Middlesbrough 3 Stoke City 1
Outcome: Won
Date: 2/21/1981
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 15142
Competition: Division One
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Bosco Jankovic | |||
| Terry Cochrane | |||
| Bosco Jankovic | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Jim Platt | |||
| Irving Nattrass | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| Ian Bailey | |||
| Mark Procter | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| David Hodgson | |||
| Terry Cochrane | |||
| Billy Ashcroft | |||
| Craig Johnston | |||
| Bosco Jankovic |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |