The Old Division One final positions from 1981

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1 Aston Villa 60
2 Ipswich Town 56 UEFA-W
3 Arsenal 53
4 West Bromwich Albion 52
5 Liverpool 51 EC-W; LC-W
6 Southampton 50
7 Nottingham Forest 50
8 Manchester United 48
9 Leeds United 44
10 Tottenham Hotspur 43 FAC-W
11 Stoke City 42
12 Manchester City 39 FAC-F
13 Birmingham City 38
14 Middlesbrough 37
15 Coventry City 36
16 Everton 36
17 Sunderland 35
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 35
19 Brighton and Hove Albion 35
20 Norwich City 33
21 Leicester City 32
22 Crystal Palace 19

Colour Legend
Teams in Blue qualified for Europe
Clubs in RED were relegated

Abbreviations:
FAC FA Cup : LC League Cup : UEFA Fairs Cup : CWC Cup Winners' Cup
W Winner : F Finalist

Final Points are in Purple

League Cup Final Liverpool 1 West Ham United 1 aet
League Cup Final Replay Liverpool 2 West Ham United 1
FA Cup Final Tottenham Hotspur 1 Manchester City 1 aet
FA Cup Final Replay Tottenham Hotspur 3 Manchester City 2

European Cup Final Liverpool 1 Real Madrid 0
UEFA Cup Final First Leg Ipswich Town 3 AZ-67 0
UEFA Cup Final Second Leg AZ-67 4 Ipswich Town 2 (agg 4 - 5)
Cup Winners Cup Final Dynamo Tblisi 2 Carl Zeiss Jena 1

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Liverpool reached a record 6th European final. They won the European Cup for the third time and also won the League Cup (their first).
Aston Villa won their first Championship since 1910.