| 14.10.1981 | Belfast | Windsor Park | 22 248 |
|
N.Ireland | 0:0(0:0) | Scotland | |
| Jennings Patrick, Nicholl James Michael, Nicholl Christopher John, O'Neill John, McIlroy Samuel Baxter, Donaghy Malachy, O'Neill Martin(c), McCreery David, Brotherston Noël, Hamilton William Robert, Armstrong Gerard Joseph | Rough Alan Roderick, Stewart Raymond, Gray Francis Tierney, Strachan Gordon David, Hansen Alan David, Miller William Fergus, Dalglish Kenneth Mathieson, Souness Graeme James, Archibald Steven, Hartford Richard Asa(c), Robertson John Neilson |
| Coach:William Laurence Bingham | Jock Stein |
| Scorers: | |
| Substitutions: | 79' in Gray Andrew Mullen out Strachan Gordon David |
| Referee:Valeri Butenko (URS) | Assistant referee:Anatoly Kadetov (URS), Anatoly Milchenko (URS) |
