1985-11-09

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Birmingham City	0	1	Newcastle United	St Andrew's	8,162
	Lineups		Reilly
Chelsea	4	2	Nottingham Forest	Stamford Bridge	17,743
Dixon 2, Speedie, Hazard (p)	Lineups		Clough 2
Coventry City	0	3	Liverpool	Highfield Road	16,497
	Lineups		Beglin, Walsh, Rush
Everton	6	1	Arsenal	Goodison Park	28,620
Lineker 2, Sharp, Heath 2, Steven (p)	Lineups		Nicholas
Leicester City	2	2	Southampton	Filbert Street	8,080
Smith A, Lynex (p)	Lineups		Puckett, Armstrong
Manchester City	1	1	Ipswich Town	Maine Road	20,853
Lillis	Lineups		Gleghorn
Oxford United	1	2	West Ham United	Manor Ground	13,140
Aldridge	Lineups		Cottee, Ward
Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	Manchester United	Hillsborough	48,105	Largest home gate 1985-86
Chapman	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	3	Luton Town	White Hart Lane	19,163
Cooke	Lineups		Harford, Stein B, Hill
Watford	1	1	Aston Villa	Vicarage Road	14,085
Talbot	Lineups		Gray
West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Hawthorns	9,016
	Lineups		Robinson

				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	16	7	1	0	18	1	6	1	1	17	6	28	41	L	W	W	D	W	1985-11-16	Tottenham Hotspur	H
2	0	Liverpool	16	8	0	0	21	4	2	4	2	14	12	19	34	W	W	W	D	W	1985-11-16	West Bromwich Albion	H
3	0	Sheffield Wednesday	16	4	3	1	13	13	5	1	2	12	10	2	31	W	D	W	W	D	1985-11-16	Aston Villa	A
4	0	Chelsea	16	7	0	1	17	6	2	3	3	8	11	8	30	W	W	L	L	W	1985-11-16	Newcastle United	A
5	1	West Ham United	16	5	2	1	18	8	3	3	2	10	10	10	29	W	W	W	W	D	1985-11-16	Watford	H
6	2	Everton	16	6	1	1	23	7	2	2	4	10	12	14	27	W	L	D	W	L	1985-11-16	Ipswich Town	A
7	-2	Arsenal	16	6	1	1	11	6	2	2	4	9	15	-1	27	L	W	L	W	D	1985-11-16	Oxford United	H
8	1	Newcastle United	16	4	2	2	15	10	3	3	2	9	13	1	26	W	D	W	L	D	1985-11-16	Chelsea	H
9	-2	Nottingham Forest	16	5	0	3	14	12	3	1	4	14	14	2	25	L	W	W	W	W	1985-11-16	Manchester City	H
10	0	Luton Town	16	4	4	0	17	5	2	2	4	12	15	9	24	W	W	L	W	D	1985-11-16	Coventry City	H
11	2	Queens Park Rangers	16	5	2	1	12	5	2	0	6	5	16	-4	23	W	D	L	D	L	1985-11-16	Leicester City	H
12	-1	Watford	16	6	2	0	22	7	0	2	6	9	22	2	22	D	D	D	L	W	1985-11-16	West Ham United	A
13	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	15	4	0	3	20	10	2	2	4	8	12	6	20	L	L	L	W	D	1985-11-16	Manchester United	A
14	1	Aston Villa	16	2	3	3	11	10	2	3	3	10	12	-1	18	D	W	L	L	L	1985-11-16	Sheffield Wednesday	H
15	1	Southampton	16	4	4	0	13	4	0	2	6	6	19	-4	18	D	W	W	L	L	1985-11-16	Birmingham City	H
16	-2	Coventry City	16	3	1	4	15	13	1	4	3	6	11	-3	17	L	L	W	L	D	1985-11-16	Luton Town	A
17	0	Birmingham City	15	4	1	3	7	6	1	0	6	4	16	-11	16	L	L	L	L	L	1985-11-16	Southampton	A
18	0	Oxford United	17	3	3	2	13	8	0	3	6	10	25	-10	15	L	L	D	W	D	1985-11-16	Arsenal	A
19	0	Leicester City	17	2	5	2	16	17	1	1	6	5	17	-13	15	D	L	W	L	D	1985-11-16	Queens Park Rangers	A
20	0	Manchester City	16	1	4	3	8	13	1	2	5	6	12	-11	12	D	L	D	D	L	1985-11-16	Nottingham Forest	A
21	0	Ipswich Town	16	1	2	5	4	11	1	1	6	4	14	-17	9	D	L	L	L	D	1985-11-16	Everton	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	16	1	2	5	8	17	0	1	7	5	22	-26	6	L	L	L	W	D	1985-11-16	Liverpool	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	3	Barnsley	Ewood Park	5,927
	Lineups		Hirst 2, Walsh
Carlisle United	3	0	Stoke City	Brunton Park	2,813
Halsall, Mayes 2	Lineups
Crystal Palace	2	1	Grimsby Town	Selhurst Park	4,620
Droy, Taylor	Lineups		Emson
Huddersfield Town	0	2	Charlton Athletic	Leeds Road	5,205
	Lineups		Flanagan, Curbishley
Hull City	5	0	Fulham	Boothferry Park	5,344
Whitehurst, Roberts, McEwan 2 (1p), Bunn	Lineups
Millwall	3	1	Leeds United	The Den, New Cross	9,158	Largest home gate 1985-86
Lovell (p), Lowndes, Baird OG	Lineups		Ritchie
Norwich City	0	0	Bradford City	Carrow Road	13,939
	Lineups
Oldham Athletic	1	5	Sheffield United	Boundary Park	8,195	Largest home gate 1985-86
Palmer	Lineups		Morris 2, Edwards 2, Withe
Shrewsbury Town	2	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Gay Meadow	2,942
Robinson, Hutchings OG	Lineups		Fashanu
Sunderland	2	1	Wimbledon	Roker Park	15,518
Swindlehurst 2	Lineups		Fairweather

				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	15	7	0	0	17	0	4	2	2	12	8	21	35	L	W	W	W	W	1985-11-16	Grimsby Town	A
2	1	Charlton Athletic	15	6	1	0	16	5	3	2	3	14	13	12	30	W	W	W	D	L	1985-11-16	Hull City	H
3	2	Sheffield United	16	3	3	2	14	9	5	2	1	17	10	12	29	W	W	W	W	W	1985-11-16	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	-2	Wimbledon	16	6	2	0	14	3	2	2	4	4	11	4	28	L	W	D	D	W	1985-11-16	Shrewsbury Town	H
5	-1	Oldham Athletic	16	6	1	1	19	12	2	2	4	7	8	6	27	L	L	W	D	L	1985-11-16	Middlesbrough	A
6	1	Norwich City	16	5	2	1	16	7	2	3	3	11	10	10	26	D	D	W	W	W	1985-11-16	Stoke City	A
7	-1	Blackburn Rovers	16	5	2	1	11	5	2	3	3	6	10	2	26	L	D	L	D	W	1985-11-16	Sheffield United	A
8	1	Barnsley	16	6	1	1	12	3	1	3	4	7	10	6	25	W	W	W	L	L	1985-11-16	Sunderland	H
9	1	Crystal Palace	16	5	1	2	12	9	2	2	4	10	11	2	24	W	L	W	L	W	1985-11-16	Leeds United	A
10	-2	Brighton & Hove Albion	16	4	3	2	19	12	2	1	4	6	11	2	22	L	D	L	L	D	1985-11-16	Huddersfield Town	H
11	2	Hull City	16	4	3	1	19	7	1	3	4	8	14	6	21	W	L	D	W	D	1985-11-16	Charlton Athletic	A
12	3	Sunderland	16	3	2	3	8	12	3	1	4	8	11	-7	21	W	W	L	W	W	1985-11-16	Barnsley	A
13	-2	Leeds United	16	3	5	1	10	8	2	0	5	9	19	-8	20	L	W	L	D	W	1985-11-16	Crystal Palace	H
14	-2	Grimsby Town	16	4	2	2	14	8	0	4	4	10	14	2	18	L	W	W	D	L	1985-11-16	Portsmouth	H
15	1	Bradford City	15	4	0	1	11	7	1	3	6	6	15	-5	18	D	W	L	D	D	1985-11-23	Shrewsbury Town	A
16	-2	Huddersfield Town	16	3	3	2	13	11	1	3	4	7	15	-6	18	L	L	D	L	L	1985-11-16	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
17	2	Millwall	16	4	0	4	11	11	1	3	4	10	17	-7	18	W	L	L	W	D	1985-11-23	Middlesbrough	H
18	-1	Stoke City	16	2	5	1	12	7	1	2	5	4	13	-4	16	L	W	D	L	D	1985-11-16	Norwich City	H
19	-1	Fulham	14	5	0	3	12	9	0	1	5	0	10	-7	16	L	L	W	L	W	1985-11-23	Huddersfield Town	A
20	1	Shrewsbury Town	16	2	3	3	9	10	1	2	5	10	17	-8	14	W	L	D	L	W	1985-11-16	Wimbledon	A
21	-1	Middlesbrough	15	1	5	2	4	6	1	1	5	3	10	-9	12	D	L	L	D	L	1985-11-16	Oldham Athletic	H
22	0	Carlisle United	16	2	2	4	11	14	0	1	7	6	27	-24	9	W	L	D	L	L	1985-11-23	Leeds United	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Dean Court	4,126
Heffernan, Clarke, Beck	Lineups		Barnes, King
Blackpool	4	2	Bristol Rovers	Bloomfield Road	4,707
Hetzke, Dyer 2, Windridge	Lineups		Tanner, Morgan
Bristol City	0	0	Brentford	Ashton Gate	6,596
	Lineups
Bury	0	1	Plymouth Argyle	Gigg Lane	2,975
	Lineups		Clayton
Chesterfield	3	1	Newport County	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,420
Scrimgeour (p), Walker, Hunter	Lineups		Gill
Darlington	6	0	Swansea City	Feethams Ground	2,633
McLean 2 (2p), Poskett, Roberts, MacDonald, Tupling	Lineups
Derby County	7	0	Lincoln City	Baseball Ground	10,560
Hindmarch 2, Micklewhite 2, Chandler, Davison, Garner	Lineups
Gillingham	5	2	Walsall	Priestfield Stadium	3,339
Hales 2, Cascarino, Shearer, Robinson	Lineups		Shakespeare, O'Kelly (p)
Notts County	1	0	Bolton Wanderers	Meadow Lane	4,497
Yates	Lineups
Wigan Athletic	2	0	Rotherham United	Springfield Park	3,084
Barrow, Newell	Lineups
York City	0	1	Reading	Bootham Crescent	6,045	Largest home gate 1985-86
	Lineups		Bremner

				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	18	8	1	0	19	8	8	0	1	14	6	19	49	W	W	W	L	D	1985-11-23	Darlington	H
2	2	Blackpool	18	6	1	2	25	9	4	1	4	15	11	20	32	W	L	W	W	W	1985-11-23	Walsall	A
3	2	Plymouth Argyle	18	6	1	2	16	7	3	3	3	11	12	8	31	W	W	D	W	W	1985-11-23	Wigan Athletic	H
4	4	Derby County	17	6	1	2	25	8	2	5	1	11	9	19	30	W	D	D	L	W	1985-11-23	Bolton Wanderers	A
5	-3	York City	18	6	2	1	23	7	3	1	5	12	15	13	30	L	D	W	W	W	1985-11-24	Lincoln City	A
6	-3	Walsall	18	6	2	1	22	9	3	1	5	12	15	10	30	L	W	D	W	L	1985-11-23	Blackpool	H
7	2	Gillingham	18	5	2	2	20	10	3	4	2	12	13	9	30	W	D	D	W	L	1985-11-23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
8	2	Notts County	18	5	3	1	18	12	3	3	3	10	12	4	30	W	L	D	W	L	1985-11-23	Newport County	A
9	2	Wigan Athletic	18	7	2	0	22	4	1	3	5	6	14	10	29	W	D	L	D	W	1985-11-23	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	-3	Brentford	18	4	4	1	13	8	4	1	4	10	17	-2	29	D	D	W	L	W	1985-11-23	Chesterfield	H
11	-5	Doncaster Rovers	18	4	3	2	9	7	3	4	2	12	13	1	28	W	D	D	D	W	1985-11-23	AFC Bournemouth	H
12	1	Chesterfield	18	5	2	2	13	8	1	5	3	7	11	1	25	W	D	D	D	L	1985-11-23	Brentford	A
13	-1	Bury	18	5	2	2	22	11	1	3	5	12	18	5	23	L	L	L	D	W	1985-11-23	Rotherham United	A
14	2	AFC Bournemouth	18	5	1	3	23	14	2	0	7	6	15	0	22	W	L	L	W	L	1985-11-23	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	-1	Bristol Rovers	18	3	3	3	10	8	3	1	5	17	26	-7	22	L	W	L	L	W	1985-11-23	Cardiff City	H
16	-1	Bristol City	18	4	3	2	11	7	1	4	4	10	22	-8	22	D	D	D	W	L	1985-11-23	Swansea City	A
17	0	Bolton Wanderers	18	3	3	3	13	14	2	1	6	5	12	-8	19	L	L	W	W	L	1985-11-23	Derby County	H
18	0	Newport County	18	1	5	3	9	10	2	4	3	6	10	-5	18	L	D	D	D	D	1985-11-23	Notts County	H
19	0	Rotherham United	18	4	3	2	13	8	0	3	6	6	17	-6	18	L	D	D	L	D	1985-11-23	Bury	H
20	0	Lincoln City	18	4	3	2	15	13	0	3	6	6	22	-14	18	L	D	L	L	L	1985-11-24	York City	H
21	2	Darlington	17	3	2	3	21	17	1	1	7	8	23	-11	15	W	W	L	D	L	1985-11-23	Reading	A
22	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	18	3	2	4	14	18	1	1	7	12	25	-17	15	L	W	W	L	D	1985-11-23	Gillingham	H
23	-2	Swansea City	18	3	2	4	7	9	1	1	7	9	26	-19	15	L	D	W	L	L	1985-11-23	Bristol City	H
24	0	Cardiff City	18	1	1	7	5	14	2	1	6	11	24	-22	11	L	L	L	L	L	1985-11-23	Bristol Rovers	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	0	Northampton Town	Recreation Ground	1,556
Massey (p)	Lineups
Cambridge United	0	4	Burnley	Abbey Stadium	1,917
	Lineups		Hird, Devine, Taylor, Parker
Exeter City	1	3	Chester City	St James Park	1,888
Ling	Lineups		Greenough,Houghton 2
Halifax Town	1	1	Peterborough United	The Shay	1,007
Gallagher (p)	Lineups		Worrall
Mansfield Town	2	2	Crewe Alexandra	Field Mill	3,243
Kent, Chamberlain	Lineups		Blissett, Thomas
Orient	2	0	Preston North End	Brisbane Road	2,805
Cornwell, Juryeff	Lineups
Port Vale	1	1	Stockport County	Vale Park	5,248
Bowden	Lineups		Leonard
Scunthorpe United	0	2	Swindon Town	Old Showground	1,920
	Lineups		Henry, Wade
Southend United	3	2	Hartlepool United	Roots Hall	2,755
Cadette 2, Gymer	Lineups		Walker, Borthwick
Tranmere Rovers	2	0	Torquay United	Prenton Park	1,508
Anderson, Muir	Lineups
Wrexham	0	1	Hereford United	Racecourse Ground	2,190
	Lineups		Wells

				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	Chester City	17	6	2	1	17	3	4	3	1	20	14	20	35	W	W	W	D	D	1985-11-23	Orient	H
2	1	Southend United	18	5	3	1	19	11	5	2	2	16	15	9	35	W	D	W	W	L	1985-11-29	Chester City	H
3	-2	Port Vale	18	6	3	0	24	5	3	3	3	6	6	19	33	D	D	W	W	D	1985-11-23	Peterborough United	A
4	1	Mansfield Town	18	6	3	0	21	6	3	2	4	11	11	15	32	D	L	D	W	W	1985-11-23	Swindon Town	A
5	1	Orient	18	5	2	2	18	7	4	3	2	16	15	12	32	W	W	D	L	D	1985-11-23	Chester City	A
6	-2	Hartlepool United	18	7	1	1	17	8	3	1	5	14	19	4	32	L	W	D	W	L	1985-11-23	Tranmere Rovers	H
7	1	Swindon Town	17	7	0	1	15	6	3	1	5	6	13	2	31	W	W	W	L	W	1985-11-23	Mansfield Town	H
8	-1	Colchester United	18	5	2	2	17	8	4	0	5	15	18	6	29	L	L	L	L	W	1985-11-23	Preston North End	A
9	1	Hereford United	18	6	3	0	22	9	2	1	6	7	15	5	28	W	D	W	L	D	1985-12-03	Halifax Town	A
10	-1	Rochdale	17	6	2	0	17	8	2	2	5	6	18	-3	28	W	D	W	L	D	1985-11-23	Scunthorpe United	H
11	1	Tranmere Rovers	18	5	0	4	27	13	2	4	3	12	14	12	25	W	D	L	W	W	1985-11-23	Hartlepool United	A
12	3	Burnley	18	5	0	5	13	13	2	3	3	11	12	-1	24	W	W	L	D	W	1985-11-23	Exeter City	H
13	-2	Wrexham	18	4	3	2	16	12	2	3	4	8	20	-8	24	L	D	L	D	L	1985-11-23	Torquay United	A
14	0	Stockport County	17	2	3	1	11	10	4	2	5	12	17	-4	23	D	W	W	W	L	1985-11-23	Aldershot	H
15	-2	Northampton Town	18	3	3	3	18	13	3	1	5	17	14	8	22	L	D	D	W	D	1985-11-23	Halifax Town	H
16	0	Peterborough United	18	4	4	1	11	7	1	3	5	13	23	-6	22	D	D	D	L	L	1985-11-23	Port Vale	H
17	1	Aldershot	18	5	1	3	18	10	1	2	6	6	18	-4	21	W	L	L	W	D	1985-11-23	Stockport County	A
18	-1	Crewe Alexandra	18	4	3	2	15	11	1	2	6	8	19	-7	20	D	L	D	L	D	1985-11-23	Cambridge United	H
19	0	Exeter City	17	4	1	4	9	10	0	5	3	7	13	-7	18	L	D	D	L	W	1985-11-23	Burnley	A
20	0	Scunthorpe United	18	3	3	3	10	9	1	2	6	7	15	-7	17	L	W	D	W	D	1985-11-23	Rochdale	A
21	2	Halifax Town	18	3	4	2	14	13	0	2	7	8	18	-9	15	D	L	D	D	L	1985-11-23	Northampton Town	A
22	-1	Preston North End	17	4	1	5	17	17	0	2	5	6	18	-12	15	L	L	L	L	W	1985-11-23	Colchester United	H
23	-1	Cambridge United	18	4	1	4	16	16	0	2	7	8	26	-18	15	L	L	L	W	L	1985-11-23	Crewe Alexandra	A
24	0	Torquay United	18	3	3	3	15	17	0	0	9	2	26	-26	12	L	D	D	L	L	1985-11-23	Wrexham	H