1980–81 League of Ireland

Football league season

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1980–81 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Athlone Town won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Athlone Town A.F.C.	30	23	5	2	67	22	+45	51
2	Dundalk F.C.	30	20	5	5	63	28	+35	45
3	Limerick United	30	17	7	6	47	25	+22	41
4	Bohemian F.C.	30	10	16	4	38	25	+13	36
5	Shamrock Rovers F.C.	30	14	8	8	37	29	+8	36
6	Finn Harps F.C.	30	12	6	12	41	39	+2	30
7	Waterford	30	11	8	11	32	35	−3	30
8	St Patrick's Athletic F.C.	30	11	6	13	45	48	−3	28
9	Cork United	30	11	6	13	37	42	−5	28
10	Drogheda United F.C.	30	10	7	13	47	55	−8	27
11	Sligo Rovers F.C.	30	12	2	16	45	57	−12	26
12	University College Dublin A.F.C.	30	8	9	13	37	49	−12	25
13	Galway Rovers^[a]	30	6	9	15	26	39	−13	21
14	Home Farm F.C.	30	7	6	17	34	55	−21	20
15	Shelbourne F.C.	30	6	6	18	31	52	−21	18
16	Thurles Town F.C.	30	7	4	19	38	65	−27	18

Source: www.rsssf.com
Notes:

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	CUF	DRO	DUN	FHA	GAL	HOM	LIM	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	THU	UCD	WAT
Athlone Town	—	1–1	5–1	5–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–2	4–1	2–0
Bohemians	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	5–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1
Cork United	1–1	2–1	—	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1
Drogheda United	2–3	2–2	4–1	—	1–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–5	1–3	1–3	1–3
Dundalk	0–3	1–2	3–0	5–2	—	2–0	3–1	3–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	3–1	6–1	3–0	3–0
Finn Harps	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	1–2	—	3–2	6–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2
Galway Rovers	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	—	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–0
Home Farm	2–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–4	0–2	2–3	—	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–4
Limerick United	0–2	0–0	1–3	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	—	1–2	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	0–0
Shamrock Rovers	0–3	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	—	1–0	4–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0
Shelbourne	1–4	1–2	2–3	2–5	0–2	4–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	—	3–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	1–1
Sligo Rovers	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–3	0–3	3–1	3–4	0–2	0–3	1–0	—	1–3	3–1	4–1	2–1
St Patrick's Athletic	0–1	3–3	2–6	0–3	3–1	3–2	2–3	2–1	0–2	1–0	6–0	2–2	—	2–0	1–1	2–0
Thurles Town	0–3	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–4	3–1	2–1	1–3	3–5	2–3	1–0	2–5	5–0	—	1–1	0–1
UCD	1–2	1–2	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–1	2–0	3–0	0–4	0–0	4–2	1–3	2–1	3–3	—	0–1
Waterford	1–3	0–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Eugene Davis	Athlone Town	23
2	Brendan Bradley	Sligo Rovers	18
3	Mick Fairclough	Dundalk	16
3	Michael O'Connor	Athlone Town	16
5	Gary Hulmes	Limerick United	13
6	Derek Carthy	St Patrick's Athletic	12
6	Paul Nugent	Shelbourne (5) Drogheda United (7)	12
8	Liam Buckley	Shamrock Rovers	11
8	Leo Flanagan	Dundalk	11
8	Jim Mahon	St Patrick's Athletic	11

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Seasons

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A Division

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Awards

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League cups	England Republic of Ireland Scotland
Super cups	Soviet Union '81
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup