Division 11985/1986

Season

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : England

Games played : 462

Goals scored : 1288 (2.79 goals per match )

50%
Home victories

24%
Draws

27%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.46 years

Number of players participating : 483

Promoted : Manchester City, Birmingham City, Oxford United

Relegated to lower tier : Sunderland, Norwich City, Stoke City

Division 1 1985/1986's fixtures and results

Round 31

March 01, 1986

0'Wayne Clarke (p)

March 02, 1986

66'Jan Mölby

90'Ian Rush

March 19, 1986

April 02, 1986

45'John Metgod

90'Brian Rice

90'Tony Cottee

April 08, 1986

May 05, 1986

90'Colin West

General rankingLast updated on 05/05/1986

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Liverpool	88	42	26	10	6	89	37	+52
2	Everton	86	42	26	8	8	87	41	+46
3	West Ham	84	42	26	6	10	74	40	+34
4	Man United	76	42	22	10	10	70	36	+34
5	S Wednesday	73	42	21	10	11	63	54	+9
6	Chelsea	71	42	20	11	11	57	56	+1
7	Arsenal	69	42	20	9	13	49	47	+2
8	Nottingham	68	42	19	11	12	69	53	+16
9	Luton Town	66	42	18	12	12	61	44	+17
10	Tottenham	65	42	19	8	15	74	52	+22
11	Newcastle United	63	42	17	12	13	67	72	-5
12	Watford	59	42	16	11	15	69	62	+7
13	QPR	52	42	15	7	20	53	64	-11
14	Southampton	46	42	12	10	20	51	62	-11
15	Manchester City	45	42	11	12	19	43	57	-14
16	Aston Villa	44	42	10	14	18	51	67	-16
17	Coventry	43	42	11	10	21	48	71	-23
18	Oxford United	42	42	10	12	20	62	80	-18
19	Leicester	42	42	10	12	20	54	76	-22
20	Ipswich Town	41	42	11	8	23	32	55	-23
21	Birmingham City	29	42	8	5	29	30	73	-43
22	WBA	24	42	4	12	26	35	89	-54

Latest transfers

May 04, 1986
Andy Dibble ( Sunderland)		Luton

May 01, 1986
Mark Loram ( Torquay)		QPR
Earl Barrett ( Chester)		Man City
Gordon Durie ( Hibernian)		Chelsea

April 24, 1986
Fraser Digby ( Swindon Town)		Man United

April 15, 1986
Billy Garton ( Birmingham)		Man United

April 14, 1986
Neil Ruddock ( Millwall)		Tottenham

April 01, 1986
George Curtis mana.		Coventry
Charles Bishop ( Stoke City)		Watford
Steve Whitton ( Birmingham)		West Ham
Darren Beckford ( Bury)		Man City
Tony Godden ( WBA)		Chelsea
John McNaught ( Hamilton)		Chelsea

All transfers

One match scorers

Colin Westhas scored 3 goals during the match Watford 5-1 WBA (24/08/1985)

Gary Linekerhas scored 3 goals during the match Everton 4-1 Birmingham City (31/08/1985)

Steve Moranhas scored 3 goals during the match Southampton 3-1 Watford (05/10/1985)

Brian Steinhas scored 3 goals during the match Luton Town 7-0 Southampton (19/10/1985)

Peter Davenporthas scored 3 goals during the match Nottingham 3-2 Arsenal (26/10/1985)

John Aldridgehas scored 3 goals during the match Oxford United 4-3 Ipswich Town (23/11/1985)

Mick Harfordhas scored 3 goals during the match Luton Town 3-1 Leicester (01/01/1986)

Neil Webbhas scored 3 goals during the match Nottingham 5-2 Coventry (01/01/1986)

Gary Linekerhas scored 3 goals during the match Everton 4-0 Manchester City (11/02/1986)

Jesper Olsenhas scored 3 goals during the match Man United 3-0 WBA (22/02/1986)

Carl Shutthas scored 3 goals during the match S Wednesday 5-1 Birmingham City (08/03/1986)

Gary Bannisterhas scored 3 goals during the match QPR 6-0 Chelsea (31/03/1986)

Mark Falcohas scored 3 goals during the match Leicester 1-4 Tottenham (05/04/1986)

Ronnie Whelanhas scored 3 goals during the match Liverpool 5-0 Coventry (12/04/1986)

Alvin Martinhas scored 3 goals during the match West Ham 8-1 Newcastle United (21/04/1986)

Gary Gillespiehas scored 3 goals during the match Liverpool 5-0 Birmingham City (26/04/1986)

Mick Harfordhas scored 3 goals during the match Luton Town 3-2 Watford (26/04/1986)

Gary Linekerhas scored 3 goals during the match Everton 6-1 Southampton (03/05/1986)

Tony Galvinhas scored 3 goals during the match Tottenham 5-3 Southampton (05/05/1986)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 27/11/2024 at 10:34

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	Home	Away	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Gary Lineker	30	0	119	3555	41	41	19	11	11	19	34%	05/05/1986
Frank McAvennie	26	0	140	3645	41	41	17	9	14	12	37%	03/05/1986
John Aldridge	23	4	151	3465	39	39	13	10	23	0	38%	05/05/1986
Mick Harford	22	1	149	3285	37	37	12	10	22	0	37%	26/04/1986
Ian Rush	22	0	163	3581	40	40	12	10	8	14	25%	30/04/1986
Tony Cottee	20	0	180	3600	42	41	9	11	8	12	29%	05/05/1986
Alan Smith	19	0	180	3420	40	38	12	7	18	1	35%	08/04/1986
Peter Beardsley	19	0	197	3735	42	42	11	8	19	0	29%	12/04/1986
Graeme Sharp	19	2	173	3285	37	36	15	4	3	16	22%	03/05/1986
Mark Falco	18	0	193	3465	40	40	11	7	8	10	25%	03/05/1986
Mark Hughes	17	0	209	3555	40	40	8	9	6	11	24%	03/05/1986
Gary Bannister	16	0	197	3150	36	36	10	6	16	0	30%	26/04/1986
Nigel Clough	15	2	228	3420	40	38	6	9	6	9	22%	03/05/1986
Brian Stein	14	1	209	2925	33	33	10	4	14	0	23%	08/02/1986
Kerry Dixon	14	0	244	3420	38	38	6	8	14	0	25%	09/04/1986

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Liverpool	V 5-0 Coventry12/04/1986	VLuton Town 0-1 16/04/1986	VWBA 1-2 19/04/1986	V 5-0 Birmingham City26/04/1986	VLeicester 0-2 30/04/1986	VChelsea 0-1 03/05/1986
2	S Wednesday	VMan United 0-2 13/04/1986	V 2-0 Arsenal16/04/1986	V 2-0 Aston Villa19/04/1986	DWBA 1-1 22/04/1986	VSouthampton 2-3 26/04/1986	V 1-0 Ipswich Town03/05/1986
3	West Ham	V 8-1 Newcastle United21/04/1986	V 1-0 Coventry26/04/1986	V 1-0 Manchester City28/04/1986	V 2-1 Ipswich Town30/04/1986	VWBA 2-3 03/05/1986	LEverton 3-1 05/05/1986
4	Tottenham	DLuton Town 1-1 12/04/1986	V 2-0 Birmingham City16/04/1986	D 0-0 Man United19/04/1986	VQPR 2-5 26/04/1986	V 4-2 Aston Villa03/05/1986	V 5-3 Southampton05/05/1986
5	Everton	VWatford 0-2 15/04/1986	V 1-0 Ipswich Town19/04/1986	DNottingham 0-0 26/04/1986	LOxford United 1-0 30/04/1986	V 6-1 Southampton03/05/1986	V 3-1 West Ham05/05/1986
6	Nottingham	DArsenal 1-1 08/04/1986	D 0-0 Chelsea12/04/1986	VManchester City 1-2 19/04/1986	DWatford 1-1 21/04/1986	D 0-0 Everton26/04/1986	VOxford United 1-2 03/05/1986
7	Aston Villa	DNewcastle United 2-2 09/04/1986	V 4-1 Watford12/04/1986	V 1-0 Ipswich Town16/04/1986	LS Wednesday 2-0 19/04/1986	V 3-1 Chelsea26/04/1986	LTottenham 4-2 03/05/1986
8	QPR	V 6-0 Chelsea31/03/1986	DS Wednesday 0-0 08/04/1986	V 1-0 WBA12/04/1986	VLeicester 1-4 14/04/1986	L 2-5 Tottenham26/04/1986	LCoventry 2-1 03/05/1986
9	Man United	L 1-2 Chelsea09/04/1986	L 0-2 S Wednesday13/04/1986	VNewcastle United 2-4 16/04/1986	DTottenham 0-0 19/04/1986	V 4-0 Leicester26/04/1986	DWatford 1-1 03/05/1986
10	Luton Town	VBirmingham City 0-2 06/04/1986	D 1-1 Tottenham12/04/1986	L 0-1 Liverpool16/04/1986	LCoventry 1-0 19/04/1986	V 3-2 Watford26/04/1986	DManchester City 1-1 03/05/1986
11	Oxford United	D 1-1 Watford09/04/1986	LWest Ham 3-1 12/04/1986	LIpswich Town 3-2 26/04/1986	V 1-0 Everton30/04/1986	L 1-2 Nottingham03/05/1986	V 3-0 Arsenal05/05/1986
12	Leicester	VIpswich Town 0-2 08/04/1986	DSouthampton 0-0 12/04/1986	L 1-4 QPR14/04/1986	LMan United 4-0 26/04/1986	L 0-2 Liverpool30/04/1986	V 2-0 Newcastle United03/05/1986
13	Arsenal	L 0-1 Everton12/04/1986	LS Wednesday 2-0 16/04/1986	D 2-2 WBA26/04/1986	V 2-0 Chelsea29/04/1986	VBirmingham City 0-1 03/05/1986	LOxford United 3-0 05/05/1986
14	Newcastle United	V 4-1 Birmingham City12/04/1986	L 2-4 Man United16/04/1986	DChelsea 1-1 19/04/1986	LWest Ham 8-1 21/04/1986	V 3-1 Manchester City26/04/1986	LLeicester 2-0 03/05/1986
15	Watford	L 0-2 West Ham19/04/1986	D 1-1 Nottingham21/04/1986	LLuton Town 3-2 26/04/1986	D 1-1 Southampton29/04/1986	D 1-1 Man United03/05/1986	VChelsea 1-5 05/05/1986
16	Coventry	LIpswich Town 1-0 31/03/1986	L 1-3 Man United05/04/1986	LLiverpool 5-0 12/04/1986	V 1-0 Luton Town19/04/1986	LWest Ham 1-0 26/04/1986	V 2-1 QPR03/05/1986
17	Southampton	D 0-0 Leicester12/04/1986	VBirmingham City 0-2 19/04/1986	L 2-3 S Wednesday26/04/1986	DWatford 1-1 29/04/1986	LEverton 6-1 03/05/1986	LTottenham 5-3 05/05/1986
18	Ipswich Town	D 0-0 Manchester City12/04/1986	LAston Villa 1-0 16/04/1986	LEverton 1-0 19/04/1986	V 3-2 Oxford United26/04/1986	LWest Ham 2-1 30/04/1986	LS Wednesday 1-0 03/05/1986
19	Chelsea	VWest Ham 1-2 15/04/1986	D 1-1 Newcastle United19/04/1986	LAston Villa 3-1 26/04/1986	LArsenal 2-0 29/04/1986	L 0-1 Liverpool03/05/1986	L 1-5 Watford05/05/1986
20	WBA	D 1-1 Nottingham05/04/1986	LQPR 1-0 12/04/1986	L 1-2 Liverpool19/04/1986	D 1-1 S Wednesday22/04/1986	DArsenal 2-2 26/04/1986	L 2-3 West Ham03/05/1986
21	Manchester City	L 0-1 Arsenal05/04/1986	DIpswich Town 0-0 12/04/1986	L 1-2 Nottingham19/04/1986	LNewcastle United 3-1 26/04/1986	LWest Ham 1-0 28/04/1986	D 1-1 Luton Town03/05/1986
22	Birmingham City	L 0-2 Luton Town06/04/1986	LNewcastle United 4-1 12/04/1986	LTottenham 2-0 16/04/1986	L 0-2 Southampton19/04/1986	LLiverpool 5-0 26/04/1986	L 0-1 Arsenal03/05/1986

Longest streaksLast updated on 02/12/2024 at 22:28

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Man United	10
West Ham	9
Liverpool	7	7
Everton	6	2
Chelsea	5
Nottingham	5
Newcastle United	5
Manchester City	5
Tottenham	4	3
Arsenal	4
S Wednesday	4	2
Watford	3
Oxford United	3
Luton Town	3
Birmingham City	2
QPR	2
Leicester	2
Ipswich Town	2
Aston Villa	2
Coventry	2
Southampton	2
WBA	1

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 02/12/2024 at 22:28

Team \ Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Liverpool	4	3	10	6	8	4	2	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Everton	19	8	11	7	5	2	4	2	6	5	4	6	6	4	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
West Ham	17	7	14	17	17	18	18	13	13	13	11	11	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	4	3
Man United	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
S Wednesday	7	5	2	2	2	3	3	7	9	7	6	5	5	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	9	8	6	6	7	8	9	9	9	6	6	5
Chelsea	7	5	3	4	3	5	6	5	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	6
Arsenal	20	9	16	16	10	8	5	3	7	6	5	4	4	6	5	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	8	8	8	7	5	5	5	7	6	6	7	9	9	7
Nottingham	7	18	12	15	18	20	16	16	15	16	16	12	10	8	7	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	9	9	8	6	7	7	7	9	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	8	8
Luton Town	7	13	7	9	11	14	15	17	14	15	14	14	13	13	10	10	11	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	6	7	7	6	8	7	9
Tottenham	1	2	9	14	16	13	9	8	5	8	9	10	7	10	12	13	13	12	12	10	12	10	9	9	10	11	12	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10
Newcastle United	7	13	7	5	4	6	8	6	4	4	7	8	11	9	9	8	8	11	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11
Watford	21	9	4	8	6	7	10	9	10	9	10	7	9	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
QPR	5	11	5	3	7	9	7	11	12	11	8	9	12	12	13	11	9	9	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Southampton	7	17	20	19	20	19	14	15	17	20	17	17	18	18	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Manchester City	7	15	19	12	9	12	13	14	16	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Aston Villa	21	21	21	21	14	11	12	12	11	12	13	16	16	17	15	14	16	16	16	16	19	17	19	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	17	16	16	16
Coventry	7	18	18	20	21	17	21	20	18	14	15	15	15	14	14	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	17	18	17
Oxford United	7	15	6	11	13	16	20	19	20	17	18	18	17	16	18	18	19	18	17	19	18	19	18	19	19	19	19	20	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	18
Leicester	3	3	13	13	15	15	19	21	21	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	18	17	18	16	16	16	17	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	18	16	16	16	18	19	19
Ipswich Town	17	22	15	18	19	21	17	18	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	18	18	18	19	17	20
Birmingham City	5	12	17	10	12	10	11	10	8	10	12	13	14	15	17	17	17	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
WBA	7	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

Goals per quarterLast updated on 02/12/2024 at 22:28

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	642
Best scorer : John Aldridge - 23 Goals
16 - 30	16
Best scorer : Ian Rush - 5 Goals
31 - 45+	245
Best scorer : Frank McAvennie - 14 Goals
46 - 60	18
Best scorer : Ian Rush - 4 Goals
61 - 75	21
Best scorer : Ian Rush - 6 Goals
76 - 90+	346
Best scorer : Gary Lineker - 18 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 02/12/2024 at 22:28

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	26 times
1 - 0	90 times
1 - 1	55 times
2 - 0	51 times
2 - 1	66 times
2 - 2	25 times
3 - 0	33 times
3 - 1	35 times
3 - 2	21 times
3 - 3	2 times
4 - 0	7 times
4 - 1	16 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 2	5 times
4 - 3	4 times
4 - 4	2 times
5 - 0	5 times
5 - 1	9 times
5 - 2	3 times
5 - 3	1 times
6 - 0	2 times
6 - 1	2 times
7 - 0	1 times
8 - 1	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 02/12/2024 at 22:28

General statistics by teamLast updated on 27/11/2024 at 10:34

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
WBA	32	37	11	Imre Varadi (9 goals)
Chelsea	27	32	13	Kerry Dixon (14 goals)
Southampton	26	37	13	David Armstrong (10 goals)
Birmingham City	25	35	10	David Geddis (6 goals)
Man United	25	34	14	Mark Hughes (17 goals)
Manchester City	25	30	9	Mark Lillis (11 goals)
Ipswich Town	23	32	12	Kevin Wilson (7 goals)
Leicester	23	29	10	Alan Smith (19 goals)
Aston Villa	23	32	14	Mark Walters (10 goals)
Tottenham	23	31	19	Mark Falco (18 goals)
Coventry	22	26	13	Terry Gibson (11 goals)
S Wednesday	22	31	13	Brian Marwood (13 goals)
Oxford United	22	30	12	John Aldridge (23 goals)
Nottingham	22	28	10	Nigel Clough (15 goals)
Newcastle United	22	29	14	Peter Beardsley (19 goals)
Luton Town	22	26	10	Mick Harford (22 goals)
Watford	22	29	17	Colin West (13 goals)
Arsenal	21	24	12	Tony Woodcock (11 goals)
QPR	21	31	12	Gary Bannister (16 goals)
Everton	20	27	13	Gary Lineker (30 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 12/11/2024 at 17:07

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Nottingham	23.7	Ian Bowyer (33 years)	Brett Williams (16 years)
Aston Villa	24	Andy Gray (29 years)	Tony Daley (17 years)
Ipswich Town	24.3	Alan Sunderland (31 years)	Dalian Atkinson (16 years)
Everton	24.3	Peter Reid (28 years)	Ian Marshall (18 years)
Watford	24.5	Brian Talbot (31 years)	Iwan Roberts (16 years)
Leicester	24.7	Bobby Smith (31 years)	Mark Venus (17 years)
Chelsea	24.8	Tony Godden (29 years)	Les Fridge (16 years)
Luton Town	24.9	Andy King (28 years)	Marc North (18 years)
Birmingham City	25	Des Bremner (32 years)	John Frain (16 years)
QPR	25.1	Paul Barron (31 years)	David Kerslake (18 years)
Coventry	25.3	Kenny Hibbitt (33 years)	Graham Rodger (17 years)
Arsenal	25.4	Paul Mariner (31 years)	David Rocastle (17 years)
Manchester City	25.6	Paul Power (31 years)	Steve Redmond (17 years)
Newcastle United	25.9	Jeff Clarke (30 years)	Paul Stephenson (16 years)
West Ham	26	Phil Parkes (34 years)	Steve Potts (17 years)
Man United	26.1	John Gidman (30 years)	Norman Whiteside (19 years)
S Wednesday	26.1	Lyons Michael (33 years)	Tony Gregory (16 years)
Liverpool	26.2	Phil Neal (33 years)	Jim Beglin (21 years)
Oxford United	26.4	Steve Perryman (33 years)	Neil Slatter (20 years)
WBA	26.4	Ally Robertson (32 years)	Mark Robinson (16 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 26/11/2024 at 21:46

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
England	7442	343	837
Scotland	1138	53	170
Republic of Ireland	702	25	87
Wales	568	24	75
Northern Ireland	463	18	23
Netherlands	82	4	9
Denmark	74	5	25
Canada	49	2	2
Zimbabwe	42	1	0
Nigeria	39	2	12
South Africa	33	1	14
Argentina	23	1	1
Sierra Leone	18	1	3
Jamaica	17	1	1
Iceland	10	1	2
Serbia	9	1	0