Football League Third Division 1985/86

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Football League Third Division 1985/86
Football League logo until 1988
master Reading FC
Climbers Reading FC
Plymouth Argyle
Derby County
Relegated Lincoln City
Cardiff City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Swansea City
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,550  (ø 2.81 per game)
Top scorer Trevor Senior ( Reading FC )
← Football League Third Division 1984/85
^ Football League Second Division 1985/86

The Football League Third Division 1985/86 was the 59th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Reading FC became third division champions, and Plymouth Argyle and Derby County, behind them, also rose to the Football League Second Division . For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1986/87, the second division clubs Carlisle United , Middlesbrough FC and Fulham FC, ranked in the table below, took their places. Lincoln City , Cardiff City , Wolverhampton Wanderers and Swansea City had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these clubs, the fourth division champions Swindon Town and those placed behind them Chester City , Mansfield Town and Port Vale took the vacant positions in the following season 1986/87 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Reading FC  46  29  7th  10 067:510 +16 94
 2. Plymouth Argyle  46  26th  9  11 088:530 +35 87
 3. Derby County  46  23  15th  8th 080:410 +39 84
 4th Wigan Athletic  46  23  14th  9 082:480 +34 83
 5. Gillingham FC  46  22nd  13  11 081:540 +27 79
 6th Walsall FC  46  22nd  9  15th 090:640 +26 75
 7th York city  46  20th  11  15th 077:580 +19 71
 8th. Notts County (A)  46  19th  14th  13 071:600 +11 71
 9. Bristol City  46  18th  14th  14th 069:600  +9 68
10. Brentford FC  46  18th  12  16 058:610  −3 66
11. Doncaster Rovers  46  16  16  14th 045:520  −7 64
12. Blackpool FC (N)  46  17th  12  17th 066:550 +11 63
13. Darlington FC (N)  46  15th  13  18th 061:780 −17 58
14th Rotherham United  46  15th  12  19th 061:590  +2 57
15th Bournemouth AFC  46  15th  9  22nd 065:720  −7 54
16. Bristol Rovers  46  14th  12  20th 051:750 −24 54
17th Chesterfield FC (N)  46  13  14th  19th 061:640  −3 53
18th Bolton Wanderers  46  15th  8th  23 054:680 −14 53
19th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Newport County  46  11  18th  17th 052:650 −13 51
20th Bury FC (N)  46  12  13  21st 063:670  −4 49
21st Lincoln City  46  10  16  20th 055:770 −22 46
22nd WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City (A)  46  12  9  25th 053:830 −30 45
23. Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)  46  11  10  25th 057:980 −41 43
24. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City  46  11  10  25th 043:870 −44 43

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1986/87
  • Promoted to the Football League Second Division 1986/87
  • Relegation to the Football League Fourth Division 1986/87
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1984/85
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1984/85

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Trevor Senior Reading FC 27
    2 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Colin Clarke Bournemouth AFC 26th
    3 EnglandEngland Tommy Tynan Rotherham United / Plymouth Argyle 23
    4th Saint Kitts NevisSt. Kitts and Nevis Keith Walwyn York city 22nd

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    References and footnotes

    1. ^ English League Leading Goalscorers. (RSSSF)
    2. ^ Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987-88. P. 428.