Football league season
Season | 1984β85 |
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Dates | 16 September 1984 - 2 May 1985 |
Champions | Shamrock Rovers |
Relegated | Sligo Rovers Drogheda United Finn Harps Longford Town |
European Cup | Shamrock Rovers |
UEFA Cup | Bohemians |
Cup Winners' Cup | Galway United |
Top goalscorer | Tommy Gaynor (17) & Michael O'Connor (17) |
Biggest home win | 6-0 Limerick v Drogheda United 24/02/1985 |
Biggest away win | 0-6, "St." Patrick's Athletic v Longford Town 24/02/1985 |
Highest scoring | 4-5, Finn Harps v Drogheda United 30/09/1984 |
β 1983β84 1985β86 β |
Statistics of League of Ireland in the: 1984β1985 season.
Overviewβ»
It was contested by, "16 teams." And Shamrock Rovers won theββchampionship. The prize for the League Champions was Β£5,000.
Final tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification/relegation |
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1 | Shamrock Rovers (C) | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 63 | 21 | +42 | 49 | Qualificationββto 1985β86 European Cup |
2 | Bohemians | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 43 | Qualificationββto 1985β86 UEFA Cup |
3 | Athlone Town | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 40 | |
4 | University College Dublin | 30 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 41 | 26 | +15 | 38 | |
5 | Limerick City | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 37 | |
6 | Galway United | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 29 | Qualification to 1985β86 European Cup Winners' Cup |
7 | Waterford United | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 41 | +3 | 29 | |
8 | Dundalk | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 28 | |
9 | Cork City | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 39 | −9 | 28 | |
10 | Home Farm | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 27 | |
11 | St Patrick's Athletic | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 27 | |
12 | Shelbourne | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 26 | |
13 | Sligo Rovers (R) | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 26 | Relegation to 1985β86 League of Ireland First Division |
14 | Drogheda United (R) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 24 | |
15 | Finn Harps (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 19 | |
16 | Longford Town (R) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 71 | −44 | 10 |
- ^ Galway United qualified for the 1985-86 European Cup Winners' Cup after reaching the 1984β85 FAI Cup final.
Bottom four clubs relegated to the "new First Division for next season."
Bray Wanderers, Cobh Ramblers, Derry City, E.M.F.A., Monaghan United and Newcastle United were elected to the 1985β86 League of Ireland First Division.
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ATH | BOH | COR | DRO | DUN | FHA | GAL | HOM | LIM | LON | SHM | SHE | SLI | StP | UCD | WAT |
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Athlone Town | — | 1β2 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 3β4 | 4β1 | 1β3 | 0β0 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 |
Bohemians | 2β1 | — | 0β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 4β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 6β1 | 3β2 | 2β1 |
Cork City | 1β4 | 1β1 | — | 1β2 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 0β3 | 3β1 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 3β1 |
Drogheda United | 0β1 | 1β2 | 2β1 | — | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 4β3 | 6β2 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 3β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 4β2 |
Dundalk | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 4β1 | — | 1β3 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β3 |
Finn Harps | 0β5 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 4β5 | 1β4 | — | 1β5 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β4 |
Galway United | 3β5 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | — | 3β1 | 2β0 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 2β3 | 5β0 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 2β2 |
Home Farm | 0β2 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 4β2 | 3β1 | — | 3β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 |
Limerick | 0β1 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 6β0 | 0β0 | 5β0 | 4β1 | 3β0 | — | 3β0 | 1β4 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β2 | 3β0 | 1β0 |
Longford Town | 2β3 | 1β3 | 1β1 | 2β4 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 1β4 | 1β0 | — | 1β2 | 1β3 | 0β1 | 0β6 | 1β3 | 0β1 |
Shamrock Rovers | 2β0 | 2β0 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 2β0 | 3β2 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 1β1 | 6β1 | — | 3β2 | 4β0 | 4β0 | 1β0 | 4β1 |
Shelbourne | 3β1 | 2β3 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 0β0 | — | 2β0 | 1β0 | 3β3 | 0β3 |
Sligo Rovers | 0β1 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 2β3 | 2β1 | — | 1β2 | 0β1 | 1β1 |
St Patrick's Athletic | 0β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 5β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 0β0 | — | 0β2 | 1β1 |
UCD | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β3 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | — | 3β0 |
Waterford United | 0β2 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 4β0 | 3β1 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 2β3 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 0β1 | — |
Source: www.extratime.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorersβ»
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Tommy Gaynor | Limerick City | 17 |
1 | Michael O'Connor | Athlone Town | 17 |
3 | Jackie Jameson | Bohemians | 15 |
4 | Fran Hitchcock | Home Farm | 14 |
4 | Des Kennedy | Limerick City | 14 |
6 | Mick Byrne | Shamrock Rovers | 12 |
6 | Con McLaughlin | Finn Harps | 12 |
6 | Larry Wyse | Bohemians | 12 |
9 | Roddy Collins | Drogheda United | 10 |
9 | Paddy Dillon | Drogheda United | 10 |
9 | Terry Eviston | Athlone Town | 10 |
9 | Brian Gardiner | Galway United | 10 |
9 | Pat Morley | Waterford | 10 |
9 | Liam O'Brien | Shamrock Rovers | 10 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Biggest Home Win". www.extratime.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Biggest Away Win". www.extratime.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Highest scoring game". www.extratime.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.