The 1984–85 FA Cup was the 104th staging of the world's oldest
football
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knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
. The competition was won by
Manchester United
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, who defeated
Everton 1–0 at
Wembley
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, thus denying Everton
the double just 3 days after winning the
European Cup Winners' Cup
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. The final was also notable for seeing the first sending off, with
Kevin Moran obtaining the unwanted distinction.
''For information on the matches played from the Preliminary Round to the Fourth Qualifying Round, see
1984–85 FA Cup Qualifying rounds.''
First round proper
Teams from the
Football League Third and
Fourth Division entered in this round plus
Northwich Victoria
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Bangor City
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,
Altrincham
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and
Telford United, were given byes. The first round of games were played over the weekend 17–19 November 1984. Replays were played on 19th-20th, except that for Swindon Town and Dagenham, which was played on 26th.
Second round proper
The second round of games were played over 7–8 December 1984, with replays being played on 11th, 12th and 17th.
Third round proper
Teams from the
Football League First and
Second Division
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entered in this round. Most of the third round of games in the FA Cup were played over the weekend 4–6 January 1985, with the exception of the Gillingham-Cardiff City match. Replays took place at various times over the period 8–28 January, however. The FA ordered the Leicester and Burton Albion game to be replayed behind closed doors after the Burton Albion goalkeeper had been struck by a bottle in the first game which had ended in a 6–1 win for Leicester.
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Fourth round proper
The fourth round of games were mainly played over the weekend 26–27 January 1985. Some games were instead played or replayed on 29–30 January or 4 February.
Fifth round proper
The fifth set of games were intended to be played on 15–16 February 1985, but most of these matches were not played until 4 March, with replays taking place on 6th.
Sixth round proper
The sixth round of FA Cup games were played either at the weekend on 9–10 March or midweek on 13 March 1985. A replay was also played on this later date.
Former Everton manager Harry Catterick
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collapsed and died at the ground shortly after the first match between Everton and Ipswich Town. Everton players wore black armbands in the replay in his memory. The match between Luton Town and Millwall was suspended for 25 minutes by crowd violence.
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Replay
Semi finals
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Replay
Final
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TV Coverage
The right to show FA Cup games were, as with Football League matches, shared between the BBC and ITV. As per the arrangements of the previous season four games were allowed to be screened Live from the Third round to the sixth and shared between the two companies, as well as the Final. For since 1970 ITV. Replays were shared between the two companies.
First Round
''BBC''
Met Police v Dartford (Report only)
Second Round
''BBC''
Dagenham v Peterborough United (Report only)
''ITV''
Reading v Bognor Regis Town (Highlights shown nationally after the league game between Southampton v Arsenal with commentary from Peter Brackley
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Third Round
''BBC''
Leeds United v Everton (LIVE-Friday Evening)
''ITV''
Fulham v Sheffield Wednesday
Hereford United v Arsenal
Liverpool v Aston Villa
Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest (Midweek replay)
Charlton Athletic v Tottenham Hotspur (Midweek replay)
Fourth Round
''BBC''
York City v Arsenal
Orient v Southampton
Grimsby Town v Watford
Wimbledon v Nottingham Forest (Midweek replay)
ITV
Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur (LIVE-Sunday Afternoon)
Fifth Round
''BBC''
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United (LIVE-Friday Evening)
Luton Town v Watford (Saturday 2nd replay)
''ITV''
York City v Liverpool
Everton v Telford United
Sixth Round
''BBC''
Manchester United v West Ham United
Everton v Ipswich Town
Luton Town v Millwall (Midweek)
Ipswich Town v Everton (Midweek replay)
''ITV''
Barnsley v Liverpool (LIVE-Sunday Afternoon)
Semi-Finals
''BBC''
Everton v Luton Town
''ITV''
Liverpool v Manchester United
Liverpool v Manchester United (Midweek replay)
Final
Everton v Manchester United shown Live by both the BBC & ITV.
References
FA Cup Results Archive
* MOTD Listing
* ITV Listing
* Midweek Football Listing
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