1984-12-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Liverpool	1	2	Leicester City	Anfield Road	38,419
Neal (p)	Lineups		Smith A, Lineker
Luton Town	2	0	Coventry City	Kenilworth Road	9,237
Stein B, Daniel	Lineups
Norwich City	1	0	Arsenal	Carrow Road	17,702
Deehan	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	2	0	Ipswich Town	City Ground	17,123
Hodge, Metgod	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Chelsea	Loftus Road	26,610
Bannister, McDonald	Lineups		Dixon 2 (2p)
Sheffield Wednesday	1	1	Aston Villa	Hillsborough	30,971
Lyons	Lineups		Rideout
Southampton	1	2	Watford	The Dell	20,759
Curtis	Lineups		Blissett 2
Stoke City	2	1	Manchester United	Victoria Ground	20,985	Largest home gate 1984-85
Painter (p), Saunders	Lineups		Stapleton
Sunderland	1	2	Everton	Roker Park	19,714
Proctor	Lineups		Mountfield 2
Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	West Ham United	White Hart Lane	37,186
Mabbutt, Crooks	Lineups		Cottee, Goddard
West Bromwich Albion	2	1	Newcastle United	The Hawthorns	20,303
Hunt, Thompson	Lineups		Baird

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Tottenham Hotspur	21	6	3	1	27	12	6	1	4	16	10	21	40	D	W	W	W	D	1984-12-29	Sunderland	H
2	1	Everton	21	6	3	2	29	14	6	1	3	16	14	17	40	W	L	W	D	D	1984-12-29	Ipswich Town	A
3	-1	Manchester United	21	8	3	0	28	6	3	2	5	14	20	16	38	L	W	W	L	W	1984-12-29	Chelsea	A
4	0	Arsenal	21	8	3	0	24	7	3	0	7	15	20	12	36	L	D	W	L	W	1984-12-29	Newcastle United	A
5	4	West Bromwich Albion	21	7	2	1	24	10	3	2	6	12	20	6	34	W	W	L	W	W	1984-12-29	Norwich City	H
6	-1	Southampton	21	6	2	2	11	7	3	5	3	16	16	4	34	L	W	L	W	W	1984-12-29	Sheffield Wednesday	H
7	3	Nottingham Forest	21	7	1	2	20	11	3	2	6	13	20	2	33	W	W	L	W	L	1984-12-29	Aston Villa	H
8	-2	Chelsea	21	7	1	2	24	9	1	7	3	13	16	12	32	D	W	D	D	W	1984-12-29	Manchester United	H
9	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	21	6	4	1	23	13	2	4	4	9	10	9	32	D	W	D	D	D	1984-12-29	Southampton	A
10	-2	Liverpool	21	3	4	3	12	9	5	3	3	15	12	6	31	L	W	D	W	L	1984-12-29	Luton Town	H
11	0	Norwich City	21	7	3	1	20	10	1	3	6	9	18	1	30	W	L	D	W	L	1984-12-29	West Bromwich Albion	A
12	2	Leicester City	21	6	2	3	28	16	2	2	6	12	23	1	28	W	W	D	W	W	1984-12-29	Watford	A
13	-1	West Ham United	21	5	3	3	14	9	2	4	4	13	21	-3	28	D	L	D	L	L	1984-12-29	Coventry City	A
14	-1	Sunderland	21	6	2	3	17	13	1	3	6	11	17	-2	26	L	L	W	L	L	1984-12-29	Tottenham Hotspur	A
15	2	Watford	21	3	3	4	21	20	3	4	4	19	20	0	25	W	D	L	L	W	1984-12-29	Leicester City	H
16	-1	Newcastle United	21	5	3	2	17	11	1	4	6	16	30	-8	25	L	L	D	L	W	1984-12-29	Arsenal	H
17	-1	Aston Villa	21	5	4	2	17	12	1	3	6	9	22	-8	25	D	W	D	L	W	1984-12-29	Nottingham Forest	A
18	0	Queens Park Rangers	21	5	4	2	21	14	0	4	6	4	22	-11	23	D	L	L	D	W	1984-12-29	Stoke City	A
19	2	Luton Town	21	4	4	3	16	13	1	2	7	10	27	-14	21	W	L	D	W	L	1984-12-29	Liverpool	A
20	-1	Ipswich Town	21	3	4	3	13	13	1	3	7	6	18	-12	19	L	L	L	W	L	1984-12-29	Everton	H
21	-1	Coventry City	21	4	3	3	10	11	1	1	9	10	29	-20	19	L	L	W	L	D	1984-12-29	West Ham United	H
22	0	Stoke City	21	2	2	6	13	22	0	3	8	4	24	-29	11	W	L	D	L	L	1984-12-29	Queens Park Rangers	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	1	Grimsby Town	St Andrew's	14,168
Geddis, Platnauer	Lineups		Drinkell
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Leeds United	Ewood Park	20,150
Brotherston, Randell	Lineups		McCluskey
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	Portsmouth	Goldstone Ground	14,841
Ryan	Lineups		Hilaire
Carlisle United	0	3	Middlesbrough	Brunton Park	4,423
	Lineups		Currie, Mills, Mowbray
Crystal Palace	2	1	Charlton Athletic	Selhurst Park	9,540
Mabbutt, Nicholas	Lineups		Madden
Fulham	1	0	Sheffield United	Craven Cottage	6,724
Lewington	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	2	1	Oldham Athletic	Leeds Road	9,173
Tempest, Wilson	Lineups		Harrison
Manchester City	1	1	Barnsley	Maine Road	27,131
Melrose	Lineups		Wylde
Oxford United	4	0	Cardiff City	Manor Ground	12,237
Aldridge 2, Hamilton 2	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Gay Meadow	9,183	Largest home gate 1984-85
McNally, Robinson	Lineups		Ainscow
Wimbledon	3	2	Notts County	Plough Lane	2,992
Cork, Evans, Fishenden	Lineups		Harkouk 2

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Blackburn Rovers	21	9	1	0	25	6	5	3	3	19	12	26	46	W	W	W	W	D	1984-12-29	Huddersfield Town	H
2	1	Birmingham City	21	5	3	2	12	8	8	0	3	15	8	11	42	W	W	W	W	W	1984-12-29	Fulham	H
3	1	Oxford United	19	9	1	0	34	9	3	3	3	11	9	27	40	W	L	W	L	W	1984-12-29	Crystal Palace	H
4	-2	Portsmouth	21	7	3	1	20	11	4	4	2	14	13	10	40	D	W	W	L	D	1984-12-29	Sheffield United	A
5	1	Manchester City	21	7	2	1	17	8	3	4	4	13	11	11	36	D	L	W	W	W	1984-12-29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	-1	Leeds United	21	6	2	2	21	8	5	0	6	17	19	11	35	L	W	L	W	W	1984-12-29	Cardiff City	H
7	0	Barnsley	20	7	0	2	15	6	2	7	2	9	8	10	34	D	L	D	W	D	1984-12-29	Notts County	H
8	1	Huddersfield Town	21	6	2	3	17	17	4	2	4	12	10	2	34	W	L	L	W	W	1984-12-29	Blackburn Rovers	A
9	1	Fulham	21	8	0	3	22	15	3	1	6	14	20	1	34	W	W	L	W	L	1984-12-29	Birmingham City	A
10	-2	Grimsby Town	21	7	0	4	22	16	3	3	4	18	18	6	33	L	W	L	D	W	1984-12-29	Charlton Athletic	A
11	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21	4	4	2	9	5	4	2	5	12	11	5	30	D	W	D	D	W	1984-12-29	Wimbledon	H
12	0	Shrewsbury Town	21	5	3	2	22	14	2	4	5	14	19	3	28	W	D	L	L	D	1984-12-29	Carlisle United	H
13	0	Wimbledon	21	5	3	3	22	20	3	1	6	18	26	-6	28	W	L	W	D	L	1984-12-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
14	0	Carlisle United	21	5	2	4	11	9	2	2	6	9	21	-10	25	L	L	W	W	D	1984-12-29	Shrewsbury Town	A
15	4	Crystal Palace	20	3	5	2	15	12	2	2	6	12	17	-2	22	W	W	D	D	W	1984-12-29	Oxford United	A
16	4	Middlesbrough	21	3	4	3	13	17	3	0	8	15	20	-9	22	W	L	D	L	D	1985-01-01	Oxford United	H
17	-2	Oldham Athletic	21	5	2	4	15	15	1	2	7	8	26	-18	22	L	W	L	L	L	1985-01-01	Wimbledon	H
18	-2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	21	4	2	5	15	17	2	1	7	13	26	-15	21	L	L	L	L	L	1984-12-29	Manchester City	A
19	-2	Sheffield United	21	3	3	4	13	13	1	5	5	15	22	-7	20	L	W	D	L	L	1984-12-29	Portsmouth	H
20	-2	Charlton Athletic	20	3	4	3	17	16	2	1	7	9	17	-7	20	L	L	L	D	L	1984-12-29	Grimsby Town	H
21	0	Notts County	20	3	1	6	10	18	1	0	9	11	26	-23	13	L	W	L	W	L	1984-12-29	Barnsley	A
22	0	Cardiff City	21	2	1	8	14	28	1	1	8	10	22	-26	11	L	L	L	D	L	1984-12-29	Leeds United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	0	1	Doncaster Rovers	Valley Parade	9,440
	Lineups		Snodin G
Brentford	0	3	Bristol Rovers	Griffin Park	5,254	Largest home gate 1984-85
	Lineups		O'Connor, Randall, Stephens
Bristol City	4	3	Plymouth Argyle	Ashton Gate	10,402
Hutchinson 2, Walsh 2 (1p)	Lineups		Tynan 3
Cambridge United	1	0	AFC Bournemouth	Abbey Stadium	2,158
Finney	Lineups
Gillingham	3	2	Derby County	Priestfield Stadium	7,140	Largest home gate 1984-85
Hinnigan, Shearer 2	Lineups		Buckley, Davison
Newport County	1	2	Reading	Somerton Park	3,016
Chamberlain	Lineups		Beavon, Senior
Orient	1	0	Lincoln City	Brisbane Road	2,315
Cadette	Lineups
Swansea City	1	0	Rotherham United	Vetch Field	3,814
Saunders	Lineups
Walsall	2	1	Preston North End	Fellows Park	5,856
Kelly, Shakespeare	Lineups		Greenwood
Wigan Athletic	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Springfield Park	8,871	Largest home gate 1984-85
McElhinney OG	Lineups
York City	4	0	Burnley	Bootham Crescent	6,397
Banton 2, Houchen, Ford	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Bradford City	21	7	2	1	15	5	6	2	3	16	10	16	43	L	W	W	W	W	1984-12-29	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	2	Gillingham	21	6	3	1	26	14	6	0	5	13	21	4	39	W	W	L	W	W	1984-12-29	Bristol Rovers	H
3	-1	Hull City	21	8	2	1	22	6	2	6	2	12	14	14	38	W	D	W	D	W	1984-12-29	York City	A
4	2	Bristol Rovers	20	7	3	0	18	6	4	2	4	15	13	14	38	W	W	W	W	D	1984-12-29	Gillingham	A
5	-2	Rotherham United	21	6	4	0	22	12	5	1	5	10	8	12	38	L	D	W	W	W	1984-12-29	Cambridge United	A
6	-1	Millwall	20	8	2	0	21	6	2	3	5	14	18	11	35	L	D	L	W	L	1984-12-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
7	2	York City	21	6	3	1	24	10	4	1	6	17	21	10	34	W	W	L	D	L	1984-12-29	Hull City	H
8	2	Bristol City	21	7	2	1	22	12	2	4	5	12	16	6	33	W	L	L	W	L	1984-12-29	Burnley	H
9	-2	AFC Bournemouth	21	8	1	2	18	7	1	4	5	4	9	6	32	L	W	W	L	W	1984-12-29	Millwall	A
10	-2	Derby County	21	8	3	0	24	12	1	2	7	8	15	5	32	L	D	W	W	W	1984-12-29	Swansea City	A
11	0	Doncaster Rovers	21	6	2	3	20	13	3	2	5	15	17	5	31	W	L	D	L	L	1984-12-29	Orient	A
12	0	Walsall	20	3	5	2	13	10	5	2	3	14	12	5	31	W	W	L	L	W	1984-12-29	Lincoln City	H
13	0	Reading	21	5	2	4	15	14	4	2	4	13	18	-4	31	W	W	L	D	W	1984-12-29	Brentford	A
14	1	Wigan Athletic	21	6	2	2	12	7	1	6	4	11	18	-2	29	W	D	D	D	D	1984-12-29	Preston North End	H
15	-1	Brentford	21	5	2	3	17	12	2	3	6	7	17	-5	26	L	L	D	W	L	1984-12-29	Reading	H
16	0	Newport County	22	6	2	3	17	12	0	5	6	8	18	-5	25	L	D	L	L	W	1984-12-29	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	0	Plymouth Argyle	21	5	3	3	18	14	1	3	6	17	28	-7	24	L	W	W	W	L	1984-12-29	Newport County	A
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	21	7	2	2	22	8	0	0	10	12	25	1	23	L	D	W	L	L	1984-12-29	Bradford City	A
19	0	Lincoln City	21	4	5	2	20	11	1	2	7	7	15	1	22	L	L	W	L	D	1984-12-29	Walsall	A
20	0	Burnley	21	3	4	4	14	13	2	3	5	15	24	-8	22	L	L	D	L	L	1984-12-29	Bristol City	A
21	0	Preston North End	21	4	2	5	17	23	2	0	8	10	29	-25	20	L	L	D	L	W	1984-12-29	Wigan Athletic	A
22	0	Swansea City	21	3	1	6	12	16	2	2	7	13	26	-17	18	W	L	D	L	L	1984-12-29	Derby County	H
23	0	Orient	21	3	1	6	15	23	2	1	8	9	18	-17	17	W	L	L	L	L	1984-12-29	Doncaster Rovers	H
24	0	Cambridge United	21	2	1	7	8	17	1	3	7	11	22	-20	13	W	D	L	L	D	1984-12-29	Rotherham United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Recreation Ground	2,320
McCulloch	Lineups		Allatt
Blackpool	3	0	Rochdale	Bloomfield Road	5,641
Stewart 2, Windridge	Lineups
Bury	4	0	Port Vale	Gigg Lane	4,664
Bramhall, Entwistle 2, Madden	Lineups
Chester City	2	1	Wrexham	Sealand Road	3,968	Largest home gate 1984-85
Holden, Walker (p)	Lineups		Edwards
Chesterfield	0	0	Mansfield Town	Saltergate Recreation Ground	6,960
	Lineups
Colchester United	2	2	Hereford United	Layer Road	2,525	Largest home gate 1984-85
Adcock, Bowen	Lineups		Phillips OG, Phillips
Darlington	2	1	Tranmere Rovers	Feethams Ground	6,108
Forster, Todd	Lineups		Kelly
Exeter City	4	3	Torquay United	St James Park	3,925	Largest home gate 1984-85
Pratt 3, Smith K	Lineups		Hall, Marshall, Sims
Halifax Town	2	3	Hartlepool United	The Shay	1,409
Ayre, Gallagher	Lineups		Dixon 2, Linighan
Northampton Town	0	3	Peterborough United	County Ground	4,350	Largest home gate 1984-85
	Lineups		Kelly, Shepherd, Worrall
Scunthorpe United	1	0	Stockport County	Old Showground	2,881
Cammack	Lineups
Southend United	3	2	Swindon Town	Roots Hall	2,942	Largest home gate 1984-85
Phillips (p), Pennyfather, Whymark	Lineups		O'Brien OG, Gordon

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Bury	21	7	2	1	22	8	6	3	2	15	10	19	44	W	W	L	W	W	1984-12-29	Tranmere Rovers	H
2	0	Darlington	21	8	1	1	19	6	4	7	0	12	7	18	44	W	D	W	W	D	1985-01-01	Mansfield Town	A
3	-2	Hereford United	21	9	1	1	18	5	4	3	3	17	11	19	43	D	W	W	W	W	1984-12-29	Exeter City	A
4	1	Blackpool	22	7	3	0	18	4	5	2	5	18	18	14	41	W	W	W	W	W	1984-12-29	Hartlepool United	H
5	-1	Chesterfield	20	7	3	0	22	8	4	4	2	14	10	18	40	D	L	D	W	W	1984-12-29	Peterborough United	H
6	1	Peterborough United	21	8	1	1	19	9	3	3	5	12	13	9	37	W	L	W	L	D	1984-12-29	Chesterfield	A
7	-1	Tranmere Rovers	21	8	0	3	25	15	3	1	6	14	19	5	34	L	W	W	W	L	1984-12-29	Bury	A
8	2	Hartlepool United	21	5	5	1	16	11	4	2	4	11	14	2	34	W	W	D	L	W	1984-12-29	Blackpool	A
9	-1	Colchester United	21	5	3	2	21	15	4	3	4	19	20	5	33	D	W	L	W	D	1984-12-28	Port Vale	H
10	-1	Crewe Alexandra	22	6	1	4	19	16	4	2	5	14	18	-1	33	D	L	D	L	W	1985-01-01	Blackpool	H
11	0	Swindon Town	21	6	2	3	18	13	2	3	5	10	16	-1	29	L	W	W	L	W	1985-01-01	Chesterfield	H
12	1	Scunthorpe United	20	5	3	2	22	14	2	4	4	11	13	6	28	W	D	W	L	D	1985-01-01	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	1	Southend United	22	5	4	2	18	16	2	3	6	16	25	-7	28	W	D	D	W	L	1984-12-29	Mansfield Town	H
14	-2	Port Vale	21	4	4	3	13	11	3	2	5	10	15	-3	27	L	D	L	L	D	1984-12-28	Colchester United	A
15	0	Mansfield Town	20	5	2	3	11	6	1	5	4	2	7	0	25	D	W	L	L	L	1984-12-29	Southend United	A
16	0	Stockport County	21	5	3	3	18	11	1	2	7	7	24	-10	23	L	D	W	L	L	1985-01-01	Northampton Town	H
17	2	Aldershot	20	3	4	3	14	11	2	0	8	11	21	-7	19	D	L	L	W	L	1984-12-29	Wrexham	H
18	4	Exeter City	20	3	5	3	15	13	1	2	6	9	20	-9	19	W	L	L	L	L	1984-12-29	Hereford United	H
19	-2	Rochdale	21	2	4	5	11	14	2	3	5	8	17	-12	19	L	W	D	W	D	1985-01-01	Halifax Town	H
20	-2	Halifax Town	19	3	0	5	8	12	3	1	7	7	19	-16	19	L	L	L	W	W	1985-01-01	Rochdale	A
21	2	Chester City	21	3	2	5	12	14	1	4	6	8	19	-13	18	W	L	L	L	D	1985-01-01	Peterborough United	A
22	-2	Torquay United	21	2	5	4	10	14	2	1	7	10	19	-13	18	L	D	L	L	L	1984-12-29	Northampton Town	A
23	-2	Northampton Town	21	2	1	7	10	16	3	1	7	12	20	-14	17	L	L	D	L	W	1984-12-29	Torquay United	H
24	0	Wrexham	19	3	2	5	17	16	1	0	8	11	21	-9	14	L	L	W	L	L	1984-12-29	Aldershot	A