1986-01-01

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	Highbury	45,109	Largest home gate 1985-86
	Lineups
Aston Villa	0	1	Manchester City	Villa Park	14,215
	Lineups		Lillis
Ipswich Town	0	0	Watford	Portman Road	15,922
	Lineups
Liverpool	2	2	Sheffield Wednesday	Anfield Road	38,964
Rush, Walsh	Lineups		Shutt, Thompson
Luton Town	3	1	Leicester City	Kenilworth Road	10,917
Harford 3	Lineups		Bright
Manchester United	1	0	Birmingham City	Old Trafford	43,095
Gibson C	Lineups
Newcastle United	2	2	Everton	St James' Park	28,031
Beardsley, Gascoigne	Lineups		Steven, Sharp (p)
Nottingham Forest	5	2	Coventry City	City Ground	13,860
Webb 3, Metgod, Davenport	Lineups		Regis, Adams
Queens Park Rangers	3	1	Oxford United	Loftus Road	13,348
Allen, Fereday, Byrne	Lineups		Leworthy
Southampton	3	1	West Bromwich Albion	The Dell	13,154
Cockerill, Armstrong, Wallace	Lineups		Varadi

				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	24	9	3	1	21	3	7	1	3	21	13	26	52	W	L	L	W	W	1986-01-11	Oxford United	A
2	1	Everton	25	8	2	2	31	12	6	3	4	25	20	24	47	D	W	W	W	L	1986-01-11	Queens Park Rangers	H
3	1	Liverpool	25	10	3	0	32	9	3	5	4	17	16	24	47	D	D	L	D	L	1986-01-12	Watford	A
4	-2	Chelsea	23	10	0	1	23	8	4	5	3	15	15	15	47	W	W	W	D	D	1986-01-11	Luton Town	H
5	0	West Ham United	23	8	2	1	26	9	5	4	3	12	11	18	45	L	D	W	W	W	1986-01-11	Leicester City	A
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	25	7	4	1	22	19	5	3	5	18	20	1	43	D	L	D	W	L	1986-01-18	Oxford United	H
7	0	Arsenal	24	9	3	1	18	8	3	3	5	10	18	2	42	D	W	W	W	L	1986-01-18	Leicester City	A
8	0	Luton Town	25	7	5	1	24	8	4	3	5	17	20	13	41	W	D	W	D	L	1986-01-11	Chelsea	A
9	1	Nottingham Forest	25	7	2	4	23	18	4	2	6	18	20	3	37	W	D	W	L	W	1986-01-11	Tottenham Hotspur	A
10	-1	Tottenham Hotspur	24	7	1	3	29	12	3	4	6	10	16	11	35	D	L	W	W	L	1986-01-11	Nottingham Forest	H
11	0	Newcastle United	24	6	3	3	22	17	3	5	4	12	19	-2	35	D	D	D	W	L	1986-01-11	West Bromwich Albion	A
12	0	Watford	24	8	2	1	26	10	1	4	8	14	29	1	33	D	W	L	W	W	1986-01-12	Liverpool	H
13	0	Southampton	24	8	4	1	25	9	0	2	9	8	26	-2	30	W	L	W	L	W	1986-01-11	Manchester City	A
14	0	Queens Park Rangers	24	7	2	4	17	10	2	1	8	7	21	-7	30	W	L	L	L	L	1986-01-11	Everton	A
15	0	Manchester City	25	4	5	3	16	15	3	3	7	13	18	-4	29	W	D	W	L	W	1986-01-11	Southampton	H
16	0	Leicester City	25	4	6	2	23	19	2	1	10	10	27	-13	25	L	L	W	W	D	1986-01-11	West Ham United	H
17	0	Coventry City	24	3	2	7	17	19	3	4	5	12	21	-11	24	L	L	L	L	D	1986-01-11	Aston Villa	H
18	0	Aston Villa	25	2	5	6	15	18	3	3	6	13	20	-10	23	L	D	L	W	L	1986-01-11	Coventry City	A
19	0	Oxford United	24	5	4	2	22	13	0	4	9	14	36	-13	23	L	W	D	L	D	1986-01-11	Manchester United	H
20	0	Ipswich Town	25	3	4	6	11	17	2	1	9	8	21	-19	20	D	D	W	L	W	1986-01-11	Birmingham City	A
21	0	Birmingham City	24	4	1	7	9	13	1	2	9	5	21	-20	18	L	D	L	L	L	1986-01-11	Ipswich Town	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	25	2	3	7	12	23	0	3	10	10	36	-37	12	L	D	L	W	D	1986-01-11	Newcastle United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	1	4	Hull City	Oakwell	8,363
Owen (p)	Lineups		Jobson, McEwan (p), Doyle, Ring
Bradford City	2	0	Sunderland	Leeds Road Huddersfield	8,369
Singleton, Hendrie	Lineups
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Crystal Palace	Goldstone Ground	15,469
Saunders, Wilson (p)	Lineups
Fulham	0	1	Norwich City	Craven Cottage	7,463
	Lineups		Drinkell
Grimsby Town	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Blundell Park	4,750
Lyons 2, Lund	Lineups		Cross
Leeds United	3	1	Oldham Athletic	Elland Road	10,830
Baird 2, Ritchie	Lineups		Palmer
Middlesbrough	0	1	Huddersfield Town	Ayresome Park	8,487
	Lineups		Jones J
Sheffield United	1	0	Carlisle United	Bramall Lane	10,561
Edwards	Lineups
Stoke City	2	2	Blackburn Rovers	Victoria Ground	11,875	Largest home gate 1985-86
Bertschin (p), Adams	Lineups		Garner, Barker (p)
Wimbledon	1	3	Portsmouth	Plough Lane	9,046	Largest home gate 1985-86
Cork	Lineups		Channon 2, Hilaire

				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	Norwich City	24	9	2	1	31	11	5	4	3	18	12	26	48	W	W	W	W	W	1986-01-11	Middlesbrough	H
2	0	Portsmouth	24	8	1	2	23	6	7	2	4	20	13	24	48	W	W	L	W	D	1986-01-11	Fulham	H
3	0	Wimbledon	25	8	3	2	24	12	4	3	5	9	14	7	42	L	W	W	W	L	1986-01-11	Oldham Athletic	A
4	0	Charlton Athletic	22	9	1	1	24	7	3	3	5	16	18	15	40	L	W	L	W	W	1986-01-11	Crystal Palace	A
5	2	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	7	3	3	28	17	5	1	6	16	19	8	40	W	W	W	L	W	1986-01-18	Middlesbrough	H
6	-1	Sheffield United	25	5	5	3	21	15	6	2	4	21	19	8	40	W	W	L	L	L	1986-01-11	Huddersfield Town	A
7	-1	Barnsley	25	8	2	3	18	11	2	5	5	9	12	4	37	L	L	D	D	W	1986-01-11	Shrewsbury Town	A
8	2	Hull City	25	6	4	2	25	11	3	4	6	16	25	5	35	W	L	W	W	D	1986-01-11	Bradford City	H
9	-1	Crystal Palace	24	6	1	4	14	13	4	4	5	16	16	1	35	L	L	D	L	W	1986-01-11	Charlton Athletic	H
10	-1	Blackburn Rovers	24	7	3	1	15	5	2	5	6	13	25	-2	35	D	W	L	W	L	1986-01-18	Carlisle United	A
11	1	Bradford City	22	8	0	1	19	10	2	3	8	8	21	-4	33	W	W	W	W	L	1986-01-11	Hull City	A
12	2	Leeds United	25	5	5	4	17	17	4	0	7	15	24	-9	32	W	L	L	L	W	1986-01-11	Sunderland	A
13	-2	Stoke City	24	4	8	1	19	12	3	2	6	10	17	0	31	D	L	D	W	W	1986-01-11	Millwall	A
14	-1	Shrewsbury Town	25	6	3	3	16	10	2	2	9	14	29	-9	29	L	L	W	W	W	1986-01-11	Barnsley	H
15	0	Sunderland	25	5	3	4	14	18	3	2	8	9	19	-14	29	L	L	W	D	L	1986-01-11	Leeds United	H
16	3	Grimsby Town	24	7	2	3	23	13	0	5	7	14	23	1	28	W	L	L	L	D	1986-01-11	Carlisle United	A
17	-1	Oldham Athletic	24	6	1	4	22	20	2	3	8	12	20	-6	28	L	L	L	L	L	1986-01-11	Wimbledon	H
18	-1	Millwall	22	7	0	4	21	12	1	3	7	12	26	-5	27	W	L	W	L	L	1986-01-11	Stoke City	H
19	-1	Middlesbrough	24	5	5	3	13	10	2	1	8	8	17	-6	27	L	W	L	W	W	1986-01-11	Norwich City	A
20	0	Huddersfield Town	24	4	5	3	19	17	2	4	6	14	23	-7	27	W	D	W	L	D	1986-01-11	Sheffield United	H
21	0	Fulham	21	6	1	5	18	16	1	1	7	4	14	-8	23	L	L	L	L	W	1986-01-11	Portsmouth	A
22	0	Carlisle United	23	4	2	6	14	17	0	1	10	6	32	-29	15	L	W	L	L	W	1986-01-11	Grimsby Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bolton Wanderers	1	2	Wigan Athletic	Burnden Park	9,252	Largest home gate 1985-86
Thompson (p)	Lineups		Newell, Barrow
Doncaster Rovers	1	0	Bury	Belle Vue	3,283
Douglas	Lineups
Lincoln City	1	1	Darlington	Sincil Bank	2,304
McGinley	Lineups		Airey
Plymouth Argyle	4	4	Cardiff City	Home Park	8,520
Hodges, Nelson, Summerfield, Clayton	Lineups		Turner, Ford, Vaughan, Mullen (p)
Reading	1	2	Gillingham	Elm Park	10,885
Horrix	Lineups		Byrne, Elsey
Rotherham United	4	1	Blackpool	Millmoor	4,200
Gooding, Emerson, Dungworth, Simmons	Lineups		Walsh
Swansea City	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Vetch Field	6,989	Largest home gate 1985-86
McCarthy	Lineups		Clarke
Walsall	3	1	York City	Fellows Park	5,643
Cross 2 (1p), Elliott	Lineups		MacPhail
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	Chesterfield	Molineux	3,229
Purdie	Lineups

				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	25	10	1	2	25	15	10	1	1	18	7	21	62	L	W	W	W	W	1986-01-11	Cardiff City	H
2	0	Derby County	22	7	2	2	27	9	5	5	1	19	9	28	43	W	W	W	D	W	1986-01-18	AFC Bournemouth	A
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	25	9	2	2	28	14	3	4	5	15	19	10	42	D	W	L	L	W	1986-01-11	Notts County	A
4	3	Doncaster Rovers	26	6	4	3	13	12	5	4	4	15	19	-3	41	W	W	W	L	L	1986-01-07	Bristol City	A
5	-1	Blackpool	25	6	4	2	27	11	5	3	5	20	18	18	40	L	D	D	W	D	1986-01-11	Swansea City	A
6	4	Walsall	23	9	3	1	32	14	3	1	6	13	17	14	40	W	W	W	L	D	1986-01-07	Swansea City	A
7	1	Gillingham	24	6	3	2	25	11	5	4	4	19	19	14	40	W	D	L	L	W	1986-01-11	Bolton Wanderers	A
8	3	Wigan Athletic	24	9	2	0	29	6	2	4	7	11	20	14	39	W	W	L	D	W	1986-01-11	Brentford	A
9	-4	Notts County	24	7	3	2	26	14	4	3	5	13	16	9	39	L	W	L	L	W	1986-01-11	Plymouth Argyle	H
10	-4	Brentford	23	7	4	1	16	8	4	2	5	10	18	0	39	D	W	W	L	W	1986-01-04	Cardiff City	A
11	-2	York City	24	7	3	2	24	8	4	1	7	17	22	11	37	L	L	D	L	W	1986-01-11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
12	2	Rotherham United	25	7	3	3	21	11	1	5	6	10	20	0	32	W	L	D	D	W	1986-01-11	Bristol City	A
13	-1	Bristol City	24	6	3	3	16	10	2	5	5	14	25	-5	32	D	W	L	L	W	1986-01-07	Doncaster Rovers	H
14	-1	Chesterfield	24	5	3	3	18	14	2	5	6	10	16	-2	29	L	W	D	L	L	1986-01-18	Bury	A
15	0	Bury	24	6	3	2	25	13	1	4	8	12	22	2	28	L	D	D	L	W	1986-01-11	Lincoln City	A
16	1	AFC Bournemouth	25	5	2	5	24	17	3	2	8	13	22	-2	28	D	D	L	W	L	1986-01-11	Newport County	A
17	-1	Bristol Rovers	23	5	3	4	13	11	3	1	7	17	31	-12	28	L	L	L	W	W	1986-01-18	Darlington	H
18	0	Bolton Wanderers	24	5	3	5	18	18	2	2	7	6	15	-9	26	L	D	W	W	L	1986-01-11	Gillingham	H
19	0	Newport County	23	2	6	4	14	14	2	6	3	8	12	-4	24	D	D	W	D	L	1986-01-11	AFC Bournemouth	H
20	0	Darlington	24	4	3	4	26	23	2	3	8	13	28	-12	24	D	D	D	W	L	1986-01-18	Bristol Rovers	A
21	0	Cardiff City	25	2	3	7	8	16	4	2	7	24	33	-17	23	D	D	W	W	W	1986-01-04	Brentford	H
22	0	Lincoln City	25	4	5	4	19	22	0	4	8	11	29	-21	21	D	L	D	D	L	1986-01-11	Bury	H
23	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	25	4	3	6	18	27	1	2	9	14	33	-28	20	W	L	L	L	D	1986-01-11	York City	A
24	-1	Swansea City	24	4	3	5	10	13	1	1	10	9	32	-26	19	D	L	L	W	L	1986-01-07	Walsall	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	5	2	Wrexham	Turf Moor	4,106
Parker 2, Deakin, Grewcock, Taylor	Lineups		Brignull, Mooney
Chester City	4	1	Port Vale	Sealand Road	5,323	Largest home gate 1985-86
Houghton 2, Richardson (p), Bennett	Lineups		Earle
Hartlepool United	3	0	Halifax Town	Victoria Park	3,391
Shoulder 2, Dixon	Lineups
Hereford United	4	1	Exeter City	Edgar Street	3,157
Wells 2, Kearns, Delve	Lineups		Harrower
Peterborough United	1	1	Southend United	London Road	3,104
Kelly	Lineups		Cadette
Preston North End	0	2	Mansfield Town	Deepdale	3,702
	Lineups		Cassells, Chamberlain
Rochdale	2	1	Cambridge United	Spotland	2,049
Moore, Cooke	Lineups		Massey S (p)
Stockport County	0	0	Scunthorpe United	Edgeley Park	3,505
	Lineups
Swindon Town	2	1	Colchester United	County Ground	8,802
Cole, Wade	Lineups		Parkinson

				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	Swindon Town	24	12	0	1	27	11	4	1	6	7	14	9	49	W	W	W	W	W	1986-01-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
2	0	Chester City	24	9	3	1	27	6	4	5	2	24	19	26	47	W	L	W	D	D	1986-01-08	Hartlepool United	A
3	0	Mansfield Town	24	9	3	0	30	11	4	2	6	16	17	18	44	W	W	W	L	W	1986-01-11	Northampton Town	H
4	2	Hartlepool United	23	10	1	1	25	9	3	2	6	14	20	10	42	W	L	D	W	W	1986-01-08	Chester City	H
5	-1	Port Vale	24	8	3	0	28	5	3	4	6	10	15	18	40	L	W	L	W	D	1986-01-04	Preston North End	H
6	-1	Orient	24	7	3	2	24	9	4	4	4	18	21	12	40	D	D	W	L	W	1986-01-11	Hartlepool United	H
7	0	Southend United	23	6	4	2	21	16	5	3	3	17	19	3	40	D	W	L	L	D	1986-01-03	Burnley	H
8	0	Stockport County	25	5	5	1	20	13	6	2	6	19	24	2	40	D	W	L	D	W	1986-01-11	Exeter City	A
9	0	Rochdale	23	9	2	0	25	9	2	3	7	9	25	0	38	W	L	D	W	L	1986-01-11	Port Vale	H
10	2	Hereford United	24	8	3	1	31	15	2	2	8	9	19	6	35	W	W	D	L	L	1986-01-03	Colchester United	A
11	2	Burnley	24	8	0	5	22	16	2	5	4	14	16	4	35	W	L	D	W	D	1986-01-03	Southend United	A
12	-2	Northampton Town	23	4	4	3	24	15	5	2	5	27	17	19	33	D	D	W	W	W	1986-01-11	Mansfield Town	A
13	-2	Colchester United	23	6	2	2	22	10	4	1	8	20	28	4	33	L	D	W	L	L	1986-01-03	Hereford United	H
14	0	Tranmere Rovers	23	6	0	5	31	17	3	4	5	18	19	13	31	W	L	W	L	L	1986-01-04	Swindon Town	H
15	1	Peterborough United	24	6	6	1	19	12	1	3	7	14	26	-5	30	D	D	L	W	L	1986-01-11	Scunthorpe United	A
16	-1	Aldershot	24	6	3	3	21	12	2	2	8	11	24	-4	29	D	L	W	D	W	1986-01-18	Rochdale	H
17	0	Wrexham	23	4	4	2	17	13	3	3	7	15	33	-14	28	L	D	L	L	W	1986-01-11	Crewe Alexandra	A
18	0	Exeter City	22	6	1	4	14	10	1	5	5	10	20	-6	27	L	W	W	W	L	1986-01-11	Stockport County	H
19	0	Cambridge United	26	6	1	6	25	27	1	3	9	11	30	-21	25	L	L	W	W	D	1986-01-11	Hereford United	H
20	0	Scunthorpe United	24	4	5	3	15	13	1	4	7	8	17	-7	24	D	W	D	D	D	1986-01-11	Peterborough United	H
21	0	Crewe Alexandra	23	4	4	4	15	13	1	2	8	9	26	-15	21	L	L	D	L	L	1986-01-04	Halifax Town	A
22	0	Halifax Town	24	4	5	2	16	14	0	3	10	13	31	-16	20	L	D	D	L	W	1986-01-04	Crewe Alexandra	H
23	0	Preston North End	24	5	2	7	22	25	0	3	7	8	26	-21	20	L	D	D	L	L	1986-01-04	Port Vale	A
24	0	Torquay United	23	3	4	5	17	22	0	0	11	2	32	-35	13	L	L	L	D	L	1986-01-11	Colchester United	A