Eredivisie 1984/85 Like in the previous year, FC Den Bosch obtain the distinction of not losing a match against the champions: Ajax are held to a 2-2 draw away and a 1-1 in De Vliert, in front of a record eredivisie attendance of 20,400, on March 5, 1985. That match, first scheduled for September 30, 1984, was postponed no less than four times, the second time, on the 21st of October, with thousands already in the stadium. Referee Geurds claimed that the sandy pitch would be dangerous for the players, but evil rumours suggest that Ajax's European tie with Bohemians Prague on the 24th had more to do with it. Away to the Go Ahead Eagles, luck is on the side of FC Den Bosch. On the 24th of November, the match is abandoned because of lightning, with Den Bosch trailing 2-0. The replay in February is won 3-0. All results: against home away total 84/85 overall total 54-85 Ajax 1-1 2-2 2 0 2 0 3- 3 2 14 2 3 9 14-35 7 A.Z. '67 2-2 1-1 2 0 2 0 3- 3 2 16 5 8 3 27-21 18 [Alkmaar] Excelsior 0-0 1-1 2 0 2 0 1- 1 2 26 6 10 10 30-37 22 Feyenoord 1-2 1-3 2 0 0 2 2- 5 0 14 1 4 9 12-40 6 [Feijenoord] Fortuna Sittard 2-4 2-0 2 1 0 1 4- 4 2 30 8 7 15 41-54 23 [Fortuna '54, F.S.C.] Go Ahead Eagles 3-0 3-0 2 2 0 0 6- 0 4 10 5 2 3 15- 9 12 [Go Ahead] F.C. Groningen 0-0 1-1 2 0 2 0 1- 1 2 30 6 11 13 28-39 23 [G.V.A.V.] Haarlem 0-0 1-2 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1 23 11 6 6 30-21 28 M.V.V. 0-2 3-0 2 1 0 1 3- 2 2 20 7 6 7 22-28 20 N.A.C. 4-1 0-0 2 1 1 0 4- 1 3 10 4 1 5 20-15 9 P.E.C. Zwolle 2-0 0-1 2 1 0 1 2- 1 2 16 6 3 7 21-20 15 [P.E.C.] P.S.V. 2-1 0-0 2 1 1 0 2- 1 3 14 2 1 11 17-46 5 Roda J.C. 0-0 1-1 2 0 2 0 1- 1 2 14 2 6 6 18-29 10 [Rapid J.C.] Sparta 3-0 1-2 2 1 0 1 4- 2 2 12 2 4 6 20-29 8 F.C. Twente 3-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 3- 0 3 14 3 4 7 14-30 10 [S.C. Enschede] F.C. Utrecht 2-2 2-3 2 0 1 1 4- 5 1 12 4 1 7 24-26 9 [D.O.S.] Volendam 0-0 1-0 2 1 1 0 1- 0 3 32 10 6 16 36-51 26 Home record 17 6 8 3 25-15 20 525 258 130 137 926- 623 646 Away record 17 4 8 5 20-17 16 525 148 143 234 628- 860 439 Neutral venues 2 2 0 0 4- 1 4 Total 34 10 16 8 45-32 36 1052 408 273 371 1558-1484 1089 The season, match by match: 1 Sep 84 PEC Zwolle 1-0 FC Den Bosch 5 Sep 84 FC Den Bosch 0-0 Haarlem 12 Sep 84 MVV 0-3 FC Den Bosch [Kaiser, Schouwenaar, Van der Waart] 16 Sep 84 FC Den Bosch 3-0 Sparta [Schouwenaar 2, Pattinama] 23 Sep 84 Excelsior 1-1 FC Den Bosch [Van der Waart] 6 Oct 84 AZ '67 1-1 FC Den Bosch [Aichorn] 14 Oct 84 FC Den Bosch 0-0 Roda JC 28 Oct 84 FC Den Bosch 2-4 Fortuna Sittard [Kaiser, Van der Waart] 31 Oct 84 FC Den Bosch 3-0 FC Twente [Kaiser 2, Van der Waart] 3 Nov 84 NAC 0-0 FC Den Bosch 11 Nov 84 Volendam 0-1 FC Den Bosch [Van der Horst] 2 Dec 84 FC Den Bosch 0-0 FC Groningen 9 Dec 84 FC Utrecht 3-2 FC Den Bosch [Kaiser, Schouwenaar] 16 Dec 84 FC Den Bosch 1-2 Feyenoord [Van der Horst] 2 Feb 85 Haarlem 2-1 FC Den Bosch [Van der Horst] 6 Feb 85 Go Ahead Eagles 0-3 FC Den Bosch [Van der Waart 2, Gillhaus] 26 Feb 85 FC Den Bosch 2-0 PEC Zwolle [Gillhaus 2] 3 Mar 85 FC Twente 0-0 FC Den Bosch 5 Mar 85 FC Den Bosch 1-1 Ajax {Gillhaus] 10 Mar 85 FC Den Bosch 0-2 MVV 17 Mar 85 Sparta 2-1 FC Den Bosch [Scholten] 24 Mar 85 FC Den Bosch 0-0 Excelsior 6 Apr 85 FC Den Bosch 0-0 Volendam 8 Apr 85 PSV 0-0 FC Den Bosch 17 Apr 85 Ajax 2-2 FC Den Bosch [Schouwenaar, Van der Waart] 20 Apr 85 Fortuna Sittard 0-2 FC Den Bosch [Kaiser, Schouwenaar] 28 Apr 85 FC Den Bosch 4-1 NAC [Gillhaus 2, Schouwenaar 2] 5 May 85 FC Den Bosch 2-1 PSV [Gillhaus 2] 7 May 85 FC Den Bosch 2-2 AZ '67 [Kaiser, Van der Waart] 12 May 85 Roda JC 1-1 FC Den Bosch [Van der Waart] 19 May 85 FC Den Bosch 3-0 Go Ahead Eagles [Van der Waart 2, Gillhaus] 25 May 85 FC Groningen 1-1 FC Den Bosch [Aichorn] 27 May 85 FC Den Bosch 2-2 FC Utrecht [Van der Waart 2] 1 Jun 85 Feyenoord 3-1 FC Den Bosch [Pattinama] Before winter break 14 4 6 4 17-12 14 After winter break 20 6 10 4 28-20 22 Total 34 10 16 8 45-32 36 [Between Mar 24 and May 27] Unbeaten run 12 4 8 0 19-10 16 Appearances: Name Basis Sub Goals Birthdate Cor Adriaanse 28 04-02-1956 Gerard Aichorn 22 2 19-12-1953 Johan Bijnen 25 2 16-10-1959 Hans Gillhaus 18 9 9 05-11-1963 Jan van Grinsven 34 27-02-1960 Jos van Herpen 34 28-04-1962 Fred van der Hoorn 5 4 12-10-1963 Wim van der Horst 28 2 3 11-08-1956 Ruud Kaiser 24 6 7 26-12-1960 Cees van der Linden 34 15-01-1964 John van Nielen 24 2 25-12-1961 Ton Pattinama 29 2 30-07-1956 Arnold Scholten 19 10 1 15-12-1962 Roger Schouwenaar 16 13 8 02-04-1959 Peter van der Waart 34 13 01-12-1962 374 48 45