1986-08-23

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	1	0	Manchester United	Highbury	41,382
Nicholas	Lineups
Aston Villa	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur	Villa Park	24,712
	Lineups		Allen C 3
Charlton Athletic	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	Selhurst Park	8,501
Lee	Lineups		Shelton
Chelsea	0	0	Norwich City	Stamford Bridge	19,887
	Lineups
Everton	2	0	Nottingham Forest	Goodison Park	35,198
Sheedy 2	Lineups
Leicester City	1	1	Luton Town	Filbert Street	9,801
Smith	Lineups		Stein B
Manchester City	3	1	Wimbledon	Maine Road	20,756
Baker 2, Christie	Lineups		Thorn
Newcastle United	0	2	Liverpool	St James' Park	33,306
	Lineups		Rush 2
Southampton	5	1	Queens Park Rangers	The Dell	14,711
Clarke 3, Holmes, Wallace	Lineups		Allen
Watford	3	0	Oxford United	Vicarage Road	16,960
Barnes, Bardsley, Blissett	Lineups
West Ham United	1	0	Coventry City	Upton Park	21,368
Gale	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	Southampton	1	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-26	Luton Town	A
2	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Newcastle United	H
3	0	Watford	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-26	Queens Park Rangers	A
4	0	Manchester City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Liverpool	A
5	0	Everton	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Sheffield Wednesday	A
6	0	Liverpool	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Manchester City	H
7	0	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-26	Coventry City	A
8	0	West Ham United	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Manchester United	A
9	0	Charlton Athletic	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-27	Nottingham Forest	A
10	0	Sheffield Wednesday	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Everton	H
11	0	Leicester City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Wimbledon	A
12	0	Luton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-26	Southampton	H
13	0	Chelsea	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Oxford United	A
14	0	Norwich City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Southampton	H
15	0	Manchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	West Ham United	H
16	0	Coventry City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-26	Arsenal	H
17	0	Wimbledon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-26	Aston Villa	H
18	0	Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-27	Charlton Athletic	H
19	0	Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Tottenham Hotspur	A
20	0	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-26	Wimbledon	A
21	0	Oxford United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Chelsea	H
22	0	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	-4	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-26	Watford	H

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Barnsley	2	3	Crystal Palace	Oakwell	4,629
Bradshaw, Thomas	Lineups		Barber, Brush, wright
Blackburn Rovers	2	1	Leeds United	Ewood Park	8,346
Quinn (p), Barker	Lineups		Ritchie
Bradford City	2	2	Plymouth Argyle	Odsal Stadium	5,104
Ormondroyd, Matthews OG	Lineups		Coughlin, Summerfield
Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	Portsmouth	Goldstone Ground	13,723	Largest home gate 1986-87
	Lineups
Derby County	0	1	Oldham Athletic	Baseball Ground	13,632
	Lineups		Futcher
Huddersfield Town	0	2	Sunderland	Leeds Road	9,937
	Lineups		Gray, Swindlehurst
Hull City	2	0	West Bromwich Albion	Boothferry Park	8,656
Flounders, Roberts	Lineups
Ipswich Town	1	1	Grimsby Town	Portman Road	12,455
Wilson	Lineups		Walsh
Reading	0	1	Millwall	Elm Park	7,159
	Lineups		Byrne
Sheffield United	1	1	Shrewsbury Town	Bramall Lane	9,865
Stancliffe	Lineups		Waller
Stoke City	0	2	Birmingham City	Victoria Ground	11,541
	Lineups		Hemming OG, Whitton

				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	Sunderland	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	0	Hull City	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-26	Millwall	A
3	0	Birmingham City	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Bradford City	H
4	0	Crystal Palace	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Stoke City	H
5	0	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Shrewsbury Town	A
6	0	Oldham Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Barnsley	H
7	0	Millwall	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-26	Hull City	H
8	0	Bradford City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Birmingham City	A
9	0	Plymouth Argyle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Reading	H
10	0	Grimsby Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Bradford City	H
11	0	Ipswich Town	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Portsmouth	A
12	0	Sheffield United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	West Bromwich Albion	A
13	0	Shrewsbury Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Blackburn Rovers	H
14	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Sunderland	A
15	0	Portsmouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Ipswich Town	H
16	0	Barnsley	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Oldham Athletic	A
17	0	Leeds United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Stoke City	H
18	0	Derby County	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Birmingham City	A
19	0	Reading	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Plymouth Argyle	A
20	0	Huddersfield Town	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	West Bromwich Albion	A
21	0	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Sheffield United	H
22	0	Stoke City	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-25	Leeds United	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Blackpool	0	0	Chesterfield	Bloomfield Road	4,032
	Lineups
Bolton Wanderers	1	2	Swindon Town	Burnden Park	5,684
Oghani	Lineups		Coyne 2
Brentford	1	1	AFC Bournemouth	Griffin Park	3,856
Cooke (p)	Lineups		Newson
Bristol City	2	2	Bury	Ashton Gate	8,239
Hutchinson, Moyes	Lineups		Taylor, Greenwood
Chester City	2	2	Carlisle United	Sealand Road	3,433
Holden (p), Houghton	Lineups		McGarvey (p), Baker
Mansfield Town	2	1	Doncaster Rovers	Field Mill	3,969
Lowery, Kearney	Lineups		Dobbin (p)
Middlesbrough	2	2	Port Vale	Victoria Park, Hartlepool	3,690	*
Stephens 2	Lineups		O'Kelly, Maguire
Newport County	1	2	Gillingham	Somerton Park	2,533
Lewis	Lineups		Weatherly, Shearer
Notts County	2	0	Wigan Athletic	Meadow Lane	3,533
Waitt, McParland (p)	Lineups
Rotherham United	0	0	Fulham	Millmoor	3,329
	Lineups
Walsall	0	3	Bristol Rovers	Fellows Park	6,269
	Lineups		Hibbitt, Morgan 2
York City	3	1	Darlington	Bootham Crescent	4,382
Hood (p), Canham, Ford	Lineups		Currie
Notes
Ayresome Park locked by official receivers. Evening kick-off because of Hartlepool United at home on same day

				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	Bristol Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Bolton Wanderers	H
2	0	York City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Carlisle United	A
3	0	Notts County	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-31	Swindon Town	A
4	0	Swindon Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-31	Notts County	H
5	0	Mansfield Town	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Darlington	A
6	0	Gillingham	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Bristol City	H
7	0	Bristol City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Gillingham	A
8	0	Bury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Chester City	H
9	0	Carlisle United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	York City	H
10	0	Chester City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Bury	A
11	0	Middlesbrough	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Wigan Athletic	A
12	0	Port Vale	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Rotherham United	H
13	0	AFC Bournemouth	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Newport County	H
14	0	Brentford	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Doncaster Rovers	A
15	0	Blackpool	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Fulham	A
16	0	Chesterfield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Walsall	H
17	0	Fulham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Blackpool	H
18	0	Rotherham United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Port Vale	A
19	0	Bolton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Bristol Rovers	A
20	0	Doncaster Rovers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Brentford	H
21	0	Newport County	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	AFC Bournemouth	A
22	0	Darlington	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Mansfield Town	H
23	0	Wigan Athletic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Middlesbrough	H
24	0	Walsall	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Chesterfield	A

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Exeter City	1	0	Orient	St James Park	2,199
Roberts	Lineups
Halifax Town	1	0	Aldershot	The Shay	1,020
Black	Lineups
Hartlepool United	1	1	Cardiff City	Victoria Park	2,804	Largest home gate 1986-87
Smith	Lineups		Turner
Hereford United	0	0	Wrexham	Edgar Street	3,002
	Lineups
Lincoln City	3	1	Colchester United	Sincil Bank	2,303
McInnes, Lund, Cooper	Lineups		Adcock
Peterborough United	2	0	Southend United	London Road	3,548
Shepherd, Lawrence	Lineups
Rochdale	1	1	Crewe Alexandra	Spotland	2,004
Young	Lineups		Sutton
Scunthorpe United	2	2	Northampton Town	Old Showground	2,302
Cammack, Hunter	Lineups		Hill, Reed
Swansea City	3	0	Stockport County	Vetch Field	4,774
Pascoe 2, Love	Lineups
Torquay United	1	1	Burnley	Plainmoor	2,144
Nardiello	Lineups		Parker
Tranmere Rovers	1	1	Preston North End	Prenton Park	2,108
Muir	Lineups		Thomas
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Cambridge United	Molineux	6,000
Zelem	Lineups		Smith, Cooper

				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	Swansea City	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Preston North End	A
2	0	Lincoln City	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Wrexham	A
3	0	Peterborough United	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Orient	A
4	0	Cambridge United	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Halifax Town	H
5	0	Exeter City	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-29	Colchester United	A
6	0	Halifax Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	W	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Cambridge United	A
7	0	Northampton Town	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-31	Torquay United	H
8	0	Scunthorpe United	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Burnley	A
9	0	Cardiff City	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Rochdale	H
10	0	Hartlepool United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-29	Southend United	A
11	0	Crewe Alexandra	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Hereford United	H
12	0	Rochdale	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Cardiff City	A
13	0	Burnley	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Scunthorpe United	H
14	0	Torquay United	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-31	Northampton Town	A
15	0	Preston North End	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Swansea City	H
16	0	Tranmere Rovers	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-29	Stockport County	A
17	0	Hereford United	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Crewe Alexandra	A
18	0	Wrexham	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	D	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Lincoln City	H
19	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Aldershot	A
20	0	Orient	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Peterborough United	H
21	0	Aldershot	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H
22	0	Colchester United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-29	Exeter City	H
23	0	Southend United	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-29	Hartlepool United	H
24	0	Stockport County	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0	L	#	#	#	#	1986-08-29	Tranmere Rovers	H