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1985–86 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season

Field	Value
club	Cardiff City
season	1985–86
league	Football League Third Division
chairman	Jack Leonard
manager	Alan Durban
league result	22nd
league topscorer	Nigel Vaughan (12)
season topscorer	Nigel Vaughan (17)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	1st round
cup3	Welsh Cup
cup3 result	Semi-finals
cup4	Freight Rover Trophy
cup4 result	Preliminary round
average attendance	3,433
highest attendance	9,375 (v Swansea, 26 December 1985)
lowest attendance	1,777 (v Walsall, 5 April 1986)
prevseason	1984–85
nextseason	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 disastrous spell in charge as the team suffered two relegations in two years.

Players

First team squad.

League standings

Main article: 1985–86 Football League#Third Division

Results by round

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Fixtures and results

[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]

Mark Farrington Jimmy Mullen Nigel Vaughan Ernie Moss Nigel Vaughan Trevor Senior Trevor Senior Alan Walsh Howard Pritchard Eamon O'Keefe John Deary Trevor Christie Mick Gooding Tony Simmons Mark Weatherly Robbie Turner Nigel Vaughan David McLean Carl Airey Carl Airey Robbie Cooke Tony Lynch Shakespeare Steve Elliott Steve Elliott Steve Elliott Nicky Cross Derrick Christie Nigel Vaughan Gary Penrice Robbie Turner Jimmy Mullen Mark Farrington Les Hunter Mick Henderson Derrick Christie Nigel Vaughan Mark Farrington Kevin Summerfield John Clayton Kevin Hodges Mike Ford Nigel Vaughan Jimmy Mullen Jimmy Mullen Ian McParland Gary Marshall Paul Wheeler David Lowe Ross MacLaren Mark Came Warren Joyce Tony Caldwell George Oghani Jimmy Mullen Tony Simmons Tony Simmons John Matthews Phil Williams Carl Harris Andy Hill Gerry Nardiello Nigel Vaughan Andy Mutch Micky Holmes Robbie Turner Source

Milk Cup

Colin Randell Colin Pascoe

FA Cup

Darren Gale

Welsh Cup

Sims Nigel Vaughan Chris Marustik Jeff Hemmerman Nigel Vaughan David Giles Barry Horne Jim Steel Andy Edwards

Freight Rover Trophy

Sean McCarthy

References

Bibliography

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Welsh Football Data Archive

References

"Cardiff City 1985-86 results". Cardiff City Forum.
"Cardiff City football club match record: 1985". 11v11.

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