Season

1985-86

Manchester UnitedRon Atkinson

4thleague finish

of 22 in the First Division

+0.6
goal difference
1.5 scored · 0.9 conceded
56
Played
48%
Win rate

Season in brief

4th of 22 in the First Division. Mark Hughes led the scoring with 18 goals (scorer data covers 100% of the 84 United scored).

The First Division table

Final standings · 22 clubs · United and the clubs around them

  1. 1Liverpool42P · 26W 10D 6L · GD +5288
  2. 2Everton42P · 26W 8D 8L · GD +4686
  3. 3West Ham United42P · 26W 6D 10L · GD +3484
  4. 4Manchester United42P · 22W 10D 10L · GD +3476
  5. 5Sheffield Wednesday42P · 21W 10D 11L · GD +973
  6. 6Chelsea42P · 20W 11D 11L · GD +171
  8. 21Birmingham City42P · 8W 5D 29L · GD -4329
  9. 22West Bromwich Albion42P · 4W 12D 26L · GD -5424

Slice: the final First Division table for 1985-86, every club computed from the full league results.

Coverage: complete — all results known.

Points follow the era’s rule (two then three for a win); the order uses goal average before 1976–77 and goal difference after. The faint foot marks the lower reaches — exact relegation places varied by era.

The season, match by match

56 matches
10 Aug 1985 n Everton: 0–217 Aug 1985 v Aston Villa: 4–020 Aug 1985 @ Ipswich Town: 1–024 Aug 1985 @ Arsenal: 2–126 Aug 1985 v West Ham United: 2–031 Aug 1985 @ Nottingham Forest: 3–14 Sep 1985 v Newcastle United: 3–07 Sep 1985 v Oxford United: 3–014 Sep 1985 @ Manchester City: 3–018 Sep 1985 v Everton: 2–421 Sep 1985 @ West Bromwich Albion: 5–124 Sep 1985 @ Crystal Palace: 1–028 Sep 1985 v Southampton: 1–05 Oct 1985 @ Luton Town: 1–19 Oct 1985 v Crystal Palace: 1–012 Oct 1985 v Queens Park Rangers: 2–019 Oct 1985 v Liverpool: 1–126 Oct 1985 @ Chelsea: 2–129 Oct 1985 v West Ham United: 1–02 Nov 1985 v Coventry City: 2–06 Nov 1985 v Norwich City: 1–19 Nov 1985 @ Sheffield Wednesday: 0–116 Nov 1985 v Tottenham Hotspur: 0–023 Nov 1985 @ Leicester City: 0–326 Nov 1985 @ Liverpool: 1–230 Nov 1985 v Watford: 1–14 Dec 1985 @ Everton: 0–17 Dec 1985 v Ipswich Town: 1–011 Dec 1985 @ Norwich City: 1–114 Dec 1985 @ Aston Villa: 3–121 Dec 1985 v Arsenal: 0–126 Dec 1985 @ Everton: 1–31 Jan 1986 v Birmingham City: 1–09 Jan 1986 v Rochdale: 2–011 Jan 1986 @ Oxford United: 3–118 Jan 1986 v Nottingham Forest: 2–325 Jan 1986 @ Sunderland: 0–029 Jan 1986 v Sunderland: 3–02 Feb 1986 @ West Ham United: 1–29 Feb 1986 @ Liverpool: 1–122 Feb 1986 v West Bromwich Albion: 3–01 Mar 1986 @ Southampton: 0–15 Mar 1986 @ West Ham United: 1–19 Mar 1986 v West Ham United: 0–215 Mar 1986 @ Queens Park Rangers: 0–119 Mar 1986 v Luton Town: 2–022 Mar 1986 v Manchester City: 2–229 Mar 1986 @ Birmingham City: 1–131 Mar 1986 v Everton: 0–05 Apr 1986 @ Coventry City: 3–19 Apr 1986 v Chelsea: 1–213 Apr 1986 v Sheffield Wednesday: 0–216 Apr 1986 @ Newcastle United: 4–219 Apr 1986 @ Tottenham Hotspur: 0–026 Apr 1986 v Leicester City: 4–03 May 1986 @ Watford: 1–1
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Every match in order — wins above the line, losses below, bar height the goal margin.