1984–85 Arsenal F.C. season

Arsenal F.C.
1984–85 season
Manager	Don Howe
First Division	7th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ian Allinson; Brian Talbot; Tony Woodcock; (10 each); All: ; Tony Woodcock; (13 goals)
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Squad[]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	John Lukic
—	DF	ENG	Viv Anderson
—	DF	ENG	Kenny Sansom
—	MF	ENG	Brian Talbot
—	DF	IRL	David O'Leary
—	DF	ENG	Tommy Caton
—	MF	ENG	Stewart Robson
—	MF	ENG	Paul Davis
—	FW	ENG	Paul Mariner
—	FW	ENG	Tony Woodcock
—	FW	SCO	Charlie Nicholas


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Ian Allinson
—	MF	ENG	Graham Rix
—	DF	ENG	Tony Adams
—	GK	NIR	Pat Jennings
—	FW	ENG	Steve Williams
—	FW	ENG	Raphael Meade
—	DF	NIR	Colin Hill

Results[]

First Division[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Southampton	42	19	11	12	56	47	+9	68	Excluded from the 1985–86 UEFA Cup^[a]
6	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	63	48	+15	66
7	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	61	49	+12	66
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	17	14	11	58	45	+13	65
9	Nottingham Forest	42	19	7	16	56	48	+8	64

Source:^{[citation needed]}

25 August 1984 1	Arsenal	1–1	Chelsea	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

29 August 1984 2	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Arsenal	showNottingham
				Stadium: City Ground

1 September 1984 3	Watford	3–4	Arsenal	showWatford
				Stadium:

4 September 1984 4	Arsenal	2–0	Newcastle United	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

8 September 1984 5	Arsenal	3–1	Liverpool	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

15 September 1984 6	Ipswich Town	2–1	Arsenal	showIpswich
				Stadium: Portman Road

22 September 1984 7	Arsenal	4–0	Stoke City	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

29 September 1984 8	Coventry City	1–2	Arsenal	showCoventry
				Stadium: Highfield Road

6 October 1984 9	Arsenal	1–0	Everton	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

13 October 1984 10	Leicester City	1–4	Arsenal	showLeicester
				Stadium: Filbert Street

20 October 1984 11	Arsenal	3–2	Sunderland	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

27 October 1984 12	West Ham United	3–1	Arsenal	showLondon
				Stadium: Upton Park

2 November 1984 13	Manchester United	4–2	Arsenal	showManchester
				Stadium: Old Trafford

10 November 1984 14	Arsenal	1–1	Aston Villa	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

17 November 1984 15	Arsenal	1–0	Queen's Park Rangers	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

25 November 1984 16	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Arsenal	showSheffield
				Stadium: Hillsborough

1 December 1984 17	Arsenal	3–1	Luton Town	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

8 November 1984 18	Southampton	1–0	Arsenal	showSouthampton
				Stadium: The Dell

15 December 1984 19	Arsenal	4–0	West Bromwich Albion	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

22 December 1984 20	Arsenal	1–1	Watford	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

26 December 1984 21	Norwich City	1–0	Arsenal	showNorwich
				Stadium: Carrow Road

29 December 1984 22	Newcastle United	1–3	Arsenal	showNewcastle
				Stadium: St James' Park

1 January 1985 23	Arsenal	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

19 January 1985 24	Chelsea	1–1	Arsenal	showLondon
				Stadium: Stamford Bridge

2 February 1985 25	Arsenal	2–1	Coventry City	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

12 February 1985 26	Liverpool	3–0	Arsenal	showLiverpool
				Stadium: Anfield

23 February 1985 27	Arsenal	0–1	Manchester United	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

2 March 1985 28	Arsenal	2–1	West Ham United	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

9 March 1985 29	Sunderland	0–0	Arsenal	showSunderland
				Stadium: Roker Park

13 March 1985 30	Aston Villa	0–0	Arsenal	showBirmingham
				Stadium: Villa Park

16 March 1985 31	Arsenal	2–0	Leicester City	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

19 March 1985 32	Arsenal	1–1	Ipswich Town	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

23 March 1985 33	Everton	2–0	Arsenal	showLiverpool
				Stadium: Goodison Park

30 March 1985 34	Stoke City	2–0	Arsenal	showStoke
				Stadium: Victoria Ground

6 April 1985 35	Arsenal	2–0	Norwich City	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

13 April 1985 36	Arsenal	1–1	Nottingham Forest	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

17 April 1985 37	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Arsenal	showLondon
				Stadium: White Hart Lane

20 April 1985 38	Queen's Park Rangers	1–0	Arsenal	showLondon
				Stadium: Loftus Road

27 April 1985 39	Arsenal	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

4 May 1985 40	Luton Town	3–1	Arsenal	showLuton
				Stadium: Kenilworth Road

6 May 1985 41	Arsenal	1–0	Southampton	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

11 May 1985 42	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Arsenal	showWest Bromwich
				Stadium: The Hawthorns

Football League Cup[]

25 September 1984 Second round (1st Leg)	Arsenal	4–0	Bristol Rovers	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

9 October 1984 Second round (2nd Leg)	Bristol Rovers	1–1 (1–5 agg.)	Arsenal	showBristol
				Stadium: Eastville Stadium

31 October 1984 Third round	Oxford United	3–2	Arsenal	showOxford
				Stadium: Manor Ground, Oxford

FA Cup[]

Arsenal entered the FA Cup in the third round proper, in which they were drawn to face Hereford United.

5 January 1985 Third round	Hereford United	1–1	Arsenal	showHereford
	Price 34'		Woodcock 23'	Stadium: Edgar Street

22 January 1985 Third round replay	Arsenal	7–2	Hereford United	showLondon
				Stadium: Highbury

26 January 1985 Fourth round	York City	1–0	Arsenal	showYork
	Houchen 89' (pen.)			Stadium: Bootham Crescent

Top scorers[]

First Division[]

Martin Hayes 19
Niall Quinn 8
Tony Adams 6
Viv Anderson 4
Charlie Nicholas 4
Paul Davis 4

References[]

^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.

External links[]

Arsenal 1984–85 on statto.com

[BAN-1] English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.

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