FA Cup Attendances for 1984/85 season

This time back 40 years to the 1984/85 season

This was Dartford's year in the FA Cup in reaching the Second Round Proper, drawing 1-1 at Watling Street at home match against AFC Bournemouth. With the prospect of facing Manchester United in the Third Round if they could overcome Bournemouth in the replay.  Unfortunately, the Darts lost 4-1 in the replay.

During the mid 1980s football attendances hit rock bottom, so with the likes of Folkestone, Canterbury City and Fisher Athletic all achieving very respectable gates in the later stages of the competition, was mightily impressive. 

Preliminary Round - 1 September 1984			Att
Bromley	4-0	Cray Wanderers	248
Chatham Town	2-3	Metropolitan Police	98
Crockenhill	0-3	Grays Athletic	80
Deal Town	2-2	Hastings Town	75
Dover Athletic	0-0	Horsham	181
Erith and Belvedere	2-2	Rainham Town	87
Littlehampton Town	1-1	Canterbury City	142
Tonbridge AFC	4-1	Molesey	196
Whitstable Town	1-0	Burgess Hill Town	58
Preliminary Round Replay - 5 September 1984			Att
Canterbury City	6-0	Littlehampton Town	114
Hastings Town	3-1	Deal Town	116
Horsham	0-1	Dover Athletic	109
Rainham Town	3-1	Erith and Belvedere	26
First Qualifying Round - 15 September 1984			Att
Ashford Town	1-2	Lewes	192
Beckenham Town	0-2	Hitchin Town	120
Bromley	1-1	Heybridge Swifts	225
Canterbury City	3-0	Faversham Town	144
Dover Athletic	1-0	Three Bridges	196
Fisher Athletic	6-1	Rainham Town	195
Herne Bay	0-3	Walthamstow Avenue	117
Sheppey United	2-0	Whitehawk	194
Thanet United	2-3	Sittingbourne	260
Tonbridge AFC	0-1	Folkestone	391
Tunbridge Wells	0-2	Leytonstone Ilford	103
Uxbridge	0-1	Welling United	160
Walton and Hersham	0-1	Gravesend and Northfleet	180
Whitstable Town	0-0	Croydon	143
First Qualifying Round Replay - 19 September 1984			Att
Croydon	5-0	Whitstable Town	170
Heybridge Swifts	2-1	Bromley	303
Second Qualifying Round - 29 September 1984			Att
Canterbury City	2-1	Croydon	184
Dover Athletic	1-4	Leatherhead	352
Egham Town	1-0	Gravesend and Northfleet	163
Folkestone	3-0	Redhill	709
Haywards Heath	0-3	Sittingbourne	110
Hitchin Town	1-1	Fisher Athletic	329
Sheppey United	0-1	Hastings United	214
Welling United	2-1	Addlestone and Weybridge Town	347
Second Qualifying Round Replay - 2 October 1984			Att
Fisher Athletic	3-1	Hitchin Town	253
Third Qualifying Round - 13 October 1984			Att
Canterbury City	2-1	Worthing	271
Folkestone	1-0	Walthamstow Avenue	977
Metropolitan Police	3-1	Welling United	180
Sittingbourne	1-1	Staines Town	349
Tring Town	1-1	Fisher Athletic	230
Third Qualifying Round Replay - 16 October 1984			Att
Fisher Athletic	5-0	Tring Town	389
Third Qualifying Round Replay - 17 October 1984			Att
Staines Town	3-0	Sittingbourne	284
Fourth Qualifying Round - 27 October 1984			Att
Bishops Stortford	1-0	Maidstone United	530
Canterbury City	0-1	Enfield	710
Folkestone	2-2	Fisher Athletic	1565
Grays Athletic	1-3	Dartford	1017
Fourth Qualifying Round Replay - 31 October 1984			Att
Fisher Athletic	2-0	Folkestone	1478
First Round - 17 November 1984			Att
Fisher Athletic	0-1	Bristol City	2000
Metropolitan Police	0-3	Dartford	1204

Second Round - 8 December 1984			Att
Dartford	1-1	AFC Bournemouth	3884
Second Round Replay - 11 December 1984			Att
AFC Bournemouth	4-1	Dartford	4881