1985–86 Oxford United F.C. season

During the 1985–86 English football season, Oxford United competed in the Football League First Division, after promotion from the Second Division the previous season. They secured survival with an 18th-place finish, and won the League Cup, the first major trophy win of their history.

Season summary

Despite the departure of manager Jim Smith, who left for Queens Park Rangers after guiding Oxford to two successive promotions, Oxford United narrowly survived their first ever season in English football's top flight. They required a win in their last game of the season to avoid relegation, which they achieved by beating Arsenal 3–0 at the Manor Ground. The club had greater success in the League Cup, reaching the final at Wembley, where they beat Queens Park Rangers 3–0 to win their first ever major trophy. Unfortunately, due to the ban on English teams competing in English competition as a result of the Heysel disaster, Oxford were unable to compete in the UEFA Cup the following season.

Kit

Oxford United's kits were manufactured by English company Umbro, who introduced a new home kit for the season. Wang Computers became the new kit sponsors. The home kit featured both navy shorts (for the first time since 1950) and navy socks (for the first time since 1935).

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Steve Hardwick
		GK	Alan Judge
		DF	Gary Briggs
		DF	Malcolm Shotton
		DF	John Trewick
		DF	Neil Slatter
		DF	Bobby McDonald
		DF	Dave Langan
		MF	Kevin Brock

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Trevor Hebberd
		MF	Mark Jones
		MF	Les Phillips
		MF	Peter Rhoades-Brown
		MF	Ray Houghton
		FW	Andy Thomas
		FW	Jeremy Charles
		FW	Billy Hamilton
		FW	John Aldridge

Results

First Division

17 August 1985 (1985-08-17)	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Oxford United	West Bromwich
	Varadi		McDonald	Stadium: The Hawthorns

7 September 1985 (1985-09-07)	Manchester United	3–0	Oxford United	Manchester
15:00 BST	Barnes Robson Whiteside			Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 51,820

11 January 1986 (1986-01-11)	Oxford United	1–3	Manchester United	Oxford
	Leworthy		Gibson Hughes Whiteside	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 13,280

Oxford United Football Club

The club	Players Managers Seasons Records All articles

Grounds	Manor Ground Kassam Stadium

History	Thames Valley Royals proposal 1986 Football League Cup Final 2010 Conference Premier play-off Final Current season

Rivalries	Swindon Town Wycombe Wanderers Reading F.C.

Related articles	Oxford United Ladies F.C.

Oxford United F.C. seasons

1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000

2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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FA competitions

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Oxford United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Hull City Leeds United Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Stoke City Sunderland Wimbledon

Third Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Bury Cardiff City Chesterfield Darlington Derby County Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Lincoln City Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Reading Rotherham United Swansea City Walsall Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Burnley Cambridge United Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham

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