Captain:

Home Grounds used:
Thorneyholme Road, Accrington

Away Grounds visited:
The Worswick Memorial Ground, Rawtenstall; Acre Bottom, Ramsbottom; Turf Moor, Burnley; Blackburn Road, Oswaldtwistle; Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn; The Horsfield, Colne; Dill Hall Lane, Enfield; Seedhill, Nelson; Lanehead, Bacup; Liverpool Road, Lowerhouse; Bentgate, Haslingden; Blackburn Road, Rishton; Centre Vale, Todmorden

First XI playing record:
P 30     W 11     D 0     L 15     NR 4

Click on this link for the season's First XI scorecards and results

16 players appeared in First XI matches for Accrington in 1981:
M Aspin; G Beech; IH Birtwistle; G Dickenson; M Donnelly; A Gardener; PS Graham; T Hatch; R Haworth; G Hayhurst; N Jones; W Rawstron; A Richardson; DW Stead; AD Varley; PJ West.