1985–86 Newport County A.F.C. season

The 1985–86 season was Newport County's sixth consecutive season in the Third Division and their 58th season overall in the Football League.

Newport County

1985–86 season
Chairman	Archie Menzies
Manager	Bobby Smith (until 25 March 1986) John Relish (from 25 March 1986)
Stadium	Somerton Park
Third Division	19th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	4th round
Top goalscorer	League: Staniforth (9) All: Mardenborough (11)
Highest home attendance	6,449 vs Reading (12 October 1985)
Lowest home attendance	1,508 vs Brentford (11 March 1986)
Average home league attendance	2,536
Home colours Away colours
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Season review

Results summary

Note: Three points for a win

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	11	18	17	52	65	−13	51	7	8	8	35	33	+2	4	10	9	17	32	−15

Last updated: 3 May 1986.
Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	D	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	D
Position	10	6	13	8	2	7	9	12	14	16	16	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	14	18	17	15	17	17	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 1986. Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Main article: 1985–86 Football League § Third Division

Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
17 Aug 1985	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–2	Boyle, Carter	2,375
24 Aug 1985	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–1	Miles 2	6,073
26 Aug 1985	Cardiff City	H	1–2	Carter	5,027
31 Aug 1985	Bournemouth	A	1–0	Carter	3,381
7 Sep 1985	Bristol Rovers	H	3–0	James, Staniforth, Dowman	2,775
14 Sep 1985	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2		3,686
17 Sep 1985	Swansea City	A	1–1	Boyle	5,534
21 Sep 1985	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1		2,212
28 Sep 1985	Walsall	A	0–2		4,586
1 Oct 1985	Bristol City	H	1–1	Lewis	3,776
5 Oct 1985	Lincoln City	A	1–1	Staniforth	1,989
12 Oct 1985	Reading	H	0–2		6,449
19 Oct 1985	Brentford	A	0–0		3,646
22 Oct 1985	Rotherham United	H	0–0		1,817
26 Oct 1985	Wigan Athletic	A	0–0		3,719
2 Nov 1985	Gillingham	H	1–1	P.Jones	1,970
6 Nov 1985	York City	H	1–1	OG	1,529
9 Nov 1985	Chesterfield	A	1–3	Gill	2,420
23 Nov 1985	Notts County	H	1–2	Carter	1,946
14 Dec 1985	Blackpool	H	1–1	Berry	1,991
21 Dec 1985	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	Mardernborough 2, Boyle	2,222
26 Dec 1985	Bury	A	1–1	Mardenborough	3,013
28 Dec 1985	Cardiff City	A	1–1	Staniforth	7,450
11 Jan 1986	Bournemouth	H	2–1	Boyle, Staniforth	2,333
18 Jan 1986	Doncaster Rovers	A	1–1	Relish	2,336
25 Jan 1986	Plymouth Argyle	H	3–1	Staniforth, Berry, OG	3,007
1 Feb 1986	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2		3,284
4 Feb 1986	Rotherham United	A	0–0		2,975
16 Feb 1986	Swansea City	H	2–0	Relish, Mayes	2,805
22 Feb 1986	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–4		4,063
28 Feb 1986	Walsall	H	1–5	Boyle	1,530
4 Mar 1986	Bristol City	A	1–3	Mardenborough	4,395
8 Mar 1986	Lincoln City	H	1–2	James	1,540
11 Mar 1986	Brentford	H	1–2	Berry	1,508
15 Mar 1986	Reading	A	0–2		4,783
18 Mar 1986	Darlington	A	2–3	Carter, Latchford	2,508
22 Mar 1986	Wigan Athletic	H	3–4	Latchford 2, Mardenborough	1,700
29 Mar 1986	Derby County	A	1–1	Carter	11,251
31 Mar 1986	Bury	H	1–0	Staniforth	1,983
5 Apr 1986	York City	A	1–3	Lewis	3,038
12 Apr 1986	Chesterfield	H	3–3	Carter, Latchford, Staniforth	1,940
19 Apr 1986	Notts County	A	2–1	Staniforth, Mardenborough	3,279
22 Apr 1986	Derby County	H	1–1	Boyle	3,049
26 Apr 1986	Darlington	H	3–0	Mardenborough, Latchford, Staniforth	2,848
29 Apr 1986	Gillingham	A	1–0	L.Jones	2,566
3 May 1986	Blackpool	A	0–0		3,407

FA Cup

Main article: 1985–86 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
1	16 Nov 1985	Southend United	A	1–0	Mardenborough	3,343
2	7 Dec 1985	Torquay United	H	1–1	Berry	2,386
2r	10 Dec 1985	Torquay United	A	3–2 a.e.t.	P.Jones, Boyle, James	1,937
3	4 Jan 1986	Sunderland	A	0–2		12,352

Football League Cup

Main article: 1985–86 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
1–1	20 Aug 1985	Bristol Rovers	A	0–2		2,777
1–2	3 Sep 1985	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	Reck	2,012	1–2 agg

Welsh Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
3	26 Nov 1985	Ton Pentre	A	4–2	Mardenborough 2, L.Jones, OG	1,200
4	14 Jan 1986	Kidderminster Harriers	H	3–3	Gill 2, L.Jones	1,138
4r	3 Feb 1986	Kidderminster Harriers	A	1–2	Gill	1,008

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Reading	46	29	7	10	67	51	+16	94
2	Plymouth Argyle	46	26	9	11	88	53	+35	87
3	Derby County	46	23	15	8	80	41	+39	84
4	Wigan Athletic	46	23	14	9	82	48	+34	83
5	Gillingham	46	22	13	11	81	54	+27	79
6	Walsall	46	22	9	15	90	64	+26	75
7	York City	46	20	11	15	77	58	+19	71
8	Notts County	46	19	14	13	71	60	+11	71
9	Bristol City	46	18	14	14	69	60	+9	68
10	Brentford	46	18	12	16	58	61	−3	66
11	Doncaster Rovers	46	16	16	14	45	52	−7	64
12	Blackpool	46	17	12	17	66	55	+11	63
13	Darlington	46	15	13	18	61	78	−17	58
14	Rotherham United	46	15	12	19	61	59	+2	57
15	Bournemouth	46	15	9	22	65	72	−7	54
16	Bristol Rovers	46	14	12	20	51	75	−24	54
17	Chesterfield	46	13	14	19	61	64	−3	53
18	Bolton Wanderers	46	15	8	23	54	68	−14	53
19	Newport County	46	11	18	17	52	65	−13	51
20	Bury	46	12	13	21	63	67	−4	49
21	Lincoln City	46	10	16	20	55	77	−22	46
22	Cardiff City	46	12	9	25	53	83	−30	45
23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	11	10	25	57	98	−41	43
24	Swansea City	46	11	10	25	43	87	−44	43

Key
	Division Champions
	Promoted
	Relegated

External links

• Newport County 1985-1986 : Results
• Newport County football club match record: 1986
• WELSH CUP 1985/86