1985–86 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1985–86 season
Chairman	Jack Leonard
Manager	Alan Durban
Football League Third Division	22nd
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Semi-finals
Freight Rover Trophy	Preliminary round
Top goalscorer	League: Nigel Vaughan (12); All: Nigel Vaughan (17)
Highest home attendance	9,375 (v Swansea, 26 December 1985)
Lowest home attendance	1,777 (v Walsall, 5 April 1986)
Average home league attendance	3,433

The 1985–86 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 59th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing twenty-second, suffering relegation to Division Four.

At the end of the season manager Alan Durban was sacked as manager. It ended a disastrous spell in charge as the team suffered two relegations in two years.

Players

First team squad. ^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	WAL	Mel Rees
--	GK	WAL	Chris Sander
--	GK	ENG	Lee Smelt
--	DF	ENG	Phil Brignull
--	DF	ENG	John Carver
--	DF	ENG	David Corner
--	DF	WAL	Wayne Curtis
--	DF	ENG	Mike Ford
--	DF	SCO	Jake King
--	DF	ENG	Carleton Leonard
--	DF	ENG	Jimmy Mullen
--	DF	WAL	Allen Price
--	DF	ENG	Andy Spring
--	DF	WAL	Nigel Stevenson
--	MF	ENG	Derrick Christie
--	MF	WAL	Richard Evans


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Brian Flynn
--	MF	ENG	Roger Gibbins
--	MF	WAL	David Giles
--	MF	WAL	Jason Gummer
--	MF	WAL	Chris Marustik
--	MF	ENG	Paul McLoughlin
--	MF	WAL	Tarki Micallef
--	MF	WAL	Tim O'Connor
--	MF	ENG	David Tong
--	MF	WAL	Nigel Vaughan
--	MF	ENG	Paul Wheeler
--	FW	ENG	Mark Farrington
--	FW	ENG	Will Foley
--	FW	ENG	Kevin Meacock
--	FW	WAL	Gerry Nardiello
--	FW	ENG	Robbie Turner
--	FW	ENG	Graham Withey

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Bury	46	12	13	21	63	67	−4	49
21	Lincoln City	46	10	16	20	55	77	−22	46	Relegated
22	Cardiff City	46	12	9	25	53	83	−30	45
23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	11	10	25	57	98	−41	43
24	Swansea City	46	11	10	25	43	87	−44	43

Source:

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W
Position		11	8	11	12	16	15	18	21	21	21	22	21	21	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	21	21	21	21	19	19	19	20	17	19	20	19	19	19	21	22	22	22	23	24	24	22	21	23	22

Source: ^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Third Division

17 August 1985 (1985-08-17) 1	Notts County	1–4	Cardiff City	Nottingham
15:00	Alan Young 47'		8' Paul McLoughlin 31' Mark Farrington 58' (pen) Jimmy Mullen 37' Nigel Vaughan	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,856

24 August 1985 (1985-08-24) 2	Cardiff City	0–2	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Flynn		21' Phil Brown 89' Ernie Moss	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,601 Referee: Ron Groves (Weston)

26 August 1985 (1985-08-26) 3	Newport County	1–2	Cardiff City	Newport
11:00	Roy Carter		(pen) Jimmy Mullen Nigel Vaughan	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 5,027

31 August 1985 (1985-08-31) 4	Cardiff City	1–3	Reading	Cardiff
15:00	Paul McLoughlin 60'		6' Trevor Senior Trevor Senior Trevor Senior	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,539 Referee: Paul Vanes (West Midlands)

7 September 1985 (1985-09-07) 5	York City	1–1	Cardiff City	York
15:00	Chris Evans 86'		39' Mike Ford	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,760 Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)

14 September 1985 (1985-09-14) 6	Cardiff City	1–3	Bristol City	Cardiff
15:00	Graham Withey		Alan Walsh Alan Walsh Howard Pritchard	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,412

17 September 1985 (1985-09-17) 7	Cardiff City	0–0	Bury	Cardiff
19:45				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,011

21 September 1985 (1985-09-21) 8	Blackpool	3–0	Cardiff City	Blackpool
15:00	Mike Davies 57' Eamon O'Keefe 82' John Deary 88'			Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,783

28 September 1985 (1985-09-28) 9	Cardiff City	0–2	Derby County	Cardiff
15:00			(pen) Ross MacLaren 49' Trevor Christie	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,435

1 October 1985 (1985-10-01) 10	Rotherham United	3–0	Cardiff City	Rotherham
19:30	Mick Gooding Mick Gooding Tony Simmons			Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 2,906

5 October 1985 (1985-10-05) 11	Cardiff City	0–1	Bournemouth	Cardiff
15:00			8' Chris Shaw	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,156

12 October 1985 (1985-10-12) 12	Gillingham	2–0	Cardiff City	Gillingham
15:00	Keith Oakes Mark Weatherly			Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 3,367

19 October 1985 (1985-10-19) 13	Cardiff City	3–1	Wigan Athletic	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Marustik 40' Robbie Turner 78' Nigel Vaughan 87'		46' Ian Griffiths	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,020 Referee: Brian Stevens (Stonehouse)

22 October 1985 (1985-10-22) 14	Darlington	4–1	Cardiff City	Darlington
19:30	David McLean David McLean (pen) Carl Airey Carl Airey		Paul McLoughlin	Attendance: 2,446

26 October 1985 (1985-10-26) 15	Cardiff City	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00			Graham Bell	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,502 Referee: Malcolm Cotton (Camberley, Surrey)

2 November 1985 (1985-11-02) 16	Brentford	3–0	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Terry Hurlock Robbie Cooke Tony Lynch			Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 3,934

5 November 1985 (1985-11-05) 17	Walsall	6–3	Cardiff City	Walsall
19:30	Craig Shakespeare Shakespeare Steve Elliott Steve Elliott Steve Elliott Nicky Cross		(pen) Jimmy Mullen Derrick Christie Nigel Vaughan	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 3,282

8 November 1985 (1985-11-08) 18	Cardiff City	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
19:45	Robbie Turner		Brian Caswell	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,015 Referee: Keren Barratt (Coventry)

23 November 1985 (1985-11-23) 19	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00	Mark O'Connor 1' Gary Penrice		2' (pen) Jimmy Mullen	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 4,563

30 November 1985 (1985-11-30) 20	Cardiff City	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00	Wayne Curtis		61' Andy King	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,453

14 December 1985 (1985-12-14) 21	Lincoln City	0–4	Cardiff City	Lincoln
15:00			50' Nigel Vaughan Robbie Turner (pen) Jimmy Mullen Mark Farrington	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2,127 Referee: Howard Taylor (Oadby, Leicestershire)

20 December 1985 (1985-12-20) 22	Chesterfield	3–4	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
19:30	Steve Spooner Les Hunter Mick Henderson		Robbie Turner Derrick Christie Nigel Vaughan Mark Farrington	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 1,773

26 December 1985 (1985-12-26) 23	Cardiff City	1–0	Swansea City	Cardiff
11:00	Nigel Vaughan 88'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,375 Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)

28 December 1985 (1985-12-28) 24	Cardiff City	1–1	Newport County	Cardiff
15:00	Mike Ford		Gordon Staniforth	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,450

1 January 1986 (1986-01-01) 25	Plymouth Argyle	4–4	Cardiff City	Plymouth
11:00	Garry Nelson Kevin Summerfield John Clayton Kevin Hodges		Robbie Turner Mike Ford Nigel Vaughan (pen) Jimmy Mullen	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,920

4 January 1986 (1986-01-04) 26	Cardiff City	1–0	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00	Nigel Vaughan			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,398 Referee: Alan Seville (Birmingham)

11 January 1986 (1986-01-11) 27	Reading	1–1	Cardiff City	Reading
15:00	Kevin Bremner 80'		51' Mike Ford	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 6,784

18 January 1986 (1986-01-18) 28	Cardiff City	1–3	Notts County	Cardiff
15:00	Jimmy Mullen 45' (pen)		22' Mick Waitt (og) Jimmy Mullen 86' Ian McParland	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,410 Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)

25 January 1986 (1986-01-25) 29	Bristol City	2–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00	Steve Neville Gary Marshall		Paul Wheeler	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 7,541

31 January 1986 (1986-01-31) 30	Cardiff City	2–1	York City	Cardiff
19:45	Nigel Vaughan 71' Paul Wheeler 80'		Keith Walwyn	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,051

4 February 1986 (1986-02-04) 31	Cardiff City	0–1	Darlington	Cardiff
19:45			Garry MacDonald	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,222

8 February 1986 (1986-02-08) 32	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Cardiff City	Wigan
15:00	Warren Aspinall David Lowe			Stadium: Springfield Park (Wigan) Attendance: 3,428

22 February 1986 (1986-02-22) 33	Cardiff City	1–0	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:00	Wayne Curtis			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,430

1 March 1986 (1986-03-01) 34	Derby County	2–1	Cardiff City	Derby
	John Gregory Ross MacLaren 89'		Nigel Vaughan	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 11,014 Referee: Phillips

8 March 1986 (1986-03-08) 35	Bournemouth	1–1	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
15:00	Colin Clarke		78' Robbie Turner	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 2,707

15 March 1986 (1986-03-15) 36	Cardiff City	1–1	Gillingham	Cardiff
15:00	Jason Gummer 33'		23' Tony Cascarino	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,505

22 March 1986 (1986-03-22) 37	Bolton Wanderers	5–0	Cardiff City	Bolton
15:00	Phil Neal 45' Mark Came 46' Warren Joyce Tony Caldwell George Oghani			Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 4,114

25 March 1986 (1986-03-25) 38	Cardiff City	2–3	Rotherham United	Cardiff
19:45	Paul McLoughlin 7' Jimmy Mullen 89' (pen)		31' Alan Birch 75' Tony Simmons 88' Tony Simmons	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,863 Referee: Roger Milford (Bristol)

28 March 1986 (1986-03-28) 39	Cardiff City	1–2	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
19:45	Gerry Nardiello 49'		14' Kevin Hodges 32' John Matthews	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,834

31 March 1986 (1986-03-31) 40	Swansea City	2–0	Cardiff City	Swansea
15:00	David Hough Phil Williams			Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 6,643

5 April 1986 (1986-04-05) 41	Cardiff City	1–1	Walsall	Cardiff
15:00	Will Foley 3'		(og) Phil Brignull	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,777

8 April 1986 (1986-04-08) 42	Bury	3–0	Cardiff City	Bury
19:30	Lee Dixon 52' Carl Harris 55' Andy Hill 77'			Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 1,720

12 April 1986 (1986-04-12) 43	Doncaster Rovers	0–2	Cardiff City	Doncaster
15:00			12' Gerry Nardiello 25' Gerry Nardiello	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,051

19 April 1986 (1986-04-19) 44	Cardiff City	2–0	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Nick Tanner (og) Nigel Vaughan			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,735

26 April 1986 (1986-04-26) 45	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Cardiff City	Wolverhampton
	Keith Lockhart 13' Andy Mutch 18' Micky Holmes		52' Gerry Nardiello	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 3,353 Referee: T Simpson

3 May 1986 (1986-05-03) 46	Cardiff City	2–1	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00	Robbie Turner 31' Robbie Turner 40'		45' Kevin Kilmore	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,904

Source ^[2] ^[3]

Milk Cup

20 August 1985 (1985-08-20) Round 1 (First Leg)	Cardiff City	2–1	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:45	Brian Flynn 20', 48'		Chris Marustik	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,218 Referee: Alan Seville (Birmingham)

3 September 1985 (1985-09-03) Round 1 (Second Leg)	Swansea City	3–1 (4–3 agg.)	Cardiff City	Swansea
19:30	Colin Randell 45' Colin Randell Colin Pascoe 55'		40' Mark Farrington	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 4,621

FA Cup

16 November 1985 (1985-11-16) Round 1	Exeter City	2–1	Cardiff City	Exeter
15:00	Darren Gale Darren Gale		Nigel Stevenson	Stadium: St James's Park Attendance: 2,772 Referee: Bob Hamer (Brislington, Bristol)

Welsh Cup

26 November 1985 (1985-11-26) Round 3	Caerleon	2–3	Cardiff City	Caerleon
14:00	Rowberry 13' Sims 63' (pen)		Nigel Vaughan Nigel Vaughan 85' Chris Marustik	Stadium: Cold Bath Road Attendance: 500

8 January 1986 (1986-01-08) Round 4	Cardiff City	4–1	Mold Alexandra	Cardiff
19:45	Robbie Turner 28' Jeff Hemmerman 43' Nigel Vaughan 83', 90'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 604

11 March 1986 (1986-03-11) Round 5	Cardiff City	0–0	Barry Town	Cardiff
19:45				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,053

13 March 1986 (1986-03-13) Round 5 (Replay)	Barry Town	0–2	Cardiff City	Barry
14:30			Jeff Hemmerman David Giles	Stadium: Jenner Park Attendance: 1,750

15 April 1986 (1986-04-15) Semi Final (First Leg)	Wrexham	4–1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
19:30	Andy Edwards 6', 65' Barry Horne Jim Steel 90'		Nigel Vaughan	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 1,639 Referee: Ron Bridges (Deeside)

22 April 1986 (1986-04-22) Semi Final (Second Leg)	Cardiff City	1–2 (2–6 agg.)	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:45	Chris Marustik			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,255

Freight Rover Trophy

21 January 1986 (1986-01-21) Round 1 (Group)	Newport County	1–0	Cardiff City	Newport
19:30	Steve Mardenborough			Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 1,863 Referee: E Scales

28 January 1986 (1986-01-28) Round 1 (Group)	Cardiff City	0–2	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:45			Sean McCarthy Sean McCarthy	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,006

References

↑ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1986". 11v11. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
1 2 "Cardiff City 1985-86 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
↑ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1985". 11v11. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
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Welsh Football Data Archive

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[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1986". 11v11. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[results-2] 1 2 "Cardiff City 1985-86 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[11v11results-3] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1985". 11v11. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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