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1985–86 Reading F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Reading
season	1985–86
manager	ENG Ian Branfoot
league	Football League Third Division
league result	1st
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Fourth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	First round
cup3	Associate Members Cup
cup3 result	First round
league topscorer	Trevor Senior (27)
season topscorer	Trevor Senior (31)
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prevseason	1984–85
nextseason	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

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

FA Cup

Main article: 1985–86 FA Cup

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

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Division Three	FA Cup	League Cup	Members Cup	Total
1	FW	ENG		Trevor Senior	27	4	0	0	31
2	FW	ENG		Dean Horrix	6	2	0	0	8
3	FW	SCO		Kevin Bremner	7	0	0	0	7
4	MF	ENG		Andy Rogers	5	0	1	0	6
5	MF	ENG		Jerry Williams	4	0	0	0	4
=	DF	ENG		Steve Wood	4	0	0	0	4
7	MF	ENG		Stuart Beavon	3	0	0	0	3
=	MF	ENG		Mark White	3	0	0	0	3
9	MF	ENG		Michael Gilkes	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF	ENG		Martin Hicks	2	0	0	0	2
=	DF	ENG		Gary Peters	2	0	0	0	2
=				Own goal	2	0	0	0	2
	TOTALS	67	6	1	0	74

References

Reading 1985–86 season at Royalsrecord.co.uk

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