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1985–86 Birmingham City F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Birmingham City F.C.
season	1985–86
manager
chairman
stdtitle	Ground
stadium	St Andrew's
league	Football League First Division
league result	21st (relegated)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
(eliminated by Altrincham)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
(eliminated by Southampton)
league topscorer	Andy Kennedy (7)
season topscorer	Andy Kennedy (9)
highest attendance	24,971 vs Aston Villa, 7 September 1985
lowest attendance	3,686 vs Bristol Rovers, League Cup 2nd round, 7 October 1985
average attendance	10,899
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pattern_b1	_red_halfshoulders
pattern_ra1	_whiteborder
pattern_sh1	_redwhitetrim
pattern_so1	_whitetop
leftarm1	0000ff
body1	0000ff
rightarm1	0000ff
socks1	ff0000
prevseason	1984–85
nextseason	1986–87

(eliminated by Altrincham) (eliminated by Southampton) The 1985–86 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 83rd in the Football League and their 50th in the First Division, to which they were promoted in 1984–85. They finished in 21st position in the 22-team division, so were relegated back to the Second Division after only one season. They entered the 1985–86 FA Cup in the third round proper and lost in that round, at home to non-league club Altrincham, a result that precipitated the resignation of Ron Saunders as manager. They were eliminated from the League Cup by Southampton in a third-round replay. John Bond succeeded Saunders as manager.

The top scorer was Andy Kennedy with just nine goals, of which seven were scored in league competition.

With the team already in the relegation positions, chairman Keith Coombs resigned in December 1985, selling his 70% shareholding to the former chairman of Walsall F.C., Ken Wheldon, who took over as chairman. The club's serious financial situation, not helped by low attendances, led to the departure of several senior administrative staff.

Football League First Division

Main article: 1985–86 Football League

Date	League
position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	17 August 1985	20 August 1985	24 August 1985	26 August 1985	31 August 1985	3 September 1985	7 September 1985	14 September 1985	21 September 1985	28 September 1985	5 October 1985	19 October 1985	26 October 1985	2 November 1985	9 November 1985	16 November 1985	23 November 1985	30 November 1985	7 December 1985	14 December 1985	21 December 1985	26 December 1985	28 December 1985	1 January 1986	11 January 1986	18 January 1986	1 February 1986	8 February 1986	16 February 1986	1 March 1986	8 March 1986	12 March 1986	15 March 1986	22 March 1986	29 March 1986	31 March 1986	6 April 1986	12 April 1986	16 April 1986	19 April 1986	26 April 1986	3 May 1986
5th	West Ham United	H	W	1–0	Hopkins	11,164
11th	Watford	A	L	0–3		14,278
17th	Chelsea	A	L	0–2		16,534
9th	Oxford United	H	W	3–1	Kennedy, Briggs og, Hopkins	10,568
12th	Everton	A	L	1–4	Kennedy	28,066
10th	Manchester City	H	W	1–0	Geddis	11,706
11th	Aston Villa	H	D	0–0		24,971
10th	Ipswich Town	A	W	1–0	Geddis	11,616
8th	Leicester City	H	W	2–1	Geddis 2	9,834
10th	Queens Park Rangers	A	L	1–3	Armstrong	10,911
12th	Sheffield Wednesday	H	L	0–2		11,708
14th	West Bromwich Albion	A	L	1–2	Kennedy	14,576
15th	Coventry City	H	L	0–1		9,267
17th	Luton Town	A	L	0–2		8,550
17th	Newcastle United	H	L	0–1		8,162
17th	Southampton	A	L	0–1		13,167
20th	Liverpool	H	L	0–2		15,062
20th	Arsenal	A	D	0–0		16,673
20th	Watford	H	L	1–2	Wright pen	7,043
20th	West Ham United	A	L	0–2		17,481
20th	Chelsea	H	L	1–2	Platnauer	10,594
21st	Nottingham Forest	H	L	0–1		10,378
21st	Manchester City	A	D	1–1	Geddis	24,055
21st	Manchester United	A	L	0–1		43,095
21st	Ipswich Town	H	L	0–1		6,856
21st	Everton	H	L	0–2		10,502
21st	Oxford United	A	W	1–0	Clarke	9,086
21st	West Bromwich Albion	H	L	0–1		11,514
21st	Coventry City	A	D	4–4	Kennedy 2, Whitton, Kuhl	14,271
21st	Queens Park Rangers	H	W	2–0	Clarke pen, Hopkins	7,093
21st	Sheffield Wednesday	A	L	1–5	Geddis	17,491
21st	Leicester City	A	L	2–4	Clarke, Kennedy	8,458
21st	Tottenham Hotspur	H	L	1–2	Kennedy	9,394
21st	Aston Villa	A	W	3–0	Clarke 2, Whitton	26,294
21st	Manchester United	H	D	1–1	Handysides	22,551
21st	Nottingham Forest	A	L	0–3		13,134
21st	Luton Town	H	L	0–2		8,836
21st	Newcastle United	A	L	1–4	Hopkins	19,981
21st	Tottenham Hotspur	A	L	0–2		9,359
21st	Southampton	H	L	0–2		5,833
21st	Liverpool	A	L	0–5		42,021
21st	Arsenal	H	L	0–1		6,234

League table (part)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Oxford United	42	10	12	20	62	80	−18	42
Leicester City	42	10	12	20	54	76	−22	42
Ipswich Town	42	11	8	23	32	55	−23	41
Birmingham City	42	8	5	29	30	73	−43	29
West Bromwich Albion	42	4	12	26	35	89	−54	24

Results summary

FA Cup

Main article: 1985–86 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Third round
14 January 1986	Altrincham	H	L	1–2	Hopkins	6,636

League Cup

Main article: 1985–86 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score
F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Second round 1st leg	Second round 2nd leg	Third round	Third round replay
24 September 1985	Bristol Rovers	A	W	3–2	Wright 2 (2 pens), Geddis	4,332
8 October 1985	Bristol Rovers	H	W	2–1	Kennedy, Tanner og	3,686
29 October 1985	Southampton	H	D	1–1	Kennedy	4,832
6 November 1985	Southampton	A	L	0–3		9,085

Appearances and goals

:Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute. :Players with name in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham. :Players marked left the club during the playing season. :Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

Pos.	Nat.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	ENG	42	0	1	0	4	0	47	0
DF	ENG	22	1	1	0	3	0	26	1
DF	ENG	18 (5)	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	20 (6)	0
DF	ENG	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
DF	NIR	31	0	1	0	3 (1)	0	35 (1)	0
DF	ENG	19	0	0	0	3	0	22	0
DF	ENG	37	0	1	0	3	0	41	0
DF	ENG	31 (2)	0	1	0	4	0	36 (2)	0
DF	ENG	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
DF	ENG	29	1	0 (1)	0	3 (1)	2	32 (2)	3
MF	SCO	32	0	1	0	3	0	36	0
MF	IRL	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	ENG	1 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	1 (2)	0
MF	ENG	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
MF	ENG	38	4	1	1	4	0	43	5
MF	ENG	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	ENG	33 (4)	1	1	0	3	0	37 (4)	1
MF	ENG	12 (5)	1	1	0	3	0	16 (5)	1
MF	ENG	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	ENG	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG	28	5	0	0	0	0	28	5
FW	ENG	25 (1)	6	0	0	3	0	28 (1)	6
FW	SCO	27 (5)	7	1	0	4	2	32 (5)	9
FW	WAL	4 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	4 (4)	0
FW	ENG	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
FW	ENG	8	2	0	0	0	0	8	2

Sources

For match dates, league positions and results:
For lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 406–07.

References

Jones, Stuart. (17 January 1986). "Bitter end for Saunders as he resigns from embattled Birmingham". The Times.
(17 December 1985). "Eire move for Clough". The Times.
Matthews (1995), ''Complete Record'', p. 44.
"English Division One (old) 1985–1986 : Table". Statto Organisation.
"Birmingham City league performance history". AFS Enterprises.

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