Brighton 0 Middlesbrough 1
Outcome: Won
Date: 11/8/1980
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 12117
Competition: DivisionOne
Played at: Goldstone Ground
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Craig Johnston | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| David Hodgson | |||
| Garry Macdonald | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | |||
| Craig Johnston | |||
| Bosco Jankovic | |||
| Mark Procter | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| Irving Nattrass | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Jim Platt |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |