1985–86 Everton F.C. season

Everton
1985–86 season
Manager	Howard Kendall
Ground	Goodison Park
First Division	2nd
FA Cup	Finalists
League Cup	Quarter-Final
Football League Super Cup	Finalists (in 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)

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	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	42	16	4	1	58	14	10	6	5	31	23	89	37	+52	88	Excluded from the 1986–87 European Cup ^{[notes 1]} ^{[notes 2]}
2	Everton	42	16	3	2	54	18	10	5	6	33	23	87	41	+46	86	Excluded from the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup^{[notes 1]} ^{[notes 3]}
3	West Ham United	42	17	2	2	48	16	9	4	8	26	24	74	40	+34	84	Excluded from the 1986–87 UEFA Cup^{[notes 1]}
4	Manchester United	42	12	5	4	35	12	10	5	6	35	24	70	36	+34	76	Excluded from the 1986–87 UEFA Cup^{[notes 1]}
5	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	6	2	36	23	8	4	9	27	31	63	54	+9	73	Excluded from the 1986–87 UEFA Cup^{[notes 1]}
6	Chelsea	42	12	4	5	32	27	8	7	6	25	29	57	56	+1	71
7	Arsenal	42	13	5	3	29	15	7	4	10	20	32	49	47	+2	69
8	Nottingham Forest	42	11	5	5	38	25	8	6	7	31	28	69	53	+16	68
9	Luton Town	42	12	6	3	37	15	6	6	9	24	29	61	44	+17	66
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	12	2	7	47	25	7	6	8	27	27	74	52	+22	65
11	Newcastle United	42	12	5	4	46	31	5	7	9	21	41	67	72	–5	63
12	Watford	42	11	6	4	40	22	5	5	11	29	40	69	62	+7	59
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	12	3	6	33	20	3	4	14	20	44	53	64	–11	52
14	Southampton	42	10	6	5	32	18	2	4	15	19	44	51	62	–11	46
15	Manchester City	42	7	7	7	25	26	4	5	12	18	31	43	57	–14	45
16	Aston Villa	42	7	6	8	27	28	3	8	10	24	39	51	67	–16	44
17	Coventry City	42	6	5	10	31	35	5	5	11	17	36	48	71	–23	43
18	Oxford United	42	7	7	7	34	27	3	5	13	28	53	62	80	–18	42	Excluded from the 1986–87 UEFA Cup^{[notes 1]} ^{[notes 4]}
19	Leicester City	42	7	8	6	35	35	3	4	14	19	41	54	76	–22	42
20	Ipswich Town	42	8	5	8	20	24	3	3	15	12	31	32	55	–23	41
21	Birmingham City	42	5	2	14	13	25	3	3	15	17	48	30	73	–43	29
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	3	8	10	21	36	1	4	16	14	53	35	89	–54	24

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

↑ All 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
↑ Liverpool also won the 1986 FA Cup.
↑ Everton were the runners-up in the FA Cup, and Liverpool having won the Double, they should have claimed a place in the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup.
↑ Oxford United won the 1986 League Cup and therefore should have claimed a place in the 1986–87 UEFA Cup.

Key
	League Champions, but excluded from the European Cup
	FA Cup runners-up, but excluded from the Cup Winners' Cup
	UEFA Cup spot, but excluded
	League Cup winners, but excluded from the UEFA Cup
	Relegated

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

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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	Queen's 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	A	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	Queen's 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	8 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

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League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
2:1	25 September 1985	Bournemouth	H	3-2	13,930	Lineker, Marshall, Heffernan
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, 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

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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
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

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Squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Neil Adams
		MF	Paul Bracewell
		FW	Wayne Clarke
		DF	Alan Harper
		FW	Adrian Heath
		FW	Ian Marshall
		GK	Bobby Mimms
		DF	Derek Mountfield
		DF	Neil Pointon
		DF	Paul Power
		DF	Kevin Ratcliffe
		MF	Peter Reid

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Graeme Sharp
		MF	Kevin Sheedy
		DF	Ian Snodin
		GK	Neville Southall
		MF	Trevor Steven
		DF	Gary Stevens
		DF	Pat Van Den Hauwe
		DF	Dave Watson
		MF	Ian Wilson
		GK	Alec Chamberlain
		GK	Mike Stowell

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References

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[1] All 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

[2] Liverpool also won the 1986 FA Cup.

[3] Everton were the runners-up in the FA Cup, and Liverpool having won the Double, they should have claimed a place in the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup.

[4] Oxford United won the 1986 League Cup and therefore should have claimed a place in the 1986–87 UEFA Cup.

[8586results-5] 1 2 3 4 5 Everton's Record in 1985-86

[6] 1985-1986 Summary: Appearances and Goals

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