1985–86 Carlisle United F.C. season

Carlisle United F.C. 1985–86 football season

Results & fixtures

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Sunderland	42	13	11	18	47	61	−14	50
19	Blackburn Rovers	42	12	13	17	53	62	−9	49
20	Carlisle United (R)	42	13	7	22	47	71	−24	46	Relegation to the Third Division
21	Middlesbrough (R)	42	12	9	21	44	53	−9	45
22	Fulham (R)	42	10	6	26	45	69	−24	36

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score
1	17 August	Bradford City	H	1–2
2	24 August	Portsmouth	A	0–4
3	27 August	Crystal Palace	H	2–2
4	31 August	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2
5	7 September	Barnsley	H	1–1
6	13 September	Grimsby Town	A	0–1
7	17 September	Oldham Athletic	H	3–1
8	21 September	Hull City	A	0–4
9	28 September	Shrewsbury Town	H	0–2
10	5 October	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–6
11	12 October	Norwich City	H	0–4
12	19 October	Sunderland	H	1–2
13	22 October	Millwall	A	1–3
14	26 October	Huddersfield Town	A	3–3
15	3 November	Wimbledon	A	1–4
16	9 November	Stoke City	H	3–0
17	23 November	Leeds United	H	1–2
18	30 November	Charlton Athletic	A	0–3
19	7 December	Millwall	H	1–0
20	13 December	Bradford City	A	0–1
21	22 December	Portsmouth	H	0–1
22	26 December	Middlesbrough	H	1–0
23	1 January	Sheffield United	A	0–1
24	11 January	Grimsby Town	H	1–2
25	18 January	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1
26	1 February	Crystal Palace	A	1–1
27	8 February	Sunderland	A	2–2
28	1 March	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–0
29	11 March	Hull City	H	2–1
30	15 March	Norwich City	A	1–2
31	18 March	Huddersfield Town	H	2–0
32	22 March	Barnsley	A	2–1
33	29 March	Sheffield United	H	1–0
34	31 March	Middlesbrough	A	3–1
35	6 April	Wimbledon	H	2–3
36	8 April	Fulham	A	1–0
37	12 April	Stoke City	A	0–0
38	19 April	Fulham	H	2–1
39	26 April	Leeds United	A	0–2
40	29 April	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–0
41	3 May	Charlton Athletic	H	2–3
42	5 May	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	20 August	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–3
R1 L2	3 September	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–4

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	13 January	Queen's Park Rangers	H	1–0
R4	25 January	Peterborough United	A	0–1

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Carlisle United Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	8 October	Middlesbrough	A	0–2

National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two North, Two South) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Full Members' Cup (Final) Super Cup Associate Members' Cup (Final)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Oxford United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Leeds United Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stoke City Sunderland Wimbledon
Third Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chesterfield Darlington Derby County Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Lincoln City Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Swansea City Walsall Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cambridge United Chester City Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Mansfield Town Northampton Town Orient Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham

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