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SEASON: 1985-86

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This Season: 1985-86
Next Season: 1986-87

DIVISION: Canon First Division (Tier 1)

MANAGER(s):: Brian Clough
FA Cup:: 3rd Round (Blackburn Rovers (A) 2-3)
League Cup:: 4th Round (Queens Park Rangers (A) 1-3)
Player Of The Year:: Nigel Clough

Top Goalscorer:: Nigel Clough (18 goals)

TABLE

FIRST DIVISION (Tier 1) - 1985-86

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away								Results
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result	Home	Away
1	Liverpool	42	26	10	6	89	37	16	4	1	58	14	10	6	5	31	23	52	88	Excluded from Europe	1-1	0-2
2	Everton	42	26	8	8	87	41	16	3	2	54	18	10	5	6	33	23	46	86		0-0	1-1
3	West Ham United	42	26	6	10	74	40	17	2	2	48	16	9	4	8	26	24	34	84		2-1	2-4
4	Manchester United	42	22	10	10	70	36	12	5	4	35	12	10	5	6	35	24	34	76		1-3	3-2
5	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	10	11	63	54	13	6	2	36	23	8	4	9	27	31	9	73		0-1	1-2
6	Chelsea	42	20	11	11	57	56	12	4	5	32	27	8	7	6	25	29	1	71		0-0	2-4
7	Arsenal	42	20	9	13	49	47	13	5	3	29	15	7	4	10	20	32	2	69		3-2	1-1
8	Nottingham Forest	42	19	11	12	69	53	11	5	5	38	25	8	6	7	31	28	16	68
9	Luton Town	42	18	12	12	61	44	12	6	3	37	15	6	6	9	24	29	17	66		2-0	1-1
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	8	15	74	52	12	2	7	47	25	7	6	8	27	27	22	65		0-1	3-0
11	Newcastle United	42	17	12	13	67	72	12	5	4	46	31	5	7	9	21	41	-5	63		1-2	3-0
12	Watford	42	16	11	15	69	62	11	6	4	40	22	5	5	11	29	40	7	59		3-2	1-1
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	7	20	53	64	12	3	6	33	20	3	4	14	20	44	-11	52		4-0	1-2
14	Southampton	42	12	10	20	51	62	10	6	5	32	18	2	4	15	19	44	-11	46		2-1	1-3
15	Manchester City	42	11	12	19	43	57	7	7	7	25	26	4	5	12	18	31	-14	45		0-2	2-1
16	Aston Villa	42	10	14	18	51	67	7	6	8	27	28	3	8	10	24	39	-16	44		1-1	2-1
17	Coventry City	42	11	10	21	48	71	6	5	10	31	35	5	5	11	17	36	-23	43		5-2	0-0
18	Oxford United	42	10	12	20	62	80	7	7	7	34	27	3	5	13	28	53	-18	42		1-1	2-1
19	Leicester City	42	10	12	20	54	76	7	8	6	35	35	3	4	14	19	41	-22	42		4-3	3-0
20	Ipswich Town	42	11	8	23	32	55	8	5	8	20	24	3	3	15	12	31	-23	41	Relegated	3-1	0-1
21	Birmingham City	42	8	5	29	30	73	5	2	14	13	25	3	3	15	17	48	-43	29	Relegated	3-0	1-0
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	4	12	26	35	89	3	8	10	21	36	1	4	16	14	53	-54	24	Relegated	2-1	1-1

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LEAGUE POSITIONS

GOALS
Goals scored, conceded and win and loss margins

Goal count:	1 goal	2 goals	3 goals	4 goals	5+ goals
Scored	16 times	11 times	9 times	3 times	1 time
Conceded	20 times	9 times	5 times	2 times
Won By	12 times	2 times	6 times	2 times
Lost By	7 times	7 times

LEAGUE POSITION ANALYSIS
Analysis of the league positions
This table shows:
(a) how many days we spent in each of the league positions
(b) how we did when we played teams in each of the league positions.

Position days		Record against teams in each position
Forest Pos	Num Days	Opp Pos	P	W	D	L	F	A	Points	Results (Green=win; Blue=draw; Red=loss)
1		1	2	1	-	1	4	5	3	Manchester United (1-3), Manchester United (3-2)
2		2	2	-	2	-	1	1	2	Liverpool (1-1), Everton (0-0)
3		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4		4	3	1	1	1	5	6	4	Arsenal (3-2), Chelsea (2-4), Chelsea (0-0)
5		5	2	1	-	1	3	3	3	Sheffield Wednesday (1-2), West Ham United (2-1)
6	7	6	2	-	2	-	2	2	2	Everton (1-1), Arsenal (1-1)
7	41	7	1	1	-	-	2	0	3	Luton Town (2-0)
8	40	8	3	1	-	2	4	4	3	Queens Park Rangers (1-2), Liverpool (0-2), Newcastle United (3-0)
9	40	9	2	1	-	1	3	3	3	Tottenham Hotspur (0-1), Watford (3-2)
10	55	10	1	1	-	-	3	0	3	Tottenham Hotspur (3-0)
11	15	11	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	Newcastle United (1-2)
12	12	12	1	-	1	-	1	1	1	Watford (1-1)
13		13	2	1	-	1	4	5	3	West Ham United (2-4), Aston Villa (2-1)
14	2	14	2	1	-	1	3	4	3	Southampton (1-3), Manchester City (2-1)
15	12	15	1	1	-	-	4	0	3	Queens Park Rangers (4-0)
16	19	16	1	-	1	-	0	0	1	Coventry City (0-0)
17	7	17	4	3	-	1	11	7	9	Sheffield Wednesday (0-1), Southampton (2-1), Coventry City (5-2), Leicester City (4-3)
18	3	18	2	1	1	-	4	1	4	Leicester City (3-0), Oxford United (1-1)
19	3	19	2	1	-	1	2	2	3	Ipswich Town (0-1), Oxford United (2-1)
20	4	20	3	1	1	1	2	3	4	Manchester City (0-2), Birmingham City (1-0), Aston Villa (1-1)
21	1	21	2	2	-	-	6	1	6	Ipswich Town (3-1), Birmingham City (3-0)
22		22	2	1	1	-	3	2	4	West Bromwich Albion (2-1), West Bromwich Albion (1-1)

Not included: Week 1 game against Luton Town (1-1) as all teams were unplaced at the time

GAMES

Manager for all games: Brian Clough
League

Week	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Att	Pos	Scorers	Status
1	Sat Aug 17, 1985	Luton Town	A	1-1	11,318	12	Webb (53')
2	Wed Aug 21, 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0-1	18,361	19
3	Sat Aug 24, 1985	Southampton	H	2-1	12,643	12	Metgod (?), Wright (? OG)
4	Tue Aug 27, 1985	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	9,799	14	Webb (18')
5	Sat Aug 31, 1985	Manchester United	H	1-3	26,274	18	Davenport (47')
6	Tue Sep 03, 1985	Liverpool	A	0-2	27,135	20
7	Sun Sep 08, 1985	Leicester City	A	3-0	14,247	16	Webb (?), Davenport (?), Rice (?)
8	Sat Sep 14, 1985	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0-1	17,554	17
9	Sat Sep 21, 1985	Watford	H	3-2	12,921	15	Campbell (?), Davenport (?), Clough (27')
10	Sat Sep 28, 1985	West Ham United	A	2-4	14,540	16	Metgod (61'), Clough (70')
11	Sat Oct 05, 1985	Ipswich Town	H	3-1	12,120	15	Pearce (?), Bowyer (?, ?)
12	Sat Oct 12, 1985	Aston Villa	A	2-1	15,315	12	Brendan Ormsby (60' OG), Clough (72')
13	Sat Oct 19, 1985	Newcastle United	A	3-0	23,304	9	Rice (29'), Davenport (80', 87')
14	Sat Oct 26, 1985	Arsenal	H	3-2	17,756	8	Davenport (29' pen, 62', 68')
15	Sun Nov 03, 1985	West Bromwich Albion	H	2-1	19,610	7	Webb (?), Davenport (? pen)
16	Sat Nov 09, 1985	Chelsea	A	2-4	17,743	9	Clough (6', 55')
17	Sat Nov 16, 1985	Manchester City	H	0-2	15,140	10
18	Sat Nov 23, 1985	Everton	A	1-1	27,860	10	Clough (70')
19	Sun Dec 01, 1985	Oxford United	H	1-1	15,315	10	Davenport (? pen)
20	Sat Dec 07, 1985	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-2	22,495	11	Webb (54')
21	Sat Dec 14, 1985	Luton Town	H	2-0	12,078	10	Clough (30'), Webb (77')
22	Fri Dec 20, 1985	Southampton	A	1-3	12,500	10	Carr (?)
23	Thu Dec 26, 1985	Birmingham City	A	1-0	10,378	11	Webb (?)
24	Sat Dec 28, 1985	Liverpool	H	1-1	27,141	10	Webb (10')
25	Wed Jan 01, 1986	Coventry City	H	5-2	13,860	9	Webb (41', 53', 75'), Metgod (80'), Davenport (84')
26	Sat Jan 11, 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3-0	19,043	9	Davenport (47', 52'), Walsh (70')
27	Sat Jan 18, 1986	Manchester United	A	3-2	46,717	8	Walsh (43', 77'), Clough (89')
28	Sat Feb 01, 1986	Queens Park Rangers	H	4-0	11,538	6	Walsh (19', 84'), Carr (25'), Webb (58')
29	Sat Feb 08, 1986	Newcastle United	H	1-2	15,388	7	Walsh (81')
30	Sat Mar 08, 1986	Ipswich Town	A	0-1	12,658	9
31	Sat Mar 15, 1986	Aston Villa	H	1-1	12,933	10	Clough (62' pen)
32	Sat Mar 22, 1986	Leicester City	H	4-3	14,484	10	Bowyer (7'), Carr (36'), Clough (65', 89')
33	Sat Mar 29, 1986	Coventry City	A	0-0	9,500	10
34	Mon Mar 31, 1986	Birmingham City	H	3-0	12,134	10	Clough (28' pen), Metgod (48'), Webb (87')	Safe
35	Wed Apr 02, 1986	West Ham United	H	2-1	17,498	8	Metgod (39'), Rice (88')	Safe
36	Sat Apr 05, 1986	West Bromwich Albion	A	1-1	7,901	8	Metgod (?)	Safe
37	Tue Apr 08, 1986	Arsenal	A	1-1	15,098	8	Campbell (67')	Safe
38	Sat Apr 12, 1986	Chelsea	H	0-0	18,055	8		Safe
39	Sat Apr 19, 1986	Manchester City	A	2-1	19,715	7	Webb (70'), Campbell (82')	Safe
40	Mon Apr 21, 1986	Watford	A	1-1	11,510	7	Clough (21')	Safe
41	Sat Apr 26, 1986	Everton	H	0-0	30,171	8		Safe
42	Sat May 03, 1986	Oxford United	A	2-1	11,845	8	Clough (15', 81')	Safe

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Jan 04, 1986	Blackburn Rovers	3		H	1-1	15,772	Birtles (54')
Mon Jan 13, 1986	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	A	2-3	11,710	Walsh (24'), Birtles (88')

League Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	Leg	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 25, 1985	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	H	4-0	10,530	Campbell (60', 73'), Rice (63'), Clough (81')
Tue Oct 08, 1985	Bolton Wanderers	2	2	A	3-0	4,010	Rice (?), Davenport (?), Clough (?)
Wed Oct 30, 1985	Derby County	3		A	2-1	22,226	Metgod (13'), Carr (68')
Mon Nov 25, 1985	Queens Park Rangers	4		A	1-3	13,052	Clough (35')

County Cup

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Wed Sep 11, 1985	Notts County	Final	H	1-2	-	Carr (?)
Wed May 07, 1986	Mansfield Town	Semi	A	1-0	-	Birtles (?)
Thu May 08, 1986	Notts County	Final	H	2-1	1,752	Carr (?), Rice (?)

Pre-Season Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Sat Aug 03, 1985	Bournemouth	England	A	3-3	1,930	Davenport (?), Birtles (?), Pearce (?)
Mon Aug 05, 1985	Weymouth	England	A	5-2	1,700	Webb (?, ?), Mills (?), Hodge (?), Davenport (?)
Wed Aug 07, 1985	Portsmouth	England	A	3-1	3,751	Blake (? OG), Webb (?), Clough (?)
Fri Aug 09, 1985	Brighton and Hove Albion	England	A	2-5	3,274	Clough (?), Hodge (?)
Mon Aug 12, 1985	Barnsley	England	A	2-1	1,700	Hodge (?), Carr (?)

Friendly

Date	Opponent	Country	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Mon Oct 14, 1985	Bristol Rovers	England	A	1-1	1,990	Clough (?)
Tue Oct 22, 1985	Borrowash Victoria	England	A	3-1	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Wed Jan 15, 1986	PSV Eindhoven	Netherlands	H	0-4	4,298
Fri Jan 24, 1986	Newcastle United	England	N	3-1	5,000	Campbell (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
Tue Mar 04, 1986	Stoke City	England	A	1-2	2,466	Clough (9')
Wed Mar 19, 1986	Real Sociedad U-21	Spain	H	2-1	2,466	Campbell (9', 52')
Mon Mar 24, 1986	Ottery St Mary	England	A	5-1	-	Campbell (?, ?), Bowyer (?), Clough (? pen), Birtles (?)
Tue Apr 15, 1986	Real Sociedad	Spain	A	3-1	12,000	Campbell (?), Rice (?), Carr (25')
Mon May 05, 1986	Derry City	Ireland	A	2-1	14,000	Walsh (35'), Carr (88')

Bass Charity Vase

Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers
Fri Aug 02, 1985	Derby County	Final	A	0-1	-

Date	Game Type	Opponent	Round	Leg	Replay Count	H/A	Score	Att	Scorers	League Status
Manager: Brian Clough
Fri Aug 02, 1985	Bass Charity Vase	Derby County	Final			A	0-1	-
Sat Aug 03, 1985	Pre-Season Friendly	Bournemouth				A	3-3	1,930	Davenport (?), Birtles (?), Pearce (?)
Mon Aug 05, 1985	Pre-Season Friendly	Weymouth				A	5-2	1,700	Webb (?, ?), Mills (?), Hodge (?), Davenport (?)
Wed Aug 07, 1985	Pre-Season Friendly	Portsmouth				A	3-1	3,751	Blake (? OG), Webb (?), Clough (?)
Fri Aug 09, 1985	Pre-Season Friendly	Brighton and Hove Albion				A	2-5	3,274	Clough (?), Hodge (?)
Mon Aug 12, 1985	Pre-Season Friendly	Barnsley				A	2-1	1,700	Hodge (?), Carr (?)
Sat Aug 17, 1985	League Tier 1	Luton Town				A	1-1	11,318	Webb (53')
Wed Aug 21, 1985	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday				H	0-1	18,361
Sat Aug 24, 1985	League Tier 1	Southampton				H	2-1	12,643	Metgod (?), Wright (? OG)
Tue Aug 27, 1985	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers				A	1-2	9,799	Webb (18')
Sat Aug 31, 1985	League Tier 1	Manchester United				H	1-3	26,274	Davenport (47')
Tue Sep 03, 1985	League Tier 1	Liverpool				A	0-2	27,135
Sun Sep 08, 1985	League Tier 1	Leicester City				A	3-0	14,247	Webb (?), Davenport (?), Rice (?)
Wed Sep 11, 1985	County Cup	Notts County	Final			H	1-2	-	Carr (?)
Sat Sep 14, 1985	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur				H	0-1	17,554
Sat Sep 21, 1985	League Tier 1	Watford				H	3-2	12,921	Campbell (?), Davenport (?), Clough (27')
Wed Sep 25, 1985	League Cup	Bolton Wanderers	2	1		H	4-0	10,530	Campbell (60', 73'), Rice (63'), Clough (81')
Sat Sep 28, 1985	League Tier 1	West Ham United				A	2-4	14,540	Metgod (61'), Clough (70')
Sat Oct 05, 1985	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town				H	3-1	12,120	Pearce (?), Bowyer (?, ?)
Tue Oct 08, 1985	League Cup	Bolton Wanderers	2	2		A	3-0	4,010	Rice (?), Davenport (?), Clough (?)
Sat Oct 12, 1985	League Tier 1	Aston Villa				A	2-1	15,315	Brendan Ormsby (60' OG), Clough (72')
Mon Oct 14, 1985	Friendly	Bristol Rovers				A	1-1	1,990	Clough (?)
Sat Oct 19, 1985	League Tier 1	Newcastle United				A	3-0	23,304	Rice (29'), Davenport (80', 87')
Tue Oct 22, 1985	Friendly	Borrowash Victoria				A	3-1	-	? (?, ?, ?)
Sat Oct 26, 1985	League Tier 1	Arsenal				H	3-2	17,756	Davenport (29' pen, 62', 68')
Wed Oct 30, 1985	League Cup	Derby County	3			A	2-1	22,226	Metgod (13'), Carr (68')
Sun Nov 03, 1985	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion				H	2-1	19,610	Webb (?), Davenport (? pen)
Sat Nov 09, 1985	League Tier 1	Chelsea				A	2-4	17,743	Clough (6', 55')
Sat Nov 16, 1985	League Tier 1	Manchester City				H	0-2	15,140
Sat Nov 23, 1985	League Tier 1	Everton				A	1-1	27,860	Clough (70')
Mon Nov 25, 1985	League Cup	Queens Park Rangers	4			A	1-3	13,052	Clough (35')
Sun Dec 01, 1985	League Tier 1	Oxford United				H	1-1	15,315	Davenport (? pen)
Sat Dec 07, 1985	League Tier 1	Sheffield Wednesday				A	1-2	22,495	Webb (54')
Sat Dec 14, 1985	League Tier 1	Luton Town				H	2-0	12,078	Clough (30'), Webb (77')
Fri Dec 20, 1985	League Tier 1	Southampton				A	1-3	12,500	Carr (?)
Thu Dec 26, 1985	League Tier 1	Birmingham City				A	1-0	10,378	Webb (?)
Sat Dec 28, 1985	League Tier 1	Liverpool				H	1-1	27,141	Webb (10')
Wed Jan 01, 1986	League Tier 1	Coventry City				H	5-2	13,860	Webb (41', 53', 75'), Metgod (80'), Davenport (84')
Sat Jan 04, 1986	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	3			H	1-1	15,772	Birtles (54')
Sat Jan 11, 1986	League Tier 1	Tottenham Hotspur				A	3-0	19,043	Davenport (47', 52'), Walsh (70')
Mon Jan 13, 1986	FA Cup	Blackburn Rovers	3		1	A	2-3	11,710	Walsh (24'), Birtles (88')
Wed Jan 15, 1986	Friendly	PSV Eindhoven				H	0-4	4,298
Sat Jan 18, 1986	League Tier 1	Manchester United				A	3-2	46,717	Walsh (43', 77'), Clough (89')
Fri Jan 24, 1986	Friendly	Newcastle United				N	3-1	5,000	Campbell (?, ?), Bowyer (?)
Sat Feb 01, 1986	League Tier 1	Queens Park Rangers				H	4-0	11,538	Walsh (19', 84'), Carr (25'), Webb (58')
Sat Feb 08, 1986	League Tier 1	Newcastle United				H	1-2	15,388	Walsh (81')
Tue Mar 04, 1986	Friendly	Stoke City				A	1-2	2,466	Clough (9')
Sat Mar 08, 1986	League Tier 1	Ipswich Town				A	0-1	12,658
Sat Mar 15, 1986	League Tier 1	Aston Villa				H	1-1	12,933	Clough (62' pen)
Wed Mar 19, 1986	Friendly	Real Sociedad U-21				H	2-1	2,466	Campbell (9', 52')
Sat Mar 22, 1986	League Tier 1	Leicester City				H	4-3	14,484	Bowyer (7'), Carr (36'), Clough (65', 89')
Mon Mar 24, 1986	Friendly	Ottery St Mary				A	5-1	-	Campbell (?, ?), Bowyer (?), Clough (? pen), Birtles (?)
Sat Mar 29, 1986	League Tier 1	Coventry City				A	0-0	9,500
Mon Mar 31, 1986	League Tier 1	Birmingham City				H	3-0	12,134	Clough (28' pen), Metgod (48'), Webb (87')	Safe
Wed Apr 02, 1986	League Tier 1	West Ham United				H	2-1	17,498	Metgod (39'), Rice (88')	Safe
Sat Apr 05, 1986	League Tier 1	West Bromwich Albion				A	1-1	7,901	Metgod (?)	Safe
Tue Apr 08, 1986	League Tier 1	Arsenal				A	1-1	15,098	Campbell (67')	Safe
Sat Apr 12, 1986	League Tier 1	Chelsea				H	0-0	18,055		Safe
Tue Apr 15, 1986	Friendly	Real Sociedad				A	3-1	12,000	Campbell (?), Rice (?), Carr (25')	Safe
Sat Apr 19, 1986	League Tier 1	Manchester City				A	2-1	19,715	Webb (70'), Campbell (82')	Safe
Mon Apr 21, 1986	League Tier 1	Watford				A	1-1	11,510	Clough (21')	Safe
Sat Apr 26, 1986	League Tier 1	Everton				H	0-0	30,171		Safe
Sat May 03, 1986	League Tier 1	Oxford United				A	2-1	11,845	Clough (15', 81')	Safe
Mon May 05, 1986	Friendly	Derry City				A	2-1	14,000	Walsh (35'), Carr (88')	Safe
Wed May 07, 1986	County Cup	Mansfield Town	Semi			A	1-0	-	Birtles (?)
Thu May 08, 1986	County Cup	Notts County	Final			H	2-1	1,752	Carr (?), Rice (?)

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	Replay	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Sat Jan 04, 1986	Blackburn Rovers	3		H	1-1	15,772
Mon Jan 13, 1986	Blackburn Rovers	3	1	A	2-3	11,710

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Wed Sep 11, 1985	Notts County	Final	H	1-2	-
Wed May 07, 1986	Mansfield Town	Semi	A	1-0	-
Thu May 08, 1986	Notts County	Final	H	2-1	1,752

	Possession %	On Target	Off Target	Corners	Fouls	Saves
Date	Opponent	Round	H/A	Score	Att	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp	Us	Opp
Fri Aug 02, 1985	Derby County	Final	A	0-1	-

TRANSFERS
Transfers before, during and immediately after the season.

In (6) - £1,430,000				Out (10) - £769,000
Date	Player	Details	Fee	Date	Player	Details	Fee
Aug 1985	Brian Rice	Bought	£182,000		Steve Wigley	Sold
Aug 01, 1985	Ian Butterworth	Bought		Jun 01, 1983	John Robertson	Sold
Aug 01, 1985	John Robertson	Bought		1985	Bryn Gunn	Loan Out
Aug 01, 1985	Stuart Pearce	Bought	£238,000	Jan 09, 1985	Alan Davidson	Sold
Aug 17, 1985	Neil Webb	Bought	£210,000	Dec 26, 1985	Jim McInally	Sold	£112,000
Nov 23, 1992	Neil Webb	Bought	£800,000	1986	Bryn Gunn	Loan Out
				1986	Bryn Gunn	Loan Out
				1986	Bryn Gunn	Sold
				Jan 11, 1986	John Robertson	Sold
				Mar 08, 1986	Peter Davenport	Sold	£657,000

SQUAD

*Age = Player age on August 1st					Season Record (Competitive Games only)
Pos	Num	Player	Country	Age*	P	W	D	L	Goals	Yellows	Reds	Went Off	Came On	Unused Sub	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK		Hans Segers	Netherlands	23	11	4	1	6				1
GK		Steve Sutton	England	24	37	18	11	8
Defenders
D		Brett Williams	England	17	13	6	4	3		1
D		Des Walker	England	19	43	17	12	14		1		1	3
D		Gary Fleming	N. Ireland	18	16	7	7	2
D		Ian Butterworth	England	21	27	14	3	10		1			1
D		Jim McInally	Scotland	21	13	4	3	6		1		2
D		Johnny Metgod	Netherlands	27	44	22	11	11	7	1		3	1	1
D		Stuart Pearce	England	23	34	16	8	10	1
Midfielders
M		Colin Walsh	Scotland	23	23	9	8	6	7	1		1	6	2
M		Gary Mills	England	23	18	7	6	5					1	1
M		Ian Bowyer	England	34	29	13	7	9	3			3	1
M		Neil Webb	England	22	44	20	10	14	14	1
M		Steve Hodge	England	22	2		1	1
Forwards
F		Brian Rice	Scotland	21	22	13	4	5	5			1
F		David Campbell	N. Ireland	20	18	9	7	2	5			1	3	3
F		Franz Carr	England	18	25	13	6	6	4			2	1
F		Garry Birtles	England	29	30	14	6	10	2			4	1	3
F		John Robertson	Scotland	32	12	6	3	3				1	1	1
F		Nigel Clough	England	19	45	21	11	13	18	1		1	2		Player Of The Year
F		Peter Davenport	England	24	33	16	5	12	14		1
F		Steve Wigley	England	23	10	5		5

GOALSCORERS

Number of different scorers: 15

Goals (Pens)	Player	Games
18 (2)	Nigel Clough	45
14	Neil Webb	44
14 (3)	Peter Davenport	33
7	Colin Walsh	23
7	Johnny Metgod	44
5	Brian Rice	22
5	David Campbell	18
4	Franz Carr	25
3	Ian Bowyer	29
2	Garry Birtles	30
2	Own Goals	48
1	Stuart Pearce	34

LEAGUE DOUBLES (FOR)
Home and away victories for the season

	Game 1			Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score	Date	H/A	Score
Birmingham City	Thu Dec 26, 1985	Away	1-0	Mon Mar 31, 1986	Home	3-0
Leicester City	Sun Sep 08, 1985	Away	3-0	Sat Mar 22, 1986	Home	4-3

LEAGUE DOUBLES (AGAINST)
Home and away losses for the season

	Game 1				Game 2
Opponent	Date	H/A	Score		Date	H/A	Score
Sheffield Wednesday	Wed Aug 21, 1985	Home	0-1		Sat Dec 07, 1985	Away	1-2