1985–86 in Scottish football

none January 2020 football background:#BFD7FF 1985–86 in Scottish football 200px Premier Division champions Celtic Division One champions Hamilton Academical Division Two champions Dunfermline Athletic Scottish Cup winners Aberdeen League Cup winners Aberdeen Junior Cup winners Auchinleck Talbot Teams in Europe Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee United, Rangers, St Mirren Scotland national team 1986 World Cup qualification, 1986 World Cup, Rous Cup ← 1984–85 1986–87 → The 1985–86 season was the 89th season of competitive football in Scotland. http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1980-1989/198586/ 1985/86 - the Scottish Football League 16 December 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121205212920/http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1980-1989/198586/ 5 December 2012 At a national level, Scotland's qualification for the 1986 World Cup finals in Mexico was marred by the death of Manager Jock Stein. In the end caretaker manager Alex Ferguson was not able to take the team beyond the first round. In club football, with Rangers once again failing to mount a title challenge, manager Jock Wallace's second spell as manager ended in April when he was sackedhttp://www.rangers.co.uk/articles/20040210/jock-wallace_2255473_1555139 Jock Wallace | Former Managers | Former Managers | History | Rangers 1 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101213160557/http://www.rangers.co.uk/articles/20040210/jock-wallace_2255473_1555139 13 December 2010 dead dmy-all and the club appointed Graeme Souness as player-manager, recruiting the former Liverpool midfielder from Sampdoria in Italy.http://www.rangers1.co.uk/history.htm Rangers Home HISTORY 1 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100921205108/http://www.rangers1.co.uk/history.htm 21 September 2010 dead dmy-all Celtic eventually won the league on the final day after Hearts threw away a two-point lead. Aberdeen won both the Scottish Cup and the League Cup. Scottish Premier Division 1985–86 Scottish Premier Division Celtic won the League and became champions in one of the closest finishes in League history. On the final day of the season Hearts were leading Celtic by two points - a draw against Dundee would have been sufficient to see them win their first League title since the 1959–60 season. Hearts lost 2–0 to Dundee at Dens Park thanks to two late goals by substitute Albert Kidd, while Celtic beat St Mirren 5–0 at Love Street. As a result, Celtic won the league on goal difference. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860505&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Celtic keep bargain with a little help from Dundee 5 May 1986 Glasgow Herald (Page 10) 27 August 2013 Relegation was suspended due to league reconstruction, therefore Motherwell and Clydebank retained their Premier Division status. A dispute between television companies and the Scottish Football League resulted in no televised Scottish league football between September 1985 and March 1986.Dens memories reduce former Hearts manager to tears - Scotsman.com Sport http://sport.scotsman.com/heartofmidlothianfc/Dens-memories-reduce-former-Hearts.2751855.jp https://web.archive.org/web/20121008043619/http://sport.scotsman.com/heartofmidlothianfc/Dens-memories-reduce-former-Hearts.2751855.jp 8 October 2012 live 5 April 2009 Champions: Celtic No relegation Scottish League Division One 1985–86 Scottish First Division Promoted: Hamilton Academical, Falkirk Relegated: Ayr United, Alloa Athletic. Scottish League Division Two 1985–86 Scottish Second Division Promoted: Dunfermline Athletic, Queen of the South Other honours Cup honours CompetitionWinnerScoreRunner-upScottish Cup 1985–86Aberdeen3 – 0Heart of MidlothianLeague Cup 1985–86Aberdeen3 – 0HibernianYouth CupAberdeen2 – 0Queen of the SouthJunior CupAuchinleck Talbot3 – 2Pollok Individual honours AwardWinnerClub Footballer of the Year SCO Sandy Jardine Heart of MidlothianPlayers' Player of the Year SCO Richard Gough Dundee UnitedYoung Player of the Year SCO Craig Levein Heart of Midlothian Scotland national team Scotland national football team 1980–99 results DateVenueOpponentsScoreScotland's score is shown first.CompetitionScotland scorer(s)10 September 1985Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)WAL1–1WCQG7Davie Cooper16 October 1985Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)GDR0–0Friendly20 November 1985Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)AUS2–0WCQPODavie Cooper, Frank McAvennie4 December 1985Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne (A)AUS0–0WCQPO28 January 1986Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan (A)ISR1–0FriendlyPaul McStay26 March 1986Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)ROU3–0FriendlyGordon Strachan, Richard Gough, Roy Aitken23 April 1986Wembley Stadium, London (A)ENG1–2Rous CupGraeme Souness (pen.)29 April 1986Philips Stadion, Eindhoven (A)NED0–0Friendly4 June 1986Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl (N)DEN0–1WCGE8 June 1986Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro (N)FRG1–2WCGEGordon Strachan13 June 1986Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl (N)URU0–0WCGE Key: (H) = Home match (A) = Away match WCQG7 = World Cup qualifying - Group 7 WCQPO = World Cup qualifying play-off match WCGE = World Cup - Group E Death of Jock Stein On 10 September 1985, the Scotland team travelled to Ninian Park, Cardiff, to take on Wales in their final qualifying game for the World Cup in Mexico. They needed at least a draw to secure a place in the qualification play-off, which they finally achieved in the 81st minute when a Davie Cooper penalty drew Scotland level with Wales, who had gone ahead earlier with a Mark Hughes goal. Just after the final whistle, Scotland manager Jock Stein collapsed from a heart attack at the side of the pitch and died in the medical room shortly afterwards. He was 62 years old.https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0091/ BBC - A Sporting Nation - Jock Stein dies 1985 Aberdeen manager Alex Ferguson, who had been Stein's assistant, was appointed caretaker manager of Scotland after Stein's death.http://scottish-football-betting.com/scotland-national-football-team-managers/ 新皇冠体育_大赢家体育即时比分足球-万家乐网 His first match was at Hampden Park on 20 November 1985, as Scotland took on Australia in the World Cup qualification playoff first leg. Goals from Davie Cooper and the debutant Frank McAvennie gave Scotland a 2-0 advantage, and they confirmed their place in Mexico by drawing the second leg 0–0 in Melbourne.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/scotland/3268799.stm BBC News Scotland's play-off past 14 November 2003 Scotland's World Cup campaign began on 4 June, when they took on Denmark in their opening group game, only to lose 1–0. Four days later, they took on West Germany and despite taking an early lead through Gordon Strachan, lost 2-1 and were left with virtually no hope of reaching the knockout stages. Any hope of progression ended five days later when they could only manage a goalless draw against Uruguay.http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1986/wc86index.html Planet World Cup - 1986 - Match Schedule 1 November 2010 3 April 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140403154022/http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/1986/wc86index.html dead Kenny Dalglish 100th cap Three weeks after his 35th birthday, Kenny Dalglish became the Scotland team's first player to be capped 100 times as senior level in a friendly against Romania on 26 March 1986.http://www.shankly.com/webs/billshankly/default.aspx?aid=2625 Bill Shankly - This website is a part of LFCHistory.net 14 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110929025442/http://www.shankly.com/webs/billshankly/default.aspx?aid=2625 29 September 2011 dead https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19860327&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Scotland 3 Rumania 0 27 March 1986 Glasgow Herald (Page 28) 27 August 2013 See also 1985–86 Aberdeen F.C. season 1985–86 Dundee United F.C. season Notes and references 1985 Category:Football in Scotland by season