SEASON 1985-1986

Canon League Division Three (old)

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers	Att
17/08/1985	Swansea City	A	1 - 0	Barrow	4,700
24/08/1985	Derby County	H	2 - 1	Newell, Lowe	4,707
26/08/1985	York City	A	1 - 4	Aspinall	4,067
31/08/1985	Brentford	H	4 - 0	T. Kelly (pen), Aspinall, Newell 2	2,871
07/09/1985	Bristol City	A	0 - 1		5,673
14/09/1985	Darlington	H	5 - 1	Newell 3, Bailey, Cribley	3,694
17/09/1985	Gillingham	A	0 - 2		3,401
21/09/1985	AFC Bournemouth	H	3 - 0	Aspinall 2 (2 pen), Newell	3,057
28/09/1985	Chesterfield	A	1 - 1	Newell	3,518
01/10/1985	Walsall	H	2 - 0	T. Kelly , Jewell	4,818
05/10/1985	Bury	A	- 0		4,610
12/10/1985	Blackpool	H	1 - 1	Cribley	5,993
19/10/1985	Cardiff City	A	1 - 3	I. Griffiths	2,020
22/10/1985	Notts County	H	3 - 1	Newell 2, T. Kelly	3,555
26/10/1985	Newport County	H	0 - 0		3,719
02/11/1985	Reading	A	0 - 1		5,378
05/11/1985	Doncaster Rovers	A	- 2	Newell, Aspinall	2,069
09/11/1985	Rotherham United	H	2 - 0	Barrow, Newell	3,084
23/11/1985	Plymouth Argyle	A	1 - 2	Methven	6,714
30/11/1985	Lincoln City	H	3 - 2	T. Kelly , Newell, Methven	3,014
14/12/1985	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2 - 2	T. Kelly , Newell	2,982
22/12/1985	Derby County	A	0 - 1		14,047
26/12/1985	Bristol Rovers	H	4 - 0	Aspinall, I. Griffiths, T. Kelly (pen), Newell	3,711
01/01/1986	Bolton Wanderers	A	2 - 1	Newell, Barrow	9,252
11/01/1986	Brentford	A	3 - 1	Aspinall 2, Barrow	4,048
18/01/1986	Swansea City	H	5 - 0	Aspinall, Cook, Methven 2, T.Kelly	3,308
01/02/1986	Bristol City	H	1 - 1	Cook	3,402
04/02/1986	Notts County	A	1 - 1	Barrow	3,369
08/02/1986	Cardiff City	H	2 - 0	Aspinall, Lowe	3,428
15/02/1986	Gillingham	H	3 - 3	T. Kelly , Aspinall, I. Griffiths	5,017
22/02/1986	AFC Bournemouth	A	2 - 0	Methven, Jewell	2,949
01/03/1986	Chesterfield	H	2 - 0	Aspinall, Methven	3,209
11/03/1986	Bury	H	1 - 0	Aspinall	3,521
15/03/1986	Blackpool	A	2 - 1	Langley, Jewell	6,218
18/03/1986	York City	H	1 - 0	Aspinall	4,307
22/03/1986	Newport County	A	4 - 3	T. Kelly (pen), Langley, Lowe, Aspinall	1,700
29/03/1986	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 - 3	Methven	8,009
01/04/1986	Bristol Rovers	A	1 - 1	Barrow	3,428
05/04/1986	Doncaster Rovers	H	0 - 1		4,143
12/04/1986	Rotherham United	A	0 - 0		3,004
15/04/1986	Walsall	A	3 - 3	Jewell, Lowe, Aspinall	4,293
19/04/1986	Plymouth Argyle	H	3 - 0	Jewell 2, Lowe	9,485
22/04/1986	Reading	H	1 - 0	Aspinall (pen)	6,056
26/04/1986	Lincoln City	A	0 - 0		3,074
29/04/1986	Darlington	A	1 - 1	Aspinall (pen)	2,013
03/05/1986	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	5 - 3	Aspinall 3 (2 pen), Walsh, Barrow	4,029

Milk Cup

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers	Att	Prog	Press
20/08/1985	Port Vale (1.1)	H	2 - 1	Kelly 2	2,227
02/09/1985	Port Vale (1.2)	A	0 - 2		2,772

Freight Rover Trophy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers	Att
22/01/1986	Chester City (Pre)	A	2 - 0	Aspinall 2	1,375
28/01/1986	Rochdale (Pre)	H	6 - 0	Lowe 2, Barrow 2, Kelly, Griffiths B.	2,106
18/02/1986	Rotherham United (NQF)	H	3 - 0	Lowe, Barrow, Aspinall	2,597
26/03/1986	Port Vale (NSF)	A	2 - 1	Barrow, Aspinall	4,832
06/05/1986	Bolton Wanderers (NF1)	H	0 - 1		6,975
09/05/1986	Bolton Wanderers (NF2)	A	1 - 2	Jewell	12,120

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers	Att
16/11/1985	Doncaster Rovers (1)	H	4 - 1	Lowe 2, Aspinall, Newell	3,315
07/12/1985	Runcorn (2)	A	1 - 1	Knowles	3,310
10/12/1985	Runcorn (2R)	H	4 - 0	Newell, Methven 2, og	3,390
04/01/1986	AFC Bournemouth (3)	H	3 - 0	Kelly, Methven, Aspinall	4,185
25/01/1986	Southampton (4)	A	0 - 3		14,462

Friendly

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Scorers	Att
27/07/1985	Everton	H	1 - 4	Bennett	4,950
29/07/1985	Blackburn Rovers	N	0 - 1
31/07/1985	Leicester City	N	2 - 0
01/08/1985	Newcastle United	N	1 - 4
05/08/1985	Blackburn Rovers	A	2 - 2
07/08/1985	Preston North End	H	2 - 1
10/08/1985	Blackpool	A	1 - 1

1984-1985

1986-1987

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