1984–85 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1984–85 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	John Neal
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	6th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Kerry Dixon (24); All: Kerry Dixon (36)
Highest home attendance	42,197 vs Manchester United; (29 December 1984)
Lowest home attendance	13,267 vs Aston Villa; (16 April 1985)
Average home league attendance	23,065
Biggest win	5–0 v Wigan Athletic; (26 January 1985)
Biggest defeat	2–4 v Aston Villa; (8 September 1984)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The 1984–85 season was Chelsea Football Club's seventy-first competitive season. With 24 goals, Kerry Dixon was the First Division's top goalscorer (jointly with Gary Lineker), the first Chelsea player to do this since Jimmy Greaves in 1961.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Manchester United^[a]	42	22	10	10	77	47	+30	76	Disqualified from the European Cup Winners' Cup^[1]
5	Southampton^[b]	42	19	11	12	56	47	+9	68	Disqualified from the UEFA Cup^[2]
6	Chelsea	42	18	12	12	63	48	+15	66
7	Arsenal	42	19	9	14	61	49	+12	66
8	Sheffield Wednesday	42	17	14	11	58	45	+13	65

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Manchester United would have qualified as FA Cup winners.
^ 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.