Season

1984-85

Manchester UnitedRon Atkinson

4thleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.8
goal difference
1.9 scored · 1.0 conceded
60
Played
57%
Win rate

Season in brief

4th of 22 in the First Division. Lifted the FA Cup, beating Everton in the final. Mark Hughes led the scoring with 24 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 113 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Everton42P · 28W 6D 8L · GD +4590
  2. 2Liverpool42P · 22W 11D 9L · GD +3377
  3. 3Tottenham Hotspur42P · 23W 8D 11L · GD +2777
  4. 4Manchester United42P · 22W 10D 10L · GD +3076
  5. 5Southampton42P · 19W 11D 12L · GD +968
  6. 6Chelsea42P · 18W 12D 12L · GD +1566
  8. 21Sunderland42P · 10W 10D 22L · GD -2240
  9. 22Stoke City42P · 3W 8D 31L · GD -6717

Slice: the final First Division table for 1984-85, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

60 matches
25 Aug 1984 v Watford: 1–128 Aug 1984 @ Southampton: 0–01 Sep 1984 @ Ipswich Town: 1–15 Sep 1984 v Chelsea: 1–18 Sep 1984 v Newcastle United: 5–015 Sep 1984 @ Coventry City: 3–019 Sep 1984 v Győri ETO: 3–022 Sep 1984 v Liverpool: 1–126 Sep 1984 v Burnley: 4–029 Sep 1984 @ West Bromwich Albion: 2–13 Oct 1984 @ Győri ETO: 2–26 Oct 1984 @ Aston Villa: 0–39 Oct 1984 @ Burnley: 3–013 Oct 1984 v West Ham United: 5–120 Oct 1984 v Tottenham Hotspur: 1–024 Oct 1984 @ PSV Eindhoven: 0–027 Oct 1984 @ Everton: 0–530 Oct 1984 v Everton: 1–22 Nov 1984 v Arsenal: 4–27 Nov 1984 v PSV Eindhoven: 1–010 Nov 1984 @ Leicester City: 3–217 Nov 1984 v Luton Town: 2–024 Nov 1984 @ Sunderland: 2–328 Nov 1984 v Dundee United: 2–21 Dec 1984 v Norwich City: 2–08 Dec 1984 @ Nottingham Forest: 2–312 Dec 1984 @ Dundee United: 3–215 Dec 1984 v Queens Park Rangers: 3–022 Dec 1984 v Ipswich Town: 3–026 Dec 1984 @ Stoke City: 1–229 Dec 1984 @ Chelsea: 3–11 Jan 1985 v Sheffield Wednesday: 1–25 Jan 1985 v AFC Bournemouth: 3–012 Jan 1985 v Coventry City: 0–126 Jan 1985 v Coventry City: 2–12 Feb 1985 v West Bromwich Albion: 2–09 Feb 1985 @ Newcastle United: 1–115 Feb 1985 @ Blackburn Rovers: 2–023 Feb 1985 @ Arsenal: 1–02 Mar 1985 v Everton: 1–16 Mar 1985 v FC Fehérvár: 1–09 Mar 1985 v West Ham United: 4–212 Mar 1985 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 2–115 Mar 1985 @ West Ham United: 2–220 Mar 1985 @ FC Fehérvár: 0–123 Mar 1985 v Aston Villa: 4–031 Mar 1985 @ Liverpool: 1–03 Apr 1985 v Leicester City: 2–16 Apr 1985 v Stoke City: 5–09 Apr 1985 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 0–113 Apr 1985 n Liverpool: 2–217 Apr 1985 n Liverpool: 2–121 Apr 1985 @ Luton Town: 1–224 Apr 1985 v Southampton: 0–027 Apr 1985 v Sunderland: 2–24 May 1985 @ Norwich City: 1–06 May 1985 v Nottingham Forest: 2–011 May 1985 @ Queens Park Rangers: 3–113 May 1985 @ Watford: 1–518 May 1985 n Everton: 1–0
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.