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Statistics of The Football League in season 1984/1985.

[edit] Overview

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 Gola League champions Maidstone United.

[edit] League Standings

[edit] First Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Everton	42	28	6	8	88	43	+45	90
2	Liverpool	42	22	11	9	68	35	+33	77
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	23	8	11	78	51	+27	77
4	Manchester United	42	22	10	10	77	47	+30	76
5	Southampton	42	19	11	12	56	47	+9	68
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	42	13	10	19	46	64	-18	49
21	Sunderland	42	10	10	22	40	62	-22	40
22	Stoke City	42	3	8	31	24	91	-67	17

[edit] Second Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Oxford United	42	25	9	8	84	36	+48	84
2	Birmingham City	42	25	7	10	59	33	+26	82
3	Manchester City	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	42	10	7	25	45	73	-28	37
21	Cardiff City	42	9	8	25	47	79	-32	35
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	8	9	25	37	79	-42	33

[edit] Third Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bradford City	46	28	10	8	77	45	+32	94
2	Millwall	46	26	12	8	73	42	+31	90
3	Hull City	46	25	12	9	78	49	+29	87
4	Gillingham	46	25	8	13	80	62	+18	83
5	Bristol City	46	24	9	13	74	47	+27	81
6	Bristol Rovers	46	21	12	13	66	48	+18	75
7	Derby County	46	19	13	14	65	54	+11	70
8	York City	46	20	9	17	70	57	+13	69
9	Reading	46	19	12	15	68	62	+6	69
10	Bournemouth	46	19	11	16	57	46	+11	68
11	Walsall	46	18	13	15	58	52	+6	67
12	Rotherham United	46	18	11	17	55	55	+0	65
13	Brentford	46	16	14	16	62	64	-2	62
14	Doncaster Rovers	46	17	8	21	72	74	-2	59
15	Plymouth Argyle	46	15	14	17	62	65	-3	59
16	Wigan Athletic	46	15	14	17	60	64	-4	59
17	Bolton Wanderers	46	16	6	24	69	75	-6	54
18	Newport County	46	13	13	20	55	67	-12	52
19	Lincoln City	46	11	18	17	50	51	-1	51
20	Swansea City	46	12	11	23	53	80	-27	47
21	Burnley	46	11	13	22	60	73	-13	46
22	Orient	46	11	13	22	51	76	-25	46
23	Preston North End	46	13	7	26	51	100	-49	46
24	Cambridge United	46	4	9	33	37	95	-58	21

[edit] Fourth Division

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chesterfield	46	26	13	7	64	35	+29	91
2	Blackpool	46	24	14	8	73	39	+34	86
3	Darlington	46	24	13	9	66	49	+17	85
4	Bury	46	24	12	10	76	50	+26	84
5	Hereford United	46	22	11	13	65	47	+18	77
6	Tranmere Rovers	46	24	3	19	83	66	+17	75
7	Colchester United	46	20	14	12	87	65	+22	74
8	Swindon Town	46	21	9	16	62	58	+4	72
9	Scunthorpe United	46	19	14	13	83	62	+21	71
10	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	12	16	65	69	-4	66
11	Peterborough United	46	16	14	16	54	53	+1	62
12	Port Vale	46	14	18	14	61	59	+2	60
13	Aldershot	46	17	8	21	56	63	-7	59
14	Mansfield Town	46	13	18	15	41	38	+3	57
15	Wrexham	46	15	9	22	67	70	-3	54
16	Chester City	46	15	9	22	60	72	-12	54
17	Rochdale	46	13	14	19	55	69	-14	53
18	Exeter City	46	13	14	19	57	79	-22	53
19	Hartlepool United	46	14	10	22	54	67	-13	52
20	Southend United	46	13	11	22	58	83	-25	50
21	Halifax Town	46	15	5	26	42	69	-27	50
22	Stockport County	46	13	8	25	58	79	-21	47
23	Northampton Town	46	14	5	27	53	74	-21	47
24	Torquay United	46	9	14	23	38	63	-25	41

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

[edit] See also

1984-85 in English football

[edit] References

Contents

[edit] Overview

[edit] First Division

[edit] Second Division

[edit] Third Division

[edit] Fourth Division

[edit] League Standings

[edit] First Division

[edit] Second Division

[edit] Third Division

[edit] Fourth Division

[edit] See also

[edit] References