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SEASON: 1985-86

Prev Season: 1984-85
This Season: 1985-86
Next Season: 1986-87

DIVISION:: Canon First Division (Tier 1)
MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Blackburn Rovers (A) 2-3)
League Cup:: 3rd Round (Queens Park Rangers (A) 1-3)
Player Of The Year:: Nigel Clough

Top Goalscorer:: Nigel Clough (18 goals)

Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	16 times	11 times	9 times	3 times	1 time
Conceded	20 times	9 times	5 times	2 times
Won By	12 times	2 times	6 times	2 times
Lost By	7 times	7 times

ATTENDANCES (HOME)

Highest League Attendance:: 30,171
Lowest League Attendance:: 11,538
Average League Attendance:: 16,808
Highest Cup Attendance:: 0
Lowest Cup Attendance:: 0

MISCELLANEOUS

Clean Sheets:: 12
Red cards:: 0
Yellow cards:: 0
Penalties scored:: 0
Penalties conceded:: 0
Penalties missed:: 0
Penalties saved:: 0

END OF SEASON TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1)								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Liverpool	42	26	10	6	89	37	16	4	1	58	14	10	6	5	31	23	52	88		1-1	0-2
2	Everton	42	26	8	8	87	41	16	3	2	54	18	10	5	6	33	23	46	86		0-0	1-1
3	West Ham United	42	26	6	10	74	40	17	2	2	48	16	9	4	8	26	24	34	84		2-1	2-4
4	Manchester United	42	22	10	10	70	36	12	5	4	35	12	10	5	6	35	24	34	76		1-3	3-2
5	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	10	11	63	54	13	6	2	36	23	8	4	9	27	31	9	73		0-1	1-2
6	Chelsea	42	20	11	11	57	56	12	4	5	32	27	8	7	6	25	29	1	71		0-0	2-4
7	Arsenal	42	20	9	13	49	47	13	5	3	29	15	7	4	10	20	32	2	69		3-2	1-1
8	Nottingham Forest	42	19	11	12	69	53	11	5	5	38	25	8	6	7	31	28	16	68
9	Luton Town	42	18	12	12	61	44	12	6	3	37	15	6	6	9	24	29	17	66		2-0	1-1
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	8	15	74	52	12	2	7	47	25	7	6	8	27	27	22	65		0-1	3-0
11	Newcastle United	42	17	12	13	67	72	12	5	4	46	31	5	7	9	21	41	-5	63		1-2	3-0
12	Watford	42	16	11	15	69	62	11	6	4	40	22	5	5	11	29	40	7	59		3-2	1-1
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	7	20	53	64	12	3	6	33	20	3	4	14	20	44	-11	52		4-0	1-2
14	Southampton	42	12	10	20	51	62	10	6	5	32	18	2	4	15	19	44	-11	46		2-1	1-3
15	Manchester City	42	11	12	19	43	57	7	7	7	25	26	4	5	12	18	31	-14	45		0-2	2-1
16	Aston Villa	42	10	14	18	51	67	7	6	8	27	28	3	8	10	24	39	-16	44		1-1	2-1
17	Coventry City	42	11	10	21	48	71	6	5	10	31	35	5	5	11	17	36	-23	43		5-2	0-0
18	Oxford United	42	10	12	20	62	80	7	7	7	34	27	3	5	13	28	53	-18	42		1-1	2-1
19	Leicester City	42	10	12	20	54	76	7	8	6	35	35	3	4	14	19	41	-22	42		4-3	3-0
20	Ipswich Town	42	11	8	23	32	55	8	5	8	20	24	3	3	15	12	31	-23	41		3-1	0-1
21	Birmingham City	42	8	5	29	30	73	5	2	14	13	25	3	3	15	17	48	-43	29		3-0	1-0
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	4	12	26	35	89	3	8	10	21	36	1	4	16	14	53	-54	24		2-1	1-1

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GAMES

League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Pos	Scorers
1	Sat Aug 17, 1985	Luton Town	A	1-1	Draw	11,318	12	Webb (?)
2	Wed Aug 21, 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1	Loss	18,361	19
3	Sat Aug 24, 1985	Southampton	H	2-1	Win	12,643	12	Metgod (?), Wright (? OG)
4	Tue Aug 27, 1985	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	Loss	9,799	14	Webb (?)
5	Sat Aug 31, 1985	Manchester United	H	1-3	Loss	26,274	18	Davenport (?)
6	Tue Sep 03, 1985	Liverpool	A	0-2	Loss	27,135	20
7	Sun Sep 08, 1985	Leicester City	A	3-0	Win	14,247	16	Webb (?), Davenport (?), Rice (?)
8	Sat Sep 14, 1985	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	Loss	17,554	17
9	Sat Sep 21, 1985	Watford	H	3-2	Win	12,921	15	Clough (?), Davenport (?), Campbell (?)
10	Sat Sep 28, 1985	West Ham United	A	2-4	Loss	14,540	16	Metgod (?), Clough (?)
11	Sat Oct 05, 1985	Ipswich Town	H	3-1	Win	12,120	15	Pearce (?), Bowyer (?, ?)
12	Sat Oct 12, 1985	Aston Villa	A	2-1	Win	15,315	12	Clough (?), Ormsby (? OG)
13	Sat Oct 19, 1985	Newcastle United	A	3-0	Win	23,304	9	Davenport (?, ?), Rice (?)
14	Sat Oct 26, 1985	Arsenal	H	3-2	Win	17,756	8	Davenport (?, ?, ?)
15	Sun Nov 03, 1985	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	Win	19,610	7	Webb (?), Davenport (?)
16	Sat Nov 09, 1985	Chelsea	A	2-4	Loss	17,743	9	Clough (?, ?)
17	Sat Nov 16, 1985	Manchester City	H	0-2	Loss	15,140	10
18	Sat Nov 23, 1985	Everton	A	1-1	Draw	27,860	10	Clough (?)
19	Sun Dec 01, 1985	Oxford United	H	1-1	Draw	15,315	10	Davenport (?)
20	Sat Dec 07, 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	Loss	22,495	11	Webb (?)
21	Sat Dec 14, 1985	Luton Town	H	2-0	Win	12,078	10	Clough (?), Webb (?)
22	Fri Dec 20, 1985	Southampton	A	1-3	Loss	12,500	10	Carr (?)
23	Thu Dec 26, 1985	Birmingham City	A	1-0	Win	10,378	11	Webb (?)
24	Sat Dec 28, 1985	Liverpool	H	1-1	Draw	27,141	10	Webb (?)
25	Wed Jan 01, 1986	Coventry City	H	5-2	Win	13,860	9	Metgod (?), Webb (?, ?, ?), Davenport (?)
26	Sat Jan 11, 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-0	Win	19,043	9	Davenport (?, ?), Walsh (?)
27	Sat Jan 18, 1986	Manchester United	A	3-2	Win	46,717	8	Clough (?), Walsh (?, ?)
28	Sat Feb 01, 1986	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-0	Win	11,538	6	Carr (?), Webb (?), Walsh (?, ?)
29	Sat Feb 08, 1986	Newcastle United	H	1-2	Loss	15,388	7	Walsh (?)
30	Sat Mar 08, 1986	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	Loss	12,658	9
31	Sat Mar 15, 1986	Aston Villa	H	1-1	Draw	12,933	10	Clough (?)
32	Sat Mar 22, 1986	Leicester City	H	4-3	Win	14,484	10	Bowyer (?), Carr (?), Clough (?, ?)
33	Sat Mar 29, 1986	Coventry City	A	0-0	Draw	9,500	10
34	Mon Mar 31, 1986	Birmingham City	H	3-0	Win	12,134	10	Metgod (?), Webb (?), Clough (?)
35	Wed Apr 02, 1986	West Ham United	H	2-1	Win	17,498	8	Metgod (?), Rice (?)
36	Sat Apr 05, 1986	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	Draw	7,901	8	Metgod (?)
37	Tue Apr 08, 1986	Arsenal	A	1-1	Draw	15,098	8	Campbell (?)
38	Sat Apr 12, 1986	Chelsea	H	0-0	Draw	18,055	8
39	Sat Apr 19, 1986	Manchester City	A	2-1	Win	19,715	7	Webb (?), Campbell (?)
40	Mon Apr 21, 1986	Watford	A	1-1	Draw	11,510	7	Clough (?)
41	Sat Apr 26, 1986	Everton	H	0-0	Draw	30,171	8
42	Sat May 03, 1986	Oxford United	A	2-1	Win	11,845	8	Clough (?, ?)

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	Count	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 04, 1986	Blackburn Rovers	3			H	1-1	Draw	-	Birtles (?)
Mon Jan 13, 1986	Blackburn Rovers	3	Y	1	A	2-3	Loss	-	Birtles (?), Walsh (?)

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 25, 1985	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	H	4-0	Win	-	Campbell (?, ?), Clough (?), Rice (?)
Tue Oct 08, 1985	Bolton Wanderers	2	2	A	3-0	Win	-	Clough (?), Davenport (?), Rice (?)
Wed Oct 30, 1985	Derby County	3		A	2-1	Win	22,226	Carr (?), Metgod (?)
Mon Nov 25, 1985	Queens Park Rangers	4		A	1-3	Loss	-	Clough (?)

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 11, 1985	Notts County	Final	H	1-2	Loss	-	Carr (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 03, 1985	Bournemouth	England	A	3-3	Draw	-	Davenport (?), Birtles (?), Pearce (?)
Mon Aug 05, 1985	Weymouth	England	A	5-2	Win	-	Webb (?, ?), Mills (?), Hodge (?), Davenport (?)
Wed Aug 07, 1985	Portsmouth	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Blake (? OG), Webb (?), Clough (?)
Fri Aug 09, 1985	Brighton and Hove Albion	England	A	2-5	Loss	-	Clough (?), Hodge (?)
Mon Aug 12, 1985	Barnsley	England	A	2-1	Win	-	Hodge (?), Carr (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Mon Oct 14, 1985	Bristol Rovers	England	A	1-1	Draw	-	Clough (?)
Tue Oct 22, 1985	Borrowash Victoria	England	A	3-1	Win	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Wed Jan 15, 1986	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	H	0-4	Loss	-
Fri Jan 24, 1986	Newcastle United	England	A	3-1	Win	-	Campbell (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
Tue Mar 04, 1986	Stoke City	England	A	1-2	Loss	-	Clough (?)
Wed Mar 19, 1986	Real Sociedad U-21	Spain	A	2-1	Win	-	Campbell (?, ?)
Mon Mar 24, 1986	Ottery St Mary	England	A	5-1	Win	-	Campbell (?, ?), Bowyer (?), Clough (? pen), Birtles (?)
Tue Apr 15, 1986	Real Sociedad	Spain	A	3-1	Win	-	Campbell (?), Rice (?), Carr (?)
Mon May 05, 1986	Derry City	Ireland	A	2-1	Win	-	Walsh (?), Carr (?)

Bass Charity Vase

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Result	Att	Scorers
Fri Aug 02, 1985	Derby County	Final	A	0-1	Loss	-

SQUAD

			Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
GK		Hans Segers	11	4	1	6				1
GK		Steve Sutton	37	18	11	8
D		Alan Davidson
D		Brett Williams	13	6	4	3
D		Des Walker	43	17	12	14				1	3
D		Gary Fleming	16	7	7	2
D		Ian Butterworth	27	14	3	10					1
D		Jim McInally	13	4	3	6				2
D		Mark Smalley
D		Stuart Pearce	34	16	8	10	1
M		Brynn Gunn
F		Brian Rice	22	13	4	5	5			1
F		Colin Walsh	23	9	8	6	7			1	6
F		David Campbell	18	9	7	2	5			1	3	1
F		Franz Carr	25	13	6	6	4			2	1
F		Garry Birtles	30	14	6	10	2			4	1
F		Gary Mills	18	7	6	5					1
F		Ian Bowyer	29	13	7	9	3			3	1
F		John Robertson	12	6	3	3				1	1
F		Johnny Metgod	44	22	11	11	7			3	1	1
F		Neil Webb	44	20	10	14	14
F		Nigel Clough	45	21	11	13	18			1	2		Player Of The Year
F		Peter Davenport	33	16	5	12	14
F		Steve Chettle
F		Steve Hodge	2		1	1
F		Steve Wigley	10	5		5
		Leigh Palin
		Raymond Campbell
		Campbell (1985)

GOALSCORERS

Competitive goals only

Goals	Player	Games
18	Nigel Clough	45
14	Neil Webb	44
14	Peter Davenport	33
7	Colin Walsh	23
7	Johnny Metgod	44
5	Brian Rice	22
5	David Campbell	18
4	Franz Carr	25
3	Ian Bowyer	29
2	Garry Birtles	30
1	Stuart Pearce	34

LEAGUE DOUBLES
Home and away victories for the season

1985-86

Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Birmingham City	Thu Dec 26, 1985	A	1-0	Mon Mar 31, 1986	H	3-0
Leicester City	Sun Sep 08, 1985	A	3-0	Sat Mar 22, 1986	H	4-3