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1984–85 Associate Members' Cup

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1984–85 Associate Members Cup
Freight Rover Trophy
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales

The 1984–85 Associate Members' Cup, known as the 1984–85 Freight Rover Trophy, was the fourth staging of a secondary football league tournament, and the second staging of the Associate Members' Cup, a knock-out competition for English football clubs in the Third Division and the Fourth Division. The winners were Wigan Athletic and the runners-up were Brentford.

The competition began on 22 January 1985 and ended with the final on 1 June 1985 at Wembley Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists faced each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.

First round

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Second round

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In this round, in each section, the 6 winners and the 2 "lucky losers" progressed to the quarter-finals. Lucky losers are marked with the letters LL.

Quarter-finals

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Area semi-finals

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Area finals

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Northern Area final

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Mansfield Town(1) 1 – 1 (3)Wigan Athletic
Report win on penalties[1]
Attendance: 5,214

Southern Area final

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Brentford6–0Newport County
Report
Attendance: 8,214

Final

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Wigan Athletic3–1Brentford
Newell 27'
Kelly 38'
Lowe 55'
Cooke 52'
Attendance: 39,897
Referee: T.Bune (Newbury)

Notes

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General

Specific

  1. ^ a b c d e f g After extra-time.