1984–85 Chelsea F.C. season

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Chelsea
1984–85 season
ChairmanKen Bates
ManagerJohn Neal
StadiumStamford Bridge
First Division6th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Kerry Dixon (24)
All: Kerry Dixon (36)
Highest home attendance42,197 vs Manchester United
(29 December 1984)
Lowest home attendance13,267 vs Aston Villa
(16 April 1985)
Average home league attendance23,065
Biggest win5–0 v Wigan Athletic
(26 January 1985)
Biggest defeat2–4 v Aston Villa
(8 September 1984)

The 1984–85 season was Chelsea Football Club's seventy-first competitive season. With 24 goals, Kerry Dixon was the First Division's top goalscorer (jointly with Gary Lineker), the first Chelsea player to do this since Jimmy Greaves in 1961.

Table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Everton (C) 42 28 6 8 88 43 +45 90 Excluded from the European Cup[1]
2 Liverpool 42 22 11 9 68 35 +33 77 Excluded from the UEFA Cup[2]
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 23 8 11 78 51 +27 77
4 Manchester United[a] 42 22 10 10 77 47 +30 76 Excluded from the European Cup Winners' Cup[3]
5 Southampton[b] 42 19 11 12 56 47 +9 68 Excluded from the UEFA Cup[2]
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
10 Aston Villa 42 15 11 16 60 60 0 56
11 Watford 42 14 13 15 81 71 +10 55
12 West Bromwich Albion 42 16 7 19 58 62 −4 55
13 Luton Town 42 15 9 18 57 61 −4 54
14 Newcastle United 42 13 13 16 55 70 −15 52
15 Leicester City 42 15 6 21 65 73 −8 51
16 West Ham United 42 13 12 17 51 68 −17 51
17 Ipswich Town 42 13 11 18 46 57 −11 50
18 Coventry City 42 15 5 22 47 64 −17 50
19 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 11 18 53 72 −19 50
20 Norwich City[c] (R) 42 13 10 19 46 64 −18 49
Excluded from the UEFA Cup[4]
Relegation to the Second Division
21 Sunderland (R) 42 10 10 22 40 62 −22 40 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Stoke City (R) 42 3 8 31 24 91 −67 17
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Manchester United would have qualified as FA Cup winners.
  2. ^ Since the FA Cup winners, Manchester United, would have qualified for the UEFA Cup based on league position, this would have been passed down to the next best-placed team, Southampton.
  3. ^ Norwich City would have qualified as League Cup winners.

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References[]

  • Glanvill, Rick (2006). Chelsea FC: The Official Biography – The Definitive Story of the First 100 Years. Headline Book Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7553-1466-2.
  • Hockings, Ron. 100 Years of The Blues – A Statistical History of Chelsea FC 1905–2006.

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  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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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