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13 July 1981: Everton sign 22-year-old goalkeeper Neville Southall from Bury for £150,000. 19 August 1981: Brighton & Hove Albion sign Liverpool midfielder Jimmy Case for £350,000. 22 August 1981: Aston Villa & Tottenham Hotspur draw 2–2 in the FA Charity Shield at Wembley. 29 August 1981: The first Football League games of the season are ...
The 1981–82 season was Manchester United's 80th season in the Football League, and their 7th consecutive season in the top division of English football. [1]United had finished eighth in the league the previous season, with manager Dave Sexton being sacked after his four-year spell in charge had failed to deliver a major trophy.
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The First Division title race saw many teams take the lead throughout the season, including traditional favourites like Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, as well as thriving Ipswich Town and Southampton, and most incredibly a Swansea City side who had never been in the First Division before, and who had been in the Fourth Division just a few seasons previously.
During the 1981–82 English football season, Swansea City A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, following promotion from the Second Division.It was their debut season in the English top flight and the first season in which a Welsh club was part of the top English league since arch-rivals Cardiff City were relegated at the end of 1961–62.
The 1981–82 season was Manchester City's 80th season of competitive football and 62nd season in the top division of English football. [1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup .
1981–82 season; Chairman: Geoffrey McPherson: Manager: Brian Clough: Stadium: The City Ground: First Division: 12th: FA Cup: Third round: League Cup: Fifth round: Top goalscorer: League: Ian Wallace (9) All: Ian Wallace (12) Highest home attendance: 26,327 vs West Ham United (League) Lowest home attendance: 15,037 vs Swansea City (League ...
Tottenham enjoyed a hugely successful season. They finished fourth in the First Division, their highest finish in ten years, won a second successive FA Cup (eventually managing to defeat Second Division Queens Park Rangers 1–0 in the replay after a 1–1 draw in the final), reached the final of the League Cup (losing to Liverpool 3–1 in extra time), were joint winners of the Charity Shield ...