Saturday 21 February 1981 at Portman Road (Att 24,218)

Ipswich Town (2) 3 (Wark  24, Gates 43, Beattie 67): Cooper, Mills, Butcher, McCall, Osman, Beattie, Wark, Muhren, Mariner, O’Callaghan, Gates, sub Turner.
Wolves (1) (Gray 3): Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Daniel (Bell 65), McAlle, Berry, Hibbitt, Atkinson, Gray, Richards, Eves.

Referee: Mr D Hedges (Oxford).
Order of Goals: W,i,i,i.
Penalty: John Richards had penalty saved by Paul Cooper after 51 minutes, and then blasted the rebound over the bar. It had been awarded against Kevin Beattie who hooked his leg around John Richards who was running on to a Kenny Hibbitt pass.
Television: Match covered on match of the Day.
Position: 18th.