SHERIDAN DICTATES

SEASON STATISTICS: 1985-86

Back Row: Peter Swan, Ian Baird, Andy Linighan, Neil Aspin, Stephen O'Shaughnessy, Roger Eli,

Andy Ritchie, Martin Dickinson.

Middle Row: Geoff Ladley (Physio), David Bentley (Assistant Manager), Nigel Thompson, Gary Hamson, Mervyn Day,

Trevor Swinburne, Denis Irwin, David Blakey (Chief Scout), Billy Bremner (Manager), Peter Gunby (Coach).

Front Row: Peter Lorimer, John Sheridan, George McCluskey, Scott Sellars, Ian Snodin, Lyndon Simmonds,

Terry Phelan, John Stiles.

SATURDAY 17th AUGUST 1985

FULHAM 3

Scott 78', 79', Coney 88'

Peyton, Cottington, Carr, Scott, Hopkins, Parker, Marshall, Donnellan, Sealy, Coney, Houghton

Unused sub: Achampong

V. Callow

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 1

Lorimer 7'

Day, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, McCluskey, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

Unused sub: Ritchie

Attendance: 5,772

Summer signing, Ian Snodin in action on his Leeds debut.

WEDNESDAY 21st AUGUST 1985

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, McCluskey, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

Unused sub: Ritchie

unknown

DIVISION TWO

WIMBLEDON 0

Beasant, Kay, Gage, Galliers, Gayle, Smith, Evans, Sayer, Cork (Hodges xx'), Sanchez, Thorn

Attendance: 12,426

SATURDAY 24th AUGUST 1985

LEEDS UNITED 1

Baird 83'

Day, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, McCluskey, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer (Wright 70'), Sellars

G. Courtney

DIVISION TWO

HULL CITY 1

Jobson 69'

Norman, Jobson, Pearson, Swann, Skipper, McEwan, Williams, Bunn, Whitehurst, Askew, Roberts

Unused sub: Flounders

Attendance: 16,689

MONDAY 26th AUGUST 1985

STOKE CITY 6

Berry 15', Bertschin 55', 83',

Chamberlain 72', 88', Maskery 75'

Siddall, Bould, Mills, Hudson, Dyson, Berry, Chamberlain, Maskery, Bertschin, Painter, Heath

Unused sub: Saunders

P. Tyldesley

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 2

Aspin 61', Snodin 70'

Day, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, McCluskey (Wright 45'), Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

Attendance: 7,047

SATURDAY 31st AUGUST 1985

LEEDS UNITED 1

Lorimer penalty 45'

Day, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, Wright, Sheridan, Baird (McCluskey xx'), Lorimer, Sellars

I. Hendrick

DIVISION TWO

CHARLTON ATHLETIC 2

Flanagan 27', Lee 69'

Johns, Humphrey, Reid, Gritt (Lee xx'), Thompson, Pender, Stuart, Aizlewood, Pearson, Shipley, Flanagan

Attendance: 10,860

WEDNESDAY 4th SEPTEMBER 1985

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 0

Digweed, Keown, Pearce, Jacobs, Oliver, O'Reilly, Penney, Biley, Saunders, Connor (O'Regan 29'), Mortimer

unknown

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 1

McCluskey 50'

Day, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, Wright, Sheridan, McCluskey, Lorimer, Dickinson

Unused sub: Sellars

Attendance: 9,798

SATURDAY 7th SEPTEMBER 1985

SHREWSBURY TOWN 1

Cross 50'

Perks, Williams, Kerr, Cross, Griffin, Stevens, McNally, Hackett, Nardiello (Bates 71'), Robinson, Tester

J. Deakin

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 3

Wright 32', McCluskey 60', Baird 79'

Day, Irwin, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, Wright, Sheridan, McCluskey, Lorimer, Dickinson (Baird 20')

Attendance: 4,168

SATURDAY 14th SEPTEMBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 1

Sheridan 81'

Day, Irwin, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, Wright (Sellars 77'), Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, McCluskey

T. Fitzharris

DIVISION TWO

SUNDERLAND 1

Gray 23'

McDonagh, Venison, Gray, Daniel, Bennett, Elliott, Pickering, Hodgson, Swindlehurst, Gates, Walker

Unused sub: Gayle

Attendance: 19,693

SATURDAY 21st SEPTEMBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 2

Lorimer 46', Sellars 84'

Day, Irwin, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan (Wright 45'), Aspin, McCluskey, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

R. Nixon

DIVISION TWO

BRADFORD CITY 1

Hendrie 70'

Litchfield, Abbott, Withe, McCall, Jackson, Evans, Hendrie, Goodman, Campbell, Singleton, Ellis

Unused sub: Clegg

Attendance: 21,104

WEDNESDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Irwin, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan, Dickinson, McCluskey (Wright 69'), Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

J. Worrall

LEAGUE CUP 2nd ROUND, 1st LEG

WALSALL 0

Cherry, Jones, Mower, Shakespeare, Hart, Hawker, Childs, Cross, Naughton, Elliott, Daley

Unused sub: Kelly

Attendance: 8,869

SATURDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 1

Baird 64'

Day, Irwin, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan, Dickinson, Wright, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

Unused sub: McCluskey

D. Scott

DIVISION TWO

SHEFFIELD UNITED 1

Withe 36'

Burridge, Eckhardt, Bolton, Foley▮72', Stancliffe, McNaught, Morris, Cockerill, Withe, Lewington▮60', Edwards

Unused sub: Thompson

Attendance: 15,622

SATURDAY 5th OCTOBER 1985

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 3

Tempest 24', Stanton 37', Curran 63'

Cox, J. Jones (Raynor 86'), Bray, Doyle, Webster, P. Jones, Curran, Cork, Tempest, Phil Wilson, Stanton

Tempest, saved by Day 5'

J. Hough

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 1

Baird 15'

Day, Irwin, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan, Dickinson (McCluskey 66'), Wright, Sheridan▮71', Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

Attendance: 9,983

TUESDAY 8th OCTOBER 1985

WALSALL 0

Cherry, Jones, Mower, Naughton, Hart, Hawker, Childs, Cross, O'Kelly, Elliott, Daley (Kelly 60')

N. Ashley

LEAGUE CUP 2nd ROUND, 2nd LEG

LEEDS UNITED 3

Linighan 10', Snodin 40', 81'

Leeds United won 3-0 on aggregate

Day, Irwin, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan, Dickinson (McCluskey 87'), Ritchie, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Hamson

Attendance: 7,085

Eddie Gray's last game in charge. He is sacked within 24 hours of the win at Walsall.

SATURDAY 12th OCTOBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 1

Lorimer penalty 19'

Day, Irwin, Phelan, Hamson, Linighan, Aspin, McCluskey, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Ritchie (Wright 82')

M. Scott

DIVISION TWO

MIDDLESBROUGH 0

Pears, Laws, Heard, McAndrew, Mowbray, Nattrass, Hamilton, O'Riordan, Slaven, Stephens, Beagrie (Currie 55')

Attendance: 14,117

Supporters on the Kop demonstrate following the sacking of Eddie Gray

MONDAY 14th OCTOBER 1985

MANCHESTER CITY 6

Davies 15', 28', 32', Baker 49', Lillis 65',

Power 89'

Nixon, Reid, Power, Clements, Johnson, May, Lillis, Baker, Davies (Melrose 51'), McNab, Simpson (Tolmie 66')

J. Bray

FULL MEMBERS CUP 1st ROUND

LEEDS UNITED 1

Lorimer penalty 62'

Day, Irwin, Phelan, Hamson, Linighan (Swan 75'), Aspin, McCluskey (Simmonds 20'), Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

Attendance: 4,029

WEDNESDAY 16th OCTOBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 1

Sellars 71'

Day, Irwin (Swan 28'), Phelan, Sellars, Linighan, Aspin (Stiles 46'), Simmonds, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Thompson

M. Peck

FULL MEMBERS CUP 1st ROUND

SHEFFIELD UNITED 1

Morris 79'

Burridge, Eckhardt, McGeeney, Thompson, Stancliffe, McNaught, Morris, Arnott, Withe, Lewington, Edwards

Unused subs: Black, Tomlinson

Attendance: 2,274

SATURDAY 19th OCTOBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 1

Baird 66'

Swinburne, Irwin, Phelan, Hamson, Linighan, Aspin, McCluskey, Dickinson, Baird, Lorimer, Ritchie

Unused sub: Sellars

N. Midgley

DIVISION TWO

GRIMSBY TOWN 1

Hobson 48'

Batch, Barratt, Crombie (Lund 75'), A. Moore, K. Moore, Ford, Gilligan, Hobson, Bonnyman, Cumming

Attendance: 11,244

SUNDAY 27th OCTOBER 1985

BARNSLEY 3

Owen 5', Hirst 59', Walsh 75'

Baker, Joyce, Gray, Goodison, May, Futcher, Owen, Thomas, Walsh, Hirst, Plummer

Unused sub: Burns

R. Bridges

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Dickinson, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, McCluskey, Hamson, Baird, Lorimer, Ritchie

Unused sub: Sellars

Attendance: 8,302

WEDNESDAY 30th OCTOBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Dickinson, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, Ritchie, Sheridan, Baird, McCluskey, Hamson

Unused sub: Irwin

K. Redfern

LEAGUE CUP 3rd ROUND

ASTON VILLA 3

Walters 15', Stainrod 62', 70'

Spink, Williams, Dorigo, Evans, Glover, Gibson, Daley, Stainrod, Gray, Hodge, Walters

Unused sub: Walker

Evans, saved by Day 52'

Attendance: 15,444

SATURDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 2

Simmonds 64', penalty 71'

Day, Irwin, Phelan, McGregor, Linighan, Aspin, Ritchie, Sheridan, Baird, Hamson, Simmonds

Unused sub: Sellars

T. Jones

DIVISION TWO

PORTSMOUTH 1

Morgan 7'

Knight, Tait, Swain, Dillon, Blake, Gilbert, O'Callaghan, Kennedy, Morgan, Channon (Stanley xx'), Hilaire

Attendance: 15,672

SATURDAY 9th NOVEMBER 1985

MILLWALL 3

Lovell penalty 41', Lowndes 54',

Baird own goal 65'

Granville, Stevens, Hinshelwood, Briley, Smith, Nutton, Lowndes, Leslie, Fashanu, Lovell, McLeary

Unused sub: Sheringham

M. Bodenham

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 1

Ritchie 85'

Day, Dickinson, Phelan, McGregor, Linighan, Aspin, Ritchie, Sheridan, Baird, McCluskey, Hamson

Unused sub: Sellars

Attendance: 9,158

SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 1

McCluskey 55'

Day, McGregor, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan (Dickinson xx'), Aspin, Ritchie, Sheridan, McCluskey, Hamson, Simmonds

M. Heath

DIVISION TWO

CRYSTAL PALACE 3

Cannon 19', Finnigan 37', 89'

Wood, O'Doherty, Brush, Taylor, Droy, Cannon, Irvine, Finnigan, Aylott, Barber, Ketteridge

Unused sub: Gray

Attendance: 10,378

SATURDAY 23rd NOVEMBER 1985

CARLISLE UNITED 1

Baker 59'

Endersby, Gorman, McCartney, Ashurst, Saunders, Halsall, Mayes, Cooke, Baker (Hill xx'), Bishop, Halpin

N. Wilson

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 2

Linighan 50', Ritchie 78'

Day, Caswell, Robinson, Snodin, Linighan, McGregor, Ritchie, Sheridan, McCluskey, Hamson, Dickinson

Unused sub: Fella

Attendance: 3,504

SATURDAY 30th NOVEMBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 0

Swinburne, Caswell, Robinson (Simmonds 46'), Snodin, McGregor, Linighan, Ritchie, Sheridan, McCluskey, Hamson, Dickinson

C. Trussell

DIVISION TWO

NORWICH CITY 2

Drinkell 38', Bruce 57'

Woods, Culverhouse, Van Wijk, Bruce, Phelan, Watson, Barham (Brooke 46'), Drinkell, Biggins, Mendham, Williams

Attendance: 11,480

SATURDAY 7th DECEMBER 1985

WIMBLEDON 0

Beasant, Kay, Winterburn, Galliers (Cork xx'), Morris, Thorn, Evans, Fishenden, Fairweather, Sanchez, Hodges

Fishenden, saved by Day 27'

D. Ashworth

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 3

Snodin 37', Baird 41', Dickinson 47'

Day, Caswell, Robinson, Snodin, Aspin, Linighan, Ritchie, Stiles, Baird▮77', Hamson, Dickinson

Unused sub: Swan

Attendance: 6,136

SATURDAY 14th DECEMBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 1

Sheridan 67'

Day, Irwin, Robinson, Snodin, Aspin, Linighan, Ritchie, Sheridan, Baird, Hamson, Dickinson

Unused sub: McCluskey

Hamson, saved by Peyton 90'

A. Saunders

DIVISION TWO

FULHAM 0

Peyton, Cottington (Kerrins 80'), Elkins, Scott, Hopkins, Parker, Marshall, Achampong, Coney, Carr, Barnett

Attendance: 9,998

SUNDAY 22nd DECEMBER 1985

HULL CITY 2

Jobson 29', Bunn 41'

Norman, Jobson, Swann, Doyle, Skipper, McEwan, Williams, Bunn, Saville (Ring 15'), Askew, Roberts

N. Glover (B. Eland 45')

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 1

Sheridan 17'

Day, Caswell, Robinson, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, Ritchie, Sheridan, McCluskey (Phelan 73'), Hamson, Dickinson

Attendance: 11,852

THURSDAY 26th DECEMBER 1985

BLACKBURN ROVERS 2

Brotherston 3', Barker 70'

Gennoe, Branagan, Rathbone, Barker, Mail, Fazackerley, Brotherston, Lowey, Garner, Thompson, Hamilton

Unused sub: Ainscow

unknown

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Caswell, Phelan, Snodin, Aspin, Linighan (Sellars xx'), Ritchie, Sheridan, McCluskey, Hamson, Dickinson

Attendance: 8,666

SATURDAY 28th DECEMBER 1985

LEEDS UNITED 2

Baird 48', Snodin 86'

Day, Irwin, Thompson, Snodin, Aspin, Eli (Sellars 46'), Ritchie, Sheridan, Baird, Hamson, Dickinson

Baird, wide 43'

D. Allinson

DIVISION TWO

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 3

Connor 21', Snodin own goal 51', Pearce 90'

Digweed, Jacobs, Pearce, Wilson, Young, O'Reilly, Saunders, Penney, Fashanu, Connor, Mortimer

Unused sub: Gatting

Attendance: 13,110

WEDNESDAY 1st JANUARY 1986

LEEDS UNITED 3

Baird 16', 76', Ritchie 73'

Day, Irwin, Sellars, Snodin, Aspin, Swan, Ritchie, Harle, Baird, Hamson, Dickinson

Unused sub: Sheridan

K. Lupton

DIVISION TWO

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 1

Palmer 21'

Goram, Donachie, Barlow, Hoolickin, Jones, Ryan, Palmer, Henry, Fairclough, Futcher, Atkinson

Unused sub: Colville

Attendance: 10,830

SATURDAY 4th JANUARY 1986

PETERBOROUGH UNITED 1

Shepherd 67'

Turner✙69', Paris, Pike, Cassidy, Wile, Slack, Kowalski, Fuccillo, Gallagher, Kelly (Shepherd 26'), Worrall

ℹ When John Turner left the field injured, Martin Pike took over in goal

P. Tyldesley

FA CUP 3rd ROUND

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Irwin, Sellars▮86', Snodin, Aspin, Linighan, Ritchie, Swan (Sheridan 78'), Baird, Hamson, Dickinson

Attendance: 10,137

SATURDAY 11th JANUARY 1986

SUNDERLAND 4

Pickering 23', 49', penalty 85', Wallace 67'

Bolder, Burley, Kennedy, Pickering, Corner, Agboola, Atkinson, Venison, Wallace, Gates, Proctor

Unused sub: Armstrong

N. Midgley

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 2

Baird 47', Sheridan 71'

Day, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, Ritchie, Harle, Baird, Sheridan, Dickinson

Unused sub: Sellars

Attendance: 15,139

SATURDAY 18th JANUARY 1986

CHARLTON ATHLETIC 4

Reid penalty 28', Lee 29', 56', Pearson 40'

Johns, Humphrey, Reid, Curbishley, Thompson, Pender, Stuart, Lee, Pearson, Aizlewood, Flanagan

Unused sub: Shipley

unknown

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Irwin, Caswell, Snodin, Dickinson, Aspin, Ritchie, Rennie, Baird, Sheridan, Hamson

Unused sub: Stiles

Attendance: 4,333

SATURDAY 1st FEBRUARY 1986

LEEDS UNITED 4

Stiles 33', Baird 52', Swan 59', 85'

Day, Caswell, Robinson, Snodin, Aspin, Rennie, Ritchie, Swan, Baird, Hamson, Stiles

Unused sub: Dickinson

Snodin, saved by Fox 80'

K. Breen

DIVISION TWO

STOKE CITY 0

Fox, Hemming, Mills (Painter 84'), Devine, Dyson, Berry, Adams, Saunders, Bertschin, Shaw, Donowa

Attendance: 10,425

SATURDAY 8th FEBRUARY 1986

GRIMSBY TOWN 1

Hobson 53'

Batch, Robinson, Cumming, Peake, Lyons, Crombie, Ford, Lund (Gilligan 67'), Hobson, Bonnyman, Emson

G. Napthine

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Caswell (Dickinson 55'), Robinson, Snodin, Aspin, Rennie, Ritchie, Swan, Baird, Hamson, Stiles

Attendance: 6,382

SATURDAY 15th FEBRUARY 1986

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Stiles, Robinson, Snodin, Aspin, Rennie, Ritchie, Swan, Baird, Hamson, Harle (Phelan 74')

R. Dilkes

DIVISION TWO

BARNSLEY 2

Walsh 61', 89'

Baker, Burns, Gray, Thomas, May, Futcher, Owen, Jonsson, Walsh, Hirst (Campbell 77'), Cross

Attendance: 11,765

SATURDAY 8th MARCH 1986

LEEDS UNITED 2

Ormsby 12', Snodin 86'

Day, Aspin, Robinson, Snodin, Ormsby, Rennie, Simmonds, Sheridan, Baird, Swan, Stiles

Unused sub: McCluskey

J. Lloyd

DIVISION TWO

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 0

Cox, Brown, Bray, Doyle, Webster, J. Jones, Curran, Cork, Tempest, Phil Wilson, Cowling (Raynor 65')

Attendance: 14,667

SATURDAY 15th MARCH 1986

MIDDLESBROUGH 2

Currie 45', 53'

Pears, Laws, Nattrass, Mowbray, O'Riordan, Pallister, Slaven, Gill, Currie, Rowell, Beagrie

Unused sub: Cooper

V. Callow

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 2

Simmonds 38', Rennie 86'

Day, Aspin, Robinson (Ritchie 80'), Snodin, Ormsby, Rennie, Simmonds, Sheridan, Baird, Swan, Stiles

Attendance: 6,889

SATURDAY 22nd MARCH 1986

LEEDS UNITED 1

Rennie 65'

Day, Aspin, Hamson, Snodin, Ormsby, Rennie, Simmonds, Sheridan, Baird, Swan, Stiles

Unused sub: Ritchie

A. Seville

DIVISION TWO

SHREWSBURY TOWN 1

Stevens 89'

Perks, Williams, Johnson, Leonard, Pearson (Bates 78'), Griffin, McNally, Hackett, Stevens, Robinson, Hughes

Attendance: 9,641

FRIDAY 28th MARCH 1986

OLDHAM ATHLETIC 3

Linighan 32', Futcher 47', Jones 56'

Goram, Donachie, Barlow, Jones, Linighan, McGuire (Ryan xx'), Palmer, Smith, Colville, Futcher, Henry

G. Aplin

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 1

Ritchie 77'

Day, Aspin, Hamson▮xx', Snodin, Ormsby, Rennie, Simmonds, Sheridan, Baird, Swan, Ritchie

Unused sub: Stiles

Attendance: 4,937

MONDAY 31st MARCH 1986

LEEDS UNITED 1

Ritchie 74'

Day, Aspin, Hamson, Snodin, Ormsby, Rennie, McCluskey, Sheridan, Baird, Swan, Ritchie

Unused sub: Stiles

K. Redfern

DIVISION TWO

BLACKBURN ROVERS 1

Mail 48'

O'Keefe, Branagan, Rathbone, Barker, Keeley, Mail, Miller, Ainscow, Thompson, Garner, Patterson

Unused sub: Hamilton

Attendance: 9,919

SATURDAY 5th APRIL 1986

PORTSMOUTH 2

Blake 11', 88'

Knight, Swain, Hardyman, Ball, Blake, Gilbert, O'Callaghan, Kennedy, Quinn, Channon (Morgan 62'), Hilaire

J. Ball

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 3

Ritchie 55', 83', Baird 65'

Day, Aspin, Robinson, Snodin, Ormsby, Rennie, McCluskey, Sheridan, Baird, Swan, Ritchie

Unused sub: Stiles

Attendance: 14,430

WEDNESDAY 9th APRIL 1986

BRADFORD CITY 0

Litchfield, Oliver, Evans, McCall, Jackson, Clegg, Hendrie, Ormondroyd (Thorpe 57'), Campbell, Abbott, Graham

K. Barratt

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 1

Aspin 15'

Day, Aspin, Robinson, Snodin, Ormsby, Rennie, McCluskey (Stiles 45'), Sheridan, Baird, Swan, Ritchie

Attendance: 10,751

SATURDAY 12th APRIL 1986

LEEDS UNITED 3

Sellars 9', Swan 14', Ritchie 63'

Day, Aspin, Robinson, Snodin, Ormsby, Rennie, Sellars (Simmonds 78'), Stiles, Ritchie, Swan, Taylor

R. Gifford

DIVISION TWO

MILLWALL 1

Wilson 12'

Sansome, Stevens, Coleman, Briley, Walker, McLeary, Lowndes, Wilson, Sheringham, Lovell, Otalulowski

Unused sub: Leslie

Attendance: 15,067

SATURDAY 19th APRIL 1986

CRYSTAL PALACE 3

Wright 39', Irvine 65', 78'

Wood, Finnegan, Brush, Taylor, Nebbeling, Cannon, Irvine, Ketteridge, Gray, Higginbottom, Wright

Unused sub: unknown

M. Reed

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Aspin, Robinson, Snodin, Ormsby, Rennie, Taylor (Sellars xx'), Sheridan▮57', Baird, Swan, Ritchie

Attendance: 6,285

TUESDAY 22nd APRIL 1986

SHEFFIELD UNITED 3

Morris penalty 38', Frain 64', Walshaw 74'

Burridge, Stancliffe, Bolton, Arnott, Eckhardt, McNaught, Morris, Edwards, Philliskirk, Walshaw, Frain

Unused sub: P. Smith

C. Seel

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 2

Ritchie 18', Snodin 55'

Day, Aspin, Robinson, Snodin, Ormsby, Rennie, Stiles, Sellars, Baird, Swan, Ritchie

Unused sub: Sheridan

Attendance: 9,158

SATURDAY 26th APRIL 1986

LEEDS UNITED 2

Ritchie 10', 63'

Day, Aspin, Hamson, Snodin (Sheridan 55'), Ormsby, Rennie, Ritchie, Sellars, Baird, Swan, Stiles

T. Fitzharris

DIVISION TWO

CARLISLE UNITED 0

Endersby, Haigh, McCartney, Ashurst, Saunders, Halsall, Hill, Cooke, Baker, Bishop, Tolmie

Unused sub: unknown

Attendance: 13,868

SATURDAY 3rd MAY 1986

NORWICH CITY 4

Ormsby own goal 33', Drinkell 60', Bruce 66',

Williams 79'

Woods, Culverhouse, Van Wijk, Bruce, Phelan, Watson, Brooke, Drinkell, Deehan, Clayton, Williams

Unused sub: Gordon

K. Miller

DIVISION TWO

LEEDS UNITED 0

Day, Aspin, Hamson, Robinson, Ormsby, Rennie, Ritchie, Sellars, Baird, Swan, Stiles

Unused sub: Thompson

Attendance: 17,942

P
W
D
L
F
A
PTS
⇧
 Norwich City
42
25
9
8
84
37
84
⇧
 Charlton Athletic
42
22
11
9
78
45
77
⇧
 Wimbledon
42
21
13
8
58
37
76
4 Portsmouth
42
22
7
13
69
41
73
5 Crystal Palace
42
19
9
14
57
52
66
6 Hull City
42
17
13
12
65
55
64
7 Sheffield United
42
17
11
14
64
63
62
8 Oldham Athletic
42
17
9
16
64
63
62
9 Millwall
42
17
8
17
64
65
59
10 Stoke City
42
14
15
13
48
50
57
11 Brighton & Hove Albion
42
16
8
18
64
64
56
12 Barnsley
42
14
14
14
47
50
56
13 Bradford City
42
16
6
20
51
63
54
14 LEEDS UNITED
42
15
8
19
56
72
53
15 Grimsby Town
42
14
10
18
58
62
52
16 Huddersfield Town
42
14
10
18
51
67
52
17 Shrewsbury Town
42
14
9
19
52
64
51
18 Sunderland
42
13
11
18
47
61
50
19 Blackburn Rovers
42
12
13
17
53
62
49
⇩
 Carlisle United
42
13
7
22
47
71
46
⇩
 Middlesbrough
42
12
9
21
44
53
45
⇩
 Fulham
42
10
6
26
45
69
36

TUESDAY 30th JULY 1985

EXETER CITY 2

Morgan 20', Kirkup 90'

Team line up unknown

unknown

FRIENDLY

LEEDS UNITED 2

Sellars 58', Snodin 63'

Day, Irwin, Phelan, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, Wright, Sellars, Baird, Lorimer, Hamson

Unused subs: unknown

Attendance: 1,672

WEDNESDAY 31st JULY 1985

SWINDON TOWN 1

Moss 29'

Findlay (Endersby 45'), Ramsey, Henry, Barnard, Rowland, Calderwood, Wade, Coyne, Gordon, Hall, Moss

Unused subs: unknown

D. Hedges

FRIENDLY

LEEDS UNITED 3

Gordon own goal 63', Baird 69', Snodin 77'

Day, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Linighan, Dickinson, McCluskey, Sellars, Ritchie (Baird 45'), Lorimer, Stiles

Unused sub: Aspin

Attendance: 2,730

SATURDAY 3rd AUGUST 1985

WHITBY TOWN 0

L. Smith, Scott, Walker, Sell, Rayner, T. Smith, Lilley, M. Omoni, Balcombe, P. Omoni, Welham

Subs: Nelson, Brame, Watson

unknown

FRIENDLY

LEEDS UNITED 9

Sellars 8', 73', McCluskey 16', 43',

Snodin 32', 68', 77', Sheridan 52', Lorimer 62'

Day, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, McCluskey, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

Subs: Phelan, Dickinson, Stiles

Missed penalty: Sheridan (wide) xx'

Attendance: 437

MONDAY 5th AUGUST 1985

LEEDS UNITED 2

Baird 68', Lorimer penalty 70'

Swinburne, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Bentley, Aspin, McCluskey, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

Unused subs: Rose, Simmonds

J. MacAulay

WEST RIDING CUP

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 1

Tempest 88'

Mason, Wilson, Bray, Cowling, Webster, Jones, Curran, Cork, Tempest, Winter, Cooper (Wardsworth 45')

Unused subs: unknown

Attendance: 2,134

WEDNESDAY 7th AUGUST 1985

HALIFAX TOWN 0

Hunt, Podd, Ward, Thornber, Knill (Fleming xx'), Brown, Gallagher (Kendall xx'), Kellock, Lowe, Longhurst, Nicholson

unknown

WEST RIDING CUP

LEEDS UNITED 6

Baird 4', 33', McCluskey 50', 59', Sellars 72', 75'

Day, Irwin, Hamson, Snodin, Linighan, Aspin, McCluskey, Sheridan, Baird, Lorimer, Sellars

Unused subs: Swinburne, Clarke, Phelan, Ritchie

Attendance: 437