1980–81 Celtic F.C. season

Celtic
1980–81 season
Chairman	Desmond White
Manager	Billy McNeil
Stadium	Celtic Park
Scottish Premier Division	1st
Scottish Cup	Semi-Final
Scottish League Cup	Semi-Final
European Cup	1st Round
Drybrough Cup
Top goalscorer	League: Frank McGarvey 23; All: Frank McGarvey 29
Highest home attendance	54,862
Lowest home attendance	11,856
Average home league attendance	22,836
	← 1979–80 1981–82 →

During the 1980–81 Scottish football season, Celtic competed in the Scottish Premier Division.

Competitions[]

Scottish Premier Division[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic (C)	36	26	4	6	84	37	+47	56	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Aberdeen	36	19	11	6	61	26	+35	49	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Rangers	36	16	12	8	60	32	+28	44	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	St Mirren	36	18	8	10	56	47	+9	44
5	Dundee United	36	17	9	10	66	42	+24	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Matches[]

9 August 1980 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 1	Morton	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 19,058

16 August 1980 Premier League	Kilmarnock	0 – 3	Celtic	Kilmarnock
15:00				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 13,810

23 August 1980 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 2	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,682

6 September 1980 Premier League	Celtic	4 – 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
15:00				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 19,003

13 September 1980 Premier League	Hearts	0 – 2	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 BST				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 17,169

20 September 1980 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 17,393

27 September 1980 Premier League	Aberdeen	2 – 2	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 BST				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 21,522

4 October 1980 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 0	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 19,571

11 October 1980 Premier League	St Mirren	0 – 2	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 18,443

18 October 1980 Premier League	Morton	2 – 3	Celtic	Greenock
15:00 BST				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 14,233

25 October 1980 Premier League	Celtic	4 – 1	Kilmarnock	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,537

1 November 1980 Premier League	Rangers	3 – 0	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 32,206

8 November 1980 Premier League	Celtic	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,060

15 November 1980 Premier League	Airdrieonians	1 – 4	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 12,550

22 November 1980 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 2	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,839

29 November 1980 Premier League	Dundee United	0 – 3	Celtic	Dundee
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 13,080

6 December 1980 Premier League	Partick Thistle	0 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 12,513

13 December 1980 Premier League	Celtic	3 – 2	Hearts	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,070

20 December 1980 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 1	Airdrieonians	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 11,856

27 December 1980 Premier League	Aberdeen	4 – 1	Celtic	Aberdeen
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 14,089

1 January 1981 Premier League	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	Celtic	Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 7,625

3 January 1981 Premier League	Celtic	3 – 0	Morton	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,190

10 January 1981 Premier League	Celtic	2 – 1	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 22,132

31 January 1981 Premier League	Hearts	0 – 3	Celtic	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 14,596

21 February 1981 Premier League	Celtic	3 – 1	Rangers	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 53,336

28 February 1981 Premier League	Morton	0 – 3	Celtic	Greenock
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Cappielow Park Attendance: 12,776

14 March 1981 Premier League	Celtic	7 – 0	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,204

18 March 1981 Premier League	Celtic	4 – 1	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 15,353

21 March 1981 Premier League	Airdrieonians	1 – 3	Celtic	Airdrie
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Broomfield Park Attendance: 12,980

28 March 1981 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 1	Aberdeen	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 35,491

1 April 1981 Premier League	Celtic	6 – 0	Hearts	Glasgow
19:30 BST				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 13,228

5 April 1981 Premier League	Partick Thistle	0 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 17,224

18 April 1981 Premier League	Rangers	0 – 1	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 BST				Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 30,562

22 April 1981 Premier League	Dundee United	2 – 3	Celtic	Dundee
19:30 BST				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 15,349

25 April 1981 Premier League	Celtic	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Kilmarnock
15:00 BST				Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 23,050

2 May 1981 Premier League	St Mirren	3 – 1	Celtic	Paisley
15:00 BST				Stadium: St Mirren Park, Love Street Attendance: 14,806

Scottish Cup[]

24 January 1981 Third Round	Berwick Rangers	0–2	Celtic	Berwick
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Shielfield Park Attendance: 9,676

14 February 1981 Fourth Round	Celtic	3–0	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,200

8 March 1981 Fifth Round	Celtic	2–0	East Stirlingshire	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 18,500

11 April 1981 Semi-Final	Celtic	0–0	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 40,390

15 April 1981 Semi-Final Replay	Celtic	2–3	Dundee United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 32,328

Scottish League Cup[]

27 August 1980 Second round 1st Leg	Stirling Albion	1–0	Celtic	Stirling
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Annfield Stadium Attendance: 5,622

30 August 1980 Second round 2nd Leg	Celtic	6–1 (6–2 agg.)	Stirling Albion	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 14,654

22 September 1980 Third round 1st Leg	Hamilton Academical	1–3	Celtic	Hamilton
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Douglas Park Attendance: 7,474

24 September 1980 Third round 2nd Leg	Celtic	4–1 (6–2 agg.)	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 8,212

8 October 1980 Quarter-Final 1st Leg	Partick Thistle	0–1	Celtic	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 13,097

20 October 1980 Quarter-Final 2nd Leg	Celtic	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Partick Thistle	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 11,053

12 November 1980 Semi-Final 1st Leg	Dundee United	1–1	Celtic	Dundee
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 14,517

19 November 1980 Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Celtic	0–3 (1–4 agg.)	Dundee United	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 19,700

European Cup Winners' Cup[]

20 August 1980 1st Round 1st Leg	Celtic	6–0	Diosgyori VTK	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 28,000

3 September 1980 1st Round 2nd Leg	Diosgyori VTK	2–1 (2–7 agg.)	Celtic	Miskolc
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Diósgyőri Stadion Attendance: 8,000

17 September 1980 1st Round 1st Leg	Celtic	2–1	FC Politehnica Timișoara	Glasgow
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 32,000

1 October 1980 1st Round 2nd Leg	FC Politehnica Timișoara	1–0 (2–2 agg.)	Celtic	Timișoara
20:00 GMT				Stadium: Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu Attendance: 50,000

Drybrough Cup[]

26 July 1980 First Round	Celtic	0–1	Ayr United	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 16,000

Glasgow Cup[]

10 October 1980 Semi-final	Celtic	2–0	Queen's Park	Glasgow
19:30 GMT				Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 2,000

29 April 1981 Final	Partick Thistle	1–0	Celtic	Glasgow
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Firhill Park Attendance: 5,000

Club Staff[]

Board of Directors^[2]
Position	Name
Chairman	Desmond White
Secretary	Desmond White
Directors	Thomas Devlin James Farrell Kevin Kelly

Football Staff^[3]
Position	Name
Manager	Billy McNeill
Assistant Manager	John Clark
Reserve Team Manager	Bobby Lennox
Reserve Coach	Jimmy Lumsden
Physio	Brian Scott
Masseur	Jimmy Steele
Kitman	Neil Mochan

Transfers[]

Transfers Out^[4]
Date	Name	To	Transfer Fee
June 1980	Vic Davidson	Phoenix Inferno	Free Transfer
November 1980	Jim Casey (footballer)	Phoenix Inferno	Free Transfer
January 1981	Alan Sneddon	Hibernian F.C.	£60,000
		Total Transfer Fees	£60,000

References[]

^ "Average Celtic Home League Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Celtic Board – Past – The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Coaching and Backroom Staff – Previous – The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Transfers – Players Out – The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[1] "Average Celtic Home League Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[2] "Celtic Board – Past – The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[3] "Coaching and Backroom Staff – Previous – The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[4] "Transfers – Players Out – The Celtic Wiki". www.thecelticwiki.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

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Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final)
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup Anglo-Scottish Cup
Related to national team	Results World Cup 1982 qualifying (Group 6) British Home Championship
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