The 1984–85 Associate Members' Cup, known as the 1984–85 Freight Rover Trophy, was the fourth staging of a secondary football league tournament, and the second staging of the
Associate Members' Cup, a knock-out competition for
English football clubs in the
Third Division and the
Fourth Division. The winners were
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system.
Founded in 1932, they have p ...
and the runners-up were
Brentford
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Its economy has dive ...
.
The competition began on 22 January 1985 and ended with the final on 1 June 1985 at
Wembley Stadium
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.
In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists faced each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.
First round
Northern Section
Southern Section
Second round
In this round, in each section, the 6 winners and the 2 "lucky losers" progressed to the quarter-finals. Lucky losers are marked with the letters
LL.
Northern Section
Southern Section
Quarter-finals
Northern Section
Southern Section
Area semi-finals
Northern Section
Southern Section
Area finals
Northern Area final
Southern Area final
Final
Notes
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