Football League Second Division 1984/85

Football League Second Division 1984/85
master	Oxford United
Climbers	Oxford United, Birmingham City , Manchester City
Relegated	Notts County , Cardiff City , Wolverhampton Wanderers
Teams	22nd
Games	462
Gates	1,255  (ø 2.72 per game)
Top scorer	John Aldridge ( Oxford United )
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The Football League Second Division 1984/85 was the 82nd season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 25, 1984 and ended on May 13, 1985.

Oxford United became second division champions and the second and third placed Birmingham City and Manchester City also rose to the Football League First Division . For the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1985/86, the three first division clubs Norwich City , AFC Sunderland and Stoke City, ranked in the table below, took the places. Notts County , Cardiff City and the Wolverhampton Wanderers had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs in the following season 1985/86 the third division winner Bradford City and behind them Millwall FC and Hull City took the vacant positions.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Oxford United (N)	42	25th	9	8th	084:360	+48	84
2.	Birmingham City (A)	42	25th	7th	10	059:330	+26	82
3.	Manchester City	42	21st	11	10	066:400	+26	74
4th	Portsmouth FC	42	20th	14th	8th	069:500	+19	74
5.	Blackburn Rovers	42	21st	10	11	066:410	+25	73
6th	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	20th	12	10	054:340	+20	72
7th	Leeds United	42	19th	12	11	066:430	+23	69
8th.	Shrewsbury Town	42	18th	11	13	066:530	+13	65
9.	Fulham FC	42	19th	8th	15th	068:640	+4	65
10.	Grimsby Town	42	18th	8th	16	072:640	+8	62
11.	Barnsley FC	42	14th	16	12	042:420	± 0	58
12.	Wimbledon FC (N)	42	16	10	16	071:750	−4	58
13.	Huddersfield Town	42	15th	10	17th	052:640	−12	55
14th	Oldham Athletic	42	15th	8th	19th	049:670	−18	53
15th	Crystal Palace	42	12	12	18th	046:650	−19	48
16.	Carlisle United	42	13	8th	21st	050:670	−17	47
17th	Charlton Athletic	42	11	12	19th	051:630	−12	45
18th	Sheffield United (N)	42	10	14th	18th	054:660	−12	44
19th	Middlesbrough FC	42	10	10	22nd	041:570	−16	40
20th	Notts County (A)	42	10	7th	25th	045:730	−28	37
21st	Cardiff City	42	9	8th	25th	047:790	−32	35
22nd	Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)	42	8th	9	25th	037:790	−42	33

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1985/86

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1985/86

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1983/84
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1983/84

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1984/85	BAR	BIR	BLA	BHA	CAR	CAU	CHA	CRY	FUL	GRI	HUD	LEE	MNC	MID	NOC	OLD	OXF	POR	SHU	SHR	WIM	WOL
Barnsley FC		0: 1	1: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 3	1-0	3: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	0: 1	3-0	2: 2	1-0	3: 1	0-0	5: 1
Birmingham City	0-0		0: 2	1: 1	2-0	2-0	2: 1	3-0	2: 2	2: 1	1-0	1-0	0-0	3: 2	2: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 1	4: 1	0-0	4: 2	1-0
Blackburn Rovers	0-0	2: 1		2-0	2: 1	4-0	3-0	0: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1: 3	2: 1	0: 1	3-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	3: 1	3: 1	2-0	3-0
Brighton & Hove Albion	0-0	2-0	3: 1		1-0	4: 1	2: 1	1-0	2-0	0-0	0: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	5: 1
Cardiff City	3-0	1: 2	1: 2	2: 4		2: 1	0: 3	0: 3	0: 2	2: 4	3-0	2: 1	0: 3	2: 1	1: 4	2: 2	0: 2	1: 2	1: 3	0-0	1: 3	0-0
Carlisle United	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	0: 3	0: 1		1: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 1	0: 1	2: 2	0-0	0: 3	2: 2	2: 5	0: 1	3-0	1: 1	2-0	6: 1	0: 1
Charlton Athletic	5: 3	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	1: 4	1: 1		1: 1	1: 2	4: 1	2: 2	2: 3	1: 3	1-0	3-0	2: 1	3: 3	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	0: 1	1-0
Crystal Palace	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1		2: 2	0: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1: 2	1-0	1-0	3-0	1-0	2: 1	1: 3	2: 2	0: 5	0-0
Fulham FC	1: 1	0: 1	3: 2	2-0	3: 2	3: 2	0-0	2: 2		2: 1	2: 1	0: 2	3: 2	2: 1	1-0	3: 1	1-0	1: 3	1-0	1: 2	3: 1	1: 2
Grimsby Town	1-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 4	6: 3	1-0	2: 1	1: 3	2: 4		5: 1	0: 2	4: 1	3: 1	2-0	4: 1	1: 2	2: 3	0: 2	2: 1	2: 1	5: 1
Huddersfield Town	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	2-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	0-0		1-0	0: 2	3: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0: 3	0: 2	2: 2	1: 5	2: 1	3: 1
Leeds United	2-0	0: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	4: 1	2-0	0-0	0-0		1: 1	2-0	5-0	6-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	5: 2	3: 2
Manchester City	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	1: 3	5: 1	2: 1	2: 3	3-0	1-0	1: 2		1-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0	4-0	3-0	4-0
Middlesbrough FC	0-0	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	3: 2	1: 2	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 5	2: 2	0-0	2: 1		0: 1	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 4	1: 1
Notts County	0: 2	1: 3	0: 3	1: 2	0: 2	3-0	0-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1: 2	3: 2	3: 2		0-0	2-0	1: 3	0-0	1: 3	2: 3	4: 1
Oldham Athletic	2: 1	0: 1	2-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 3	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	2-0	2: 2	1: 1	0: 2	2-0	3: 2		0-0	0: 2	2: 2	0: 1	0: 1	3: 2
Oxford United	4-0	0: 3	2: 1	2: 1	4-0	4-0	5-0	5-0	3: 2	1-0	3-0	5: 2	3-0	1-0	1: 1	5: 2		1: 1	5: 1	1-0	4-0	3: 1
Portsmouth FC	0-0	1: 3	2: 2	1: 1	0-0	3: 1	0: 1	1: 1	4: 4	3: 2	3: 2	3: 1	1: 2	1-0	3: 1	5: 1	2: 1		2: 1	3-0	1-0	0: 1
Sheffield United	3: 1	3: 4	1: 3	1: 1	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	2: 3	0: 2	2: 1	0-0	0: 3	3-0	2-0	1: 1	4: 1		0: 1	3-0	2: 2
Shrewsbury Town	2-0	1-0	3-0	0-0	0-0	4: 2	1: 1	4: 1	3: 1	4: 1	5: 1	2: 3	1-0	0: 2	4: 2	3-0	2: 2	0-0	3: 3		1: 2	2: 1
Wimbledon FC	3: 3	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	3-0	1: 3	3: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2: 2	2: 2	1: 1	3: 2	1-0	1: 3	3: 2	5-0	4: 1		1: 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0: 1	0: 2	0: 3	0: 1	3-0	0: 2	1-0	2: 1	0: 4	0: 1	2: 1	0: 2	2-0	0-0	2: 2	0: 3	1: 2	0-0	2: 2	0: 1	3: 3

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	John Aldridge	Oxford United	30th

Web links

• England 1984-85 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1984/85 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .