1980–81 AFC Bournemouth season

Bournemouth
1980–81 season
Manager	David Webb
Stadium	Dean Court
Fourth Division	13th
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	First Round
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

During the 1980–81 English football season, AFC Bournemouth competed in the Football League Fourth Division.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Wigan Athletic	46	18	11	17	51	55	−4	47
12	Bury	46	17	11	18	70	62	+8	45
13	Bournemouth	46	16	13	17	47	48	−1	45
14	Bradford City	46	14	16	16	53	60	−7	44
15	Rochdale	46	14	15	17	60	70	−10	43

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Bournemouth's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
16 August 1980	York City	A	0–4	2,195
19 August 1980	Hereford United	H	1–0	2,991
23 August 1980	Northampton Town	H	0–0	2,875
30 August 1980	Torquay United	A	0–2	2,640
6 September 1980	Bradford City	A	1–1	3,389
13 September 1980	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	2,642
16 September 1980	Hartlepool United	H	1–0	2,413
20 September 1980	Peterborough United	A	0–1	3,774
27 September 1980	Rochdale	H	2–1	2,557
30 September 1980	Hartlepool United	A	0–1	2,419
4 October 1980	Scunthorpe United	H	2–2	3,079
7 October 1980	Aldershot	A	0–0	3,780
11 October 1980	Darlington	A	2–1	2,363
18 October 1980	Mansfield Town	H	1–2	5,032
21 October 1980	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–0	2,632
24 October 1980	Stockport County	A	1–2	2,012
27 October 1980	Port Vale	A	2–0	3,009
1 November 1980	Wigan Athletic	H	3–0	2,983
4 November 1980	Aldershot	H	0–2	3,477
8 November 1980	Bury	A	0–3	2,202
12 November 1980	Hereford United	A	0–1	1,640
15 November 1980	York City	H	1–1	2,203
29 November 1980	Halifax Town	A	2–1	987
6 December 1980	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–2	2,495
20 December 1980	Lincoln City	A	0–2	3,391
26 December 1980	Southend United	H	2–1	4,381
27 December 1980	Wimbledon	A	0–2	2,681
3 January 1981	Stockport County	H	0–1	2,822
10 January 1981	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–0	3,087
17 January 1981	Halifax Town	H	2–1	2,413
24 January 1981	Torquay United	H	1–1	3,256
31 January 1981	Northampton Town	A	1–0	2,140
6 February 1981	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0	2,480
14 February 1981	Bradford City	H	4–0	3,561
21 February 1981	Rochdale	A	0–0	1,846
28 February 1981	Peterborough United	H	4–1	5,334
6 March 1981	Scunthorpe United	A	1–1	2,519
14 March 1981	Darlington	H	3–3	4,995
21 March 1981	Mansfield Town	A	1–1	2,596
28 March 1981	Port Vale	H	0–0	4,665
4 April 1981	Wigan Athletic	A	1–0	3,750
11 April 1981	Bury	H	2–2	4,204
17 April 1981	Southend United	A	1–2	7,355
18 April 1981	Wimbledon	H	0–1	5,048
25 April 1981	Lincoln City	H	0–1	3,542
2 May 1981	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–2	11,373

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R1	22 November 1980	Wycombe Wanderers	A	3–0
R2	13 December 1980	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes
R1 1st Leg	9 August 1980	Swindon Town	H	1–1
R1 2nd Leg	12 August 1980	Swindon Town	A	0–2	Swindon Town won 3–1 on aggregate

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	John Smeulders
—	GK	ENG	Kenny Allen
—	DF	ENG	Paul Compton
—	DF	ENG	John Impey
—	DF	ENG	David Webb
—	DF	ENG	Neil Townsend
—	DF	ENG	Geoff Butler
—	DF	WAL	Jon Moore
—	DF	ENG	Chris Sulley
—	DF	ENG	Phil Ferns
—	DF	ENG	Tom Heffernan
—	DF	ENG	Ian Cunningham
—	MF	ENG	Danny Bailey


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Brian Chambers
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Dawtry
—	MF	ENG	Billy Elliott
—	MF	ENG	John Evanson
—	MF	ENG	Martin McGrath
—	MF	ENG	Gary Pugh
—	MF	ENG	Brian Smith
—	MF	ENG	Nigel Spackman
—	MF	ENG	Alan Whittle
—	FW	ENG	Steve Massey
—	FW	ENG	Dean Mooney
—	FW	ENG	Trevor Morgan
—	FW	ENG	Neil Prosser
—	FW	ENG	Eddie Prudham

References

^ "AFC Bournemouth match record: 1981". 11v11.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
^ "All AFC Bournemouth players: 1981".

[1] "AFC Bournemouth match record: 1981". 11v11.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

[2] "All AFC Bournemouth players: 1981".

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