1980–81 Carlisle United F.C. season explained

Club:	Carlisle United F.C.
Season:	1980–81
Manager:	Martin Harvey (to September) Bob Stokoe (from September)
Stadium:	Brunton Park
League:	Division Three
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup3:	Anglo-Scottish Cup
League Result:	19th
Cup1 Result:	Fourth round
Cup2 Result:	Second round
Cup3 Result:	Group stage
Prevseason:	1979–80
Nextseason:	1981–82

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

Results & fixtures

Football League Third Division

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

See 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

See 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

See 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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