1980–81 Dundee United F.C. season

Dundee United

1980–81 season

Manager

Jim McLean

Scottish Premier Division

1st (European Cup)
W18 D11 L7 F67 A39 P47

Scottish Cup

Quarter-final

League Cup

Semi-final

European Cup

Semi-final

← 1979–80

1981–82 →

The 1980–81 season was the 72nd year of football played by Dundee United, and covers the period from 1 July 1980 to 30 June 1981. United finished in third place, securing UEFA Cup football for the following season.

Match results

Dundee United played a total of ?? competitive matches during the 1980–81 season.^[1]

Legend

Win
Draw
Loss

All results are written with Dundee United's score first. Own goals in italics

Premier Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
9 August 1980	Kilmarnock	H	2-2	5,788	Kirkwood (2), Hegarty, Taylor
16 August 1980	Aberdeen	A	1-1	12,948
23 August 1980	Greenock Morton	H	1-1	5,339
6 September 1980	Rangers	H	2-4	16,269	Dodds, Holt
13 September 1980	Airdrieonians	A	0-0	2,721	Bannon, Kirkwood
20 September 1980	St Mirren	A	0-2	5,783
27 September 1980	Heart of Midlothian	H	1-1	6,263	Kirkwood, Gough
4 October 1980	Celitc	A	0-2	19,571	Dodds
11 October 1980	Partick Thistle	H	0-0	4,706	Dodds (2)
18 October 1980	Kilmarnock	A	1-0	2,719
25 October 1980	Aberdeen	H	1-3	10,043	Bannon (2 inc 1 pen), Dodds (2), Hegarty, Gough
1 November 1980	Greenock Morton	A	2-0	3,075
8 November 1980	Heart of Midlothian	H	3-0	5,875
15 November 1980	St Mirren	H	2-0	5,024	Milne, Stark
22 November 1980	Partick Thistle	A	3-2	3,089
29 November 1980	Celtic	H	0-3	13,080	Bannon (penalty)
13 December 1980	Airdrieonians	H	1-0	4,780	Stark, Hegarty
20 December 1980	St Mirren	A	3-3	5,405	Dodds (2)
27 December 1980	Heart of Midlothian	H	4-1	6,928	Hegarty, Malpas
30 December 1980	Aberdeen	A	1-1	22,556	Kirkwood (2)
3 January 1981	Kilmarnock	H	7-0	6,474	Bannon, Kirkwood, Dodds
10 January 1981	Celtic	A	1-2	22,132	Coyne (2), Bannon
31 January 1981	Airdrieonians	A	5-0	2,264
7 February 1981	Rangers	H	2-1	14,528	Malpas, Reilly, Dodds, Bannon, Milne
21 February 1981	Greenock Morton	H	1-0	4,836
28 February 1981	Kilmarnock	A	1-0	2,102	Sturrock, Reilly, Coyne
14 March 1981	Partick Thistle	A	2-0	2,754	Reilly
18 March 1981	Rangers	A	4-1	11,208	Clark
21 March 1981	St Mirren	H	1-2	5,808	Dodds, Gough, Reilly
28 March 1981	Heart of Midlothian	A	4-0	3,786	Holt, Reilly
4 April 1981	Rangers	A	1-2	11,690	Holt, Reilly
18 April 1981	Greenock Morton	A	0-2	2,262	Holt, Reilly
22 April 1981	Celtic	H	2-3	15,349	Sturrock, Narey
25 April 1981	Aberdeen	H	0-0	6,369
29 April 1981	Airdrieonians	H	4-1	3,133	Sturrock
2 May 1981	Partick Thistle	H	3-2	4,124

Scottish Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
24 January 1981	R3	Brechin City	A	2-1	5,791
14 February 1981	R4	Partick Thistle	H	1-0	7,758
7 March 1981	QF	Motherwell	H	6-1	10,236
11 April 1981	SF	Celtic	N	0-0	40,390
15 April 1981	SF R	Celtic	N	3-2	32,328
9 May 1981	F	Rangers	N	0-0	53,358
12 May 1981	F R	Rangers	N	1-4	42,004

League Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13 August 1980	R2	East Fife	A	5-2	2,028	Gough (2), Holt, Taylor, Dodds, Bannon
20 August 1980	R2	East Fife	H	4-0	3,237	Gough, Dodds
27 August 1980	G1	Cowdenbeath	H	4-0	3,401	Dodds (3), Reilly (2)
30 August 1980	G1	Cowdenbeath	A	2-1	1,238	Dodds (3), Reilly (2)
3 September 1980	G1	Motherwell	A	1-2	3,327
24 September 1980	G1	Motherwell	H	4-2	5,628	Houston
8 October 1980	QF 1	Clydebank	A	1-2	1,653	Gough (2), Reilly, Bannon
29 October 1980	QF 2	Clydebank	H	4-1	5,265	Johnstone (2), Milne
12 November 1980	SF 1	Celtic	H	1-1	14,517	Dodds
19 November 1980	SF 2	Celtic	A	3-0	19,700
6 December 1980	F	Dundee	A	3-0	24,466

UEFA Cup

Date	Rd	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 September 1980	R1 1	Slask Wroclaw	A	0-0	10,000	Reilly, Bannon, Stark
1 October 1980	R1 2	Slask Wroclaw	H	7-2	8,415	Milne (2), Kirkwood
22 October 1980	R2 1	KSC Lokeren	H	1-1	7,663
5 November 1980	R2 2	KSC Lokeren	A	0-0	9,000	Milne (2), Hegarty, Dodds

References

↑ "Match results 1980/1981". Arab Archive. Retrieved 20 August 2013.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup

Related to national team	Results World Cup 1982 qualifying (Group 6) British Home Championship

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1980–81 Dundee United F.C. season

Match results

Legend

Premier Division

Scottish Cup

League Cup

UEFA Cup

References

See also