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Southampton F.C.
1984–85 season
ChairmanAlan Woodford
ManagerLawrie McMenemy
StadiumThe Dell
First Division5th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Joe Jordan (12)
All: Steve Moran (18)
Highest home attendance23,001 v Liverpool
(14 May 1985)
Lowest home attendance11,824 v Hull City
(26 September 1984)
Average home league attendance18,038
Biggest win4–0 v Sunderland
(5 January 1985)
4–0 v Queens Park Rangers
(2 February 1985)
Biggest defeat0–4 v Queens Park Rangers
(5 December 1984)
1–5 v Tottenham Hotspur
(23 March 1985)

The 1984–85 Southampton F.C. season was the club's 84th season of competitive football and their 15th in the First Division of the Football League. Following their highest league finish the previous season, 1984–85 saw the Saints continue to perform at the top level, finishing fifth in the league – their second-highest top flight result to date. Outside the league, the South Coast side reached the fifth round of the FA Cup, the fourth round of the League Cup, and the first round of the UEFA Cup.

After their most successful league season to date in 1983–84, Southampton had a relatively quiet summer transfer window. When Frank Worthington left after one season to join Brighton & Hove Albion, the club signed Scottish striker Joe Jordan from Italian side Hellas Verona as his replacement. Other new signings included Kevin Bond, Phil Kite and Mark Blake. Later in the season, the club brought in Andy Townsend, George Lawrence and Jimmy Case, while Steve Williams, Reuben Agboola and Ian Juryeff departed. The Saints started their league campaign poorly, dropping to the bottom of the table by picking up just one point from their first four games, before embarking on a 14-game unbeaten run to break into the top five. The team continued to pick up important results throughout the second half of the season to secure this position.

As a First Division side, Southampton entered the 1984–85 FA Cup in the third round. The club beat First Division strugglers Sunderland and Third Division side Orient, before facing elimination at the hands of Barnsley of the Second Division in the fifth round. In the League Cup, the Saints edged past Third Division side Hull City and Second Division strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers in the second and third rounds, respectively, before they were knocked out by league rivals Queens Park Rangers in the fourth round, losing a second replay 0–4 at Loftus Road. After finishing second in the league in 1984, the club entered the 1984–85 UEFA Cup in the first round for the third time in four years. They played Hamburger SV, who had qualified as runners-up of the Bundesliga, holding them to a 0–0 draw at home before losing the away leg 0–2.

Southampton used 23 players during the 1984–85 season and had 13 different goalscorers. Their top scorer was again Steve Moran, who scored 18 goals in all competitions – 11 in the league, four in the FA Cup and three in the League Cup. New signing Joe Jordan was the club's top scorer in the First Division, with 12 league goals (he also scored twice in both the FA Cup and the League Cup). David Armstrong and Danny Wallace finished third, with ten goals each. Full-back Mick Mills played in every game during the campaign, with goalkeeper Peter Shilton missing just one game in the league. The average attendance at The Dell during 1984–85 was 18,038. The highest home attendance was 23,001 for the final game of the season, a 1–1 draw with Liverpool, and the lowest was 14,006 for a 1–0 win over Luton Town on 2 April 1985.

Background and transfers

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Centre-back Kevin Bond joined Southampton after the departure of Ken Armstrong in the summer.
Andy Townsend joined Southampton in the second half of the season, marking his first time in the Football League.
Dennis Wise signed for Wimbledon in March 1985, having failed to make an appearance for the first team.

Ahead of the 1984–85 season, a number of players left Southampton. First, striker Frank Worthington departed after one successful season, following an incident which led to him falling out with manager Lawrie McMenemy; he moved to Brighton & Hove Albion in the Second Division.[1] In August, centre-back Ken Armstrong also left after just one year with the club, sold to recently relegated Birmingham City;[2] and out-of-favour forward Martin Foyle moved to local Fourth Division side Aldershot for a fee of £10,000.[3] Worthington was replaced by Joe Jordan, who signed for £150,000 from Serie A side Hellas Verona in August.[4] Armstrong was not immediately replaced, but after the first few games of the season – which saw the Saints drop immediately to the bottom of the table with three defeats – Kevin Bond was brought in from Manchester City in September.[5]

Transfer activity continued throughout the season. In December, first-choice midfielder Steve Williams moved to Arsenal for £550,000 – a new club record for Southampton.[6] The next month, the Saints signed two new midfielders, bringing back George Lawrence from Oxford United, to whom he had been sold just over two years earlier,[7] and signing youngster Andy Townsend for his first taste of the Football League, joining from Weymouth in the Alliance Premier League.[8] Also in January, experienced defender Reuben Agboola was sold to Sunderland for £150,000, following a disciplinary incident earlier in the season.[9] The new year also saw Ian Juryeff and Ian Baird leave Southampton for lower league sides – Juryeff moved to Orient in the Third Division, while Baird signed for Leeds United in the Second.[10][11] Ivan Golac was briefly loaned out to Portsmouth.[12]

Shortly before the end of the 1984–85 season, Southampton signed two more players – 30-year-old Jimmy Case joined from Brighton & Hove Albion for a fee of £35,000 and former player John Sharpe rejoined on a temporary, non-contract basis.[13][14] Meanwhile Dennis Wise, who had signed as an apprentice ahead of the 1983–84 season, made his first professional move to Second Division side Wimbledon. According to club historians, Wise had previously been fined by McMenemy for his involvement in a "nightclub incident" with Agboola; he then, according to his own autobiography, "overplayed his hand, upon his return to the fold, in attempting to bid-up his apprentice's wages", which led to his departure shortly thereafter.[15] Wise would later re-sign for the club in August 2005, playing a handful of games in the first half of the 2005–06 season.[15]

Players transferred in

Name Nationality Pos. Club Date Fee Ref.
Paul Baker  England FW England Bishop Auckland June 1984 Free [16]
Mark Blake  England DF none (free agent) July 1984 Free[a] [17]
Robbie Carroll  England MF none (free agent) July 1984 Free[b] [18]
Joe Jordan  Scotland FW Italy Hellas Verona August 1984 £150,000 [4]
Phil Kite  England GK England Bristol Rovers August 1984 Free [19]
Kevin Bond  England DF England Manchester City September 1984 £60,000 [5]
Chris Townsend  Wales FW Wales Cardiff City December 1984 Free [20]
George Lawrence  England MF England Oxford United January 1985 £60,000 [7]
Andy Townsend  Republic of Ireland MF England Weymouth January 1985 £35,000 [8]
Jimmy Case  England MF England Brighton & Hove Albion March 1985 £35,000 [13]
John Sharpe  England DF England Gillingham March 1985 Free [14]

Players transferred out

Name Nationality Pos. Club Date Fee Ref.
Frank Worthington  England FW England Brighton & Hove Albion May 1984 Unknown [1]
Alan Knill  Wales DF England Halifax Town July 1984 Free [21]
Ken Armstrong  England DF England Birmingham City August 1984 £100,000 [2]
Martin Foyle  England FW England Aldershot August 1984 £10,000 [3]
Barry Blankley  England DF England Aldershot December 1984 Free [16]
Steve Williams  England MF England Arsenal December 1984 £550,000 [6]
Reuben Agboola  Nigeria DF England Sunderland January 1985 £150,000 [9]
Ian Juryeff  England FW England Orient February 1985 Unknown [10]
Ian Baird  England FW England Leeds United March 1985 £75,000 [11]
Dennis Wise  England DF England Wimbledon March 1985 Free [15]

Players loaned out

Name Nationality Pos. Club Date from Date to Ref.
Alistair Sperring  England GK England Swindon Town August 1984 September 1984 [22]
Ian Juryeff  England FW England Reading November 1984 January 1985 [10]
Ian Baird  England FW England Newcastle United December 1984 January 1985 [11]
Ivan Golac  Yugoslavia DF England Portsmouth January 1985 March 1985 [12]

Players retired

Name Nationality Pos. Date Reason Ref.
Dennis Rofe  England DF September 1984 Retired due to age; took over as Southampton Reserves manager [23]

Notes

  1. ^ Mark Blake signed as an apprentice in July 1984, before turning professional in December 1985.[17]
  2. ^ Robbie Carroll signed as an apprentice in July 1984, before turning professional in February 1986.[18]

Pre-season friendlies

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Ahead of the 1984–85 league campaign, Southampton played eight pre-season friendlies. Like in the previous season, the club started their pre-season preparations with a short tour of Ireland, during which they beat Galway United 2–0, Finn Harps 1-0 and Waterford United 5–0.[24] Another repeat from the season before saw Oxford United host the Saints, which ended in a 3–0 victory for the top flight side, which was followed by a 1–2 defeat at Orient and a 1–0 win over Reading.[24] A short Spanish tour saw Southampton lose 1–2 at Athletic Bilbao and draw 2–2 at Osasuna.[24]

29 July 1984 Friendly Republic of Ireland Galway United 0–2 Southampton Galway, Ireland
D. Armstrong
Moran 		Stadium: Eamonn Deacy Park
1 August 1984 Friendly Republic of Ireland Finn Harps 0–1 Southampton Ballybofey, Ireland
Moran Stadium: Finn Park
2 August 1984 Friendly Republic of Ireland Waterford United 0–5 Southampton Waterford, Ireland
D. Armstrong
Dennis
Puckett 		Stadium: Kilcohan Park
6 August 1984 Friendly Oxford United 0–3 Southampton Oxford
D. Armstrong
K. Armstrong
Curtis 		Stadium: Manor Ground
9 August 1984 Friendly Orient 2–1 Southampton London
Baird Stadium: Brisbane Road
13 August 1984 Friendly Reading 0–1 Southampton Reading
K. Armstrong Stadium: Elm Park
16 August 1984 Friendly Spain Athletic Bilbao 2–1 Southampton Bilbao, Spain
Moran Stadium: San Mamés Stadium
18 August 1984 Friendly Spain Osasuna 2–2 Southampton Pamplona, Spain
D. Armstrong
Wright 		Stadium: El Sadar Stadium

First Division

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See also: 1984–85 Football League
Joe Jordan replaced Frank Worthington in the summer and would finish the 1984–85 season as Southampton's top goalscorer in the league.
Joe Jordan replaced Frank Worthington in the summer and would finish the 1984–85 season as Southampton's top goalscorer in the league.

Despite finishing the previous season in a club-record second place in the First Division, Southampton started the 1984–85 league campaign in terrible form. They picked up just one point from their first four games, in a goalless draw at home to Manchester United, while facing defeat at the hands of Sunderland, West Ham United and promotees Sheffield Wednesday.[25] After these fixtures, Southampton were bottom of the First Division table.[26] The club's form began to improve, however, as they embarked on an unbeaten run which would stretch for the next three months.[27] The spell began with a 1–1 draw at Luton Town, followed by the club's first league win of the season over Norwich City.[25]

After they signed Kevin Bond at the end of September, the team's defensive record improved and they picked up a number of key wins to start moving up the league table. In early October, they beat league leaders Tottenham Hotspur by a single Steve Moran goal; a few weeks later, they beat First Division newcomers Chelsea in the same circumstances; in early November, they won 1–0 against Nottingham Forest, who had finished just behind them the previous year; and the following week, they scored a late equaliser against defending champions Liverpool at Anfield.[28] By the time their unbeaten run was ended by Coventry City in mid-December, the Saints had made it up to fifth place in the First Division table.[29] In the final few games of the run, regular starters Mark Wright and Steve Williams had been dropped following a "dressing room brawl" at half-time during a League Cup tie.[28]

Over the Christmas period, Southampton dropped to ninth in the table after a string of poor results, including two home defeats against Watford and Sheffield Wednesday.[29] The new year saw the side regain a few positions, with narrow wins in January over Leicester City and Sunderland bookending a disappointing loss on the road at Norwich City.[29] The Saints picked up their biggest win of the campaign the next month, as they beat Queens Park Rangers (who would end the season avoiding relegation by just one point) 4–0 with goals from Joe Jordan, David Armstrong, Danny Wallace and Steve Moran.[29] Another four-goal performance a month later in a 4–3 win over West Bromwich Albion was the last appearance of Ian Baird, who left a few weeks later having scored twice in the win.[30] Southampton climbed to fourth place in the table after a 2–0 win over Chelsea in March.[31]

Jimmy Case joined Southampton in March 1985, appearing in all but one of the season's remaining games.
Jimmy Case joined Southampton in March 1985, appearing in all but one of the season's remaining games.

A three-game spell in which the club picked up just one point saw the club drop to eighth in the table.[32] The two defeats in this run saw the Saints facing the top two sides in the league, picking up their biggest defeat of the season, 1–5, at Tottenham Hotspur, before experiencing a 1–2 defeat at home by eventual champions Everton.[30] As they set their sights on a place in the next season's UEFA Cup, Southampton went on a short unbeaten run of five games in April, during which time they picked up vital wins over mid-table sides Luton Town (a 1–0 victory in which Wallace scored the only goal), Leicester City (an "end-to-end" contest which ended 3–1) and Aston Villa (a 2–0 win which featured the Football League debut of midfielder Andy Townsend).[30] A 1–2 defeat at the hands of Newcastle United at the end of the month saw Southampton trailing in seventh place.[33]

The last four games of the season included two wins – over relegation-fighting Ipswich Town and Coventry City – a final day 1–1 draw with runners-up Liverpool, and a 0–1 defeat to Arsenal.[34] The result was a fifth-place finish for Southampton – their second highest in the top flight to date, and one which afforded them qualification to the UEFA Cup next season. However, due to the subsequent banning of English sides from UEFA competitions in the wake of the Heysel Stadium disaster, the club would not play in Europe until the 2003–04 season nearly 20 years later.[34] 1984–85 was the last season to feature long-term manager Lawrie McMenemy, who left less than three weeks after the conclusion of the league to take over as Sunderland manager (where he would remain for just under two years).[34] He was replaced before the start of the next season by former player Chris Nicholl, who had departed for an assistant-manager role at Grimsby Town just two years earlier, taking on his first role as a first-team manager.[35]

List of match results

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25 August 1984 1 Sunderland 3–1 Southampton Sunderland
Bennett 3'
Venison 8'
Proctor 70'		 D. Armstrong 89' Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 18,000
28 August 1984 2 Southampton 0–0 Manchester United Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 22,183
1 September 1984 3 Southampton 2–3 West Ham United Southampton
D. Armstrong 76'
Jordan 89'		 Goddard 22', 45'
Dickens 88'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 18,488
4 September 1984 4 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Southampton Sheffield
Varadi 39'
Shelton 86'		 Jordan 72' Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 23,784
8 September 1984 5 Luton Town 1–1 Southampton Luton
Moss 53' (pen.) Curtis 50' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,657
15 September 1984 6 Southampton 2–1 Norwich City Southampton
Jordan 1'
Watson 66' (o.g.)		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 16,431
22 September 1984 7 Everton 2–2 Southampton Liverpool
Mountfield 1'
Sharp 9'		 Moran 39', 53' (pen.) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 22,354
29 September 1984 8 Southampton 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Southampton
Moran 64' Fereday 29' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 18,497
6 October 1984 9 Southampton 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton
Moran 30' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 21,827
13 October 1984 10 Stoke City 1–3 Southampton Stoke-on-Trent
Heath 42' Curtis 6'
Dyson 15' (o.g.)
Williams 65'		 Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 9,643
20 October 1984 11 Southampton 1–0 Chelsea Southampton
Moran 11' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 20,212
27 October 1984 12 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Southampton West Bromwich
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 11,959
3 November 1984 13 Southampton 1–0 Nottingham Forest Southampton
Puckett 19' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 17,818
10 November 1984 14 Liverpool 1–1 Southampton Liverpool
Rush 46' Jordan 85' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 36,382
17 November 1984 15 Aston Villa 2–2 Southampton Birmingham
Withe 25'
Six 44'		 Jordan 55', 86' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 13,937
24 November 1984 16 Southampton 1–0 Newcastle United Southampton
D. Armstrong 45' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 18,895
1 December 1984 17 Ipswich Town 0–1 Southampton Ipswich
D. Armstrong 46' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 14,113
8 December 1984 18 Southampton 1–0 Arsenal Southampton
Curtis 44' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 20,243
15 December 1984 19 Coventry City 2–1 Southampton Coventry
Peake 52'
Shilton 58' (o.g.)		 Jordan 69' Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 10,369
22 December 1984 20 West Ham United 2–3 Southampton London
Cottee 6', 75' Walford 15' (o.g.)
Jordan 59'
Wallace 74'		 Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 14,221
26 December 1984 21 Southampton 1–2 Watford Southampton
Curtis 71' Blissett 44' (pen.), 69' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 20,759
29 December 1984 22 Southampton 0–3 Sheffield Wednesday Southampton
Chapman 34', 51'
Varadi 53'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 18,922
1 January 1985 23 Leicester City 1–2 Southampton Leicester
Banks 34' D. Armstrong 19'
Wallace 74'		 Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 15,257
12 January 1985 24 Norwich City 1–0 Southampton Norwich
Deehan 52' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,735
29 January 1985 25 Southampton 1–0 Sunderland Southampton
Jordan 35' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,326
2 February 1985 26 Queens Park Rangers 0–4 Southampton London
Jordan 21'
D. Armstrong 53'
Wallace 62'
Moran 69'		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 10,664
23 February 1985 27 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Southampton Nottingham
Hodge 25'
Davenport 29' (pen.)		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 14,752
2 March 1985 28 Southampton 4–3 West Bromwich Albion Southampton
D. Armstrong 8'
Wallace 44'
Baird 50', 52'		 Valentine 16'
Thompson 80', 85'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,567
9 March 1985 29 Chelsea 0–2 Southampton London
D. Armstrong 51' (pen.)
Wallace 87'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 15,202
16 March 1985 30 Southampton 0–0 Stoke City Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,608
23 March 1985 31 Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 Southampton London
Ardiles 41'
Hoddle 66'
Falco 74'
Crooks 83'
Brooke 87'		 Wallace 48' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 33,722
30 March 1985 32 Southampton 1–2 Everton Southampton
Jordan 89' Richardson 48', 50' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 18,754
2 April 1985 33 Southampton 1–0 Luton Town Southampton
Wallace 74' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,006
6 April 1985 34 Watford 1–1 Southampton Watford
West 24' Holmes 85' Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 17,689
9 April 1985 35 Southampton 3–1 Leicester City Southampton
Bond 20' (pen.)
Lawrence 50'
Jordan 86'		 Lynex 46' (pen.) Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,638
20 April 1985 36 Southampton 2–0 Aston Villa Southampton
Moran 16'
D. Armstrong 77'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,736
24 April 1985 37 Manchester United 0–0 Southampton Manchester
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 31,291
27 April 1985 38 Newcastle United 2–1 Southampton Newcastle upon Tyne
Reilly 69'
Wharton 82'		 Case 45' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 20,771
4 May 1985 39 Southampton 3–0 Ipswich Town Southampton
Moran 54', 62', 76' (pen.) Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 16,156
6 May 1985 40 Arsenal 1–0 Southampton London
Rix 26' Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 21,214
11 May 1985 41 Southampton 2–1 Coventry City Southampton
Stephens 5' (o.g.)
Moran 75'		 Regis 43' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,735
14 May 1985 42 Southampton 1–1 Liverpool Southampton
D. Armstrong 53' Wark 31' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 23,001

Final league table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Tottenham Hotspur 42 23 8 11 78 51 +27 77 Disqualified from the UEFA Cup[36]
4 Manchester United[a] 42 22 10 10 77 47 +30 76 Disqualified from the European Cup Winners' Cup[37]
5 Southampton[b] 42 19 11 12 56 47 +9 68 Disqualified from the UEFA Cup[36]
6 Chelsea 42 18 12 12 63 48 +15 66
7 Arsenal 42 19 9 14 61 49 +12 66
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Manchester United would have qualified as FA Cup winners.
  2. ^ 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.

Results by matchday

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHH
ResultLDLLDWDDWWWDWDDWWWLWLLWLWWLWWDLLWDWWDLWLWD
Position1918222222181818151289978755556968778845885665665555
Source: 11v11.com[38]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

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See also: 1984–85 FA Cup

Southampton entered the 1984–85 FA Cup against fellow First Division side Sunderland. Despite competing in the same league, the sides were mismatched as the Saints enjoyed a convincing 4–0 win at The Dell. Steve Moran opened the scoring just after half an hour, converting for the first time since October.[39] Alan Curtis doubled the hosts' lead a minute before half time, taking advantage of a slip by Black Cats goalkeeper Chris Turner and chipping in for 2–0.[39] After the break, Joe Jordan made it 3–0, before Moran scored a second later on to confirm Southampton's passage to the fourth round.[39]

In their second FA Cup fixture of the season, Southampton were hosted by Third Division side Orient, who they had previously faced during the pre-season period. Despite facing pressure early on from the hosts, it was the visitors who scored the only goal of the first 45 minutes, when Jordan headed in a flick by Curtis from a long George Lawrence throw-in five minutes before the break.[40] Five minutes into the second half, Moran headed in a free kick from David Armstrong to confirm the win; another headed goal by the striker from a Lawrence cross 15 minutes later was disallowed for offside.[40]

After several postponements due to poor weather conditions, Southampton hosted Second Division club Barnsley in the fifth round of the tournament in March, with the winner set to face defending First Division champions Liverpool in the sixth round.[40] Barnsley almost went ahead early on through young striker Steve Agnew, but it was the hosts who opened the scoring after a spell which saw six corners in 15 minutes, the last of which was converted by Moran from close range.[40] Agnew equalised for the South Yorkshire side not long after, before going down for a penalty five minutes before half time, which was subsequently scored by Gordon Owen.[40] In the second half, Southampton were unable to break down the visitors' defence, and the Second Division side went through to the next round (where they lost 0–4 to Liverpool).[40]

5 January 1985 Round 3 Southampton 4–0 Sunderland Southampton
Moran 33'
Curtis 44'
Jordan 68'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,516
26 January 1985 Round 4 Orient 0–2 Southampton London
Jordan 40'
Moran 50'		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 17,622
4 March 1985 Round 5 Southampton 1–2 Barnsley Southampton
Moran Agnew
Owen (pen.)		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 20,971

League Cup

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See also: 1984–85 Football League Cup

Southampton entered the 1984–85 League Cup against Third Division side Hull City. In the first leg at The Dell, the First Division hosts edged the fixture 3–2, with Steve Moran scoring a goal in each half, either side of a Joe Jordan header just before the hour mark.[41] The second leg, at Boothferry Park, ended in a 2–2 draw to see the Saints progress in a 5–4 aggregate win.[41] In the third round Southampton hosted Wolverhampton Wanderers, who were struggling in the Second Division. Despite the home advantage, the side were almost knocked out of the competition, trailing 1–2 for almost all of the second half; in the penultimate minute of the game, however, Danny Wallace converted a close range effort to force a replay.[42] Wallace and Jordan scored the only two goals in the return game, sending Southampton through.[42]

In the fourth round, Southampton were drawn at home game, this time hosting fellow First Division side Queens Park Rangers. The visitors opened the scoring after 35 minutes, when Terry Fenwick converted a penalty given for a foul committed by Steve Williams.[42] It took until the 65th minute for the hosts to respond, with Alan Curtis finishing a move started by Wallace to make it 1–1 and force a replay.[42] In the replay at Loftus Road, which then featured a "notorious artificial surface", neither team was able to break the deadlock and the game ended goalless – Southampton almost won the tie five minutes before the end, but Moran missed a penalty.[42] A second replay was scheduled, with the venue decided by coin toss – Rangers won, hosting the Saints again just over a week later.[42] This time, the hosts took full advantage of the setting, thrashing Southampton 4–0 to prevent them from making it past the fourth round for the sixth consecutive season – goals came from Gary Waddock, Warren Neill and Fenwick (two).[42]

26 September 1984 Round 2 Leg 1 Southampton 3–2 Hull City Southampton
Moran 28', 65'
Jordan 59'		 McEwan 41'
G. Roberts 80'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 11,824
9 October 1984 Round 2 Leg 2 Hull City 2–2
(4–5 agg.)		 Southampton Kingston upon Hull
Flounders 34'
Whitehurst 86'		 Wallace 13'
Moran 50'		 Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 16,393
30 October 1984 Round 3 Southampton 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Southampton
Wright 35'
Wallace 89'		 Melrose 22', 47' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,164
6 November 1984 Round 3 Replay Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Southampton Wolverhampton
Wallace 13'
Jordan 89'		 Stadium: Molineux Stadium
Attendance: 13,064
20 November 1984 Round 4 Southampton 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Southampton
Curtis 65' Fenwick 35' (pen.) Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,830
27 November 1984 Round 4 Replay 1 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Southampton London
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 13,754
5 December 1984 Round 4 Replay 2 Queens Park Rangers 4–0 Southampton London
Waddock 20'
Neill 41'
Fenwick 46', 56' (pen.)		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,702

UEFA Cup

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See also: 1984–85 UEFA Cup

Southampton were drawn in the first round of the 1984–85 UEFA Cup against Bundesliga runners-up Hamburger SV. In the first leg at home, the Saints were held to a goalless draw against the German visitors; after the game, manager Lawrie McMenemy commented that "We had the chances, but we didn't knock them in".[43] In the return leg at the Volksparkstadion, the English side held the hosts for much of the game, before giving away a penalty in the second half which was scored by Manfred Kaltz.[43] In the final minute, Mark McGhee doubled the hosts' lead to see Southampton exit the tournament at the first hurdle.[43]

19 September 1984 Round 1 Leg 1 Southampton 0–0 Germany Hamburger SV Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 19,178
3 October 1984 Round 1 Leg 2 Germany Hamburger SV 2–0 Southampton Hamburg, Germany
Kaltz 68' (pen.)
McGhee 90'		 Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 32,000

Other matches

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Southampton played four additional games during the 1984–85 season. A few weeks into the league campaign, the club were hosted by Fourth Division side Swindon Town in a testimonial. The Saints won the tie 1–0, with David Puckett scoring the only goal of the game.[24] A few months later, between fixtures in December, the club played a couple of friendlies in Saudi Arabia – they first drew 2–2 with Al Hilal (both Southampton goals were scored by Joe Jordan), before defeating Al-Ittihad, who had finished second in the Saudi Pro League the previous year, 3–1.[24] The final unofficial game of the season came towards the end of the campaign in April, as Southampton faced Grimsby Town in a testimonial for Bob Cumming. The game ended in a 1–1 draw, with Moran scoring the only goal for the First Division visitors.[24]

11 September 1984 Williams & Canley Testimonial Swindon Town 0–1 Southampton Swindon
Puckett Stadium: County Ground
3 December 1984 Friendly Saudi Arabia Al Hilal 2–2 Southampton Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Jordan
5 December 1984 Friendly Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1–3 Southampton Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Moran
Baker
16 April 1985 Bob Cummings Testimonial Grimsby Town 1–1 Southampton Cleethorpes
Moran Stadium: Blundell Park

Player details

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Southampton used 23 different players during the 1984–85 season, 13 of whom scored during the campaign. Only right-back Mick Mills appeared in all 54 games across all four competitions, with goalkeeper Peter Shilton one behind – missing a single league fixture in November.[27] Steve Moran finished as the season's top goalscorer again, with a total of 18 goals in all competitions – 11 in the league, four in the FA Cup and three in the League Cup.[27] New signing Joe Jordan was Southampton's top goalscorer in the league, with one more goal than Moran (he also scored two each in the FA Cup and League Cup).[27]

Squad statistics

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Name Pos. Nat. League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total
Apps. Gls. Apps. Gls. Apps. Gls. Apps. Gls. Apps. Gls.
David Armstrong MF England 35 10 3 0 4 0 1 0 43 10
Steve Baker DF England 6(3) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7(3) 0
Kevin Bond DF England 32(1) 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 42(1) 1
Kevan Brown DF England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Case MF England 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1
Eamonn Collins MF Republic of Ireland 1(2) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 1(3) 0
Alan Curtis FW Wales 25(5) 4 3 1 7 1 1 0 36(5) 6
Mark Dennis DF England 31 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 43 0
Ivan Golac DF Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Nick Holmes MF England 29 1 1 0 7 0 2 0 39 1
Joe Jordan FW Scotland 34 12 3 2 7 2 2 0 46 16
Phil Kite GK England 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
George Lawrence MF England 12(1) 1 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 14(2) 1
Mick Mills DF England 42 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 54 0
Steve Moran FW England 32 11 3 4 5 3 1(1) 0 41(1) 18
David Puckett FW England 6(7) 1 0(1) 0 0(3) 0 0 0 6(11) 1
Peter Shilton GK England 41 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 53 0
Andy Townsend MF Republic of Ireland 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Danny Wallace MF England 33 7 3 0 7 3 2 0 45 10
Mark Whitlock DF England 19(3) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 23(3) 0
Mark Wright DF England 36 0 3 0 5 1 2 0 46 1
Players with appearances who left before the end of the season
Reuben Agboola DF Nigeria 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 0
Ian Baird FW England 5 2 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 5(1) 2
Steve Williams MF England 14 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 19 1

Most appearances

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Rank Name Pos. League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total
Starts Subs Starts Subs Starts Subs Starts Subs Starts Subs Total
1 Mick Mills DF 42 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 54 0 54
2 Peter Shilton GK 41 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 53 0 53
3 Joe Jordan FW 34 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 46 0 46
Mark Wright DF 36 0 3 0 5 0 2 0 46 0 46
5 Danny Wallace MF 33 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 45 0 45
6 David Armstrong MF 35 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 43 0 43
Mark Dennis DF 31 0 3 0 7 0 2 0 43 0 43
Kevin Bond DF 32 1 3 0 7 0 0 0 42 1 43
9 Steve Moran FW 32 0 3 0 5 0 1 1 41 1 42
10 Alan Curtis FW 25 5 3 0 7 0 1 0 36 5 41

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Pos. League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total
Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GPG
1 Steve Moran FW 11 32 4 3 3 5 0 1 18 41 0.44
2 Joe Jordan FW 12 34 2 3 2 7 0 2 16 46 0.35
3 David Armstrong MF 10 35 0 3 0 4 0 1 10 43 0.23
Danny Wallace MF 7 33 0 3 3 7 0 2 10 45 0.22
5 Alan Curtis FW 4 30 1 3 1 7 0 1 6 41 0.15
6 Ian Baird FW 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 0.33
7 Jimmy Case MF 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0.10
George Lawrence MF 1 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 16 0.06
David Puckett FW 1 13 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 17 0.06
Steve Williams MF 1 14 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 19 0.05
Nick Holmes MF 1 29 0 1 0 7 0 2 1 39 0.03
Kevin Bond DF 1 33 0 3 0 7 0 0 1 43 0.02
Mark Wright DF 0 36 0 3 1 5 0 2 1 46 0.02

References

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  1. ^ a b "Frank Worthington". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Ken Armstrong". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Martin Foyle". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Joe Jordan". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Kevin Bond". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Steve Williams". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  7. ^ a b "George Lawrence". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Andy Townsend". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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  15. ^ a b c "Dennis Wise". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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  22. ^ "Alistair Sperring". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Dennis Rofe". SaintsPlayers.co.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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  36. ^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.
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  43. ^ a b c Holley & Chalk 2003, p. 299

Bibliography

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  • Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan (10 August 1987), A Complete Record of Southampton Football Club: 1885–1987, Derby, England: Breedon Books, ISBN 978-0907969228
  • Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (28 November 2013), All the Saints: A Complete Who's Who of Southampton FC, Bristol, England: Hagiology Publishing, ISBN 978-0992686406
  • Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003), Bull, David (ed.), In That Number: A Post-War Chronicle of Southampton FC, Bristol, England: Hagiology Publishing, ISBN 0-9534474-3-X
  • Juson, Dave; Aldworth, Clay; Bendel, Barry; Bull, David; Chalk, Gary (10 November 2004), Saints v Pompey: A History of Unrelenting Rivalry, Bristol, England: Hagiology Publishing, ISBN 978-0953447459
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