1984–85 Football League

The 1984–85 season was the 86th completed season of The Football League.

The Football League

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

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

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)
1985–86 European Cup	No qualifications [lower-alpha 1][3]
1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup	No qualifications[lower-alpha 1]
1985–86 UEFA Cup	No qualifications[lower-alpha 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 →

Howard Kendall’s Everton side beat neighbours Liverpool to the league championship, while Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United followed closely behind. Howard 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Everton	42	16	3	2	58	17	12	3	6	30	26	+45	90	Excluded from the 1985–86 European Cup[lower-alpha 1]
2	Liverpool	42	12	4	5	36	19	10	7	4	32	16	+33	77	Excluded from the 1985–86 UEFA Cup[lower-alpha 1]
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	3	7	46	31	12	5	4	32	20	+27	77
4	Manchester United	42	13	6	2	47	13	9	4	8	30	34	+30	76	FA Cup winners, excluded from the 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 1]
5	Southampton	42	13	4	4	29	18	6	7	8	27	29	+9	68	Excluded from the 1985–86 UEFA Cup[lower-alpha 1]
6	Chelsea	42	13	3	5	38	20	5	9	7	25	28	+15	66
7	Arsenal	42	14	5	2	37	14	5	4	12	24	35	+12	66
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	12	7	2	39	21	5	7	9	19	24	+13	65
9	Nottingham Forest	42	13	4	4	35	18	6	3	12	21	30	+8	64
10	Aston Villa	42	10	7	4	34	20	5	4	12	26	40	0	56
11	Watford	42	10	5	6	48	30	4	8	9	33	41	+10	55
12	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	4	6	36	23	5	3	13	22	39	−4	55
13	Luton Town	42	12	5	4	40	22	3	4	14	17	39	−4	54
14	Newcastle United	42	11	4	6	33	26	2	9	10	22	44	−15	52
15	Leicester City	42	10	4	7	39	25	5	2	14	26	48	−8	51
16	West Ham United	42	7	8	6	27	23	6	4	11	24	45	−17	51
17	Ipswich Town	42	8	7	6	27	20	5	4	12	19	37	−11	50
18	Coventry City	42	11	3	7	29	22	4	2	15	18	42	−17	50
19	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	6	4	41	30	2	5	14	12	42	−19	50
20	Norwich City	42	9	6	6	28	24	4	4	13	18	40	−18	49	Excluded from the 1985–86 UEFA Cup[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
21	Sunderland	42	7	6	8	20	26	3	4	14	20	36	−22	40	Relegated
22	Stoke City	42	3	3	15	18	41	0	5	16	6	50	−67	17

Source:
Notes:

1. 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.
2. Norwich City were 1985 League Cup winners and would normally have qualified for the UEFA Cup. They were nevertheless relegated.

First Division results

Home \ Away	ARS	AST	CHE	COV	EVE	IPS	LEI	LIV	LUT	MUN	NEW	NWC	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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division maps

Arsenal

Chelsea

Tottenham

Queens Park Rangers

Watford

West Ham

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

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

Locations of the Football League First Division 1984–1985 teams

Second Division

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 →

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Oxford United	42	18	2	1	62	15	7	7	7	22	21	+48	84	Division Champions, promoted
2	Birmingham City	42	12	6	3	30	15	13	1	7	29	18	+26	82	Promoted
3	Manchester City	42	14	4	3	42	16	7	7	7	24	24	+26	74
4	Portsmouth	42	11	6	4	39	25	9	8	4	30	25	+19	74
5	Blackburn Rovers	42	14	3	4	38	15	7	7	7	28	26	+25	73
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	13	6	2	31	11	7	6	8	23	23	+20	72
7	Leeds United	42	12	7	2	37	11	7	5	9	29	32	+23	69
8	Shrewsbury Town	42	12	6	3	45	22	6	5	10	21	31	+13	65	Welsh Cup winners[lower-alpha 1]
9	Fulham	42	13	3	5	35	26	6	5	10	33	38	+4	65
10	Grimsby Town	42	13	1	7	47	32	5	7	9	25	32	+8	62
11	Barnsley	42	11	7	3	27	12	3	9	9	15	30	0	58
12	Wimbledon	42	9	8	4	40	29	7	2	12	31	46	−4	58
13	Huddersfield Town	42	9	5	7	28	29	6	5	10	24	35	−12	55
14	Oldham Athletic	42	10	4	7	27	23	5	4	12	22	44	−18	53
15	Crystal Palace	42	8	7	6	25	27	4	5	12	21	38	−19	48
16	Carlisle United	42	8	5	8	27	23	5	3	13	23	44	−17	47
17	Charlton Athletic	42	8	7	6	34	30	3	5	13	17	33	−12	45
18	Sheffield United	42	7	6	8	31	28	3	8	10	23	38	−12	44
19	Middlesbrough	42	6	8	7	22	26	4	2	15	19	31	−16	40
20	Notts County	42	6	5	10	25	32	4	2	15	20	41	−28	37	Relegated
21	Cardiff City	42	5	3	13	24	42	4	5	12	23	37	−32	35
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	5	4	12	18	32	3	5	13	19	47	−42	33

Source:
Notes:

1. 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.

Second Division results

Home \ Away	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	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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division maps

Charlton Athletic

Crystal Palace

Fulham

Wimbledon

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

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

Locations of the Football League Second Division 1984–1985 teams

Third Division

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 →

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bradford City	46	15	6	2	44	23	13	4	6	33	22	+32	94[lower-alpha 1]	Division Champions, promoted.
2	Millwall	46	18	5	0	44	12	8	7	8	29	30	+31	90	Promoted
3	Hull City	46	16	4	3	46	20	9	8	6	32	29	+29	87
4	Gillingham	46	15	5	3	54	29	10	3	10	26	33	+18	83
5	Bristol City	46	17	2	4	46	19	7	7	9	28	28	+27	81
6	Bristol Rovers	46	15	6	2	37	13	6	6	11	29	35	+18	75
7	Derby County	46	14	7	2	40	20	5	6	12	25	34	+11	70
8	York City	46	13	5	5	42	22	7	4	12	28	35	+13	69
9	Reading	46	8	7	8	31	29	11	5	7	37	33	+6	69
10	Bournemouth	46	16	3	4	42	16	3	8	12	15	30	+11	68
11	Walsall	46	9	7	7	33	22	9	6	8	25	30	+6	67
12	Rotherham United	46	11	6	6	36	24	7	5	11	19	31	0	65
13	Brentford	46	13	5	5	42	27	3	9	11	20	37	−2	62
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	5	7	42	33	6	3	14	30	41	−2	59
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	11	7	5	33	23	4	7	12	29	42	−3	59
16	Wigan Athletic	46	12	6	5	36	22	3	8	12	24	42	−4	59
17	Bolton Wanderers	46	12	5	6	38	22	4	1	18	31	53	−6	54
18	Newport County	46	9	6	8	30	30	4	7	12	25	37	−12	52
19	Lincoln City	46	8	11	4	32	20	3	7	13	18	31	−1	51[lower-alpha 1]
20	Swansea City	46	7	5	11	31	39	5	6	12	22	41	−27	47
21	Burnley	46	6	8	9	30	24	5	5	13	30	49	−13	46	Relegated
22	Orient	46	7	7	9	30	36	4	6	13	21	40	−25	46
23	Preston North End	46	9	5	9	33	41	4	2	17	18	59	−49	46
24	Cambridge United	46	2	3	18	17	48	2	6	15	20	47	−58	21

Source:
Notes:

1. Bradford City v. Lincoln City was abandoned after 40 mins, the result stands.

Results

Home \ Away	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

Source: Soccerbase
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division maps

Brentford

Orient

Millwall

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

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

Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1984–1985

Fourth Division

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 →

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.

Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Chesterfield	46	16	6	1	40	13	10	7	6	24	22	+29	91	Division Champions, promoted
2	Blackpool	46	15	7	1	42	15	9	7	7	31	24	+34	86	Promoted
3	Darlington	46	16	4	3	41	22	8	9	6	25	27	+17	85
4	Bury	46	15	6	2	46	20	9	6	8	30	30	+26	84
5	Hereford United	46	16	2	5	38	21	6	9	8	27	26	+18	77
6	Tranmere Rovers	46	17	1	5	50	21	7	2	14	33	45	+17	75
7	Colchester United	46	13	7	3	49	29	7	7	9	38	36	+22	74
8	Swindon Town	46	16	4	3	42	21	5	5	13	20	37	+4	72
9	Scunthorpe United	46	14	6	3	61	33	5	8	10	22	29	+21	71
10	Crewe Alexandra	46	10	7	6	32	28	8	5	10	33	41	−4	66
11	Peterborough United	46	11	7	5	29	21	5	7	11	25	32	+1	62
12	Port Vale	46	11	8	4	39	24	3	10	10	22	35	+2	60
13	Aldershot	46	11	6	6	33	20	6	2	15	23	43	−7	59
14	Mansfield Town	46	10	8	5	25	15	3	10	10	16	23	+3	57
15	Wrexham	46	10	6	7	39	27	5	3	15	28	43	−3	54
16	Chester City	46	11	3	9	35	30	4	6	13	25	42	−12	54
17	Rochdale	46	8	7	8	33	30	5	7	11	22	39	−14	53
18	Exeter City	46	9	7	7	30	27	4	7	12	27	52	−22	53
19	Hartlepool United	46	10	6	7	34	29	4	4	15	20	38	−13	52
20	Southend United	46	8	8	7	30	34	5	3	15	28	49	−25	50
21	Halifax Town	46	9	3	11	26	32	6	2	15	16	37	−27	50	Re-elected
22	Stockport County	46	11	5	7	40	26	2	3	18	18	53	−21	47
23	Northampton Town	46	10	1	12	32	32	4	4	15	21	42	−21	47
24	Torquay United	46	5	11	7	18	24	4	3	16	20	39	−25	41

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ALD	BLP	BRY	CHE	CHF	COL	CRE	DAR	EXE	HAL	HAR	HER	MAN	NOR	PET	PTV	ROC	SCU	STD	STP	SWI	TOR	TRA	WRE
Aldershot		1–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–4	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	5–0	1–2	6–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	2–1
Blackpool	1–0		0–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	6–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	3–3	1–2	0–0
Bury	2–1	1–0		4–1	0–0	4–3	2–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	4–0	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–3
Chester City	2–0	0–0	2–3		1–1	1–2	0–2	5–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–4	2–1
Chesterfield	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–1		1–1	3–1	0–0	5–1	3–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	4–2	2–1
Colchester United	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1		4–1	1–2	3–4	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–1	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	2–2	0–2	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

Updated to match(es) played on compreat. Source: Soccerbase
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fourth Division maps

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

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.

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.

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