1984–85 Football League

The Football League
Season	1984–85
Champions	Everton
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–1985 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,^[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

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.

Football League, First Division
Season	1984–85
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	1,288 (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
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
	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	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Everton !EVE	Ipswich Town !IPS	Leicester City !LEI	Liverpool !LIV	Luton Town !LUT	Manchester United !MUN	Newcastle United !NEW	Norwich City !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Sheffield Wednesday !SHW	Southampton !SOU	Stoke City !STK	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	Watford !WAT	West Bromwich Albion !WBA	West Ham United !WHU
Arsenal !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Locations of the Football League First Division 1984–1985 teams

Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1984–1985

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.

Football League, Second Division
Season	1984–85
Champions	Oxford United (1st title)
Promoted	Birmingham City, Manchester City
Relegated	Cardiff City, Notts County, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,255 (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
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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Welsh Cup winners, not qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Relegated

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away	Barnsley !BAR	Birmingham City !BIR	Blackburn Rovers !BLB	Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA	Cardiff City !CAR	Carlisle United !CRL	Charlton Athletic !CHA	Crystal Palace !CRY	Fulham !FUL	Grimsby Town !GRI	Huddersfield Town !HUD	Leeds United !LEE	Manchester City !MCI	Middlesbrough !MID	Notts County !NTC	Oldham Athletic !OLD	Oxford United !OXF	Portsmouth !POR	Sheffield United !SHU	Shrewsbury Town !SHR	Wimbledon !WDN	Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL
Barnsley !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1984–1985 teams

Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1984–1985

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. 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.

Football League, Third Division
Season	1984–85
Champions	Bradford City (1st title)
Promoted	Hull City, Millwall
Relegated	Burnley, Cambridge United, Orient, Preston North End
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,503 (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
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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Third Division maps

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1984–1985

Brentford

Orient

Millwall

Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1984–1985

Fourth Division

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.

Football League, Fourth Division
Season	1984–85
Champions	Chesterfield (2nd title)
Promoted	Blackpool, Bury, Darlington
Failed re-election	None
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,478 (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
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
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Fourth Division maps

Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1984–1985

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
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.

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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