UEFA CUP 1st Round, 2nd Leg
1st October 1980
St. Mirren Park, Paisley

St. Mirren 0-0 Elfsborg

ATT: 8,326

Referee: G Haraldsson (Iceland)

• Saints negotiate the tie overall, but disappoint an expectant home support by only drawing with the part-time Swedish outfit.
• The disappointment is further compounded by Saints failure to score against a 10 man Swedish side with no recognised goalkeeper for a portion of the match, after a series of injuries left the visitors with no choice but to use left back Lennart Johansson in goal for the last 20 minutes.
• Perhaps the talking down of the opposition by Jim Clunie had a negative impact on the attendance, with the turnout of 8,326 some 2,000 less than the average of the previous season.
• However, the success of qualification for round 2 gives Saints a glamour tie, although extremely tough one, when they were paired with the then most successful team in France, St.-Etienne, captained by world class superstar, Michel Platini.