Saturday 6 December 1980 at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury (Att 26,050)

Arsenal (1) 1 (Stapleton 20): Jennings, Devine, Sansom, Talbot, Walford, Young, Hollins (Vaessen), McDermott, Stapleton, Gatting, Rix.
Wolves (1) 1 (Richards 36): Bradshaw, Humphrey, Hollifield, Daniel, Brazier, Hughes, Hibbitt, Atkinson, Bell, Richards, Eves; Sub Villazan.

Referee: Mr C Maskell (Cambridge).
Order of Goals: a,W.
Position: 14th.