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14 September 1985: Carlton Palmer, 19-year-old midfielder, made his debut as a substitute for West Bromwich Albion in a 4–1 defeat by Newcastle United at St James' Park. [citation needed] 28 September 1985: David Rocastle, 18-year-old midfielder, made his debut for Arsenal in a 1–1 draw with Newcastle United in the First Division at Highbury.
22 January 1985: The three times postponed FA Cup replay between Arsenal and Hereford finally results in a 7–2 win for the First Division side. [12] 23 January 1985: Sunderland join Norwich in the Milk Cup semi-finals with a 1–0 win at Watford while QPR hold Ipswich to a goalless draw at Portman Road.
The history of the England national football team, also known as the Three Lions, begins with the first representative international match in 1870 and the first officially-recognised match two years later. England primarily competed in the British Home Championship over the following decades. Although the FA had joined the international ...
The England men's national football team is the joint-oldest in the world; it was formed at the same time as Scotland. A representative match between England and Scotland was played on 5 March 1870, having been organised by the Football Association. [6] A return fixture was organised by representatives of Scottish football teams on 30 November ...
1984–85 in English football 1985–86 in English football ... Events from 1985 in England. Incumbent. Events. January. February. March. April. May. June. July ...
The Old Lady became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major UEFA competitions after defeating the English team. June 6 – Following the Heysel Stadium disaster FIFA ban English clubs from competing in worldwide competitive matches for five years (ten years for Liverpool, later reduced to six).
The Football Association created the FA Premier League, an elite league of 22 clubs that replaced the old Football League First Division as England's highest division. Manchester United won the Football League Cup for the first time in their history, defeating four-time winners Nottingham Forest in the final.
20 April 1985 Stoke City: A 2–0 Sharp, Sheedy: 18,258 27 April 1985 Norwich City: H 3–0 Mountfield, Steven, Bracewell: 32,085 4 May 1985 Sheffield Wednesday: A 1–0 Gray: 37,381 6 May 1985 Queens Park Rangers: H 2–0 Mountfield, Sharp: 50,514 8 May 1985 West Ham United: H 3–0 Gray, Mountfield (2) 32,657 11 May 1985 Nottingham Forest: A ...