1985–86 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City

1985–86 season

Chairman

Terry Shipman

Manager

Top goalscorer

Smith (19)

Average home league attendance

11,792

← 1984–85

1986–87 →

During the 1985–86 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, their third consecutive season at this level since promotion. A 19th place finish in the final table was just enough to secure a fourth successive top flight campaign.

Season summary

In the summer of 1985, the transfer market was dominated by one deal with Gary Lineker's contract at Filbert Street being expired at the end of last season and for a club record sale of £800,000; Lineker joined Everton in June. Leicester started the 1985–86 season terribly with just 2 wins in their first 14 league games. Their only real highlight of the season was when the Foxes did the double over champions Everton and on the final day of the season, Leicester beat Newcastle United 2-0 at Filbert Street and with Ipswich Town losing at Sheffield Wednesday, it kept the Foxes in the top flight and sent Ipswich down.

Final league table

Main article: 1985–86 Football League

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

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

Key
	League Champions, excluded from the European Cup
	FA Cup runners-up, but excluded from the Cup Winners' Cup
	UEFA Cup spot, but excluded
	League Cup winners, excluded from UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Squad

^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Ian Andrews
-	MF	Paul Ramsey
-	DF	Bobby Smith
-	MF	Rob Kelly
-	DF	Russell Osman
-	DF	John O'Neill
-	MF	Steve Lynex
-	FW	Mark Bright
-	FW	Alan Smith
-	MF	Ian Wilson
-	MF	Ian Banks
-	MF	Ally Mauchlen

No.	Position	Player
-	DF	Tommy Williams
-	FW	Robert Jones
-	DF	Andy Feeley
-	FW	Tony Sealy
-	DF	David Rennie
-	MF	Gary McAllister
-	DF	Simon Morgan
-	GK	Jerry Roberts
-	FW	Tommy Christensen
-	MF	Laurie Cunningham
-	DF	Mark Venus
-	MF	Paul Reid

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Notes
15 August 1985	MF	Gary McAllister	Motherwell	£125,000	^[2]
15 August 1985	DF	Ally Mauchlen	Motherwell	£125,000	^[3]

Out

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Notes
5 July 1985	FW	Gary Lineker	Everton	£800,000	^[4]
17 January 1986	DF	David Rennie	Leeds United	£50,000	^[5]

Transfers in:

£250,000

Transfers out:

£850,000

Total spending:

£600,000

References

Leicester City Football Club

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Grounds	Victoria Park Filbert Street King Power Stadium

Rivalries	Nottingham Forest rivalry Derby County rivalry M69 Derby

Misc.	When You're Smiling

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