Season 1985–86 Champion Liverpool F.C. | Champions Liverpool | |
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Similar 1989–90 Football League, 1991–92 Football League, 1993–94 FA Premier League, 1994–95 FA Premier League, 1992–93 FA Premier League | ||
The 1985–1986 season was the 87th completed season of The Football League.
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Final league tables and results
The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website, with home and away statistics separated.
During the first five seasons of the league, that is, until the season 1893–94, re-election process concerned the clubs which finished in the bottom four of the league. From the 1894–95 season and until the 1920–21 season the re-election process was required of the clubs which finished in the bottom three of the league. From the 1922–23 season on it was required of the bottom two teams of both Third Division North and Third Division South. Since the Fourth Division was established in the 1958–59 season, the re-election process has concerned the bottom four clubs in that division.
First Division
In a close three horse race, Liverpool F.C. pipped Everton F.C. and West Ham United to the First Division title, while also defeating Everton F.C. in the F.A. Cup Final, thereby completing an historic double.
First Division results
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second Division
Second Division results
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Third Division
Fourth Division
Election/Re-election to the Football League
As winners of the Alliance Premier League, Enfield won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1985–86 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:
As a result of this, all four Football League teams were re-elected, and Enfield were denied membership of the Football League. This was the last season where teams who won the Conference National had to apply for election to the Football League; from the 1986–87 season the winning team was automatically promoted, provided that they met the criteria set by the Football League.