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1985-86

First Division

Finished 16th of 22 · P42 W10 D14 L18 · 51 scored, 67 conceded

Results

Date		Opponent	Score
17 Aug 1985	A	Manchester United	0–4	L
21 Aug 1985	H	Liverpool	2–2	D
24 Aug 1985	H	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	L
27 Aug 1985	A	Southampton	0–0	D
31 Aug 1985	H	Luton Town	3–1	W
4 Sept 1985	A	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	W
7 Sept 1985	A	Birmingham City	0–0	D
14 Sept 1985	H	Coventry City	1–1	D
21 Sept 1985	A	Ipswich Town	3–0	W
28 Sept 1985	H	Everton	0–0	D
5 Oct 1985	A	Arsenal	2–3	L
12 Oct 1985	H	Nottingham Forest	1–2	L
19 Oct 1985	A	West Ham United	1–4	L
26 Oct 1985	H	Newcastle United	1–2	L
2 Nov 1985	H	Oxford United	2–0	W
9 Nov 1985	A	Watford	1–1	D
16 Nov 1985	H	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	D
23 Nov 1985	A	Chelsea	1–2	L
30 Nov 1985	H	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	L
7 Dec 1985	A	Liverpool	0–3	L
14 Dec 1985	H	Manchester United	1–3	L
17 Dec 1985	A	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	W
26 Dec 1985	A	Leicester City	1–3	L
28 Dec 1985	H	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	D
1 Jan 1986	H	Manchester City	0–1	L
11 Jan 1986	A	Coventry City	3–3	D
18 Jan 1986	A	Luton Town	0–2	L
1 Feb 1986	H	Southampton	0–0	D
1 Mar 1986	A	Everton	0–2	L
8 Mar 1986	H	Arsenal	1–4	L
15 Mar 1986	A	Nottingham Forest	1–1	D
19 Mar 1986	H	West Ham United	2–1	W
22 Mar 1986	H	Birmingham City	0–3	L
29 Mar 1986	A	Manchester City	2–2	D
31 Mar 1986	H	Leicester City	1–0	W
5 Apr 1986	A	Oxford United	1–1	D
9 Apr 1986	A	Newcastle United	2–2	D
12 Apr 1986	H	Watford	4–1	W
16 Apr 1986	H	Ipswich Town	1–0	W
19 Apr 1986	A	Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	L
26 Apr 1986	H	Chelsea	3–1	W
3 May 1986	A	Tottenham Hotspur	2–4	L

Scores are shown Villa first. League matches only; cup ties not included.

Final table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	42	26	10	6	89	37	+52	88
2	Everton	42	26	8	8	87	41	+46	86
3	West Ham United	42	26	6	10	74	40	+34	84
4	Manchester United	42	22	10	10	70	36	+34	76
5	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	10	11	63	54	+9	73
6	Chelsea	42	20	11	11	57	56	+1	71
7	Arsenal	42	20	9	13	49	47	+2	69
8	Nottingham Forest	42	19	11	12	69	53	+16	68
9	Luton Town	42	18	12	12	61	44	+17	66
10	Tottenham Hotspur	42	19	8	15	74	52	+22	65
11	Newcastle United	42	17	12	13	67	72	-5	63
12	Watford	42	16	11	15	69	62	+7	59
13	Queens Park Rangers	42	15	7	20	53	64	-11	52
14	Southampton	42	12	10	20	51	62	-11	46
15	Manchester City	42	11	12	19	43	57	-14	45
16	Aston Villa	42	10	14	18	51	67	-16	44
17	Coventry City	42	11	10	21	48	71	-23	43
18	Oxford United	42	10	12	20	62	80	-18	42
19	Leicester City	42	10	12	20	54	76	-22	42
20	Ipswich Town	42	11	8	23	32	55	-23	41
21	Birmingham City	42	8	5	29	30	73	-43	29
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	4	12	26	35	89	-54	24

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Sources: engsoccerdata (1888–2025) and football-data.co.uk (recent seasons), compiled by the Villa Blog results pipeline.