NEWTON HEATH &
MANCHESTER UNITED
RESULTS ARCHIVE

Useful Links

Home

All Players All Goals

Dive into the complete Newton Heath and Manchester United Results Archive. Explore every competitive match the club has played, from the early days of Newton Heath to modern-day Manchester United. Discover full-time scores, historical fixtures, season-by-season results, home, away, and neutral venue outcomes, as well as key milestones and unforgettable matches across domestic leagues, European tournaments, and global competitions.

1980-1981

League Division One

HAN	P	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Win%
H	21	9	11	1	30	14	+16	42.9
A	21	6	7	8	21	22	-1	28.6
Total	42	15	18	9	51	36	+15	35.71

No	Date	Opponents	HAN	Stadium	F-A	Scorers in minutes	Opponent scorers in minutes
1.	16-08-1980	Middlesbrough	H	Old Trafford	3-0	Mickey Thomas 41', Lou Macari 70', Ashley Grimes 90'
2.	19-08-1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	Molineux	0-1		George Berry 88'
3.	23-08-1980	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	0-0
4.	30-08-1980	Sunderland	H	Old Trafford	1-1	Nikola Jovanovic 59'	Alan Brown 84'
5.	06-09-1980	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	0-0
6.	13-09-1980	Leicester City	H	Old Trafford	5-0	Steve Coppell 3', Ashley Grimes 43', Nikola Jovanovic 49', 67', Lou Macari 59'
7.	20-09-1980	Leeds United	A	Elland Road	0-0
8.	27-09-1980	Manchester City	H	Old Trafford	2-2	Steve Coppell 31', Arthur Albiston 72'	Kevin Reeves 43', Roger Palmer 89'
9.	04-10-1980	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground, Nottingham	2-1	Lou Macari 43', Steve Coppell 73'	Ian Wallace 31'
10.	08-10-1980	Aston Villa	H	Old Trafford	3-3	Sammy McIlroy 35' (pen), 57', Steve Coppell 36'	Peter Withe 15' Gordon Cowans 55' (pen), Gary Shaw 67'
11.	11-10-1980	Arsenal	H	Old Trafford	0-0
12.	18-10-1980	Ipswich Town	A	Portman Road	1-1	Sammy McIlroy 67' (pen)	Paul Mariner 55'
13.	22-10-1980	Stoke City	A	Victoria Ground	2-1	Joe Jordan 15', Lou Macari 58'	Bren O'Callaghan 80'
14.	25-10-1980	Everton	H	Old Trafford	2-0	Joe Jordan 16', Steve Coppell 73'
15.	01-11-1980	Crystal Palace	A	Selhurst Park	0-1		Peter Nicholas 27'
16.	08-11-1980	Coventry City	H	Old Trafford	0-0
17.	12-11-1980	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	Old Trafford	0-0
18.	15-11-1980	Middlesbrough	A	Ayresome Park	1-1	Joe Jordan 58'	Craig Johnston 75'
19.	22-11-1980	Brighton	A	Goldstone Ground	4-1	Joe Jordan 12', 38' Sammy McIlroy 44', Mick Duxbury 84'	*Andy Ritchie 68'
20.	29-11-1980	Southampton	H	Old Trafford	1-1	Joe Jordan 88'	Nick Holmes 82'
21.	06-12-1980	Norwich City	A	Carrow Road	2-2	Kevin Bond 10' (o.g.), Steve Coppell 33'	Nikola Jovanovic 59' (o.g.), Justin Fashanu 73'
22.	13-12-1980	Stoke City	H	Old Trafford	2-2	Lou Macari 28', Joe Jordan 68'	Paul Randall 8', Lee Chapman 21'
23.	20-12-1980	Arsenal	A	Highbury	1-2	Lou Macari 67'	Graham Rix 29', Paul Vaessen 58'
24.	26-12-1980	Liverpool	H	Old Trafford	0-0
25.	27-12-1980	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	1-3	Nikola Jovanovic 54'	Gary Owen 35' (pen), *Peter Barnes 43', Cyrille Regis 61'
26.	10-01-1981	Brighton	H	Old Trafford	2-1	Gordon McQueen 34', Lou Macari 63'	*Andy Ritchie 62'
27.	28-01-1981	Sunderland	A	Roker Park	0-2		Gordon Chisholm 25', Gary Rowell 89' (pen)
28.	31-01-1981	Birmingham City	H	Old Trafford	2-0	Joe Jordan 5', Lou Macari 83'
29.	07-02-1981	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	0-1		Jim Melrose 64'
30.	17-02-1981	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Old Trafford	0-0
31.	21-02-1981	Manchester City	A	Maine Road	0-1		Steve MacKenzie 59'
32.	28-02-1981	Leeds United	H	Old Trafford	0-1		Brian Flynn 90'
33.	07-03-1981	Southampton	A	The Dell	0-1		Kevin Keegan 3'
34.	14-03-1981	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	3-3	Joe Jordan 46', 66', Sammy McIlroy 88' (pen)	Peter Withe 15', 28', Gary Shaw 68'
35.	18-03-1981	Nottingham Forest	H	Old Trafford	1-1	Kenny Burns 44' (o.g.)	Ian Wallace 37'
36.	21-03-1981	Ipswich Town	H	Old Trafford	2-1	Mickey Thomas 17', Jimmy Nicholl 53'	Terry Butcher 7'
37.	28-03-1981	Everton	A	Goodison Park	1-0	Joe Jordan 30'
38.	04-04-1981	Crystal Palace	H	Old Trafford	1-0	Mick Duxbury 78'
39.	11-04-1981	Coventry City	A	Highfield Road	2-0	Joe Jordan 34', 44'
40.	14-04-1981	Liverpool	A	Anfield	1-0	Gordon McQueen 7'
41.	18-04-1981	West Bromwich Albion	H	Old Trafford	2-1	Joe Jordan 2', Lou Macari 33'	Cyrille Regis 62'
42.	25-04-1981	Norwich City	H	Old Trafford	1-0	Joe Jordan 57'
Note: Huge thanks to regular contributors Jim Briggs, Charbel Boujaoude & Rob Compton.