Loss
Bolton Wanderers 0-3 Luton Town
D2
02/05/1981
Scorers:
Attendance: 7,268
Draw
Orient 2-2 Bolton Wanderers
D2
26/04/1981
Scorers: Gowling, Whatmore
Attendance: 3,824
Draw
Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Wrexham
D2
20/04/1981
Scorers: Kidd B (pen)
Attendance: 6,194
Draw
Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Bolton Wanderers
D2
18/04/1981
Scorers:
Attendance: 16,357
Win
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Watford
D2
11/04/1981
Scorers: Thomas J, Whatmore
Attendance: 8,461
Win
Cambridge United 2-3 Bolton Wanderers
D2
04/04/1981
Scorers: Reid, Nikolic, Whatmore
Attendance: 4,512
Draw
Bolton Wanderers 1-1 West Ham United
D2
28/03/1981
Scorers: Whatmore
Attendance: 13,271
Win
Preston North End 1-2 Bolton Wanderers
D2
24/03/1981
Scorers: Reid, Gowling
Attendance: 8,505
Loss
Bolton Wanderers 0-2 Shrewsbury Town
D2
14/03/1981
Scorers:
Attendance: 7,900
Loss
Chelsea 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
D2
07/03/1981
Scorers:
Attendance: 12,948
Loss
Swansea City 3-0 Bolton Wanderers
D2
28/02/1981
Scorers:
Attendance: 9,468
Win
Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Oldham Athletic
D2
24/02/1981
Scorers: Whatmore, Thomas J
Attendance: 9,641
Loss
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
D2
14/02/1981
Scorers: Gowling
Attendance: 5,368
Win
Bolton Wanderers 4-2 Cardiff City
D2
07/02/1981
Scorers: Thomas J 2, Wilson P, Nikolic
Attendance: 8,115
Loss
Newcastle United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
D2
31/01/1981
Scorers: Bennett
Attendance: 19,108
Win
Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Derby County
D2
24/01/1981
Scorers: Gowling 2, Thomas J
Attendance: 9,937
Loss
Grimsby Town 4-0 Bolton Wanderers
D2
10/01/1981
Scorers:
Attendance: 9,320
Loss
Bolton Wanderers 0-1 Nottingham Forest
FAC3R
06/01/1981
Scorers: (aet)
Attendance: 22,799
Draw
Nottingham Forest 3-3 Bolton Wanderers
FAC3
03/01/1981
Scorers: Hoggan 2, Whatmore
Attendance: 22,520
Loss
Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Blackburn Rovers
D2
27/12/1980
Scorers: Hoggan
Attendance: 18,184
Win
Wrexham 0-1 Bolton Wanderers
D2
26/12/1980
Scorers: Whatmore
Attendance: 7,635
Loss
Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Queens Park Rangers
D2
19/12/1980
Scorers: Gowling
Attendance: 6,315
Loss
Bristol City 3-1 Bolton Wanderers
D2
13/12/1980
Scorers: Gowling (pen)
Attendance: 7,384
Win
Bolton Wanderers 3-1 Orient
D2
06/12/1980
Scorers: Whatmore, Kidd B 2
Attendance: 8,228
Draw
Luton Town 2-2 Bolton Wanderers
D2
29/11/1980
Scorers: Whatmore 2
Attendance: 8,300
Win
Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Notts County
D2
25/11/1980
Scorers: Wilson P 2, Kidd B
Attendance: 7,344
Draw
Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Grimsby Town
D2
22/11/1980
Scorers: Hoggan
Attendance: 9,031
Loss
Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Bolton Wanderers
D2
11/11/1980
Scorers:
Attendance: 16,262
Loss
Watford 3-1 Bolton Wanderers
D2
08/11/1980
Scorers: Hoggan
Attendance: 11,296
Win
Bolton Wanderers 6-1 Cambridge United
D2
01/11/1980
Scorers: Kidd B 3, Whatmore, Hoggan, Cantello
Attendance: 8,016
Loss
West Ham United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
D2
25/10/1980
Scorers: Kidd B
Attendance: 25,277
Win
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Preston North End
D2
21/10/1980
Scorers: Carter, Whatmore
Attendance: 10,713
Draw
Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Bristol City
D2
18/10/1980
Scorers: Gowling
Attendance: 8,988
Loss
Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Bolton Wanderers
D2
11/10/1980
Scorers: Kidd B
Attendance: 8,641
Win
Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Bolton Wanderers
D2
07/10/1980
Scorers: Carter, Kidd B
Attendance: 5,077
Loss
Bolton Wanderers 2-3 Chelsea
D2
04/10/1980
Scorers: Thompson C, Gowling
Attendance: 11,888
Draw
Oldham Athletic 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
D2
27/09/1980
Scorers: Cantello
Attendance: 10,174
Loss
Bolton Wanderers 1-4 Swansea City
D2
20/09/1980
Scorers: Whatmore
Attendance: 9,419
Draw
Cardiff City 1-1 Bolton Wanderers
D2
13/09/1980
Scorers: Walsh M
Attendance: 6,649
Win
Bolton Wanderers 2-0 Bristol Rovers
D2
06/09/1980
Scorers: Griffiths (og), Gowling (pen)
Attendance: 8,712
Loss
Crystal Palace 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
LC2L2
02/09/1980
Scorers: Kidd B
Attendance: 14,764
Loss
Derby County 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
D2
30/08/1980
Scorers:
Attendance: 17,378
Loss
Bolton Wanderers 0-3 Crystal Palace
LC2L1
26/08/1980
Scorers:
Attendance: 9,913
Win
Bolton Wanderers 4-0 Newcastle United
D2
23/08/1980
Scorers: Kidd B 3, Whatmore
Attendance: 11,835
Draw
Bolton Wanderers 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday
D2
19/08/1980
Scorers:
Attendance: 15,926
Loss
Notts County 2-1 Bolton Wanderers
D2
16/08/1980
Scorers: Whatmore
Attendance: 7,459