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SEASON: 1984-85

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Next Season: 1985-86

DIVISION:: Canon First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 4th Round (Wimbledon (A) 0-1)
League Cup:: 2nd Round (Sunderland (A) 0-1)
Player Of The Year:: Jim McInally

Top Goalscorer:: Peter Davenport (17 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	13 times	9 times	8 times	1 time	1 time
Conceded	24 times	8 times	2 times	1 time	1 time
Won By	6 times	12 times	2 times		1 time
Lost By	13 times	4 times	2 times		1 time

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 25,902
Lowest League Attendance:: 12,649
Average League Attendance:: 16,840
Highest Cup Attendance:: 18,307
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 18,307

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 16
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

DIVISION ONE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Everton	42	28	6	8	88	43	16	3	2	58	17	12	3	6	30	26	45	90		1-0	0-5
2	Liverpool	42	22	11	9	68	35	12	4	5	36	19	10	7	4	32	16	33	77		0-2	0-1
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	23	8	11	78	51	11	3	7	46	31	12	5	4	32	20	27	77		1-2	0-1
4	Manchester United	42	22	10	10	77	47	13	6	2	47	13	9	4	8	30	34	30	76		3-2	0-2
5	Southampton	42	19	11	12	56	47	13	4	4	29	18	6	7	8	27	29	9	68		2-0	0-1
6	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	63	48	13	3	5	38	20	5	9	7	25	28	15	66		2-0	0-1
7	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	61	49	14	5	2	37	14	5	4	12	24	35	12	66		2-0	1-1
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	17	14	11	58	45	12	7	2	39	21	5	7	9	19	24	13	65		0-0	1-3
9	Nottingham Forest	42	19	7	16	56	48	13	4	4	35	18	6	3	12	21	30	8	64
10	Aston Villa	42	15	11	16	60	60	10	7	4	34	20	5	4	12	26	40	0	56		3-2	5-0
11	Watford	42	14	13	15	81	71	10	5	6	48	30	4	8	9	33	41	10	55		1-1	0-2
12	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	7	19	58	62	11	4	6	36	23	5	3	13	22	39	-4	55		1-2	1-4
13	Luton Town	42	15	9	18	57	61	12	5	4	40	22	3	4	14	17	39	-4	54		3-1	2-1
14	Newcastle United	42	13	13	16	55	70	11	4	6	33	26	2	9	10	22	44	-15	52		0-0	1-1
15	Leicester City	42	15	6	21	65	73	10	4	7	39	25	5	2	14	26	48	-8	51		2-1	0-1
16	West Ham United	42	13	12	17	51	68	7	8	6	27	23	6	4	11	24	45	-17	51		1-2	0-0
17	Ipswich Town	42	13	11	18	46	57	8	7	6	27	20	5	4	12	19	37	-11	50		2-0	0-1
18	Coventry City	42	15	5	22	47	64	11	3	7	29	22	4	2	15	18	42	-17	50		2-0	3-1
19	Queens Park Rangers	42	13	11	18	53	72	11	6	4	41	30	2	5	14	12	42	-19	50		2-0	0-3
20	Norwich City	42	13	10	19	46	64	9	6	6	28	24	4	4	13	18	40	-18	49	Relegated	3-1	1-0
21	Sunderland	42	10	10	22	40	62	7	6	8	20	26	3	4	14	20	36	-22	40	Relegated	3-1	2-0
22	Stoke City	42	3	8	31	24	91	3	3	15	18	41	0	5	16	6	50	-67	17	Relegated	1-1	4-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Notes
1	Sat Aug 25, 1984	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-3	Loss	31,925	18	Davenport (?)
2	Wed Aug 29, 1984	Arsenal	H	2-0	Win	17,972	10	Metgod (?), Davenport (?)
3	Sat Sep 01, 1984	Sunderland	H	3-1	Win	15,760	4	Davenport (?, ?, ?)
4	Wed Sep 05, 1984	Aston Villa	A	5-0	Win	17,730	1	Bowyer (?), Christie (?, ?, ?), Hodge (?)
5	Sat Sep 08, 1984	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-3	Loss	13,507	3
6	Sun Sep 16, 1984	Luton Town	H	3-1	Win	17,434	1	Davenport (?), Hodge (?, ?)
7	Sat Sep 22, 1984	West Ham United	A	0-0	Draw	17,434	3
8	Sat Sep 29, 1984	Norwich City	H	3-1	Win	15,166	2	Christie (?), Hodge (?), Watson (? OG)
9	Sat Oct 06, 1984	Stoke City	H	1-1	Draw	14,129	2	Davenport (?)
10	Sat Oct 13, 1984	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-4	Loss	13,056	5	Bowyer (?)
11	Sat Oct 20, 1984	Newcastle United	A	1-1	Draw	19,838	6	Hodge (?)
12	Sun Oct 28, 1984	Liverpool	H	0-2	Loss	19,838	7
13	Sat Nov 03, 1984	Southampton	A	0-1	Loss	17,818	10
14	Sat Nov 10, 1984	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-2	Loss	21,306	13	Davenport (?)
15	Sat Nov 17, 1984	Coventry City	A	3-1	Win	9,894	9	Walsh (?), Riley (?), Adams (? OG)
16	Sun Nov 25, 1984	Leicester City	H	2-1	Win	21,463	9	Davenport (?, ?)
17	Sat Dec 01, 1984	Watford	A	0-2	Loss	17,758	11
18	Sat Dec 08, 1984	Manchester United	H	3-2	Win	25,902	10	Mills (?), Hodge (?), Metgod (?)
19	Sat Dec 15, 1984	Everton	A	0-5	Loss	22,487	11
20	Sun Dec 23, 1984	Sunderland	A	2-0	Win	21,086	10	Wigley (?), Christie (?)
21	Wed Dec 26, 1984	Ipswich Town	H	2-0	Win	17,123	7	Metgod (?), Hodge (?)
22	Sat Dec 29, 1984	Aston Villa	H	3-2	Win	17,676	5	Metgod (?), Davenport (?, ?)
23	Tue Jan 01, 1985	Chelsea	A	0-1	Loss	21,552	7
24	Sat Feb 02, 1985	Norwich City	A	1-0	Win	14,669	8	Davenport (?)
25	Sat Feb 09, 1985	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-0	Win	14,752	7	Metgod (?), Hodge (?)
26	Sat Feb 23, 1985	Southampton	H	2-0	Win	14,752	5	Davenport (?), Hodge (?)
27	Sat Mar 02, 1985	Liverpool	A	0-1	Loss	35,696	8
28	Sat Mar 09, 1985	Newcastle United	H	0-0	Draw	17,425	8
29	Sat Mar 16, 1985	West Bromwich Albion	H	1-2	Loss	12,663	8	Davenport (?)
30	Wed Mar 20, 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	Draw	17,648	8
31	Sat Mar 23, 1985	Stoke City	A	4-1	Win	7,453	6	Hart (?), Hodge (?), Riley (?), Davenport (?)
32	Sat Mar 30, 1985	West Ham United	H	1-2	Loss	13,560	7	Hodge (?)
33	Sat Apr 06, 1985	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	Loss	16,296	8
34	Wed Apr 10, 1985	Chelsea	H	2-0	Win	14,666	8	Metgod (?), Birtles (?)
35	Sat Apr 13, 1985	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	24,152	8	Mills (?)
36	Sat Apr 20, 1985	Coventry City	H	2-0	Win	12,990	8	Mills (?), Hibbitt (? OG)
37	Wed Apr 24, 1985	Luton Town	A	2-1	Win	10,156	7	Hodge (?), Mills (?)
38	Sat Apr 27, 1985	Leicester City	A	0-1	Loss	13,886	8
39	Sat May 04, 1985	Watford	H	1-1	Draw	12,649	8	Clough (?)
40	Mon May 06, 1985	Manchester United	A	0-2	Loss	41,775	8
41	Sat May 11, 1985	Everton	H	1-0	Win	18,784	9	Birtles (?)
42	Fri May 17, 1985	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-1	Loss	20,075	9

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sun Jan 06, 1985	Newcastle United	3			H	1-1	Draw	-	Bowyer (?)
Wed Jan 09, 1985	Newcastle United	3	Y	1	A	3-1	Win	-	Bowyer (?), Christie (?), Davenport (?)
Sat Jan 26, 1985	Wimbledon	4			H	0-0	Draw	-
Wed Jan 30, 1985	Wimbledon	4	Y	1	A	0-1	Loss	-

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue Sep 25, 1984	Portsmouth	2	1			A	0-1	Loss	-
Wed Oct 10, 1984	Portsmouth	2	2			H	3-0	Win	-	Swain (?), Wigley (?), Hodge (?)
Wed Oct 31, 1984	Sunderland	3				H	1-1	Draw	-	Christie (?)
Tue Nov 06, 1984	Sunderland	3		Y	1	A	0-1	Loss	-

UEFA Cup

Date	Opponent	Country	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Wed Sep 19, 1984	Brugge	Belgium	1	1	H	0-0	Draw	18,307
Wed Oct 03, 1984	Brugge	Belgium	1	2	A	0-1	Loss	20,000

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sun Jul 29, 1984	Keyworth	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Riley (?), Walsh (? pen)
Fri Aug 03, 1984	FK Moss	Norway	A	1-1	Draw	-	Christie (?)
Sun Aug 05, 1984	Fredrikstad	Norway	A	3-1	Win	-	Christie (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
Tue Aug 07, 1984	Celtic	Scotland	A	0-0	Draw	-
Wed Aug 08, 1984	Dundee United	Scotland	A	0-2	Loss	-
Wed Aug 15, 1984	Lierse	Belgium	A	1-1	Draw	-	Hodge (?)
Fri Aug 17, 1984	Den Bosch	Netherlands	A	1-1	Draw	-	Wigley (?)
Sat Aug 18, 1984	Volendam	Netherlands	A	5-1	Win	-	Hodge (?, ?, ?), Carr (?), Murray (?)
Mon Aug 20, 1984	Derby County	England	A	0-2	Loss	-
Wed Aug 22, 1984	Panathinaikos	Greece	A	2-2	Draw	-	Hodge (?), McInally (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Sun Nov 18, 1984	Australia	Australia	H	0-0	Draw	-
Mon Dec 10, 1984	Al-Hilal	Kuwait	A	3-1	Win	-	Hodge (?), Riley (?), ? (?)
Wed Dec 12, 1984	Ittihad	Saudi Arabia	A	1-1	Draw	-	Fairclough (?)
Mon Feb 11, 1985	Iraq XI	Iraq	A	0-2	Loss	-
Wed Feb 13, 1985	Iraq XI	Iraq	A	1-1	Draw	-	Hodge (?)

Testimonial

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Notes
Tue Feb 26, 1985	Notts County	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Birtles (?), Davenport (?)
Mon Apr 29, 1985	Burton Albion	England	A	6-1	Win	-	Hodge (?, ?), Birtles (?), Walsh (?), ? (? OG, ?)

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Hans Segers	32	15	6	11
GK		Ronnie Sinclair
GK		Steve Sutton	20	6	5	9
D		Alan Davidson	5	2	1	2
D		Des Walker	3	1		2
D		Gary Fleming	2	1	1
D		Jim McInally	28	13	6	9							Player Of The Year
D		Kenny Swain	47	19	9	19	1			1
D		Mark Smalley	3		2	1				1
D		Paul Hart	38	17	7	14	1			1
M		Adrian Shaw
M		Brynn Gunn	24	8	7	9				1
M		Chris Fairclough	45	19	10	16				1
M		Gary Megson
M		Paul Raynor	4	1		3				1
M		Steven Murray (1983-86)
M		Trevor Christie	20	9	5	6	7			5
F		Colin Walsh	18	4	4	10	1			1	4
F		David Campbell	1			1					1
F		David Longhurst
F		David Riley	11	4	1	6	2				3
F		Franz Carr
F		Garry Birtles	15	5	3	7	2			3	1
F		Gary Mills	31	11	5	15	4			1	10	1
F		Ian Bowyer	49	19	11	19	4			2
F		Johnny Metgod	50	21	10	19	6			1
F		Nigel Clough	9	5	2	2	1				1
F		Peter Davenport	44	19	9	16	17			1
F		Steve Hodge	51	21	10	20	13			1
F		Steve Wigley	44	18	11	15	2			1	2

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
17	Peter Davenport	44
13	Steve Hodge	51
7	Trevor Christie	20
6	Johnny Metgod	50
4	Gary Mills	31
4	Ian Bowyer	49
2	David Riley	11
2	Garry Birtles	15
2	Steve Wigley	44
1	Colin Walsh	18
1	Kenny Swain	47
1	Nigel Clough	9
1	Paul Hart	38

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1984-85

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Aston Villa	Wed Sep 05, 1984	A	5-0	Sat Dec 29, 1984	H	3-2
Coventry City	Sat Nov 17, 1984	A	3-1	Sat Apr 20, 1985	H	2-0
Luton Town	Sun Sep 16, 1984	H	3-1	Wed Apr 24, 1985	A	2-1
Norwich City	Sat Sep 29, 1984	H	3-1	Sat Feb 02, 1985	A	1-0
Sunderland	Sat Sep 01, 1984	H	3-1	Sun Dec 23, 1984	A	2-0