1985–86 Reading F.C. season

Reading
1985–86 season
Manager	Ian Branfoot
Football League Third Division	1st
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Associate Members Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Trevor Senior (27); All: Trevor Senior (31)
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During the 1985–86 English football season, Reading F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 1st position with 94 points. Reading set a new league record during the season for the most consecutive wins from the start of a season (13).

Squad[]

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	ENG
--	DF	ENG	Steve Wood
--	DF	WAL	Nigel Stevenson
--	DF	ENG	Steve Richardson
--	DF	ENG	Brian Roberts
--	DF	ENG	Gary Peters
--	DF	ENG	Martin Hicks
--	DF	ENG	Glenn Burvill
--	MF	NIR	Colin Bailie
--	MF	ENG	Jerry Williams
--	MF	ENG	Mark White


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	ENG	Andy Rogers
--	MF	ENG	Sean Reck
--	MF	ENG	Nick Platnauer
--	MF	ENG
--	MF	ENG	Terry Hurlock
--	MF	ENG	Michael Gilkes
--	MF	ENG	Stuart Beavon
--	FW	SCO	Kevin Bremner
--	FW	ENG	Dean Horrix
--	FW	ENG	Trevor Senior

Results[]

Reading's score comes first

Legend[]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Division Three[]

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
1	17 August 1985	Blackpool	H	1–0	Williams
2	24 August 1985	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–0	Senior
3	26 August 1985	Bristol Rovers	H	3–2	Bater (o.g.), Hicks, Horrix
4	31 August 1985	Cardiff City	A	3–1	Senior (3)
5	7 September 1985	Walsall	H	2–1	Brazier (o.g.), Senior
6	14 September 1985	Rotherham United	A	2–1	Rogers, White
7	17 September 1985	Brentford	A	2–1	Peters, Senior
8	21 September 1985	Swansea City	H	2–0	Horrix, Senior
9	28 September 1985	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–0	White
10	2 October 1985	Chesterfield	H	4–2	Senior (3), Williams
11	5 October 1985	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	Wood
12	12 October 1985	Newport County	A	2–0	Beavon, Bremner
13	19 October 1985	Lincoln City	A	1–0	Senior
14	23 October 1985	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	Bremner, Senior
15	26 October 1985	Bury	A	1–3	Rogers
16	2 November 1985	Wigan Athletic	H	1–0	Williams
17	6 November 1985	Notts County	H	3–1	Bremner (2), Senior
18	9 November 1985	York City	A	1–0	Bremner
19	23 November 1985	Darlington	H	0–2
20	30 November 1985	Derby County	A	1–1	Gilkes
21	14 December 1985	Bristol City	H	1–0	Gilkes
22	21 December 1985	Plymouth Argyle	H	4–3	Horrix (pen), Senior (2), Bremner
23	26 December 1985	Bournemouth	A	1–0	Horrix
24	28 December 1985	Bristol Rovers	A	2–0	Senior, Rogers
25	1 January 1986	Gillingham	H	1–2	Horrix
26	11 January 1986	Cardiff City	H	1–1	Bremner
27	18 January 1986	Blackpool	A	0–0
28	1 February 1986	Walsall	A	0–6
29	22 February 1986	Swansea City	A	3–2	Senior, Beavon (2)
30	4 March 1986	Chesterfield	A	4–3	Senior (2), Peters, Williams
31	8 March 1986	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2
32	12 March 1986	Lincoln City	H	0–2
33	15 March 1986	Newport County	H	2–0	Wood, Hicks
34	19 March 1986	Rotherham United	H	2–1	Wood, Senior
35	22 March 1986	Bury	H	2–0	Senior, Horrix
36	29 March 1986	Gillingham	A	0–3
37	31 March 1986	Bournemouth	H	1–2	Senior
38	5 April 1986	Notts County	A	0–0
39	8 April 1986	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	3–2	Rogers (2), White
40	12 April 1986	York City	H	0–0
41	16 April 1986	Brentford	H	3–1	Senior (2), Wood
42	19 April 1986	Darlington	A	0–0
43	22 April 1986	Wigan Athletic	A	0–1
44	26 April 1986	Derby County	H	1–0	Senior
45	3 May 1986	Bristol City	A	0–3
46	5 May 1986	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–0	Senior (2)

Table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Reading	46	29	7	10	67	51	+16	94	Division Champions, promoted
2	Plymouth Argyle	46	26	9	11	88	53	+35	87	Promoted
3	Derby County	46	23	15	8	80	41	+39	84	Promoted
4	Wigan Athletic	46	23	14	9	82	48	+34	83
5	Gillingham	46	22	13	11	81	54	+27	79

Source:^{[citation needed]}

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
R1	16 November 1985	Wealdstone	H	1–0	Horrix (pen)
R2	7 December 1985	Hereford United	H	2–0	Senior, Horrix
R3	4 January 1986	Huddersfield Town	A	0–0
R3 Replay	13 January 1986	Huddersfield Town	H	2–1	Senior (2)
R4	25 January 1986	Bury	H	1–1	Senior
R4 Replay	28 January 1986	Bury	A	0–3

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
R1 1st Leg	21 August 1985	Bournemouth	H	1–3	Rogers
R1 2nd Leg	3 September 1985	Bournemouth	A	0–2

Associate Members Cup[]

Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
R1 A	Bournemouth	A	0–5
R1 B	Leyton Orient	H	0–3

Squad statistics[]

Appearances and goals[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Division Three		FA Cup		League Cup		Members Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK			55	0	46+0	0	6+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Steve Wood	55	4	46+0	4	6+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Nigel Stevenson	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Brian Roberts	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Steve Richardson	38	0	32+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF		Gary Peters	47	2	41+0	2	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF		Martin Hicks	44	2	34+0	2	6+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
	DF		Glenn Burvill	24	0	11+5	0	5+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
	MF		Stuart Beavon	54	3	44+0	3	6+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Colin Bailie	34	0	25+1	0	3+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Michael Gilkes	15	2	7+2	2	3+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Terry Hurlock	16	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF			2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF		Nick Platnauer	8	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Sean Reck	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF		Andy Rogers	45	6	40+0	5	2+0	0	2+0	1	0+1	0
	MF		Jerry Williams	37	4	26+5	4	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF		Mark White	27	3	25+0	3	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	FW		Trevor Senior	55	31	46+0	27	6+0	4	2+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Kevin Bremner	28	7	18+4	7	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW		Dean Horrix	51	8	38+3	6	6+0	2	2+0	0	2+0	0

Top scorers[]

Place	Position	Name	Division Three	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	Trevor Senior	27	4	0	31
2	FW	Dean Horrix	6	2	0	8
3	FW	Kevin Bremner	7	0	0	7
4	MF	Andy Rogers	5	0	1	6
5	MF	Jerry Williams	4	0	0	4
=	DF	Steve Wood	4	0	0	4
7	MF	Stuart Beavon	3	0	0	3
=	MF	Mark White	3	0	0	3
9	MF	Michael Gilkes	2	0	0	2
=	DF	Martin Hicks	2	0	0	2
=	DF	Gary Peters	2	0	0	2
=		Own Goal	2	0	0	2
		TOTALS	67	6	1	74

References[]

Reading 1985–86 season at Royalsrecord.co.uk