1986-03-31

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	0	2	Watford	Highbury	19,599
	Lineups		Barnes, Allen
Aston Villa	1	0	Leicester City	Villa Park	12,200
Stainrod	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	0	Coventry City	Portman Road	13,485
Brennan	Lineups
Liverpool	2	0	Manchester City	Anfield Road	43,316
McMahon 2	Lineups
Manchester United	0	0	Everton	Old Trafford	51,189
	Lineups
Newcastle United	4	1	Sheffield Wednesday	St James' Park	25,714
Stephenson, Gascoigne, Beardsley, Whitehurst	Lineups		Shutt
Nottingham Forest	3	0	Birmingham City	City Ground	13,134
Clough (p), Metgod, Webb	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	6	0	Chelsea	Loftus Road	18,584
Bannister 3, Byrne 2, Rosenior	Lineups
West Ham United	2	1	Tottenham Hotspur	Upton Park	27,568
Cottee, McAvennie	Lineups		Ardiles

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	1	Liverpool	36	14	4	1	48	14	6	6	5	25	22	37	70	W	D	W	W	W	1986-04-12	Coventry City	H
2	-1	Everton	35	13	3	2	44	16	8	4	5	30	22	36	70	D	W	L	D	W	1986-04-12	Arsenal	A
3	0	Manchester United	35	11	5	2	30	8	8	3	6	27	20	29	65	D	D	D	W	L	1986-04-05	Coventry City	A
4	0	Chelsea	33	12	2	3	29	19	6	6	4	20	22	8	62	L	L	W	D	D	1986-04-05	Ipswich Town	H
5	1	West Ham United	31	11	2	1	31	11	7	4	6	19	17	22	60	W	W	W	L	L	1986-04-02	Nottingham Forest	A
6	-1	Arsenal	33	12	3	2	24	11	5	4	7	18	24	7	58	L	L	W	W	W	1986-04-01	Watford	A
7	0	Sheffield Wednesday	35	10	5	2	31	23	6	3	9	21	28	1	56	L	D	L	W	W	1986-04-08	Queens Park Rangers	H
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	34	10	4	3	35	23	5	6	6	18	26	4	55	W	L	D	W	W	1986-04-05	Watford	A
10	0	Nottingham Forest	34	10	3	5	36	24	6	3	7	24	23	13	54	W	D	W	D	L	1986-04-02	West Ham United	H
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	35	9	1	7	36	20	5	5	8	17	23	10	48	L	W	D	W	W	1986-04-05	Leicester City	A
12	0	Watford	31	9	3	2	30	14	4	4	9	20	31	5	46	W	D	L	W	W	1986-04-01	Arsenal	H
13	1	Queens Park Rangers	37	11	3	5	30	15	2	3	13	15	41	-11	45	W	D	W	D	W	1986-04-08	Sheffield Wednesday	A
14	-1	Manchester City	36	7	6	5	23	22	4	4	10	17	27	-9	43	L	D	D	L	L	1986-04-05	Arsenal	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	37	4	5	9	27	31	5	5	9	17	30	-17	37	L	D	L	D	L	1986-04-05	Manchester United	H
17	2	Ipswich Town	34	7	4	7	17	20	3	2	11	10	25	-18	36	W	D	W	L	L	1986-04-05	Chelsea	A
18	-1	Leicester City	35	6	8	3	31	25	2	3	13	17	37	-14	35	L	D	L	L	D	1986-04-05	Tottenham Hotspur	H
19	-1	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
20	0	Aston Villa	35	4	6	8	19	26	3	6	8	19	30	-18	33	W	D	L	W	D	1986-04-05	Oxford United	A
21	0	Birmingham City	36	5	2	11	13	20	3	3	12	16	37	-28	29	L	D	W	L	L	1986-04-06	Luton Town	H
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
Barnsley	1	3	Huddersfield Town	Oakwell	5,746
Plummer	Lineups		Shearer 3
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	3	Portsmouth	Goldstone Ground	16,640	Largest home gate 1985-86
Saunders, O'Regan	Lineups		Quinn 2 (1p), Hilaire
Charlton Athletic	1	0	Norwich City	Selhurst Park	8,458
Pearson	Lineups
Fulham	1	2	Millwall	Craven Cottage	4,581
Pike	Lineups		Stevens, Lovell
Leeds United	1	1	Blackburn Rovers	Elland Road	9,911
Ritchie	Lineups		Mail
Middlesbrough	1	3	Carlisle United	Ayresome Park	7,603
Hamilton	Lineups		Cooke 2, Nattrass OG
Sheffield United	1	0	Sunderland	Bramall Lane	9,839
Foley	Lineups
Stoke City	2	2	Shrewsbury Town	Victoria Ground	8,998
Bertschin 2 (1p)	Lineups		McNally (p), Callaghan OG

				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	35	14	2	1	43	14	8	5	5	31	20	40	73	L	W	W	W	W	1986-04-05	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	0	Portsmouth	35	11	4	3	34	13	9	2	6	25	19	27	66	W	D	W	W	D	1986-04-05	Leeds United	H
3	1	Charlton Athletic	33	11	3	2	33	12	6	5	6	26	25	22	59	W	D	D	W	L	1986-04-05	Shrewsbury Town	A
4	-1	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
5	3	Sheffield United	35	8	6	4	31	22	7	2	8	25	30	4	53	W	L	L	W	D	1986-04-05	Hull City	A
6	-1	Brighton & Hove Albion	34	9	4	4	36	23	6	3	8	22	26	9	52	L	L	W	W	W	1986-04-02	Oldham Athletic	H
7	-1	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
8	-1	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
9	0	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	35	6	10	2	25	16	6	3	8	18	28	-1	49	D	W	W	L	L	1986-04-05	Huddersfield Town	A
11	0	Barnsley	35	8	5	5	24	20	4	6	7	13	18	-1	47	L	W	D	L	D	1986-04-06	Oldham Athletic	A
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	1	Millwall	34	9	2	6	31	19	4	4	9	19	32	-1	45	W	D	L	L	D	1986-04-05	Grimsby Town	H
14	-1	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
15	3	Huddersfield Town	36	8	6	4	27	22	3	4	11	19	39	-15	43	W	L	L	L	W	1986-04-05	Stoke City	H
16	-1	Blackburn Rovers	36	8	4	5	21	16	2	8	9	22	38	-11	42	D	L	D	L	L	1986-04-05	Middlesbrough	H
17	-1	Shrewsbury Town	36	9	4	5	24	17	2	4	12	20	39	-12	41	D	L	D	L	W	1986-04-05	Charlton Athletic	H
18	-1	Leeds United	35	7	7	5	25	21	4	1	11	20	38	-14	41	D	L	D	D	W	1986-04-05	Portsmouth	A
19	0	Sunderland	35	6	5	6	23	27	3	5	10	13	26	-17	37	L	D	D	D	L	1986-04-05	Fulham	H
20	0	Middlesbrough	36	6	6	7	22	23	3	3	11	15	25	-11	36	L	W	D	L	L	1986-04-05	Blackburn Rovers	A
21	0	Carlisle United	34	8	2	7	22	21	2	4	11	15	39	-23	36	W	W	W	W	L	1986-04-06	Wimbledon	H
22	0	Fulham	32	7	2	8	26	26	1	3	11	8	22	-14	29	L	L	L	D	L	1986-04-02	Bradford City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	1	3	Blackpool	Burnden Park	7,878
Thompson	Lineups		Thomson, Stewart, O'Keefe
Brentford	1	2	Gillingham	Griffin Park	4,702
Cooke	Lineups		Robinson, Elsey
Doncaster Rovers	1	1	York City	Belle Vue	3,319
Holmes	Lineups		Hay
Lincoln City	2	1	Chesterfield	Sincil Bank	2,461
Kilmore, White	Lineups		Caldwell
Newport County	1	0	Bury	Somerton Park	1,983
Staniforth	Lineups
Reading	1	2	AFC Bournemouth	Elm Park	7,342
Senior	Lineups		Clarke, Beck
Rotherham United	1	2	Darlington	Millmoor	3,041
Emerson	Lineups		MacDonald, Roberts
Swansea City	2	0	Cardiff City	Vetch Field	6,643
Hough, Williams	Lineups
Walsall	1	1	Derby County	Fellows Park	8,294
Cross (p)	Lineups		MacLaren
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2	2	Notts County	Molineux	3,774
Edwards D, Mutch	Lineups		Waitt, Goodwin

				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	37	13	2	4	33	21	12	2	4	25	23	14	79	L	L	W	W	W	1986-04-05	Notts County	A
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	2	Gillingham	39	11	5	3	41	16	7	8	5	29	29	25	67	W	W	D	L	D	1986-04-04	Rotherham United	H
4	0	Derby County	34	10	4	2	36	13	8	7	3	29	17	35	65	D	D	L	W	D	1986-04-05	Brentford	H
5	-2	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
6	0	Walsall	39	13	6	1	49	17	6	1	12	27	35	24	64	D	L	W	D	W	1986-04-05	Cardiff City	A
7	1	Doncaster Rovers	39	7	9	4	18	16	8	4	7	22	27	-3	58	D	W	W	L	L	1986-04-05	Wigan Athletic	A
8	-1	Brentford	38	7	7	5	23	22	9	2	8	24	27	-2	57	L	W	D	W	D	1986-04-05	Derby County	A
9	3	Blackpool	38	9	5	5	34	17	6	6	7	26	25	18	56	W	W	D	L	D	1986-04-05	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
10	0	York City	39	12	3	3	36	12	4	5	12	25	38	11	56	D	W	L	L	W	1986-04-05	Newport County	H
11	-2	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
12	-1	Notts County	37	8	5	4	29	22	7	6	7	27	31	3	56	D	L	W	L	L	1986-04-05	Reading	H
13	0	Rotherham United	38	12	4	5	40	17	2	6	9	16	29	10	52	L	L	W	W	L	1986-04-04	Gillingham	A
14	0	AFC Bournemouth	39	9	5	6	39	26	5	3	11	19	32	0	50	W	W	W	W	L	1986-04-05	Plymouth Argyle	H
15	0	Bolton Wanderers	40	9	4	8	34	26	4	4	11	16	29	-5	47	L	W	D	W	L	1986-04-12	Notts County	H
16	2	Darlington	34	7	4	4	31	25	5	5	9	19	33	-8	45	W	W	D	W	D	1986-04-02	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
17	-1	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
18	-1	Chesterfield	39	7	6	6	31	26	3	6	11	15	28	-8	42	L	W	L	L	L	1986-04-05	Swansea City	H
19	1	Newport County	39	6	6	8	28	29	2	9	8	13	28	-16	39	W	D	L	L	L	1986-04-05	York City	A
20	1	Lincoln City	37	7	6	5	28	27	2	6	11	18	38	-19	39	W	L	D	L	W	1986-04-05	Bristol City	A
21	2	Swansea City	40	9	4	7	25	22	1	4	15	13	53	-37	38	W	L	D	D	L	1986-04-05	Chesterfield	A
22	-3	Bury	38	8	5	5	36	24	1	5	14	14	34	-8	37	L	L	D	L	D	1986-04-05	Bristol Rovers	H
23	-1	Cardiff City	40	5	4	11	17	27	4	4	12	28	48	-30	35	L	L	L	L	D	1986-04-05	Walsall	H
24	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	5	6	9	24	40	3	4	11	20	40	-36	34	D	L	D	W	D	1986-04-02	Darlington	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Burnley	3	1	Tranmere Rovers	Turf Moor	3,132
Grewcock 2, Malley	Lineups		Muir
Chester City	1	1	Cambridge United	Sealand Road	2,893
Houghton	Lineups		Dowman
Crewe Alexandra	0	1	Port Vale	Gresty Road	4,986	Largest home gate 1985-86
	Lineups		Earle
Hereford United	3	2	Orient	Edgar Street	2,854
Price, Carter, Harvey	Lineups		Dickenson, Foster
Northampton Town	0	0	Southend United	County Ground	3,527
	Lineups
Peterborough United	1	2	Colchester United	London Road	2,316
Fuccillo	Lineups		English A, Baker
Preston North End	1	0	Wrexham	Deepdale	5,195
Thomas	Lineups
Rochdale	1	0	Halifax Town	Spotland	1,931
Moore	Lineups
Stockport County	0	2	Mansfield Town	Edgeley Park	4,635
	Lineups		Cassells, Chamberlain
Swindon Town	4	1	Aldershot	County Ground	8,437
Bamber 2, Henry, Gordon	Lineups		Fielder

				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	37	16	1	1	39	15	10	2	7	21	19	26	81	W	D	W	D	W	1986-04-05	Cambridge United	A
2	0	Chester City	39	13	5	3	40	15	6	9	3	32	25	32	71	D	D	W	W	L	1986-04-04	Colchester United	A
3	0	Mansfield Town	37	12	5	1	38	15	9	3	7	26	23	26	71	W	L	D	W	D	1986-04-05	Burnley	H
4	0	Port Vale	39	11	8	1	39	11	6	7	6	21	21	28	66	W	D	D	W	D	1986-04-05	Hereford United	H
5	0	Stockport County	39	9	8	4	33	25	8	3	7	25	29	4	62	L	W	L	D	D	1986-04-04	Halifax Town	A
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	1	Northampton Town	38	8	6	4	33	18	8	2	10	32	26	21	56	D	W	W	L	D	1986-04-04	Tranmere Rovers	A
8	-1	Orient	37	9	5	5	35	20	6	6	6	29	31	13	56	L	L	W	W	D	1986-04-05	Crewe Alexandra	H
9	2	Burnley	38	11	1	7	32	25	4	6	9	21	30	-2	52	W	W	L	L	L	1986-04-05	Mansfield Town	A
10	3	Hereford United	38	12	5	2	45	24	2	4	13	16	36	1	51	W	L	D	D	W	1986-04-05	Port Vale	A
11	-1	Southend United	37	9	4	5	29	22	5	5	9	23	33	-3	51	D	L	L	L	W	1986-04-04	Torquay United	H
12	-3	Crewe Alexandra	39	9	6	6	33	23	5	3	10	15	32	-7	51	L	W	W	W	W	1986-04-05	Orient	A
13	1	Colchester United	36	8	5	4	31	16	5	5	9	28	36	7	49	W	D	L	L	D	1986-04-04	Chester City	H
14	2	Rochdale	37	11	5	2	33	18	2	5	12	14	37	-8	49	W	L	D	W	L	1986-04-04	Exeter City	A
15	-3	Wrexham	39	8	4	6	27	21	6	3	12	30	50	-14	49	L	L	W	L	L	1986-04-05	Peterborough United	H
16	-1	Tranmere Rovers	39	8	1	11	40	34	5	6	8	24	27	3	46	L	L	L	D	L	1986-04-04	Northampton Town	H
17	0	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	0	Halifax Town	36	8	6	3	29	22	4	3	12	23	36	-6	45	L	W	W	W	W	1986-04-04	Stockport County	H
19	0	Peterborough United	37	7	9	3	24	17	2	6	10	19	35	-9	42	L	W	D	D	L	1986-04-05	Wrexham	A
20	0	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	37	8	5	4	28	18	3	2	15	16	43	-17	40	L	D	L	L	L	1986-04-05	Hartlepool United	H
22	0	Cambridge United	39	9	1	8	35	34	2	6	13	17	41	-23	40	D	W	D	W	L	1986-04-05	Swindon Town	H
23	0	Preston North End	40	7	3	11	29	36	3	5	11	18	38	-27	38	W	W	W	W	L	1986-04-04	Scunthorpe United	A
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