1984–85 Football League

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

The Football League
Season1984–85
ChampionsEverton

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
First Division
Season1984–85
ChampionsEverton
8th English title
RelegatedNorwich City
Sunderland
Stoke City
Matches played462
Goals scored1,288 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerGary Lineker
Kerry Dixon
(24 goals each)[3]
Biggest home winChelsea 6–2 Coventry City
(3 November 1984)
Biggest away winAston Villa 0–5 Nottingham Forest
(5 September 1984)
Highest scoringQueens Park Rangers 5–5 Newcastle United
(22 September 1984)
Longest winning run10 matches
Everton
Longest unbeaten run18 matches
Everton
Longest losing run10 matches
Stoke City

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.

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Everton (C) 42 28 6 8 88 43 +45 90 Disqualified from the European Cup[4]
2 Liverpool 42 22 11 9 68 35 +33 77 Disqualified from the UEFA Cup[5]
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 23 8 11 78 51 +27 77
4 Manchester United[lower-alpha 1] 42 22 10 10 77 47 +30 76 Disqualified from the European Cup Winners' Cup[6]
5 Southampton[lower-alpha 2] 42 19 11 12 56 47 +9 68 Disqualified from the UEFA Cup[7]
6 Chelsea 42 18 12 12 63 48 +15 66
7 Arsenal 42 19 9 14 61 49 +12 66
8 Sheffield Wednesday 42 17 14 11 58 45 +13 65
9 Nottingham Forest 42 19 7 16 56 48 +8 64
10 Aston Villa 42 15 11 16 60 60 0 56
11 Watford 42 14 13 15 81 71 +10 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 7 19 58 62 −4 55
13 Luton Town 42 15 9 18 57 61 −4 54
14 Newcastle United 42 13 13 16 55 70 −15 52
15 Leicester City 42 15 6 21 65 73 −8 51
16 West Ham United 42 13 12 17 51 68 −17 51
17 Ipswich Town 42 13 11 18 46 57 −11 50
18 Coventry City 42 15 5 22 47 64 −17 50
19 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 11 18 53 72 −19 50
20 Norwich City[lower-alpha 3] (R) 42 13 10 19 46 64 −18 49 Relegation to the Second Division
21 Sunderland (R) 42 10 10 22 40 62 −22 40
22 Stoke City (R) 42 3 8 31 24 91 −67 17
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Manchester United would have qualified as FA Cup winners.
  2. Since the FA Cup winners, Manchester United, would have qualified for the UEFA Cup based on league position, this would have been passed down to the next best-placed team, Southampton.
  3. Norwich City would have qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup.

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.

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Newcastle United England Arthur Cox Signed by Derby County 28 May 1984 Pre-season England Jack Charlton 19 July 1984
Queens Park Rangers England Terry Venables Signed by Barcelona 30 May 1984 England Alan Mullery 20 June 1984
Tottenham Hotspur England Keith Burkinshaw Resigned 31 May 1984 Wales Peter Shreeves 1 June 1984
Aston Villa England Tony Barton Sacked 5 June 1984 England Graham Turner 2 July 1984
Queens Park Rangers England Alan Mullery 5 December 1984 13th England Frank Sibley 5 December 1984
Coventry City England Bobby Gould 28 December 1984 21st Scotland Don Mackay 28 December 1984
Stoke City England Bill Asprey Resigned 2 April 1985 22nd England Tony Lacey (caretaker) 2 April 1985

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

Second Division
Second Division
Season1984–85
ChampionsOxford United
PromotedOxford United
Birmingham City
Manchester City
RelegatedNotts County
Cardiff City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played462
Goals scored1,255 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Aldridge
(30 goals)[3]

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 Molineux, but without success.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Oxford United (C, P) 42 25 9 8 84 36 +48 84 Promotion to the First Division
2 Birmingham City (P) 42 25 7 10 59 33 +26 82
3 Manchester City (P) 42 21 11 10 66 40 +26 74
4 Portsmouth 42 20 14 8 69 50 +19 74
5 Blackburn Rovers 42 21 10 11 66 41 +25 73
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 20 12 10 54 34 +20 72
7 Leeds United 42 19 12 11 66 43 +23 69
8 Shrewsbury Town 42 18 11 13 66 53 +13 65
9 Fulham 42 19 8 15 68 64 +4 65
10 Grimsby Town 42 18 8 16 72 64 +8 62
11 Barnsley 42 14 16 12 42 42 0 58
12 Wimbledon 42 16 10 16 71 75 −4 58
13 Huddersfield Town 42 15 10 17 52 64 −12 55
14 Oldham Athletic 42 15 8 19 49 67 −18 53
15 Crystal Palace 42 12 12 18 46 65 −19 48
16 Carlisle United 42 13 8 21 50 67 −17 47
17 Charlton Athletic 42 11 12 19 51 63 −12 45
18 Sheffield United 42 10 14 18 54 66 −12 44
19 Middlesbrough 42 10 10 22 41 57 −16 40
20 Notts County (R) 42 10 7 25 45 73 −28 37 Relegation to the Third Division
21 Cardiff City (R) 42 9 8 25 47 79 −32 35
22 Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) 42 8 9 25 37 79 −42 33
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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

Third Division
Football League, Third Division
Season1984–85
ChampionsBradford City (1st title)
PromotedHull City,
Millwall
RelegatedBurnley,
Cambridge United,
Orient,
Preston North End
Matches played552
Goals scored1,503 (2.72 per match)
Top goalscorerTommy Tynan (Plymouth Argyle), 31 [3]

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

Fourth Division
Football League, Fourth Division
Season1984–85
ChampionsChesterfield (2nd title)
PromotedBlackpool,
Bury,
Darlington
Failed re-electionNone
Matches played552
Goals scored1,478 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Clayton (Tranmere Rovers), 31 [3]

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
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 Town23rd (Fourth Division)52
Stockport County22nd (Fourth Division)50
Torquay United24th (Fourth Division)50
Halifax Town21st (Fourth Division)48
Bath City4th (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.
  1. "England 1984–85". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
  3. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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