1985-03-02

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	2	1	West Ham United	Highbury	25,818
Mariner, Robson	Lineups		Cottee
Aston Villa	0	1	Leicester City	Villa Park	16,285
	Lineups		Smith A
Ipswich Town	2	0	Chelsea	Portman Road	17,735
Cranson, Wilson	Lineups
Liverpool	1	0	Nottingham Forest	Anfield Road	35,595
Wark (p)	Lineups
Luton Town	2	1	Sunderland	Kenilworth Road	8,019
Harford, Hill	Lineups		Bennett
Manchester United	1	1	Everton	Old Trafford	51,150
Olsen	Lineups		Mountfield
Newcastle United	3	1	Watford	St James' Park	24,875
Cunningham, Reilly, Megson	Lineups		McClelland
Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Norwich City	Loftus Road	9,475
Fereday, Wicks	Lineups		Channon, Deehan
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Coventry City	Hillsborough	20,422
Pearson	Lineups
Southampton	4	3	West Bromwich Albion	The Dell	15,567
Baird 2, Armstrong, Wallace	Lineups		Thompson 2, Valentine
Stoke City	0	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Victoria Ground	12,552
	Lineups		Crooks

				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	Everton	27	9	3	2	39	15	8	2	3	21	16	29	56	D	W	W	W	W	1985-03-16	Aston Villa	A
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	27	7	3	1	29	12	9	3	4	24	15	26	54	W	W	D	D	W	1985-03-12	Manchester United	H
3	0	Manchester United	28	9	4	2	32	10	5	3	5	19	22	19	49	D	W	D	W	L	1985-03-12	Tottenham Hotspur	A
4	0	Liverpool	28	8	4	3	23	9	5	5	3	17	14	17	48	W	W	W	D	W	1985-03-16	Tottenham Hotspur	H
5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	27	8	6	1	28	15	4	4	4	14	11	16	46	W	D	D	W	W	1985-03-09	Leicester City	A
6	1	Arsenal	28	10	3	2	29	12	4	1	8	19	25	11	46	W	L	L	W	D	1985-03-09	Sunderland	A
7	1	Southampton	28	8	2	3	16	13	5	5	5	22	20	5	46	W	L	W	W	L	1985-03-09	Chelsea	A
8	-3	Nottingham Forest	27	10	1	2	27	13	4	2	8	14	22	6	45	L	W	W	W	L	1985-03-09	Newcastle United	H
9	0	Chelsea	28	9	2	3	28	13	1	8	5	14	20	9	40	L	L	W	D	D	1985-03-09	Southampton	H
10	0	Aston Villa	27	7	4	3	22	15	3	3	7	16	26	-3	37	L	W	W	W	W	1985-03-09	Norwich City	A
11	0	Norwich City	27	8	3	2	21	11	2	4	8	12	26	-4	37	D	L	L	W	L	1985-03-09	Aston Villa	H
12	2	Newcastle United	29	8	4	3	26	17	1	5	8	17	36	-10	36	W	W	L	D	D	1985-03-09	Nottingham Forest	A
13	-1	West Bromwich Albion	28	7	3	3	24	12	3	2	10	16	31	-3	35	L	L	L	D	L	1985-03-12	Stoke City	A
14	-1	Queens Park Rangers	29	6	6	3	26	22	2	5	7	9	25	-12	35	D	W	L	L	D	1985-03-09	Coventry City	A
15	2	Leicester City	27	6	4	5	31	21	3	2	7	14	27	-3	33	W	L	D	D	L	1985-03-09	Sheffield Wednesday	H
16	-1	West Ham United	26	5	4	5	17	15	3	4	5	16	24	-6	32	L	L	D	L	W	1985-03-15	Manchester United	H
17	-1	Watford	26	4	4	4	26	22	3	5	6	21	28	-3	30	L	D	L	D	W	1985-03-12	Sunderland	A
18	0	Sunderland	27	7	2	3	18	13	1	3	11	13	26	-8	29	L	L	W	L	L	1985-03-09	Arsenal	H
19	0	Coventry City	28	6	3	5	16	16	2	1	11	12	32	-20	28	L	W	L	L	W	1985-03-09	Queens Park Rangers	H
20	0	Ipswich Town	25	5	4	4	17	15	1	3	8	7	20	-11	25	W	L	W	L	L	1985-03-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
21	0	Luton Town	26	5	5	3	20	16	1	2	10	11	31	-16	25	W	L	D	L	L	1985-03-16	Sheffield Wednesday	A
22	0	Stoke City	27	2	2	8	13	25	0	4	11	4	31	-39	12	L	L	L	D	L	1985-03-12	West Bromwich Albion	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Manchester City	Ewood Park	22,137	Largest home gate 1984-85
	Lineups		Kinsey
Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Goldstone Ground	8,519
Wilson (p)	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	5	3	Barnsley	The Valley	3,832
Dowman 2, Flanagan, Lee, Moore (p)	Lineups		Futcher R 3
Fulham	2	2	Crystal Palace	Craven Cottage	7,654
Hopkins, Lock (p)	Lineups		Gray, Stebbing
Grimsby Town	6	3	Cardiff City	Blundell Park	4,589
Bonnyman 2 (2p), Drinkell 2, Ford, Lund	Lineups		Gibbins, Mullen (p), Withey
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Carlisle United	Leeds Road	5,263
Cowling, Lillis	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	0	Leeds United	Ayresome Park	8,817	Largest home gate 1984-85
	Lineups
Notts County	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Meadow Lane	4,202
	Lineups
Oxford United	0	3	Birmingham City	Manor Ground	11,584
	Lineups		Clarke 2, Geddis
Wimbledon	5	0	Sheffield United	Plough Lane	3,396
Evans, Fairweather, Fishenden, Galliers, Sanchez	Lineups
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	Portsmouth	Molineux	7,985
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Manchester City	29	10	2	2	27	11	6	5	4	19	13	22	55	W	W	L	W	W	1985-03-09	Middlesbrough	H
2	-1	Blackburn Rovers	28	10	2	2	29	12	5	6	3	22	15	24	53	L	D	W	D	D	1985-03-06	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	1	Birmingham City	26	5	4	2	14	10	11	0	4	23	12	15	52	W	L	W	W	D	1985-03-05	Oldham Athletic	H
4	-1	Oxford United	26	10	1	1	39	12	5	4	5	14	12	29	50	L	D	L	L	W	1985-03-09	Sheffield United	A
5	0	Leeds United	29	8	5	2	29	10	5	3	6	20	22	17	47	D	D	W	D	D	1985-03-09	Huddersfield Town	H
6	0	Portsmouth	28	8	4	2	29	17	4	7	3	17	19	10	47	D	W	D	L	D	1985-03-09	Wimbledon	H
7	0	Fulham	29	11	1	3	30	19	3	3	8	22	31	2	46	D	W	W	L	W	1985-03-09	Cardiff City	A
8	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	28	8	4	2	17	7	5	2	7	13	15	8	45	W	L	W	W	L	1985-03-06	Blackburn Rovers	H
9	2	Grimsby Town	28	10	1	5	36	23	3	4	5	19	22	10	44	W	W	D	L	D	1985-03-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	2	Huddersfield Town	28	8	2	5	21	20	5	3	5	18	18	1	44	W	D	W	L	L	1985-03-09	Leeds United	A
11	-3	Barnsley	27	8	3	2	19	9	3	7	4	14	16	8	43	L	W	L	D	W	1985-03-13	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
12	-2	Shrewsbury Town	27	8	3	2	30	17	3	5	6	17	21	9	41	L	W	W	W	D	1985-03-09	Charlton Athletic	H
13	0	Wimbledon	27	6	4	3	28	21	5	1	8	25	31	1	38	W	W	D	L	W	1985-03-09	Portsmouth	A
14	0	Sheffield United	29	6	4	5	27	21	2	6	6	17	27	-4	34	L	W	W	W	D	1985-03-09	Oxford United	H
15	0	Carlisle United	29	5	3	5	13	12	4	2	10	19	35	-15	32	L	D	L	W	L	1985-03-09	Grimsby Town	H
16	1	Charlton Athletic	27	5	4	4	26	21	3	2	9	11	20	-4	30	W	L	W	D	L	1985-03-05	Cardiff City	H
17	-1	Oldham Athletic	29	6	3	6	18	19	2	3	9	11	34	-24	30	D	L	L	L	W	1985-03-05	Birmingham City	A
18	0	Crystal Palace	27	4	5	4	17	19	2	4	8	14	26	-14	27	D	L	L	W	L	1985-03-09	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
19	0	Middlesbrough	30	3	7	6	16	23	3	1	10	16	23	-14	26	D	L	D	L	L	1985-03-09	Manchester City	A
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	28	4	4	7	15	20	2	3	8	15	32	-22	25	D	D	L	D	D	1985-03-05	Grimsby Town	H
21	1	Notts County	29	3	5	7	11	21	2	1	11	12	33	-31	21	D	L	W	L	D	1985-03-09	Birmingham City	A
22	-1	Cardiff City	28	3	3	8	16	29	2	2	10	15	30	-28	20	L	D	W	L	W	1985-03-05	Charlton Athletic	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	1	3	Burnley	Burnden Park	6,468
Joyce	Lineups		Hampton, Grewcock, Devine
Bradford City	1	1	Gillingham	Valley Parade	8,344
Campbell	Lineups		Shearer
Bristol City	0	1	Millwall	Ashton Gate	10,875
	Lineups		Lovell
Derby County	1	1	Rotherham United	Baseball Ground	10,259
Christie	Lineups		Gooding
Hull City	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Boothferry Park	6,380
Whitehurst, Flounders	Lineups
Newport County	1	2	Walsall	Somerton Park	2,098
Kellow	Lineups		Rees, Shakespeare
Orient	1	1	Wigan Athletic	Brisbane Road	2,035
Godfrey	Lineups		Lowe
Plymouth Argyle	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Home Park	4,619
Tynan, Summerfield	Lineups		Snodin I
Preston North End	2	1	AFC Bournemouth	Deepdale	2,974
Farrelly, Johnson	Lineups		Howlett
Reading	1	1	Lincoln City	Elm Park	3,938
Senior	Lineups		Hicks OG
York City	1	0	Brentford	Bootham Crescent	4,288
Canham	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	30	11	4	1	29	11	8	2	4	20	15	23	63	D	L	W	W	W	1985-03-06	Preston North End	H
2	0	Gillingham	28	10	4	1	35	16	6	1	6	14	24	9	53	D	W	W	D	W	1985-03-09	Brentford	H
3	1	Millwall	28	11	3	0	29	7	4	4	6	18	21	19	52	W	W	W	W	L	1985-03-06	Lincoln City	A
4	1	Hull City	30	11	2	2	28	9	3	8	4	18	22	15	52	W	L	D	L	W	1985-03-05	Swansea City	A
5	-2	Rotherham United	30	9	5	1	30	16	6	2	7	13	18	9	52	D	D	W	W	L	1985-03-09	Plymouth Argyle	H
6	0	Bristol City	30	10	2	3	30	15	4	4	7	17	21	11	48	L	W	W	L	W	1985-03-05	Bolton Wanderers	A
7	2	York City	30	9	4	2	29	12	5	1	9	21	26	12	47	W	L	L	D	W	1985-03-05	AFC Bournemouth	H
8	-1	AFC Bournemouth	32	11	2	3	23	11	2	5	9	9	19	2	46	L	L	D	L	W	1985-03-05	York City	A
9	2	Walsall	27	5	6	2	20	12	7	3	4	19	18	9	45	W	W	W	W	D	1985-03-06	Derby County	A
10	-2	Bristol Rovers	29	9	3	1	22	9	4	3	9	20	27	6	45	L	W	L	L	L	1985-03-05	Wigan Athletic	H
11	-1	Reading	28	7	4	4	25	21	6	2	5	21	20	5	45	D	W	W	W	W	1985-03-09	Burnley	A
12	0	Doncaster Rovers	29	9	3	4	31	21	3	2	8	18	24	4	41	L	W	D	W	L	1985-03-05	Cambridge United	A
13	0	Derby County	29	9	4	1	28	16	2	3	10	14	24	2	40	D	L	L	D	L	1985-03-06	Walsall	H
14	0	Bolton Wanderers	31	10	4	3	31	12	1	0	13	15	32	2	37	L	L	D	L	W	1985-03-05	Bristol City	H
15	0	Wigan Athletic	29	7	3	3	15	9	2	7	7	16	27	-5	37	D	L	L	L	D	1985-03-05	Bristol Rovers	A
16	0	Newport County	28	7	2	4	19	14	2	6	7	16	24	-3	35	L	W	L	W	D	1985-03-09	Orient	A
17	2	Plymouth Argyle	29	7	4	3	23	16	2	4	9	19	32	-6	35	W	L	D	W	W	1985-03-05	Orient	H
18	-1	Brentford	30	7	2	5	24	20	2	6	8	13	25	-8	35	L	L	D	L	W	1985-03-05	Burnley	H
19	-1	Lincoln City	27	7	6	2	24	11	1	4	7	8	16	5	34	D	W	W	D	W	1985-03-06	Millwall	H
20	0	Burnley	28	5	5	5	25	16	3	3	7	18	28	-1	32	W	W	D	L	W	1985-03-05	Brentford	A
21	2	Preston North End	29	6	4	6	26	30	2	0	11	10	36	-30	28	W	W	L	L	L	1985-03-06	Bradford City	A
22	-1	Swansea City	30	4	3	7	18	25	2	5	9	15	30	-22	26	D	D	D	W	D	1985-03-05	Hull City	H
23	-1	Orient	30	5	2	7	19	26	2	3	11	13	29	-23	26	D	L	D	L	L	1985-03-05	Plymouth Argyle	A
24	0	Cambridge United	29	2	1	10	9	25	1	4	11	15	34	-35	14	D	L	L	L	L	1985-03-05	Doncaster Rovers	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Chesterfield	3	1	Chester City	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,002
Newton 2, Spooner	Lineups		Rimmer
Darlington	2	1	Exeter City	Feethams Ground	2,737
Lloyd, Tupling	Lineups		Todd OG
Mansfield Town	2	0	Hartlepool United	Field Mill	1,940
Luke 2	Lineups
Northampton Town	0	1	Blackpool	County Ground	1,860
	Lineups		Stewart
Peterborough United	0	0	Port Vale	London Road	2,817
	Lineups
Rochdale	1	3	Crewe Alexandra	Spotland	1,483
Diamond	Lineups		Platt, Thomas 2
Scunthorpe United	2	2	Bury	Old Showground	2,710
Graham, Cammack	Lineups		Entwistle, Madden
Southend United	1	0	Aldershot	Roots Hall	1,936
Gymer	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Tranmere Rovers	Plainmoor	1,069
Hall	Lineups		Ferguson
Wrexham	1	1	Hereford United	Racecourse Ground	1,800
Keay	Lineups		Maddy

				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	29	9	3	1	30	11	8	4	4	20	17	22	58	D	W	D	W	L	1985-03-06	Hereford United	A
2	0	Blackpool	29	10	4	0	23	6	7	3	5	21	18	20	58	W	W	W	D	D	1985-03-05	Tranmere Rovers	H
3	2	Chesterfield	29	11	4	1	30	11	4	5	4	16	18	17	54	W	L	D	L	W	1985-03-05	Port Vale	H
4	2	Darlington	27	9	2	1	22	8	6	7	2	17	15	16	54	W	L	W	W	D	1985-03-05	Rochdale	A
5	-2	Colchester United	29	10	3	2	34	20	5	5	4	26	24	16	53	D	W	W	W	W	1985-03-04	Stockport County	A
6	-2	Hereford United	27	11	1	1	22	5	4	6	4	20	16	21	52	D	W	L	D	W	1985-03-06	Bury	H
7	0	Peterborough United	31	11	3	1	26	12	4	3	9	17	23	8	51	D	L	L	W	W	1985-03-05	Halifax Town	A
8	0	Tranmere Rovers	30	10	1	3	31	15	4	2	10	21	30	7	45	D	W	D	L	L	1985-03-05	Blackpool	A
9	0	Crewe Alexandra	30	8	3	6	26	24	5	3	5	17	19	0	45	W	L	W	D	W	1985-03-06	Chester City	A
10	1	Scunthorpe United	29	7	4	3	30	20	4	5	6	16	19	7	42	D	W	W	D	W	1985-03-05	Torquay United	A
11	-1	Swindon Town	30	10	2	3	27	15	2	4	9	11	25	-2	42	L	D	W	L	W	1985-03-05	Exeter City	H
12	1	Port Vale	28	7	5	3	26	17	3	4	6	14	20	3	39	D	W	W	D	D	1985-03-05	Chesterfield	A
13	-1	Hartlepool United	30	6	6	4	21	19	4	3	7	12	20	-6	39	L	W	L	D	L	1985-03-04	Southend United	A
14	0	Southend United	31	7	4	4	24	25	3	3	10	20	37	-18	37	W	L	W	W	L	1985-03-04	Hartlepool United	H
15	0	Mansfield Town	27	7	2	3	15	6	2	7	6	7	12	4	36	W	L	D	L	D	1985-03-06	Aldershot	H
16	0	Stockport County	27	8	4	4	33	18	1	2	8	9	27	-3	33	W	W	L	L	D	1985-03-04	Colchester United	H
17	0	Exeter City	29	7	6	3	23	14	1	3	9	15	34	-10	33	L	W	W	D	W	1985-03-05	Swindon Town	A
18	0	Halifax Town	29	6	1	7	17	18	3	2	10	9	25	-17	30	D	W	L	L	W	1985-03-05	Peterborough United	H
19	0	Chester City	27	6	3	5	24	17	1	4	8	10	25	-8	28	L	W	D	W	W	1985-03-06	Crewe Alexandra	H
20	0	Rochdale	28	5	4	6	19	18	2	3	8	11	24	-12	28	L	L	L	W	L	1985-03-05	Darlington	H
21	0	Aldershot	28	4	5	4	18	15	3	1	11	15	33	-15	27	L	L	L	D	L	1985-03-06	Mansfield Town	A
22	0	Torquay United	30	3	8	5	13	18	2	2	10	13	26	-18	25	D	D	L	W	L	1985-03-05	Scunthorpe United	H
23	1	Wrexham	28	4	4	5	24	19	2	1	12	17	32	-10	23	D	L	W	L	D	1985-03-05	Northampton Town	A
24	-1	Northampton Town	30	4	1	8	18	20	3	1	13	17	37	-22	23	L	L	L	L	L	1985-03-05	Wrexham	H