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The 1985–86 season was Liverpool Football Club's 94th season in existence and their 24th consecutive season in the First Division. This was Kenny Dalglish’s first season as manager. At 34 he was player manager, and with several players in their last seasons as players. The change to the new team would take time during the season, but it ...
First Division; Season: 1985–86: Champions: Liverpool 16th English title: Relegated: Ipswich Town Birmingham City West Bromwich Albion: Matches played: 462: Goals scored: 1,288 (2.79 per match) Top goalscorer: Gary Lineker (30 goals) [3] Biggest home win: Luton Town 7–0 Southampton (19 October 1985) West Ham United 8–1 Newcastle United ...
Manchester United were the only team in the First Division with a 100% record after three games, having beaten Arsenal 2–1 at Highbury. Sheffield Wednesday won 3–1 against Manchester City at Maine Road. [10] 26 August 1985: Liverpool beat Ipswich Town 5–0 at Anfield in the First Division. Newcastle United won 2–1 against Coventry City.
Liverpool manager Joe Fagan retired after the season and striker Kenny Dalglish was appointed player-manager. The First Division's leading scorers this season were Gary Lineker at Leicester City and Kerry Dixon at Chelsea, with both players scoring 24 league goals.
Replicas of the four European Champion Clubs' Cup Liverpool won from 1977 to 1984 on display in the club's museum. The history of Liverpool Football Club from 1959 to 1985 covers the period from the appointment of Bill Shankly as manager of the then-Second Division club, to the Heysel Stadium disaster and its aftermath.
Liverpool won the First Division for the first time in the 1900–01 season, [2] and reached their first |FA Cup Final in 1914, losing 1–0 to Burnley. They won their first back-to-back titles in the 1921–22 and 1922–23 seasons; this was their last success until the 1946–47 season , when they regained the league title.
19 January 1985: Arctic conditions decimate today's fixture programme with only ten matches played across the four divisions. Three survive in the First Division – Liverpool beat Norwich 4–0 while Aston Villa win 3–0 at Coventry and Chelsea draw 1–1 with Arsenal.
(1956–1985, 1991–1992) ... Liverpool (18 titles) Most appearances ... Jimmy Greaves (357) The Football League First Division was the top division of the Football ...