1984–85 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

1984–85 season
Chairman	Len Cearns
Manager	John Lyall
Stadium	Boleyn Ground
First Division	First Division 16th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Cottee (17) All: Tony Cottee (24)

Season summary

This was West Ham's fourth season in the First Division since their return in season 1980-81. The club were managed by John Lyall and the team captain was Billy Bonds.

The season started well for West Ham and by the fifth game they were in second place in the league. They maintained moderate form and by the end of 1984 were in 12th place. However their form slumped considerably in 1985 and although at no time did not occupy the relegation places in the bottom three of the league, they spent several weeks just one place above. Two wins in the last three games saw them rise to 16th but only two points above a relegation place. Tony Cottee was the top scorer with 24 goals in all competitions. The next highest scorer was Paul Goddard with 14. Cottee also made the most appearance; 49 in all competitions. The season also saw the debut of future long-term player, Steve Potts and the last game for West Ham by club legend, Frank Lampard.

Leading scorer, Tony Cottee

Club captain, Billy Bonds

First Division

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Everton	42	28	6	8	88	43	+45	90
2	Liverpool	42	22	11	9	68	35	+33	77
3	Tottenham Hotspur	42	23	8	11	78	51	+27	77
4	Manchester United	42	22	10	10	77	47	+30	76
5	Southampton	42	19	11	12	56	47	+9	68
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	42	13	10	19	46	64	−18	49
21	Sunderland	42	10	10	22	40	62	−22	40
22	Stoke City	42	3	8	31	24	91	−67	17

Results

West Ham United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 August 1984	Ipswich Town	H	0-0	19,032
27 August 1984	Liverpool	A	0-3	32,633
1 September 1984	Southampton	A	3-2	18,448	Goddard (2) Dickens
4 September 1984	Coventry City	H	3-1	14,949	Stewart (2 pens), Cottee
8 September 1984	Watford	H	2-0	20,277	Barnes, Sinnott (og)
15 September 1984	Chelsea	A	0-3	32,411
22 September 1984	Nottingham Forest	H	0-0	17,434
29 September 1984	Newcastle United	A	1-1	29,966	Allen
6 October 1984	Leicester City	H	3-1	15,306	Stewart, Cottee, Bonds
13 October 1984	Manchester United	A	1-5	47,599	Goddard
20 October 1984	Stoke City	A	4-2	10,054	Martin, Goddard, Cottee, Berry (og)
27 October 1984	Arsenal	H	3-1	33,218	Goodard, Cottee, Pike
3 November 1984	Aston Villa	A	0-0	15,709
10 November 1984	Everton	H	0-1	24,089
17 November 1984	Sunderland	H	1-0	15,204	Cottee
24 November 1984	Luton Town	A	2-2	10,789	Martin, Whitton
1 December 1984	West Bromwich Albion	H	0-2	15,572
8 December 1984	Norwich City	A	0-1	13,485
15 December 1984	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-0	14,896
22 December 1984	Southampton	H	2-3	14,221	Cottee (2)
26 December 1984	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2-2	37,187	Cottee, Goddard
29 December 1984	Coventry City	A	2-1	10,732	Cottee (2)
1 January 1985	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-3	20,857	Brush
2 February 1985	Newcastle United	H	1-1	17,807	Allen
23 February 1985	Aston Villa	H	1-2	14,855	Goddard
2 March 1985	Arsenal	A	1-2	25,818	Cottee
15 March 1985	Manchester United	H	2-2	16,674	Cottee, Duxbury (og)
23 March 1985	Leicester City	A	0-1	11,375
30 March 1985	Nottingham Forest	A	2-1	13,560	Goddard, Cottee
2 April 1985	Watford	A	0-5	17,839
6 April 1985	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-1	24,435	Dickens
8 April 1985	Queens Park Rangers	A	2-4	16,085	Cottee (2)
13 April 1985	Chelsea	H	1-1	19,003	Cottee
20 April 1985	Sunderland	A	1-0	15,622	Goddard
27 April 1985	Luton Town	H	0-0	17,303
4 May 1985	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-5	8,834	Stewart
6 May 1985	Norwich City	H	1-0	16,233	Barnes
8 May 1985	Everton	A	0-3	32,606
11 May 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	24,314	Cottee
14 May 1985	Stoke City	H	5-1	13,362	Stewart, Bonds (2), Pike, Hilton
17 May 1985	Ipswich Town	A	1-0	19,278	Cottee
20 May 1985	Liverpool	H	0-3	22,369

FA Cup

Main article: 1984-85 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1985	Port Vale	H	4-1	11,452	Dickens, Goddard (3)
R4	4 February 1985	Norwich City	H	2-1	20,098	Stewart, Pike
R5	4 March 1985	Wimbledon	A	1-1	13,500	Cottee
R5 Replay	6 March 1985	Wimbledon	H	5-1	20,258	Allen, Cottee (3), Dickens
R6	9 March 1985	Manchester United	A	2-4	46,769	Allen, Hogg (og)

League Cup

Main article: 1984-85 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	25 September 1984	Bristol City	A	2-2	15,894	Walford, Cottee
R2 Second Leg	9 October 1984	Bristol City	H	6-1 (won 8-3 on agg)	11,376	Walford, Whitton, Cottee (2), Goddard (2)
R3	31 October 1984	Manchester City	A	0-0	20,510
R3 Replay	6 November 1984	Manchester City	H	1-2	17,462	Whitton

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Paul Allen
—	MF	ENG	Bobby Barnes
—	DF	ENG	Billy Bonds (captain)
—	FW	ENG	Greg Campbell
—	FW	ENG	Tony Cottee
—	MF	ENG	Alan Devonshire
—	MF	ENG	Alan Dickens
—	DF	ENG	Tony Gale
—	FW	ENG	Paul Goddard
—	DF	ENG	Paul Hilton
—	DF	ENG	Frank Lampard
—	DF	ENG	Alvin Martin

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SCO	Tom McAlister
—	DF	ENG	Keith McPherson
—	DF	SCO	Neil Orr
—	GK	ENG	Phil Parkes
—	MF	ENG	George Parris
—	MF	ENG	Geoff Pike
—	DF	ENG	Steve Potts
—	DF	SCO	Ray Stewart
—	FW	ENG	Dave Swindlehurst
—	DF	ENG	Steve Walford
—	FW	ENG	Steve Whitton