1985–86 Reading F.C. season

Reading 1985–86 football season

Reading

1985–86 season

Manager

Ian Branfoot

Football League Third Division

Associate Members Cup

First round

Top goalscorer

League: Trevor Senior (27)
All: Trevor Senior (31)

Home colours

← 1984–85 1986–87 →

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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	ENG	Gary Westwood
--	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	Deane Foster
--	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

Main article: 1985–86 Football League § Third Division

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 e	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:

FA Cup

Main article: 1985–86 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

Main article: 1985–86 Football 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	ENG	Gary Westwood	55	0	46+0	0	6+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Wood	55	4	46+0	4	6+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	WAL	Nigel Stevenson	3	0	3+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Brian Roberts	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Steve Richardson	38	0	32+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Gary Peters	47	2	41+0	2	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	ENG	Martin Hicks	44	2	34+0	2	6+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	0
	DF	ENG	Glenn Burvill	24	0	11+5	0	5+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Stuart Beavon	54	3	44+0	3	6+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	NIR	Colin Bailie	34	0	25+1	0	3+2	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Michael Gilkes	15	2	7+2	2	3+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Terry Hurlock	16	0	16+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Deane Foster	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	ENG	Nick Platnauer	8	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Sean Reck	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	ENG	Andy Rogers	45	6	40+0	5	2+0	0	2+0	1	0+1	0
	MF	ENG	Jerry Williams	37	4	26+5	4	3+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
	MF	ENG	Mark White	27	3	25+0	3	0+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	ENG	Trevor Senior	55	31	46+0	27	6+0	4	2+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	SCO	Kevin Bremner	28	7	18+4	7	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	FW	ENG	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

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1985–86 in English football

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National teams

Bobby Robson
Rous Cup
1986 FIFA World Cup (qualification – Group 3)

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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