MANCHESTER UNITED FOOTBALL LEAGUE TABLES 1980/1981 to 1989/1990 Useful Links Home Main League Tables This page is a record of Final League tables from 1980/1981 to 1989/1990. 1892-1900 1900-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959 1960-1969 1970-1979 1980-1989 1990-1999 2000-2009 2010-2019 2020-2029 FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1980/1981 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Aston Villa (C) 42 26 8 8 72 40 +32 60 2nd Ipswich Town 42 23 10 9 77 43 +34 56 3rd Arsenal 42 19 15 8 61 45 +16 53 4th West Bromwich Albion 42 20 12 10 60 42 +18 52 5th Liverpool 42 17 17 8 62 42 +20 51 6th Southampton 42 20 10 12 76 56 +20 50 7th Nottingham Forest 42 19 12 11 62 44 +18 50 8th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 15 18 9 51 36 +15 48 9th Leeds United 42 17 10 15 39 47 -8 44 10th Tottenham Hotspur 42 14 15 13 70 68 +2 43 11th Stoke City 42 12 18 12 51 60 -9 42 12th Manchester City 42 14 11 17 56 59 -3 39 13th Birmingham City 42 13 12 17 50 61 -11 38 14th Middlesbrough 42 16 5 21 53 61 -8 37 15th Everton 42 13 10 19 55 58 -3 36 16th Coventry City 42 13 10 19 48 68 -20 36 17th Sunderland 42 14 7 21 52 53 -1 35 18th Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 13 9 20 43 55 -12 35 19th Brighton & Hove Albion 42 14 7 21 54 67 -13 35 20th Norwich City (R) 42 13 7 22 49 73 -24 33 21st Leicester City (R) 42 13 6 23 40 67 -27 32 22nd Crystal Palace (R) 42 6 7 29 47 83 -36 19                     FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1981/1982 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 42 26 9 7 80 32 +48 87 2nd Ipswich Town 42 26 5 11 75 53 +22 83 3rd MANCHESTER UNITED 42 22 12 8 59 29 +30 78 4th Tottenham Hotspur 42 20 11 11 67 48 +19 71 5th Arsenal 42 20 11 11 48 37 +11 71 6th Swansea City 42 21 6 15 58 51 +7 69 7th Southampton 42 19 9 14 72 67 +5 66 8th Everton 42 17 13 12 56 50 +6 64 9th West Ham United 42 14 16 12 66 57 +9 58 10th Manchester City 42 15 13 14 49 50 -1 58 11th Aston Villa 42 15 12 15 55 53 +2 57 12th Nottingham Forest 42 15 12 15 42 48 -6 57 13th Brighton & Hove Albion 42 13 13 16 43 52 -9 52 14th Coventry City 42 13 11 18 56 62 -6 50 15th Notts County 42 13 8 21 61 69 -8 47 16th Birmingham City 42 10 14 18 53 61 -8 44 17th West Bromwich Albion 42 11 11 20 46 57 -11 44 18th Stoke City 42 12 8 22 44 63 -19 44 19th Sunderland 42 11 11 20 38 58 -20 44 20th Leeds United (R) 42 10 12 20 39 61 -22 42 21st Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) 42 10 10 22 32 63 -31 40 22nd Middlesbrough (R) 42 8 15 19 34 52 -18 39                     FINAL LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1982/1983 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 42 24 10 8 87 37 +50 82 2nd Watford 42 22 5 15 74 57 +17 71 3rd MANCHESTER UNITED 42 19 13 10 56 38 +18 70 4th Tottenham Hotspur 42 20 9 13 65 50 +15 69 5th Nottingham Forest 42 20 9 13 62 50 +12 69 6th Aston Villa 42 21 5 16 62 50 +12 68 7th Everton 42 18 10 14 66 48 +18 64 8th West Ham United 42 20 4 18 68 62 +6 64 9th Ipswich Town 42 15 13 14 64 50 +14 58 10th Arsenal 42 16 10 16 58 56 +2 58 11th West Bromwich Albion 42 15 12 15 51 49 +2 57 12th Southampton 42 15 12 15 54 58 -4 57 13th Stoke City 42 16 9 17 53 64 -11 57 14th Norwich City 42 14 12 16 52 58 -6 54 15th Notts County 42 15 7 20 55 71 -16 52 16th Sunderland 42 12 14 16 48 61 -13 50 17th Birmingham City 42 12 14 16 40 55 -15 50 18th Luton Town 42 12 13 17 65 84 -19 49 19th Coventry City 42 13 9 20 48 59 -11 48 20th Manchester City (R) 42 13 8 21 47 70 -23 47 21st Swansea City (R) 42 10 11 21 51 69 -18 41 22nd Brighton & Hove Albion (R) 42 9 13 20 38 68 -30 40                     FINAL CANON LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1983/1984 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 42 22 14 6 73 32 +41 80 2nd Southampton 42 22 11 9 66 38 +28 77 3rd Nottingham Forest 42 22 8 12 76 45 +31 74 4th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 20 14 8 71 41 +30 74 5th Queens Park Rangers 42 22 7 13 67 37 +30 73 6th Arsenal 42 18 9 15 74 60 +14 63 7th Everton 42 16 14 12 44 42 +2 62 8th Tottenham Hotspur 42 17 10 15 64 65 -1 61 9th West Ham United 42 17 9 16 60 55 +5 60 10th Aston Villa 42 17 9 16 59 61 -2 60 11th Watford 42 16 9 17 68 77 -9 57 12th Ipswich Town 42 15 8 19 55 57 -2 53 13th Sunderland 42 13 13 16 42 53 -11 52 14th Norwich City 42 12 15 15 48 49 -1 51 15th Leicester City 42 13 12 17 65 68 -3 51 16th Luton Town 42 14 9 19 53 66 -13 51 17th West Bromwich Albion 42 14 9 19 48 62 -14 51 18th Stoke City 42 13 11 18 44 63 -19 50 19th Coventry City 42 13 11 18 57 77 -20 50 20th Birmingham City (R) 42 12 12 18 39 50 -11 48 21st Notts County (R) 42 10 11 21 50 72 -22 41 22nd Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) 42 6 11 25 27 80 -53 29                     FINAL CANON LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1984/1985 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Everton (C) 42 28 6 8 88 43 +45 90 2nd Liverpool 42 22 11 9 68 35 +33 77 3rd Tottenham Hotspur 42 23 8 11 78 51 +27 77 4th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 22 10 10 77 47 +30 76 5th Southampton 42 19 11 12 56 47 +9 68 6th Chelsea 42 18 12 12 63 48 +15 66 7th Arsenal 42 19 9 14 61 49 +12 66 8th Sheffield Wednesday 42 17 14 11 58 45 +13 65 9th Nottingham Forest 42 19 7 16 56 48 +8 64 10th Aston Villa 42 15 11 16 60 60 +0 56 11th Watford 42 14 13 15 81 71 +10 55 12th West Bromwich Albion 42 16 7 19 58 62 -4 55 13th Luton Town 42 15 9 18 57 61 -4 54 14th Newcastle United 42 13 13 16 55 70 -15 52 15th Leicester City 42 15 6 21 65 73 -8 51 16th West Ham United 42 13 12 17 51 68 -17 51 17th Ipswich Town 42 13 11 18 46 57 -11 50 18th Coventry City 42 15 5 22 47 64 -17 50 19th Queens Park Rangers 42 13 11 18 53 72 -19 50 20th Norwich City (R) 42 13 10 19 46 64 -18 49 21st Sunderland (R) 42 10 10 22 40 62 -22 40 22nd Stoke City (R) 42 3 8 31 24 91 -67 17                     FINAL CANON LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1985/1986 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 42 26 10 6 89 37 +52 88 2nd Everton 42 26 8 8 87 41 +46 86 3rd West Ham United 42 26 6 10 74 40 +34 84 4th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 22 10 10 70 36 +34 76 5th Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 10 11 63 54 +9 73 6th Chelsea 42 20 11 11 57 56 +1 71 7th Arsenal 42 20 9 13 49 47 +2 69 8th Nottingham Forest 42 19 11 12 69 53 +16 68 9th Luton Town 42 18 12 12 61 44 +17 66 10th Tottenham Hotspur 42 19 8 15 74 52 +22 65 11th Newcastle United 42 17 12 13 67 72 -5 63 12th Watford 42 16 11 15 69 62 +7 59 13th Queens Park Rangers 42 15 7 20 53 64 -11 52 14th Southampton 42 12 10 20 51 62 -11 46 15th Manchester City 42 11 12 19 43 57 -14 45 16th Aston Villa 42 10 14 18 51 67 -16 44 17th Coventry City 42 11 10 21 48 71 -23 43 18th Oxford United 42 10 12 20 62 80 -18 42 19th Leicester City 42 10 12 20 54 76 -22 42 20th Ipswich Town (R) 42 11 8 23 32 55 -23 41 21st Birmingham City (R) 42 8 5 29 30 73 -43 29 22nd West Bromwich Albion (R) 42 4 12 26 35 89 -54 24                     FINAL TODAY NEWSPAPER LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1986/1987 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Everton (C) 42 26 8 8 76 31 +45 86 2nd Liverpool 42 23 8 11 72 42 +30 77 3rd Tottenham Hotspur 42 21 8 13 68 43 +25 71 4th Arsenal 42 20 10 12 58 35 +23 70 5th Norwich City 42 17 17 8 53 51 +2 68 6th Wimbledon 42 19 9 14 57 50 +7 66 7th Luton Town 42 18 12 12 47 45 +2 66 8th Nottingham Forest 42 18 11 13 64 51 +13 65 9th Watford 42 18 9 15 67 54 +13 63 10th Coventry City 42 17 12 13 50 45 +5 63 11th MANCHESTER UNITED 42 14 14 14 52 45 +7 56 12th Southampton 42 14 10 18 69 68 +1 52 13th Sheffield Wednesday 42 13 13 16 58 59 -1 52 14th Chelsea 42 13 13 16 53 64 -11 52 15th West Ham United 42 14 10 18 52 67 -15 52 16th Queens Park Rangers 42 13 11 18 48 64 -16 50 17th Newcastle United 42 12 11 19 47 65 -18 47 18th Oxford United 42 11 13 18 44 69 -25 46 19th Charlton Athletic 42 11 11 20 45 55 -10 44 20th Leicester City (R) 42 11 9 22 54 76 -22 42 21st Manchester City (R) 42 8 15 19 36 57 -21 39 22nd Aston Villa (R) 42 8 12 22 45 79 -34 36                     FINAL BARCLAYS LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1987/1988 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 40 26 12 2 87 24 +63 90 2nd MANCHESTER UNITED 40 23 12 5 71 38 +33 81 3rd Nottingham Forest 40 20 13 7 67 39 +28 73 4th Everton 40 19 13 8 53 27 +26 70 5th Queens Park Rangers 40 19 10 11 48 38 +10 67 6th Arsenal 40 18 12 10 58 39 +19 66 7th Wimbledon 40 14 15 11 58 47 +11 57 8th Newcastle United 40 14 14 12 55 53 +2 56 9th Luton Town 40 14 11 15 57 58 -1 53 10th Coventry City 40 13 14 13 46 53 -7 53 11th Sheffield Wednesday 40 15 8 17 52 66 -14 53 12th Southampton 40 12 14 14 49 53 -4 50 13th Tottenham Hotspur 40 12 11 17 38 48 -10 47 14th Norwich City 40 12 9 19 40 52 -12 45 15th Derby County 40 10 13 17 35 45 -10 43 16th West Ham United 40 9 15 16 40 52 -12 42 17th Charlton Athletic 40 9 15 16 38 52 -14 42 18th Chelsea (R) 40 9 15 16 50 68 -18 42 19th Portsmouth (R) 40 7 14 19 36 66 -30 35 20th Watford (R) 40 7 11 22 27 51 -24 32 21st Oxford United (R) 40 6 13 21 44 80 -36 31 FINAL BARCLAYS LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1988/1989 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Arsenal (C) 38 22 10 6 73 36 +37 76 2nd Liverpool 38 22 10 6 65 28 +37 76 3rd Nottingham Forest 38 17 13 8 64 43 +21 64 4th Norwich City 38 17 11 10 48 45 +3 62 5th Derby County 38 17 7 14 40 38 +2 58 6th Tottenham Hotspur 38 15 12 11 60 46 +14 57 7th Coventry City 38 14 13 11 47 42 +5 55 8th Everton 38 14 12 12 50 45 +5 54 9th Queens Park Rangers 38 14 11 13 43 37 +6 53 10th Millwall 38 14 11 13 47 52 -5 53 11th MANCHESTER UNITED 38 13 12 13 45 35 +10 51 12th Wimbledon 38 14 9 15 50 46 +4 51 13th Southampton 38 10 15 13 52 66 -14 45 14th Charlton Athletic 38 10 12 16 44 58 -14 42 15th Sheffield Wednesday 38 10 12 16 34 51 -17 42 16th Luton Town 38 10 11 17 42 52 -10 41 17th Aston Villa 38 9 13 16 45 56 -11 40 18th Middlesbrough (R) 38 9 12 17 44 61 -17 39 19th West Ham United (R) 38 10 8 20 37 62 -25 38 20th Newcastle United (R) 38 7 10 21 32 63 -31 31                     FINAL BARCLAYS LEAGUE DIVISION ONE TABLE 1989/1990 Position Team P W D L F A Diff +/- Points 1st Liverpool (C) 38 23 10 5 78 37 +41 79 2nd Aston Villa 38 21 7 10 57 38 +19 70 3rd Tottenham Hotspur 38 19 6 13 59 47 +12 63 4th Arsenal 38 18 8 12 54 38 +16 62 5th Chelsea 38 16 12 10 58 50 +8 60 6th Everton 38 17 8 13 57 46 +11 59 7th Southampton 38 15 10 13 71 63 +8 55 8th Wimbledon 38 13 16 9 47 40 +7 55 9th Nottingham Forest 38 15 9 14 55 47 +8 54 10th Norwich City 38 13 14 11 44 42 +2 53 11th Queens Park Rangers 38 13 11 14 45 44 +1 50 12th Coventry City 38 14 7 17 39 59 −20 49 13th MANCHESTER UNITED 38 13 9 16 46 47 −1 48 14th Manchester City 38 12 12 14 43 52 −9 48 15th Crystal Palace 38 13 9 16 42 66 −24 48 16th Derby County 38 13 7 18 43 40 +3 46 17th Luton Town 38 10 13 15 43 57 −14 43 18th Sheffield Wednesday (R) 38 11 10 17 35 51 −16 43 19th Charlton Athletic (R) 38 7 9 22 31 57 −26 30 20th Millwall (R) 38 5 11 22 39 65 −26 26

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