Crystal Palace 5 Middlesbrough 2
Outcome: Lost
Date: 8/23/1980
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 17192
Competition: Division One
Goals:
- Billy Ashcroft
- Craig Johnston
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| Ian Bailey | |||
| Irving Nattrass | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| Graeme Hedley | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | |||
| Craig Johnston | |||
| Dave Shearer | |||
| David Hodgson |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Micky Burns |