1985–86 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 1985–86 Football League Third Division Jack Leonard Alan Durban 22nd Nigel Vaughan (12) Nigel Vaughan (17) FA Cup 1st round League Cup 1st round Welsh Cup Semi-finals Freight Rover Trophy Preliminary round 3,433 9,375 (v Swansea, 26 December 1985) 1,777 (v Walsall, 5 April 1986) 1984–85 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.https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/players/season/1986/ All Cardiff City football club players: 1986 11v11 13 January 2022yes yes Wales GK Mel Rees yes Wales GK Chris Sander yes England GK Lee Smelt yes England DF Phil Brignull yes England DF John Carver yes England DF David Corner yes Wales DF Wayne Curtis yes England DF Mike Ford yes Scotland DF Jake King yes England DF Carleton Leonard yes England DF Jimmy Mullen yes Wales DF Allen Price yes England DF Andy Spring yes Wales DF Nigel Stevenson yes England MF Derrick Christie yes Wales MF Richard Evans yes yes Wales MF Brian Flynn yes England MF Roger Gibbins yes Wales MF David Giles yes Wales MF Jason Gummer yes Wales MF Chris Marustik yes England MF Paul McLoughlin yes Wales MF Tarki Micallef yes Wales MF Tim O'Connor yes England MF David Tong yes Wales MF Nigel Vaughan yes England MF Paul Wheeler yes England FW Mark Farrington yes England FW Will Foley yes England FW Kevin Meacock yes Wales FW Gerry Nardiello yes England FW Robbie Turner yes England FW Graham Withey League standings 1985–86 Football League#Third Division Third Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H Result W/L/W/L/D/L/D/L/L/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/D/W/W/W/D/D/W/D/L/L/W/L/L/W/L/D/D/L/L/L/L/D/L/W/W/L/W Position /11/8/11/12/16/15/18/21/21/21/22/21/21/22/23/24/24/24/24/24/21/21/21/21/19/19/19/20/17/19/20/19/19/19/21/22/22/22/23/24/24/22/21/23/22 Points 3p/3p/6p/6p/7p/7p/8p/8p/8p/8p/8p/8p/11p/11p/11p/11p/11p/11p/11p/12p/15p/18p/21p/22p/23p/26p/27p/27p/27p/30p/30p/30p/33p/33p/34p/35p/35p/35p/35p/35p/36p/36p/39p/42p/42p/45p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 January 2022 Fixtures and results Third Division 1985 8 17 y 15:00 1 W Notts County Cardiff City 1–4 Alan Young 47 8 Paul McLoughlin31 Mark Farrington58 pen Jimmy Mullen37 Nigel Vaughan Meadow Lane Nottingham 3,856 1985 8 24 y 15:00 2 L Cardiff City Chesterfield 0–2 Brian Flynn 0 21 Phil Brown89 Ernie Moss Ninian Park Cardiff 3,601 Ron Groves (Weston) 1985 8 26 y 11:00 3 W Newport County Cardiff City 1–2 Roy Carter pen Jimmy Mullen Nigel Vaughan Somerton Park Newport 5,027 1985 8 31 y 15:00 4 L Cardiff City Reading 1–3 Paul McLoughlin 60 6 Trevor Senior Trevor Senior Trevor Senior Ninian Park Cardiff 3,539 Paul Vanes (West Midlands) 1985 9 7 y 15:00 5 D York City Cardiff City 1–1 Chris Evans 86 39 Mike Ford Bootham Crescent York 3,760 Alan Robinson (Fareham) 1985 9 14 y 15:00 6 L Cardiff City Bristol City 1–3 Graham Withey Alan Walsh Alan Walsh Howard Pritchard Ninian Park Cardiff 4,412 1985 9 17 y 19:45 7 D Cardiff City Bury 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff 2,011 1985 9 21 y 15:00 8 L Blackpool Cardiff City 3–0 Mike Davies 57Eamon O'Keefe 82John Deary 88 Bloomfield Road Blackpool 3,783 1985 9 28 y 15:00 9 L Cardiff City Derby County 0–2 pen Ross MacLaren49 Trevor Christie Ninian Park Cardiff 3,435 1985 10 1 y 19:30 10 L Rotherham United Cardiff City 3–0 Mick Gooding Mick Gooding Tony Simmons Millmoor Rotherham 2,906 1985 10 5 y 15:00 11 L Cardiff City Bournemouth 0–1 8 Chris Shaw Ninian Park Cardiff 2,156 1985 10 12 y 15:00 12 L Gillingham Cardiff City 2–0 Keith Oakes 23Mark Weatherly 29 Priestfield Stadium Gillingham Gillingham report 3,367 Allan Gunn (Burgess Hill) 1985 10 19 y 15:00 13 W Cardiff City Wigan Athletic 3–1 Chris Marustik 40Robbie Turner 78Nigel Vaughan 87 46 Ian Griffiths Ninian Park Cardiff 2,020 Brian Stevens (Stonehouse) 1985 10 22 y 19:30 14 L Darlington Cardiff City 4–1 David McLean David McLean penCarl Airey Carl Airey Paul McLoughlin Darlington 2,446 1985 10 26 y 15:00 15 L Cardiff City Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Graham Bell Ninian Park Cardiff 2,502 Malcolm Cotton (Camberley, Surrey) 1985 11 2 y 15:00 16 L Brentford Cardiff City 3–0 Terry Hurlock Robbie Cooke Tony Lynch Griffin Park London 3,934 1985 11 5 y 19:30 17 L Walsall Cardiff City 6–3 Craig Shakespeare ? ? 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Nicky Cross pen Jimmy Mullen Derrick Christie Nigel Vaughan Fellows Park Walsall 3,282 1985 11 8 y 19:45 18 L Cardiff City Doncaster Rovers 0–1 Robbie Turner 0 Brian Caswell Ninian Park Cardiff 2,015 Keren Barratt (Coventry) 1985 11 23 y 15:00 19 L Bristol Rovers Cardiff City 2–1 Mark O'Connor 1Gary Penrice 2 pen Jimmy Mullen Eastville Bristol 4,563 Keith Miller (Harlow) 1985 11 30 y 15:00 20 D Cardiff City Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Wayne Curtis 61 Andy King Ninian Park Cardiff 2,453 Colin Downey (Hounslow) 1985 12 14 y 15:00 21 W Lincoln City Cardiff City 0–4 50 Nigel Vaughan Robbie Turnerpen Jimmy Mullen Mark Farrington Sincil Bank Lincoln 2,127 Howard Taylor (Oadby, Leicestershire) 1985 12 20 y 19:30 22 W Chesterfield Cardiff City 3–4 Steve Spooner Les Hunter Mick Henderson Robbie Turner Derrick Christie Nigel Vaughan Mark Farrington Saltergate Chesterfield 1,773 1985 12 26 y 11:00 23 W Cardiff City Swansea City 1–0 Nigel Vaughan 88 Ninian Park Cardiff 9,375 Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey) 1985 12 28 y 15:00 24 D Cardiff City Newport County 1–1 Mike Ford Gordon Staniforth Ninian Park Cardiff 7,450 Gilbert Napthine (Loughborough) 1986 1 1 y 11:00 25 D Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City 4–4 Garry Nelson Kevin Summerfield John Clayton Kevin Hodges Robbie Turner Mike Ford Nigel Vaughanpen Jimmy Mullen Home Park Plymouth 8,920 Les Hamer (Chorley) 1986 1 4 y 15:00 26 W Cardiff City Brentford 1–0 Nigel Vaughan Ninian Park Cardiff 3,398 Alan Seville (Birmingham) 1986 1 11 y 15:00 27 D Reading Cardiff City 1–1 Kevin Bremner 80 51 Mike Ford Elm Park Reading 6,784 Mike Reed (Birmingham) 1986 1 18 y 15:00 28 L Cardiff City Notts County 1–3 Jimmy Mullen 45 pen 22 Mick Waittog Jimmy Mullen86 Ian McParland Ninian Park Cardiff 2,410 Lester Shapter (Paignton) 1986 1 25 y 15:00 29 L Bristol City Cardiff City 2–1 Steve Neville 23Gary Marshall 37 34 Paul Wheeler Ashton Gate Bristol 7,541 Terry Holbrook (Wolverhampton) 1986 1 31 y 19:45 30 W Cardiff City York City 2–1 Nigel Vaughan 71Paul Wheeler 80 8 Keith Walwyn Ninian Park Cardiff 2,051 Ken Baker (Rugby) 1986 2 4 y 19:45 31 L Cardiff City Darlington 0–1 Garry MacDonald Ninian Park Cardiff 2,222 Ron Groves (Weston) 1986 2 8 y 15:00 32 L Wigan Athletic Cardiff City 2–0 Warren Aspinall 71David Lowe 82 Springfield Park (Wigan) Wigan 3,428 Ron Bridges (Deeside_ 1986 2 22 y 15:00 33 W Cardiff City Blackpool 1–0 Wayne Curtis 60 Ninian Park Cardiff 2,430 Tony Ward (London) 1986 3 1 y 34 L Derby County Cardiff City 2–1 John Gregory 70Ross MacLaren 89 57 Nigel Vaughan Baseball Ground Derby 11,014 DT Phillips (Barnsley) 1986 3 8 y 15:00 35 D Bournemouth Cardiff City 1–1 Colin Clarke 21 78 Robbie Turner Dean Court Bournemouth 2,707 NS Butler 1986 3 15 y 15:00 36 D Cardiff City Gillingham 1–1 Jason Gummer 33 23 Tony Cascarino Ninian Park Cardiff Gillingham report 2,505 Gerald Ashby (Worcester) 1986 3 22 y 15:00 37 L Bolton Wanderers Cardiff City 5–0 Phil Neal 45Mark Came 46Warren Joyce 56Tony Caldwell 62George Oghani 80 Burnden Park Bolton 4,114 Colin Seel (Carlisle) 1986 3 25 y 19:45 38 L Cardiff City Rotherham United 2–3 Paul McLoughlin 7Jimmy Mullen 89 pen 31 Alan Birch75 Tony Simmons88 Tony Simmons Ninian Park Cardiff 1,863 Roger Milford (Bristol) 1986 3 28 y 19:45 39 L Cardiff City Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Gerry Nardiello 49 14 Kevin Hodges32 John Matthews Ninian Park Cardiff 3,834 Mike Dimblebee (Stevenage) 1986 3 31 y 15:00 40 L Swansea City Cardiff City 2–0 David Hough 52Phil Williams 63 Vetch Field Swansea 6,643 Jeff Bray (Hinckley) 1986 4 5 y 15:00 41 D Cardiff City Walsall 1–1 Will Foley 3 24 og Phil Brignull Ninian Park Cardiff 1,777 R Guy 1986 4 8 y 19:30 42 L Bury Cardiff City 3–0 Lee Dixon 52Carl Harris 55Andy Hill 77 Gigg Lane Bury 1,720 1986 4 12 y 15:00 43 W Doncaster Rovers Cardiff City 0–2 12 Gerry Nardiello25 Gerry Nardiello Belle Vue Doncaster 2,051 1986 4 19 y 15:00 44 W Cardiff City Bristol Rovers 2–0 Nick Tanner ogNigel Vaughan Ninian Park Cardiff 2,735 1986 4 26 y 45 L Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff City 3–1 Keith Lockhart 13Andy Mutch 18Micky Holmes 52 Gerry Nardiello Molineux Wolverhampton 3,353 T Simpson 1986 5 3 y 15:00 46 W Cardiff City Lincoln City 2–1 Robbie Turner 31Robbie Turner 40 45 Kevin Kilmore Ninian Park Cardiff 1,904 Source https://cardiffcityforum.com/history/ccfcl61.htm Cardiff City 1985-86 results Cardiff City Forum 13 January 2022https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/matches/season/1986/ Cardiff City football club match record: 1985 11v11 13 January 2022 Milk Cup 1985 8 20 y 19:45 Round 1 (First Leg) W Cardiff City Swansea City 2–1 Brian Flynn 20 48 Chris Marustik Ninian Park Cardiff 4,218 Alan Seville (Birmingham) 1985 9 3 y 19:30 Round 1 (Second Leg) L Swansea City Cardiff City 3–1 4–3 Colin Randell 45Colin Randell Colin Pascoe 55 40 Mark Farrington Vetch Field Swansea 4,621 FA Cup 1985 11 16 y 15:00 Round 1 L Exeter City Cardiff City 2–1 Darren Gale Darren Gale Nigel Stevenson St James's Park Exeter 2,772 Bob Hamer (Brislington, Bristol) Welsh Cup 1985 11 26 y 14:00 Round 3 W Caerleon Cardiff City 2–3 Rowberry 13Sims 63 pen Nigel Vaughan Nigel Vaughan85 Chris Marustik Cold Bath Road Caerleon 500 1986 1 8 y 19:45 Round 4 W Cardiff City Mold Alexandra 4–1 Robbie Turner 28Jeff Hemmerman 43Nigel Vaughan 83 90 Ninian Park Cardiff 604 Colin Jones (Porth) 1986 3 11 y 19:45 Round 5 D Cardiff City Barry Town 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff 2,053 Roger Gifford (Ystrad Mynach) 1986 3 13 y 14:30 Round 5 (Replay) W Barry Town Cardiff City 0–2 Jeff Hemmerman David Giles Jenner Park Barry 1,750 1986 4 15 y 19:30 Semi Final (First Leg) L Wrexham Cardiff City 4–1 Andy Edwards 6 65 Barry Horne 81Jim Steel 90 15 Nigel Vaughan The Racecourse Wrexham Wrexham report 1,639 Ron Bridges (Deeside) 1986 4 22 y 19:45 Semi Final (Second Leg) L Cardiff City Wrexham 1–2 2–6 Chris Marustik 29 25 Jim Steel53 Andy Edwards Ninian Park Cardiff Wrexham report 1,255 John Deakin (Llantwit Major) Freight Rover Trophy 1986 1 21 y 19:30 Round 1 (Group) L Newport County Cardiff City 1–0 Steve Mardenborough Somerton Park Newport 1,863 E Scales 1986 1 28 y 19:45 Round 1 (Group) L Cardiff City Swansea City 0–2 Sean McCarthy Sean McCarthy Ninian Park Cardiff 1,006 Roger Gifford (Ystrad Mynach) See also List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons References Bibliography The Who's Who of Cardiff City Dean Hayes Breedon Books 2006 1-85983-462-0 Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86 John Crooks John Crooks 1986 0-9511984-0-8 The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Richard Shepherd Tony Brown 2002 1-899-46817-X Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds John Crooks Yore Publications 1992 0-9513321-8-X Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986-87 Peter Dunk Queen Anne Press 1986 0-356-12334-0 https://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM Football Club History Database – Cardiff City 15 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081230175437/http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM 30 December 2008 live Welsh Football Data Archive 1985-86 Category:English football clubs 1985–86 season Category:Welsh football clubs 1985–86 season Cardiff City F.C.