1984–85 Football League

86th season of the Football League The Football League 1984–85 Everton 1983–84 1985–86 The 1984–85 season was the 86th completed season of The Football League. Final league tables and results The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1984-85.html England 1984–85 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation 2010-02-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20100127135010/http://www.rsssf.com/engpaul/FLA/1984-85.html 27 January 2010 live with home and away statistics separated. During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. First Division First Division 1984–85 Everton8th English title Norwich CitySunderlandStoke City Gary LinekerKerry Dixon(24 goals each)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 2010-10-31 Chelsea 6–2 Coventry City(3 November 1984) Aston Villa 0–5 Nottingham Forest(5 September 1984) Queens Park Rangers 5–5 Newcastle United(22 September 1984) 462 1288 10 matchesEverton 18 matchesEverton 10 matchesStoke City 1983–84 1985–86 Howard Kendall's Everton side beat neighbours Liverpool to the league championship by thirteen points with five games to spare, while Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United followed closely behind. Kendall's team also collected the Cup Winners' Cup. Southampton completed the top five, but long-serving manager Lawrie McMenemy then delivered a major surprise by resigning as manager to take over at relegated Sunderland. The season marked the return of Sheffield Wednesday to the First Division after 14 years away, Newcastle United after six years away, and Chelsea after five years. All three sides secured First Division survival comfortably. Stoke City finished bottom of the First Division with just three league wins all season and just 17 points – a record low under the 3 points for a win system in any division, which would stand for twenty-one years. Norwich City and Sunderland – the two League Cup finalists – occupied the two other relegation places. Liverpool manager Joe Fagan retired after the season and striker Kenny Dalglish was appointed player-manager. The First Division's leading scorers this season were Gary Lineker at Leicester City and Kerry Dixon at Chelsea, with both players scoring 24 league goals. Final table main WDL First Division World Football EVE, LIV, TOT, MUN, SOU, CHE, ARS, SHW, NFO, AVL, WAT, WBA, LUT, NEW, LEI, WHU, IPS, COV, QPR, NOR, SUN, STK EC UC UC CWC UC ECR REL REL complete 19 9 14 61 49 15 11 16 60 60 18 12 12 63 48 15 5 22 47 64 28 6 8 88 43 13 11 18 46 57 15 6 21 65 73 22 11 9 68 35 15 9 18 57 61 22 10 10 77 47 13 13 16 55 70 13 10 19 46 64 19 7 16 56 48 13 11 18 53 72 23 8 11 78 51 17 14 11 58 45 19 11 12 56 47 3 8 31 24 91 10 10 22 40 62 14 13 15 81 71 16 7 19 58 62 13 12 17 51 68 C R R R Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Qualified for the Football League Super Cup and disqualified from the European CupEnglish teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. All five teams that would have qualified for European competition qualified for the Football League Super Cup instead. green1 Qualified for the Football League Super Cup and disqualified from the UEFA CupEnglish teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. All five teams that would have qualified for European competition qualified for the Football League Super Cup instead. green1 Qualified for the Football League Super Cup and disqualified from the European Cup Winners' CupEnglish teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. All five teams that would have qualified for European competition qualified for the Football League Super Cup instead. red2 Qualified for the Football League Super Cup and disqualified from the UEFA Cup and relegated to the Second DivisionEnglish teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans. All five teams that would have qualified for European competition qualified for the Football League Super Cup instead. red1 Relegation to the Second Division Manchester United would have qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup winners. Norwich City would have qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners. First Division results main FBR grey ARS AST CHE COV EVE IPS LEI LIV LUT MUN NEW NOR NOT QPR SHW SOU STK SUN TOT WAT WBA WHU Arsenal 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 Aston Villa 0–0 4–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 4–0 2–2 0–5 5–2 3–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 Chelsea 1–1 3–1 6–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 3–0 Coventry City 1–2 0–3 1–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–2 Everton 2–0 2–1 3–4 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 4–0 3–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 4–1 1–4 4–0 4–1 3–0 Ipswich Town 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 5–1 0–2 0–3 3–3 2–0 0–1 Leicester City 1–4 5–0 1–1 5–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–3 2–3 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 Liverpool 3–0 2–1 4–3 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 4–3 0–0 3–0 Luton Town 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–2 Manchester United 4–2 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 5–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 Newcastle United 1–3 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–4 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–3 3–1 1–0 1–1 Norwich City 1–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 4–2 0–2 1–3 3–3 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 Nottingham Forest 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 Queens Park Rangers 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–3 0–2 2–3 1–3 5–5 2–2 3–0 0–0 0–4 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 3–1 4–2 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 5–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–2 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 Southampton 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 4–3 2–3 Stoke City 2–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–4 2–1 0–1 2–3 1–4 0–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 2–4 Sunderland 0–0 0–4 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–4 0–3 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 0–2 1–1 4–2 1–2 2–3 2–2 1–0 4–2 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–0 5–0 2–0 5–1 4–0 2–0 1–5 2–3 2–2 Watford 3–4 3–3 1–3 0–1 4–5 3–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 5–1 3–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 5–0 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 1–0 0–1 5–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–5 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 5–1 West Ham United 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 0–3 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 0–0 2–3 5–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 complete Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Newcastle United ENG Arthur Cox Signed by Derby County 28 May 1984 Pre-season ENG Jack Charlton 19 July 1984 Queens Park Rangers ENG Terry Venables Signed by Barcelona 30 May 1984 ENG Alan Mullery 20 June 1984 Tottenham Hotspur ENG Keith Burkinshaw Resigned 31 May 1984 WAL Peter Shreeves 1 June 1984 Aston Villa ENG Tony Barton Sacked 5 June 1984 ENG Graham Turner 2 July 1984 Queens Park Rangers ENG Alan Mullery 5 December 1984 13th ENG Frank Sibley 5 December 1984 Coventry City ENG Bobby Gould 28 December 1984 21st SCO Don Mackay 28 December 1984 Stoke City ENG Bill Asprey Resigned 2 April 1985 22nd ENG Tony Lacey (caretaker) 2 April 1985 First Division maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1984–1985 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Arsenal Chelsea Tottenham Queens Park Rangers Watford West Ham England none 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1984–1985 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 51.54 -0.26 right England 53.41 -1.50 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 51.65 -0.40 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 51.54 0.040 right Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Newcastle Norwich City Nottingham Forest QPR Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke Sunderland Tottenham Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham Second Division Second Division 1984–85 Oxford United Oxford UnitedBirmingham CityManchester City Notts CountyCardiff CityWolverhampton Wanderers John Aldridge(30 goals) 462 1255 1983–84 1985–86 Jim Smith's Oxford United side won a successive promotion as Second Division champions and reached the First Division after just 23 years as Football League members. Following them into the big time were Birmingham City and Manchester City. Slipping out of the league's second tier were Cardiff City, joined by Notts County and Wolverhampton Wanderers – both relegated for the second season in succession. Veteran manager Tommy Docherty had tried his hand at reversing financially troubled Wolves' rapid decline at Molineux, but without success. main WDL Second Division OXF, BIR, MCI, POR, BLB, BHA, LEE, SHR, FUL, GRI, BAR, WIM, HUD, OLD, CRY, CRL, CHA, SHU, MID, NTC, CAR, WOL PRO PRO PRO REL REL REL complete 14 16 12 42 42 25 7 10 59 33 21 10 11 66 41 20 12 10 54 34 9 8 25 47 79 13 8 21 50 67 11 12 19 51 63 12 12 18 46 65 19 8 15 68 64 18 8 16 72 64 15 10 17 52 64 19 12 11 66 43 21 11 10 66 40 10 10 22 41 57 10 7 25 45 73 15 8 19 49 67 25 9 8 84 36 20 14 8 69 50 10 14 18 54 66 18 11 13 66 53 16 10 16 71 75 8 9 25 37 79 C, P P P R R R Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Manchester City Middlesbrough Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Portsmouth Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored R green1 Promotion to the First Division red1 Relegation to the Third Division Second Division results main FBR grey BAR BIR BLB B&HA CAR CRL CHA CRY FUL GRI HUD LEE MCI MID NTC OLD OXF POR SHU SHR WDN WOL Barnsley 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 0-1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 5–1 Birmingham City 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 4–2 1–0 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 5–1 Cardiff City 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–4 2–1 0–3 0–3 0–2 2–4 3–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–4 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–3 0–0 Carlisle United 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–5 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 6–1 0–1 Charlton Athletic 5–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–1 2–2 2–3 1–3 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 Crystal Palace 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 0–5 0–0 Fulham 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 3–2 3–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 Grimsby Town 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 6–3 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–4 5–1 0–2 4–1 3–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–1 5–1 Huddersfield Town 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–2 2–2 1–5 2–1 3–1 Leeds United 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 5–0 6–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 5–2 3–2 Manchester City 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–3 5–1 2–1 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 4–0 3–0 4–0 Middlesbrough 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–5 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–4 1–1 Notts County 0–2 1–3 0–3 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 3–2 3–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–3 2–3 4–1 Oldham Athletic 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–2 Oxford United 4–0 0–3 2–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 5–0 5–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 5–2 3–0 1–0 1–1 5–2 1–1 5–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 Portsmouth 0–0 1–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 4–4 3–2 3–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 Sheffield United 3–1 3–4 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 3–0 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 4–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 4–2 3–0 2–2 0–0 3–3 1–2 2–1 Wimbledon 3–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 3–2 5–0 4–1 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 3–0 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–4 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–3 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–3 complete Second Division maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1984–1985 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.43 -0.19 right Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Wimbledon England none 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1984–1985 teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 52.48 -1.89 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 51.72 -1.21 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.37 -1.47 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 51.43 -0.19 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Barnsley Birmingham Brighton & Hove Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Leeds United Manchester City Middlesbrough Notts County Oldham Oxford Portsmouth Sheffield United Shrewsbury Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers Third Division Football LeagueThird Division 1984–85 Bradford City (1st title) Promoted MillwallHull City Relegated BurnleyOrientPreston North EndCambridge United Tommy Tynan (Plymouth Argyle), 31 552 1503 1983–84 1985–86 Bradford City's Third Division championship was overshadowed on the final day of the season, when a fire at their Valley Parade ground killed 56 spectators – including two followers of their opponents Lincoln City. The other two promotion places in the Third Division were occupied by Millwall and Hull City. Cambridge United, Orient, Burnley and Preston North End went down from the Third Division. Burnley and Preston were founder members of the Football League, and 25 years prior, Burnley had been league champions. Swansea City, who had finished sixth in the First Division just three years earlier, continued to decline as a result of their financial problems, as they narrowly avoided a third successive relegation. main WDL Third Division PR 5 BRA Bradford City MIL Millwall HUL Hull City GIL Gillingham BRC Bristol City BRR Bristol Rovers DER Derby County YOR York City REA Reading BOU Bournemouth WAL Walsall ROT Rotherham United BRE Brentford DON Doncaster Rovers PLY Plymouth Argyle WIG Wigan Athletic BOL Bolton Wanderers NPC Newport County LIN Lincoln City SWA Swansea City BUR Burnley LEY Orient PNE Preston North End CAM Cambridge United 28 10 8 77 45 26 12 8 73 42 25 12 9 78 49 25 8 13 80 62 24 9 13 74 47 21 12 13 66 48 19 13 14 65 54 20 9 17 70 57 19 12 15 68 62 19 11 16 57 46 18 13 15 58 52 18 11 17 55 55 16 14 16 62 64 17 8 21 72 74 15 14 17 62 65 15 14 17 60 64 16 6 24 69 75 13 13 20 55 67 11 18 17 50 51 12 11 23 53 80 11 13 22 60 73 11 13 22 51 76 13 7 26 51 100 4 9 33 37 95 CP P P R R R R Bradford City v. Lincoln City was abandoned after 40 mins; the result (0–0) stood. BRA green1 Promotion to the Second Division P P P red1 Relegation to the Fourth Division R R R R complete Results main FBR grey BOL BOU BRA BRE BRC BRR BUR CAM DER DON GIL HUL LEY LIN MIL NPC PLY PNE REA ROT SWA WAL WIG YOR Bolton Wanderers 2-1 0-2 1-1 1-4 0-1 1-3 0-0 3-0 3-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 3-1 7-2 4-0 1-2 2-0 0-0 3-1 1-0 2-1 Bournemouth 4-0 4-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-0 1-3 2-0 1-1 1-0 3-1 1-2 3-0 1-0 2-0 0-3 3-0 1-2 4-1 1-0 4-0 Bradford City 2-1 1-0 5-4 1-1 2-0 3-2 2-0 3-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 4-1 0-0 3-1 1-0 1-0 3-0 2-5 1-1 1-1 1-1 4-2 1-0 Brentford 2-1 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-3 2-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 5-2 2-1 0-1 2-2 1-1 2-5 3-1 3-1 2-1 3-0 3-0 3-1 2-0 2-1 Bristol City 3-2 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-0 3-0 3-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 3-2 2-1 0-1 2-1 4-3 4-0 2-3 0-1 2-2 1-2 2-0 1-0 Bristol Rovers 1-2 1-0 2-0 3-0 1-0 4-0 2-1 2-1 1-1 3-2 1-1 0-1 0-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 4-2 0-0 2-0 1-1 Burnley 3-2 1-1 1-2 3-1 0-1 0-0 2-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-2 7-0 1-1 1-2 1-2 1-1 Cambridge United 2-3 1-0 0-4 1-2 2-3 0-2 2-3 0-2 1-1 1-2 1-3 2-3 0-2 1-0 1-2 1-1 0-3 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-1 1-1 0-4 Derby County 3-2 2-3 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-2 1-0 3-1 1-0 3-1 1-0 2-0 1-2 3-3 3-1 2-0 4-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 2-2 1-0 Doncaster Rovers 2-0 3-0 0-3 2-2 1-1 2-2 2-0 3-2 2-1 0-1 1-2 1-1 3-2 0-1 3-2 4-3 1-2 0-4 0-1 4-1 4-1 1-1 3-0 Gillingham 2-3 3-2 2-2 2-0 1-3 4-1 1-1 3-0 3-2 2-1 1-0 2-0 3-2 1-4 1-1 3-3 4-0 4-1 2-1 1-1 3-0 5-1 1-0 Hull City 2-2 3-0 0-2 4-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 2-1 3-2 3-2 2-0 5-1 1-0 2-1 2-0 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 4-1 1-0 3-1 0-2 Orient 4-3 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-4 0-2 2-2 2-2 2-1 2-4 4-5 1-0 1-0 1-1 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 4-2 0-3 1-1 1-3 Lincoln City 2-0 0-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 1-2 3-1 1-1 0-0 0-2 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 2-2 2-2 4-0 5-1 3-3 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-1 Millwall 5-2 2-1 4-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-2 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 4-1 1-0 Newport County 3-2 1-1 0-1 2-0 0-0 1-1 2-1 1-2 1-3 2-1 0-3 0-1 2-0 2-1 3-2 1-0 3-3 1-2 0-2 2-0 1-2 1-1 1-1 Plymouth Argyle 2-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 3-2 2-2 2-0 0-1 2-1 1-1 0-1 1-1 2-0 3-1 1-0 6-4 1-2 1-0 1-2 1-3 1-0 1-1 Preston North End 1-0 2-1 1-4 1-1 3-2 2-2 3-3 3-1 2-1 2-0 0-0 1-4 0-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 0-2 0-3 3-2 1-0 2-5 2-4 Reading 3-1 0-2 0-3 0-0 1-0 3-2 5-1 3-1 0-0 1-4 0-2 4-2 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-1 1-1 3-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 1-2 Rotherham United 3-1 1-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 3-3 3-2 0-1 2-0 2-3 1-0 1-1 2-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-2 3-0 3-0 0-1 0-1 3-3 4-1 Swansea City 2-1 0-0 1-2 3-2 0-0 3-2 0-1 2-2 1-5 3-1 0-1 0-2 3-1 2-2 1-2 0-3 0-2 4-1 1-2 1-0 1-2 2-2 1-3 Walsall 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 4-1 1-2 2-3 5-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 4-2 0-0 3-3 1-1 0-3 2-1 3-1 0-2 3-0 0-0 3-0 Wigan Athletic 1-0 1-2 1-0 1-1 2-2 1-0 2-0 3-3 2-0 5-2 0-1 1-1 4-2 1-0 0-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 2-1 2-0 1-2 1-2 York City 0-3 4-1 1-2 1-0 0-2 1-0 4-0 3-2 1-1 3-1 7-1 1-2 2-1 2-1 1-1 2-0 0-0 0-1 2-2 3-0 1-0 1-1 2-0 complete Soccerbase Third Division maps Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1984–1985 Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.560 -0.012 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Brentford Orient Millwall England none 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1984–1985 England 53.59 -2.56 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 52.21 0.12 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 51.56 -0.01 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 51.59 -3.00 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 53.55 -2.65 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Bolton Bournemouth Bradford C. Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge Utd Derby County Doncaster Gillingham Hull Orient Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Reading Rotherham Swansea City Walsall Wigan Athletic York City Fourth Division Football LeagueFourth Division 1984–85 Chesterfield (2nd title) Promoted BlackpoolBuryDarlington Failed re-election None New club in the league John Clayton (Tranmere Rovers), 31 552 1478 1983–84 1985–86 Chesterfield, Blackpool, Darlington and Bury were promoted to the Third Division after occupying the Fourth Division's top four places. The bottom four clubs, Halifax Town, Stockport County, Northampton Town, who had spent a season in the First Division 20 years earlier, and Torquay United, all retained their league status after a successful re-election campaign at the expense of Bath City, who were placed 4th in the Alliance Premier League and were the highest placed team there that would have met the Football League's requirements. main WDL Fourth Division P 5 CHF Chesterfield BLP Blackpool DAR Darlington BRY Bury HER Hereford United TRA Tranmere Rovers COL Colchester United SWI Swindon Town SCU Scunthorpe United CRE Crewe Alexandra PET Peterborough United PTV Port Vale ALD Aldershot MAN Mansfield Town WRE Wrexham CHE Chester City ROC Rochdale EXE Exeter City HAR Hartlepool United STD Southend United HAL Halifax Town STP Stockport County NOR Northampton Town TOR Torquay United 26 13 7 64 35 24 14 8 73 39 24 13 9 66 49 24 12 10 76 50 22 11 13 65 47 24 3 19 83 66 20 14 12 87 65 21 9 16 62 58 19 14 13 83 62 18 12 16 65 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4-1 3-1 3-2 1-1 1-1 3-3 3-0 1-1 2-1 2-1 4-1 Crewe Alexandra 1-1 0-2 1-0 2-0 1-1 1-4 2-2 0-0 0-1 2-0 0-3 1-1 3-2 2-1 0-0 3-1 1-1 0-2 2-1 3-2 3-0 1-3 3-0 Darlington 1-1 0-4 1-1 2-1 1-3 4-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 0-1 1-1 3-1 4-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 2-1 3-1 3-1 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-1 Exeter City 3-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 0-1 1-5 0-2 1-1 1-0 3-2 0-0 0-0 5-0 0-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 2-1 0-2 1-1 4-3 0-1 2-0 Halifax Town 1-2 0-2 4-1 0-4 1-3 0-0 1-1 0-1 2-3 2-3 2-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-2 1-2 1-0 2-1 2-1 0-1 2-1 1-2 Hartlepool United 1-0 0-2 0-1 2-1 1-0 2-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 0-1 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-3 0-2 2-2 3-2 2-1 5-1 2-2 3-1 2-4 2-0 Hereford United 2-1 2-1 5-3 0-0 0-1 2-1 3-2 0-1 1-2 3-0 3-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-0 3-0 2-0 0-3 1-0 2-1 2-1 Mansfield Town 1-2 1-1 0-2 2-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 2-0 2-2 2-1 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-0 1-1 5-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 Northampton Town 4-0 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-3 1-3 1-3 2-1 5-2 0-1 2-0 0-3 1-0 0-3 1-0 0-0 0-2 1-2 4-0 4-0 3-1 2-0 0-4 Peterborough United 1-2 2-0 1-4 3-1 0-0 0-1 2-1 1-1 0-0 2-0 3-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 3-1 1-4 3-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-1 Port Vale 1-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-2 2-0 0-2 5-1 3-1 1-1 3-1 0-1 0-3 3-1 3-1 1-1 4-1 3-2 2-0 2-2 2-1 0-0 Rochdale 1-2 1-1 1-1 1-2 3-1 1-1 1-3 1-2 2-0 2-0 4-3 0-1 2-1 3-0 2-1 1-2 3-3 2-2 0-0 0-1 0-0 2-1 0-2 Scunthorpe United 2-1 1-1 2-2 2-1 2-4 2-2 2-3 0-1 7-1 4-0 2-0 1-1 2-2 2-1 2-1 3-3 4-2 2-1 1-0 6-2 2-0 5-2 5-2 Southend United 1-0 1-4 3-3 1-1 0-1 2-5 3-1 1-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 0-0 1-3 2-1 2-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 3-2 1-0 2-3 0-1 Stockport County 6-0 1-3 2-0 5-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-3 4-1 2-1 1-1 4-2 1-1 3-1 1-1 2-0 1-2 2-1 1-2 0-2 2-2 Swindon Town 2-1 4-1 1-0 4-4 4-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 0-3 1-0 2-0 1-1 0-1 2-1 0-0 2-0 4-0 1-3 2-1 2-1 Torquay United 1-3 0-2 0-2 2-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-2 0-0 1-3 1-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 4-3 Tranmere Rovers 4-3 3-0 3-2 1-0 0-1 3-1 3-1 3-0 3-2 1-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 4-0 4-1 3-1 2-0 2-0 3-0 0-2 3-1 3-1 Wrexham 1-0 1-2 3-0 2-0 2-0 2-2 1-3 1-1 2-0 0-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 0-3 1-3 1-1 2-0 2-1 1-2 3-4 4-0 2-0 4-0 compreat Soccerbase Fourth Division maps England none 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1984–1985 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 51.89 0.90 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 52.06 -2.72 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 52.58 -0.25 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 53.03 -2.98 right Aldershot Blackpool Bury Chester City Chesterfield Colchester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool Hereford United Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend Stockport Swindon Torquay Tranmere Wrexham Election/re-election to the Football League This year the top three teams in the 1984–85 Alliance Premier League, Wealdstone, Nuneaton Borough and Dartford, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements, so fourth-placed Bath City won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1984–85 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows: Club Final Position Votes Northampton Town 23rd (Fourth Division) 52 Stockport County 22nd (Fourth Division) 50 Torquay United 24th (Fourth Division) 50 Halifax Town 21st (Fourth Division) 48 Bath City 4th (Alliance Premier League) 8 As a result of this, all four Football League teams were re-elected, and Bath City were denied membership of the Football League. Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1985.htm First Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester United 21 42,881 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liverpool FC 21 34,444 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Everton FC 21 31,984 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Arsenal FC 21 31,205 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tottenham Hotspur 21 28,930 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield Wednesday 21 27,781 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Newcastle United 21 26,228 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Chelsea FC 21 23,065 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Ham United 21 18,433 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sunderland AFC 21 18,347 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Aston Villa 21 18,318 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Watford FC 21 18,246 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Southampton FC 21 18,046 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Ipswich Town 21 17,220 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Nottingham Forest 21 16,781 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Norwich City 21 15,100 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leicester City 21 14,546 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Queens Park Rangers 21 14,000 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count West Bromwich Albion 21 13,849 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Coventry City 21 12,848 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Luton Town 21 10,816 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Stoke City 21 10,700 - } Second Division { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Home games!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Manchester City 21 24,220 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Portsmouth FC 21 15,185 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Leeds United 21 15,161 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Birmingham City 21 12,733 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sheffield United 21 12,055 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Brighton & Hove Albion 21 11,798 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oxford United 21 10,577 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Blackburn Rovers 21 9,648 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 8,375 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Huddersfield Town 21 7,238 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Barnsley FC 21 7,225 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Grimsby Town 21 6,458 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Crystal Palace FC 21 6,446 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Notts County 21 6,211 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Fulham FC 21 6,179 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Middlesbrough FC 21 5,135 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Charlton Athletic 21 5,104 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shrewsbury Town 21 4,715 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Oldham Athletic 21 4,713 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Wimbledon FC 21 4,391 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Cardiff City 21 4,363 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Carlisle United 21 4,016 - } See also 1984-85 in English football References Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's, London & Sydney, 1980. 1984–85 1–4