Middlesbrough 1 Tottenham Hotspur 3
Outcome: Lost
Date: 8/29/1981
Manager: Bobby Murdoch
Attendance: 20490
Competition: Division One
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Heine Otto | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| Irving Nattrass | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| Mick Baxter | |||
| Joe Bolton | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Heine Otto | |||
| Graeme Hedley | |||
| Garry Macdonald | |||
| Dave Shearer | |||
| Billy Woof |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| David Hodgson |