1986-03-29

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Birmingham City	1	1	Manchester United	St Andrew's	22,551
Handysides	Lineups		Robson
Chelsea	0	4	West Ham United	Stamford Bridge	29,935
	Lineups		Cottee 2, Devonshire, McAvennie
Coventry City	0	0	Nottingham Forest	Highfield Road	9,500
	Lineups
Everton	1	0	Newcastle United	Goodison Park	41,116
Richardson	Lineups
Leicester City	0	0	Luton Town	Filbert Street	9,912
	Lineups
Manchester City	2	2	Aston Villa	Maine Road	20,935
Wilson, McNab	Lineups		Hodge, Stainrod
Oxford United	3	3	Queens Park Rangers	Manor Ground	11,904
Aldridge 2 (2p),Houghton	Lineups		Walker, Allen, Fenwick (p)
Sheffield Wednesday	0	0	Liverpool	Hillsborough	37,946
	Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	Arsenal	White Hart Lane	33,427
Stevens	Lineups
Watford	0	0	Ipswich Town	Vicarage Road	14,988
	Lineups
West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Southampton	The Hawthorns	7,325
Thompson	Lineups

				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	34	13	3	2	44	16	8	3	5	30	22	36	69	W	L	D	W	W	1986-03-31	Manchester United	A
2	0	Liverpool	35	13	4	1	46	14	6	6	5	25	22	35	67	D	W	W	W	W	1986-03-31	Manchester City	H
3	0	Manchester United	34	11	4	2	30	8	8	3	6	27	20	29	64	D	D	W	L	L	1986-03-31	Everton	H
4	0	Chelsea	32	12	2	3	29	19	6	6	3	20	16	14	62	L	W	D	D	W	1986-03-31	Queens Park Rangers	A
5	0	Arsenal	32	12	3	1	24	9	5	4	7	18	24	9	58	L	W	W	W	W	1986-03-31	Watford	H
6	1	West Ham United	30	10	2	1	29	10	7	4	6	19	17	21	57	W	W	L	L	W	1986-03-31	Tottenham Hotspur	H
7	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	34	10	5	2	31	23	6	3	8	20	24	4	56	D	L	W	W	W	1986-03-31	Newcastle United	A
8	0	Luton Town	35	10	5	2	30	11	5	5	8	21	27	13	55	D	W	L	L	W	1986-04-01	West Bromwich Albion	H
9	0	Newcastle United	33	9	4	3	31	22	5	6	6	18	26	1	52	L	D	W	W	W	1986-03-31	Sheffield Wednesday	H
10	0	Nottingham Forest	33	9	3	5	33	24	6	3	7	24	23	10	51	D	W	D	L	L	1986-03-31	Birmingham City	H
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	34	9	1	7	36	20	5	5	7	16	21	11	48	W	D	W	W	L	1986-03-31	West Ham United	A
12	0	Watford	30	9	3	2	30	14	3	4	9	18	31	3	43	D	L	W	W	W	1986-03-31	Arsenal	A
13	0	Manchester City	35	7	6	5	23	22	4	4	9	17	25	-7	43	D	D	L	L	L	1986-03-31	Liverpool	A
14	0	Queens Park Rangers	36	10	3	5	24	15	2	3	13	15	41	-17	42	D	W	D	W	L	1986-03-31	Chelsea	H
15	0	Southampton	34	10	4	4	29	14	1	3	12	12	31	-4	40	L	L	L	W	W	1986-04-01	Oxford United	H
16	0	Coventry City	36	4	5	9	27	31	5	5	8	17	29	-16	37	D	L	D	L	L	1986-03-31	Ipswich Town	A
17	0	Leicester City	34	6	8	3	31	25	2	3	12	17	36	-13	35	D	L	L	D	W	1986-03-31	Aston Villa	A
18	0	Oxford United	34	5	5	6	27	23	3	4	11	24	46	-18	33	D	L	L	W	W	1986-04-01	Southampton	A
19	0	Ipswich Town	33	6	4	7	16	20	3	2	11	10	25	-19	33	D	W	L	L	W	1986-03-31	Coventry City	H
20	0	Aston Villa	34	3	6	8	18	26	3	6	8	19	30	-19	30	D	L	W	D	L	1986-03-31	Leicester City	H
21	0	Birmingham City	35	5	2	11	13	20	3	3	11	16	34	-25	29	D	W	L	L	L	1986-03-31	Nottingham Forest	A
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	35	3	6	8	16	29	1	3	14	12	47	-48	21	W	L	D	D	L	1986-04-01	Luton Town	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackburn Rovers	0	1	Stoke City	Ewood Park	5,408
	Lineups		Saunders
Carlisle United	1	0	Sheffield United	Brunton Park	4,575
Bishop	Lineups
Crystal Palace	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Selhurst Park	9,124
Brush	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	0	3	Middlesbrough	Leeds Road	5,585
	Lineups		Hamilton 2, Slaven
Hull City	0	1	Barnsley	Boothferry Park	7,903
	Lineups		Plummer
Millwall	2	2	Charlton Athletic	The Den, New Cross	7,846
Lowndes, Wilson (p)	Lineups		Melrose, Shipley
Norwich City	2	1	Fulham	Carrow Road	17,320
Barham, Deehan	Lineups		Coney
Portsmouth	1	1	Wimbledon	Fratton Park	18,859	Largest home gate 1985-86
Blake	Lineups		Smith
Shrewsbury Town	0	2	Grimsby Town	Gay Meadow	3,097
	Lineups		Lyons, Henshaw (p)
Sunderland	1	1	Bradford City	Roker Park	14,870
Ford	Lineups		Ellis

				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	34	14	2	1	43	14	8	5	4	31	19	41	73	W	W	W	W	L	1986-03-31	Charlton Athletic	A
2	0	Portsmouth	34	11	4	3	34	13	8	2	6	22	17	26	63	D	W	W	D	L	1986-03-31	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
3	0	Wimbledon	33	10	5	2	30	14	6	4	6	14	17	13	57	D	D	W	W	W	1986-04-01	Crystal Palace	H
4	0	Charlton Athletic	32	10	3	2	32	12	6	5	6	26	25	21	56	D	D	W	L	W	1986-03-31	Norwich City	H
5	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	33	9	4	3	34	20	6	3	8	22	26	10	52	L	W	W	W	D	1986-03-31	Portsmouth	H
6	0	Hull City	35	9	5	3	35	18	5	5	8	23	32	8	52	L	W	D	L	W	1986-04-01	Grimsby Town	A
7	2	Crystal Palace	34	9	2	6	21	19	6	5	6	21	21	2	52	W	W	L	L	W	1986-04-01	Wimbledon	A
8	-1	Sheffield United	34	7	6	4	30	22	7	2	8	25	30	3	50	L	L	W	D	W	1986-03-31	Sunderland	H
9	-1	Oldham Athletic	35	10	3	4	34	25	4	4	10	21	28	2	49	W	D	W	W	L	1986-04-02	Brighton & Hove Albion	A
10	0	Stoke City	34	6	9	2	23	14	6	3	8	18	28	-1	48	W	W	L	L	D	1986-03-31	Shrewsbury Town	H
11	0	Barnsley	34	8	5	4	23	17	4	6	7	13	18	1	47	W	D	L	D	D	1986-03-31	Huddersfield Town	H
12	0	Grimsby Town	35	9	4	4	30	21	3	6	9	21	31	-1	46	W	D	D	L	L	1986-04-01	Hull City	H
13	0	Bradford City	32	11	0	3	27	15	2	5	11	13	31	-6	44	D	W	L	D	L	1986-04-02	Fulham	H
14	0	Millwall	33	9	2	6	31	19	3	4	9	17	31	-2	42	D	L	L	D	W	1986-03-31	Fulham	A
15	0	Blackburn Rovers	35	8	4	5	21	16	2	7	9	21	37	-11	41	L	D	L	L	D	1986-03-31	Leeds United	A
16	0	Shrewsbury Town	35	9	4	5	24	17	2	3	12	18	37	-12	40	L	D	L	W	L	1986-03-31	Stoke City	A
17	0	Leeds United	34	7	6	5	24	20	4	1	11	20	38	-14	40	L	D	D	W	L	1986-03-31	Blackburn Rovers	H
18	0	Huddersfield Town	35	8	6	4	27	22	2	4	11	16	38	-17	40	L	L	L	W	L	1986-03-31	Barnsley	A
19	0	Sunderland	34	6	5	6	23	27	3	5	9	13	25	-16	37	D	D	D	L	L	1986-03-31	Sheffield United	A
20	0	Middlesbrough	35	6	6	6	21	20	3	3	11	15	25	-9	36	W	D	L	L	D	1986-03-31	Carlisle United	H
21	0	Carlisle United	33	8	2	7	22	21	1	4	11	12	38	-25	33	W	W	W	L	W	1986-03-31	Middlesbrough	A
22	0	Fulham	31	7	2	7	25	24	1	3	11	8	22	-13	29	L	L	D	L	D	1986-03-31	Millwall	H

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
AFC Bournemouth	4	0	Swansea City	Dean Court	3,328
Clarke, Thompson, Beck, O'Driscoll	Lineups
Blackpool	2	1	Rotherham United	Bloomfield Road	4,007
Thomson, Davies	Lineups		Dungworth
Bristol City	2	0	Bristol Rovers	Ashton Gate	12,171	Largest home gate 1985-86
Neville, Walsh	Lineups
Bury	1	2	Doncaster Rovers	Gigg Lane	2,294
Dixon	Lineups		Wakenshaw, Woods
Chesterfield	3	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Saltergate Recreation Ground	2,588
Reid, Henderson, Moss	Lineups
Darlington	1	0	Lincoln City	Feethams Ground	3,102
MacDonald	Lineups
Derby County	1	1	Newport County	Baseball Ground	11,251
Gregory	Lineups		Carter
Gillingham	3	0	Reading	Priestfield Stadium	5,710	Largest home gate 1985-86
Tempest 2, Horrix OG	Lineups
Notts County	0	4	Brentford	Meadow Lane	3,857
	Lineups		Cooke 2, Holloway, Burke
Wigan Athletic	1	3	Bolton Wanderers	Springfield Park	8,009
Methven	Lineups		Hartford, Gavin, Caldwell
York City	1	0	Walsall	Bootham Crescent	3,695
Walwyn	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	36	13	2	3	32	19	12	2	4	25	23	15	79	L	W	W	W	L	1986-03-31	AFC Bournemouth	H
2	0	Wigan Athletic	37	14	4	1	45	13	6	5	7	23	26	29	69	L	W	W	W	W	1986-04-01	Bristol Rovers	A
3	0	Plymouth Argyle	37	12	3	3	38	18	7	5	7	26	28	18	65	W	W	W	W	W	1986-04-05	AFC Bournemouth	A
4	0	Derby County	33	10	4	2	36	13	8	6	3	28	16	35	64	D	L	W	D	W	1986-03-31	Walsall	A
5	1	Gillingham	38	11	5	3	41	16	6	8	5	27	28	24	64	W	D	L	D	D	1986-03-31	Brentford	A
6	-1	Walsall	38	13	5	1	48	16	6	1	12	27	35	24	63	L	W	D	W	L	1986-03-31	Derby County	H
7	2	Brentford	37	7	7	4	22	20	9	2	8	24	27	-1	57	W	D	W	D	W	1986-03-31	Gillingham	H
8	0	Doncaster Rovers	38	7	8	4	17	15	8	4	7	22	27	-3	57	W	W	L	L	D	1986-03-31	York City	H
9	1	Bristol City	38	13	4	3	39	17	2	7	9	18	34	6	56	W	L	L	W	D	1986-04-05	Lincoln City	H
10	2	York City	38	12	3	3	36	12	4	4	12	24	37	11	55	W	L	L	W	W	1986-03-31	Doncaster Rovers	A
11	-4	Notts County	36	8	5	4	29	22	7	5	7	25	29	3	55	L	W	L	L	D	1986-03-31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
12	1	Blackpool	37	9	5	5	34	17	5	6	7	23	24	16	53	W	D	L	D	D	1986-03-31	Bolton Wanderers	A
13	-2	Rotherham United	37	12	4	4	39	15	2	6	9	16	29	11	52	L	W	W	L	W	1986-03-31	Darlington	H
14	0	AFC Bournemouth	38	9	5	6	39	26	4	3	11	17	31	-1	47	W	W	W	L	D	1986-03-31	Reading	A
15	0	Bolton Wanderers	39	9	4	7	33	23	4	4	11	16	29	-3	47	W	D	W	L	D	1986-03-31	Blackpool	H
16	0	Bristol Rovers	36	8	5	6	23	18	4	2	11	19	45	-21	43	L	D	L	L	L	1986-04-01	Wigan Athletic	H
17	1	Chesterfield	38	7	6	6	31	26	3	6	10	14	26	-7	42	W	L	L	L	L	1986-03-31	Lincoln City	A
18	-1	Darlington	33	7	4	4	31	25	4	5	9	17	32	-9	42	W	D	W	D	W	1986-03-31	Rotherham United	A
19	0	Bury	37	8	5	5	36	24	1	5	13	14	33	-7	37	L	D	L	D	W	1986-03-31	Newport County	A
20	1	Newport County	38	5	6	8	27	29	2	9	8	13	28	-17	36	D	L	L	L	L	1986-03-31	Bury	H
21	-1	Lincoln City	36	6	6	5	26	26	2	6	11	18	38	-20	36	L	D	L	W	W	1986-03-31	Chesterfield	H
22	0	Cardiff City	39	5	4	11	17	27	4	4	11	28	46	-28	35	L	L	L	D	D	1986-03-31	Swansea City	A
23	0	Swansea City	39	8	4	7	23	22	1	4	15	13	53	-39	35	L	D	D	L	W	1986-03-31	Cardiff City	H
24	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	37	5	5	9	22	38	3	4	11	20	40	-36	33	L	D	W	D	W	1986-03-31	Notts County	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Aldershot	1	1	Torquay United	Recreation Ground	1,396
Fielder	Lineups		Loram
Exeter City	3	2	Hereford United	St James Park	1,989
McNichol, Viney, Kellow (p)	Lineups		Maddy, Harvey
Mansfield Town	2	3	Preston North End	Field Mill	3,733
Cassells, Chamberlain	Lineups		Foster, Atkins, Allatt
Orient	0	1	Northampton Town	Brisbane Road	2,920
	Lineups		Benjamin
Port Vale	1	1	Chester City	Vale Park	4,490
Sproson	Lineups		Greenough
Southend United	0	1	Peterborough United	Roots Hall	1,687
	Lineups		Gallagher
Tranmere Rovers	0	1	Crewe Alexandra	Prenton Park	1,587
	Lineups		Thomas
Wrexham	0	1	Burnley	Racecourse Ground	2,057
	Lineups		Hoskin

				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	36	15	1	1	35	14	10	2	7	21	19	23	78	D	W	D	W	W	1986-03-31	Aldershot	H
2	0	Chester City	38	13	4	3	39	14	6	9	3	32	25	32	70	D	W	W	L	D	1986-03-31	Cambridge United	H
3	0	Mansfield Town	36	12	5	1	38	15	8	3	7	24	23	24	68	L	D	W	D	W	1986-03-31	Stockport County	A
4	0	Port Vale	38	11	8	1	39	11	5	7	6	20	21	27	63	D	D	W	D	W	1986-03-31	Crewe Alexandra	A
5	0	Stockport County	38	9	8	3	33	23	8	3	7	25	29	6	62	W	L	D	D	W	1986-03-31	Mansfield Town	H
6	0	Hartlepool United	37	13	5	1	34	14	4	3	11	21	34	7	59	L	L	D	D	L	1986-04-01	Scunthorpe United	H
7	0	Orient	36	9	5	5	35	20	6	6	5	27	28	14	56	L	W	W	D	D	1986-03-31	Hereford United	A
8	0	Northampton Town	37	8	5	4	33	18	8	2	10	32	26	21	55	W	W	L	D	W	1986-03-31	Southend United	H
9	3	Crewe Alexandra	38	9	6	5	33	22	5	3	10	15	32	-6	51	W	W	W	W	W	1986-03-31	Port Vale	H
10	-1	Southend United	36	9	4	5	29	22	5	4	9	23	33	-3	50	L	L	L	W	D	1986-03-31	Northampton Town	A
11	4	Burnley	37	10	1	7	29	24	4	6	9	21	30	-4	49	W	L	L	L	L	1986-03-31	Tranmere Rovers	H
12	-2	Wrexham	38	8	4	6	27	21	6	3	11	30	49	-13	49	L	W	L	L	W	1986-03-31	Preston North End	A
13	-2	Hereford United	37	11	5	2	42	22	2	4	13	16	36	0	48	L	D	D	W	L	1986-03-31	Orient	H
14	0	Colchester United	35	8	5	4	31	16	4	5	9	26	35	6	46	D	L	L	D	D	1986-03-31	Peterborough United	A
15	-2	Tranmere Rovers	38	8	1	11	40	34	5	6	7	23	24	5	46	L	L	D	L	D	1986-03-31	Burnley	A
16	0	Rochdale	36	10	5	2	32	18	2	5	12	14	37	-9	46	L	D	W	L	L	1986-03-31	Halifax Town	H
17	1	Exeter City	38	9	4	7	23	21	2	9	7	14	26	-10	46	W	D	D	W	D	1986-04-01	Torquay United	A
18	-1	Halifax Town	35	8	6	3	29	22	4	3	11	23	35	-5	45	W	W	W	W	L	1986-03-31	Rochdale	A
19	1	Peterborough United	36	7	9	2	23	15	2	6	10	19	35	-8	42	W	D	D	L	D	1986-03-31	Colchester United	H
20	-1	Scunthorpe United	37	8	6	4	25	18	2	6	11	13	29	-9	42	L	D	D	W	W	1986-04-01	Hartlepool United	A
21	0	Aldershot	36	8	5	4	28	18	3	2	14	15	39	-14	40	D	L	L	L	L	1986-03-31	Swindon Town	A
22	0	Cambridge United	38	9	1	8	35	34	2	5	13	16	40	-23	39	W	D	W	L	L	1986-03-31	Chester City	A
23	0	Preston North End	39	6	3	11	28	36	3	5	11	18	38	-28	35	W	W	W	L	L	1986-03-31	Wrexham	H
24	0	Torquay United	36	8	5	6	26	25	0	4	13	9	43	-33	33	D	D	L	L	W	1986-04-01	Exeter City	H