1984–85 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
1984–85 season
Manager	Billy McNeill
Stadium	Maine Road
Second Division	3rd
FA Cup	Round 3
EFL Cup	Round of 16
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 season was Manchester City's 83th season of competitive football and 19th season in the second division of English football .^[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The club was promoted to the first division at the end of the season.

Second Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Oxford United (C, P)	42	25	9	8	84	36	+48	84	Promotion to the First Division
2	Birmingham City (P)	42	25	7	10	59	33	+26	82
3	Manchester City (P)	42	21	11	10	66	40	+26	74
4	Portsmouth	42	20	14	8	69	50	+19	74
5	Blackburn Rovers	42	21	10	11	66	41	+25	73
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	20	12	10	54	34	+20	72
7	Leeds United	42	19	12	11	66	43	+23	69
8	Shrewsbury Town	42	18	11	13	66	53	+13	65
9	Fulham	42	19	8	15	68	64	+4	65
10	Grimsby Town	42	18	8	16	72	64	+8	62
11	Barnsley	42	14	16	12	42	42	0	58
12	Wimbledon	42	16	10	16	71	75	−4	58
13	Huddersfield Town	42	15	10	17	52	64	−12	55
14	Oldham Athletic	42	15	8	19	49	67	−18	53
15	Crystal Palace	42	12	12	18	46	65	−19	48
16	Carlisle United	42	13	8	21	50	67	−17	47
17	Charlton Athletic	42	11	12	19	51	63	−12	45
18	Sheffield United	42	10	14	18	54	66	−12	44
19	Middlesbrough	42	10	10	22	41	57	−16	40
20	Notts County (R)	42	10	7	25	45	73	−28	37	Relegation to the Third Division
21	Cardiff City (R)	42	9	8	25	47	79	−32	35
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers (R)	42	8	9	25	37	79	−42	33

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	21	11	10	66	40	+26	74	14	4	3	42	16	+26	7	7	7	24	24	0

Source: [1]

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	W

Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

4 January 1985 Third round	Coventry City	2–1	Manchester City	Bordesley
				Stadium: St. Andrew's

EFL Cup

24 September 1984 Second round	Manchester City	4–2	Blackpool	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road

9 October 1984 Second round	Blackpool	1–3	Manchester City	Blackpool
				Stadium: Bloomfield Road

30 October 1984 Third round	Manchester City	0–0	West Ham	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road

11 November 1984 Third round	West Ham	1–2	Manchester City	London
				Stadium: Boleyn Ground

20 November 1984 Round of 16	Chelsea	4–1	Manchester City	London
				Stadium: Stamford Bridge

References

^ "History". Statto.

External links

Official website

[1] "History". Statto.

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