Football League Second Division 1985/86
Football League Second Division 1985/86 | |
master | Norwich City |
Climbers | Norwich City, Charlton Athletic , Wimbledon FC |
Relegated | Carlisle United , Middlesbrough , Fulham |
Teams | 22nd |
Games | 462 |
Gates | 1,264 (ø 2.74 per game) |
Top scorer | Kevin Drinkell ( Norwich City ) |
← Football League Second Division 1984/85 | |
^ Football League First Division 1985/86 |
The Football League Second Division 1985/86 was the 83rd season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 17, 1985 and ended on May 8, 1986.
Second division champions were Norwich City and the second and third placed Charlton Athletic and FC Wimbledon also rose to the Football League First Division . For the three promoted teams in the following second division season 1986/87, the three first division clubs Ipswich Town , Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion ranked in the table below took the places. Carlisle United , Middlesbrough FC and Fulham FC had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . Instead of the three clubs, the third division winners Reading FC and the Plymouth Argyle and Derby County ranked behind them took the vacant positions in the following season 1986/87 .
Closing table
Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Norwich City (A) | 42 | 25th | 9 | 8th | 84:37 | +47 | 84 |
2. | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 22nd | 11 | 9 | 78:45 | +33 | 77 |
3. | Wimbledon FC | 42 | 21st | 13 | 8th | 58:37 | +21 | 76 |
4th | Portsmouth FC | 42 | 22nd | 7th | 13 | 69:41 | +28 | 73 |
5. | Crystal Palace | 42 | 19th | 9 | 14th | 57:52 | +5 | 66 |
6th | Hull City (N) | 42 | 17th | 13 | 12 | 65:55 | +10 | 64 |
7th | Sheffield United | 42 | 17th | 11 | 14th | 64:63 | +1 | 62 |
8th. | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 17th | 9 | 16 | 62:61 | +1 | 60 |
9. | Millwall FC (N) | 42 | 17th | 8th | 17th | 64:65 | −1 | 59 |
10. | Stoke City (A) | 42 | 14th | 15th | 13 | 48:50 | −2 | 57 |
11. | Brighton & Hove Albion | 42 | 16 | 8th | 18th | 64:64 | ± 0 | 56 |
12. | Barnsley FC | 42 | 14th | 14th | 14th | 47:50 | −3 | 56 |
13. | Bradford City (N) | 42 | 16 | 6th | 20th | 51:63 | −12 | 54 |
14th | Leeds United | 42 | 15th | 8th | 19th | 56:72 | −16 | 53 |
15th | Grimsby Town | 42 | 14th | 10 | 18th | 58:62 | −4 | 52 |
16. | Huddersfield Town | 42 | 14th | 10 | 18th | 51:67 | −16 | 52 |
17th | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 14th | 9 | 19th | 52:64 | −12 | 51 |
18th | Sunderland AFC (A) | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18th | 47:61 | −14 | 50 |
19th | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17th | 53:62 | −9 | 49 |
20th | Carlisle United | 42 | 13 | 7th | 22nd | 47:71 | −24 | 46 |
21st | Middlesbrough FC | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21st | 44:53 | −9 | 45 |
22nd | Fulham FC | 42 | 10 | 6th | 26th | 45:69 | −24 | 36 |
Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored
(A) | Relegated from the Football League First Division 1984/85 |
(N) | Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1984/85 |
Results table
The home teams are listed in the left column.
1985/86 | BAR | BLA | BRA | BHA | CAU | CHA | CRY | FUL | GRI | HUD | HUL | LEE | MID | Mil | NOR | OLD | POR | SHU | SHR | STO | SUN | WIM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barnsley FC | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 4 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | 1: 4 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | |
Blackburn Rovers | 0: 3 | 3-0 | 1: 4 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 6: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | |
Bradford City | 2-0 | 3: 2 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 3-0 | 4: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 4 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 6: 1 | 3: 5 | 2-0 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 4: 3 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 0-0 | 0: 2 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | |
Carlisle United | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 3 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0: 4 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 2: 3 | |
Charlton Athletic | 2: 1 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 3: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 3-0 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 2-0 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | |
Crystal Palace | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 2 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 3 | |
Fulham FC | 2-0 | 3: 3 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 1: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 3 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | |
Grimsby Town | 1: 2 | 5: 2 | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 2 | 5: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 4 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 3 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | |
Huddersfield Town | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1-0 | 3: 3 | 0: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 4: 3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 0: 1 | |
Hull City | 0: 1 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 5-0 | 2-0 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 4: 2 | 2: 2 | 0-0 | 4: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | |
Leeds United | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 2 | 3: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | |
Middlesbrough FC | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 1-0 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 1: 2 | 2: 2 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 1-0 | |
Millwall FC | 2: 2 | 0: 1 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 3: 1 | 2: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 5-0 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 4: 2 | 0: 1 | 0: 4 | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 0: 1 | |
Norwich City | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 3: 1 | 4: 3 | 2: 1 | 3: 2 | 4: 1 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 2-0 | 6: 1 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 2 | |
Oldham Athletic | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 0: 1 | 4-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 5 | 4: 3 | 2: 4 | 2: 2 | 2: 1 | |
Portsmouth FC | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 1: 2 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 | 1: 1 | 2: 3 | 1-0 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 3 | 4-0 | 3-0 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | |
Sheffield United | 3: 1 | 3: 3 | 3: 1 | 3-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 0: 1 | 1: 3 | 2: 5 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 1: 2 | 1-0 | 4-0 | |
Shrewsbury Town | 3-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 2: 1 | 0: 2 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 1: 1 | 0: 3 | 2-0 | 1: 1 | 3: 1 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | |
Stoke City | 0-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 3-0 | 0: 1 | 6: 2 | 3: 2 | 0-0 | 1: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 1: 3 | 2: 2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | |
Sunderland AFC | 2-0 | 0: 2 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 2: 2 | 1: 2 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 3: 3 | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 4: 2 | 1-0 | 1: 2 | 0: 2 | 0: 3 | 1: 3 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 2: 1 | |
Wimbledon FC | 1-0 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 4: 1 | 3: 1 | 1: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 2: 2 | 3: 1 | 0: 3 | 3-0 | 1: 1 | 2: 1 | 0-0 | 1: 3 | 5-0 | 2: 1 | 1-0 | 3-0 |
List of goalscorers
player | society | Gates | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Drinkell | Norwich City | 22nd |
Web links
- England 1985-86 (RSSSF)
References and footnotes
- ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
- ↑ 1985/86 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .