Football League Cup (Second Round, First Leg) Wednesday 7 October 1981 at Villa Park (Att 26,553)

Aston Villa (0) 3 (Bremner 65, Blair 69, Morley 88): Rimmer, Swain, Gibson, Evans, Ormsby, Mortimer, Bremner, Shaw, Withe (Blair 59), Cowans, Morley.
Wolves (1) 2 (Gray 32, Gallagher 56): Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Atkinson, Gallagher, Villazan, Hibbitt, Birch (Bell 87), Gray, Richards, Matthews.

Referee: Mr C White (Harrow).
Order of Goals: W,W,a,a,a.
Sent-off: Gray 53 (foul).
Landmark: Joe Gallagher nets his only goal for Wolves.