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Sheff Wed v Chelsea 17th Aug 1985

A 1 -1 drawn away at Liverpool on Sat 30th Nov 1985. Noon kick off.

Our scorer Wee Pat in the 88th  min  Equalising Molbys penalty in the 86 th min.

A crowd of 38,352 saw the game,

We are i3rd behind a Man Utd and Liverpool n the table.

Next up  Oxford away Full Membets Cup Semi Final 1st Leg.. Tues 4th Dec 1985.

 
Wed 4th Dec 1985.

Full Members Cup Semi Final First Leg.

We won 4-1 at Oxford.

Our scorers were Slater OG 34 mins and a King Kerry Dixon hat trick😀

In the 49th, 81st and 87mins respectively 

A crowd 6,018 of saw it.

The second leg is on Tues 17th Dec 1985

We play Coventry City away next  on Sat 7th Dec 1985. An 11.30 kick off.

Oxford had Peter Rhodes Brown playing for them. Along side Ray Houghton and John Alderidge. They would both play for a Republic of Ireland in the 1988 Euros and 1990 and 94 World Cup Finals.

 
Sat 7th Dec 1985.

A 1-1 draw away at Coventry.

Our scorer:Jerry Murphy in the 36th min.

An 11.30am kick off. 

Watched by a crowd of 8,721.

We are 4th in the League.

Next up is our Milk Cup Tie Replay away at Everton on Tuesday 10th Dec  1985.7.30pm kick off.

Then we face Sheff Wed In the League at The Bridge, on Sat 14th Dec 1985.
 

 
Tues 10th Dec 1985. Milk Cup Replay at Goodson.

We won 2-1. 

Our scorers. ‘King’ Kerry Dixon in the 1st min. Big Joe McLaughlin ,with one of his rare goals scored-the winner in the 74th min.

Gary Lineker scored for them in the 9th min.

Watched by a crowd of 26,373.

We were down to 10 men after Darren Wood was sent off in the 67th min.

Very good win against the then reigning Champions.

Next up, we face Sheff Wed at The Bridge,on Sat 14th Dec 1985.

 
 













Hugh Hastings pics of David Speedie and Big Joe.

 


 



 



 




 
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Sat 14th Dec 1985.

We bear Sheff Wed 2-1 at The Bridge.

Our scorers were David Speedie in the 27th min  and Nigel Spackman in the 46th min.

A crowd of 19,658 saw it.

We are 4th in the League.

Next up is Oxford Utd at Bridge on Tues 17th Dec 1985.
Full Members Semi aFinal 2nd Leg.

 
Tuesday 17th Dec 1985

Wembley Here We Come !

We go down 1-0 to Oxford Utd in the Full Members Cup Second Leg in front of a crowd of 8,528.

However, we win 4-2 on aggregate.

John Bumstead is sent off.

Our next game is on Sat 21st Dec 1985 against Birmingham City.

 
Sat 21st Dec 1985.

A 2-1 away win at Birmingham City.

Our scorers:Hogan with an OG in the 35th min and Wee Pat, with the winner in the 88th min.

A crowd of 10,594 saw it.

We are 4th in the table.

Next up is Spurs at The Bridge on Sat 28th Dec 1985.

 
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Sat 21st Dec 1985.

A 2-1 away win at Birmingham City.

Our scorers:Hogan with an OG in the 35th min and Wee Pat, with the winner in the 88th min.

A crowd of 10,594 saw it.

We are 4th in the table.

Next up is Spurs at The Bridge on Sat 28th Dec 1985.
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Interesting how low the crowds got at Football during the 80’s, started to turn after Italia 90, then ramped right up after Euro 96

 
Sat 28th Dec 1985.

We beat Spurs 2-0 at The Bridge.😀

Ourvscorers were: King Kerry Dixon 19th min and Nigel Spackman with a penalty in the 62nd min.

Watched by a crowd of 37,115

Great win😀🍺

We are now 2nd in the League.

Next up is Shrewsbury Town away on Sat 4th Jan 1986.    Our FA Cup 3rd Round tie.

 
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Jan 4th 1986.

We beat Shrewsbury Town 1-0 in the FA Cup 3rd Round away.

Our scorer was David Speedie, in the 82nd min.

A crowd of 8,100 braved the snowy conditions to watch it.

Next we play Luton at The Bridge on Sat 11th Jan 1986.








 





 





Hugh Hastings photos of the match.


 
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Sat 11th January 1986

We beat Luton Town 1-0 at The Bridge in the League.

Our scorer was David Speedie in the 55th min.

A crowd of 21,102 saw it.

We are now joint second with Everton in the table.

Our next game is agains West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns, on Sat 18th January 1986.

 







           David Speedie at The Bridge. Jan 1986. Hugh Hastings photo.




 
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Sat 18th Jan 1986 

A 3-0 win against West Brom at The Hawthorns.

Our scorers were: David Speedie 19th Jerry Murphy 53rd and Wee Pat Nevin 85th mins respectively. 
Eddie saved a penalty

Watched by  a crowd of 10,300

We are now 4th in Division 1.

Next up is QPR in the Milk Cup on Wed 22nd Jan 86.

 
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