Chelsea 1984-85


Division One Fixtures

Date         Ven  Opponents          Att   Res    Scorers
----         ---  ---------          ---   ---    -------
25-Aug-1984   A   Arsenal           45329  D 1-1  Dixon
27-Aug-1984   H   Sunderland        25554  W 1-0  Canoville
31-Aug-1984   H   Everton           17734  L 0-1

05-Sep-1984   A   Manchester Utd    48398  D 1-1  Thomas
08-Sep-1984   A   Aston Villa       21494  L 2-4  Bumstead (2)
15-Sep-1984   H   West Ham Utd      32411  W 3-0  Lee, Nevin, Speedie
22-Sep-1984   A   Luton Town        16066  D 0-0
29-Sep-1984   H   Leicester City    18521  W 3-0  Dixon (2), Nevin

06-Oct-1984   A   Norwich City      18272  D 0-0
13-Oct-1984   H   Watford           25340  L 2-3  Dixon (2)
20-Oct-1984   A   Southampton       20212  L 0-1
27-Oct-1984   H   Ipswich Town      19213  W 2-0  Dixon (2)

03-Nov-1984   H   Coventry City     17306  W 6-2  Dixon (3), K Jones (2), Speedie
10-Nov-1984   A   Newcastle Utd     23723  L 1-2  Dixon
17-Nov-1984   H   West Bromwich     17573  W 3-1  Rougvie, Speedie (2)
24-Nov-1984   A   Tottenham         31197  D 1-1  Dixon

01-Dec-1984   H   Liverpool         40972  W 3-1  Dixon, McLaughlin, Speedie
08-Dec-1984   A   Sheffield Wed     29373  D 1-1  Davies
15-Dec-1984   H   Stoke City        20534  D 1-1  Dixon
22-Dec-1984   A   Everton           29887  W 4-3  Davies (3), Pates
26-Dec-1984   A   QPR               26610  D 2-2  Dixon (2 pen)
29-Dec-1984   H   Manchester Utd    42197  L 1-3  Davies

01-Jan-1985   H   Nottm Forest      21552  W 1-0  Thomas
19-Jan-1985   H   Arsenal           34752  D 1-1  Speedie

02-Feb-1985   A   Leicester City    15657  D 1-1  Speedie (pen)
16-Feb-1985   H   Newcastle Utd     21826  W 1-0  Wood
23-Feb-1985   A   Coventry City     11430  L 0-1

02-Mar-1985   A   Ipswich Town      17735  L 0-2
09-Mar-1985   H   Southampton       15202  L 0-2
16-Mar-1985   A   Watford           16136  W 3-1  Dixon, McClelland (og), Speedie
30-Mar-1985   A   Sunderland        13489  W 2-0  Dixon, Thomas (pen)

06-Apr-1985   H   QPR               20340  W 1-0  Dixon
10-Apr-1985   A   Nottm Forest      14666  L 0-2
13-Apr-1985   A   West Ham Utd      19003  D 1-1  Speedie
16-Apr-1985   H   Aston Villa       13267  W 3-1  Bumstead, Evans (og), Thomas (pen)
20-Apr-1985   A   West Bromwich     11196  W 1-0  Dixon
27-Apr-1985   H   Tottenham         26310  D 1-1  Nevin

04-May-1985   A   Liverpool         33733  L 3-4  Davies, Dixon, Spackman (pen)
06-May-1985   H   Sheffield Wed     17085  W 2-1  Dixon (2)
08-May-1985   H   Luton Town        13789  W 2-0  Dixon, Nevin
11-May-1985   A   Stoke City         8905  W 1-0  Speedie
14-May-1985   H   Norwich City      22882  L 1-2  Thomas


League Appearances

N Spackman     42
K Dixon        41
P Nevin        41
E Niedzwiecki  40
J McLaughlin   36
C Pates        36
D Speedie      33 (2 as substitute)
D Rougvie      27
M Thomas       26 (1)
J Bumstead     21 (4)
C Lee          20 (2)
K Jones        17 (2)
D Wood         17 (2)
P Canoville    15 (9)
J Jones        14 (2)
G Davies       10 (2)
K Dublin       10 (1)
D Jasper        7
T Howard        4
S Francis       2
M Droy          1 (1)
D Johnstone     1 (1)
R Isaac         1


Division One Final Table

                   P    W   D   L    F   A  Pts
Everton           42   28   6   8   88  43   90
Liverpool         42   22  11   9   78  35   77
Tottenham         42   23   8  11   78  51   77
Manchester Utd    42   22  10  10   77  47   76
Southampton       42   19  11  12   56  47   68
Chelsea           42   18  12  12   63  48   66
Arsenal           42   19   9  14   61  49   66
Sheffield Wed     42   17  14  11   58  45   65
Nottm Forest      42   19   7  16   56  48   64
Aston Villa       42   15  11  16   60  60   56
Watford           42   14  13  15   81  71   55
West Bromwich     42   16   7  19   58  62   55
Luton Town        42   15   9  18   57  61   54
Newcastle Utd     42   13  13  16   55  70   52
Leicester City    42   15   6  21   65  73   51
West Ham Utd      42   13  12  17   51  68   51
Ipswich Town      42   13  11  18   46  57   50
Coventry City     42   15   5  22   47  64   50
QPR               42   13  11  18   53  72   50
Norwich City      42   13  10  19   46  64   49
Sunderland        42   10  10  22   40  62   40
Stoke City        42    3   8  31   24  91   17


F A Cup

3rd Round  v Wigan Athletic

Date:       5th January 1985
Venue:      Home
Result:     Drawn 2-2
Attendance: 16220
Scorers:    Nevin, Speedie

Replay:     26th January 1985
Venue:      Away
Result:     Won 5-0
Attendance: 9708
Scorers:    Dixon (4, 1 pen), Speedie


4th Round  v Millwall

Date:       4th February 1985
Venue:      Home
Result:     Lost 2-3
Attendance: 25148
Scorers:    Spackman, Canoville


League Cup

3rd Round  v Walsall

Date:       30th October 1984
Venue:      Away
Result:     Drawn 2-2
Attendance: 11102
Scorers:    Nevin, Lee

Replay:     6th November 1984
Venue:      Home
Result:     Won 3-0
Attendance: 19502
Scorers:    Speedie, Dixon, K Jones


4th Round  v Manchester City

Date:       21st November 1984
Venue:      Home
Result:     Won 4-1
Attendance: 26364
Scorers:    Dixon (3), K Jones


Quarter-Final  v Sheffield Wednesday

Date:       28th January 1985
Venue:      Home
Result:     Drawn 1-1
Attendance: 36028
Scorer:     Speedie

Replay:     30th January 1985
Venue:      Away
Result:     Drawn 4-4 (aet)
Attendance: 36509
Scorers:    Canoville (2), Dixon, Thomas

2nd Replay: 6th February 1985
Venue:      Home
Result:     Won 2-1
Attendance: 36395
Scorers:    Speedie, Thomas


Semi-Final  v Sunderland

1st Leg:    13th February 1985
Venue:      Away
Result:     Lost 0-2
Attendance: 32440

2nd Leg:    4th March 1985
Venue:      Home
Result:     Lost 2-3
Attendance: 38440
Scorers:    Speedie, Nevin

Aggregate:  Sunderland won 5-2


Goal Scorers

                Lge  FAC  LgC  Total
K Dixon         24    4    5     33
D Speedie       10    2    4     16
M Thomas         5    -    2      7
P Nevin          4    1    2      7
G Davies         6    -    -      6
P Canoville      1    1    2      4
J Bumstead       3    -    -      3
J Jones          2    -    -      2
N Spackman       1    1    -      2
K Jones          -    -    2      2
J McLaughlin     1    -    -      1
C Pates          1    -    -      1
D Rougvie        1    -    -      1
D Wood           1    -    -      1
C Lee            -    -    1      1


Mike Church, mike@mikechurch.demon.co.uk
Revised: 27th February 1997