A 1-1 draw with Newcastle Utd at The Bridge on Sat 19th April 1986.

Our scorer was Pat Nevin in the 22nd min.

Watched by a crowd of 18,970.

We are still 4th in the table.

Next up, we play Aston Villa away on Sat 26th April 1986.

 

Hugh Hastings pictures.

We go down 3-1 to Aston Villa at Villa Park on Sat 26th April 1986.

Our scorer was Nigel Spackman with a penalty in the 72nd min.

A crowd 17,770 of watched it.

Mext up we face Arsenal away on Tues 29th April 1986.

We are 5th in the table.

We go down 2-0 to Arsenal at Highbury, on Tues 29th April 1986.

A crowd of 24,025 saw it

Next up we face Liverpool at The Bridge,on Sat 1st May 1986.

We are 5th in the table.

We go down 1-0 to Liverpool at The Bridge,on Sat 3rd May 1986

A crowd of 43,900 saw it.

We are 6th in the table. This game saw Liverpool win the Division 1 Title.

Our next and last game of the season is v Watford at The Bridge on Mon 5th May 1986.
 

8 hours ago, erskblue said:

We go down 1-0 to Liverpool at The Bridge,on Sat 3rd May 1986

A crowd of 43,900 saw it.

We are 6th in the table. This game saw Liverpool win the Division 1 Title.

Our next and last game of the season is v Watford at The Bridge on Mon 5th May 1986.
 

Should be a an end-of-season party atmosphere. Maybe a good time to give one of our youngsters a go.

Shudder.

48 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

Should be a an end-of-season party atmosphere. Maybe a good time to give one of our youngsters a go.

Shudder.

Agreed and ‘Shudder’, all these years later !

Mon 5th May 1986. The Bridge.

Our last game of the 1985/86 season v Watford.

We go down 5-1.  

The Match Day Thread on this place would have been ‘in meltdown mode’ if it was about back then !!

Our scorer:David Speedie in the 79th min.

Watched by a crowd of 12,017.

We finish 6th in the Division 1 table.