Manchester City 3 Middlesbrough 2
Outcome: Lost
Date: 11/8/1981
Manager: Bobby Murdoch
Attendance: 32025
Competition: DivisionOne
Played at: Maine Road
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Bobby Thomson | |||
| Mike Angus | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Terry Cochrane | |||
| Dave Shearer | |||
| Billy Woof | |||
| Heine Otto | |||
| Bobby Thomson | |||
| Irving Nattrass | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| Mick Baxter | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Jim Platt | |||
| Mike Angus |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |