1980–81 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C.

1980–81 season
Manager	Martin Harvey (to September) Bob Stokoe (from September)
Stadium	Brunton Park
Third Division	19th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Anglo-Scottish Cup	Group stage
←  1979–80 1981–82  →

For the 1980–81 season, Carlisle United F.C. competed in Football League Division Three.

Results & fixtures

Football League Third Division

Main article: 1980–81 Football League Third Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
17	Swindon Town	46	13	15	18	51	56	−5	41
18	Chester	46	15	11	20	38	48	−10	41
19	Carlisle United	46	14	13	19	56	70	−14	41
20	Walsall	46	13	15	18	59	74	−15	41
21	Sheffield United	46	14	12	20	65	63	+2	40	Relegated

Source: rsssf.com

Matches

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	16 August	Sheffield United	H	0–3
2	19 August	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1
3	23 August	Chester	A	0–1
4	30 August	Newport County	H	1–4
5	6 September	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–4
6	13 September	Gillingham	H	0–0
7	16 September	Millwall	H	2–1
8	20 September	Oxford United	A	2–1
9	27 September	Chesterfield	H	2–6
10	30 September	Millwall	A	0–3
11	4 October	Walsall	A	3–4
12	7 October	Barnsley	H	2–2
13	11 October	Brentford	H	1–2
14	18 October	Swindon Town	A	1–1
15	21 October	Hull City	A	1–0
16	28 October	Blackpool	H	2–0
17	1 November	Portsmouth	A	1–2
18	4 November	Barnsley	A	1–3
19	8 November	Fulham	H	2–2
20	11 November	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1
21	15 November	Sheffield United	A	2–2
22	29 November	Exeter City	A	0–2
23	6 December	Colchester United	H	4–0
24	20 December	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2
25	26 December	Burnley	H	3–2
26	27 December	Rotherham United	A	0–3
27	10 January	Reading	A	1–3
28	31 January	Chester	H	3–0
29	7 February	Gillingham	A	1–0
30	10 February	Reading	H	0–0
31	14 February	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–0
32	21 February	Chesterfield	A	0–1
33	28 February	Oxford United	H	0–0
34	7 March	Walsall	H	1–1
35	14 March	Brentford	A	1–1
36	17 March	Swindon Town	H	2–1
37	21 March	Hull City	H	2–0
38	28 March	Blackpool	A	1–0
39	31 March	Exeter City	H	1–1
40	4 April	Portsmouth	H	0–0
41	11 April	Fulham	A	3–2
42	18 April	Rotherham United	H	0–1
43	21 April	Burnley	A	3–0
44	25 April	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2
45	2 May	Colchester United	A	0–1
46	5 May	Newport County	A	0–4

Football League Cup

Main article: 1980–81 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	9 August	Rochdale	H	2–0
R1 L2	12 August	Rochdale	A	1–1
R2 L1	26 August	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2
R2 L2	27 October	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2

FA Cup

Main article: 1980–81 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	22 November	Workington	A	0–0
R1 R	1 December	Workington	H	4–1
R2	13 December	Walsall	H	3–0
R3	3 January	Mansfield Town	A	2–2
R3 R	6 January	Mansfield Town	H	2–1
R4	24 January	Bristol City	H	1–1
R4 R	28 January	Bristol City	A	0–5

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Main article: 1980–81 Anglo-Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
GS	30 July	Preston North End	A	0–0
GS	2 August	Blackpool	H	1–2
GS	5 August	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–4

References

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