1984β85 Football League
Season | 1984β85 |
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Champions | Everton |
β 1983β84 1985β86 β |
The 1984β1985 season was the 86th completed season of The Football League.
Season Overview
First Division
Howard Kendallβs Everton side beat neighbours Liverpool to the league championship, while Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United followed closely behind. The blue half of Merseyside also collected the Cup Winners' Cup. Stoke City finished bottom of the First Division with just three league wins all season and just 17 points β 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 β the two League Cup finalists β occupied the two other relegation places.
Liverpool manager Joe Fagan retired after the season and striker Kenny Dalglish was appointed player-manager.
Second Division
Jim Smithβs 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 leagueβs second tier were Cardiff City, joined by Notts County and Wolverhampton Wanderers β both relegated for the second season in succession. Veteran manager Tommy Docherty had tried his hand at reversing financially troubled Wolvesβ rapid decline at the Molineux, but without success.
Third Division
Bradford Cityβs Third Division championship glory was overshadowed on the final day of the season when a fire at their Valley Parade ground killed 56 spectators β including two followers of their opponents Lincoln City.
The other two promotion places in the Third Division were occupied by Millwall and Hull City.
Going down from the Third Division were Cambridge United (who won just four games all season), Orient, Burnley and Preston North End. Burnley and Preston were founder members of the Football League who had reached great heights in the past β just 25 years ago Burnley had been league champions. But those successes were now very much a distant memory as both clubs slid into the leagueβs fourth tier for the first time.
Swansea City, who had finished sixth in the First Division just three years earlier, continued to suffer as a result of their financial problems as they narrowly avoided a third successive relegation.
Fourth Division Overview
Chesterfield, Blackpool, Darlington and Bury were promoted to the Third Division after occupying the Fourth Divisionβs top four places.
The bottom four clubs, Halifax Town, Stockport County, Northampton Town (who had spent a season in the First Division some 20 years earlier) and Torquay United, all retained their league status after a successful re-election campaign at the expense of Alliance Premier League side Bath City who were placed 4th in the Alliance Premier League and were the highest placed team there that would have met the Football Leagueβs requirements. Re-election results are given at the end of this article.
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,[1] with home and away statistics separated.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893β94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894β95 season and until the 1920β21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922β23 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 1958β59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.[2]
First Division
Season | 1984β85 |
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Champions | Everton (8th English title) |
Relegated |
Norwich City Stoke City Sunderland |
FA Cup winners | Manchester United (6th FA Cup title) |
European Cup 1985β86 | No qualifications [notes 1][3] |
European Cup Winners' Cup 1985β86 | No qualifications[notes 1] |
UEFA Cup 1985β86 | No qualifications[notes 1] |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1288 (2.79 per match) |
Top goalscorer |
Kerry Dixon (Chelsea), 24 Gary Lineker (Leicester City), 24 [4] |
Biggest home win | Chelsea β Coventry City 6β2 (3 Nov 1984) |
Biggest away win | Aston Villa β Nottingham Forest 0β5 (5 Sep 1984) |
Highest scoring | QPR β Newcastle United 5β5 (22 Sep 22 1984) |
Longest winning run | Everton (10 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Everton (18 games) |
Longest losing run | Stoke City (10 games) |
β 1983β84 1985β86 β |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | ||||
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1 | Everton | 42 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 26 | 88 | 43 | +45 | 90 | Excluded from the European Cup 1985β86[notes 1] | ||||
2 | Liverpool | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 77 | Excluded from the UEFA Cup 1985β86[notes 1] | ||||
3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 46 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 77 | Excluded from the UEFA Cup 1985β86[notes 1] | ||||
4 | Manchester United | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 77 | 47 | +30 | 76 | Excluded from the 1985β86 European Cup Winners' Cup[notes 1] | ||||
5 | Southampton | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 68 | Excluded from the UEFA Cup 1985β86[notes 1] | ||||
6 | Chelsea | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 63 | 48 | +15 | 66 | |||||
7 | Arsenal | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 66 | |||||
8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 24 | 58 | 45 | +13 | 65 | |||||
9 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 30 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 64 | |||||
10 | Aston Villa | 42 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 40 | 60 | 60 | Β±0 | 56 | |||||
11 | Watford | 42 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 81 | 71 | +10 | 55 | |||||
12 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 22 | 39 | 58 | 62 | β4 | 55 | |||||
13 | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 39 | 57 | 61 | β4 | 54 | |||||
14 | Newcastle United | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 55 | 70 | β15 | 52 | |||||
15 | Leicester City | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 48 | 65 | 73 | β8 | 51 | |||||
16 | West Ham United | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 45 | 51 | 68 | β17 | 51 | |||||
17 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 46 | 57 | β11 | 50 | |||||
18 | Coventry City | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 47 | 64 | β17 | 50 | |||||
19 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 53 | 72 | β19 | 50 | |||||
20 | Norwich City | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 46 | 64 | β18 | 49 | Excluded from the UEFA Cup 1985β86[notes 1] [notes 2] | ||||
21 | Sunderland | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 36 | 40 | 62 | β22 | 40 | |||||
22 | Stoke City | 42 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 50 | 24 | 91 | β67 | 17 |
- Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- β English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985β86 on until the season 1990β91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving
Liverpool fans. - β Norwich City were 1985 League Cup winners and would normally have qualified for the UEFA Cup. They were nevertheless relegated.
Key | |
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League Champions, excluded from European Cup | |
FA Cup winners, excluded from Cup Winners' Cup | |
UEFA Cup spot, but excluded | |
League Cup winners, excluded from UEFA Cup, relegated | |
Relegated |
First Division results
Home β² Away | ARS | AST | CHE | COV | EVE | IPS | LEI | LIV | LUT | MUN | NEW | NOR | NOT | QPR | SHW | SOU | STK | SUN | TOT | WAT | WBA | WHU |
Arsenal | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 3β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 4β0 | 2β1 | |
Aston Villa | 0β0 | 4β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 4β0 | 2β2 | 0β5 | 5β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β0 | |
Chelsea | 1β1 | 3β1 | 6β2 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β3 | 3β1 | 3β0 | |
Coventry City | 1β2 | 0β3 | 1β0 | 4β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 0β2 | 1β0 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β3 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | |
Everton | 2β0 | 2β1 | 3β4 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 5β0 | 4β0 | 3β0 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 4β0 | 4β1 | 1β4 | 4β0 | 4β1 | 3β0 | |
Ipswich Town | 2β1 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 5β1 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 3β3 | 2β0 | 0β1 | |
Leicester City | 1β4 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 5β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 2β3 | 2β3 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | |
Liverpool | 3β0 | 2β1 | 4β3 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 4β3 | 0β0 | 3β0 | |
Luton Town | 3β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 3β2 | 1β2 | 2β2 | |
Manchester United | 4β2 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 5β0 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 5β1 | |
Newcastle United | 1β3 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β3 | 3β0 | 1β4 | 0β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 2β3 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | |
Norwich City | 1β0 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 4β2 | 0β2 | 1β3 | 3β3 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 3β2 | 2β1 | 1β0 | |
Nottingham Forest | 2β0 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β2 | |
Queens Park Rangers | 1β0 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 3β0 | 4β3 | 0β2 | 2β3 | 1β3 | 5β5 | 2β2 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 0β4 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 4β2 | |
Sheffield Wednesday | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 4β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | |
Southampton | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 4β3 | 2β3 | |
Stoke City | 2β0 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 0β4 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β3 | 1β4 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 1β3 | 0β0 | 2β4 | |
Sunderland | 0β0 | 0β4 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 0β4 | 0β3 | 3β0 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | |
Tottenham Hotspur | 0β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 4β2 | 1β2 | 2β3 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 4β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 5β1 | 4β0 | 2β0 | 1β5 | 2β3 | 2β2 | |
Watford | 3β4 | 3β3 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 4β5 | 3β1 | 4β1 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 5β1 | 5β3 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 5β0 | |
West Bromwich Albion | 2β2 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 5β2 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 0β5 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 4β1 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 5β1 | |
West Ham United | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 1β3 | 0β0 | 2β3 | 5β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 0β2 |
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
First Division maps
Second Division
Season | 1984β85 |
---|---|
Champions | Oxford United (1st title) |
Promoted |
Birmingham City, Manchester City |
Relegated |
Cardiff City, Notts County, Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1255 (2.72 per match) |
Top goalscorer | John Aldridge (Oxford United), 30 [4] |
β 1983β84 1985β86 β |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | ||||
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1 | Oxford United | 42 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 84 | 36 | +48 | 84 | |||||
2 | Birmingham City | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 18 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 82 | |||||
3 | Manchester City | 42 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 74 | |||||
4 | Portsmouth | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 74 | |||||
5 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 73 | |||||
6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 72 | |||||
7 | Leeds United | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 32 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 69 | |||||
8 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 65 | [notes2 1] | ||||
9 | Fulham | 42 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 38 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 65 | |||||
10 | Grimsby Town | 42 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 72 | 64 | +8 | 62 | |||||
11 | Barnsley | 42 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 42 | 42 | Β±0 | 58 | |||||
12 | Wimbledon | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 71 | 75 | β4 | 58 | |||||
13 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 52 | 64 | β12 | 55 | |||||
14 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 44 | 49 | 67 | β18 | 53 | |||||
15 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 46 | 65 | β19 | 48 | |||||
16 | Carlisle United | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 50 | 67 | β17 | 47 | |||||
17 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 51 | 63 | β12 | 45 | |||||
18 | Sheffield United | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 54 | 66 | β12 | 44 | |||||
19 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 31 | 41 | 57 | β16 | 40 | |||||
20 | Notts County | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 41 | 45 | 73 | β28 | 37 | |||||
21 | Cardiff City | 42 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 47 | 79 | β32 | 35 | |||||
22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 37 | 79 | β42 | 33 |
- Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- β Shrewsbury Town were winners of the Welsh Cup winners this season, but as they are an English club, they did not earn a place in the Cup Winners' Cup.
Key | |
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Division Champions, promoted | |
Promoted | |
Welsh Cup winners, not qualified for Cup Winners' Cup | |
Relegated |
Second Division results
Home β² Away | BAR | BIR | BLB | BHA | CAR | CRL | CHA | CRY | FUL | GRI | HUD | LEE | MCI | MID | NTC | OLD | OXF | POR | SHU | SHR | WDN | WOL |
Barnsley | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 5β1 | |
Birmingham City | 0β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 3β2 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 4β1 | 0β0 | 4β2 | 1β0 | |
Blackburn Rovers | 0β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 0β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 4β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 5β1 | |
Cardiff City | 3β0 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 2β4 | 2β1 | 0β3 | 0β3 | 0β2 | 2β4 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 1β4 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 0β0 | 1β3 | 0β0 | |
Carlisle United | 2β0 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 0β3 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 0β3 | 2β2 | 2β5 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 6β1 | 0β1 | |
Charlton Athletic | 5β3 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 1β4 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 4β1 | 2β2 | 2β3 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 3β3 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β0 | |
Crystal Palace | 0β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 0β5 | 0β0 | |
Fulham | 1β1 | 0β1 | 3β2 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 3β2 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β3 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 1β2 | |
Grimsby Town | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β4 | 6β3 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 1β3 | 2β4 | 5β1 | 0β2 | 4β1 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 4β1 | 1β2 | 2β3 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 5β1 | |
Huddersfield Town | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 0β3 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β5 | 2β1 | 3β1 | |
Leeds United | 2β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 4β1 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 5β0 | 6β0 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 5β2 | 3β2 | |
Manchester City | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β3 | 5β1 | 2β1 | 2β3 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 4β0 | 3β0 | 4β0 | |
Middlesbrough | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 3β2 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β5 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β4 | 1β1 | |
Notts County | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 3β2 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β3 | 0β0 | 1β3 | 2β3 | 4β1 | |
Oldham Athletic | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 2β3 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 3β2 | |
Oxford United | 4β0 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 5β0 | 5β0 | 3β2 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 5β2 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 5β2 | 1β1 | 5β1 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 3β1 | |
Portsmouth | 0β0 | 1β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 4β4 | 3β2 | 3β2 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 5β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 0β1 | |
Sheffield United | 3β1 | 3β4 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 2β3 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 0β3 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 2β2 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 2β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 4β2 | 1β1 | 4β1 | 3β1 | 4β1 | 5β1 | 2β3 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 4β2 | 3β0 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 3β3 | 1β2 | 2β1 | |
Wimbledon | 3β3 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 3β0 | 1β3 | 3β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 1β0 | 1β3 | 3β2 | 5β0 | 4β1 | 1β1 | |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0β1 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 0β2 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 0β4 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 3β3 |
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second Division maps
Third Division
Season | 1984β85 |
---|---|
Champions | Bradford City (1st title) |
Promoted |
Hull City, Millwall |
Relegated |
Burnley, Cambridge United, Orient, Preston North End |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1503 (2.72 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Tommy Tynan (Plymouth Argyle), 31 [4] |
β 1983β84 1985β86 β |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes | ||||
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1 | Bradford City | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 77 | 45 | +32 | 94 | [notes3 1] | ||||
2 | Millwall | 46 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 73 | 42 | +31 | 90 | |||||
3 | Hull City | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 29 | 78 | 49 | +29 | 87 | |||||
4 | Gillingham | 46 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 54 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 80 | 62 | +18 | 83 | |||||
5 | Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 74 | 47 | +27 | 81 | |||||
6 | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 37 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 35 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 75 | |||||
7 | Derby County | 46 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 65 | 54 | +11 | 70 | |||||
8 | York City | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 70 | 57 | +13 | 69 | |||||
9 | Reading | 46 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 33 | 68 | 62 | +6 | 69 | |||||
10 | Bournemouth | 46 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 30 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 68 | |||||
11 | Walsall | 46 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 58 | 52 | +6 | 67 | |||||
12 | Rotherham United | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 55 | 55 | Β±0 | 65 | |||||
13 | Brentford | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 62 | 64 | β2 | 62 | |||||
14 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 41 | 72 | 74 | β2 | 59 | |||||
15 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 62 | 65 | β3 | 59 | |||||
16 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 60 | 64 | β4 | 59 | |||||
17 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 31 | 53 | 69 | 75 | β6 | 54 | |||||
18 | Newport County | 46 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 55 | 67 | β12 | 52 | |||||
19 | Lincoln City | 46 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 50 | 51 | β1 | 51 | |||||
20 | Swansea City | 46 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 53 | 80 | β27 | 47 | |||||
21 | Burnley | 46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 49 | 60 | 73 | β13 | 46 | |||||
22 | Orient | 46 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 51 | 76 | β25 | 46 | |||||
23 | Preston North End | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 59 | 51 | 100 | β49 | 46 | |||||
24 | Cambridge United | 46 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 47 | 37 | 95 | β58 | 21 |
- Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- β Bradford City v. Lincoln City was abandoned after 40 mins, the result stands.
Key | |
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Division Champions, promoted | |
Promoted | |
Relegated |
Third Division maps
Fourth Division
Season | 1984β85 |
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Champions | Chesterfield (2nd title) |
Promoted |
Blackpool, Bury, Darlington |
Failed re-election | None |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1478 (2.68 per match) |
Top goalscorer | John Clayton (Tranmere Rovers), 31 [4] |
β 1983β84 1985β86 β |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | F | A | GD | Pts | ||||
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1 | Chesterfield | 46 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 64 | 35 | +29 | 91 | ||||
2 | Blackpool | 46 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 24 | 73 | 39 | +34 | 86 | ||||
3 | Darlington | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 66 | 49 | +17 | 85 | ||||
4 | Bury | 46 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 46 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 84 | ||||
5 | Hereford United | 46 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 26 | 65 | 47 | +18 | 77 | ||||
6 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 33 | 45 | 83 | 66 | +17 | 75 | ||||
7 | Colchester United | 46 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 36 | 87 | 65 | +22 | 74 | ||||
8 | Swindon Town | 46 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 37 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 72 | ||||
9 | Scunthorpe United | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 83 | 62 | +21 | 71 | ||||
10 | Crewe Alexandra | 46 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 65 | 69 | β4 | 66 | ||||
11 | Peterborough United | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 32 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 62 | ||||
12 | Port Vale | 46 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 60 | ||||
13 | Aldershot | 46 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 43 | 56 | 63 | β7 | 59 | ||||
14 | Mansfield Town | 46 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 57 | ||||
15 | Wrexham | 46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 67 | 70 | β3 | 54 | ||||
16 | Chester City | 46 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 60 | 72 | β12 | 54 | ||||
17 | Rochdale | 46 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 55 | 69 | β14 | 53 | ||||
18 | Exeter City | 46 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 52 | 57 | 79 | β22 | 53 | ||||
19 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 54 | 67 | β13 | 52 | ||||
20 | Southend United | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 49 | 58 | 83 | β25 | 50 | ||||
21 | Halifax Town | 46 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 42 | 69 | β27 | 50 | ||||
22 | Stockport County | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 53 | 58 | 79 | β21 | 47 | ||||
23 | Northampton Town | 46 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 42 | 53 | 74 | β21 | 47 | ||||
24 | Torquay United | 46 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 39 | 38 | 63 | β25 | 41 |
- Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Key | |
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Division Champions, promoted | |
Promoted | |
New club in the league (none) | |
Re-elected | |
Failed re-election (none) |
Fourth Division maps
Election/Re-election to the Football League
This year Wealdstone, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements. 2nd placed Nuneaton could not apply either for the same reasons, and neither could 3rd placed Dartford, so 4th placed Bath City won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1984β85 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:
Club | Final Position | Votes |
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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.
See also
References
- Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888β89 to 1978β79. Macdonald and Janeβs, London & Sydney, 1980.
- β "England 1984β85". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- β Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888β89 to 1978β79. Macdonald and Janeβs, London & Sydney, 1980.
- β English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985β86 on until the season 1990β91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving
Liverpool fans. - 1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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