1984–85 Associate Members' Cup

Associate Members Cup 1984–85 Freight Rover Trophy EnglandWales 1983–84 1985–86 The 1984–85 Associate Members' Cup, known as the 1984–85 Freight Rover Trophy, was the fourth staging of a secondary football league tournament, and the second staging of the Associate Members' Cup, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in the Third Division and the Fourth Division. The winners were Wigan Athletic and the runners-up were Brentford. The competition began on 22 January 1985 and ended with the final on 1 June 1985 at Wembley Stadium. In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists faced each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy. First round Northern Section LegDateHome teamScoreAway teamFirst Leg22 JanuaryBolton Wanderers3–2Crewe AlexandraSecond Leg5 FebruaryCrewe Alexandra0–0Bolton WanderersBolton Wanderers won 3 – 2 on aggregateFirst Leg22 JanuaryDoncaster Rovers0–0York CitySecond Leg5 FebruaryYork City2–0Doncaster RoversYork City won 2 – 0 on aggregateFirst Leg22 JanuaryHull City2–2Mansfield TownSecond Leg6 FebruaryMansfield Town2–1Hull CityMansfield Town won 4 – 3 on aggregateFirst Leg22 JanuaryRotherham United1–1ChesterfieldSecond Leg5 FebruaryChesterfield1–0Rotherham UnitedChesterfield won 2 – 1 on aggregateFirst Leg22 JanuaryScunthorpe United1–4Bradford CitySecond Leg6 FebruaryBradford City2–1Scunthorpe UnitedBradford City won 6 – 2 on aggregateFirst Leg23 JanuaryBlackpool2–1Tranmere RoversSecond Leg29 JanuaryTranmere Rovers4–1BlackpoolTranmere Rovers won 5 – 3 on aggregateFirst Leg23 JanuaryHartlepool United2–1Lincoln CitySecond Leg6 FebruaryLincoln City4–0Hartlepool UnitedLincoln City won 5 – 2 on aggregateFirst Leg29 JanuaryBurnley5–1Stockport CountySecond Leg4 FebruaryStockport County0–1BurnleyBurnley won 6 – 1 on aggregateFirst Leg29 JanuaryWrexham2–2Wigan AthleticSecond Leg5 FebruaryWigan Athletic3–1WrexhamWigan Athletic won 5 – 3 on aggregateFirst Leg5 FebruaryBury1–1Chester CitySecond Leg20 FebruaryChester City1–2BuryBury won 3 – 2 on aggregateFirst Leg5 FebruaryRochdale2–2Preston North EndSecond Leg19 FebruaryPreston North End0–1RochdaleRochdale won 3 – 2 on aggregateFirst Leg14 FebruaryHalifax Town4–1DarlingtonSecond Leg3 MarchDarlington7–0Halifax TownDarlington won 8 – 4 on aggregate Southern Section LegDateHome teamScoreAway teamFirst Leg22 JanuaryLeyton Orient0–0AldershotSecond Leg5 FebruaryAldershot0–1Leyton OrientLeyton Orient won 1 – 0 on aggregateFirst Leg22 JanuaryNewport County3–0Exeter CitySecond Leg6 FebruaryExeter City1–1Newport CountyNewport County won 4 – 1 on aggregateFirst Leg22 JanuaryPlymouth Argyle2–1BournemouthSecond Leg5 FebruaryBournemouth2–0Plymouth ArgyleBournemouth won 3 – 2 on aggregateFirst Leg22 JanuarySwansea City2–0Bristol RoversSecond Leg19 MarchBristol Rovers0–0Swansea CitySwansea City won 2 – 0 on aggregateFirst Leg22 JanuaryTorquay United1–1Swindon TownSecond Leg6 FebruarySwindon Town0–0Torquay UnitedTorquay United won 4–3 on penalties (aggregate 1 - 1)After extra-time.First Leg23 JanuaryGillingham2–2Colchester UnitedSecond Leg5 FebruaryColchester United2–0GillinghamColchester United won 4 – 2 on aggregateFirst Leg23 JanuaryPeterborough United2–1Cambridge UnitedSecond Leg5 FebruaryCambridge United2–0Peterborough UnitedCambridge United won 3 – 2 on aggregateFirst Leg29 JanuaryPort Vale1–1Northampton TownSecond Leg5 FebruaryNorthampton Town1–2Port ValePort Vale won 3 – 2 on aggregateFirst Leg6 FebruaryDerby County1–0WalsallSecond Leg19 FebruaryWalsall5–3Derby CountyWalsall won 5 – 4 on aggregateFirst Leg6 FebruaryHereford United1–1Bristol CitySecond Leg20 FebruaryBristol City1–0Hereford UnitedBristol City won 2 – 1 on aggregateFirst Leg6 FebruaryReading1–3BrentfordSecond Leg26 FebruaryBrentford2–0ReadingBrentford won 5 – 1 on aggregateFirst Leg21 FebruarySouthend United0–2MillwallSecond Leg26 FebruaryMillwall3–1Southend UnitedMillwall won 5 – 1 on aggregate Second round In this round, in each section, the 6 winners and the 2 "lucky losers" progressed to the quarter-finals. Lucky losers are marked with the letters LL. Northern Section DateHome teamScoreAway team19 FebruaryBradford City1–2Mansfield Town12 MarchRochdale0–1Bolton Wanderers12 MarchYork City1–0Chesterfield19 MarchTranmere Rovers2–2BurnleyLLTranmere Rovers won 5–4 on penalties26 MarchDarlingtonLL1–3Lincoln City2 AprilBury0–1Wigan Athletic Southern Section DateHome teamScoreAway team19 FebruaryBournemouth2–1Torquay United12 MarchWalsall1–0Colchester United18 MarchBristol City2–1Port Vale19 MarchBrentford1–0Cambridge United25 MarchMillwallLL2–3Leyton Orient4 AprilNewport CountyLL0–0Swansea CitySwansea City won 4–3 on penalties Quarter-finals Northern Section DateHome teamScoreAway team10 AprilMansfield Town1–1BurnleyMansfield Town won 5–4 on penalties11 AprilWigan Athletic3–1Tranmere Rovers16 AprilBolton Wanderers2–1Darlington22 AprilYork City2–3Lincoln City Southern Section DateHome teamScoreAway team11 AprilSwansea City0–2Brentford18 AprilBournemouth2–1Walsall23 AprilLeyton Orient4–2Millwall25 AprilBristol City1–2Newport County Area semi-finals Northern Section DateHome teamScoreAway team8 MayBolton Wanderers1–2Mansfield Town8 MayLincoln City1–3Wigan Athletic Southern Section DateHome teamScoreAway team30 AprilBournemouth2–3Brentford8 MayLeyton Orient1–1Newport CountyNewport County won 4–2 on penalties Area finals Northern Area final 20 May 1985 Mansfield Town (1) 1 – 1 (3) https://www.11v11.com/matches/mansfield-town-v-wigan-athletic-20-may-1985-291607/ Wigan Athletic win on penalties Field Mill, Mansfield 5,214 Southern Area final 17 May 1985 Brentford 6–0 https://www.11v11.com/matches/brentford-v-newport-county-17-may-1985-291608/#google_vignette Newport County Griffin Park, Brentford 8,214 Final 1985 Associate Members' Cup Final 1 June 1985 Wigan Athletic 3–1 Brentford Newell 27Kelly 38Lowe 55 Cooke 52 Wembley Stadium, London 39,897 T.Bune (Newbury) Notes General statto.com Specific Category:EFL Trophy seasons Associate Members' Cup Associate Members' Cup