1985-09-07

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	0	Aston Villa	St Andrew's	24,971	Largest home gate 1985-86
	Lineups
Coventry City	0	2	Arsenal	Highfield Road	11,962
	Lineups		Woodcock, Nicholas
Liverpool	3	1	Watford	Anfield Road	31,395
Neal (p), Johnston, Rush	Lineups		West
Luton Town	1	1	Chelsea	Kenilworth Road	10,720
Harford	Lineups		Dixon
Manchester United	3	0	Oxford United	Old Trafford	51,820
Barnes, Robson, Whiteside	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	3	0	Everton	Loftus Road	14,006
Bannister 2, Byrne	Lineups
Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	West Ham United	Hillsborough	19,287
Thompson, Chapman	Lineups		Cottee, McAvennie
Southampton	3	0	Manchester City	The Dell	14,308
Case, Lawrence, OG	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	5	1	Newcastle United	White Hart Lane	23,883
Falco, Chiedozie 2, Hoddle, Hazard	Lineups		Davies
West Bromwich Albion	1	2	Ipswich Town	The Hawthorns	7,720
Crooks	Lineups		Putney, Sunderland

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Manchester United	7	4	0	0	12	0	3	0	0	6	2	16	21	W	W	W	W	W	1985-09-14	Manchester City	A
2	2	Liverpool	7	4	0	0	12	1	0	2	1	4	5	10	14	W	W	D	W	L	1985-09-14	Oxford United	A
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	7	1	2	1	6	9	3	0	0	5	1	1	14	D	L	W	W	W	1985-09-14	Arsenal	A
4	-2	Everton	7	2	1	0	7	2	2	0	2	7	7	5	13	L	W	W	W	D	1985-09-14	Luton Town	H
5	3	Arsenal	7	2	0	1	5	4	2	1	1	5	4	2	13	W	W	W	D	L	1985-09-14	Sheffield Wednesday	H
6	-1	Chelsea	7	3	0	0	6	0	0	3	1	3	6	3	12	D	L	W	D	W	1985-09-14	Southampton	H
7	2	Queens Park Rangers	7	3	0	1	6	2	1	0	2	4	7	1	12	W	L	L	W	W	1985-09-14	Watford	A
8	-2	Newcastle United	7	2	1	0	6	3	1	1	2	4	10	-3	11	L	L	W	W	W	1985-09-14	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	4	Tottenham Hotspur	7	3	0	1	13	3	0	1	2	2	4	8	10	W	W	L	L	L	1985-09-14	Nottingham Forest	A
10	-3	Watford	7	3	0	0	11	1	0	1	3	4	11	3	10	L	D	W	L	W	1985-09-14	Queens Park Rangers	H
11	-1	Birmingham City	7	3	1	0	5	1	0	0	3	1	9	-4	10	D	W	L	W	L	1985-09-14	Ipswich Town	A
12	-1	Aston Villa	7	1	1	1	6	5	1	2	1	3	4	0	9	D	W	W	D	L	1985-09-14	Coventry City	H
13	-1	Manchester City	7	1	1	1	4	5	1	1	2	4	7	-4	8	L	L	W	W	L	1985-09-14	Manchester United	H
14	5	Southampton	7	1	3	0	5	2	0	1	2	4	6	1	7	W	D	D	D	L	1985-09-14	Chelsea	A
15	-1	Luton Town	6	0	3	0	4	4	1	1	1	4	5	-1	7	D	L	D	W	D	1985-09-14	Everton	A
16	5	Ipswich Town	6	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	7	-5	7	W	D	L	W	L	1985-09-14	Birmingham City	H
17	1	West Ham United	7	1	1	1	5	4	0	2	2	3	6	-2	6	D	D	D	L	L	1985-09-14	Leicester City	H
18	-3	Leicester City	6	1	2	0	5	3	0	1	2	1	7	-4	6	D	L	D	L	D	1985-09-08	Nottingham Forest	H
19	-3	Oxford United	7	1	1	1	6	2	0	1	3	4	12	-4	5	L	L	L	L	W	1985-09-14	Liverpool	H
20	-3	Coventry City	7	1	1	2	7	7	0	1	2	1	5	-4	5	L	W	L	L	D	1985-09-14	Aston Villa	A
21	-1	Nottingham Forest	6	1	0	2	3	5	0	1	2	2	5	-5	4	L	L	L	W	L	1985-09-08	Leicester City	A
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	7	0	1	3	4	9	0	0	3	1	10	-14	1	L	L	L	L	L	1985-09-14	Newcastle United	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	Goldstone Ground	8,159
Biley, Ferguson, Saunders	Lineups		Keeley
Carlisle United	1	1	Barnsley	Brunton Park	2,418
Bishop	Lineups		Owen (p)
Charlton Athletic	3	1	Crystal Palace	The Valley	6,637
Reid 2 (2p), pearson	Lineups		Gray (p)
Fulham	0	1	Portsmouth	Craven Cottage	9,331	Largest home gate 1985-86
	Lineups		O'Callaghan
Huddersfield Town	2	0	Bradford City	Leeds Road	11,667	Largest home gate 1985-86
Cowling, Cork	Lineups
Hull City	0	0	Middlesbrough	Boothferry Park	7,710
	Lineups
Norwich City	4	0	Sheffield United	Carrow Road	11,956
Bruce, Drinkell 2, Haylock	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	1	3	Leeds United	Gay Meadow	4,168
Cross	Lineups		Wright, McCluskey, Baird
Stoke City	0	0	Millwall	Victoria Ground	7,187
	Lineups
Sunderland	3	3	Grimsby Town	Roker Park	14,895
Swindlehurst 2, Gates (p)	Lineups		Ford, Gilligan, Lund
Wimbledon	0	0	Oldham Athletic	Plough Lane	2,749
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Portsmouth	7	3	0	0	9	0	2	2	0	6	4	11	17	W	D	W	W	W	1985-09-14	Stoke City	H
2	0	Wimbledon	7	3	1	0	5	0	1	1	1	1	4	2	14	D	W	W	W	L	1985-09-14	Blackburn Rovers	A
3	2	Charlton Athletic	5	3	0	0	7	2	1	1	0	4	3	6	13	W	W	W	D	W	1985-09-13	Oldham Athletic	A
4	2	Huddersfield Town	7	2	1	1	7	5	1	2	0	5	4	3	12	W	D	W	L	D	1985-09-14	Sheffield United	A
5	-2	Blackburn Rovers	7	2	1	0	5	2	1	2	1	5	5	3	12	L	D	W	D	D	1985-09-14	Wimbledon	H
6	-2	Oldham Athletic	6	2	1	0	8	5	1	1	1	3	1	5	11	D	W	W	D	W	1985-09-13	Charlton Athletic	H
7	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	7	2	2	1	7	5	1	0	1	3	3	2	11	W	L	W	D	W	1985-09-14	Millwall	A
8	0	Barnsley	7	2	1	0	5	2	0	2	2	3	5	1	9	D	L	W	D	D	1985-09-14	Shrewsbury Town	H
9	1	Millwall	5	2	0	0	5	2	0	2	1	4	5	2	8	D	W	D	W	L	1985-09-14	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
10	-3	Sheffield United	5	1	1	0	5	1	1	1	1	3	5	2	8	L	D	D	W	W	1985-09-14	Huddersfield Town	H
11	4	Leeds United	7	0	2	1	2	3	2	0	2	7	10	-4	8	W	W	L	L	D	1985-09-14	Sunderland	H
12	6	Norwich City	6	2	1	0	6	1	0	0	3	3	8	0	7	W	L	D	L	L	1985-09-14	Middlesbrough	A
13	-2	Crystal Palace	5	1	0	1	3	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	7	L	L	D	W	W	1985-09-14	Fulham	H
14	0	Stoke City	6	1	2	1	8	6	0	1	1	1	3	0	6	D	D	L	W	D	1985-09-10	Middlesbrough	A
15	-3	Bradford City	5	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	3	3	6	-1	6	L	W	L	L	W	1985-09-14	Hull City	H
16	-3	Fulham	5	2	0	1	5	3	0	0	2	0	3	-1	6	L	L	W	L	W	1985-09-14	Crystal Palace	A
17	-1	Grimsby Town	7	0	2	1	3	4	0	3	1	7	8	-2	5	D	D	L	L	D	1985-09-13	Carlisle United	H
18	1	Hull City	5	0	3	0	4	4	0	1	1	2	4	-2	4	D	L	D	D	D	1985-09-14	Bradford City	A
19	-2	Shrewsbury Town	7	0	2	2	3	7	0	2	1	5	6	-5	4	L	D	D	D	D	1985-09-14	Barnsley	A
20	0	Middlesbrough	5	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	-5	4	D	L	L	W	L	1985-09-10	Stoke City	H
21	0	Carlisle United	5	0	2	1	4	5	0	0	2	0	6	-7	2	D	L	D	L	L	1985-09-13	Grimsby Town	A
22	0	Sunderland	6	0	1	2	3	8	0	0	3	0	5	-10	1	D	L	L	L	L	1985-09-14	Leeds United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	4	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burnden Park	4,986
Thompson 2 (1p), Cross 2	Lineups		Morrissey
Brentford	1	1	Plymouth Argyle	Griffin Park	3,927
Lynch	Lineups		Cooper S (p)
Bristol City	1	0	Wigan Athletic	Ashton Gate	5,673
Pritchard	Lineups
Chesterfield	0	1	AFC Bournemouth	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,207
	Lineups		Clarke
Derby County	1	2	Blackpool	Baseball Ground	10,702
Davison	Lineups		O'Keefe 2 (1p)
Newport County	3	0	Bristol Rovers	Somerton Park	2,775
James, Staniforth, Dowman	Lineups
Notts County	1	1	Gillingham	Meadow Lane	3,624
Young	Lineups		Byrne
Reading	2	1	Walsall	Elm Park	3,793
Brazier OG, Senior	Lineups		Hawker
Swansea City	1	0	Rotherham United	Vetch Field	3,687
Hutchison	Lineups
York City	1	1	Cardiff City	Bootham Crescent	3,760
Evans	Lineups		Ford

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Reading	5	3	0	0	6	3	2	0	0	4	1	6	15	W	W	W	W	W	1985-09-14	Rotherham United	A
2	6	Newport County	5	1	1	1	6	4	2	0	0	3	1	4	10	W	W	L	W	D	1985-09-14	Plymouth Argyle	A
3	3	Brentford	5	2	1	0	4	2	1	0	1	1	4	-1	10	D	L	W	W	W	1985-09-13	Doncaster Rovers	A
4	-2	Bury	4	2	0	0	8	2	1	0	1	7	5	8	9	W	W	W	L	#	1985-09-14	Derby County	H
5	-2	Walsall	5	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	2	6	7	4	9	L	W	L	W	W	1985-09-14	Bolton Wanderers	H
6	-2	Wigan Athletic	5	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	2	2	5	2	9	L	W	L	W	W	1985-09-14	Darlington	H
7	-2	Chesterfield	5	2	0	1	6	4	1	0	1	2	3	1	9	L	L	W	W	W	1985-09-14	Gillingham	A
8	1	Gillingham	5	1	1	0	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	8	D	W	W	D	L	1985-09-14	Chesterfield	H
9	2	Notts County	5	0	2	1	3	6	2	0	0	4	1	0	8	D	W	D	W	L	1985-09-14	AFC Bournemouth	A
10	-3	Derby County	5	2	0	1	8	4	0	1	1	1	2	3	7	L	D	W	L	W	1985-09-14	Bury	A
11	1	York City	5	2	1	0	8	3	0	0	2	4	7	2	7	D	L	W	L	W	1985-09-14	Blackpool	A
12	2	Cardiff City	5	0	0	2	1	5	2	1	0	7	3	0	7	D	L	W	L	W	1985-09-14	Bristol City	H
13	-3	Rotherham United	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	1	4	0	7	L	W	L	W	D	1985-09-14	Reading	H
14	-1	Doncaster Rovers	4	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	0	3	3	2	6	W	D	D	D	#	1985-09-08	Lincoln City	A
15	2	AFC Bournemouth	5	1	0	1	5	1	1	0	2	1	4	1	6	W	L	L	W	L	1985-09-14	Notts County	H
16	2	Blackpool	5	1	0	1	3	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1	6	W	W	L	L	L	1985-09-14	York City	H
17	-2	Lincoln City	4	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	5	-3	6	L	W	L	W	#	1985-09-08	Doncaster Rovers	H
18	4	Bolton Wanderers	5	1	1	1	6	6	0	1	1	2	3	-1	5	W	L	L	D	D	1985-09-14	Walsall	A
19	-3	Darlington	4	1	1	0	5	4	0	1	1	1	3	-1	5	L	W	D	D	#	1985-09-14	Wigan Athletic	A
20	-1	Plymouth Argyle	5	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	4	4	-2	4	D	L	W	L	L	1985-09-14	Newport County	H
21	-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	1	0	1	4	4	0	0	3	4	10	-6	3	L	W	L	L	L	1985-09-14	Swansea City	H
22	1	Swansea City	5	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	2	1	5	-6	3	W	L	L	L	L	1985-09-14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
23	1	Bristol City	5	1	0	2	4	5	0	0	2	0	7	-8	3	W	L	L	L	L	1985-09-14	Cardiff City	A
24	-3	Bristol Rovers	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	5	9	-5	2	L	D	L	L	D	1985-09-14	Lincoln City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	2	0	Hartlepool United	Turf Moor	3,175
Heggarty, Biggins	Lineups
Cambridge United	0	2	Aldershot	Abbey Stadium	1,504
	Lineups		Massey, Johnson
Chester City	1	0	Hereford United	Sealand Road	1,720
Houghton	Lineups
Exeter City	0	2	Southend United	St James Park	2,213
	Lineups		Pennyfather, Clark
Mansfield Town	1	1	Wrexham	Field Mill	3,026
Whatmore	Lineups		Charles
Orient	1	0	Port Vale	Brisbane Road	2,455
Cornwell	Lineups
Preston North End	4	0	Torquay United	Deepdale	3,403
Brazil 2, Greenwood 2	Lineups
Rochdale	2	1	Peterborough United	Spotland	2,600	Largest home gate 1985-86
Gamble 2	Lineups		Kowalski

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Rochdale	5	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	0	3	2	7	13	W	D	W	W	W	1985-09-13	Hartlepool United	A
2	3	Southend United	5	1	1	0	5	1	2	1	0	5	2	7	11	W	D	W	W	D	1985-09-14	Scunthorpe United	H
3	0	Wrexham	5	2	0	0	4	2	1	2	0	3	2	3	11	D	W	D	W	W	1985-09-14	Exeter City	H
4	-3	Peterborough United	5	2	0	0	4	0	1	1	1	7	6	5	10	L	W	D	W	W	1985-09-14	Swindon Town	H
5	3	Orient	5	2	1	0	6	3	1	0	1	3	6	0	10	W	W	D	L	W	1985-09-13	Halifax Town	A
6	-2	Colchester United	5	3	0	0	10	2	0	0	2	2	4	6	9	W	L	W	L	W	1985-09-14	Tranmere Rovers	A
7	4	Burnley	5	2	0	2	6	5	1	0	0	2	0	3	9	W	W	L	L	W	1985-09-14	Hereford United	A
8	-2	Mansfield Town	5	2	1	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	1	5	8	D	L	W	D	W	1985-09-14	Aldershot	A
9	7	Chester City	5	1	2	0	3	2	1	0	1	3	5	-1	8	W	W	D	L	D	1985-09-14	Torquay United	A
10	-3	Tranmere Rovers	5	1	0	1	8	5	1	1	1	4	5	2	7	W	L	D	W	L	1985-09-14	Colchester United	H
11	-2	Swindon Town	5	2	0	1	5	4	0	1	1	1	4	-2	7	W	D	W	L	L	1985-09-14	Peterborough United	A
12	-2	Halifax Town	5	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	2	2	6	-2	7	L	W	L	W	D	1985-09-13	Orient	H
13	-1	Northampton Town	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	7	0	6	L	W	W	L	#	1985-09-10	Preston North End	H
14	7	Aldershot	5	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	2	2	6	-2	6	W	L	L	W	L	1985-09-14	Mansfield Town	H
15	-2	Hereford United	5	2	0	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	7	-3	6	L	W	L	W	L	1985-09-14	Burnley	H
16	-2	Stockport County	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	7	-3	6	W	L	W	L	#	1985-09-13	Preston North End	A
17	-2	Port Vale	5	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	-1	5	L	D	W	D	L	1985-09-14	Cambridge United	H
18	6	Preston North End	4	1	1	1	8	6	0	0	1	1	2	1	4	W	L	D	L	#	1985-09-10	Northampton Town	A
19	-2	Scunthorpe United	5	1	1	1	5	2	0	0	2	1	3	1	4	L	L	D	L	W	1985-09-14	Southend United	A
20	-2	Hartlepool United	5	1	0	1	5	3	0	1	2	3	7	-2	4	L	L	D	W	L	1985-09-13	Rochdale	H
21	-2	Crewe Alexandra	5	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	2	2	6	-3	4	L	L	W	L	D	1985-09-14	Northampton Town	A
22	-2	Cambridge United	5	1	0	2	5	6	0	0	2	2	7	-6	3	L	L	L	L	W	1985-09-14	Port Vale	A
23	-1	Exeter City	4	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	1	0	4	-6	3	L	L	L	W	#	1985-09-14	Wrexham	A
24	-1	Torquay United	5	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	3	1	10	-9	3	L	W	L	L	L	1985-09-14	Chester City	H