1985/86

1985/86 First Division Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Bray Wanderers	18	11	6	1	30	10	28	P
2	Sligo Rovers	18	11	5	2	32	13	27	P
3	Longford Town	18	10	5	3	29	23	25
4	Derry City	18	8	6	4	31	18	22
5	Drogheda Utd	18	5	8	5	20	18	18
6	Cobh Ramblers	18	5	5	8	14	25	15
7	Finn Harps	18	3	7	8	23	31	13
8	Newcastle Utd	18	5	3	10	21	33	13
9	Monaghan Utd	18	4	3	11	19	32	11
10	EMFA	18	1	6	11	21	37	8

1985/86 Appearances

Paul Pidgeon	34
Martin Smyth	34
Paul Kelly	34
Paul Masterson	33
Derek Chubb	31
Pat Hackett	30
Pierce Walsh	30
Joey Salmon	29
Eddie Byrne	26
Mick Sheridan	18
Kevin Craven	18
Martin O’Sullivan	18
Thomas Barron	17
Terry Byrne	16
Graham Quinn	15
Gerry Martin	14
Stephen Higgins	10
Terry Sheehan	9
Ger Sheridan	3
Liam Madden	1

1985/86 Goalscorers

13	Martin Smyth
12	Pierce Walsh
4	Pat Hackett, Paul Masterson
3	Martin O’Sullivan,Gerry Martin
2	Eddie Byrne,Thomas Barron,Joey Salmon, Graham Quinn, Stephen Higgins,OG
1	Paul Pidgeon,Terry Sheehan, Thomas Craven

1985/86 Results

W/E	Competition	Teams	Goalscorers

30/08/1985	Leinster Senior Cup 2nd Round	EMFA 1-2 Longford Town	Smyth(2)
13/09/1985	League Cup 2nd Round	Longford Town 2-1 St Pats Ath	Walsh, E Byrne
20/09/1985	League Cup 2nd Round	Athlone Town 3-0 Longford Town
27/09/1985	League Cup 2nd Round	Longford Town 1-2 Athlone Town	Pidgeon
27/09/1985	Leinster Senior Cup 3rd Round	Longford Town 1-5 Shamrock Rovers	Walsh
04/10/1985	League Cup 2nd Round	Longford Town 3-1 EMFA	Barron,Walsh, Smyth
11/10/1985	League Cup 2nd Round	St Pats Ath 3-1 Longford Town	Smyth
18/10/1985	League Cup 2nd Round	Longford Town 2-2 EMFA	P Hackett, Salmon
25/10/1985	League	Bray Wanderers 0-1 Longford Town	Smyth
01/11/1985	League	Longford Town 1-0 Cobh Ramblers	Smyth
08/11/1985	League	Derry City 1-2 Longford Town	P Hackett, Salmon
15/11/1985	League	Longford Town 0-0 Sligo Rovers
22/11/1985	League	Longford Town 0-3 Monaghan Utd
29/11/1985	League	Longford Town 1-0 Drogheda Utd	Smyth
06/12/1985	League	Longford Town 2-1 Finn Harps	Smyth, OG
13/12/1985	League	Longford Town 3-0 Newcastle Utd	Barron,Walsh (2)
20/12/1985	League	EMFA 2-2 Longford Town	Smyth,Masterson
26/12/1985	League	Longford Town3-2 EMFA	Masterson, E Byrne, Smyth
10/01/1986	League	Longford Town 0-3 Bray Wanderers
10/01/1986	League	Cobh Ramblers 1-1 Longford Town	Walsh
17/01/1986	League	Longford Town 5-1 Derry City	Quinn, Walsh (2), O’Sullivan (2)
24/01/1986	League	Sligo Rovers 5-1 Longford Town	Sheehan
31/01/1986	League	Longford Town 3-1 Monaghan Utd	Walsh(2), Smyth
07/02/1986	FAI Cup 4th Round	Ballyfermot Utd 1-2 Longford Town	OG, O’Sullivan
14/02/1986	League	Drogheda Utd 2-2 Longford Town	Quinn, Higgins
21/02/1986	League	Longford Town 1-1 Finn Harps	P Hackett
28/02/1986	FAI Cup 5th Round	St Pats Ath 1-1 Longford Town	Smyth
07/03/1986	FAI Cup 5th Round	Longford Town 0-1 St Pats
07/03/1986	League	Newcastle Utd 0-1 Longford Town	Walsh
14/03/1986	Shield	Longford Town 2-1 Newcastle Utd	Masterson, Martin
28/03/1986	Shield	Bray Wanderers 0-1 Longford Town	Smyth
04/04/1986	Shield	Longford Town 5-1 Cobh Ramblers	P Hackett, Martin (2), Higgins,Walsh
11/04/1986	Shield	EMFA 0-1 Longford Town	Craven
18/04/1986	Shield Final First Leg	Derry City 3-1 Longford Town	Masterson
25/04/1986	Shield Final Second Leg	Longford Town 0-3 Derry City