Coventry City 2 Middlesbrough 1
Outcome: Lost
Date: 4/5/1980
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 15398
Competition: DivisionOne
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| David Hodgson | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| David Hodgson | |||
| Terry Cochrane | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | |||
| Craig Johnston | |||
| Mark Procter | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| Irving Nattrass | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Peter Johnson | |||
| Alan Ramage | |||
| Jim Platt |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Bosco Jankovic |