1986-03-15

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	1	0	West Ham United	Highbury	31,240
Woodcock	Lineups
Birmingham City	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	St Andrew's	9,394
Kennedy	Lineups		Stevens, Waddle
Coventry City	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Highfield Road	10,168
	Lineups		Sterland
Luton Town	1	2	Oxford United	Kenilworth Road	10,633
Preece	Lineups		Charles, Aldridge (p)
Manchester City	0	1	Watford	Maine Road	18,899
	Lineups		Terry
Newcastle United	3	1	Ipswich Town	St James' Park	19,451
Beardsley, Whitehurst, Gascoigne	Lineups		Wilson
Nottingham Forest	1	1	Aston Villa	City Ground	12,933
Clough (p)	Lineups		Walters
Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Manchester United	Loftus Road	20,407
Byrne	Lineups
Southampton	1	2	Liverpool	The Dell	19,784	Largest home gate 1985-86
Lawrence	Lineups		Wark, Rush
West Bromwich Albion	2	2	Leicester City	The Hawthorns	8,626
Varadi, Mackenzie	Lineups		Sealy 2

				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	Everton	31	12	2	2	42	15	8	3	4	29	20	36	65	W	W	W	W	W	1986-03-16	Chelsea	H
2	0	Liverpool	33	12	4	1	40	14	6	5	5	25	22	29	63	W	W	W	L	D	1986-03-22	Oxford United	H
3	0	Manchester United	31	10	3	2	26	6	8	2	6	26	19	27	59	L	L	W	D	L	1986-03-19	Luton Town	H
4	0	Chelsea	28	12	1	2	28	14	5	5	3	18	15	17	57	W	L	D	W	W	1986-03-16	Everton	A
5	0	Arsenal	30	11	3	1	21	9	5	4	6	18	23	7	55	W	W	W	L	W	1986-03-22	Coventry City	H
6	2	Sheffield Wednesday	31	9	4	2	30	23	6	3	7	20	23	4	52	W	W	L	L	L	1986-03-18	Leicester City	H
7	-1	West Ham United	27	9	2	1	28	10	6	4	5	14	15	17	51	L	W	L	W	L	1986-03-19	Aston Villa	A
8	-1	Luton Town	32	9	5	2	28	10	5	4	7	21	25	14	51	L	W	D	W	L	1986-03-19	Manchester United	A
9	1	Newcastle United	30	9	3	3	29	20	4	6	5	16	24	1	48	W	W	W	W	L	1986-03-19	Oxford United	A
10	-1	Nottingham Forest	31	8	3	5	29	21	6	2	7	24	23	9	47	D	L	L	W	W	1986-03-22	Leicester City	H
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	32	8	1	7	35	20	5	4	7	14	19	10	44	W	W	L	W	L	1986-03-22	Newcastle United	A
12	2	Watford	28	9	2	2	30	14	3	4	8	17	29	4	42	W	W	W	L	D	1986-03-22	Queens Park Rangers	A
13	-1	Manchester City	33	7	5	5	21	20	4	3	9	15	23	-7	41	L	L	L	L	W	1986-03-22	Manchester United	A
14	-1	Southampton	32	10	4	3	29	13	1	3	11	12	30	-2	40	L	W	W	L	L	1986-03-22	Chelsea	H
15	1	Queens Park Rangers	33	9	3	5	22	14	2	1	13	11	37	-18	37	W	L	L	L	D	1986-03-19	Chelsea	A
16	-1	Coventry City	33	4	4	9	27	31	5	4	7	17	26	-13	35	L	L	W	D	W	1986-03-19	West Bromwich Albion	A
17	0	Leicester City	31	6	7	3	31	25	2	3	10	14	31	-11	34	D	W	W	D	D	1986-03-18	Sheffield Wednesday	A
18	0	Oxford United	31	5	4	5	23	18	3	4	10	24	40	-11	32	W	W	W	L	L	1986-03-19	Newcastle United	H
19	0	Ipswich Town	31	5	4	7	15	20	3	1	11	10	25	-20	29	L	L	W	W	L	1986-03-22	West Bromwich Albion	H
20	0	Aston Villa	31	2	6	7	16	22	3	5	8	17	28	-17	26	D	L	L	D	L	1986-03-19	West Ham United	H
21	0	Birmingham City	33	5	1	11	12	19	2	3	11	13	34	-28	25	L	L	L	W	D	1986-03-22	Aston Villa	A
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	32	2	5	8	15	29	1	3	13	12	46	-48	17	D	L	L	W	L	1986-03-19	Coventry City	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	2	Bradford City	Oakwell	7,512
Thomas, Owen (p)	Lineups		Goodman, Abbott (p)
Blackburn Rovers	1	2	Millwall	Ewood Park	4,336
Barker	Lineups		Fashanu, Lovell
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Stoke City	Goldstone Ground	8,783
Wilson, Mortimer	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	1	2	Portsmouth	Selhurst Park	10,132
Pearson	Lineups		Channon, O'Callaghan
Fulham	0	2	Wimbledon	Craven Cottage	6,209
	Lineups		Sanchez, Cork
Huddersfield Town	1	0	Shrewsbury Town	Leeds Road	4,511
Curran	Lineups
Hull City	1	1	Sunderland	Boothferry Park	9,295
Roberts	Lineups		Wallace
Middlesbrough	2	2	Leeds United	Ayresome Park	6,899
Currie 2	Lineups		Simmonds, Rennie
Norwich City	2	1	Carlisle United	Carrow Road	13,030
Williams 2 (1p)	Lineups		McGarvey
Oldham Athletic	2	0	Crystal Palace	Boundary Park	3,726
Henry, Williams	Lineups
Sheffield United	1	1	Grimsby Town	Bramall Lane	9,165
Stancliffe	Lineups		Henshaw

				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	32	13	2	1	41	13	7	5	4	26	17	37	67	W	W	L	W	D	1986-03-22	Sheffield United	A
2	0	Portsmouth	32	10	3	3	31	11	8	2	6	22	17	25	59	W	D	L	L	W	1986-03-25	Millwall	H
3	0	Wimbledon	31	10	4	2	29	13	6	3	6	13	16	13	55	W	W	W	D	W	1986-03-22	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	0	Charlton Athletic	29	10	2	2	31	11	5	4	6	22	22	20	51	L	W	D	D	W	1986-03-19	Bradford City	A
5	0	Hull City	33	9	5	2	35	17	4	5	8	21	31	8	49	D	L	W	W	L	1986-03-22	Middlesbrough	A
6	0	Sheffield United	31	7	6	3	28	17	6	2	7	23	28	6	47	D	W	L	W	L	1986-03-18	Middlesbrough	A
7	1	Brighton & Hove Albion	30	8	4	3	33	20	5	3	7	18	24	7	46	W	D	D	L	D	1986-03-18	Blackburn Rovers	A
8	-1	Crystal Palace	31	8	2	5	20	18	5	5	6	18	19	1	46	L	W	W	D	L	1986-03-18	Stoke City	H
9	2	Oldham Athletic	33	9	3	4	31	24	4	3	10	20	27	0	45	W	W	L	D	W	1986-03-22	Charlton Athletic	A
10	-1	Barnsley	31	8	4	3	22	15	3	6	7	12	18	1	43	D	D	W	D	L	1986-03-22	Carlisle United	H
11	1	Grimsby Town	33	9	3	4	29	20	2	6	9	19	31	-3	42	D	L	L	W	W	1986-03-22	Sunderland	H
12	-2	Stoke City	32	6	9	2	23	14	4	3	8	16	28	-3	42	L	L	D	W	L	1986-03-18	Crystal Palace	A
13	4	Millwall	29	9	0	6	28	16	3	4	7	16	28	0	40	W	L	W	D	W	1986-03-18	Fulham	H
14	-1	Blackburn Rovers	32	8	4	3	20	11	2	6	9	20	36	-7	40	L	D	L	W	L	1986-03-18	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
15	-1	Bradford City	29	10	0	2	23	13	2	4	11	12	30	-8	40	D	L	W	W	L	1986-03-19	Charlton Athletic	H
16	2	Huddersfield Town	32	8	6	3	27	19	2	4	9	16	33	-9	40	W	L	L	W	W	1986-03-18	Carlisle United	A
17	-2	Shrewsbury Town	33	9	4	4	24	15	2	2	12	17	36	-10	39	L	W	L	D	L	1986-03-22	Leeds United	A
18	-2	Leeds United	32	7	5	5	23	19	4	1	10	19	35	-12	39	D	W	L	L	W	1986-03-22	Shrewsbury Town	H
19	0	Sunderland	32	6	4	6	22	26	3	4	9	12	24	-16	35	D	L	L	D	D	1986-03-22	Grimsby Town	A
20	0	Middlesbrough	31	6	6	4	19	16	2	2	11	12	25	-10	32	D	L	W	L	L	1986-03-18	Sheffield United	H
21	0	Fulham	28	7	2	6	23	21	1	2	10	6	19	-11	28	L	D	L	L	L	1986-03-18	Millwall	A
22	0	Carlisle United	30	6	2	7	19	21	0	4	11	10	37	-29	24	L	W	D	D	D	1986-03-18	Huddersfield Town	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Blackpool	1	2	Wigan Athletic	Bloomfield Road	6,218
O'Keefe (p)	Lineups		Langley, Jewell
Bristol City	3	0	Notts County	Ashton Gate	5,701
Moyes, Riley, Walsh	Lineups
Bury	3	0	AFC Bournemouth	Gigg Lane	2,097
Bramhall, Jakub 2	Lineups
Cardiff City	1	1	Gillingham	Ninian Park	2,579
Gummer	Lineups		Cascarino
Derby County	1	1	Darlington	Baseball Ground	11,824
Christie	Lineups		Ward
Doncaster Rovers	0	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Belle Vue	2,656
	Lineups		Chapman
Plymouth Argyle	2	0	Walsall	Home Park	6,079
Coughlin, Cooper L	Lineups
Reading	2	0	Newport County	Elm Park	5,003
Wood, Hicks	Lineups
Rotherham United	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Millmoor	2,734
Birch, Emerson	Lineups
York City	2	0	Chesterfield	Bootham Crescent	3,580
Hood, Gabbiadini	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	33	11	2	3	28	18	12	2	3	25	20	15	73	W	L	L	W	W	1986-03-19	Rotherham United	H
2	0	Wigan Athletic	34	13	4	0	43	10	5	5	7	19	23	29	63	W	W	W	W	D	1986-03-18	York City	H
3	0	Derby County	30	9	3	2	33	12	8	6	2	27	12	36	60	D	W	W	W	L	1986-03-19	Bristol City	H
4	0	Gillingham	35	10	5	2	37	14	6	7	5	25	26	22	60	D	D	D	L	W	1986-03-18	Brentford	H
5	0	Walsall	34	12	4	1	42	16	5	1	11	24	32	18	56	L	L	W	W	L	1986-03-18	Bristol Rovers	H
6	0	Plymouth Argyle	34	11	3	3	34	17	5	5	7	22	26	13	56	W	W	W	D	L	1986-03-18	Chesterfield	A
7	2	Bristol City	35	12	4	3	37	17	2	7	7	17	30	7	53	W	D	W	L	D	1986-03-19	Derby County	A
8	4	York City	35	11	3	3	35	12	4	4	10	23	32	14	52	W	W	L	D	W	1986-03-18	Wigan Athletic	A
9	-2	Notts County	34	8	5	3	29	18	6	5	7	23	29	5	52	L	L	D	W	D	1986-03-22	Lincoln City	A
10	-2	Doncaster Rovers	36	6	8	4	15	15	7	4	7	20	26	-6	51	L	L	D	W	L	1986-03-21	Chesterfield	H
11	-1	Brentford	34	7	6	4	21	19	7	2	8	18	26	-6	50	D	W	L	W	L	1986-03-18	Gillingham	A
12	-1	Blackpool	35	8	5	5	32	16	5	5	7	22	23	15	49	L	D	D	W	W	1986-03-22	Brentford	A
13	0	Rotherham United	33	11	4	4	35	14	1	6	7	11	23	9	46	W	D	L	W	D	1986-03-19	Reading	A
14	0	Bristol Rovers	32	8	4	5	20	14	4	2	9	19	37	-12	42	L	L	L	D	D	1986-03-18	Walsall	A
15	0	Bolton Wanderers	35	8	4	7	28	23	3	3	10	11	25	-9	40	D	W	D	L	W	1986-03-18	AFC Bournemouth	A
16	0	Chesterfield	34	6	6	4	25	21	3	6	9	14	24	-6	39	L	D	L	L	W	1986-03-18	Plymouth Argyle	H
17	0	AFC Bournemouth	35	7	5	6	33	25	3	3	11	14	29	-7	38	L	D	D	D	L	1986-03-18	Bolton Wanderers	H
18	4	Bury	33	8	4	4	33	20	1	4	12	13	30	-4	35	W	L	L	W	L	1986-03-18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
19	0	Darlington	30	5	4	4	27	23	4	4	9	17	32	-11	35	D	W	D	W	W	1986-03-18	Newport County	H
20	-2	Newport County	35	5	6	7	24	25	2	8	7	10	24	-15	35	L	L	L	L	L	1986-03-18	Darlington	A
21	-1	Cardiff City	36	5	4	9	14	22	4	4	10	28	41	-21	35	D	D	L	W	L	1986-03-22	Bolton Wanderers	A
22	-1	Swansea City	35	8	3	7	21	20	1	3	13	10	43	-32	33	W	D	L	L	W	1986-03-16	Lincoln City	A
23	0	Lincoln City	32	5	5	4	21	22	2	6	10	18	37	-20	32	W	W	D	L	D	1986-03-16	Swansea City	H
24	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	33	4	4	9	19	36	3	3	10	19	36	-34	28	W	L	D	D	L	1986-03-18	Bury	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Cambridge United	0	1	Scunthorpe United	Abbey Stadium	1,785
	Lineups		Cammack
Chester City	2	0	Preston North End	Sealand Road	3,062
Wright, Kelly	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	4	2	Rochdale	Gresty Road	1,683
Blissett (p), Cutler, Thomas, Johnson OG	Lineups		McMahon, Booth OG
Northampton Town	2	2	Peterborough United	County Ground	3,332
Morley, Hill	Lineups		Slack, Kelly
Orient	2	2	Exeter City	Brisbane Road	2,220
Cunningham, Sussex	Lineups		Crawford, Cornwell OG
Port Vale	0	0	Tranmere Rovers	Vale Park	3,427
	Lineups
Southend United	2	0	Aldershot	Roots Hall	1,505
Neal, McDonough	Lineups
Swindon Town	3	1	Burnley	County Ground	7,311
Henry, Bamber, Gordon	Lineups		Lawrence
Torquay United	2	1	Hereford United	Plainmoor	1,347
Phillips, Pugh	Lineups		Harvey

				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	33	14	0	1	32	13	10	1	7	20	18	21	73	W	W	W	W	W	1986-03-23	Port Vale	H
2	1	Chester City	36	12	4	3	37	13	6	8	3	31	24	31	66	W	L	D	L	D	1986-03-22	Wrexham	H
3	-1	Mansfield Town	33	12	4	0	35	11	7	3	7	22	22	24	64	D	W	D	W	W	1986-03-22	Torquay United	A
4	0	Stockport County	36	9	8	2	31	20	7	3	7	22	27	6	59	D	D	W	W	D	1986-03-21	Orient	H
5	1	Port Vale	35	10	7	1	35	9	5	6	6	20	21	25	58	D	W	D	D	D	1986-03-18	Aldershot	H
6	-1	Hartlepool United	34	13	4	1	34	14	4	3	9	18	28	10	58	D	L	L	D	L	1986-03-22	Exeter City	H
7	0	Orient	33	8	5	4	31	17	5	6	5	24	26	12	50	D	D	L	L	W	1986-03-18	Torquay United	H
8	1	Southend United	33	9	4	4	29	21	5	4	7	20	28	0	50	W	D	W	L	L	1986-03-19	Hereford United	A
9	-1	Northampton Town	34	7	5	4	32	18	7	2	9	31	25	20	49	D	W	L	L	W	1986-03-18	Scunthorpe United	A
10	0	Burnley	34	10	1	6	28	21	3	6	8	20	29	-2	46	L	L	W	D	D	1986-03-18	Rochdale	A
11	0	Wrexham	35	7	4	5	23	19	6	3	10	29	47	-14	46	L	W	L	W	W	1986-03-22	Chester City	A
12	1	Tranmere Rovers	34	8	1	9	38	30	5	5	6	21	21	8	45	D	D	W	L	L	1986-03-18	Crewe Alexandra	A
13	-1	Colchester United	32	8	4	3	29	13	4	5	8	26	34	8	45	D	D	D	W	D	1986-03-22	Northampton Town	A
14	0	Hereford United	33	10	4	2	39	20	2	3	12	14	33	0	43	L	W	D	D	L	1986-03-19	Southend United	H
15	0	Rochdale	33	9	4	2	30	17	2	5	11	14	36	-9	42	L	L	L	L	D	1986-03-18	Burnley	H
16	0	Aldershot	32	8	4	4	27	17	3	2	11	13	30	-7	39	L	W	L	L	D	1986-03-18	Port Vale	A
17	0	Halifax Town	33	7	6	3	26	20	3	3	11	20	34	-8	39	W	W	L	W	W	1986-03-22	Burnley	A
18	2	Crewe Alexandra	34	7	6	5	29	21	3	3	10	12	31	-11	39	W	W	W	D	D	1986-03-18	Tranmere Rovers	H
19	-1	Exeter City	34	7	3	7	17	17	2	8	7	14	26	-12	38	D	D	L	W	D	1986-03-19	Peterborough United	H
20	-1	Peterborough United	32	7	7	2	23	15	1	6	9	18	34	-8	37	D	L	W	L	D	1986-03-19	Exeter City	A
21	0	Scunthorpe United	33	7	6	3	22	15	2	4	11	11	27	-9	37	W	D	L	W	L	1986-03-18	Northampton Town	H
22	0	Cambridge United	35	8	1	8	34	34	1	4	13	14	39	-25	32	L	L	D	L	W	1986-03-18	Preston North End	A
23	0	Torquay United	32	8	5	5	25	23	0	2	12	4	36	-30	31	W	W	D	D	W	1986-03-18	Orient	A
24	0	Preston North End	35	5	3	10	24	32	1	5	11	12	34	-30	26	L	L	D	L	D	1986-03-18	Cambridge United	H