1985–86 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
1985–86 season
Chairman Terry Shipman
Manager Gordon Milne
First Division 19th
FA Cup Third round
League Cup Second round
Top goalscorer Smith (19)
Average home league attendance 11,792

During the 1985–86 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, their third consecutive season at this level since promotion. A 19th-place finish in the final table was just enough to secure a fourth successive top flight campaign.

Season summary

In the summer of 1985, the transfer market was dominated by one deal with Gary Lineker's contract at Filbert Street expiring at the end of the last season: Lineker joined Everton in June for a club record sale of £800,000. Leicester started the 1985–86 season terribly with just 2 wins in their first 14 league games. Their only real highlight of the season was when the Foxes did the double over champions Everton and on the final day of the season, Leicester beat Newcastle United 2-0 at Filbert Street and with Ipswich Town losing at Sheffield Wednesday, it kept the Foxes in the top flight and sent Ipswich down.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts
1Liverpool4216415814106531238937+5288
2Everton4216325418105633238741+4686
3West Ham United421722481694826247440+3484
4Manchester United4212543512105635247036+3476
5Sheffield Wednesday421362362384927316354+973
6Chelsea421245322787625295756+171
7Arsenal4213532915741020324947+269
8Nottingham Forest421155382586731286953+1668
9Luton Town421263371566924296144+1766
10Tottenham Hotspur421227472576827277452+2265
11Newcastle United421254463157921416772–563
12Watford4211644022551129406962+759
13Queens Park Rangers4212363320341420445364–1152
14Southampton4210653218241519445162–1146
15Manchester City427772526451218314357–1445
16Aston Villa427682728381024395167–1644
17Coventry City4265103135551117364871–2343
18Oxford United427773427351328536280–1842
19 Leicester City 427863535341419415476–2242
20Ipswich Town428582024331512313255–2341
21Birmingham City4252141325331517483073–4329
22West Bromwich Albion4238102136141614533589–5424
  • Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Key
League Champions, excluded from the European Cup
FA Cup runners-up, but excluded from the Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup spot, but excluded
League Cup winners, excluded from UEFA Cup
Relegated

Squad

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

No. Position Player
- England GK Ian Andrews
- Northern Ireland MF Paul Ramsey
- Scotland DF Bobby Smith
- England MF Rob Kelly
- England DF Russell Osman
- Northern Ireland DF John O'Neill
- England MF Steve Lynex
- England FW Mark Bright
- England FW Alan Smith
- Scotland MF Ian Wilson
- England MF Ian Banks
- Scotland MF Ally Mauchlen
No. Position Player
- Scotland DF Tommy Williams
- England FW Robert Jones
- England DF Andy Feeley
- England FW Tony Sealy
- Scotland DF David Rennie
- Scotland MF Gary McAllister
- England DF Simon Morgan
- England GK Jerry Roberts
- Denmark FW Tommy Christensen
- England MF Laurie Cunningham
- England DF Mark Venus
- England MF Paul Reid

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee Notes
15 August 1985 MF Gary McAllister Motherwell £125,000 [2]
15 August 1985 DF Ally Mauchlen Motherwell £125,000 [3]

Out

Date Pos Name From Fee Notes
5 July 1985 FW Gary Lineker Everton £800,000 [4]
17 January 1986 DF David Rennie Leeds United £50,000 [5]
Transfers in: Decrease £250,000
Transfers out: Increase £850,000
Total spending: Increase £600,000

References

  1. ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1986
  2. ↑ http://www.leeds-fans.org.uk/leeds/players/456.html
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  4. ↑ http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/article?id=ART93700
  5. ↑ http://www.leeds-fans.org.uk/leeds/players/331.html
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