Season 1984/85
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season
Standard home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P32 W21 D6 L5 F72 A24
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
5/9 | Chelsea (h) | 8/9 | Newcastle U (h) |
15/9 | Coventry C (a) | 22/9 | Liverpool (h) |
26/9 | Burnley (h) | 13/10 | West Ham (h) |
20/10 | Spurs (h) | 30/10 | Everton (h) |
2/11 | Arsenal (h) | 17/11 | Luton T (h) |
1/12 | Norwich C (h) | 15/12 | QPR (h) |
22/12 | Ipswich T (h) | 29/12 | Chelsea (a) |
1/1 | Sheff Wed (h) | 5/1 | Bournemouth (h) |
12/1 | Coventry C (h) | 26/1 | West Brom (h) |
2/2 | West Brom (h) | 2/3 | Everton (h) |
9/3 | West Ham (h) | 12/3 | Spurs (a) |
23/3 | Aston Villa (h) | 3/4 | Leicester C (h) |
6/4 | Stoke C (h) | 9/4 | Sheff Wed (a) |
13/4 | Liverpool (n) | 21/4 | Luton T (a) |
24/4 | Southampton (h) | 27/4 | Sunderland (h) |
4/5 | Norwich C (a) | 6/5 | Nott'm F (h) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
17/12 | Scunthorpe (a) | 26/5 | Jamaica XI |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D1 L0 F1 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
9/2 | Newcastle U (a) |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D1 L0 F1 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
25/8 | Watford (h) |
Kit Notes:
Contributor Michael Jordan has sent an explanation for United's choice of white socks. The official FA handbook issued to clubs for 1984/85 listed United's home socks as red and white hoops and to avoid a clash with their predominately red socks, Watford arrived at Old Trafford with black socks, which obviously clashed with United's home socks.
The referee initially insisted United wear their official socks (the red and white hooped socks listed in the handbook).
It is believed that someone was dispatched to a local sports shop to buy the socks, but returned with 13 pairs of plain white socks. The kick off was delayed that day by two or three minutes.
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P6 W4 D1 L1 F11 A10
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
1/9 | Ipswich T (a) | 29/9 | West Brom (a) |
27/10 | Everton (a) | 10/11 | Leicester C (a) |
15/2 | Blackburn R (a) | 11/5 | QPR (a) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
20/1 | Oldham Ath (a) |
European home (short-sleeved)
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P3 W2 D1 L0 F6 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
19/9 | Raba Vasas (h) | 7/11 | PSV (h) |
28/11 | Dundee U (h) |
European variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D1 L0 F2 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
3/10 | Raba Vasas (a) |
European home (long-sleeved)
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F1 A0
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
6/3 | Videoton (h) |
European variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D0 L1 F0 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
20/3 | Videoton (a) |
FA Cup Final kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F1 A0
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
18/5 | Everton |
Pre-season home kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
5/8 | Shamrock R (a) | 13/8 | Ath Bilbao (a) |
14/8 | AFC Ajax (a) |
Pre-season variant home kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
17/8 | Vfb Stuttgart (a) |
Change kit (short-sleeved)
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W0 D0 L2 F2 A6
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
6/10 | Aston Villa (a) | 8/12 | Nott'm F (a) |
Variant change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F3 A0
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
9/10 | Burnley (a) |
Variant change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D0 L1 F1 A5
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
13/5 | Watford (a) |
Change kit (long-sleeved)
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P3 W3 D0 L0 F4 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
23/2 | Arsenal (a) | 31/3 | Liverpool (a) |
17/4 | Liverpool (n) |
Variant change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D1 L0 F2 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
15/3 | West Ham (a) |
European change kit (short-sleeved)
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D1 L0 F0 A0
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
24/10 | PSV (a) |
Variant change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F3 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | ||
---|---|---|---|
12/12 | Dundee U (a) |
Standard third kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P3 W0 D1 L2 F3 A5
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
28/8 | Southampton (a) | 24/11 | Sunderland (a) |
26/12 | Stoke C (a) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
24/5 | Southampton (a) |
Pre-season third kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
11/8 | AS Roma (a) | 19/8 | Feyenoord (a) |
Home Kit
European Home Kit
At Videoton Gary Bailey wore a domestic shirt with the adidas logo on the number taped over. Move your cursor over the image to reveal this variant.
Change Kit
European Change Kit
FA Cup Final Kit
The Season in brief
Norman Whiteside's curling shot past Neville Southall twenty minutes into extra time proved the decisive moment in the F.A. Cup Final against newly crowned Champions Everton. The game, hardly a classic, was spoilt by an over fussy referee who dismissed Kevin Moran, the first player sent off in an F.A. Cup Final. United's triumph capped another relatively successful season under Ron Atkinson.
The League Championship once again eluded United; although they remained amongst the leading clubs all season, their slim title hopes were finally ended by a 2-1 defeat on April 21st at Kenilworth Road. The season ended in a humiliating 5-1 defeat at Watford to leave the club fourth.
In the UEFA Cup United were involved in their first competitive penalty shoot out. Victories over Raba Vasas ETO Gyor, PSV Eindhoven and Dundee United had taken them into the quarter finals, and a tie against the Hungarian side Videoton. Frank Stapleton scored in a 1-0 win at Old Trafford, but United lost the away leg by a similar score, and lost the penalty shoot out 5-4.
United had all new designs for the home, change and third kits. adidas enlarged and slightly redesigned the club crest to include a pair of three-stripe football boots to the scroll ends above the club's name.
The new kits were launched on August 21st 1984, which meant United had continued to use their 1983/84 kits for the pre-season games. adidas provided European versions of the home and change kits - 'UEFA Cup 1984-85' was embroidered on the shirt and the adidas logo moved from the sleeve to the main body.
Replica versions of these kits featured larger, embossed crests and adidas trefoil logos and were available with or without the embossed Sharp sponsors logos on the chest.