Season 1985-86

Division 3 1985-86 (1st)

PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 READINGP 46 29 7 10 67 51 +16 94
2 Plymouth ArgyleP 46 26 9 11 88 53 +35 87
3 Derby CountyP 46 23 15 8 80 41 +39 84
4 Wigan Athletic 46 23 14 9 82 48 +34 83
5 Gillingham 46 22 13 11 81 54 +27 79
6 Walsall 46 22 9 15 90 64 +26 75
7 York City 46 20 11 15 77 58 +19 71
8 Notts County 46 19 14 13 71 60 +11 71
9 Bristol City 46 18 14 14 69 60 +9 68
10 Brentford 46 18 12 16 58 61 −3 66
11 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 16 14 45 52 −7 64
12 Blackpool 46 17 12 17 66 55 +11 63
13 Darlington 46 15 13 18 61 78 −17 58
14 Rotherham United 46 15 12 19 61 59 +2 57
15 AFC Bournemouth 46 15 9 22 65 72 −7 54
16 Bristol Rovers 46 14 12 20 51 75 −24 54
17 Chesterfield 46 13 14 19 61 64 −3 53
18 Bolton Wanderers 46 15 8 23 54 68 −14 53
19 Newport County 46 11 18 17 52 65 −13 51
20 Bury 46 12 13 21 63 67 −4 49
21 Lincoln CityR 46 10 16 20 55 77 −22 46
22 Cardiff CityR 46 12 9 25 53 83 −30 45
23 Wolverhampton WR 46 11 10 25 57 98 −41 43
24 Swansea CityR 46 11 10 25 43 87 −44 43

Division 3 1985-86

17 Aug Blackpool H 1-0
24 Aug Plymouth Argyle A 1-0
26 Aug Bristol Rovers H 3-2
31 Aug Cardiff City A 3-1
7 Sep Walsall H 2-1
14 Sep Rotherham United A 2-1
17 Sep Brentford A 2-1
21 Sep Swansea City H 2-0
28 Sep Doncaster Rovers A 1-0
2 Oct Chesterfield H 4-2
5 Oct Bolton Wanderers H 1-0
12 Oct Newport County A 2-0
19 Oct Lincoln City A 1-0
23 Oct Wolverhampton W H 2-2
26 Oct Bury A 1-3
2 Nov Wigan Athletic H 1-0
6 Nov Notts County H 3-1
9 Nov York City A 1-0
23 Nov Darlington H 0-2
30 Nov Derby County A 1-1
14 Dec Bristol City H 1-0
21 Dec Plymouth Argyle H 4-3
26 Dec AFC Bournemouth A 1-0
28 Dec Bristol Rovers A 2-0
1 Jan Gillingham H 1-2
11 Jan Cardiff City H 1-1
18 Jan Blackpool A 0-0
1 Feb Walsall A 0-6
22 Feb Swansea City A 3-2
4 Mar Chesterfield A 4-3
8 Mar Bolton Wanderers A 0-2
12 Mar Lincoln City H 0-2
15 Mar Newport County H 2-0
19 Mar Rotherham United H 2-1
22 Mar Bury H 2-0
29 Mar Gillingham A 0-3
31 Mar AFC Bournemouth H 1-2
5 Apr Notts County A 0-0
8 Apr Wolverhampton W A 3-2
12 Apr York City H 0-0
16 Apr Brentford H 3-1
19 Apr Darlington A 0-0
22 Apr Wigan Athletic A 0-1
26 Apr Derby County H 1-0
3 May Bristol City A 0-3
5 May Doncaster Rovers H 2-0

FA Cup 1985-86

16 Nov R1 Wealdstone H 1-0
7 Dec R2 Hereford United H 2-0
4 Jan R3 Huddersfield Town A 0-0
13 Jan (R) Huddersfield Town H 2-11
25 Jan R4 Bury H 1-1
28 Jan (R) Bury A 0-3
1 after extra time

League Cup 1985-86

21 Aug R1 AFC Bournemouth H 1-3
3 Sep (2) AFC Bournemouth A 0-21
1 lost 1-5 on aggregate

Associate Members' Cup 1985-86

21 Jan R1 AFC Bournemouth A 0-5
6 Mar R1 Orient H 0-3

Associate Members' Cup (R1) 1985-86 (3rd)

PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 OrientQ 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
2 AFC Bournemouth 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
3 READING 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0