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League of Ireland
Season	1984–85
Dates	16 September 1984 - 2 May 1985
Champions	Shamrock Rovers (12th title)
Relegated	Sligo Rovers; Drogheda United; Finn Harps; Longford Town
European Cup	Shamrock Rovers
UEFA Cup	Bohemians
Cup Winners' Cup	Galway United
Top goalscorer	Tommy Gaynor (17) ; & Michael O'Connor (17)
Biggest home win	6-0 Limerick v Drogheda United 24/02/1985
Biggest away win	0-6, St. Patrick's Athletic v Longford Town 24/02/1985
Highest scoring	4-5, Finn Harps v Drogheda United 30/09/1984
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1984–1985 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and Shamrock Rovers won the championship. The prize for the League Champions was £5,000.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shamrock Rovers (C)	30	22	5	3	63	21	+42	49	Qualification to 1985–86 European Cup
2	Bohemians	30	19	5	6	57	29	+28	43	Qualification to 1985–86 UEFA Cup
3	Athlone Town	30	17	6	7	54	28	+26	40
4	University College Dublin	30	12	14	4	41	26	+15	38
5	Limerick City	30	16	5	9	61	40	+21	37
6	Galway United	30	9	11	10	49	43	+6	29	Qualification to 1985–86 European Cup Winners' Cup^[a]
7	Waterford United	30	11	7	12	44	41	+3	29
8	Dundalk	30	9	10	11	34	39	−5	28
9	Cork City	30	10	8	12	30	39	−9	28
10	Home Farm	30	11	5	14	43	47	−4	27
11	St Patrick's Athletic	30	10	7	13	36	45	−9	27
12	Shelbourne	30	9	8	13	39	46	−7	26
13	Sligo Rovers (R)	30	7	12	11	34	47	−13	26	Relegation to 1985–86 League of Ireland First Division
14	Drogheda United (R)	30	7	10	13	43	60	−17	24
15	Finn Harps (R)	30	6	7	17	38	71	−33	19
16	Longford Town (R)	30	3	4	23	27	71	−44	10

Source: www.rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Galway United qualified for the 1985-86 European Cup Winners' Cup after reaching the 1984–85 FAI Cup final.

Bottom four clubs relegated to the new First Division for next season.

Home \ Away	ATH	BOH	COR	DRO	DUN	FHA	GAL	HOM	LIM	LON	SHM	SHE	SLI	StP	UCD	WAT
Athlone Town	—	1–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–4	4–1	1–3	0–0	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0
Bohemians	2–1	—	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–2	4–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	6–1	3–2	2–1
Cork City	1–4	1–1	—	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	3–1	0–4	1–1	0–0	3–1
Drogheda United	0–1	1–2	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	4–3	6–2	0–2	1–2	3–3	1–3	1–1	4–2
Dundalk	0–2	1–1	1–0	4–1	—	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–3
Finn Harps	0–5	0–1	1–1	4–5	1–4	—	1–5	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–4
Galway United	3–5	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–2	—	3–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	2–3	5–0	2–0	0–0	2–2
Home Farm	0–2	1–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	3–1	—	3–2	1–1	0–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Limerick	0–1	2–1	3–1	6–0	0–0	5–0	4–1	3–0	—	3–0	1–4	2–2	2–2	3–2	3–0	1–0
Longford Town	2–3	1–3	1–1	2–4	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–0	—	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–6	1–3	0–1
Shamrock Rovers	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	6–1	—	3–2	4–0	4–0	1–0	4–1
Shelbourne	3–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–0	3–3	0–3
Sligo Rovers	0–1	0–3	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–1	—	1–2	0–1	1–1
St Patrick's Athletic	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–2	5–1	1–1	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	—	0–2	1–1
UCD	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–0	—	3–0
Waterford United	0–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	—

Source: www.extratime.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Tommy Gaynor	Limerick City	17
1	Michael O'Connor	Athlone Town	17
3	Jackie Jameson	Bohemians	15
4	Fran Hitchcock	Home Farm	14
4	Des Kennedy	Limerick City	14
6	Mick Byrne	Shamrock Rovers	12
6	Con McLaughlin	Finn Harps	12
6	Larry Wyse	Bohemians	12
9	Roddy Collins	Drogheda United	10
9	Paddy Dillon	Drogheda United	10
9	Terry Eviston	Athlone Town	10
9	Brian Gardiner	Galway United	10
9	Pat Morley	Waterford	10
9	Liam O'Brien	Shamrock Rovers	10