Brighton 2 Middlesbrough 0
Outcome: Lost
Date: 9/5/1981
Manager: Bobby Murdoch
Attendance: 13383
Competition: Division One
Goals:
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| Mike Angus | |||
| Andy McCreesh | |||
| Joe Bolton | |||
| Mick Baxter | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| Heine Otto | |||
| Graeme Hedley | |||
| Billy Woof | |||
| Dave Shearer | |||
| David Hodgson |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Terry Cochrane |