1985-01-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Highbury	48,714
Woodcock	Lineups		Falco, Crooks
Aston Villa	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	Villa Park	31,710
Birch, Gibson, Rideout	Lineups		Statham (p)
Chelsea	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Stamford Bridge	21,552
Thomas	Lineups
Coventry City	4	0	Stoke City	Highfield Road	9,829
Gibson 2, Hibbitt, Stephens	Lineups
Everton	2	1	Luton Town	Goodison Park	31,641
Steven 2	Lineups		Harford
Ipswich Town	2	0	Norwich City	Portman Road	21,710
Dozzell, Gates	Lineups
Leicester City	1	2	Southampton	Filbert Street	15,257
Banks	Lineups		Armstrong, Wallace
Manchester United	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Old Trafford	47,625
Hughes	Lineups		Varadi 2
Newcastle United	3	1	Sunderland	St James' Park	36,529	Largest home gate 1984-85
Beardsley 3	Lineups		West
Watford	1	1	Liverpool	Vicarage Road	27,073	Largest home gate 1984-85
Blissett (p)	Lineups		Rush
West Ham United	1	3	Queens Park Rangers	Upton Park	20,857
Brush	Lineups		Byrne, Bannister, Waddock

				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	23	7	3	1	29	12	7	1	4	18	11	24	46	W	W	D	W	W	1985-01-12	Queens Park Rangers	A
2	0	Everton	23	7	3	2	31	15	7	1	3	18	14	20	46	W	W	W	L	W	1985-01-12	Newcastle United	H
3	0	Manchester United	23	8	3	1	29	8	4	2	5	17	21	17	41	L	W	L	W	W	1985-01-12	Coventry City	H
4	0	Arsenal	23	8	3	1	25	9	4	0	7	18	21	13	39	L	W	L	D	W	1985-01-19	Chelsea	A
5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	23	6	4	1	23	13	4	4	4	14	11	13	38	W	W	D	W	D	1985-01-12	West Bromwich Albion	H
6	3	Southampton	23	6	2	3	11	10	4	5	3	18	17	2	37	W	L	L	W	L	1985-01-12	Norwich City	A
7	-2	Nottingham Forest	23	8	1	2	23	13	3	2	7	13	21	2	36	L	W	W	W	L	1985-02-02	Norwich City	A
8	3	Chelsea	23	8	1	3	26	12	1	7	3	13	16	11	35	W	L	D	W	D	1985-01-19	Arsenal	H
9	-2	Liverpool	23	4	4	3	13	9	5	4	3	16	13	7	35	D	W	L	W	D	1985-01-19	Norwich City	H
10	-2	West Bromwich Albion	23	7	2	2	24	11	3	2	7	13	23	3	34	L	L	W	W	L	1985-01-12	Sheffield Wednesday	A
11	-1	Norwich City	23	7	3	1	20	10	2	3	7	10	20	0	33	L	W	W	L	D	1985-01-12	Southampton	H
12	0	West Ham United	23	5	3	4	15	12	3	4	4	15	22	-4	31	L	W	D	L	D	1985-02-02	Newcastle United	H
13	0	Watford	23	4	4	4	26	22	3	4	4	19	20	3	29	D	W	W	D	L	1985-02-02	Everton	A
14	2	Queens Park Rangers	23	5	4	2	21	14	2	4	6	9	23	-7	29	W	W	D	L	L	1985-01-12	Tottenham Hotspur	H
15	-1	Leicester City	23	6	2	4	29	18	2	2	7	13	27	-3	28	L	L	W	W	D	1985-01-12	Stoke City	H
16	1	Aston Villa	23	6	4	2	20	13	1	3	7	11	25	-7	28	W	L	D	W	D	1985-01-19	Coventry City	A
17	1	Newcastle United	23	6	3	3	21	15	1	4	6	16	30	-8	28	W	L	L	L	D	1985-01-12	Everton	A
18	-3	Sunderland	23	6	2	3	17	13	1	3	8	12	22	-6	26	L	L	L	L	W	1985-01-29	Southampton	A
19	1	Ipswich Town	23	4	4	4	15	15	1	3	7	6	18	-12	22	W	L	L	L	L	1985-02-02	Aston Villa	A
20	1	Coventry City	23	5	3	4	15	13	1	1	9	10	29	-17	22	W	L	L	L	W	1985-01-12	Manchester United	A
21	-2	Luton Town	23	4	4	3	16	13	1	2	9	11	30	-16	21	L	L	W	L	D	1985-02-02	Tottenham Hotspur	H
22	0	Stoke City	23	2	2	7	13	24	0	3	9	4	28	-35	11	L	L	W	L	D	1985-01-12	Leicester City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Oakwell	10,628
Owen (p)	Lineups		Brotherston
Cardiff City	0	0	Shrewsbury Town	Ninian Park	4,609
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	0	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	The Valley	7,249
	Lineups		O'Reilly
Grimsby Town	5	1	Huddersfield Town	Blundell Park	8,790
Cumming 2, Lund, Foley, Wilkinson	Lineups		Lillis
Leeds United	1	1	Manchester City	Elland Road	22,626
Ritchie	Lineups		Melrose
Middlesbrough	0	1	Oxford United	Ayresome Park	6,760
	Lineups		Hebberd
Notts County	0	0	Crystal Palace	Meadow Lane	5,725
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	0	1	Wimbledon	Boundary Park	3,512
	Lineups		Fairweather
Portsmouth	4	4	Fulham	Fratton Park	17,636
Waldron, Biley 2, Webb	Lineups		Coney, Rosenior, Barnett, Lock (p)
Sheffield United	3	4	Birmingham City	Bramall Lane	16,571
Heffernan, Edwards, Morris (p)	Lineups		Hopkins, Geddis, Clarke, West OG
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	2	Carlisle United	Molineux	6,264
	Lineups		O'Riordan, Poskett

				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	23	9	1	1	26	9	5	4	3	20	13	24	47	D	L	W	W	W	1985-01-12	Grimsby Town	A
2	0	Oxford United	21	10	1	0	39	9	4	3	3	12	9	33	46	W	W	W	L	W	1985-02-02	Carlisle United	A
3	0	Birmingham City	23	5	4	2	14	10	9	0	3	19	11	12	46	W	D	W	W	W	1985-02-02	Huddersfield Town	A
4	0	Portsmouth	23	7	4	1	24	15	4	4	3	15	17	7	41	D	L	D	W	W	1985-01-19	Middlesbrough	A
5	0	Manchester City	23	8	2	1	21	8	3	5	4	14	12	15	40	D	W	D	L	W	1985-01-12	Huddersfield Town	A
6	1	Leeds United	23	6	4	2	23	10	5	0	6	17	19	11	37	D	D	L	W	L	1985-01-19	Notts County	H
7	-1	Huddersfield Town	23	6	2	3	17	17	5	2	5	16	16	0	37	L	W	W	L	L	1985-01-12	Manchester City	H
8	0	Barnsley	22	7	2	2	16	7	2	7	2	9	8	10	36	D	D	D	L	D	1985-02-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
9	2	Grimsby Town	23	8	0	4	27	17	3	3	5	19	22	7	36	W	L	L	W	L	1985-01-12	Blackburn Rovers	H
10	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	23	5	4	2	11	6	5	2	5	13	11	7	36	W	W	D	W	D	1985-02-02	Fulham	A
11	-2	Fulham	23	8	0	3	22	15	3	3	6	20	26	1	36	D	D	W	W	L	1985-01-26	Shrewsbury Town	A
12	0	Shrewsbury Town	23	6	3	2	26	16	2	5	5	14	19	5	32	D	W	W	D	L	1985-01-26	Fulham	H
13	0	Wimbledon	23	5	3	3	22	20	4	1	7	20	28	-6	31	W	L	W	L	W	1985-01-19	Manchester City	A
14	0	Carlisle United	23	5	2	4	11	9	3	2	7	13	25	-10	28	W	L	L	L	W	1985-02-02	Oxford United	H
15	0	Sheffield United	23	4	3	5	20	18	1	5	5	15	22	-5	23	L	W	L	W	D	1985-01-12	Notts County	A
16	0	Charlton Athletic	22	4	4	4	21	18	2	1	7	9	17	-5	23	L	W	L	L	L	1985-01-12	Oldham Athletic	A
17	0	Crystal Palace	22	3	5	2	15	12	2	3	7	12	22	-7	23	D	L	W	W	D	1985-02-02	Manchester City	H
18	0	Middlesbrough	22	3	4	4	13	18	3	0	8	15	20	-10	22	L	W	L	D	L	1985-01-12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	0	Oldham Athletic	22	5	2	5	15	16	1	2	7	8	26	-19	22	L	L	W	L	L	1985-01-12	Charlton Athletic	H
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	23	4	2	6	15	19	2	1	8	13	30	-21	21	L	L	L	L	L	1985-01-12	Middlesbrough	H
21	0	Notts County	22	3	2	6	10	18	1	1	9	11	26	-23	15	D	D	L	W	L	1985-01-12	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Cardiff City	23	2	2	8	14	28	1	2	8	11	23	-26	13	D	D	L	L	L	1985-02-02	Middlesbrough	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	2	0	Gillingham	Dean Court	5,305
Savage 2 (1p)	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	0	0	Orient	Burnden Park	4,710
	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	2	1	Cambridge United	Eastville	6,324
Holloway, Williams B	Lineups		Cooper
Burnley	1	2	Wigan Athletic	Turf Moor	5,235
Biggins	Lineups		Barrow, Jewell
Derby County	1	0	York City	Baseball Ground	16,113	Largest home gate 1984-85
Davison	Lineups
Doncaster Rovers	4	1	Walsall	Belle Vue	3,485
Harle, Snodin I, Parker, Snodin G	Lineups		Handysides
Hull City	2	1	Bristol City	Boothferry Park	9,753
Whitehurst, McEwan	Lineups		Riley
Lincoln City	1	0	Swansea City	Sincil Bank	2,529
Strodder	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Brentford	Home Park	6,926
Tynan	Lineups		Alexander
Preston North End	1	1	Newport County	Deepdale	3,375
Kelly	Lineups		Carter
Reading	2	2	Millwall	Elm Park	4,832
Senior, Horrix	Lineups		Neal D, Lovell
Rotherham United	1	2	Bradford City	Millmoor	9,122	Largest home gate 1984-85
Dungworth	Lineups		McCall, Ellis

				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	23	8	2	1	17	6	7	2	3	18	11	18	49	W	W	L	W	W	1985-01-12	Wigan Athletic	H
2	1	Hull City	23	9	2	1	24	7	3	6	2	14	15	16	44	W	W	W	D	W	1985-01-12	AFC Bournemouth	A
3	-1	Gillingham	23	7	3	1	30	15	6	0	6	13	23	5	42	L	W	W	W	L	1985-01-12	Orient	H
4	0	Rotherham United	23	6	4	1	23	14	6	1	5	12	8	13	41	L	W	L	D	W	1985-01-19	AFC Bournemouth	H
5	1	Bristol Rovers	22	8	3	0	20	7	4	2	5	16	17	12	41	W	L	W	W	W	1985-01-12	Preston North End	A
6	-1	Millwall	22	9	2	0	23	7	2	4	5	16	20	12	39	D	W	L	D	L	1985-01-26	Walsall	H
7	1	Derby County	23	9	3	0	25	12	2	2	7	13	16	10	38	W	W	L	D	W	1985-01-12	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	-1	Bristol City	23	8	2	1	23	12	2	4	6	13	18	6	36	L	W	W	L	L	1985-01-26	Cambridge United	H
9	2	AFC Bournemouth	23	9	1	2	20	7	1	4	6	5	11	7	35	W	L	L	W	W	1985-01-12	Hull City	H
10	2	Wigan Athletic	23	7	2	2	14	7	2	6	4	13	19	1	35	W	W	W	D	D	1985-01-12	Bradford City	A
11	-2	York City	23	6	3	2	25	12	4	1	7	17	22	8	34	L	L	W	W	L	1985-01-12	Swansea City	H
12	1	Doncaster Rovers	23	7	2	3	24	14	3	2	6	16	19	7	34	W	L	W	L	D	1985-01-19	Reading	H
13	-3	Walsall	22	3	6	2	13	10	5	2	4	15	16	2	32	L	D	W	W	L	1985-01-26	Millwall	A
14	0	Reading	23	5	3	4	17	16	4	2	5	14	20	-5	32	D	L	W	W	L	1985-01-19	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	0	Brentford	23	6	2	3	19	13	2	4	6	8	18	-4	30	D	W	L	L	D	1985-01-19	Wigan Athletic	A
16	0	Newport County	24	7	2	3	18	12	0	6	6	9	19	-4	29	D	W	L	D	L	1985-01-26	Brentford	A
17	1	Lincoln City	23	5	5	2	21	11	1	3	7	7	15	2	26	W	D	L	L	W	1985-02-02	Derby County	H
18	-1	Plymouth Argyle	23	5	4	3	19	15	1	3	7	17	29	-8	25	D	L	L	W	W	1985-01-26	AFC Bournemouth	A
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	23	7	3	2	22	8	0	0	11	13	27	0	24	D	L	L	D	W	1985-01-12	Derby County	H
20	0	Burnley	23	3	4	5	15	15	2	3	6	15	25	-10	22	L	L	L	L	D	1985-02-02	Rotherham United	H
21	0	Orient	23	4	1	6	17	24	2	2	8	9	18	-16	21	D	W	W	L	L	1985-01-12	Gillingham	A
22	0	Preston North End	23	4	3	5	18	24	2	0	9	10	31	-27	21	D	L	L	L	D	1985-01-12	Bristol Rovers	H
23	0	Swansea City	23	3	1	7	13	21	2	2	8	13	27	-22	18	L	L	W	L	D	1985-01-12	York City	A
24	0	Cambridge United	23	2	1	8	8	19	1	3	8	12	24	-23	13	L	L	W	D	L	1985-01-26	Bristol City	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Crewe Alexandra	0	2	Blackpool	Gresty Road	4,008
	Lineups		Stewart, Davis OG
Hereford United	3	0	Southend United	Edgar Street	5,007
Phillips, Kearns, Price	Lineups
Mansfield Town	2	0	Darlington	Field Mill	3,116
Galloway, Whatmore	Lineups
Peterborough United	3	1	Chester City	London Road	3,799
Kelly 2, Shepherd	Lineups		Fox
Port Vale	5	1	Exeter City	Vale Park	3,306
Kellock 2 (1p), Brown 2, Earle	Lineups		Morgan
Rochdale	2	0	Halifax Town	Spotland	1,671
Gamble, Taylor	Lineups
Stockport County	4	2	Northampton Town	Edgeley Park	1,726
Sword 2 (1p), Coyle, Crawford	Lineups		Benjamin, Lewis
Swindon Town	4	0	Chesterfield	County Ground	3,778
Rowland 2, Gordon 2	Lineups
Torquay United	1	3	Aldershot	Plainmoor	1,560
Sims	Lineups		Massey, Burvill, Foyle
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Scunthorpe United	Prenton Park	1,953
Kelly, Clayton	Lineups
Wrexham	2	2	Colchester United	Racecourse Ground	1,376
Edwards, Horne	Lineups		Phillips, Irving

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Bury	22	8	2	1	25	8	6	3	2	15	10	22	47	W	W	W	L	W	1985-01-02	Hartlepool United	A
2	0	Hereford United	23	10	1	1	21	5	4	4	3	17	11	22	47	W	D	D	W	W	1985-01-12	Peterborough United	A
3	1	Blackpool	24	8	3	0	20	5	6	2	5	20	18	17	47	W	W	W	W	W	1985-01-05	Halifax Town	H
4	-1	Darlington	22	8	1	1	19	6	4	7	1	12	9	16	44	L	W	D	W	W	1985-02-02	Aldershot	H
5	0	Chesterfield	22	8	3	0	24	8	4	4	3	14	14	16	43	L	W	D	L	D	1985-01-05	Aldershot	A
6	0	Peterborough United	23	9	1	1	22	10	3	3	6	12	15	9	40	W	L	W	L	W	1985-01-05	Tranmere Rovers	A
7	0	Colchester United	23	6	3	2	24	17	4	4	4	21	22	6	37	D	W	D	W	L	1985-01-26	Bury	H
8	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	9	0	3	27	15	3	1	7	14	22	4	37	W	L	L	W	W	1985-01-05	Peterborough United	H
9	0	Hartlepool United	22	5	5	1	16	11	4	2	5	12	16	1	34	L	W	W	D	L	1985-01-02	Bury	H
10	0	Crewe Alexandra	23	6	1	5	19	18	4	2	5	14	18	-3	33	L	D	L	D	L	1985-01-05	Torquay United	A
11	0	Swindon Town	22	7	2	3	22	13	2	3	5	10	16	3	32	W	L	W	W	L	1985-01-05	Wrexham	A
12	1	Mansfield Town	22	6	2	3	13	6	2	5	4	5	8	4	31	W	W	D	W	L	1985-01-26	Crewe Alexandra	A
13	2	Port Vale	23	5	4	3	18	12	3	2	6	12	18	0	30	W	L	L	D	L	1985-01-19	Hartlepool United	A
14	-2	Scunthorpe United	21	5	3	2	22	14	2	4	5	11	15	4	28	L	W	D	W	L	1985-01-26	Chesterfield	A
15	-1	Southend United	24	5	4	3	19	19	2	3	7	16	28	-12	28	L	L	W	D	D	1985-01-26	Chester City	A
16	0	Stockport County	22	6	3	3	22	13	1	2	7	7	24	-8	26	W	L	D	W	L	1985-02-01	Wrexham	H
17	0	Aldershot	22	4	4	3	16	12	3	0	8	14	22	-4	25	W	W	D	L	L	1985-01-05	Chesterfield	H
18	2	Rochdale	22	3	4	5	13	14	2	3	5	8	17	-10	22	W	L	W	D	W	1985-02-02	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	-1	Exeter City	22	3	6	3	15	13	1	2	7	10	25	-13	20	L	D	W	L	L	1985-01-05	Northampton Town	A
20	-1	Northampton Town	23	3	1	7	13	17	3	1	8	14	24	-14	20	L	W	L	L	D	1985-01-05	Exeter City	H
21	0	Halifax Town	20	3	0	5	8	12	3	1	8	7	21	-18	19	L	L	L	L	W	1985-01-05	Blackpool	A
22	0	Chester City	22	3	2	5	12	14	1	4	7	9	22	-15	18	L	W	L	L	L	1985-01-26	Southend United	H
23	0	Torquay United	23	2	5	5	11	17	2	1	8	11	22	-17	18	L	L	L	D	L	1985-01-05	Crewe Alexandra	H
24	0	Wrexham	21	3	3	5	19	18	1	0	9	12	23	-10	15	D	L	L	L	W	1985-01-05	Swindon Town	H