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1984–85 Stoke City F.C. season

Stoke City
1984–85 season
ChairmanFrank Edwards
ManagerBill Asprey (until April 2)
Tony Lacey (caretaker)
StadiumVictoria Ground
Football League First Division22nd (17 Points)
FA CupThird Round
League CupSecond Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ian Painter
(6)
All: Ian Painter
(9)
Highest home attendance21,013 vs Manchester United
(26 December 1984)
Lowest home attendance4,597 vs Norwich City
(24 April 1985)
Average home league attendance10,700

The 1984–85 season was Stoke City's 78th season in the Football League and 52nd in the First Division.

Bill Asprey was given the managerial position on a permanent basis by the board following the previous season's close escape. However Stoke won three of their 42 league matches managing to pick up 17 points, a record low which would stand for 21 years. Stoke scored 24 goals and conceded 91 giving them a goal difference of –67. Supporters stopped attending matches with crowds falling below 5,000. The season became known as The Holocaust season and Stoke would not gain a return to the top flight until 2008.[1][2]

Season review

League

The directors did not hesitate in appointing Bill Asprey on a full-time basis, but there was a shock for the supporters when it was announced that both Paul Maguire and Peter Hampton were being released.[1] Asprey had decided to start building his own team but he knew that there was no money available for him and so a club once filled with international stars had to loan players from other clubs.[1] As the season started goals were almost non-existent and by autumn Asprey had sold Robbie James for £100,000 to Queens Park Rangers so he could buy Keith Bertschin a proven goalscorer from Norwich City.[1]

Still there was no improvement and as the season wore on Stoke struggled to even compete with their First Division rivals and it turned into a case of when and not if Stoke would be relegated.[1] Stoke went down breaking almost every record available: fewest goals scored (24); fewest wins (3); and lowest points tally (17).[1] Ian Painter was top goalscorer with six of which four were penalties.[1] With the season drawing to a close Asprey was relieved of his duties as his health had been affected by the season's traumas and Tony Lacey took over the last eight matches losing all of them.[1] Chairman Frank Edwards took the full brunt of the supporters protests following relegation before he died following a heart attack.[1] Sandy Clubb took over from Edwards and he appointed Mick Mills as manager as the club began to rebuild in the Second Division.[1]

FA Cup

Luton Town knocked out Stoke after a replay in the third round.[1]

League Cup

Stoke were defeated by Third Division Rotherham United in the second round.[1]

Final league table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
18 Coventry City 42 15 5 22 47 64 −17 50
19 Queens Park Rangers 42 13 11 18 53 72 −19 50
20 Norwich City[a] (R) 42 13 10 19 46 64 −18 49 Relegation to the Second Division
21 Sunderland (R) 42 10 10 22 40 62 −22 40
22 Stoke City (R) 42 3 8 31 24 91 −67 17
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Norwich City would have qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.

Results

Stoke's score comes first

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Main article: 1984–85 Football League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 25 August 1984 Luton Town A 0–2 8,626
2 27 August 1984 Aston Villa H 1–3 12,605 Painter 44'
3 1 September 1984 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–1 13,032 McIlroy 35', Heath 44'
4 15 September 1984 Leicester City H 2–2 13,591 Hemming 65', Bould 69'
5 19 September 1984 Norwich City A 0–0 13,051
6 22 September 1984 Arsenal A 0–4 26,758
7 29 September 1984 Sunderland H 2–2 8,882 Dyson 75', Bould 87'
8 6 October 1984 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 14,129 Berry 11'
9 13 October 1984 Southampton H 1–3 9,643 Heath 41'
10 20 October 1984 West Ham United H 2–4 9,945 Painter 81', Chamberlain 90'
11 27 October 1984 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–4 23,477
12 3 November 1984 Liverpool H 0–1 20,567
13 10 November 1984 West Bromwich Albion A 0–2 12,258
14 17 November 1984 Everton A 0–4 26,705
15 24 November 1984 Watford H 1–3 10,564 Painter 58' (pen)
16 1 December 1984 Newcastle United A 1–2 21,135 McIlroy 55'
17 4 December 1984 Queens Park Rangers A 0–2 8,403
18 8 December 1984 Ipswich Town H 0–2 7,925
19 15 December 1984 Chelsea A 1–1 20,534 Dyson 71'
20 22 December 1984 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–2 19,799 Bould 45'
21 26 December 1984 Manchester United H 2–1 21,013 Painter 70' (pen), Saunders 75'
22 29 December 1984 Queens Park Rangers H 0–2 10,811
23 1 January 1985 Coventry City A 0–4 9,829
24 12 January 1985 Leicester City A 0–0 10,111
25 2 February 1985 Sunderland A 0–1 14,762
26 23 February 1985 Liverpool A 0–2 31,368
27 2 March 1985 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–1 12,533
28 12 March 1985 West Bromwich Albion H 0–0 6,995
29 16 March 1985 Southampton A 0–0 14,608
30 23 March 1985 Nottingham Forest H 1–4 7,453 Parkin 10'
31 27 March 1985 Aston Villa A 0–2 10,874
32 30 March 1985 Arsenal H 2–0 7,371 Painter 55' (pen), Dyson 62'
33 6 April 1985 Manchester United A 0–5 42,940
34 8 April 1985 Luton Town H 0–4 6,985
35 20 April 1985 Everton H 0–2 18,258
36 24 April 1985 Norwich City H 2–3 4,597 Bertschin 10', Saunders 90'
37 27 April 1985 Watford A 0–2 14,586
38 4 May 1985 Newcastle United H 0–1 7,088
39 6 May 1985 Ipswich Town A 1–5 14,150 Bertschin 69'
40 11 May 1985 Chelsea H 0–1 8,905
41 14 May 1985 West Ham United A 1–5 13,362 Painter 63' (pen)
42 17 May 1985 Coventry City H 0–1 6,930

FA Cup

Main article: 1984–85 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R3 5 January 1985 Luton Town A 1–1 7,270 Painter 78'
R3 Replay 9 January 1985 Luton Town H 2–3 9,917 Painter 47' (pen), Chamberlain 68'

League Cup

Main article: 1984–85 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
R2 1st Leg 26 September 1984 Rotherham United H 1–2 8,221 Saunders 65'
R2 2nd Leg 9 October 1984 Rotherham United A 1–1 6,898 Painter 22'

Friendlies

Match Opponent Venue Result
1 Parkway Clayton A 4–1
2 Cardiff City A 0–3
3 Oldham Athletic A 2–3

Squad statistics

Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Paul Barron 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
GK England Joe Corrigan 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
GK England Peter Fox 14 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
GK Wales Stuart Roberts 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 0
GK England Barry Siddall 15 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
DF England Steve Bould 38 3 2 0 2 0 42 3
DF Republic of Ireland Aaron Callaghan 2(3) 0 0 0 0 0 2(3) 0
DF England Alan Dodd 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
DF England Paul Dyson 37 3 2 0 2 0 41 3
DF England Wayne Ebanks 10 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
DF England Chris Hemming 14(2) 1 0 0 1 0 15(2) 1
DF Wales Robbie James 8 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
DF England Tony Spearing 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
MF England Carl Beeston 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Wales George Berry 31(1) 1 0 0 0 0 31(1) 1
MF England Alan Hudson 16(1) 0 2 0 1 0 19(1) 0
MF England Chris Maskery 34 0 2 0 1 0 37 0
MF Northern Ireland Sammy McIlroy 34 2 2 0 0 0 36 2
MF England Steve Parkin 8(5) 1 2 0 1 0 11(5) 1
MF England Terry Williams 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW England Keith Bertschin 24(1) 2 2 0 0 0 26(1) 2
FW England Mark Chamberlain 27(1) 1 2 1 2 0 31(1) 2
FW England Phil Heath 34(2) 2 0 0 0(1) 0 34(3) 2
FW Republic of Ireland Brendan O'Callaghan 20 0 2 0 2 0 24 0
FW England Ian Painter 38 6 2 2 2 1 42 9
FW England Carl Saunders 17(6) 2 0(2) 0 2 1 19(8) 3

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ "Think Stoke City are struggling now? You want to hear about their 1984-85 season". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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