Middlesbrough 2 Birmingham City 0
Outcome: Won
Date: 9/12/1981
Manager: Bobby Murdoch
Attendance: 13167
Competition: Division One
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
- Heine Otto
- David Hodgson
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| Joe Bolton | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Mick Baxter | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| Ian Bailey | |||
| Heine Otto | |||
| Colin Ross | |||
| Dave Shearer | |||
| David Hodgson | |||
| Terry Cochrane |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Garry Macdonald |