1985–86 Liverpool F.C. season

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Liverpool F.C.
1985–86 season
ChairmanJohn W Smith
ManagerKenny Dalglish
First DivisionChampions
FA CupWinners
League CupSemi-finals
Screen Sport Super CupFinal (Played in 1986-87)
Top goalscorerLeague: Ian Rush (22)
All: Ian Rush (31)

The 1985–86 season was Liverpool Football Club's 94th season in existence and their 24th consecutive season in the First Division. This was Kenny Dalglish’s first season as manager. At 34 he was player manager, and with several players in their last seasons as players. The change to the new team would take time during the season, but it ended with them winning the double of the League and FA Cup, and reaching the League Cup semi-finals. It was the fifth time that the league and FA Cup double had been achieved in English football.

As there was a ban on English clubs participating in the European competitions after the Heysel disaster, there was the ScreenSport Super Cup replacing it. As the competition did not end until the 1986-87 season, Liverpool reached the final after getting through the group, and the semi-finals.

Squad

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Midfielders

Attackers

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Liverpool (C) 42 26 10 6 89 37 +52 88 Disqualified from the European Cup
2 Everton 42 26 8 8 87 41 +46 86 Disqualified from the European Cup Winners' Cup
3 West Ham United 42 26 6 10 74 40 +34 84 Disqualified from the UEFA Cup
4 Manchester United 42 22 10 10 70 36 +34 76
5 Sheffield Wednesday 42 21 10 11 63 54 +9 73
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the FA Cup winners, Liverpool, would have instead qualified for the European Cup, qualification would have instead been passed down to runners-up Everton.
  2. ^ Since Everton would have instead qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Cup qualification would have been passed down to Sheffield Wednesday.

Results

First Division

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
17-Aug-85 Arsenal H 2–0 Whelan 33' Nicol 61' 38,261 Report Report
21-Aug-85 Aston Villa A 2–2 Rush 39' Mølby 85' 20,197 Report Report
24-Aug-85 Newcastle United A 0–1 29,670 Report Report
26-Aug-85 Ipswich Town H 5–0 Nicol 15' Rush 23', 67' Mølby 27' Johnston 90' 29,383 Report Report
31-Aug-85 West Ham United A 2–2 Johnston 52' Whelan 83' 19,762 Report Report
03-Sep-85 Nottingham Forest H 2–0 Whelan 55', 69' 27,135 Report Report
07-Sep-85 Watford H 3–1 Neal pen 27' Johnston 67' Rush 72' 31,395 Report Report
14-Sep-85 Oxford United A 2–2 Rush 62' Johnston 75' 11,474 Report Report
21-Sep-85 Everton A 3–2 Dalglish 1' Rush 16' McMahon 42' 51,509 Report Report
28-Sep-85 Tottenham Hotspur H 4–1 Lawrenson 44' Rush 56' Mølby pen 61', pen 67' 41,521 Report Report
05-Oct-85 Queens Park Rangers A 1–2 Walsh 9' 24,621 Report Report
12-Oct-85 Southampton H 1–0 McMahon 60' 31,070 Report Report
19-Oct-85 Manchester United A 1–1 Johnston 46' 54,492 Report Report
26-Oct-85 Luton Town H 3–2 Walsh 31', 35' Mølby 65' 31,488 Report Report
02-Nov-85 Leicester City H 1–0 Rush 84' 31,718 Report Report
09-Nov-85 Coventry City A 3–0 Beglin 5' Walsh 47' Rush 81' 16,947 Report Report
16-Nov-85 West Bromwich Albion H 4–1 Nicol 45' Mølby 62' Lawrenson 73' Walsh 87' 28,407 Report Report
23-Nov-85 Birmingham City A 2–0 Rush 10' Walsh 26' 15,062 Report Report
30-Nov-85 Chelsea H 1–1 Mølby pen 85' 38,482 Report Report
07-Dec-85 Aston Villa H 3–0 Mølby 2' Walsh 67' Johnston 81' 29,418 Report Report
14-Dec-85 Arsenal A 0–2 35,048 Report Report
21-Dec-85 Newcastle United H 1–1 Nicol 34' 30,746 Report Report
26-Dec-85 Manchester City A 0–1 35,584 Report Report
28-Dec-85 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 MacDonald 55' 27,141 Report Report
01-Jan-86 Sheffield Wednesday H 2–2 Rush 49' Walsh 76' 38,964 Report Report
12-Jan-86 Watford A 3–2 Walsh 44', 85' Rush 75' 16,967 Report Report
18-Jan-86 West Ham United H 3–1 Mølby pen 58' Rush 67' Walsh 70' 41,056 Report Report
01-Feb-86 Ipswich Town A 1–2 Whelan 36' 20,551 Report Report
09-Feb-86 Manchester United H 1–1 Wark 40' 35,004 Report Report
22-Feb-86 Everton H 0–2 45,445 Report Report
02-Mar-86 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–1 Mølby 66' Rush 90' 16,436 Report Report
08-Mar-86 Queens Park Rangers H 4–1 McMahon 19', 75' Rush 29' Wark 43' 26,219 Report Report
15-Mar-86 Southampton A 2–1 Wark 53' Rush 59' 19,784 Report Report
22-Mar-86 Oxford United H 6–0 Rush 1', 71' Lawrenson 18' Whelan 39' Mølby pen 51', 88' 37,861 Report Report
29-Mar-86 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–0 37,946 Report Report
31-Mar-86 Manchester City H 2–0 McMahon 32', 58' 43,316 Report Report
12-Apr-86 Coventry City H 5–0 Whelan 20', 26', 83' Mølby 46' Rush 78' 42,729 Report Report
16-Apr-86 Luton Town A 1–0 Johnston 17' 15,390 Report Report
19-Apr-86 West Bromwich Albion A 2–1 Dalglish 23' Rush 55' 22,010 Report Report
26-Apr-86 Birmingham City H 5–0 Rush 25' Gillespie 46', 58', pen 83' Mølby pen 49' 42,021 Report Report
30-Apr-86 Leicester City A 2–0 Rush 20' Whelan 28' 25,799 Report Report
03-May-86 Chelsea A 1–0 Dalglish 23' 43,900 Report Report

FA Cup

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
04-Jan-86 Norwich City H 5–0 MacDonald 23' Walsh 33' McMahon 73' Whelan 78' Wark 81' 29,082 Report Report
26-Jan-86 Chelsea A 2–1 Rush 45' Lawrenson 47' 33,625 Report Report
15-Feb-86 York City A 1–1 Mølby pen 64' 12,443 Report Report
18-Feb-86 York City H 3–1 aet Wark 19' Mølby 94' Dalglish 98' 29,362 Report Report
11-Mar-86 Watford H 0–0 36,775 Report Report
17-Mar-86 Watford A 2–1 Mølby pen 86' Rush 108' 28,097 Report Report
05-Apr-86 Southampton N 2–0 Rush 99', 104' 44,605 Report Report

Final

Liverpool3–1Everton
Rush 56', 83'
Johnston 62'
Report
Report
Lineker 27'
Attendance: 98,000
Liverpool
Everton
GK 1 Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar
CB 2 Republic of Ireland Mark Lawrenson
LB 3 Republic of Ireland Jim Beglin
RB 4 Scotland Steve Nicol
LM 5 Republic of Ireland Ronnie Whelan
CB 6 Scotland Alan Hansen (c)
SS 7 Scotland Kenny Dalglish
RM 8 England Craig Johnston
CF 9 Wales Ian Rush
CM 10 Denmark Jan Mølby
CM 11 Scotland Kevin MacDonald
Substitute:
MF 12 England Steve McMahon
Player/Manager:
Scotland Kenny Dalglish
GK 1 England Bobby Mimms
RB 2 England Gary Stevens downward-facing red arrow 72'
LB 3 Wales Pat Van Den Hauwe
CB 4 Wales Kevin Ratcliffe (c)
CB 5 England Derek Mountfield
CM 6 England Peter Reid
CM 7 England Trevor Steven
CF 8 England Gary Lineker
CF 9 Scotland Graeme Sharp
RM 10 England Paul Bracewell
LM 11 Republic of Ireland Kevin Sheedy
Substitute:
MF 12 England Adrian Heath upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
England Howard Kendall

League Cup

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
24-Sep-85 Oldham Athletic H 3–0 McMahon 25', 76' Rush 33' 16,150 Report Report
09-Oct-85 Oldham Athletic A 5–2 Whelan 5', 48' Wark 25' Rush 65' MacDonald 72' 7,719 Report Report
29-Oct-85 Brighton & Hove Albion H 4–0 Walsh 11', 71', 72' Dalglish 80' 15,291 Report Report
26-Nov-85 Manchester United H 2–1 Mølby 57', pen 58' 41,291 Report Report
21-Jan-86 Ipswich Town H 3–0 Walsh 17' Whelan 28' Rush 66' 19,762 Report Report
12-Feb-86 Queens Park Rangers A 0–1 15,051 Report Report
05-Mar-86 Queens Park Rangers H 2–2 McMahon 42' Johnston 69' 23,863 Report Report

Super Cup

Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
17-Sep-85 Southampton H 2–1 Mølby 6' Dalglish 28' 16,189 Report Report
22-Oct-85 Southampton A 1–1 Walsh 81' 10,503 Report Report
03-Dec-85 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–0 MacDonald 19' Walsh 34' 14,855 Report Report
14-Jan-86 Tottenham Hotspur A 3–0 Rush 49', 61' Lawrenson 56' 10,078 Report Report
05-Feb-86 Norwich City A 1–1 Dalglish 79' 15,330 Report Report
06-May-86 Norwich City H 3–1 MacDonald 56' Mølby pen 72' Johnston 79' 26,696 Report Report

References

  1. ^ Sridhar, Shrivathsa (18 May 2019). "England's league and FA Cup double winners - Factbox". Reuters. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.
  3. ^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.
  4. ^ English teams were banned by UEFA from its competitions from the season 1985–86 on until the season 1990–91 because of the Heysel Disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.