1985-10-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Aston Villa	1	2	Newcastle United	Villa Park	12,633
Gray	Lineups		Beardsley, Gascoigne
Birmingham City	0	1	Coventry City	St Andrew's	9,267
	Lineups		Gibson
Chelsea	1	2	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	42,485
McLaughlin	Lineups		Hughes, Olsen
Ipswich Town	0	1	West Ham United	Portman Road	16,917
	Lineups		Cottee
Liverpool	3	2	Luton Town	Anfield Road	31,488
Walsh 2, Molby	Lineups		Foster, Harford
Manchester City	1	1	Everton	Maine Road	28,807
Simpson	Lineups		Heath
Nottingham Forest	3	2	Arsenal	City Ground	17,756
Davenport 3	Lineups		Rix, Davis
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	West Bromwich Albion	Hillsborough	19,873
Chapman	Lineups
Southampton	3	0	Queens Park Rangers	The Dell	13,645
Wallace 2, Cockerill	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	Leicester City	White Hart Lane	17,944
Falco	Lineups		Smith A, Lynex (p), Bright
Watford	2	2	Oxford United	Vicarage Road	16,448
Rostron, Callaghan	Lineups		Houghton, Rhoades-Brown

				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	14	6	1	0	16	1	6	1	0	17	5	27	38	W	D	W	D	W	1985-11-02	Coventry City	H
2	0	Liverpool	14	7	0	0	20	4	1	4	2	11	12	15	28	W	D	W	L	W	1985-11-02	Leicester City	H
3	2	Sheffield Wednesday	14	3	3	1	12	13	5	0	2	11	9	1	27	W	W	D	W	W	1985-11-02	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	2	Everton	14	5	1	1	17	6	2	2	3	9	10	10	24	D	W	L	W	D	1985-11-02	West Ham United	A
5	-2	Chelsea	14	6	0	1	13	4	1	3	3	6	11	4	24	L	L	W	W	L	1985-11-02	Ipswich Town	A
6	-2	Arsenal	14	5	1	1	10	6	2	2	3	8	9	3	24	L	W	D	W	D	1985-11-02	Manchester City	H
7	1	West Ham United	14	4	2	1	16	7	2	3	2	8	9	8	23	W	W	D	W	W	1985-11-02	Everton	H
8	2	Nottingham Forest	14	4	0	3	12	11	3	1	3	12	10	3	22	W	W	W	W	L	1985-11-03	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	2	Newcastle United	14	4	1	2	14	9	2	3	2	8	13	0	22	W	L	D	L	D	1985-11-02	Watford	H
10	-3	Tottenham Hotspur	13	4	0	2	19	7	2	2	3	8	11	9	20	L	W	D	L	W	1985-11-02	Southampton	A
11	-2	Watford	14	6	1	0	21	6	0	1	6	8	21	2	20	D	L	W	L	W	1985-11-02	Newcastle United	A
12	0	Queens Park Rangers	14	5	1	1	11	4	1	0	6	4	16	-5	19	L	D	L	W	W	1985-11-02	Sheffield Wednesday	H
13	0	Luton Town	14	3	4	0	15	5	1	2	4	9	14	5	18	L	W	D	D	W	1985-11-02	Birmingham City	H
14	1	Coventry City	14	3	1	3	15	10	1	4	2	6	9	2	17	W	L	D	W	W	1985-11-02	Manchester United	A
15	-1	Birmingham City	13	4	1	2	7	5	1	0	5	4	14	-8	16	L	L	L	L	W	1985-11-02	Luton Town	A
16	1	Oxford United	15	3	3	1	12	6	0	3	5	10	23	-7	15	D	W	D	L	D	1985-11-02	Aston Villa	A
17	-1	Aston Villa	14	1	3	3	9	10	2	2	3	9	11	-3	14	L	L	L	L	D	1985-11-02	Oxford United	H
18	0	Southampton	14	3	4	0	12	4	0	1	6	4	17	-5	14	W	L	L	W	L	1985-11-02	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	0	Leicester City	15	2	4	2	14	15	1	1	5	5	16	-12	14	W	L	D	L	D	1985-11-02	Liverpool	A
20	0	Manchester City	14	1	3	3	7	12	1	2	4	6	11	-10	11	D	D	L	L	L	1985-11-02	Arsenal	A
21	0	Ipswich Town	14	1	2	4	4	9	1	0	6	3	13	-15	8	L	L	D	L	L	1985-11-02	Chelsea	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	14	1	2	4	8	16	0	1	6	4	20	-24	6	L	W	D	D	L	1985-11-03	Nottingham Forest	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bradford City	1	4	Sheffield United	Elland Road, Leeds	7,448
Abbott	Lineups		Withe 2, Edwards 2
Crystal Palace	2	0	Blackburn Rovers	Selhurst Park	5,408
Barber, Wright	Lineups
Grimsby Town	3	2	Middlesbrough	Blundell Park	4,454
Gilligan 2, Hobson	Lineups		Stephens, Laws
Huddersfield Town	3	3	Carlisle United	Leeds Road	5,012
Tempest, Raynor, Cork	Lineups		Wakenshaw, McCartney, Halsall
Millwall	0	4	Portsmouth	The Den, New Cross	6,830
	Lineups		O'Callaghan 2, Morgan 2
Oldham Athletic	4	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Boundary Park	4,970
Futcher, Quinn 2 (1p), Palmer	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	0	0	Hull City	Gay Meadow	3,587
	Lineups
Sunderland	0	2	Norwich City	Roker Park	17,908
	Lineups		Williams, Mendham

				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	14	7	0	0	17	0	4	2	1	11	6	22	35	W	W	W	W	W	1985-11-02	Leeds United	A
2	3	Oldham Athletic	14	6	1	0	18	7	2	2	3	7	7	11	27	W	D	L	W	W	1985-11-02	Barnsley	A
3	-1	Blackburn Rovers	14	5	2	0	11	2	2	2	3	6	10	5	25	L	D	W	W	L	1985-11-02	Middlesbrough	A
4	-1	Wimbledon	14	5	2	0	10	2	2	2	3	3	9	2	25	D	D	W	W	W	1985-11-03	Carlisle United	H
5	1	Norwich City	14	5	1	1	16	7	2	2	3	10	9	10	24	W	W	W	L	W	1985-11-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
6	-2	Charlton Athletic	13	5	1	0	12	4	2	2	3	12	13	7	24	W	D	L	W	D	1985-11-02	Shrewsbury Town	H
7	1	Sheffield United	14	2	3	2	11	8	4	2	1	12	9	6	23	W	W	W	L	D	1985-11-02	Hull City	H
8	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	4	2	2	18	11	2	1	3	5	9	3	21	L	L	D	W	L	1985-11-02	Norwich City	H
9	0	Crystal Palace	14	4	1	2	10	8	2	2	3	10	10	2	21	W	L	W	W	L	1985-11-02	Bradford City	A
10	0	Hull City	14	3	3	1	14	7	1	3	3	7	11	3	18	D	W	D	L	W	1985-11-02	Sheffield United	A
11	0	Huddersfield Town	14	3	3	1	13	9	1	3	3	7	12	-1	18	D	L	L	W	L	1985-11-02	Stoke City	A
12	0	Leeds United	13	2	5	1	8	7	2	0	3	8	13	-4	17	D	W	L	D	W	1985-10-27	Barnsley	A
13	0	Barnsley	13	4	1	1	8	3	0	3	4	4	10	-1	16	L	L	L	D	W	1985-10-27	Leeds United	H
14	0	Fulham	12	5	0	2	11	7	0	1	4	0	5	-1	16	W	L	W	W	L	1985-11-02	Sunderland	H
15	4	Grimsby Town	14	3	2	2	9	7	0	4	3	9	12	-1	15	W	D	L	L	W	1985-11-02	Millwall	H
16	-1	Millwall	14	3	0	4	8	10	1	3	3	9	12	-5	15	L	W	D	L	W	1985-11-02	Grimsby Town	A
17	-1	Sunderland	14	2	2	3	6	11	2	1	4	6	10	-9	15	L	W	W	D	L	1985-11-02	Fulham	A
18	-1	Bradford City	13	3	0	1	10	7	1	2	6	6	15	-6	14	L	D	D	W	L	1985-11-02	Crystal Palace	H
19	-1	Stoke City	14	1	5	1	9	7	1	2	4	4	10	-4	13	D	L	D	W	D	1985-11-02	Huddersfield Town	H
20	1	Shrewsbury Town	14	1	3	3	7	9	1	2	4	9	13	-6	11	D	L	W	L	W	1985-11-02	Charlton Athletic	A
21	-1	Middlesbrough	14	1	4	2	4	6	1	1	5	3	10	-9	11	L	L	D	L	L	1985-11-02	Blackburn Rovers	H
22	0	Carlisle United	14	1	2	4	8	14	0	1	6	5	23	-24	6	D	L	L	L	L	1985-11-03	Wimbledon	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
AFC Bournemouth	6	1	Bristol Rovers	Dean Court	3,798
Russell 2, Clarke 2, Beck, O'Driscoll	Lineups		Randall
Blackpool	4	0	Brentford	Bloomfield Road	5,448
Hetzke, Stewart 2, Windridge	Lineups
Bristol City	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ashton Gate	7,138
Hutchinson, Riley, Walsh (p)	Lineups
Bury	3	1	Reading	Gigg Lane	3,967
Dobson (p), Beckford 2	Lineups		Rogers
Cardiff City	0	1	Bolton Wanderers	Ninian Park	2,502
	Lineups		Bell
Chesterfield	0	0	Doncaster Rovers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	3,746
	Lineups
Derby County	1	2	Plymouth Argyle	Baseball Ground	11,433
Davison	Lineups		Goodyear, Hodges
Gillingham	5	1	Swansea City	Priestfield Stadium	3,082
Shearer 3, Hales 2 (1p)	Lineups		French
Wigan Athletic	0	0	Newport County	Springfield Park	3,719
	Lineups
York City	2	1	Rotherham United	Bootham Crescent	4,444
Banton 2	Lineups		Pugh

				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	15	6	1	0	15	7	7	0	1	13	6	15	40	L	D	W	W	W	1985-11-02	Wigan Athletic	H
2	4	Blackpool	15	5	1	2	21	7	3	1	3	11	9	16	26	W	W	W	D	D	1985-11-02	Lincoln City	A
3	2	York City	15	6	2	0	23	6	2	0	5	10	14	13	26	W	W	L	L	W	1985-11-02	Bristol Rovers	A
4	-2	Derby County	14	5	1	2	18	8	2	3	1	7	5	12	25	L	W	W	W	W	1985-11-02	Rotherham United	A
5	-2	Wigan Athletic	15	6	2	0	20	4	1	2	4	4	11	9	25	D	W	L	D	D	1985-11-02	Reading	A
6	3	Gillingham	15	4	2	2	15	8	3	2	2	10	11	6	25	W	L	W	W	D	1985-11-02	Newport County	A
7	4	Plymouth Argyle	15	5	0	2	14	6	2	3	3	10	12	6	24	W	W	D	D	W	1985-11-02	Chesterfield	H
8	-4	Brentford	15	3	3	1	7	5	4	0	4	10	17	-5	24	L	W	D	W	W	1985-11-02	Cardiff City	H
9	-2	Walsall	14	5	1	1	16	6	2	1	4	7	10	7	23	L	D	D	L	L	1985-10-27	Darlington	A
10	-2	Notts County	14	3	3	1	14	10	3	2	2	9	9	4	23	L	W	W	L	D	1985-10-27	Lincoln City	H
11	-1	Doncaster Rovers	15	4	1	2	6	4	2	4	2	11	13	0	23	D	W	L	W	W	1985-11-02	Bristol City	H
12	0	Bury	14	5	2	1	22	10	1	2	3	10	14	8	22	W	W	L	L	D	1985-10-30	Darlington	A
13	1	Chesterfield	15	4	2	2	10	7	1	3	3	6	10	-1	20	D	L	L	W	D	1985-11-02	Plymouth Argyle	A
14	3	AFC Bournemouth	15	4	1	3	20	12	2	0	5	5	12	1	19	W	L	L	W	W	1985-11-02	Bolton Wanderers	A
15	-2	Bristol Rovers	15	2	3	2	8	6	3	1	4	15	22	-5	19	L	W	W	W	L	1985-11-02	York City	H
16	2	Bristol City	15	4	2	2	11	7	1	2	4	8	20	-8	19	W	L	W	L	D	1985-11-02	Doncaster Rovers	A
17	-2	Lincoln City	14	4	2	1	14	9	0	3	4	4	12	-3	17	L	L	L	D	W	1985-10-27	Notts County	A
18	1	Newport County	15	1	3	3	7	8	2	4	2	5	7	-3	16	D	D	D	L	D	1985-11-02	Gillingham	H
19	-3	Rotherham United	15	4	1	2	11	6	0	3	5	6	15	-4	16	L	D	D	L	L	1985-11-02	Derby County	H
20	0	Bolton Wanderers	15	2	3	2	12	11	2	1	5	5	11	-5	16	W	L	D	L	L	1985-11-02	AFC Bournemouth	H
21	0	Swansea City	15	2	1	4	5	8	1	1	6	9	20	-14	11	L	L	D	W	L	1985-11-02	Bury	H
22	0	Cardiff City	15	1	1	6	5	13	2	1	4	8	15	-15	11	L	L	W	L	L	1985-11-02	Brentford	A
23	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	15	1	2	4	10	16	1	1	6	10	22	-18	9	L	D	D	L	W	1985-11-02	Darlington	H
24	0	Darlington	12	2	1	2	14	13	0	1	6	4	21	-16	8	W	L	L	L	L	1985-10-27	Walsall	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Aldershot	3	2	Crewe Alexandra	Recreation Ground	1,457
Johnson 2, Foyle	Lineups		Davis, Platt
Cambridge United	3	1	Peterborough United	Abbey Stadium	3,234	Largest home gate 1985-86
Crown 2, Massey S (p)	Lineups		Holmes (p)
Colchester United	0	2	Northampton Town	Layer Road	2,872
	Lineups		Chard, Mann
Exeter City	1	2	Hartlepool United	St James Park	1,934
Kellow (p)	Lineups		Hogan, Shoulder
Halifax Town	2	2	Burnley	The Shay	2,334	Largest home gate 1985-86
Kellock, Lowe	Lineups		Parker, Grewcock
Mansfield Town	4	0	Torquay United	Field Mill	3,506
Whatmore 2, Lowery, Chamberlain	Lineups
Orient	0	1	Stockport County	Brisbane Road	2,721
	Lineups		Leonard
Port Vale	3	0	Swindon Town	Vale Park	5,073
Williams O, Earle, Brown	Lineups
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Rochdale	Prenton Park	1,552
Muir, Rodaway	Lineups
Wrexham	1	1	Chester City	Racecourse Ground	3,500	Largest home gate 1985-86
Charles	Lineups		Coy

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	2	Mansfield Town	15	6	2	0	19	4	3	1	3	9	8	16	30	W	W	W	W	L	1985-11-02	Hartlepool United	A
2	-1	Colchester United	15	5	2	1	17	7	4	0	3	15	12	13	29	L	W	D	L	D	1985-11-02	Hereford United	A
3	1	Port Vale	15	6	2	0	23	4	2	2	3	4	5	18	28	W	D	W	W	W	1985-11-02	Preston North End	A
4	-2	Southend United	15	4	3	1	16	9	4	1	2	11	12	6	28	W	L	L	W	D	1985-11-02	Burnley	A
5	2	Hartlepool United	15	6	0	1	14	6	3	1	4	12	16	4	28	W	L	W	W	W	1985-11-02	Mansfield Town	H
6	-1	Chester City	14	4	2	1	12	3	3	3	1	17	13	13	26	D	D	L	W	W	1985-11-02	Aldershot	H
7	-1	Orient	15	4	2	2	16	7	3	2	2	11	12	8	25	L	D	W	D	W	1985-11-02	Torquay United	A
8	1	Wrexham	15	4	3	1	16	11	2	2	3	5	16	-6	23	D	L	W	W	L	1985-11-02	Rochdale	A
9	-1	Swindon Town	14	5	0	1	12	5	2	1	5	4	13	-2	22	L	W	W	W	W	1985-11-02	Tranmere Rovers	H
10	0	Hereford United	15	5	2	0	19	8	1	1	6	6	15	2	21	L	D	L	W	W	1985-11-02	Colchester United	H
11	0	Rochdale	14	5	1	0	13	5	1	2	5	5	18	-5	21	L	D	D	W	L	1985-11-02	Wrexham	H
12	2	Northampton Town	15	3	1	3	14	9	3	1	4	17	13	9	20	W	D	D	W	L	1985-11-02	Scunthorpe United	H
13	-1	Peterborough United	14	4	2	1	9	5	1	2	4	12	15	1	19	L	D	D	L	L	1985-10-29	Tranmere Rovers	A
14	3	Tranmere Rovers	14	3	0	4	18	13	2	3	2	9	10	4	18	W	L	W	L	D	1985-10-29	Peterborough United	H
15	3	Aldershot	15	4	1	3	17	10	1	2	4	5	15	-3	18	W	D	W	L	D	1985-11-02	Chester City	A
16	-1	Burnley	15	4	0	4	10	9	1	3	3	7	12	-4	18	D	W	L	L	L	1985-11-02	Southend United	H
17	-4	Crewe Alexandra	15	4	2	1	12	6	1	1	6	6	17	-5	18	L	D	W	L	D	1985-11-02	Halifax Town	H
18	-2	Exeter City	14	4	1	3	8	7	0	3	3	5	11	-5	16	L	W	L	D	D	1985-11-02	Peterborough United	A
19	2	Stockport County	14	0	3	1	6	8	4	1	5	11	16	-7	16	W	L	D	L	L	1985-11-01	Cambridge United	H
20	-1	Preston North End	14	4	1	3	17	15	0	2	4	6	16	-8	15	L	W	D	L	D	1985-11-02	Port Vale	H
21	2	Cambridge United	15	4	1	3	16	12	0	2	5	7	22	-11	15	W	L	L	D	W	1985-11-01	Stockport County	A
22	-2	Scunthorpe United	15	3	3	2	10	7	0	1	6	4	13	-6	13	W	D	D	D	L	1985-11-02	Northampton Town	A
23	-1	Halifax Town	15	3	3	2	13	12	0	1	6	5	14	-8	13	D	L	L	L	D	1985-11-02	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	0	Torquay United	15	3	1	3	11	13	0	0	8	2	24	-24	10	L	L	D	L	W	1985-11-02	Orient	H