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.
| 1984–85 season | |||
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| Chairman | Ken Bates | ||
| Manager | John Neal | ||
| Stadium | Stamford Bridge | ||
| First Division | 6th | ||
| FA Cup | Fourth round | ||
| League Cup | Semi-finals | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Kerry Dixon (24) All: Kerry Dixon (36) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 42,197 vs Manchester United (29 December 1984) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 13,267 vs Aston Villa (16 April 1985) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 23,065 | ||
| Biggest win | 5–0 v Wigan Athletic (26 January 1985) | ||
| Biggest defeat | 2–4 v Aston Villa (8 September 1984) | ||
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Table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 4 | Manchester United[a] | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 47 | 30 | 76 | Disqualified from the European Cup Winners' Cup[1] |
| 5 | Southampton[b] | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 56 | 47 | 9 | 68 | Disqualified 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 |
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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Notes
editReferences
edit- 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.
External links
edit- 1984–85 season at stamford-bridge.com
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.