1985–86 Blackpool F.C. season

Blackpool F.C.
Season 1985-86
League Division Three
Manager Sam Ellis
League position 12th
Top goalscorer League: Eamon O'Keefe (17)
Combined: Eamon O'Keefe (17)
FA Cup Second round
League Cup First round
Highest home attendance
Lowest home attendance
Previous season ← 1984-85
Next season 1986-87 →

The 1985-86 season was Blackpool F.C.'s 79th season (76th consecutive) in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English league football, finishing twelfth.

Eamon O'Keefe was the club's top scorer, with seventeen goals.

Table

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Reading 46 29 7 10 67 51 +16 94
2 Plymouth Argyle 46 26 9 11 88 53 +35 87
3 Derby County 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 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 City 46 10 16 20 55 77 -22 46
22 Cardiff City 46 12 9 25 53 83 -30 45
23 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 11 10 25 57 98 -41 43
24 Swansea City 46 11 10 25 43 87 -44 43

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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