Saturday 1 March 1980 at Molineux (Att 21,852)

Wolves (0) 0: Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Daniel, Hughes, Berry, Hibbitt (Clarke HT), Carr, Gray, Richards, Eves.
Middlesbrough (0) 2 (Hodgson 82 89): Platt, Craggs, Johnson, Johnston, Ramage, Nattrass, Cochrane, Proctor, Hodgson, Burns (Hedley), Armstrong.

Referee: Mr J Lovatt (Crewe).
Booked: Ramage.
Position: 9th.