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League of Ireland
Season1980–81
Champions Athlone Town
1981–82 →

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1980–81 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Athlone Town won the championship.

Final classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Athlone Town A.F.C. 30 23 5 2 67 22 +45 51
2 Dundalk F.C. 30 20 5 5 63 28 +35 45
3 Limerick United 30 17 7 6 47 25 +22 41
4 Bohemian F.C. 30 10 16 4 38 25 +13 36
5 Shamrock Rovers F.C. 30 14 8 8 37 29 +8 36
6 Finn Harps F.C. 30 12 6 12 41 39 +2 30
7 Waterford 30 11 8 11 32 35 −3 30
8 St Patrick's Athletic F.C. 30 11 6 13 45 48 −3 28
9 Cork United 30 11 6 13 37 42 −5 28
10 Drogheda United F.C. 30 10 7 13 47 55 −8 27
11 Sligo Rovers F.C. 30 12 2 16 45 57 −12 26
12 University College Dublin A.F.C. 30 8 9 13 37 49 −12 25
13 Galway Rovers [a] 30 6 9 15 26 39 −13 21
14 Home Farm F.C. 30 7 6 17 34 55 −21 20
15 Shelbourne F.C. 30 6 6 18 31 52 −21 18
16 Thurles Town F.C. 30 7 4 19 38 65 −27 18
Source: www.rsssf.com
Notes:
  1. ^ Galway Rovers changed their club name to Galway United for next season.

Results

Home \ Away ATH BOH CUF DRO DUN FHA GAL HOM LIM SHM SHE SLI StP THU UCD WAT
Athlone Town — 1–1 5–1 5–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 4–1 2–0
Bohemians 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 5–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–1
Cork United 1–1 2–1 — 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1
Drogheda United 2–3 2–2 4–1 — 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–5 1–3 1–3 1–3
Dundalk 0–3 1–2 3–0 5–2 — 2–0 3–1 3–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 6–1 3–0 3–0
Finn Harps 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 — 3–2 6–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2
Galway Rovers 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 — 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0
Home Farm 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 0–4 0–2 2–3 — 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–4
Limerick United 0–2 0–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 — 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–1 0–0
Shamrock Rovers 0–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–1 — 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0
Shelbourne 1–4 1–2 2–3 2–5 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 — 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1
Sligo Rovers 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 0–3 3–1 3–4 0–2 0–3 1–0 — 1–3 3–1 4–1 2–1
St Patrick's Athletic 0–1 3–3 2–6 0–3 3–1 3–2 2–3 2–1 0–2 1–0 6–0 2–2 — 2–0 1–1 2–0
Thurles Town 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–4 3–1 2–1 1–3 3–5 2–3 1–0 2–5 5–0 — 1–1 0–1
UCD 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–4 0–0 4–2 1–3 2–1 3–3 — 0–1
Waterford 1–3 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 —
Source: [ citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Eugene Davis Athlone Town 23
2 Brendan Bradley Sligo Rovers 18
3 Mick Fairclough Dundalk 16
3 Michael O'Connor Athlone Town 16
5 Gary Hulmes Limerick United 13
6 Derek Carthy St Patrick's Athletic 12
6 Paul Nugent Shelbourne (5)
Drogheda United (7) 		12
8 Liam Buckley Shamrock Rovers 11
8 Leo Flanagan Dundalk 11
8 Jim Mahon St Patrick's Athletic 11
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