Saturday 17 October 1981 at Molineux (Att 12,061)

Wolves 0: Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Matthews, Gallagher, Villazan, Hibbitt, Atkinson (Clarke HT), Gray, Richards, Birch.
Middlesbrough 0: Platt, Cragg, Bolton, Angus, Baxter, McAndrew, Cochrane, Otto, Ashcroft (Woof 63), Shearer, Askew.

Referee: Mr J Deakin (Bedford).
Position: 21st.