Saturday 26 September 1981 at Molineux (Att 11,594)

Wolves (1) 3 (Eves 34 72, Daniel 86): Bradshaw, Palmer, Parkin, Daniel, Gallagher, Berry, Hibbitt (Richards 68), Eves, Gray, Matthews, Birch.
Notts County (1) 2 (Berry 15og, Goodwin 52): Avramovic, Benjamin, Worthington, Goodwin, Kilcline, Richards, McCulloch, Masson, Christie, Hunt, Hooks; Sub Lahtinen.

Referee: Mr D Shaw (Sandbach).
Order of Goals: n,W,n,W,W.
Booked: McCulloch.
Landmark: Nigel Worthington makes League debut. Peter Daniel’s winner is the 10500th goal in all Wolves Football League matches.
Position: 19th.