1980–81 Arsenal F.C. season

English football club season November 2020 May 2013 Arsenal F.C. 1980–81 Denis Hill-Wood Terry Neill First Division 3rd Frank Stapleton (14) Frank Stapleton (16) FA Cup Third round League Cup Fourth round 54,045 vs Tottenham Hotspur(30 August 1980) 17,431 vs Birmingham City(31 March 1981) 1979–80 1981–82 _redborder _arsenal78h _redborder _arsenal69hl FFFFFF FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF _arsenal69a _arsenal7879a _arsenal69a _arsenal68al 0000FF The 1980–81 season was Arsenal Football Club's 55th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. The club ended their campaign third in the Football League First Division, despite a dismal start. Manager Terry Neill was attempting to follow up on finalist performances in both the FA Cup and the European Cup Winner's Cup during the previous season. In the transfer business, Arsenal lost first-team regular Liam Brady to Juventus. Arsenal signed 19-year-old Clive Allen from Queens Park Rangers as a forward for £1.250.000 million, a club transfer record. However, Allen failed to make a competitive match appearance for the club and was instead moved-on to Crystal Palace in a swap deal for Kenny Sanson. Peter Nicholas also joined the club in March. Frank Stapleton was Arsenal's top scorer in both the league and in all competitions. He left Arsenal for Manchester United at the end of the season. Throughout the season, Arsenal went undefeated at Highbury in the League. Season summary After the gruelling and heart breaking 70-match season in 1979/80, it was clear that Arsenal needed reinforcements if they wanted to progress to the next level, and it was essential that the money earned from their cup runs should be invested in the squad. Arsenal only received the maximum £600,000 allowed by UEFA and the EEC for international transfers when Liam Brady went to Juventus.Soar Phil Arsenal 1886-1986 : the official centenary history of Arsenal Football Club Tyler Martin Hamlyn 1986 9780600358718 Twickenham 244 en With the impending departure of Brady, Arsenal fans were in need of some positives, so the signing of Clive Allen at least provided a glimmer of hope. The 19-year-old centre forward was one of the most exciting prospects in the English game. After scoring 28 goals for QPR in the Second Division in 1979/80 Arsenal signed the teenager to provide competition and assistance to Frank Stapleton and Alan Sunderland. Arsenal had smashed their transfer record, spending £1.25 million on Allen, completely blitzing their previous high of £440,000 on Brian Talbot in the process and making Allen the first £1 million teenager.Eccleshare Charlie 13 October 2019 Seven London clubs in one day. Clive Allen retraces the steps of a remarkable career https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1287006/2019/10/13/allen-interview-eccleshare-oct-11/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230327021038/https://theathletic.com/1287006/2019/10/13/allen-interview-eccleshare-oct-11/ 27 March 2023 27 October 2023 live The Athletic Clive Allen's Arsenal career was over after just 62 days at the club. Allen, who played just three pre-season games for Arsenal, headed to Crystal Palace along with goalkeeper Paul Barron. In return England defender Kenny Sansom arrived at Highbury.14 February 2018 Footballers joining and leaving a club soon after https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/14/footballers-joining-and-leaving-a-club-in-the-same-transfer-window-the-knowledge https://web.archive.org/web/20221001001747/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/14/footballers-joining-and-leaving-a-club-in-the-same-transfer-window-the-knowledge 1 October 2022 28 October 2023 The Guardian Arsenal also bought defensive midfielder Peter Nicholas from Crystal Palace in March 1981. He joined Arsenal when the club had won a grand total of three of the last 14 games played. After that Arsenal played nine, and only dropped two points and Nicholas didn’t play on the losing side. When he joined Arsenal they were 7th, eleven points behind the leaders. By the end of the season Arsenal were 3rd, seven points behind the leaders, and qualified for the UEFA Cup. Arsenal had gone through the whole season undefeated at Highbury in the League and were undefeated in their final nine matches.James Josh Arsenal: The Complete Record deCoubertin Books 2008Spurling Jon All Guns Blazing Aureus 2001Donnelley Paul Arsenal On This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year Pitch Publishing Ltd 2009Soar Phil The Official Illustrated History of Arsenal. Taylor Martin Hamlyn 2003 Pre-season and friendlies DateOpponentsVenueResultScoreF–AScorersAttendance1 August 1980RangersAL0–227,0003 August 1980AberdeenAL1–2Stapleton9 August 1980Vasco da GamaNL1–2Talbot10 August 1980Partizan BelgradeAD0–0 Results First Division 1980–81 Football League#First Division First Division y ARS 1 16 August 1980 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Arsenal West Bromwich The Hawthorns W 2 19 August 1980 Arsenal 1–1 Southampton London Highbury D 3 23 August 1980 Coventry City 3–1 Arsenal Coventry Highfield Road L 4 30 August 1980 Arsenal 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur London Highbury W 5 6 September 1980 Manchester City 1–1 Arsenal Manchester Maine Road D 6 13 September 1980 Arsenal 2–0 Stoke City London Highbury W 7 20 September 1980 Middlesbrough 2–1 Arsenal Middlesbrough Ayresome Park L 8 27 September 1980 Arsenal 1–0 Nottingham Forest London Highbury W 9 4 October 1980 Arsenal 1–0 Leicester City London Highbury W 10 7 October 1980 Birmingham City 3–1 Arsenal Birmingham St Andrew's L 11 11 October 1980 Manchester United 0–0 Arsenal Manchester Old Trafford D 12 18 October 1980 Arsenal 2–2 Sunderland London Highbury D 13 21 October 1980 Arsenal 3–1 Norwich City London Highbury W 14 25 October 1980 Liverpool 1–1 Arsenal Liverpool Anfield D 15 1 November 1980 Arsenal 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion London Highbury W 16 8 November 1980 Leeds United 0–5 Arsenal Leeds Elland Road W 17 11 November 1980 Southampton 3–1 Arsenal Southampton The Dell L 18 15 November 1980 Arsenal 2–2 West Bromwich Albion London Highbury D 19 22 November 1980 Arsenal 2–1 Everton London Highbury W 20 29 November 1980 Aston Villa 1–1 Arsenal Birmingham Villa Park D 21 6 December 1980 Arsenal 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers London Highbury D 22 13 December 1980 Sunderland 2–0 Arsenal Sunderland Roker Park L 23 20 December 1980 Arsenal 2–1 Manchester United London Highbury W 24 26 December 1980 Crystal Palace 2–2 Arsenal London Selhurst Park D 25 27 December 1980 Arsenal 1–1 Ipswich Town London Highbury D 26 10 January 1981 Everton 1–2 Arsenal Liverpool Goodison Park W 27 17 January 1981 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Arsenal London White Hart Lane L 28 31 January 1981 Arsenal 2–2 Coventry City London Highbury D 29 7 February 1981 Stoke City 1–1 Arsenal Stoke on Trent Victoria Ground D 30 21 February 1981 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Arsenal Nottingham City Ground L 31 24 February 1981 Arsenal 2–0 Manchester City London Highbury W 32 28 February 1981 Arsenal 2–2 Middlesbrough London Highbury D 33 7 March 1981 Leicester City 1–0 Arsenal Leicester Filbert Street L 34 21 March 1981 Norwich City 1–1 Arsenal Norwich Carrow Road D 35 28 March 1981 Arsenal 1–0 Liverpool London Highbury W 36 31 March 1981 Arsenal 2–1 Birmingham City London Highbury W 37 4 April 1981 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Arsenal Brighton Goldstone Ground W 38 11 April 1981 Arsenal 0–0 Leeds United London Highbury D 39 18 April 1981 Ipswich Town 0–2 Arsenal Ipswich Portman Road W 40 20 April 1981 Arsenal 3–2 Crystal Palace London Highbury W 41 25 April 1981 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Arsenal Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium W 42 2 May 1981 Arsenal 2–0 Aston Villa London Highbury W Football League Cup 1980–81 Football League Cup Second round (1st Leg) 26 August 1980 Swansea City 1–1 Arsenal Swansea Vetch Field D Second round (2nd Leg) 2 September 1980 Arsenal 3–1 4–2 Swansea City London Highbury W Third round 22 September 1980 Stockport County 1–3 Arsenal Stockport Edgeley Park W Fourth round 4 November 1980 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Arsenal Ardiles 25 London White Hart Lane L FA Cup 1980–81 FA Cup Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round proper, in which they were drawn to face Everton. Third round 3 January 1981 Everton 2–0 Arsenal Liverpool Goodison Park L Squad Arsenal and Man United in hunt for Germany U-21 ace https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/te127/arsenal-fc/squad/ Arsenal FC - Kader 1980/1981 Worldfootball.net 2012-08-19 yes yes NIR GK Pat Jennings yes IRL DF John Devine yes ENG DF Kenny Sansom yes ENG MF Brian Talbot yes IRL DF David O'Leary yes SCO DF Willie Young yes ENG MF John Hollins yes ENG FW Alan Sunderland yes IRL FW Frank Stapleton yes ENG MF Steve Gatting yes ENG MF Graham Rix yes yes ENG DF Steve Walford yes ENG MF Brian McDermott yes SCO GK George Wood yes ENG MF David Price yes ENG MF Paul Davis yes WAL MF Peter Nicholas yes ENG FW Paul Vaessen yes NIR DF Pat Rice yes NIR DF Sammy Nelson Top scorers First Division IRL Frank Stapleton 14 ENG Alan Sunderland 7 ENG Brian Talbot 7 References Arsenal Category:Arsenal F.C. seasons