1985–86 Leicester City F.C. season

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Leicester City
1985–86 season
ChairmanTerry Shipman
ManagerGordon Milne
First Division19th
FA CupThird round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerSmith (19)
Average home league attendance11,792

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 expiring at the end of the last season: Lineker joined Everton in June for a club record sale of £800,000. 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 § First Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
17 Coventry City 42 11 10 21 48 71 −23 43
18 Oxford United 42 10 12 20 62 80 −18 42 League Cup winners, excluded from UEFA Cup[a]
19 Leicester City 42 10 12 20 54 76 −22 42
20 Ipswich Town 42 11 8 23 32 55 −23 41 Relegated
21 Birmingham City 42 8 5 29 30 73 −43 29
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Oxford United won the 1986 League Cup and therefore should have claimed a place in the 1986–87 UEFA Cup.

Squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK England ENG Ian Andrews
- MF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Ramsey
- DF Scotland SCO Bobby Smith
- MF England ENG Rob Kelly
- DF England ENG Russell Osman
- DF Northern Ireland NIR John O'Neill
- MF England ENG Steve Lynex
- FW England ENG Mark Bright
- FW England ENG Alan Smith
- MF Scotland SCO Ian Wilson
- MF England ENG Ian Banks
- MF Scotland SCO Ally Mauchlen
No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF Scotland SCO Tommy Williams
- FW England ENG Robert Jones
- DF England ENG Andy Feeley
- FW England ENG Tony Sealy
- DF Scotland SCO David Rennie
- MF Scotland SCO Gary McAllister
- DF England ENG Simon Morgan
- GK England ENG Jerry Roberts
- FW Denmark DEN Tommy Christensen
- MF England ENG Laurie Cunningham
- DF England ENG Mark Venus
- MF England ENG 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: Decrease £250,000
Transfers out: Increase £850,000
Total spending: Increase £600,000

References[]

  1. ^ "All Leicester City players: 1986".
  2. ^ http://www.leeds-fans.org.uk/leeds/players/456.html
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Article | the Everton Collection".
  5. ^ http://www.leeds-fans.org.uk/leeds/players/331.html


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