SEASON: 1985-86
- DIVISION:
- Canon First Division (Tier 1)
- MANAGER(s):
- Brian Clough
- FA Cup:
- 3rd Round (Blackburn Rovers (A) 2-3)
- League Cup:
- 4th Round (Queens Park Rangers (A) 1-3)
- Player Of The Year:
- Nigel Clough
- Top Goalscorer:
- Nigel Clough (18 goals)
TABLE
FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1985-86
SEASON END TABLE | Home | Away | Results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Excluded from Europe | 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 | Relegated | 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 | Relegated | 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 | Relegated | 2-1 | 1-1 |
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LEAGUE POSITIONS
- GAME COUNTS
- Competitive Games:
- 48
- Competitive Goals:
- 82
- Goals per game:
- 1.7
- League Games:
- 42
- League Points:
- 68 out of 126 (3 points per win)
- Points Percentage:
- 54.0%
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 |
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LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
MISCELLANEOUS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.
ATTENDANCES (HOME)
- Highest League Attendance:
- 30,171 (Everton)
- Lowest League Attendance:
- 11,538 (Queens Park Rangers)
- Average League Attendance:
- 16,808
- Highest Cup Attendance:
- 15,772 (Blackburn Rovers)
- Lowest Cup Attendance:
- 10,530 (Bolton Wanderers)
MISCELLANEOUS
- Clean Sheets:
- 12
- Yellow Cards:
- 8
- Red Cards:
- 1   (Peter Davenport)
- Own goals (for):
- 2   (scored by opponents for us)
- Own goals (against):
- 0   (scored by us for opponents)   
- Penalties scored:
- 5
- Penalties conceded:
- 6
- Penalties missed:
- 0
- Penalties saved:
- 0
GAMES
 
Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League
FA Cup
League Cup
County Cup
Pre-Season Friendly
Friendly
Bass Charity Vase
Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League
FA Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Replay | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Sat Jan 04, 1986 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | H | 1-1 | 15,772 | Birtles (54') | |
Mon Jan 13, 1986 | Blackburn Rovers | 3 | 1 | A | 2-3 | 11,710 | Walsh (24'), Birtles (88') |
League Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | Leg | Replay | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Wed Sep 25, 1985 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 1 | H | 4-0 | 10,530 | Campbell (60', 73'), Rice (63'), Clough (81') | |
Tue Oct 08, 1985 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | 2 | A | 3-0 | 4,010 | Rice (?), Davenport (?), Clough (?) | |
Wed Oct 30, 1985 | Derby County | 3 | A | 2-1 | 22,226 | Metgod (13'), Carr (68') | ||
Mon Nov 25, 1985 | Queens Park Rangers | 4 | A | 1-3 | 13,052 | Clough (35') |
County Cup
Date | Opponent | Round | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wed Sep 11, 1985 | Notts County | Final | H | 1-2 | - | Carr (?) |
Wed May 07, 1986 | Mansfield Town | Semi | A | 1-0 | - | Birtles (?) |
Thu May 08, 1986 | Notts County | Final | H | 2-1 | 1,752 | Carr (?), Rice (?) |
Pre-Season Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Sat Aug 03, 1985 | Bournemouth | England | A | 3-3 | 1,930 | Davenport (?), Birtles (?), Pearce (?) |
Mon Aug 05, 1985 | Weymouth | England | A | 5-2 | 1,700 | Webb (?, ?), Mills (?), Hodge (?), Davenport (?) |
Wed Aug 07, 1985 | Portsmouth | England | A | 3-1 | 3,751 | Blake (? OG), Webb (?), Clough (?) |
Fri Aug 09, 1985 | Brighton and Hove Albion | England | A | 2-5 | 3,274 | Clough (?), Hodge (?) |
Mon Aug 12, 1985 | Barnsley | England | A | 2-1 | 1,700 | Hodge (?), Carr (?) |
Friendly
Date | Opponent | Country | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Mon Oct 14, 1985 | Bristol Rovers | England | A | 1-1 | 1,990 | Clough (?) |
Tue Oct 22, 1985 | Borrowash Victoria | England | A | 3-1 | - | ? (?, ?, ?) |
Wed Jan 15, 1986 | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands | H | 0-4 | 4,298 | |
Fri Jan 24, 1986 | Newcastle United | England | N | 3-1 | 5,000 | Campbell (?, ?), Bowyer (?) |
Tue Mar 04, 1986 | Stoke City | England | A | 1-2 | 2,466 | Clough (9') |
Wed Mar 19, 1986 | Real Sociedad U-21 | Spain | H | 2-1 | 2,466 | Campbell (9', 52') |
Mon Mar 24, 1986 | Ottery St Mary | England | A | 5-1 | - | Campbell (?, ?), Bowyer (?), Clough (? pen), Birtles (?) |
Tue Apr 15, 1986 | Real Sociedad | Spain | A | 3-1 | 12,000 | Campbell (?), Rice (?), Carr (25') |
Mon May 05, 1986 | Derry City | Ireland | A | 2-1 | 14,000 | Walsh (35'), Carr (88') |
Bass Charity Vase
Date | Opponent | Round | H/A | Score | Att | Scorers |
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Fri Aug 02, 1985 | Derby County | Final | A | 0-1 | - |
TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.
In (6) - £1,430,000 | Out (10) - £769,000 | |||||||
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Date | Player | Details | Fee | Date | Player | Details | Fee | Aug 1985 | Brian Rice | Bought | £182,000 | Steve Wigley | Sold | Aug 01, 1985 | Ian Butterworth | Bought | Jun 01, 1983 | John Robertson | Sold | Aug 01, 1985 | John Robertson | Bought | 1985 | Bryn Gunn | Loan Out | Aug 01, 1985 | Stuart Pearce | Bought | £238,000 | Jan 09, 1985 | Alan Davidson | Sold | Aug 17, 1985 | Neil Webb | Bought | £210,000 | Dec 26, 1985 | Jim McInally | Sold | £112,000 | Nov 23, 1992 | Neil Webb | Bought | £800,000 | 1986 | Bryn Gunn | Loan Out | 1986 | Bryn Gunn | Loan Out | 1986 | Bryn Gunn | Sold | Jan 11, 1986 | John Robertson | Sold | Mar 08, 1986 | Peter Davenport | Sold | £657,000 |
SQUAD
*Age = Player age on August 1st | Season Record (Competitive Games only) | |||||||||||||||
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Pos | Num | Player | Country | Age* | P | W | D | L | Goals | Yellows | Reds | Went Off | Came On | Unused Sub | Notes | Goalkeepers |
GK | Hans Segers | Netherlands | 23 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
GK | Steve Sutton | England | 24 | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | Defenders | ||||||||
D | Brett Williams | England | 17 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
D | Des Walker | England | 19 | 43 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
D | Gary Fleming | N. Ireland | 18 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
D | Ian Butterworth | England | 21 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
D | Jim McInally | Scotland | 21 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
D | Johnny Metgod | Netherlands | 27 | 44 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
D | Stuart Pearce | England | 23 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 1 | Midfielders | |||||||
M | Colin Walsh | Scotland | 23 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||
M | Gary Mills | England | 23 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
M | Ian Bowyer | England | 34 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
M | Neil Webb | England | 22 | 44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 1 | |||||||
M | Steve Hodge | England | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Forwards | |||||||||
F | Brian Rice | Scotland | 21 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
F | David Campbell | N. Ireland | 20 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||
F | Franz Carr | England | 18 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
F | Garry Birtles | England | 29 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||
F | John Robertson | Scotland | 32 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
F | Nigel Clough | England | 19 | 45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Player Of The Year | ||||
F | Peter Davenport | England | 24 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | |||||||
F | Steve Wigley | England | 23 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
GOALSCORERS
Number of different scorers: 15
Goals (Pens) | Player | Games |
---|---|---|
18 (2) | Nigel Clough | 45 |
14 | Neil Webb | 44 |
14 (3) | 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 |
2 | Own Goals | 48 |
1 | Stuart Pearce | 34 |
LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season
Game 1 | Game 2 | ||||||
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Opponent | Date | H/A | Score | Date | H/A | Score | |
Birmingham City | Thu Dec 26, 1985 | Away | 1-0 | Mon Mar 31, 1986 | Home | 3-0 | |
Leicester City | Sun Sep 08, 1985 | Away | 3-0 | Sat Mar 22, 1986 | Home | 4-3 |
LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season
Game 1 | Game 2 | ||||||
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Opponent | Date | H/A | Score | Date | H/A | Score | |
Sheffield Wednesday | Wed Aug 21, 1985 | Home | 0-1 | Sat Dec 07, 1985 | Away | 1-2 |