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The 1980–81 FA Cup 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 Wembley replay. The final saw a memorable solo goal from Ricky Villa that was voted the greatest goal scored at Wembley.[1]
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Defending champions | West Ham United |
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Champions | Tottenham Hotspur (6th title) |
Runner-up | Manchester City |
Teams from the Football League Third and Fourth Division entered in this round plus Altrincham, Dagenham, Mossley and Scarborough were given byes. 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.
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.
Teams from the Football League First and Second Division entered in this round. 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 – one of those second replays resulted in the elimination of holders West Ham United by Wrexham.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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1 | Bury (4) | 1–1 | Fulham (3) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Fulham | 0–0 | Bury | 6 January 1981 |
Replay | Bury | 0–1 | Fulham | 12 January 1981 |
2 | Liverpool(1) | 4–1 | Altrincham(5) | 3 January 1981 |
3 | Preston North End(2) | 3–4 | Bristol Rovers(2) | 3 January 1981 |
4 | Southampton(1) | 3–1 | Chelsea(2) | 3 January 1981 |
5 | Leicester City(1) | 3–0 | Cardiff City(2) | 3 January 1981 |
6 | Notts County (2) | 2–1 | Blackburn Rovers(2) | 3 January 1981 |
7 | Nottingham Forest(1) | 3–3 | Bolton Wanderers (2) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Bolton Wanderers | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | 6 January 1981 |
8 | West Bromwich Albion(1) | 3–0 | Grimsby Town(2) | 3 January 1981 |
9 | Derby County(2) | 0–0 | Bristol City(2) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Bristol City | 2–0 | Derby County | 7 January 1981 |
10 | Everton(1) | 2–0 | Arsenal(1) | 3 January 1981 |
11 | Ipswich Town(1) | 1–0 | Aston Villa(1) | 3 January 1981 |
12 | Newcastle United (2) | 2–1 | Sheffield Wednesday(2) | 3 January 1981 |
13 | Manchester City (1) | 4–0 | Crystal Palace(1) | 3 January 1981 |
14 | Queens Park Rangers(2) | 0–0 | Tottenham Hotspur (1) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Tottenham Hotspur | 3–1 | Queens Park Rangers | 7 January 1981 |
15 | Barnsley (3) | 2–1 | Torquay United (4) | 3 January 1981 |
16 | Maidstone United(5) | 2–4 | Exeter City (3) | 3 January 1981 |
17 | West Ham United (2) | 1–1 | Wrexham(2) | 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 (1) | 2–2 | Brighton & Hove Albion(1) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0–2 | Manchester United | 7 January 1981 |
19 | Norwich City(1) | 1–0 | Cambridge United (2) | 3 January 1981 |
20 | Plymouth Argyle (3) | 1–2 | Charlton Athletic (3) | 3 January 1981 |
21 | Hull City (3) | 1–0 | Doncaster Rovers (4) | 3 January 1981 |
22 | Wimbledon (4) | 0–0 | Oldham Athletic (2) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Oldham Athletic | 0–1 | Wimbledon | 6 January 1981 |
23 | Huddersfield Town (3) | 0–3 | Shrewsbury Town (2) | 3 January 1981 |
24 | Mansfield Town (4) | 2–2 | Carlisle United(3) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Carlisle United | 2–1 | Mansfield Town | 6 January 1981 |
25 | Port Vale (4) | 1–1 | Enfield (5) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Enfield | 3–0 | Port Vale | 6 January 1981 |
26 | Leeds United (1) | 1–1 | Coventry City (1) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Coventry City | 1–0 | Leeds United | 6 January 1981 |
27 | Stoke City (1) | 2–2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers(1) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2–1 | Stoke City | 6 January 1981 |
28 | Peterborough United (4) | 1–1 | Chesterfield (3) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Chesterfield | 1–2 | Peterborough United | 6 January 1981 |
29 | Colchester United (3) | 0–1 | Watford (2) | 3 January 1981 |
30 | Birmingham City (1) | 1–1 | Sunderland(1) | 3 January 1981 |
Replay | Sunderland | 1–2 | Birmingham City | 7 January 1981 |
31 | Orient (2) | 1–3 | Luton Town(2) | 3 January 1981 |
32 | Swansea City (2) | 0–5 | Middlesbrough (1) | 3 January 1981 |
The fourth round of games were mainly played on 24 January 1981. Replays were played on 27 and 28 January. *(Played at White Hart Lane)
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
The matches were both played on 11 April 1981, with a replay on 15 April. Tottenham and Manchester City reached the Final.
Referee:- Pat Partridge (Co. Durham)
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
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Hibbitt ![]() Carr ![]() |
Referee:- Clive Thomas (Porthcawl)
Referee:- George Courtney (Spennymoor)
The final was held at Wembley Stadium on 9 May 1981. The replay was held on 14 May 1981.
Tottenham Hotspur | 1–1 (a.e.t) | Manchester City |
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Tottenham Hotspur | 3–2 | Manchester City |
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Villa ![]() Crooks ![]() |
(Report) | MacKenzie ![]() Reeves ![]() |
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Match rules
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The right to show FA Cup games were, as with Football League matches, shared between the BBC and ITV network. All games were shown in a highlights format, except the Final, which was shown live both on BBC1 & ITV. The BBC football highlights programme Match of the Day would show up to three games and the various ITV regional network stations would cover up to one game and show highlights from other games covered elsewhere on the ITV network. For the first time the BBC showed highlights of a single game from the first and second rounds after highlights of League games. ITV did not show any games from Round One or Two. Occasional highlights of replays would be shown on either the BBC or ITV.
This season ITV were showing highlights on their regional highlights programmes on Saturday nights and BBC1 were showing highlights on Match Of The Day on Sunday afternoons in the second season of the 4 year alternation deal.
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