1985–86 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City FC season December 2011 August 2019 Leicester City 1985–86 Gordon Milne Terry Shipman First Division 19th FA Cup Third round League Cup Second round Smith (19) 11,792 1984–85 1986–87 During the 1985–86 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, their third consecutive season at this level since promotion. A 19th-place finish in the final table was just enough to secure a fourth successive top flight campaign. Season summary In the summer of 1985, the transfer market was dominated by one deal with Gary Lineker's contract at Filbert Street expiring at the end of the last season: Lineker joined Everton in June for a club record sale of £800,000. Leicester started the 1985–86 season terribly with just 2 wins in their first 14 league games. Their only real highlight of the season was when the Foxes did the double over champions Everton and on the final day of the season, Leicester beat Newcastle United 2–0 at Filbert Street and with Ipswich Town losing at Sheffield Wednesday, it kept the Foxes in the top flight and sent Ipswich down. Final league table 1985–86 Football League#First Division First Division y LEI Squad http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1986 All Leicester City players: 1986 y y ENG GK Ian Andrews y NIR MF Paul Ramsey y SCO DF Bobby Smith y ENG MF Rob Kelly y ENG DF Russell Osman y NIR DF John O'Neill y ENG MF Steve Lynex y ENG FW Mark Bright y ENG FW Alan Smith y SCO MF Ian Wilson y ENG MF Ian Banks y SCO MF Ally Mauchlen y y SCO DF Tommy Williams y ENG FW Robert Jones y ENG DF Andy Feeley y ENG FW Tony Sealy y SCO DF David Rennie y SCO MF Gary McAllister y ENG DF Simon Morgan y ENG GK Jerry Roberts y DEN FW Tommy Christensen y ENG MF Laurie Cunningham y ENG DF Mark Venus y ENG MF Paul Reid Transfers In DatePosNameFromFeeNotes15 August 1985MFGary McAllisterMotherwell£125,000https://www.leeds-fans.org.uk/leeds/players/456.html leeds-fans.org.uk: Leeds United Player Profile: Gary McAllister www.leeds-fans.org.uk 11 December 202215 August 1985DFAlly MauchlenMotherwell£125,000http://www.motherwellnet.co.uk/pa/m/mauchlen.html MotherWELLnet.co.uk - Ally Mauchlen 2015-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20120425050050/http://www.motherwellnet.co.uk/pa/m/mauchlen.html 2012-04-25 dead Out DatePosNameFromFeeNotes5 July 1985FWGary LinekerEverton£800,000http://www.evertoncollection.org.uk/article?id=ART93700 Article | the Everton Collection17 January 1986DFDavid RennieLeeds United£50,000https://www.leeds-fans.org.uk/leeds/players/331.html leeds-fans.org.uk: Leeds United Player Profile: David Rennie www.leeds-fans.org.uk 11 December 2022 Transfers in: £250,000 Transfers out: £850,000 Total spending: £600,000 References Leicester City