1980–81 AFC Bournemouth season

During the 1980–81 English football season, AFC Bournemouth competed in the Football League Fourth Division.

Bournemouth

1980–81 season
Manager	David Webb
Stadium	Dean Court
Fourth Division	13th
FA Cup	Second Round
League Cup	First Round

Final league table

Main article: 1980–81 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Wigan Athletic	46	18	11	17	51	55	−4	47
12	Bury	46	17	11	18	70	62	+8	45
13	Bournemouth	46	16	13	17	47	48	−1	45
14	Bradford City	46	14	16	16	53	60	−7	44
15	Rochdale	46	14	15	17	60	70	−10	43

Source:

Results

Bournemouth's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Third Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
16 August 1980	York City	A	0–4	2,195
19 August 1980	Hereford United	H	1–0	2,991
23 August 1980	Northampton Town	H	0–0	2,875
30 August 1980	Torquay United	A	0–2	2,640
6 September 1980	Bradford City	A	1–1	3,389
13 September 1980	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	2,642
16 September 1980	Hartlepool United	H	1–0	2,413
20 September 1980	Peterborough United	A	0–1	3,774
27 September 1980	Rochdale	H	2–1	2,557
30 September 1980	Hartlepool United	A	0–1	2,419
4 October 1980	Scunthorpe United	H	2–2	3,079
7 October 1980	Aldershot	A	0–0	3,780
11 October 1980	Darlington	A	2–1	2,363
18 October 1980	Mansfield Town	H	1–2	5,032
21 October 1980	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–0	2,632
24 October 1980	Stockport County	A	1–2	2,012
27 October 1980	Port Vale	A	2–0	3,009
1 November 1980	Wigan Athletic	H	3–0	2,983
4 November 1980	Aldershot	H	0–2	3,477
8 November 1980	Bury	A	0–3	2,202
12 November 1980	Hereford United	A	0–1	1,640
15 November 1980	York City	H	1–1	2,203
29 November 1980	Halifax Town	A	2–1	987
6 December 1980	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–2	2,495
20 December 1980	Lincoln City	A	0–2	3,391
26 December 1980	Southend United	H	2–1	4,381
27 December 1980	Wimbledon	A	0–2	2,681
3 January 1981	Stockport County	H	0–1	2,822
10 January 1981	Crewe Alexandra	A	2–0	3,087
17 January 1981	Halifax Town	H	2–1	2,413
24 January 1981	Torquay United	H	1–1	3,256
31 January 1981	Northampton Town	A	1–0	2,140
6 February 1981	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0	2,480
14 February 1981	Bradford City	H	4–0	3,561
21 February 1981	Rochdale	A	0–0	1,846
28 February 1981	Peterborough United	H	4–1	5,334
6 March 1981	Scunthorpe United	A	1–1	2,519
14 March 1981	Darlington	H	3–3	4,995
21 March 1981	Mansfield Town	A	1–1	2,596
28 March 1981	Port Vale	H	0–0	4,665
4 April 1981	Wigan Athletic	A	1–0	3,750
11 April 1981	Bury	H	2–2	4,204
17 April 1981	Southend United	A	1–2	7,355
18 April 1981	Wimbledon	H	0–1	5,048
25 April 1981	Lincoln City	H	0–1	3,542
2 May 1981	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–2	11,373

FA Cup

Main article: 1980–81 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R1	22 November 1980	Wycombe Wanderers	A	3–0
R2	13 December 1980	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2

League Cup

Main article: 1980–81 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Notes
R1 1st Leg	9 August 1980	Swindon Town	H	1–1
R1 2nd Leg	12 August 1980	Swindon Town	A	0–2	Swindon Town won 3–1 on aggregate

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	John Smeulders
—	GK	ENG	Kenny Allen
—	DF	ENG	Paul Compton
—	DF	ENG	John Impey
—	DF	ENG	David Webb
—	DF	ENG	Neil Townsend
—	DF	ENG	Geoff Butler
—	DF	WAL	Jon Moore
—	DF	ENG	Chris Sulley
—	DF	ENG	Phil Ferns
—	DF	ENG	Tom Heffernan
—	DF	ENG	Ian Cunningham
—	MF	ENG	Danny Bailey

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Brian Chambers
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Dawtry
—	MF	ENG	Billy Elliott
—	MF	ENG	John Evanson
—	MF	ENG	Martin McGrath
—	MF	ENG	Gary Pugh
—	MF	ENG	Brian Smith
—	MF	ENG	Nigel Spackman
—	MF	ENG	Alan Whittle
—	FW	ENG	Steve Massey
—	FW	ENG	Dean Mooney
—	FW	ENG	Trevor Morgan
—	FW	ENG	Neil Prosser
—	FW	ENG	Eddie Prudham