The 1981 FA Charity Shield was the 59th FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 22 August 1981 at Wembley Stadium and played between 1980–81 Football League champions Aston Villa and FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur. The match ended in a 2–2 draw and the sides shared the trophy for six months each.

Peter Withe scored twice for Villa, and Mark Falco twice for Tottenham, in front of a 92,500-strong crowd.^[1]

22 August 1981

15:00

Aston Villa	2–2	Tottenham Hotspur
Withe		Falco

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 92,500

Aston Villa

Tottenham Hotspur

GK 1 Jimmy Rimmer DF 2 Kenny Swain DF 3 Colin Gibson DF 4 Allan Evans DF 5 Ken McNaught MF 6 Dennis Mortimer (c) MF 7 Des Bremner FW 8 David Geddis FW 9 Peter Withe MF 10 Gordon Cowans MF 11 Tony Morley Substitutes: DF 12 Gary Williams MF 13 Andy Blair MF 14 Robert Hopkins DF 15 Brendon Ormsby GK 16 Nigel Spink Manager: Ron Saunders

GK 1 Ray Clemence DF 2 Chris Hughton DF 3 Paul Miller DF 4 Graham Roberts MF 5 Ricky Villa DF 6 Steve Perryman (c) MF 7 Ossie Ardiles FW 8 Steve Archibald MF 9 Tony Galvin MF 10 Glenn Hoddle FW 11 Mark Falco Substitutes: DF 12 Gordon Smith GK 13 Milija Aleksic DF 14 Paul Price MF 15 Garry Brooke FW 16 Chris Jones Manager: Keith Burkinshaw

• 1980–81 Football League
• 1980–81 FA Cup