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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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SECOND DIVISION (Tier 2) - 1985-86

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Norwich City	42	25	9	8	84	37	16	4	1	51	15	9	5	7	33	22	47	84	Promoted as Champions
2	Charlton Athletic	42	22	11	9	78	45	14	5	2	44	15	8	6	7	34	30	33	77	Promoted
3	Wimbledon	42	21	13	8	58	37	13	6	2	38	16	8	7	6	20	21	21	76	Promoted
4	Portsmouth	42	22	7	13	69	41	13	4	4	43	17	9	3	9	26	24	28	73
5	Crystal Palace	42	19	9	14	57	52	12	3	6	29	22	7	6	8	28	30	5	66
6	Hull City	42	17	13	12	65	55	11	7	3	39	19	6	6	9	26	36	10	64
7	Sheffield United	42	17	11	14	64	63	10	7	4	36	24	7	4	10	28	39	1	62
8	Oldham Athletic	42	17	9	16	62	61	13	4	4	40	28	4	5	12	22	33	1	60
9	Millwall	42	17	8	17	64	65	12	3	6	39	24	5	5	11	25	41	-1	59
10	Stoke City	42	14	15	13	48	50	8	11	2	29	16	6	4	11	19	34	-2	57
11	Brighton and Hove Albion	42	16	8	18	64	64	10	5	6	42	30	6	3	12	22	34	0	56
12	Barnsley	42	14	14	14	47	50	9	6	6	29	26	5	8	8	18	24	-3	56
13	Bradford City	42	16	6	20	51	63	14	1	6	36	24	2	5	14	15	39	-12	54
14	Leeds United	42	15	8	19	56	72	9	7	5	30	22	6	1	14	26	50	-16	53
15	Grimsby Town	42	14	10	18	58	62	11	4	6	35	24	3	6	12	23	38	-4	52
16	Huddersfield Town	42	14	10	18	51	67	10	6	5	30	23	4	4	13	21	44	-16	52
17	Shrewsbury Town	42	14	9	19	52	64	11	5	5	29	20	3	4	14	23	44	-12	51
18	Sunderland	42	13	11	18	47	61	10	5	6	33	29	3	6	12	14	32	-14	50
19	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	13	17	53	62	10	4	7	30	20	2	9	10	23	42	-9	49
20	Carlisle United	42	13	7	22	47	71	10	2	9	30	28	3	5	13	17	43	-24	46	Relegated
21	Middlesbrough	42	12	9	21	44	53	8	6	7	26	23	4	3	14	18	30	-9	45	Relegated
22	Fulham	42	10	6	26	45	69	8	3	10	29	32	2	3	16	16	37	-24	36	Relegated

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THIRD DIVISION (Tier 3) - 1985-86

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Reading	46	29	7	10	67	51	16	3	4	39	22	13	4	6	28	29	16	94	Promoted as Champions
2	Plymouth Argyle	46	26	9	11	88	53	17	3	3	56	20	9	6	8	32	33	35	87	Promoted
3	Derby County	46	23	15	8	80	41	13	7	3	45	20	10	8	5	35	21	39	84	Promoted
4	Wigan Athletic	46	23	14	9	82	48	17	4	2	54	17	6	10	7	28	31	34	83
5	Gillingham	46	22	13	11	81	54	14	5	4	48	17	8	8	7	33	37	27	79
6	Walsall	46	22	9	15	90	64	15	7	1	59	23	7	2	14	31	41	26	75
7	York City	46	20	11	15	77	58	16	4	3	49	17	4	7	12	28	41	19	71
8	Notts County	46	19	14	13	71	60	12	6	5	42	26	7	8	8	29	34	11	71
9	Bristol City	46	18	14	14	69	60	14	5	4	43	19	4	9	10	26	41	9	68
10	Brentford	46	18	12	16	58	61	8	8	7	29	29	10	4	9	29	32	-3	66
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	16	14	45	52	7	10	6	20	21	9	6	8	25	31	-7	64
12	Blackpool	46	17	12	17	66	55	11	6	6	38	19	6	6	11	28	36	11	63
13	Darlington	46	15	13	18	61	78	10	7	6	39	33	5	6	12	22	45	-17	58
14	Rotherham United	46	15	12	19	61	59	13	5	5	44	18	2	7	14	17	41	2	57
15	Bournemouth	46	15	9	22	65	72	9	6	8	41	31	6	3	14	24	41	-7	54
16	Bristol Rovers	46	14	12	20	51	75	9	8	6	27	21	5	4	14	24	54	-24	54
17	Chesterfield	46	13	14	19	61	64	10	6	7	41	30	3	8	12	20	34	-3	53
18	Bolton Wanderers	46	15	8	23	54	68	10	4	9	35	30	5	4	14	19	38	-14	53
19	Newport County	46	11	18	17	52	65	7	8	8	35	33	4	10	9	17	32	-13	51
20	Bury	46	12	13	21	63	67	11	7	5	46	26	1	6	16	17	41	-4	49
21	Lincoln City	46	10	16	20	55	77	7	9	7	33	34	3	7	13	22	43	-22	46	Relegated
22	Cardiff City	46	12	9	25	53	83	7	5	11	22	29	5	4	14	31	54	-30	45	Relegated
23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	11	10	25	57	98	6	6	11	29	47	5	4	14	28	51	-41	43	Relegated
24	Swansea City	46	11	10	25	43	87	9	6	8	27	27	2	4	17	16	60	-44	43	Relegated

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FOURTH DIVISION (Tier 4) - 1985-86

SEASON END TABLE								Home					Away
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Result
1	Swindon Town	46	32	6	8	82	43	20	2	1	52	19	12	4	7	30	24	39	102	Promoted as Champions
2	Chester City	46	23	15	8	83	50	15	5	3	44	16	8	10	5	39	34	33	84	Promoted
3	Mansfield Town	46	23	12	11	74	47	13	8	2	43	17	10	4	9	31	30	27	81	Promoted
4	Port Vale	46	21	16	9	67	37	13	9	1	42	11	8	7	8	25	26	30	79	Promoted
5	Leyton Orient	46	20	12	14	79	64	11	6	6	39	21	9	6	8	40	43	15	72
6	Colchester United	46	19	13	14	88	63	12	6	5	51	22	7	7	9	37	41	25	70
7	Hartlepool United	46	20	10	16	68	67	15	6	2	41	20	5	4	14	27	47	1	70
8	Northampton Town	46	18	10	18	79	58	9	7	7	44	29	9	3	11	35	29	21	64
9	Southend United	46	18	10	18	69	67	13	4	6	43	27	5	6	12	26	40	2	64
10	Hereford United	46	18	10	18	74	73	15	6	2	55	30	3	4	16	19	43	1	64
11	Stockport County	46	17	13	16	63	71	9	9	5	35	28	8	4	11	28	43	-8	64
12	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	9	19	54	61	10	6	7	35	26	8	3	12	19	35	-7	63
13	Wrexham	46	17	9	20	68	80	11	5	7	34	24	6	4	13	34	56	-12	60
14	Burnley	46	16	11	19	60	65	11	3	9	35	30	5	8	10	25	35	-5	59
15	Scunthorpe United	46	15	14	17	50	55	11	7	5	33	23	4	7	12	17	32	-5	59
16	Aldershot	46	17	7	22	66	74	12	5	6	45	25	5	2	16	21	49	-8	58
17	Peterborough United	46	13	17	16	52	64	9	11	3	31	19	4	6	13	21	45	-12	56
18	Rochdale	46	14	13	19	57	77	12	7	4	41	29	2	6	15	16	48	-20	55
19	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	9	22	74	73	9	1	13	46	41	6	8	9	28	32	1	54
20	Halifax Town	46	14	12	20	60	71	10	8	5	35	27	4	4	15	25	44	-11	54
21	Exeter City	46	13	15	18	47	59	10	4	9	26	25	3	11	9	21	34	-12	54	Re-elected
22	Cambridge United	46	15	9	22	65	80	12	2	9	45	38	3	7	13	20	42	-15	54	Re-elected
23	Preston North End	46	11	10	25	54	89	7	4	12	32	41	4	6	13	22	48	-35	43	Re-elected
24	Torquay United	46	9	10	27	43	88	8	5	10	29	32	1	5	17	14	56	-45	37	Re-elected

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