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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.
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.
Brighton achieved their highest-ever league finish of 13th. In the FA Cup, Brighton were knocked out at home in the Fourth round by Oxford United of the Third Division, 59 places lower in the league, who won 3-0.
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 ...
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.
Ryan Giggs is the most decorated player in English football history. [54] Manchester United won the league again in the 1999–2000 and 2000–01 seasons, becoming only the fourth club to win the English title three times in a row. The team finished third in 2001–02, before regaining the title in 2002–03. [55]
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