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1981-82

First Division

Finished 11th of 22 · P42 W15 D12 L15 · 55 scored, 53 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
29 Aug 1981	H	Notts County	0–1	L
2 Sept 1981	A	Sunderland	1–2	L
5 Sept 1981	A	Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	W
12 Sept 1981	H	Manchester United	1–1	D
19 Sept 1981	A	Liverpool	0–0	D
23 Sept 1981	H	Stoke City	2–2	D
26 Sept 1981	H	Birmingham City	0–0	D
3 Oct 1981	A	Leeds United	1–1	D
10 Oct 1981	A	Coventry City	1–1	D
17 Oct 1981	H	West Ham United	3–2	W
24 Oct 1981	A	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	W
31 Oct 1981	H	Ipswich Town	0–1	L
7 Nov 1981	H	Arsenal	0–2	L
21 Nov 1981	A	Middlesbrough	3–3	D
28 Nov 1981	H	Nottingham Forest	3–1	W
5 Dec 1981	A	Manchester City	0–1	L
15 Dec 1981	A	Swansea City	1–2	L
19 Dec 1981	A	Everton	0–2	L
28 Dec 1981	A	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	W
16 Jan 1982	A	Notts County	0–1	L
30 Jan 1982	H	Liverpool	0–3	L
2 Feb 1982	H	Sunderland	1–0	W
6 Feb 1982	A	Manchester United	1–4	L
10 Feb 1982	H	Southampton	1–1	D
17 Feb 1982	H	Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	D
20 Feb 1982	A	Birmingham City	1–0	W
27 Feb 1982	H	Coventry City	2–1	W
6 Mar 1982	A	West Ham United	2–2	D
13 Mar 1982	H	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	W
20 Mar 1982	A	Ipswich Town	1–3	L
27 Mar 1982	A	Arsenal	3–4	L
30 Mar 1982	H	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	W
10 Apr 1982	A	Southampton	3–0	W
12 Apr 1982	H	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	W
17 Apr 1982	H	Middlesbrough	1–0	W
24 Apr 1982	A	Nottingham Forest	1–1	D
28 Apr 1982	H	Leeds United	1–4	L
1 May 1982	H	Manchester City	0–0	D
5 May 1982	A	Stoke City	0–1	L
8 May 1982	A	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	W
15 May 1982	H	Everton	1–2	L
21 May 1982	H	Swansea City	3–0	W

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	26	9	7	80	32	+48	87
2	Ipswich Town	42	26	5	11	75	53	+22	83
3	Manchester United	42	22	12	8	59	29	+30	78
4	Tottenham Hotspur	42	20	11	11	67	48	+19	71
5	Arsenal	42	20	11	11	48	37	+11	71
6	Swansea City	42	21	6	15	58	51	+7	69
7	Southampton	42	19	9	14	72	67	+5	66
8	Everton	42	17	13	12	56	50	+6	64
9	West Ham United	42	14	16	12	66	57	+9	58
10	Manchester City	42	15	13	14	49	50	-1	58
11	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	55	53	+2	57
12	Nottingham Forest	42	15	12	15	42	48	-6	57
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	13	13	16	43	52	-9	52
14	Coventry City	42	13	11	18	56	62	-6	50
15	Notts County	42	13	8	21	61	69	-8	47
16	Birmingham City	42	10	14	18	53	61	-8	44
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	11	20	46	57	-11	44
18	Stoke City	42	12	8	22	44	63	-19	44
19	Sunderland	42	11	11	20	38	58	-20	44
20	Leeds United	42	10	12	20	39	61	-22	42
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	10	10	22	32	63	-31	40
22	Middlesbrough	42	8	15	19	34	52	-18	39

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.