1985–86 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United F.C.

1985-86 season
Chairman	Stan Seymour, Jr.
Manager	Willie McFaul
Stadium	St James' Park
First Division	11th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Peter Beardsley (20) All: Peter Beardsley (20)
Home colours Away colours
← 1984–85 1986-87 →

In the 1985-86 football season, Newcastle United F.C. participated in the Football League First Division.

After their promotion two years previously, Newcastle aimed to consolidate their position in the top league of English football. Manager Jack Charlton resigned six days before the start of the season, leading to the appointment of Willie McFaul. The club finished 11th and performed disappointingly in the cups, losing out to Brighton and Hove Albion and Oxford United.

Paul Stephenson made his debut in a 2-1 victory over Southampton in December 1985 and soon became a first team regular. Star centre-half Glenn Roeder would go on to manage the club twenty years later. The season also saw the breakthrough of Paul Gascoigne as a regular in midfield.

Squad[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	WAL	Martin Thomas	36	0	32	0	1	0	3	0
	GK	SCO	David McKellar	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Gary Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jeff Clarke	45	3	41	3	1	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Glenn Roeder	46	6	42	6	1	0	3	0
	DF	EIR	John Anderson	41	3	38	3	1	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Peter Haddock	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Chris Hedworth	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Rob McKinnon	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	John Bailey	29	0	28	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Neil McDonald	34	4	23+5	4	3	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Brian Tinnion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Kenny Wharton	15	2	15	2	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Gascoigne	35	9	28+3	9	1	0	3	0
	MF	NIR	David McCreery	42	2	39	2	1	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Gary Megson	6	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
	MF	ENG	Paul Stephenson	23	1	22	1	1	0	0	0
	MF	NIR	Ian Stewart	29	2	25+3	2	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ian Bogie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	WAL	Alan Davies	17	1	14	1	0	0	2+1	0
	FW	ENG	Joe Allon	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Peter Beardsley	45	19	42	19	1	0	2	0
	FW	JAM	Tony Cunningham	19	3	10+7	1	0	0	2	2
	FW	SCO	George Reilly	19	7	17	7	0	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Whitehurst	21	7	20	7	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Mark McGhee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
August 1985	GK	David McKellar	Hibernian	Season-long loan
August 1985	MF	Alan Davies (footballer)	Manchester United	?

Out[]

Date	Pos.	Name	To
December 1985	MF	Gary Megson	Sheffield Wednesday
December 1985	FW	George Reilly	West Bromwich Albion
July 1986	DF	Peter Haddock	Leeds
August 1986	DF	Chris Hedworth	Barnsley
August 1986	DF	Rob McKinnon	Hartlepool

First Division[]

FA Cup[]

League Cup[]

Barnsley v Newcastle United

7 October 1985 R2	Barnsley	0 - 1	Newcastle United	Barnsley
			Cunningham 117'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,084

External links[]

• 11v11 - Newcastle United match record 1986
• West Ham FC - Martin treble in Newcastle rout