1985-09-21

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	2	1	Leicester City	St Andrew's	9,834
Geddis 2	Lineups		Sealy
Chelsea	2	1	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge	33,241
Nevin, Spackman (p)	Lineups		Nicholas
Everton	2	3	Liverpool	Goodison Park	51,509	Largest home gate 1985-86
Sharp, Lineker	Lineups		Dalglish, Rush, McMahon
Ipswich Town	0	3	Aston Villa	Portman Road	11,598
	Lineups		Walters, Hodge, Birch
Luton Town	2	0	Queens Park Rangers	Kenilworth Road	9,508
Harford, Foster	Lineups
Manchester City	2	2	West Ham United	Maine Road	22,001
Lillis, Melrose	Lineups		Cottee, McCarthy OG
Newcastle United	3	0	Oxford United	St James' Park	23,642
Gascoigne, Beardsley, McDonald	Lineups
Nottingham Forest	3	2	Watford	City Ground	12,921
Clough, Campbell, Davenport	Lineups		Callaghan, Rostron
Southampton	1	1	Coventry City	The Dell	12,576
Armstrong	Lineups		Gibson
Tottenham Hotspur	5	1	Sheffield Wednesday	White Hart Lane	23,601
Falco 2, Hoddle, Waddle 2	Lineups		Chapman
West Bromwich Albion	1	5	Manchester United	The Hawthorns	24,962	Largest home gate 1985-86
Crooks	Lineups		Brazil 2, Blackmore, Stapleton, Strachan

				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	9	4	0	0	12	0	5	0	0	14	3	23	27	W	W	W	W	W	1985-09-28	Southampton	H
2	2	Liverpool	9	4	0	0	12	1	1	3	1	9	9	11	18	W	D	W	W	D	1985-09-28	Tottenham Hotspur	H
3	2	Chelsea	9	5	0	0	10	1	0	3	1	3	6	6	18	W	W	D	L	W	1985-09-28	Watford	A
4	2	Newcastle United	9	4	1	0	13	4	1	1	2	4	10	3	17	W	W	L	L	W	1985-09-28	Arsenal	A
5	3	Tottenham Hotspur	9	4	0	1	18	4	1	1	2	3	4	13	16	W	W	W	W	L	1985-09-28	Liverpool	A
6	-4	Everton	9	3	1	1	11	5	2	0	2	7	7	6	16	L	W	L	W	W	1985-09-28	Aston Villa	A
7	-4	Arsenal	9	3	0	1	6	4	2	1	2	6	6	2	16	L	W	W	W	W	1985-09-28	Newcastle United	H
8	2	Birmingham City	9	4	1	0	7	2	1	0	3	2	9	-2	16	W	W	D	W	L	1985-09-28	Queens Park Rangers	A
9	-2	Sheffield Wednesday	9	1	2	1	6	9	3	0	2	6	7	-4	14	L	L	D	L	W	1985-09-28	Luton Town	H
10	-1	Watford	9	4	0	0	13	1	0	1	4	6	14	4	13	L	W	L	D	W	1985-09-28	Chelsea	H
11	1	Aston Villa	9	1	2	1	7	6	2	2	1	6	4	3	13	W	D	D	W	W	1985-09-28	Everton	H
12	-1	Queens Park Rangers	9	3	0	1	6	2	1	0	4	4	11	-3	12	L	L	W	L	L	1985-09-28	Birmingham City	H
13	0	West Ham United	9	2	1	1	8	4	0	3	2	5	8	1	10	D	W	D	D	D	1985-09-28	Nottingham Forest	H
14	3	Luton Town	8	1	3	0	6	4	1	1	2	4	7	-1	10	W	L	D	L	D	1985-09-28	Sheffield Wednesday	A
15	1	Nottingham Forest	9	2	0	3	6	8	1	1	2	5	5	-2	10	W	L	W	L	L	1985-09-28	West Ham United	A
16	-2	Manchester City	9	1	2	2	6	10	1	1	2	4	7	-7	9	D	L	L	L	W	1985-09-28	Oxford United	A
17	-2	Southampton	9	1	4	0	6	3	0	1	3	4	8	-1	8	D	L	W	D	D	1985-09-28	Manchester United	A
18	2	Coventry City	9	1	1	2	7	7	0	3	2	3	7	-4	7	D	D	L	W	L	1985-09-28	West Bromwich Albion	H
19	-1	Ipswich Town	8	1	1	3	2	6	1	0	2	2	7	-9	7	L	L	W	D	L	1985-09-28	Leicester City	A
20	-1	Oxford United	9	1	2	1	8	4	0	1	4	4	15	-7	6	L	D	L	L	L	1985-09-28	Manchester City	H
21	0	Leicester City	9	1	2	1	5	6	0	1	4	2	12	-11	6	L	L	L	D	L	1985-09-28	Ipswich Town	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	9	0	1	4	5	14	0	0	4	2	14	-21	1	L	L	L	L	L	1985-09-28	Coventry City	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	0	Grimsby Town	Oakwell	5,365
Walsh	Lineups
Blackburn Rovers	1	0	Fulham	Ewood Park	5,241
Patterson	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Wimbledon	Goldstone Ground	9,973
Wilson, Ferguson	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	0	Stoke City	The Valley	8,858
Stuart, Lee	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Millwall	Selhurst Park	8,713
Barber, Gray	Lineups		Nutton
Huddersfield Town	0	0	Norwich City	Leeds Road	7,225
	Lineups
Hull City	4	0	Carlisle United	Boothferry Park	6,117
Doyle, Swann, Whitehurst, Roberts	Lineups
Leeds United	2	1	Bradford City	Elland Road	21,104	Largest home gate 1985-86
Lorimer, Sellars	Lineups		Hendrie
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Portsmouth	Boundary Park	5,814
Palmer, Futcher	Lineups
Sheffield United	0	1	Middlesbrough	Bramall Lane	10,535
	Lineups		Rowell
Shrewsbury Town	1	2	Sunderland	Gay Meadow	3,919
Robinson	Lineups		Pickering 2

				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	9	4	0	0	12	0	2	2	1	6	6	12	20	L	W	W	D	W	1985-09-28	Blackburn Rovers	H
2	0	Blackburn Rovers	9	4	1	0	8	2	1	2	1	5	5	6	18	W	W	L	D	W	1985-09-28	Portsmouth	A
3	0	Oldham Athletic	9	4	1	0	12	6	1	1	2	4	4	6	17	W	L	W	D	W	1985-09-28	Millwall	A
4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	3	2	1	9	5	2	0	1	4	3	5	17	W	W	W	L	W	1985-09-28	Fulham	A
5	1	Charlton Athletic	7	4	0	0	9	2	1	1	1	5	5	7	16	W	L	W	W	W	1985-09-28	Wimbledon	A
6	3	Barnsley	9	4	1	0	8	2	0	2	2	3	5	4	15	W	W	D	L	W	1985-09-28	Middlesbrough	A
7	0	Huddersfield Town	9	2	2	1	7	5	1	3	0	6	5	3	14	D	D	W	D	W	1985-09-28	Sunderland	A
8	-3	Wimbledon	9	3	1	0	5	0	1	1	3	1	8	-2	14	L	L	D	W	W	1985-09-28	Charlton Athletic	H
9	-1	Sheffield United	8	1	2	1	6	3	2	1	1	6	7	2	12	L	W	D	L	D	1985-09-28	Leeds United	A
10	0	Norwich City	9	3	1	0	10	4	0	2	3	4	9	1	12	D	W	D	W	L	1985-09-28	Hull City	H
11	1	Leeds United	9	1	3	1	5	5	2	0	2	7	10	-3	12	W	D	W	W	L	1985-09-28	Sheffield United	H
12	2	Crystal Palace	8	2	1	1	5	4	1	1	2	8	9	0	11	W	L	D	L	L	1985-09-28	Stoke City	A
13	3	Hull City	8	2	3	0	11	4	0	1	2	4	8	3	10	W	W	L	D	L	1985-09-28	Norwich City	A
14	-3	Bradford City	7	2	0	0	7	3	1	0	4	4	8	0	9	L	W	L	W	L	1985-09-28	Grimsby Town	A
15	4	Middlesbrough	8	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	2	1	5	-4	9	W	D	D	D	L	1985-09-28	Barnsley	H
16	-3	Grimsby Town	9	1	2	1	4	4	0	3	2	7	9	-2	8	L	W	D	D	L	1985-09-28	Bradford City	H
17	-2	Millwall	8	2	0	1	5	3	0	2	3	5	10	-3	8	L	L	L	D	W	1985-09-28	Oldham Athletic	H
18	-1	Fulham	8	2	0	2	7	6	0	1	3	0	4	-3	7	L	L	D	L	L	1985-09-28	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
19	-1	Stoke City	9	1	2	1	8	6	0	2	3	2	9	-5	7	L	L	D	D	D	1985-09-28	Crystal Palace	H
20	2	Sunderland	8	0	1	2	3	8	1	1	3	3	7	-9	5	W	D	D	L	L	1985-09-28	Huddersfield Town	H
21	-1	Carlisle United	8	1	2	1	7	6	0	0	4	0	11	-10	5	L	W	L	D	L	1985-09-28	Shrewsbury Town	H
22	-1	Shrewsbury Town	9	0	2	3	4	9	0	2	2	5	8	-8	4	L	L	L	D	D	1985-09-28	Carlisle United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	3	0	Cardiff City	Bloomfield Road	3,783
Davies, O'Keefe, Deary	Lineups
Bristol Rovers	0	1	Walsall	Eastville	3,787
	Lineups		Brazier
Bury	1	2	Gillingham	Gigg Lane	2,802
Young	Lineups		Mehmet, Cochrane
Derby County	0	0	Chesterfield	Baseball Ground	13,259
	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	0	Brentford	Sincil Bank	1,856
Turner 2, Toman	Lineups
Newport County	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	Somerton Park	2,212
	Lineups		Oghani
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Home Park	5,241
Cooper S (p), Nelson 2	Lineups		Edwards N
Reading	2	0	Swansea City	Elm Park	5,346
Horrix, Senior	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Millmoor	5,189
Birch, Simmons	Lineups		Brown T
Wigan Athletic	3	0	AFC Bournemouth	Springfield Park	2,657
Aspinall 2 (2p), Newell	Lineups
York City	1	1	Bristol City	Bootham Crescent	3,904
MacPhail (p)	Lineups		Pritchard

				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	8	4	0	0	8	3	4	0	0	8	3	10	24	W	W	W	W	W	1985-09-28	Doncaster Rovers	A
2	0	Walsall	8	4	0	0	11	2	2	0	2	7	7	9	18	W	W	W	L	W	1985-09-28	Newport County	H
3	2	Wigan Athletic	8	4	0	0	14	2	1	0	3	2	7	7	15	W	L	W	L	W	1985-09-28	Chesterfield	A
4	2	Gillingham	8	2	2	0	6	3	2	1	1	5	4	4	15	W	W	D	D	W	1985-09-28	York City	H
5	-1	Chesterfield	8	3	0	1	7	4	1	2	1	3	4	2	14	D	W	D	L	L	1985-09-28	Wigan Athletic	H
6	-3	Doncaster Rovers	8	3	1	0	5	1	0	3	1	7	8	3	13	L	W	W	D	W	1985-09-28	Reading	H
7	6	Blackpool	8	2	0	2	6	5	2	0	2	7	5	3	12	W	W	L	W	W	1985-09-28	Bristol City	A
8	-1	Notts County	7	1	2	1	6	7	2	1	0	4	1	2	12	W	D	D	W	D	1985-09-22	Darlington	A
9	5	Lincoln City	8	3	1	0	10	5	0	2	2	1	6	0	12	W	D	D	D	L	1985-09-28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
10	-2	Bury	7	2	1	1	10	5	1	1	1	7	5	7	11	L	D	D	W	W	1985-09-28	Notts County	A
11	-1	York City	8	2	2	0	9	4	1	0	3	7	10	2	11	D	L	W	D	L	1985-09-28	Gillingham	A
12	-3	Newport County	8	1	1	2	6	5	2	1	1	4	4	1	11	L	D	L	W	W	1985-09-28	Walsall	A
13	-1	Derby County	8	2	1	1	8	4	0	3	1	3	4	3	10	D	D	D	L	D	1985-09-28	Cardiff City	A
14	2	Plymouth Argyle	8	2	0	2	5	3	1	1	2	4	5	1	10	W	L	W	D	L	1985-09-28	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	4	Rotherham United	8	3	0	1	6	3	0	1	3	2	7	-2	10	W	L	L	L	W	1985-09-28	Brentford	A
16	-5	Brentford	8	2	1	1	5	4	1	0	3	1	8	-6	10	L	L	L	D	L	1985-09-28	Rotherham United	H
17	4	Bolton Wanderers	8	1	2	1	7	7	1	1	2	3	5	-2	9	W	D	L	W	L	1985-09-28	Plymouth Argyle	H
18	-3	Cardiff City	8	0	1	3	2	8	2	1	1	7	6	-5	8	L	D	L	D	L	1985-09-28	Derby County	H
19	1	Bristol City	8	1	1	2	5	6	1	1	2	4	9	-6	8	D	D	W	W	L	1985-09-28	Blackpool	H
20	-3	Swansea City	8	1	1	2	2	4	1	0	3	6	8	-4	7	L	D	W	W	L	1985-09-28	Bristol Rovers	H
21	-3	AFC Bournemouth	8	1	1	2	6	5	1	0	3	1	7	-5	7	L	L	D	W	L	1985-09-28	Darlington	H
22	0	Bristol Rovers	8	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	2	9	12	-5	6	L	W	D	L	D	1985-09-28	Swansea City	A
23	0	Darlington	6	1	1	0	5	4	0	1	3	2	9	-6	5	L	L	L	W	D	1985-09-22	Notts County	H
24	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8	1	0	3	8	13	0	0	4	5	13	-13	3	L	L	L	L	W	1985-09-28	Lincoln City	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	1	0	Rochdale	Turf Moor	4,241
Biggins	Lineups
Chester City	4	0	Crewe Alexandra	Sealand Road	2,390
Rimmer (p), Gage, Bennett 2	Lineups
Hereford United	2	1	Peterborough United	Edgar Street	3,261
Phillips, Harvey (p)	Lineups		Holmes (p)
Northampton Town	3	1	Stockport County	County Ground	1,954
Benjamin, Hill, Morley	Lineups		Sword
Orient	1	2	Colchester United	Brisbane Road	2,577
Shinners	Lineups		Parkinson, Bowen
Port Vale	3	2	Halifax Town	Vale Park	2,754
Hunter 2, Maguire	Lineups		Kellock 2
Scunthorpe United	0	3	Mansfield Town	Old Showground	1,780
	Lineups		Pollard, Whatmore, Vinter
Torquay United	1	3	Hartlepool United	Plainmoor	946
Dawkins	Lineups		Borthwick, Honour 2
Tranmere Rovers	3	0	Aldershot	Prenton Park	1,249
Worthington 2 (2p), Muir	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Southend United	8	3	1	0	10	2	3	1	0	8	4	12	20	W	W	W	W	D	1985-09-28	Mansfield Town	A
2	1	Colchester United	8	4	0	0	14	3	2	0	2	8	8	11	18	W	W	W	W	L	1985-09-27	Port Vale	H
3	-1	Peterborough United	8	4	0	0	9	0	1	1	2	8	8	9	16	L	W	W	L	W	1985-09-28	Burnley	H
4	2	Mansfield Town	8	2	2	0	8	2	2	1	1	5	2	9	15	W	D	W	D	L	1985-09-28	Southend United	H
5	2	Chester City	7	2	2	0	7	2	2	0	1	6	5	6	14	W	W	W	W	D	1985-09-28	Stockport County	A
6	-2	Rochdale	7	3	0	0	8	2	1	1	2	3	5	4	13	L	L	W	D	W	1985-09-28	Northampton Town	H
7	3	Hartlepool United	8	3	0	1	9	4	1	1	2	6	8	3	13	W	W	W	L	L	1985-09-28	Swindon Town	H
8	1	Burnley	8	3	0	2	7	5	1	1	1	4	3	3	13	W	L	D	W	W	1985-09-28	Peterborough United	A
9	-4	Wrexham	8	2	2	0	6	4	1	2	1	3	5	0	13	L	D	D	D	W	1985-09-28	Orient	H
10	4	Northampton Town	8	3	0	1	10	2	1	0	3	7	9	6	12	W	L	L	W	L	1985-09-28	Rochdale	A
11	4	Port Vale	8	2	2	0	8	4	1	1	2	2	3	3	12	W	D	W	L	D	1985-09-27	Colchester United	A
12	4	Tranmere Rovers	8	2	0	2	14	9	1	2	1	5	6	4	11	W	D	L	W	L	1985-09-28	Exeter City	A
13	-5	Orient	8	2	1	1	7	5	1	1	2	5	9	-2	11	L	D	L	W	W	1985-09-28	Wrexham	A
14	3	Hereford United	8	3	1	0	9	4	0	1	3	1	8	-2	11	W	D	D	L	W	1985-09-28	Preston North End	A
15	-3	Halifax Town	8	3	0	1	8	6	0	1	3	4	9	-3	10	L	L	W	L	W	1985-09-27	Cambridge United	H
16	-5	Crewe Alexandra	8	2	1	1	5	2	1	0	3	3	10	-4	10	L	W	W	L	L	1985-09-28	Torquay United	H
17	-4	Stockport County	7	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	3	7	11	-4	10	L	D	W	W	L	1985-09-28	Chester City	H
18	0	Exeter City	7	2	0	2	4	4	0	2	1	2	6	-4	8	D	W	D	L	L	1985-09-28	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	1	Preston North End	7	2	1	2	10	8	0	0	2	1	8	-5	7	W	L	L	W	L	1985-09-28	Hereford United	H
20	-1	Aldershot	8	1	1	2	5	4	1	0	3	2	9	-6	7	L	D	L	W	L	1985-09-28	Scunthorpe United	H
21	0	Swindon Town	7	2	0	1	5	4	0	1	3	1	9	-7	7	L	L	W	D	W	1985-09-28	Hartlepool United	A
22	0	Scunthorpe United	8	1	1	2	5	5	0	0	4	2	7	-5	4	L	L	L	L	L	1985-09-28	Aldershot	A
23	0	Cambridge United	8	1	1	2	6	7	0	0	4	4	15	-12	4	D	L	L	L	L	1985-09-27	Halifax Town	A
24	0	Torquay United	8	1	0	3	4	9	0	0	4	1	12	-16	3	L	L	L	L	W	1985-09-28	Crewe Alexandra	A