1985-05-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

Cup and International Matches

World Cup Qualifier Group 3						Venue	Gate	Notes
	Romania	0	0	England		23 August Stadium, Bucharest	70,000
		Lineups

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Reading	1	1	Walsall	Elm Park	1,959
Senior	Lineups		O'Kelly

				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	43	15	5	1	42	18	12	4	6	31	22	33	90	L	W	W	W	D	1985-05-04	Reading	H
2	0	Hull City	43	16	4	2	46	18	8	8	5	30	27	31	84	W	W	W	W	L	1985-05-04	Walsall	A
3	0	Millwall	42	16	5	0	37	10	7	6	8	26	28	25	80	W	D	W	W	L	1985-05-04	Bolton Wanderers	H
4	0	Bristol City	42	16	2	3	42	16	6	6	9	27	28	25	74	W	D	D	W	L	1985-05-04	AFC Bournemouth	H
5	0	Gillingham	41	12	5	3	44	25	9	3	9	22	30	11	71	D	L	W	L	W	1985-05-04	Lincoln City	H
6	0	Bristol Rovers	42	14	5	2	33	10	6	5	10	26	31	18	70	L	D	L	W	W	1985-05-04	Newport County	A
7	1	Walsall	43	9	7	5	31	18	9	5	8	25	30	8	66	D	W	D	L	L	1985-05-04	Hull City	H
8	-1	Derby County	43	14	6	2	39	19	4	5	12	20	31	9	65	W	W	L	W	D	1985-05-04	Orient	A
9	0	Rotherham United	43	11	6	5	36	23	7	5	9	18	26	5	65	L	L	W	W	D	1985-05-03	York City	A
10	0	AFC Bournemouth	42	15	3	3	38	14	3	7	11	15	28	11	64	W	D	W	L	D	1985-05-04	Bristol City	A
11	0	York City	42	12	5	4	39	21	6	3	12	25	34	9	62	W	W	L	D	D	1985-05-03	Rotherham United	H
12	0	Reading	41	8	6	7	31	27	9	4	7	28	28	4	61	D	L	D	W	L	1985-05-04	Bradford City	A
13	0	Doncaster Rovers	43	11	4	7	41	32	6	3	12	27	34	2	58	L	W	W	L	W	1985-05-03	Wigan Athletic	A
14	0	Plymouth Argyle	43	10	7	5	32	23	4	6	11	28	39	-2	55	L	D	W	W	W	1985-05-04	Cambridge United	A
15	0	Brentford	42	11	4	5	36	24	3	8	11	20	37	-5	54	D	W	D	W	D	1985-05-04	Preston North End	H
16	0	Bolton Wanderers	43	12	5	5	38	20	3	1	17	26	46	-2	51	D	W	W	L	W	1985-05-04	Millwall	A
17	0	Newport County	42	9	5	7	28	26	4	7	10	25	33	-6	51	L	L	L	L	L	1985-05-04	Bristol Rovers	H
18	0	Lincoln City	43	8	10	4	32	20	3	6	12	16	28	0	49	W	D	L	L	L	1985-05-04	Gillingham	A
19	0	Wigan Athletic	41	10	5	5	28	18	2	8	11	18	35	-7	49	W	L	D	W	L	1985-05-03	Doncaster Rovers	H
20	0	Orient	43	7	5	9	28	34	4	5	13	20	39	-25	43	D	W	L	L	L	1985-05-04	Derby County	H
21	0	Preston North End	43	9	5	8	31	36	3	2	16	16	56	-45	43	D	D	L	L	W	1985-05-04	Brentford	A
22	0	Swansea City	42	6	4	10	28	36	5	5	12	21	40	-27	42	L	W	W	W	D	1985-05-04	Burnley	H
23	0	Burnley	43	6	8	8	30	23	3	5	13	26	47	-14	40	D	L	L	L	W	1985-05-04	Swansea City	A
24	0	Cambridge United	43	2	2	17	14	44	1	6	15	19	47	-58	17	L	L	L	L	L	1985-05-04	Plymouth Argyle	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Chester City	2	1	Hereford United	Sealand Road	1,301
Rimmer 2 (1p)	Lineups		Kearns
Darlington	0	4	Blackpool	Feethams Ground	7,021	Largest home gate 1984-85
	Lineups		Conroy, O'Keefe, Stewart, Deary
Footnotes
Chesterfield promoted

				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	Chesterfield	43	15	5	1	37	12	10	6	6	24	22	27	86	W	W	W	L	W	1985-05-04	Crewe Alexandra	H
2	0	Bury	43	15	5	1	43	16	9	6	7	28	27	28	83	W	W	W	D	L	1985-05-04	Wrexham	H
3	0	Blackpool	43	15	5	1	39	12	8	7	7	29	24	32	81	W	D	D	W	D	1985-05-04	Torquay United	H
4	0	Darlington	42	14	3	3	36	20	8	8	6	23	25	14	77	L	L	L	W	D	1985-05-04	Port Vale	H
5	0	Hereford United	43	16	2	4	37	19	5	9	7	25	24	19	74	L	D	W	L	L	1985-05-03	Halifax Town	A
6	0	Colchester United	43	12	6	3	44	27	7	7	8	36	33	20	70	W	L	D	D	L	1985-05-03	Swindon Town	H
7	0	Swindon Town	43	16	3	3	38	17	5	4	12	18	34	5	70	W	W	W	W	L	1985-05-03	Colchester United	A
8	0	Tranmere Rovers	43	16	1	5	47	19	6	2	13	30	42	16	69	W	W	L	W	L	1985-05-04	Aldershot	A
9	0	Scunthorpe United	43	14	4	3	56	28	5	7	10	19	26	21	68	L	W	W	L	W	1985-05-04	Mansfield Town	H
10	0	Crewe Alexandra	43	10	6	6	30	26	8	5	8	31	34	1	65	D	L	D	W	L	1985-05-04	Chesterfield	A
11	0	Peterborough United	43	11	5	5	29	21	5	6	11	24	31	1	59	L	L	L	L	W	1985-05-04	Exeter City	H
12	0	Port Vale	43	10	8	4	36	22	3	8	10	18	31	1	55	W	D	L	L	L	1985-05-04	Darlington	A
13	0	Mansfield Town	43	9	8	5	24	15	3	9	9	13	19	3	53	L	D	L	D	W	1985-05-04	Scunthorpe United	A
14	0	Aldershot	42	9	6	5	25	17	6	2	14	23	42	-11	53	L	L	W	L	W	1985-05-04	Tranmere Rovers	H
15	0	Hartlepool United	44	10	6	6	34	27	4	4	14	20	37	-10	52	L	W	L	L	W	1985-05-06	Blackpool	H
16	0	Exeter City	43	9	7	6	30	26	3	6	12	25	51	-22	49	D	L	D	L	W	1985-05-04	Peterborough United	A
17	0	Wrexham	43	9	6	7	38	27	4	2	15	25	41	-5	47	W	W	W	W	D	1985-05-04	Bury	A
18	3	Chester City	43	9	3	9	32	29	4	5	13	21	38	-14	47	W	W	L	W	L	1985-05-04	Stockport County	H
19	-1	Southend United	43	7	8	6	29	32	5	3	14	28	48	-23	47	L	L	L	W	D	1985-05-03	Rochdale	H
20	-1	Stockport County	42	11	5	6	40	23	2	2	16	16	48	-15	46	L	L	L	W	L	1985-05-04	Chester City	A
21	-1	Rochdale	40	7	5	8	28	26	4	6	10	20	34	-12	44	W	L	L	D	W	1985-05-03	Southend United	A
22	0	Northampton Town	45	10	1	12	32	32	3	4	15	19	42	-23	44	W	D	W	W	W	1985-05-06	Torquay United	A
23	0	Halifax Town	43	7	3	11	22	30	5	2	15	13	37	-32	41	L	W	D	L	L	1985-05-03	Hereford United	H
24	0	Torquay United	42	5	11	6	18	22	4	2	14	17	34	-21	40	L	L	D	W	L	1985-05-04	Blackpool	A