Scottish First Division 1984/85

Scottish First Division 1984/85
master	Motherwell FC
Climbers	Motherwell FC Clydebank FC
Relegated	Meadowbank Thistle FC St. Johnstone
Teams	14th
Games	273
Gates	757  (ø 2.77 per game)
Top scorer	Gerard McCoy ( Falkirk FC )
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The Scottish Football League First Division was played for the tenth time in 1984/85 as only the second highest Scottish league . It was also the tenth discharge as second highest football -Spielklasse the gentlemen in Scotland under the name First Division . In the 1984/85 season, 14 clubs competed against each other in a total of 39 match days. Each team played three times against each other team. In the event of a tie, the goal difference counted .

The championship was won by Motherwell FC , which at the same time secured participation in the 1985/86 Premier Division season . In addition to Well , the runner-up FC Clydebank also rose. Meadowbank Thistle and FC St. Johnstone had to relegate to the Second Division . The top scorer with 22 goals was Gerard McCoy from FC Falkirk .

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Motherwell FC (A)	39	21st	8th	10	062:360	+26	50:28
2.	Clydebank FC	39	17th	14th	8th	057:370	+20	48:30
3.	FC Falkirk	39	19th	7th	13	065:540	+11	45:33
4th	Hamilton Academical	39	16	11	12	048:490	−1	43:35
5.	Airdrieonians FC	39	17th	8th	14th	070:590	+11	42:36
6th	Forfar Athletic (N)	39	14th	13	12	054:490	+5	41:37
7th	Ayr United	39	15th	9	15th	057:520	+5	39:39
8th.	Clyde FC	39	14th	11	14th	047:480	−1	39:39
9.	Brechin City	39	14th	9	16	049:570	−8	37:41
10.	East Fife FC (N)	39	12	12	15th	055:560	−1	36:42
11.	Partick Thistle	39	13	9	17th	050:550	−5	35:43
12.	FC Kilmarnock	39	12	10	17th	042:610	−19	34:44
13.	Meadowbank Thistle	39	11	10	18th	050:660	−16	32:46
14th	FC St. Johnstone (A)	39	10	5	24	051:780	−27	25:53

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored - 4th direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored)

Legend
1984/85 season
	Promoted to the Premier Division
	Relegated to the second division
At the end of the 1983/84 season
(A)	Relegated from the Premier Division
(N)	Newcomers from the second division

Web links

• Scottish First Division 1984/85 at Statto.com
• The Scottish Football League Championship Tables at spfl.co.uk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on December 20, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.