1985–86 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
Season 1985–86
League	Football League Third Division
Manager	Alan Durban
League position	22nd
Top goalscorer	League: Nigel Vaughan (12) All: Nigel Vaughan (17)
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Semi-finals
Previous season	← 1984–85
Next season	1986–87 →

The 1985–86 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 59th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing twenty-second, suffering relegation to Division Four.

At the end of the season manager Alan Durban was sacked as manager. It ended a disastorus spell in charge as the team suffered two relegations in two years.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
--	GK	Mel Rees
--	GK	Chris Sander
--	GK	Lee Smelt
--	DF	Phil Brignull
--	DF	John Carver
--	DF	David Corner
--	DF	Wayne Curtis
--	DF	Mike Ford
--	DF	Jake King
--	DF	Carleton Leonard
--	DF	Jimmy Mullen
--	DF	Allen Price
--	DF	Andy Spring
--	DF	Nigel Stevenson
--	MF	Derek Christie
--	MF	Richard Evans

No.	Position	Player
--	MF	Brian Flynn
--	MF	Roger Gibbins
--	MF	David Giles
--	MF	Jason Gummer
--	MF	Chris Marustik
--	MF	Paul McLoughlin
--	MF	Tarki Micallef
--	MF	Tim O'Connor
--	MF	David Tong
--	MF	Nigel Vaughan
--	MF	Paul Wheeler
--	FW	Mark Farrington
--	FW	Kevin Meacock
--	FW	Gerry Nardiello
--	FW	Robbie Turner
--	FW	Graham Withey

Table

		P	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

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database - Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
Welsh Football Data Archive

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Oxford United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Leeds United Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stoke City Sunderland Wimbledon

Third Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chesterfield Darlington Derby County Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Lincoln City Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Swansea City Walsall Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham

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