1986-04-26

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate	Notes
Arsenal	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	Highbury	14,843
Robson, Allinson (p)	Lineups		Reilly 2
Aston Villa	3	1	Chelsea	Villa Park	17,770
Norton, Hunt, Stainrod	Lineups		Spackman (p)
Ipswich Town	3	2	Oxford United	Portman Road	17,827
Dozzell, Butcher, Atkins	Lineups		Phillips, Aldridge
Liverpool	5	0	Birmingham City	Anfield Road	42,021
Rush, Gillespie 3 (1p), Molby (p)	Lineups
Luton Town	3	2	Watford	Kenilworth Road	11,810
Harford 3	Lineups		Jackett (p), Sinnott
Manchester United	4	0	Leicester City	Old Trafford	38,840
Blackmore, Davenport, Hughes, Stapleton	Lineups
Newcastle United	3	1	Manchester City	St James' Park	23,479
Clarke, Roeder, Whitehurst	Lineups		Davies
Nottingham Forest	0	0	Everton	City Ground	30,171	Largest home gate 1985-86
	Lineups
Queens Park Rangers	2	5	Tottenham Hotspur	Loftus Road	17,768
Rosenior, Bannister	Lineups		Falco 2, Allen C 2, Hoddle
Southampton	2	3	Sheffield Wednesday	The Dell	15,365
Case, Wallace	Lineups		Shutt, Shelton, Hart
West Ham United	1	0	Coventry City	Upton Park	27,251
Cottee	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	Liverpool	40	16	4	1	58	14	8	6	5	28	23	49	82	W	W	W	W	W	1986-04-30	Leicester City	A
2	0	Everton	39	14	3	2	45	16	10	5	5	33	22	40	80	D	W	W	W	D	1986-04-30	Oxford United	A
3	1	Manchester United	41	12	5	4	35	12	10	4	6	34	23	34	75	W	D	W	L	L	1986-05-03	Watford	A
4	-1	West Ham United	38	15	2	2	45	15	8	4	7	22	19	33	75	W	W	W	L	W	1986-04-28	Manchester City	H
5	0	Chelsea	39	12	4	3	31	21	8	7	5	25	27	8	71	L	D	W	D	W	1986-04-29	Arsenal	A
6	0	Sheffield Wednesday	41	12	6	2	35	23	8	4	9	27	31	8	70	W	D	W	W	W	1986-05-03	Ipswich Town	H
7	1	Luton Town	41	12	6	3	37	15	6	5	9	23	28	17	65	W	L	L	D	W	1986-05-03	Manchester City	A
8	-1	Nottingham Forest	41	11	5	5	38	25	7	6	7	29	27	15	65	D	D	W	D	D	1986-05-03	Oxford United	A
9	0	Arsenal	39	12	5	3	27	15	6	4	9	19	29	2	63	D	L	L	D	W	1986-04-29	Chelsea	H
10	0	Newcastle United	41	12	5	4	46	31	5	7	8	21	39	-3	63	W	L	D	L	W	1986-05-03	Leicester City	A
11	0	Tottenham Hotspur	40	10	2	7	38	20	7	6	8	27	27	18	59	W	D	W	D	W	1986-05-03	Aston Villa	H
12	0	Watford	39	11	4	4	38	20	4	5	11	24	39	3	54	L	D	L	L	L	1986-04-29	Southampton	H
13	0	Queens Park Rangers	41	12	3	6	33	20	3	4	13	19	42	-10	52	L	W	W	D	W	1986-05-03	Coventry City	A
14	0	Southampton	39	10	6	5	32	18	2	3	13	14	32	-4	45	L	W	D	L	D	1986-04-29	Watford	A
15	0	Manchester City	40	7	6	7	24	25	4	5	11	18	30	-13	44	L	L	D	L	L	1986-04-28	West Ham United	A
16	0	Aston Villa	41	7	6	8	27	28	3	8	9	22	35	-14	44	W	L	W	W	D	1986-05-03	Tottenham Hotspur	A
17	2	Ipswich Town	40	8	5	8	20	24	3	3	13	11	28	-21	41	W	L	L	D	L	1986-04-30	West Ham United	A
18	-1	Coventry City	41	5	5	10	29	34	5	5	11	17	36	-24	40	L	W	L	L	L	1986-05-03	Queens Park Rangers	H
19	-1	Leicester City	40	6	8	5	33	33	3	4	14	19	41	-22	39	L	L	D	W	L	1986-04-30	Liverpool	H
20	0	Oxford United	39	5	7	6	29	25	3	5	13	28	53	-21	36	L	L	D	D	D	1986-04-30	Everton	H
21	0	Birmingham City	41	5	2	13	13	24	3	3	15	17	48	-42	29	L	L	L	L	L	1986-05-03	Arsenal	H
22	0	West Bromwich Albion	41	3	8	9	19	33	1	4	16	14	53	-53	24	D	D	L	L	D	1986-05-03	West Ham United	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Barnsley	2	4	Crystal Palace	Oakwell	3,862
Owen, Walsh	Lineups		Wright 2, Aylott, Ketteridge
Bradford City	3	1	Shrewsbury Town	Leeds Road Huddersfield	4,663
Ormondroyd, Hendrie 2	Lineups		Cross
Brighton & Hove Albion	3	1	Sunderland	Goldstone Ground	9,189
Venison OG, Saunders, Penney	Lineups		Proctor
Charlton Athletic	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	Selhurst Park	5,766
Melrose, Reid (p), Pearson	Lineups
Fulham	2	1	Huddersfield Town	Craven Cottage	2,877
Scott 2	Lineups		Shearer
Grimsby Town	1	0	Norwich City	Blundell Park	8,090
Hobson	Lineups
Leeds United	2	0	Carlisle United	Elland Road	13,868
Ritchie 2	Lineups
Middlesbrough	3	0	Millwall	Ayresome Park	5,484
Beagrie, Slaven (p), Laws	Lineups
Sheffield United	0	0	Portsmouth	Bramall Lane	12,234
	Lineups
Stoke City	2	0	Oldham Athletic	Victoria Ground	8,585
Shaw, Bertschin	Lineups
Wimbledon	3	1	Hull City	Plough Lane	5,171
Fashanu 2, Fairweather	Lineups		Flounders

				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	40	15	4	1	47	15	9	5	6	33	21	44	81	L	D	W	D	W	1986-04-29	Hull City	A
2	1	Charlton Athletic	39	13	4	2	42	15	7	6	7	31	28	30	70	W	W	D	D	W	1986-04-29	Fulham	H
3	-1	Portsmouth	41	12	4	4	39	17	9	3	9	26	24	24	70	D	L	W	L	L	1986-05-03	Bradford City	H
4	0	Wimbledon	38	12	6	2	37	16	7	5	6	18	20	19	68	W	D	W	W	D	1986-04-29	Stoke City	H
5	0	Crystal Palace	41	12	2	6	28	21	7	6	8	28	30	5	65	W	L	W	L	W	1986-05-03	Sheffield United	H
6	0	Sheffield United	41	10	7	4	36	24	7	3	10	27	38	1	61	D	W	L	W	L	1986-05-03	Crystal Palace	A
7	0	Hull City	40	9	7	3	36	19	6	6	9	26	36	7	58	L	D	D	D	W	1986-04-29	Norwich City	H
8	3	Stoke City	40	8	11	2	29	16	6	4	9	19	31	1	57	W	W	D	D	L	1986-04-29	Wimbledon	A
9	3	Brighton & Hove Albion	40	10	5	6	42	30	6	3	10	22	30	4	56	W	L	L	L	L	1986-04-29	Carlisle United	A
10	-2	Millwall	40	12	2	6	37	22	4	5	11	23	41	-3	55	L	W	W	D	L	1986-04-30	Bradford City	A
11	-2	Barnsley	41	9	6	6	29	26	5	7	8	16	22	-3	55	L	W	L	D	W	1986-05-03	Millwall	A
12	-2	Oldham Athletic	40	11	4	4	36	26	4	5	12	22	33	-1	54	L	W	L	D	D	1986-05-03	Fulham	H
13	1	Bradford City	39	14	0	5	35	21	2	5	13	15	35	-6	53	W	W	L	L	L	1986-04-30	Millwall	H
14	1	Leeds United	41	9	7	5	30	22	6	1	13	26	46	-12	53	W	L	L	W	W	1986-05-03	Norwich City	A
15	1	Grimsby Town	41	11	4	6	35	24	3	6	11	22	35	-2	52	W	L	L	W	L	1986-05-05	Blackburn Rovers	A
16	-3	Huddersfield Town	41	10	6	4	30	22	4	4	13	21	44	-15	52	L	W	W	L	W	1986-05-03	Wimbledon	H
17	0	Shrewsbury Town	40	10	5	5	27	19	3	4	13	23	42	-11	48	L	D	W	W	D	1986-04-29	Sunderland	A
18	0	Blackburn Rovers	41	9	4	7	27	19	2	9	10	23	42	-11	46	L	W	L	D	L	1986-05-05	Grimsby Town	H
19	2	Middlesbrough	41	8	6	7	26	23	4	3	13	17	28	-8	45	W	L	L	W	W	1986-05-03	Shrewsbury Town	A
20	-1	Sunderland	40	8	5	6	29	29	3	6	12	14	32	-18	44	L	W	L	D	W	1986-04-29	Shrewsbury Town	H
21	-1	Carlisle United	39	9	2	8	26	25	3	5	12	16	41	-24	43	L	W	D	W	L	1986-04-29	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
22	0	Fulham	40	8	3	10	29	32	2	3	14	15	33	-21	36	W	L	L	W	D	1986-04-29	Charlton Athletic	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate
Bolton Wanderers	0	4	Bristol City	Burnden Park	4,493
	Lineups		Neville 2, Llewellyn, Riley
Brentford	3	3	York City	Griffin Park	2,864
Hood OG, Joseph R, Joseph F	Lineups		Banton (p), Mills, Senior
Bristol Rovers	1	1	Chesterfield	Eastville	3,576
Morgan	Lineups		Williamson
Lincoln City	0	0	Wigan Athletic	Sincil Bank	3,074
	Lineups
Newport County	3	0	Darlington	Somerton Park	2,090
Mardenborough, Latchford, Staniforth	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	3	1	Blackpool	Home Park	14,975
Coughlin (p), Nelson, Clayton	Lineups		Stewart
Reading	1	0	Derby County	Elm Park	12,486
Senior	Lineups
Rotherham United	4	1	AFC Bournemouth	Millmoor	2,101
Trusson, Simmons, Gooding, Emerson	Lineups		Clarke
Swansea City	0	0	Notts County	Vetch Field	3,869
	Lineups
Walsall	3	2	Bury	Fellows Park	3,454
Naughton, Childs, Kelly	Lineups		Jakub, Pashley
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	1	Cardiff City	Molineux	3,353
Holmes, Lockhart, Mutch	Lineups		Nardiello
Footnotes
Wolverhampton Wanderers promoted
Cardiff City relegated

				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	44	15	3	4	37	22	13	4	5	28	26	17	91	W	L	D	W	D	1986-05-03	Bristol City	A
2	1	Plymouth Argyle	44	16	3	3	52	20	8	6	8	30	33	29	81	W	W	L	D	W	1986-04-29	Bristol City	H
3	-1	Wigan Athletic	44	16	4	2	49	14	6	9	7	27	30	32	79	D	W	W	D	D	1986-04-29	Darlington	A
4	0	Derby County	41	12	5	3	41	17	9	8	4	31	19	36	76	L	D	W	W	L	1986-04-30	Bury	H
5	0	Gillingham	44	13	5	3	46	16	8	8	7	33	37	26	76	W	W	L	L	W	1986-04-29	Newport County	H
6	0	Walsall	45	15	7	1	59	23	6	2	14	30	41	25	72	W	L	D	W	L	1986-05-03	AFC Bournemouth	A
7	0	York City	44	14	4	3	43	16	4	7	12	28	41	14	65	D	D	W	D	W	1986-05-03	Swansea City	H
8	0	Notts County	44	10	6	5	36	26	7	8	8	29	34	5	65	D	D	L	W	L	1986-05-03	Rotherham United	H
9	1	Bristol City	43	13	5	4	40	19	4	8	9	25	36	10	64	W	D	L	W	D	1986-04-29	Plymouth Argyle	A
10	-1	Doncaster Rovers	44	7	10	6	20	21	9	5	7	24	28	-5	63	L	D	D	L	W	1986-05-03	Derby County	A
11	0	Brentford	44	7	8	7	27	28	10	3	9	29	32	-4	62	D	L	W	L	L	1986-05-03	Bury	A
12	0	Blackpool	43	10	5	6	36	19	6	6	10	28	33	12	59	L	L	W	L	L	1986-04-29	AFC Bournemouth	H
13	0	Rotherham United	44	13	5	5	44	18	2	7	12	16	38	4	57	W	L	D	D	L	1986-05-03	Notts County	A
14	0	AFC Bournemouth	44	9	6	7	41	30	6	3	13	24	39	-4	54	L	D	L	W	L	1986-04-29	Blackpool	A
15	0	Darlington	40	9	5	5	35	28	5	6	10	21	38	-10	53	L	L	W	D	D	1986-04-29	Wigan Athletic	H
16	0	Bolton Wanderers	45	10	4	9	35	30	5	4	13	19	35	-11	53	L	W	L	L	W	1986-05-03	Chesterfield	A
17	0	Bristol Rovers	44	9	8	6	27	21	5	3	13	22	50	-22	53	D	D	L	L	W	1986-04-30	Lincoln City	A
18	0	Chesterfield	45	9	6	7	38	30	3	8	12	20	34	-6	50	D	L	L	W	D	1986-05-03	Bolton Wanderers	H
19	0	Bury	44	11	6	5	46	26	1	5	16	16	40	-4	47	L	W	W	L	W	1986-04-30	Derby County	A
20	0	Newport County	44	7	8	8	35	33	3	9	9	16	32	-14	47	W	D	W	D	L	1986-04-29	Gillingham	A
21	0	Lincoln City	43	7	8	6	29	29	3	7	12	21	41	-20	45	D	W	L	D	L	1986-04-30	Bristol Rovers	H
22	1	Swansea City	44	9	6	7	27	24	2	4	16	15	57	-39	43	D	W	D	L	W	1986-05-03	York City	A
23	-1	Cardiff City	45	6	5	11	20	28	5	4	14	31	54	-31	42	L	W	W	L	D	1986-05-03	Lincoln City	H
24	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	6	6	11	29	47	4	4	13	22	44	-40	40	W	L	L	L	W	1986-05-03	Wigan Athletic	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate
Burnley	1	2	Scunthorpe United	Turf Moor	2,542
Grewcock	Lineups		Houchen 2
Chester City	2	0	Southend United	Sealand Road	4,453
Bennett, Johnson (p)	Lineups
Crewe Alexandra	0	2	Colchester United	Gresty Road	1,555
	Lineups		Groves 2
Hartlepool United	3	3	Wrexham	Victoria Park	1,282
Borthwick, Dixon, Hogan (p)	Lineups		Charles 2 (1p), Steel
Hereford United	2	1	Halifax Town	Edgar Street	2,212
Maddy, Carter	Lineups		Kellock
Northampton Town	0	2	Cambridge United	County Ground	2,100
	Lineups		Crown, Mundee
Peterborough United	3	0	Aldershot	London Road	1,942
Fuccillo, Gallagher, Shrubb OG	Lineups
Preston North End	2	2	Exeter City	Deepdale	3,132
Thomas, Gibson	Lineups		Ling, McNichol
Rochdale	1	1	Mansfield Town	Spotland	1,936
Taylor	Lineups		Cassells
Torquay United	0	1	Port Vale	Plainmoor	1,898
	Lineups		Earle
Footnotes
Port Vale promoted

				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	43	18	2	1	47	18	11	4	7	27	23	33	93	W	D	W	D	W	1986-04-27	Orient	H
2	0	Chester City	44	15	5	3	44	16	7	10	4	37	31	34	81	W	D	W	L	W	1986-04-29	Rochdale	A
3	1	Port Vale	43	13	8	1	42	11	8	7	6	24	22	33	78	W	W	W	W	W	1986-04-29	Halifax Town	A
4	-1	Mansfield Town	43	13	7	1	43	16	9	4	9	29	29	27	77	D	W	D	L	L	1986-04-29	Tranmere Rovers	H
5	0	Hartlepool United	45	15	6	2	41	20	5	4	13	26	44	3	70	D	L	L	W	W	1986-05-02	Colchester United	A
6	0	Orient	43	10	6	6	36	21	8	6	7	35	38	12	66	W	D	W	W	L	1986-04-27	Swindon Town	A
7	0	Stockport County	45	9	9	5	35	28	8	4	10	28	40	-5	64	D	L	L	L	L	1986-05-03	Wrexham	A
8	0	Colchester United	43	11	5	5	46	19	6	7	9	34	40	21	63	W	W	W	D	D	1986-04-29	Cambridge United	A
9	2	Hereford United	44	15	6	2	55	30	2	4	15	17	40	2	61	W	L	W	W	D	1986-04-29	Aldershot	A
10	-1	Northampton Town	44	8	7	7	39	28	9	2	11	35	29	17	60	L	L	L	L	D	1986-04-29	Torquay United	H
11	-1	Crewe Alexandra	44	10	6	7	35	26	7	3	11	17	33	-7	60	L	L	W	W	W	1986-05-03	Exeter City	A
12	0	Burnley	44	11	3	9	35	30	5	7	9	23	30	-2	58	L	D	W	L	D	1986-05-03	Orient	A
13	0	Southend United	44	11	4	6	36	26	5	6	12	26	40	-4	58	L	L	W	W	L	1986-05-02	Rochdale	H
14	1	Scunthorpe United	44	10	7	5	31	23	4	7	11	17	31	-6	56	W	W	W	D	D	1986-04-29	Wrexham	A
15	1	Rochdale	42	12	7	2	39	23	2	5	14	15	42	-11	54	D	W	L	D	L	1986-04-29	Chester City	H
16	1	Exeter City	45	10	4	8	25	23	3	11	9	21	34	-11	54	D	L	L	L	D	1986-05-03	Crewe Alexandra	H
17	1	Wrexham	44	9	5	7	30	24	6	4	13	34	56	-16	54	D	W	L	D	L	1986-04-29	Scunthorpe United	H
18	-4	Tranmere Rovers	44	9	1	12	45	39	6	7	9	28	32	2	53	D	W	L	W	L	1986-04-29	Mansfield Town	A
19	2	Peterborough United	44	9	10	3	30	18	3	6	13	20	45	-13	52	W	L	L	L	D	1986-05-03	Mansfield Town	A
20	-1	Aldershot	44	10	5	6	39	25	5	2	16	21	49	-14	52	L	L	W	W	W	1986-04-29	Hereford United	H
21	-1	Halifax Town	43	9	8	3	31	22	4	4	15	25	44	-10	51	L	L	W	D	D	1986-04-29	Port Vale	H
22	0	Cambridge United	44	11	2	8	41	35	3	7	13	20	42	-16	51	W	W	D	W	D	1986-04-29	Colchester United	H
23	0	Preston North End	45	7	4	12	32	41	4	6	12	22	44	-31	43	D	D	L	L	W	1986-05-03	Aldershot	A
24	0	Torquay United	44	8	5	10	29	32	1	5	15	13	48	-38	37	L	L	L	D	L	1986-04-29	Northampton Town	A