93rd season in existence of Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool F.C. 1984–85 football season
The 1984–85 season was Liverpool Football Club ' s 93rd season in existence and their 23rd consecutive season in the First Division . As European champions, Liverpool took part in the 1984 Intercontinental Cup in December 1984 against Independiente in Tokyo , where they lost 1–0.
Liverpool reached the 1985 European Cup Final where they faced Juventus . They lost the match 1–0, but the game was overshadowed by crowd trouble where thirty-nine Juventus fans died. Just hours before the match, Liverpool manager Joe Fagan had announced he would retire at the end of the season
Source:
World Football Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
^ Manchester United would have qualified as FA Cup winners.
^ Since the FA Cup winners, Manchester United, would have qualified for the UEFA Cup based on league position, this would have been passed down to the next best-placed team, Southampton.
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Report 1
Report 2
25-Aug-84
Norwich City
A
3–3
Own Goal 2' Dalglish 24' Neal pen 67'
22,005
Report
Report
27-Aug-84
West Ham United
H
3–0
Walsh 1' Wark 75' , 85'
32,633
Report
Report
01-Sep-84
Queens Park Rangers
H
1–1
Whelan 82'
33,982
Report
Report
04-Sep-84
Luton Town
A
2–1
Neal pen 47' Dalglish 71'
14,127
Report
Report
08-Sep-84
Arsenal
A
1–3
Kennedy 82'
50,006
Report
Report
15-Sep-84
Sunderland
H
1–1
Walsh 17'
34,044
Report
Report
22-Sep-84
Manchester United
A
1–1
Walsh 73'
56,638
Report
Report
29-Sep-84
Sheffield Wednesday
H
0–2
40,196
Report
Report
06-Oct-84
West Bromwich Albion
H
0–0
29,346
Report
Report
12-Oct-84
Tottenham Hotspur
A
0–1
28,599
Report
Report
20-Oct-84
Everton
H
0–1
45,545
Report
Report
28-Oct-84
Nottingham Forest
A
2–0
Whelan 36' Rush 50'
19,838
Report
Report
03-Nov-84
Stoke City
A
1–0
Whelan 86'
20,611
Report
Report
10-Nov-84
Southampton
H
1–1
Rush 46'
36,382
Report
Report
18-Nov-84
Newcastle United
A
2–0
Nicol 24' Wark 89'
28,003
Report
Report
24-Nov-84
Ipswich Town
H
2–0
Wark 41' , 53'
34,918
Report
Report
01-Dec-84
Chelsea
A
1–3
Mølby 28'
40,972
Report
Report
04-Dec-84
Coventry City
H
3–1
Wark 8' , 89' Rush pen 23'
27,237
Report
Report
15-Dec-84
Aston Villa
A
0–0
24,007
Report
Report
21-Dec-84
Queens Park Rangers
A
2–0
Wark 38' Rush 60'
11,007
Report
Report
26-Dec-84
Leicester City
H
1–2
Neal pen 60'
38,419
Report
Report
29-Dec-84
Luton Town
H
1–0
Wark 26'
35,403
Report
Report
01-Jan-85
Watford
A
1–1
Rush 88'
27,073
Report
Report
19-Jan-85
Norwich City
H
4–0
Wark 36' Rush 80' , 89' Dalglish 86'
30,627
Report
Report
02-Feb-85
Sheffield Wednesday
A
1–1
Lawrenson 85'
48,246
Report
Report
12-Feb-85
Arsenal
H
3–0
Rush 32' Neal 52 Whelan 87'
28,645
Report
Report
23-Feb-85
Stoke City
H
2–0
Nicol 14' Dalglish 28'
31,368
Report
Report
02-Mar-85
Nottingham Forest
H
1–0
Wark pen 49'
35,696
Report
Report
16-Mar-85
Tottenham Hotspur
H
0–1
43,852
Report
Report
23-Mar-85
West Bromwich Albion
A
5–0
Nicol 6' Dalglish 56' Wark 64' , 70' , 82'
20,500
Report
Report
31-Mar-85
Manchester United
H
0–1
34,886
Report
Report
03-Apr-85
Sunderland
A
3–0
Rush 1' , 30' Wark 70'
24,096
Report
Report
06-Apr-85
Leicester City
A
1–0
Whelan 82'
22,942
Report
Report
20-Apr-85
Newcastle United
H
3–1
Wark 57' Gillespie 69' Walsh 80'
34,733
Report
Report
27-Apr-85
Ipswich Town
A
0–0
24,484
Report
Report
04-May-85
Chelsea
H
4–3
Whelan 4' Nicol 11' , 27' Rush 68'
33,733
Report
Report
06-May-85
Coventry City
A
2–0
Walsh 44' , 58'
18,951
Report
Report
11-May-85
Aston Villa
H
2–1
Whelan 66' Rush 68'
33,001
Report
Report
14-May-85
Southampton
A
1–1
Wark 31'
23,001
Report
Report
17-May-85
Watford
H
4–3
Rush 52' , 81' Dalglish 57' Wark pen 59'
29,130
Report
Report
20-May-85
West Ham United
A
3–0
Walsh 26' , 36' Beglin 56'
22,408
Report
Report
23-May-85
Everton
A
0–1
51,045
Report
Report
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Report 1
Report 2
05-Jan-85
Aston Villa
H
3–0
Rush 4' , 74' Wark 49'
36,877
Report
Report
27-Jan-85
Tottenham Hotspur
H
1–0
Rush 17'
27,905
Report
Report
16-Feb-85
York City
A
1–1
Rush 52'
13,485
Report
Report
20-Feb-85
York City
H
7–0
Whelan 15' , 55' Wark 28' , 58' , 79' Neal 72' Walsh 83'
43,010
Report
Report
10-Mar-85
Barnsley
A
4–0
Rush 55' , 80' , 84' Whelan 72'
19,838
Report
Report
13-Apr-85
Manchester United
N
2–2
Whelan 87' Walsh 119'
51,690
Report
Report
17-Apr-85
Manchester United
N
1–2
McGrath 39' (o.g. )
45,775
Report
Report
Date
Opponents
Venue
Result
Scorers
Attendance
Report 1
Report 2
19-Sep-84
Lech Poznań
A
1–0
Wark 62'
35,000
Report
Report
03-Oct-84
Lech Poznań
H
4–0
Wark 13' , 19' , 89' Walsh 38'
22,143
Report
Report
24-Oct-84
Benfica
H
3–1
Rush 44' , 71' , 76'
27,733
Report
Report
07-Nov-84
Benfica
A
0–1
50,000
Report
Report
06-Mar-85
Austria Vienna
A
1–1
Nicol 86'
21,000
Report
Report
20-Mar-85
Austria Vienna
H
4–1
Walsh 16' , 55' Nicol 39' Own Goal 46'
32,761
Report
Report
10-Apr-85
Panathinaikos
H
4–0
Wark 35' Rush 48' , 49' Beglin 85'
39,488
Report
Report
24-Apr-85
Panathinaikos
A
1–0
Lawrenson 61'
56,400
Report
Report
Final
Intercontinental Cup [ edit ]
National teams
League competitions
Levels 1–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9
Isthmian League (Two North , Two South )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (level 8 only )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
London Spartan League (Premier , Senior )
Midland Football Combination (level 8 only )
North West Counties League (One , Two )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One North , One Central , One South )
Northern League (One , Two )
South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions Other