1984–85 Scottish First Division

Scottish First Division
Season	1984–85
Champions	Motherwell
Promoted	Motherwell; Clydebank
Relegated	Meadowbank Thistle; St Johnstone
Matches played	273
Goals scored	757 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gerry McCoy (22)[1]
Biggest home win	Clydebank 5–0 Kilmarnock, 15.09.1984
Biggest away win	Kilmarnock 0–5 Airdrieonians, 29.09.1984
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 Scottish First Division season was won by Motherwell, who were promoted along with Clydebank to the Premier Division. Meadowbank Thistle and St Johnstone were relegated to the Second Division.[2]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Motherwell (C, P)	39	21	8	10	62	26	+36	50	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Clydebank (P)	39	17	14	8	37	20	+17	48	Promotion to Premier Division
3	Falkirk	39	19	7	13	65	54	+11	45
4	Hamilton Academical	39	16	11	12	48	49	−1	43
5	Airdrieonians	39	17	8	14	70	59	+11	42
6	Forfar Athletic	39	14	13	12	54	49	+5	41
7	Ayr United	39	15	9	15	57	52	+5	39
8	Clyde	39	14	11	14	47	48	−1	39
9	Brechin City	39	14	9	16	49	57	−8	37
10	East Fife	39	12	12	15	55	56	−1	36
11	Partick Thistle	39	13	9	17	50	55	−5	35
12	Kilmarnock	39	12	10	17	42	61	−19	34
13	Meadowbank Thistle (R)	39	11	10	18	50	66	−16	32	Relegation to Second Division
14	St Johnstone (R)	39	10	5	24	51	79	−28	25	Relegation to Second Division

Source: RSSSF and statto[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

"Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
"Scottish Division One 1984-1985 Table". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
"Scottish Division One 1984-1985 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

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[1] "Scottish Football League - Top goalscorers per division". Scottish-football-historical-archive.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-04-23.

[2] "Scottish Division One 1984-1985 Table". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

[3] "Scottish Division One 1984-1985 Season Summary". statto.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2012-04-10.

Second tier football seasons in Scotland
Division Two / B	1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75
First Division	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
Championship	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Winners	List of winners of the Scottish Championship and predecessors

1984–85 in Scottish football
« 1983–84 1985–86 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup Tennent's Sixes
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup
Related to national team	Results 1986 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) Rous Cup
Club seasons
Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Rangers St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Brechin City Clyde Clydebank East Fife Falkirk Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Meadowbank Thistle Motherwell Partick Thistle St. Johnstone
Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Queen of the South Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer