1984–85 League of Ireland

League of Ireland

Season	1984–85
Dates	16 September 1984 - 2 May 1985
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (12th title)
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
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1984–1985 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Shamrock Rovers won the championship. The prize for the League Champions was £5,000.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamrock Rovers (C)	30	22	5	3	63	21	+42	49	Qualification to 1985–86 European Cup
2	Bohemians	30	19	5	6	57	29	+28	43	Qualification to 1985–86 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 1985–86 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 1985–86 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

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

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 1985–86 League of Ireland First Division.

Results

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	COR	DRO	DUN	FHA	GAL	HOM	LIM	LON	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD	WAT
Athlone Town	—	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–4	4–1	1–3	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0
Bohemians	2–1	—	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	6–1	3–2	2–1
Cork City	1–4	1–1	—	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–0	3–1
Drogheda United	0–1	1–2	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	4–3	6–2	0–2	1–2	3–3	1–3	1–1	4–2
Dundalk	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	—	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–3
Finn Harps	0–5	0–1	1–1	4–5	1–4	—	1–5	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–4
Galway United	3–5	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	—	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–3	5–0	2–0	0–0	2–2
Home Farm	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	—	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Limerick	0–1	2–1	3–1	6–0	0–0	5–0	4–1	3–0	—	3–0	1–4	2–2	2–2	3–2	3–0	1–0
Longford Town	2–3	1–3	1–1	2–4	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–0	—	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–6	1–3	0–1
Shamrock Rovers	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	6–1	—	3–2	4–0	4–0	1–0	4–1
Shelbourne	3–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–3
Sligo Rovers	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	—	1–2	0–1	1–1
St Patrick's Athletic	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	5–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	—	0–2	1–1
UCD	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–0
Waterford United	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	—

Source: www.extratime.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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