1984–85 Football League
Season | 1984–85 |
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Champions | Everton |
← 1983–84 1985–86 → |
The 1984–1985 season was the 86th completed season of The Football League.
Season Overview
First Division
Howard Kendall’s 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 — 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.
Second Division
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 the Molineux, but without success.
Third Division
Bradford City’s Third Division championship glory 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.
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 — 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 league’s 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 Division’s 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 League’s 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 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.[2]
First Division
Season | 1984–85 |
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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 1985–86 | No qualifications [notes 1][3] |
European Cup Winners' Cup 1985–86 | No qualifications[notes 1] |
UEFA Cup 1985–86 | 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 – Coventry City 6–2 (3 Nov 1984) |
Biggest away win | Aston Villa – Nottingham Forest 0–5 (5 Sep 1984) |
Highest scoring | QPR – Newcastle United 5–5 (22 Sep 22 1984) |
Longest winning run | Everton (10 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Everton (18 games) |
Longest losing run | Stoke City (10 games) |
← 1983–84 1985–86 → |
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 1985–86[notes 1] | ||||
2 | Liverpool | 42 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 16 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 77 | Excluded from the UEFA Cup 1985–86[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 1985–86[notes 1] | ||||
4 | Manchester United | 42 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 34 | 77 | 47 | +30 | 76 | Excluded from the 1985–86 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 1985–86[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 | ±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 | –4 | 55 | |||||
13 | Luton Town | 42 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 39 | 57 | 61 | –4 | 54 | |||||
14 | Newcastle United | 42 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 44 | 55 | 70 | –15 | 52 | |||||
15 | Leicester City | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 48 | 65 | 73 | –8 | 51 | |||||
16 | West Ham United | 42 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 45 | 51 | 68 | –17 | 51 | |||||
17 | Ipswich Town | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 37 | 46 | 57 | –11 | 50 | |||||
18 | Coventry City | 42 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 18 | 42 | 47 | 64 | –17 | 50 | |||||
19 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 53 | 72 | –19 | 50 | |||||
20 | Norwich City | 42 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 46 | 64 | –18 | 49 | Excluded from the UEFA Cup 1985–86[notes 1] [notes 2] | ||||
21 | Sunderland | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 36 | 40 | 62 | –22 | 40 | |||||
22 | Stoke City | 42 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 50 | 24 | 91 | –67 | 17 |
- Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- ↑ English 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. - ↑ 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 ╲ Away | 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 | 5–3 | 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 |
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 | 1984–85 |
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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] |
← 1983–84 1985–86 → |
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 | ±0 | 58 | |||||
12 | Wimbledon | 42 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 46 | 71 | 75 | –4 | 58 | |||||
13 | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 52 | 64 | –12 | 55 | |||||
14 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 44 | 49 | 67 | –18 | 53 | |||||
15 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 46 | 65 | –19 | 48 | |||||
16 | Carlisle United | 42 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 44 | 50 | 67 | –17 | 47 | |||||
17 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 51 | 63 | –12 | 45 | |||||
18 | Sheffield United | 42 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 54 | 66 | –12 | 44 | |||||
19 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 31 | 41 | 57 | –16 | 40 | |||||
20 | Notts County | 42 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 41 | 45 | 73 | –28 | 37 | |||||
21 | Cardiff City | 42 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 37 | 47 | 79 | –32 | 35 | |||||
22 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 47 | 37 | 79 | –42 | 33 |
- Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- ↑ 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 ╲ Away | BAR | BIR | BLB | BHA | 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 | 1–0 | 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 | 2–2 | 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 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 |
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 | 1984–85 |
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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] |
← 1983–84 1985–86 → |
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 | ±0 | 65 | |||||
13 | Brentford | 46 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 62 | 64 | –2 | 62 | |||||
14 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 41 | 72 | 74 | –2 | 59 | |||||
15 | Plymouth Argyle | 46 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 42 | 62 | 65 | –3 | 59 | |||||
16 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 42 | 60 | 64 | –4 | 59 | |||||
17 | Bolton Wanderers | 46 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 31 | 53 | 69 | 75 | –6 | 54 | |||||
18 | Newport County | 46 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 55 | 67 | –12 | 52 | |||||
19 | Lincoln City | 46 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 50 | 51 | –1 | 51 | |||||
20 | Swansea City | 46 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 41 | 53 | 80 | –27 | 47 | |||||
21 | Burnley | 46 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 49 | 60 | 73 | –13 | 46 | |||||
22 | Orient | 46 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 51 | 76 | –25 | 46 | |||||
23 | Preston North End | 46 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 18 | 59 | 51 | 100 | –49 | 46 | |||||
24 | Cambridge United | 46 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 47 | 37 | 95 | –58 | 21 |
- Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- ↑ 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 | 1984–85 |
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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] |
← 1983–84 1985–86 → |
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 | –4 | 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 | –7 | 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 | –3 | 54 | ||||
16 | Chester City | 46 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 60 | 72 | –12 | 54 | ||||
17 | Rochdale | 46 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 55 | 69 | –14 | 53 | ||||
18 | Exeter City | 46 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 52 | 57 | 79 | –22 | 53 | ||||
19 | Hartlepool United | 46 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 38 | 54 | 67 | –13 | 52 | ||||
20 | Southend United | 46 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 49 | 58 | 83 | –25 | 50 | ||||
21 | Halifax Town | 46 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 37 | 42 | 69 | –27 | 50 | ||||
22 | Stockport County | 46 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 53 | 58 | 79 | –21 | 47 | ||||
23 | Northampton Town | 46 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 21 | 42 | 53 | 74 | –21 | 47 | ||||
24 | Torquay United | 46 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 20 | 39 | 38 | 63 | –25 | 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 1984–85 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 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- ↑ "England 1984–85". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
- ↑ English 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. - 1 2 3 4 "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
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