	5–0

Squad statistics

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG Peter Fox	42	0	2	0	2	0	46	0
DF	ENG Alan Dodd	41	1	2	0	2	0	45	1
DF	ENG Mike Doyle	38	4	2	0	0	0	40	4
DF	ENG Ray Evans	32	0	2	0	2	0	36	0
DF	ENG Peter Hampton	32(1)	2	2	0	2	0	36(1)	2
DF	ENG Paul Anthony Johnson	11(2)	0	0	0	2	0	13(2)	0
DF	ENG Paul Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	SCO David McAughtrie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	ENG Dennis Thorley	8(3)	0	0	0	2	0	10(3)	0
MF	ENG Paul Bracewell	36(4)	2	2	1	2	0	40(4)	3
MF	ENG Jeff Cook	3(1)	0	1	0	1	0	5(1)	0
MF	ENG Peter Griffiths	5(5)	1	0	0	0	0	5(5)	1
MF	ENG Adrian Heath	38	6	2	1	1	0	41	7
MF	SCO Iain Munro	32	1	2	0	0	0	34	1
MF	ENG Paul Richardson	18	0	1(1)	0	2	0	21(1)	0
MF	ENG Kevin Sheldon	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	NED Loek Ursem	24(4)	7	0	0	1	0	25(4)	7
FW	ENG Lee Chapman	41	15	2	1	2	1	45	17
FW	SCO Paul Maguire	15	3	1	0	1	0	17	3
FW	IRE Brendan O'Callaghan	37	7	1	0	0	0	38	7
FW	ENG Paul Randall	6(4)	2	0	0	0(2)	0	6(6)	2

References

Matthews, Tony. (1994). "The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City". Lion Press.

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