1985–86 Everton F.C. season

1985–86 season of Everton F.C.

Everton 1985–86 football season

Everton

1985–86 season

Manager

Howard Kendall

Ground

Goodison Park

First Division

2nd

FA Cup

Runners-up

League Cup

Quarter-final

Football League Super Cup

Runners-up
(continued into 1986–87 season)

Top goalscorer

League: Gary Lineker (30)
All: Gary Lineker (40)

Highest home attendance

51,509 vs. Liverpool (21 September 1985)

Lowest home attendance

10,329 vs. Norwich City (2 October 1985)

Home colours

← 1984–85

1986–87 →

During the 1985–86 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. They finished 2nd in the table with 86 points.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C)	42	26	10	6	89	37	+52	88	Disqualified from the European Cup^[1]
2	Everton^[a]	42	26	8	8	87	41	+46	86	Disqualified from the European Cup Winners' Cup^[2]
3	West Ham United	42	26	6	10	74	40	+34	84	Disqualified from the UEFA Cup^[3]
4	Manchester United	42	22	10	10	70	36	+34	76
5	Sheffield Wednesday^[b]	42	21	10	11	63	54	+9	73

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Since the FA Cup winners, Liverpool, would have instead qualified for the European Cup, qualification would have instead been passed down to runners-up Everton.
^ Since Everton would have instead qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup qualification would have been passed down to Sheffield Wednesday.

Results

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Charity Shield


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
10 August 1985	Manchester United	N	2–0	82,000	Steven, Heath

^[4]

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1985	Leicester City	A	1–3	16,932	Mountfield
20 August 1985	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	26,788	Heath (2)
24 August 1985	Coventry City	H	1–1	27,691	Sharp
26 August 1985	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–0	29,720	Lineker
31 August 1985	Birmingham City	H	4–1	28,066	Lineker (3), Steven (pen)
3 September 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	A	5–1	30,065	Mountfield, Lineker (3), Steven, Heath
7 September 1985	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–3	16,544
14 September 1985	Luton Town	H	2–0	26,419	Sheedy, Sharp
21 September 1985	Liverpool	H	2–3	51,509	Sharp, Lineker
28 September 1985	Aston Villa	A	0–0	22,048
5 October 1985	Oxford United	H	2–0	24,553	Sharp, Bracewell
12 October 1985	Chelsea	A	1–2	27,634	Sheedy
19 October 1985	Watford	H	4–1	26,425	Heath, Sharp (2), Bracewell
26 October 1985	Manchester City	A	1–1	28,807	Heath
2 November 1985	West Ham United	A	1–2	23,844	Steven
9 November 1985	Arsenal	H	6–1	28,620	Lineker (2), Heath (2), Steven (pen), Sharp
16 November 1985	Ipswich Town	A	4–3	13,910	Heath, Sharp, Sheedy, Steven (pen)
23 November 1985	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	27,860	Bracewell
30 November 1985	Southampton	A	3–2	16,917	Lineker, Heath, Steven
7 December 1985	West Browmwich Albion	A	3–0	12,206	Steven, Sheedy, Van Den Hauwe, Lineker
14 December 1985	Leicester City	H	1–2	23,347	Richardson
21 December 1985	Coventry City	A	3–1	11,059	Lineker, Sharp
26 December 1985	Manchester United	H	3–1	42,551	Sharp, Lineker
28 December 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–1	41,536	Stevens , Lineker
1 January 1986	Newcastle United	A	2–2	27,820	Steven, Sharp (pen)
11 January 1986	Queens Park Rangers	H	4–3	26,015	Sharp (2 including 1 pen), Lineker, Wilkinson
18 January 1986	Birmingham City	A	2–0	10,502	Lineker (2)
1 February 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	33,178	Reid
11 February 1986	Manchester City	H	4–0	30,006	Lineker (3), Sharp
22 February 1986	Liverpool	A	2–0	45,445	Ratcliffe, Lineker
1 March 1986	Aston Villa	H	2–0	32,133	Sharp, Lineker
16 March 1986	Chelsea	H	1–1	30,145	Sheedy
22 March 1986	Luton Town	A	1–2	10,949	Richardson
29 March 1986	Newcastle United	H	1–0	41,116	Richardson
31 March 1986	Manchester United	A	0–0	51,189
12 April 1986	Arsenal	A	1–0	28,251	Heath
15 April 1986	Watford	A	2–0	18,960	Lineker (3), Sharp
19 April 1986	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	39,055	Sharp
26 April 1986	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	30,171
30 April 1986	Oxford United	A	0–1	13,939
3 May 1986	Southampton	H	6–1	33,057	Mountfield, Steven, Lineker (3), Sharp
5 May 1986	West Ham United	H	3–1	40,073	Lineker (2), Steven (pen)

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FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
3	5 January 1986	Exeter City	H	1–0	22,726	Stevens
4	25 January 1986	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–1	41,381	Van Den Hauwe, Lineker (2)
5	4 March 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	23,338	Heath, Lineker
6	8 March 1986	Luton Town	A	2–2	15,529	Sharp, Heath
6:R	12 March 1986	Luton Town	H	1–0	44,264	Lineker
SF	5 April 1986	Sheffield Wednesday	N	2–1 (aet)	47,711	Harper, Sharp
F	10 May 1986	Liverpool	N	1–3	98,000	Lineker

^[4]

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2:1	25 September 1985	Bournemouth	H	3–2	13,930	Lineker, Marshall, Heffernan (o.g.)
2:2	8 October 1985	Bournemouth	A	2–0 (agg 5–2)	8,081	Lineker, Richardson
3	29 October 1985	Shrewsbury Town	A	4–1	10,246	Sharp, Hughes (o.g.), Sheedy, Heath
4	26 November 1985	Chelsea	A	2–2	27,544	Sheedy, Bracewell
4:R	10 December 1985	Chelsea	H	1–2	26,373	Lineker

^[4]

Football League Super Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
GS	18 September 1985	Manchester United	A	4–2	33,859	Lineker, Sharp, Sheedy (2)
GS	2 October 1985	Norwich City	H	1–0	10,329	Lineker
GS	23 October 1985	Norwich City	A	0–1	12,196
GS	4 December 1985	Manchester United	H	1–0	20,542	Stapleton (o.g.)
SF:1	5 February 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–0	7,548
SF:2	19 March 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–1 (agg 3–1)	12,008	Heath, Mountfield, Sharp
F:1	16 September 1986	Liverpool	A	1–3	20,660	Sheedy
F:2	30 September 1986	Liverpool	H	1–4 (agg 2–7)	26,068	Sharp

^[4]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Paul Bracewell
—	DF	ENG	Alan Harper
—	FW	ENG	Adrian Heath
—	FW	ENG	Gary Lineker
—	FW	ENG	Ian Marshall
—	GK	ENG	Bobby Mimms
—	DF	ENG	Derek Mountfield
—	DF	ENG	Neil Pointon
—	DF	WAL	Kevin Ratcliffe
—	MF	ENG	Peter Reid


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	SCO	Graeme Sharp
—	MF	IRL	Kevin Sheedy
—	GK	WAL	Neville Southall
—	MF	ENG	Trevor Steven
—	DF	ENG	Gary Stevens
—	DF	WAL	Pat Van Den Hauwe
—	DF	ENG	Dave Watson
—	GK	ENG	Mike Stowell

^[5]

References

^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.
^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.
^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Everton's Record in 1985–86
^ 1985–1986 Summary: Appearances and Goals

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1985–86 in English football

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National teams

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
1986 FIFA World Cup (qualification – Group 3)

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Super Cup Associate Members' Cup (Final)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Oxford United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Leeds United Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stoke City Sunderland Wimbledon
Third Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chesterfield Darlington Derby County Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Lincoln City Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Swansea City Walsall Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cambridge United Chester City Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Mansfield Town Northampton Town Orient Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham