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
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