The 1984–85 season was Dwyer's 14th senior campaign for Cardiff. The season started poorly as Goodfellow struggled to assemble a competitive squad and the side were bottom of the table after two months. Although Dwyer had a brief highlight, scoring the winning goal against his boyhood idols Leeds United in mid-September, the club recorded five straight defeats in their following fixtures. In one of the defeats, a 2–1 loss to Blackburn Rovers on 18 September 1984, Dwyer set a new club record for appearances in the Football League with 446, surpassing goalkeeper Tom Farquharson's record which had stood since 1935.