1980–81 FA Vase

The 1980–81 FA Vase was the seventh season of the FA Vase, an annual football competition for teams in the lower reaches of the English football league system.

1980–81 FA Vase

Football Association Vase
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Final positions
Champions	Whickham
Runner-up	Willenhall Town
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Whickham, of Tyne and Wear, won the competition, beating Willenhall Town in the final.^[1][2]

Third round

Home team Score Away team Almondsbury Greenway 2–1 Ottery St Mary Anstey Nomads 3–4 Irthlingborough Diamonds Beckenham Town 3–2 Ruislip Manor Bowers United 2–3 Alma Swanley Burgess Hill Town 2–1 Greenwich Borough Burnham 4–3 Malden Vale Congleton Town 3–1 Ossett Albion Coventry Sporting 1–0 Shifnal Town Felixstowe Town 0–2 Cheshunt Friar Lane Old Boys 4–3 Newbury Town Gorleston 2–3 Great Yarmouth Town Guisborough Town 0–1 Whickham Hallam 1–0 Denaby United Harefield United 0–5 Pagham Hornchurch 0–5 Basildon United Hungerford Town 4–1 Port of Bristol

Home team Score Away team Kempston Rovers 1–1 Sawbridgeworth Town Kiveton Park 1–0 North Ferriby United Leeds Ashley Road 1–4 Guiseley Marlow 1–4 Whyteleafe Norton Woodseats 3–0 Glossop Rushden Town 1–2 Chipping Norton Town Rylands 0–1 Middlewich Athletic Salford 2–1 Staveley Works Sholing Sports 1–4 Devizes Town Southall 1–2 Cray Wanderers Stamford 3–2 Skegness Town Tadcaster Albion 0–1 Chester-le-Street Town Thackley 2–1 Newcastle Blue Star Wigston Fields 1–1 Lincoln United Willenhall Town 1–0 Halesowen Town Windsor & Eton 6–0 Egham Town

Home team Score Away team Sawbridgeworth Town 1–2 Kempston Rovers

Home team Score Away team Lincoln United 3–4 Wigston Fields

Fourth round

Home team Score Away team Salford 0–2 Whickham Hallam 3–0 Chester-le-Street Town Guiseley 4–1 Norton Woodseats Thackley 3–1 Kiveton Park Middlewich Athletic 3–0 Friar Lane Old Boys Wigston Fields 0–4 Irthlingborough Diamonds Coventry Sporting 1–0 Stamford Willenhall Town 1–0 Congleton Town

Home team Score Away team Great Yarmouth Town 0–1 Cray Wanderers Cheshunt 1–3 Alma Swanley Kempston Rovers 2–1 Burnham Basildon United 2–0 Beckenham Town Devizes Town 2–1 Chipping Norton Town Hungerford Town 3–0 Burgess Hill Town Whyteleafe 2–1 Pagham Windsor & Eton 4–1 Almondsbury Greenway

Fifth round

Home team Score Away team Whickham 2–0 Thackley Guiseley 2–0 Hallam Willenhall Town 2–0 Middlewich Athletic Alma Swanley 2–0 Coventry Sporting

Home team Score Away team Hungerford Town 0–1 Windsor & Eton Whyteleafe 1–2 Basildon United Devizes Town 2–1 Kempston Rovers Cray Wanderers 0–0 Irthlingborough Diamonds

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team
Irthlingborough Diamonds	6–0	Cray Wanderers

Quarter-finals

Home team Score Away team Basildon United 0–0 Irthlingborough Diamonds Whickham 3–0 Devizes Town

Home team Score Away team Alma Swanley 2–2 Windsor & Eton Guiseley 2–4 Willenhall Town

Replays

Home team Score Away team Irthlingborough Diamonds 6–4 Basildon United

Home team Score Away team Windsor & Eton 4–1 Alma Swanley

Semi-finals

Leg no Home team Score Away team 1st Windsor & Eton 1–1 Whickham 2nd Whickham 1–0 Windsor & Eton Whickham won 2-1 on aggregate.

Leg no Home team Score Away team 1st Irthlingborough Diamonds 1–1 Willenhall Town 2nd Willenhall Town 2–0 Irthlingborough Diamonds Willenhall Town won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Whickham	3–2	Willenhall Town

25 April 1981

15:00

Wembley Stadium, London

References

1. "F.A. Vase 1980-81". Football Club History Database.
2. Brown, Tony (2005). The FA Vase : Complete Results. Soccerdata.