1985–86 Newcastle United F.C. season

After their promotion two years previously, Newcastle aimed to consolidate their position in the top league of English football. Manager Jack Charlton resigned six days before the start of the season, leading to the appointment of Willie McFaul. The club finished 11th and performed disappointingly in the cups, losing out to Brighton and Hove Albion and Oxford United.

Paul Stephenson made his debut in a 2-1 victory over Southampton in December 1985 and soon became a first team regular. Star centre-half Glenn Roeder would go on to manage the club twenty years later. The season also saw the breakthrough of Paul Gascoigne as a regular in midfield.

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Martin Thomas	36	0	32	0	1	0	3	0
	GK		David McKellar	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Gary Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jeff Clarke	45	3	41	3	1	0	3	0
	DF		Glenn Roeder	46	6	42	6	1	0	3	0
	DF		John Anderson	41	3	38	3	1	0	2	0
	DF		Peter Haddock	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Chris Hedworth	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Rob McKinnon	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
	DF		John Bailey	29	0	28	0	1	0	0	0
	MF		Neil McDonald	34	4	23+5	4	3	0	3	0
	MF		Brian Tinnion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Kenny Wharton	15	2	15	2	0	0	0	0
	MF		Paul Gascoigne	35	9	28+3	9	1	0	3	0
	MF		David McCreery	42	2	39	2	1	0	2	0
	MF		Gary Megson	6	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
	MF		Paul Stephenson	23	1	22	1	1	0	0	0
	MF		Ian Stewart	29	2	25+3	2	1	0	0	0
	MF		Ian Bogie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Alan Davies	17	1	14	1	0	0	2+1	0
	FW		Joe Allon	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Peter Beardsley	45	19	42	19	1	0	2	0
	FW		Tony Cunningham	19	3	10+7	1	0	0	2	2
	FW		George Reilly	19	7	17	7	0	0	2	0
	FW		Billy Whitehurst	21	7	20	7	1	0	0	0
	FW		Mark McGhee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
August 1985	GK	David McKellar	Hibernian	Season-long loan
August 1985	MF	Alan Davies (footballer)	Manchester United	?

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To
December 1985	MF	Gary Megson	Sheffield Wednesday
December 1985	FW	George Reilly	West Bromwich Albion
July 1986	DF	Peter Haddock	Leeds
August 1986	DF	Chris Hedworth	Barnsley
August 1986	DF	Rob McKinnon	Hartlepool

First Division

17 August 1985 1	Newcastle United	1 - 1	Southampton	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Puckett	Report	Beardsley	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 16,401

21 August 1985 2	Newcastle United	2 - 2	Luton Town	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Beardsley Roeder	Report	?	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 21,933

24 August 1985 3	Newcastle United	2 - 2	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Reilly	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 29,941 Referee: John Key

26 August 1985 4	Coventry City	1 - 2	Newcastle United	Northampton
	Gibson	Report	Stewart Reilly	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 12,097

31 August 1985 5	Newcastle United	3 - 1	Queens Park Rangers	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Beardsley Reilly McDonald	Report	?	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 25,219

4 September 1985 6	Manchester United	3 - 0	Newcastle United	Manchester
	Stapleton x2 Hughes	Report		Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 51,102

7 September 1985 7	Tottenham Hotspur	5 - 1	Newcastle United	London
	Chiedozie x2 Falco Hoddle Hazard	Report	Davies	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 23,883

14 September 1985 8	Newcastle United	4 - 1	West Bromwich Albion	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Clarke Reilly x2 McDonald	Report	?	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 21,902

21 September 1985 9	Newcastle United	3 - 0	Oxford United	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Beardsley McDonald Gascoigne	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 23,642

FA Cup

4 January 1986 R3	Newcastle United	0 - 2	Brighton and Hove Albion	Newcastle upon Tyne
			?	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 25,112

League Cup

25 September 1985 R2	Newcastle United	0 - 0	Barnsley	Newcastle upon Tyne
				Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 18,827

7 October 1985 R2	Barnsley	0 - 1	Newcastle United	Barnsley
			Cunningham 117'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 10,084

30 October 1985 R3	Oxford United	3 - 1	Newcastle United	Oxford
	?		Cunningham	Stadium: The Manor Ground Referee: 8,096

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