1985–86 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City
1985–86 season
Manager	Billy McNeill
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Third round
Football League Cup	Third round
Full Members' Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Mark Lillis (11); All: Mark Lillis (15)
Highest home attendance	48,773 vs Manchester United; 17 September 1985
Lowest home attendance	9,799 vs Bury; 8 October 1985
Average home league attendance	24,229 (4th highest in league)
Biggest win	5–1 (13 Dec 1985 v Coventry City, PL Round 21)
Biggest defeat	4–0 (10 Feb 1986 at Everton, PL Round 38)
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

The 1985–86 season was Manchester City's 84th season of competitive football and 64th season in the top division of English football.^[1] In addition to the First Division, the club competed in the FA Cup, Football League Cup and Full Members' Cup.

First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	7	20	53	64	−11	52
14	Southampton	42	12	10	20	51	62	−11	46
15	Manchester City	42	11	12	19	43	57	−14	45
16	Aston Villa	42	10	14	18	51	67	−16	44
17	Coventry City	42	11	10	21	48	71	−23	43

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

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	11	12	19	43	57	−14	45	7	7	7	25	26	−1	4	5	12	18	31	−13

Source: [1]

Results by matchday

Matchday	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
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D

Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Date	Opponents	H / A	Venue	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 August 1985	Coventry City	A	Highfield Road	1-1	McIlroy	14,550
21 August 1985	Leicester City	H	Maine Road	1-1	Lillis (pen)	25,528
24 August 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	H	Maine Road	1-3	Simpson	26,934
26 August 1985	West Bromwich Albion	A	The Hawthorns	3-2	Lillis, Simpson, Wilson	12,122
31 August 1985	Tottenham Hotspur	H	Maine Road	2-1	Simpson, Miller (og)	27,789
3 September 1985	Birmingham City	A	St Andrews	0-1		11,706
7 September 1985	Southampton	A	The Dell	0-3		14,308
14 September 1985	Manchester United	H	Maine Road	0-3		48,733
21 September 1985	West Ham United	H	Maine Road	2-2	Lillis, Melrose	22,001
28 September 1985	Oxford United	A	Abbey Stadium	0–1		9,796
5 October 1985	Chelsea	H	Maine Road	0-1		20,104
12 October 1985	Watford	A	Vicarage Road	2-3	Lillis, McNab	15,418
19 October 1985	Queens Park Rangers	A	Loftus Road	0-0		13,471
26 October 1985	Everton	H	Maine Road	1-1	Simpson	28,801
2 November 1985	Arsenal	A	Highbury	0-1		22,264
9 November 1985	Ipswich Town	H	Maine Road	1-1	Lillis (pen)	20,853
16 November 1985	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground	0-0		15,140
23 November 1985	Newcastle United	H	Maine Road	1-0	Lillis	25,179
30 November 1985	Luton Town	A	Kenilworth Road	1-2	Lillis (pen)	10,096
7 December 1985	Leicester City	A	Filbert Street	1-1	Davies	10,289
14 December 1985	Coventry City	H	Maine Road	5-1	Davies (2), Lillis, Simpson (2)	20,075
21 December 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	A	Hillsborough Stadium	2-3	Lillis, McNab	23,177
26 December 1985	Liverpool	H	Maine Road	1-0	Wilson	35,384
28 December 1985	Birmingham City	H	Maine Road	1-1	McNab	24,955
1 January 1986	Aston Villa	A	Villa Park	1-0	Lillis	14,215
11 January 1986	Southampton	H	Maine Road	1-0	Philips	21,674
18 January 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	A	White Hart Lane	2-0	Davies, Lillis	17,009
1 February 1986	West Bromwich Albion	H	Maine Road	2-1	Power, Davies	20,540
8 February 1986	Queens Park Rangers	H	Maine Road	2–0	Simpson, Davies	20,414
11 February 1986	Everton	A	Goodison Park	0-4		30,006
1 March 1986	Oxford United	H	Maine Road	0-3		20,009
8 March 1986	Chelsea	A	Stamford Bridge	0-1		17,573
15 March 1986	Watford	H	Maine Road	0-1		18,899
22 March 1986	Manchester United	A	Old Trafford	2-2	Wilson, Albiston (og)	51,274
29 March 1986	Aston Villa	H	Maine Road	0-0	McNab, Wilson	20,935
31 March 1986	Liverpool	A	Anfield	0-2		43,316
5 April 1986	Arsenal	A	Maine Road	0-1		19,590
12 April 1986	Ipswich Town	A	Portman Road	0-0		13,928
19 April 1986	Nottingham Forest	A	City Ground	1-3	Davies	19,715
26 April 1986	Newcastle United	A	St James Park	1-3	Davies	22,689
28 April 1986	West Ham United	A	Boleyn Ground	0-1	Stewart (pen)	21,753
3 May 1986	Luton Town	H	Maine Road	1-1	Davies	20,361

FA Cup

3 January 1986 Third round	Walsall	1–3	Manchester City	Walsall
				Stadium: Fellows Park

24 January 1986 Fourth round	Manchester City	1–1	Watford	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road

2 February 1986 Fourth round	Watford	0–0 aet	Manchester City	Watford
				Stadium: Vicarage Road

5 February 1986 Fourth round	Manchester City	1–3	Watford	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road

EFL Cup

24 September 1985 Second round	Bury	1–2	Manchester City	Bury
				Stadium: Gigg Lane

9 October 1985 Second round	Manchester City	2–1	Bury	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road

29 October 1985 Third round	Manchester City	1–2	Arsenal	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road

Full Members' Cup

14 October 1985 First round, Northern section	Manchester City	6–1	Leeds United	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road

22 October 1985 First round, Northern section	Sheffield United	1–2	Manchester City	Sheffield
				Stadium: Bramall Lane

4 November 1985 Semi finals, Northern section	Manchester City	0–0 (pen)	Sunderland	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road

26 November 1985 Final, Northern section 1st Leg	Hull City	2–1	Manchester City	Hull
				Stadium: Boothferry Park

11 December 1985 Final, Northern section 2nd Leg	Manchester City	2–0	Hull City	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road

23 March 1986 Final	Chelsea	5–4	Manchester City	Manchester
				Stadium: Maine Road

References

^ "History". Statto.

External links

Official website

[1] "History". Statto.

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