Middlesbrough 1 Sunderland 0
Outcome: Won
Date: 2/7/1981
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 35065
Competition: Division One
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
- Graeme Hedley
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| Ian Bailey | |||
| Irving Nattrass | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| Graeme Hedley | |||
| Mark Procter | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | |||
| Bosco Jankovic | |||
| David Hodgson | |||
| Terry Cochrane |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |