1984–85 Chelsea F.C. season

71st competitive season of Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea 1984–85 football season
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)
Home colours
Away colours

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
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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:
  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.

Notes

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.

External links

  • 1984–85 season at stamford-bridge.com
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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.