1985–86 Liverpool F.C. season

The 1985–86 season was the 94th season in Liverpool F.C.'s existence, and their 24th consecutive year in the top-flight.

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)

This was to be Kenny Dalglish’s first season as manager. At the relatively young age of 34 he took over a side that he was still playing in, 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.[1]

Also as the ban on English clubs after Heysel was in force, there was the Super Cup, sponsored by Screen Sport. 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 42 26 10 6 89 37 +52 88 Champions, excluded from European Cup[2][lower-alpha 1]
2 Everton 42 26 8 8 87 41 +46 86 FA Cup runners-up, excluded from Cup Winners' Cup[lower-alpha 2]
3 West Ham United 42 26 6 10 74 40 +34 84 Excluded from 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:
Notes:
  1. Liverpool also won the 1986 FA Cup.
  2. Everton were the runners-up in the FA Cup, and Liverpool having won the Double, they should have claimed a place in the 1986–87 European Cup Winners' Cup.

Results

First Division
Main article: 1985–86 Football League § First Division
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
17-Aug-85ArsenalH2–0Whelan  33' Nicol  61'38,261ReportReport
21-Aug-85Aston VillaA2–2Rush  39' Mølby  85'20,197ReportReport
24-Aug-85Newcastle UnitedA0–129,670ReportReport
26-Aug-85Ipswich TownH5–0Nicol  15' Rush  23', 67' Mølby  27' Johnston  90'29,383ReportReport
31-Aug-85West Ham UnitedA2–2Johnston  52' Whelan  83'19,762ReportReport
03-Sep-85Nottingham ForestH2–0Whelan  55', 69'27,135ReportReport
07-Sep-85WatfordH3–1Neal  pen 27' Johnston  67' Rush  72'31,395ReportReport
14-Sep-85Oxford UnitedA2–2Rush  62' Johnston  75'11,474ReportReport
21-Sep-85EvertonA3–2Dalglish  1' Rush  16' McMahon  42'51,509ReportReport
28-Sep-85Tottenham HotspurH4–1Lawrenson  44' Rush  56' Mølby  pen 61', pen 67'41,521ReportReport
05-Oct-85Queens Park RangersA1–2Walsh  9'24,621ReportReport
12-Oct-85SouthamptonH1–0McMahon  60'31,070ReportReport
19-Oct-85Manchester UnitedA1–1Johnston  46'54,492ReportReport
26-Oct-85Luton TownH3–2Walsh  31', 35' Mølby  65'31,488ReportReport
02-Nov-85Leicester CityH1–0Rush  84'31,718ReportReport
09-Nov-85Coventry CityA3–0Beglin  5' Walsh  47' Rush  81'16,947ReportReport
16-Nov-85West Bromwich AlbionH4–1Nicol  45' Mølby  62' Lawrenson  73' Walsh  87'28,407ReportReport
23-Nov-85Birmingham CityA2–0Rush  10' Walsh  26'15,062ReportReport
30-Nov-85ChelseaH1–1Mølby  pen 85'38,482ReportReport
07-Dec-85Aston VillaH3–0Mølby  2' Walsh  67' Johnston  81'29,418ReportReport
14-Dec-85ArsenalA0–235,048ReportReport
21-Dec-85Newcastle UnitedH1–1Nicol  34'30,746ReportReport
26-Dec-85Manchester CityA0–135,584ReportReport
28-Dec-85Nottingham ForestA1–1MacDonald  55'27,141ReportReport
01-Jan-86Sheffield WednesdayH2–2Rush  49' Walsh  76'38,964ReportReport
12-Jan-86WatfordA3–2Walsh  44', 85' Rush  75'16,967ReportReport
18-Jan-86West Ham UnitedH3–1Mølby  pen 58' Rush  67' Walsh  70'41,056ReportReport
01-Feb-86Ipswich TownA1–2Whelan  36'20,551ReportReport
09-Feb-86Manchester UnitedH1–1Wark  40'35,004ReportReport
22-Feb-86EvertonH0–245,445ReportReport
02-Mar-86Tottenham HotspurA2–1Mølby  66' Rush  90'16,436ReportReport
08-Mar-86Queens Park RangersH4–1McMahon  19', 75' Rush  29' Wark  43'26,219ReportReport
15-Mar-86SouthamptonA2–1Wark  53' Rush  59'19,784ReportReport
22-Mar-86Oxford UnitedH6–0Rush  1', 71' Lawrenson  18' Whelan  39' Mølby  pen 51', 88'37,861ReportReport
29-Mar-86Sheffield WednesdayA0–037,946ReportReport
31-Mar-86Manchester CityH2–0McMahon  32', 58'43,316ReportReport
12-Apr-86Coventry CityH5–0Whelan  20', 26', 83' Mølby  46' Rush  78'42,729ReportReport
16-Apr-86Luton TownA1–0Johnston  17'15,390ReportReport
19-Apr-86West Bromwich AlbionA2–1Dalglish  23' Rush  55'22,010ReportReport
26-Apr-86Birmingham CityH5–0Rush  25' Gillespie  46', 58', pen 83' Mølby  pen 49'42,021ReportReport
30-Apr-86Leicester CityA2–0Rush  20' Whelan  28'25,799ReportReport
03-May-86ChelseaA1–0Dalglish  23'43,900ReportReport

FA Cup
Main article: 1985–86 FA Cup
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
04-Jan-86Norwich CityH5–0MacDonald  23' Walsh  33' McMahon  73' Whelan  78' Wark  81'29,082ReportReport
26-Jan-86ChelseaA2–1Rush  45' Lawrenson  47'33,625ReportReport
15-Feb-86York CityA1–1Mølby  pen 64'12,443ReportReport
18-Feb-86York CityH3–1 aetWark  19' Mølby  94' Dalglish  98'29,362ReportReport
11-Mar-86WatfordH0–036,775ReportReport
17-Mar-86WatfordA2–1Mølby  pen 86' Rush  108'28,097ReportReport
05-Apr-86SouthamptonN2–0Rush  99', 104'44,605ReportReport

Final

Main article: 1986 FA Cup Final
Liverpool3–1Everton
Rush  56', 83'
Johnston  62'		 Report
Report		 Lineker  27'
Attendance: 98,000
Referee: Alan Robinson (Hampshire)
Liverpool
Everton
GK1 Bruce Grobbelaar
CB2 Mark Lawrenson
LB3 Jim Beglin
RB4 Steve Nicol
LM5 Ronnie Whelan
CB6 Alan Hansen (c)
SS7 Kenny Dalglish
RM8 Craig Johnston
CF9 Ian Rush
CM10 Jan Mølby
CM11 Kevin MacDonald
Substitute:
MF12 Steve McMahon
Player/Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
GK1 Bobby Mimms
RB2 Gary Stevens 72'
LB3 Pat Van Den Hauwe
CB4 Kevin Ratcliffe (c)
CB5 Derek Mountfield
CM6 Peter Reid
CM7 Trevor Steven
CF8 Gary Lineker
CF9 Graeme Sharp
RM10 Paul Bracewell
LM11 Kevin Sheedy
Substitute:
MF12 Adrian Heath 72'
Manager:
Howard Kendall

League Cup
Main article: 1985–86 Football League Cup
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
24-Sep-85Oldham AthleticH3–0McMahon  25', 76' Rush  33'16,150ReportReport
09-Oct-85Oldham AthleticA5–2Whelan  5', 48' Wark  25' Rush  65' MacDonald  72'7,719ReportReport
29-Oct-85Brighton & Hove AlbionH4–0Walsh  11', 71', 72' Dalglish  80'15,291ReportReport
26-Nov-85Manchester UnitedH2–1Mølby  57', pen 58'41,291ReportReport
21-Jan-86Ipswich TownH3–0Walsh  17' Whelan  28' Rush  66'19,762ReportReport
12-Feb-86Queens Park RangersA0–115,051ReportReport
05-Mar-86Queens Park RangersH2–2McMahon  42' Johnston  69'23,863ReportReport

Super Cup
Main article: Football League Super Cup
Date Opponents Venue Result Scorers Attendance Report 1 Report 2
17-Sep-85SouthamptonH2–1Mølby  6' Dalglish  28'16,189ReportReport
22-Oct-85SouthamptonA1–1Walsh  81'10,503ReportReport
03-Dec-85Tottenham HotspurH2–0MacDonald  19' Walsh  34'14,855ReportReport
14-Jan-86Tottenham HotspurA3–0Rush  49', 61' Lawrenson  56'10,078ReportReport
05-Feb-86Norwich CityA1–1Dalglish  79'15,330ReportReport
06-May-86Norwich CityH3–1MacDonald  56' Mølby  pen 72' Johnston  79'26,696ReportReport

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 1985–86 season until the 1990–91 season because of the Heysel disaster in 1985, involving Liverpool fans.
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