Saturday 25 August 1984 at Molineux (Att 14,908)

Wolves (2) 2 (Dodd 17, Langley 18): Flowers, Humphrey, Palmer, Dougherty, Pender, Dodd, Ainscow (Ryan 60), Evans, Langley, Cartwright, Butler.
Sheffield United (0) 2 (Edwards 50, Arnott 80): Waugh, Hefferman, Bolton, Arnott, Stancliffe, West (Kenworthy 72), Morris, Cockerill, Edwards, McHale, Atkins.

Referee: Mr R Guy (Kirby).
Booked: Atkins 70, Pender 88.
Landmark: Alan Ainscow, Tommy Langley and Tony Evans make their Wolves debut. Tim Flowers and Derek Ryan both make their Football League bows. Kevin Arnott makes his Blades debut.
Position: 9th.