1985-05-06

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Southampton	Highbury	21,214
Rix	Lineups
Aston Villa	0	1	Luton Town	Villa Park	14,130
	Lineups		Stein B
Chelsea	2	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Stamford Bridge	17,085
Dixon 2	Lineups		Smith M
Coventry City	0	2	Liverpool	Highfield Road	18,951
	Lineups		Walsh 2
Everton	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Goodison Park	50,317
Mountfield, Sharp	Lineups
Ipswich Town	5	1	Stoke City	Portman Road	14,150
Gates, Putney, Wilson 3	Lineups		Bertschin
Leicester City	2	0	Sunderland	Filbert Street	11,455
Lineker 2	Lineups
Manchester United	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Old Trafford	41,775
Gidman, Stapleton	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	3	Tottenham Hotspur	St James' Park	29,652
Beardsley 2 (2p)	Lineups		Leworthy, Hoddle G, Crook
West Ham United	1	0	Norwich City	Upton Park	16,233
Barnes	Lineups
Footnotes
Sunderland relegated
Everton champions

				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	37	14	3	2	54	17	12	3	3	29	19	47	84	W	W	W	W	W	1985-05-08	West Ham United	H
2	0	Manchester United	40	13	6	2	47	13	8	4	7	26	28	32	73	W	W	D	D	L	1985-05-11	Queens Park Rangers	A
3	0	Tottenham Hotspur	39	9	3	6	42	26	12	5	4	32	20	28	71	W	W	D	L	L	1985-05-11	Watford	H
4	0	Liverpool	37	10	4	5	30	15	9	6	3	28	14	29	67	W	W	D	W	W	1985-05-11	Aston Villa	H
5	2	Arsenal	41	14	5	2	37	14	5	3	12	22	33	12	65	W	L	W	L	W	1985-05-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
6	-1	Southampton	40	12	3	4	26	16	6	7	8	27	29	8	64	L	W	L	D	W	1985-05-11	Coventry City	H
7	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	40	11	7	2	37	20	5	7	8	19	22	14	62	L	L	L	W	D	1985-05-11	West Ham United	H
8	0	Nottingham Forest	40	12	4	4	34	18	6	3	11	21	29	8	61	L	D	L	W	W	1985-05-11	Everton	H
9	0	Chelsea	39	12	3	4	35	18	4	9	7	24	28	13	60	W	L	D	W	W	1985-05-08	Luton Town	H
10	0	Aston Villa	41	10	7	4	34	20	5	4	11	25	38	1	56	L	W	W	D	L	1985-05-11	Liverpool	A
11	4	Leicester City	41	10	4	7	39	25	5	2	13	26	44	-4	51	W	L	W	L	W	1985-05-11	Luton Town	A
12	-1	West Bromwich Albion	40	11	3	6	34	21	4	3	13	20	39	-6	51	W	L	W	L	L	1985-05-07	Watford	A
13	-1	Newcastle United	41	11	4	6	33	26	2	8	10	22	44	-15	51	L	W	W	L	L	1985-05-11	Norwich City	A
14	-1	Queens Park Rangers	41	11	6	3	40	27	2	5	14	12	42	-17	50	L	W	L	L	W	1985-05-11	Manchester United	H
15	-1	Watford	38	9	5	5	43	27	3	8	8	25	36	5	49	D	W	D	W	W	1985-05-07	West Bromwich Albion	H
16	0	Luton Town	38	10	5	4	34	22	3	4	12	17	36	-7	48	W	W	D	L	W	1985-05-08	Chelsea	A
17	1	Ipswich Town	39	8	6	5	27	19	4	4	12	17	36	-11	46	W	L	D	W	W	1985-05-11	Sunderland	A
18	1	West Ham United	37	6	8	5	22	19	5	4	9	22	40	-15	45	W	L	D	W	D	1985-05-08	Everton	A
19	-2	Norwich City	40	9	5	6	28	24	3	4	13	16	39	-19	45	L	L	L	W	L	1985-05-11	Newcastle United	H
20	0	Coventry City	37	9	3	7	24	21	3	1	14	16	40	-21	40	L	L	W	L	W	1985-05-11	Southampton	A
21	0	Sunderland	41	7	6	7	19	24	3	4	14	20	36	-21	40	L	L	D	L	L	1985-05-11	Ipswich Town	H
22	0	Stoke City	39	3	3	13	18	39	0	5	15	5	45	-61	17	L	L	L	L	L	1985-05-11	Chelsea	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	0	0	Wimbledon	Oakwell	3,053
	Lineups
Cardiff City	0	3	Crystal Palace	Ninian Park	5,207
	Lineups		Aylott, Galloway, Irvine
Leeds United	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Elland Road	12,423
Baird	Lineups
Middlesbrough	0	0	Birmingham City	Ayresome Park	7,840
	Lineups
Notts County	3	2	Manchester City	Meadow Lane	17,812	Largest home gate 1984-85
Fashanu, Harkouk, Young	Lineups		Simpson 2
Oldham Athletic	2	1	Fulham	Boundary Park	2,756
Quinn, Ward	Lineups		Sealy
Portsmouth	3	1	Carlisle United	Fratton Park	12,404
Dillon (p), Hilaire 2	Lineups		Halsall
Sheffield United	1	3	Blackburn Rovers	Bramall Lane	7,697
Eves	Lineups		Quinn 3
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Molineux	4,422
Ainscow, Ryan	Lineups		Lillis (p)
Footnotes
Wolverhampton Wanderers relegated

				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	Oxford United	40	17	2	1	58	15	7	6	7	19	18	44	80	D	L	W	W	W	1985-05-07	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	Birmingham City	41	11	6	3	29	15	13	1	7	29	18	25	79	D	W	W	W	W	1985-05-11	Leeds United	H
3	0	Manchester City	41	13	4	3	37	15	7	7	7	24	24	22	71	L	D	W	W	L	1985-05-11	Charlton Athletic	H
4	0	Portsmouth	41	11	6	4	39	25	8	8	4	28	25	17	71	W	W	L	L	L	1985-05-11	Huddersfield Town	A
5	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	13	3	4	35	15	7	7	7	28	26	22	70	W	L	L	L	W	1985-05-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
6	0	Leeds United	41	12	7	2	37	11	7	5	8	29	31	24	69	W	D	W	D	W	1985-05-11	Birmingham City	A
7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	12	6	2	30	11	6	6	8	19	21	17	66	W	L	D	W	W	1985-05-07	Grimsby Town	A
8	0	Shrewsbury Town	41	12	6	2	45	20	6	5	10	21	31	15	65	L	W	W	L	W	1985-05-11	Middlesbrough	H
9	0	Fulham	41	12	3	5	34	26	6	5	10	33	38	3	62	L	D	W	W	D	1985-05-11	Notts County	H
10	0	Grimsby Town	40	13	1	6	45	28	4	7	9	23	32	8	59	L	D	W	L	W	1985-05-07	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
11	0	Barnsley	41	11	7	3	27	12	3	9	8	15	26	4	58	D	D	D	L	L	1985-05-11	Oxford United	A
12	0	Wimbledon	41	8	8	4	38	28	7	2	12	31	46	-5	55	D	D	L	L	D	1985-05-11	Cardiff City	H
13	0	Huddersfield Town	40	9	4	6	26	25	6	5	10	24	35	-10	54	L	W	L	L	L	1985-05-11	Portsmouth	H
14	1	Oldham Athletic	41	10	4	7	27	23	4	4	12	17	42	-21	50	W	D	W	L	L	1985-05-11	Carlisle United	A
15	1	Crystal Palace	41	8	7	5	25	25	4	5	12	21	38	-17	48	W	W	L	W	W	1985-05-11	Grimsby Town	H
16	-2	Carlisle United	41	8	5	7	25	18	5	3	13	23	44	-14	47	L	D	L	L	D	1985-05-11	Oldham Athletic	H
17	0	Charlton Athletic	40	8	6	6	31	27	3	5	12	16	28	-8	44	D	W	L	D	L	1985-05-07	Oxford United	H
18	0	Sheffield United	40	7	6	8	31	28	3	7	9	21	35	-11	43	L	L	L	D	D	1985-05-11	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
19	0	Middlesbrough	41	6	8	7	22	26	3	2	15	17	31	-18	37	D	L	W	L	W	1985-05-11	Shrewsbury Town	A
20	1	Notts County	41	6	5	10	25	32	4	2	14	20	40	-27	37	W	D	W	W	L	1985-05-11	Fulham	A
21	-1	Cardiff City	41	5	3	13	24	42	4	5	11	22	35	-31	35	L	L	W	W	W	1985-05-11	Wimbledon	A
22	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	41	5	4	12	18	32	3	5	12	19	44	-39	33	W	L	L	D	L	1985-05-11	Blackburn Rovers	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	0	2	Bradford City	Burnden Park	7,712	Largest home gate 1984-85
	Lineups		Campbell, McCall
Burnley	0	1	Bristol City	Turf Moor	4,570
	Lineups		Neville
Derby County	1	1	Swansea City	Baseball Ground	10,117
Christie	Lineups		Pascoe
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	Orient	Belle Vue	2,114
Snodin G	Lineups		Sussex
Hull City	0	2	York City	Boothferry Park	15,795	Largest home gate 1984-85
	Lineups		Banton, Ward
Lincoln City	0	0	Walsall	Sincil Bank	1,473
	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	0	Newport County	Home Park	5,079
Hodges	Lineups
Preston North End	2	5	Wigan Athletic	Deepdale	4,875
Houghton, McAteer (p)	Lineups		Barrow 2, Butler, Jewell, Newell
Reading	0	0	Brentford	Elm Park	3,898
	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	1	Cambridge United	Millmoor	1,515
	Lineups		McDonough (p)
Footnotes
Bradford City champions

				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	45	15	5	2	44	23	13	4	6	33	22	32	93	W	L	L	W	W	1985-05-11	Lincoln City	H
2	0	Hull City	45	16	4	3	46	20	9	8	5	31	27	30	87	L	W	W	W	W	1985-05-11	Brentford	A
3	0	Millwall	43	17	5	0	42	12	7	6	8	26	28	28	83	W	W	D	W	W	1985-05-08	AFC Bournemouth	A
4	0	Bristol City	44	17	2	3	44	16	7	6	9	28	28	28	80	W	W	W	D	D	1985-05-11	Reading	H
5	0	Gillingham	42	13	5	3	47	27	9	3	9	22	30	12	74	W	D	L	W	L	1985-05-07	Bristol Rovers	A
6	0	Bristol Rovers	43	14	5	2	33	10	6	6	10	27	32	18	71	D	L	D	L	W	1985-05-07	Gillingham	H
7	2	York City	44	13	5	4	42	21	7	3	12	27	34	14	68	W	W	W	W	L	1985-05-11	Preston North End	H
8	-1	Derby County	45	14	7	2	40	20	4	6	12	22	33	9	67	D	D	W	W	L	1985-05-11	Newport County	A
9	-1	Walsall	45	9	7	6	31	19	9	6	8	25	30	7	67	D	L	D	W	D	1985-05-11	Burnley	H
10	2	Reading	43	8	7	7	31	27	10	4	7	33	30	7	65	D	W	D	L	D	1985-05-11	Bristol City	A
11	-1	Rotherham United	45	11	6	6	36	24	7	5	10	18	29	1	65	L	L	L	L	W	1985-05-11	Wigan Athletic	A
12	-1	AFC Bournemouth	43	15	3	3	38	14	3	7	12	15	30	9	64	L	W	D	W	L	1985-05-08	Millwall	H
13	0	Doncaster Rovers	45	11	5	7	42	33	6	3	13	29	39	-1	59	D	L	L	W	W	1985-05-11	Gillingham	A
14	1	Plymouth Argyle	45	11	7	5	33	23	4	7	11	29	40	-1	59	W	D	L	D	W	1985-05-11	Millwall	A
15	-1	Brentford	44	12	4	5	39	25	3	9	11	20	37	-3	58	D	W	D	W	D	1985-05-11	Hull City	H
16	0	Wigan Athletic	43	11	5	5	33	20	3	8	11	23	37	-1	55	W	W	W	L	D	1985-05-11	Rotherham United	H
17	0	Newport County	44	9	6	7	29	27	4	7	11	25	34	-7	52	L	D	L	L	L	1985-05-11	Derby County	H
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	45	12	5	6	38	22	3	1	18	28	51	-7	51	L	L	D	W	W	1985-05-11	Cambridge United	A
19	0	Lincoln City	45	8	11	4	32	20	3	6	13	18	31	-1	50	D	L	W	D	L	1985-05-11	Bradford City	A
20	0	Orient	45	7	6	9	30	36	4	6	13	21	40	-25	45	D	D	D	W	L	1985-05-11	AFC Bournemouth	H
21	0	Burnley	45	6	8	9	30	24	4	5	13	27	47	-14	43	L	W	D	L	L	1985-05-11	Walsall	A
22	1	Swansea City	44	6	4	11	28	37	5	6	12	22	41	-28	43	D	L	L	W	W	1985-05-11	Bristol Rovers	H
23	-1	Preston North End	45	9	5	9	33	41	3	2	17	17	59	-50	43	L	L	D	D	L	1985-05-11	York City	A
24	0	Cambridge United	45	2	3	17	15	45	2	6	15	20	47	-57	21	W	D	L	L	L	1985-05-11	Bolton Wanderers	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Crewe Alexandra	2	2	Darlington	Gresty Road	2,400
Smith OG, Waller	Lineups		Airey 2
Hartlepool United	0	2	Blackpool	Victoria Park	2,496
	Lineups		O'Keefe, Dyer
Hereford United	1	2	Exeter City	Edgar Street	2,730
Viney OG	Lineups		Ling, McNichol
Mansfield Town	1	0	Southend United	Field Mill	1,837
Kearney (p)	Lineups
Peterborough United	0	0	Chesterfield	London Road	3,754	Chesterfield champions
	Lineups
Port Vale	3	2	Colchester United	Vale Park	2,526
Brown, Kellock, Earle (p)	Lineups		Groves, Shinners
Rochdale	3	3	Scunthorpe United	Spotland	1,482
Diamond 2 (2p), Taylor	Lineups		Cammack 2 (2p), Stobart
Stockport County	0	3	Halifax Town	Edgeley Park	1,480
	Lineups		Lowe, Gallagher, Shaw
Swindon Town	4	4	Chester City	County Ground	3,796
Barnard, Coyne (p), Dixon OG, Gordon	Lineups		Rimmer, Walker 3
Torquay United	0	2	Northampton Town	Plainmoor	1,181
	Lineups		Benjamin, Lewis
Tranmere Rovers	3	2	Bury	Prenton Park	2,429	Largest home gate 1984-85
Clarke 2, Clayton	Lineups		Entwistle 2
Wrexham	1	0	Aldershot	Racecourse Ground	1,989
Gregory	Lineups
Footnotes
Darlington 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	45	16	5	1	40	13	10	7	6	24	22	29	90	D	W	W	W	W	1985-05-11	Rochdale	H
2	1	Blackpool	45	15	6	1	42	15	9	7	7	31	24	34	85	W	D	W	D	D	1985-05-11	Wrexham	H
3	-1	Bury	45	15	5	2	45	19	9	6	8	30	30	26	83	L	L	W	W	W	1985-05-11	Peterborough United	H
4	0	Darlington	44	14	4	3	37	21	8	9	6	25	27	14	79	D	D	L	L	L	1985-05-11	Stockport County	H
5	0	Hereford United	45	16	2	5	38	21	5	9	8	26	26	17	74	L	L	L	D	W	1985-05-11	Aldershot	A
6	3	Tranmere Rovers	45	17	1	5	50	21	6	2	14	32	45	16	72	W	L	W	W	L	1985-05-11	Exeter City	A
7	0	Swindon Town	45	16	4	3	42	21	5	5	12	19	35	5	72	D	D	W	W	W	1985-05-10	Halifax Town	A
8	-2	Colchester United	45	12	7	3	45	28	7	7	9	38	36	19	71	L	D	W	L	D	1985-05-10	Crewe Alexandra	H
9	-1	Scunthorpe United	45	14	5	3	58	30	5	8	10	22	29	21	70	D	D	L	W	W	1985-05-10	Port Vale	H
10	0	Crewe Alexandra	45	10	7	6	32	28	8	5	9	32	37	-1	66	D	L	D	L	D	1985-05-10	Colchester United	A
11	0	Peterborough United	45	11	7	5	29	21	5	6	11	24	31	1	61	D	D	L	L	L	1985-05-11	Bury	A
12	0	Port Vale	45	11	8	4	39	24	3	9	10	19	32	2	59	W	D	W	D	L	1985-05-10	Scunthorpe United	A
13	1	Mansfield Town	45	10	8	5	25	15	3	10	9	15	21	4	57	W	D	L	D	L	1985-05-14	Rochdale	A
14	-1	Aldershot	44	10	6	5	28	19	6	2	15	23	43	-11	56	L	W	L	L	W	1985-05-11	Hereford United	H
15	1	Wrexham	45	10	6	7	39	27	5	2	15	28	43	-3	53	W	W	W	W	W	1985-05-11	Blackpool	A
16	2	Exeter City	45	9	7	6	30	26	4	7	12	27	52	-21	53	W	D	D	L	D	1985-05-11	Tranmere Rovers	H
17	-2	Hartlepool United	45	10	6	7	34	29	4	4	14	20	37	-12	52	L	L	W	L	L	1985-05-11	Chester City	A
18	-1	Chester City	45	10	3	9	34	30	4	6	13	25	42	-13	51	D	W	W	W	L	1985-05-11	Hartlepool United	H
19	0	Rochdale	42	7	6	8	31	29	5	6	10	22	34	-10	48	D	W	W	L	L	1985-05-08	Stockport County	H
20	2	Northampton Town	46	10	1	12	32	32	4	4	15	21	42	-21	47	W	W	D	W	W	End of Season
21	-1	Southend United	45	7	8	7	29	34	5	3	15	28	49	-26	47	L	L	L	L	L	1985-05-11	Torquay United	H
22	1	Halifax Town	45	8	3	11	24	31	6	2	15	16	37	-28	47	W	W	L	W	D	1985-05-10	Swindon Town	H
23	-2	Stockport County	44	11	5	7	40	26	2	2	17	17	50	-19	46	L	L	L	L	L	1985-05-08	Rochdale	A
24	0	Torquay United	44	5	11	7	18	24	4	3	14	20	37	-23	41	L	D	L	L	D	1985-05-11	Southend United	A