Southampton 1985/86.

Canon League Division 1       P   W  D  L   F   A   W  D  L   F   A  Pts
 1. LIVERPOOL                42  16  4  1  58  14  10  6  5  31  23   88
 2. Everton                  42  16  3  2  54  18  10  5  6  33  23   86
 3. West Ham United          42  17  2  2  48  16   9  4  8  26  24   84
 4. Manchester United        42  12  5  4  35  12  10  5  6  35  24   76
 5. Sheffield Wednesday      42  13  6  2  36  23   8  4  9  27  31   73
 6. Chelsea                  42  12  4  5  32  27   8  7  6  25  29   71
 7. Arsenal                  42  13  5  3  29  15   7  4 10  20  32   69
 8. Nottingham Forest        42  11  5  5  38  25   8  6  7  31  28   68
 9. Luton Town               42  12  6  3  37  15   6  6  9  24  29   66
10. Tottenham Hotspur        42  12  2  7  47  25   7  6  8  27  27   65
11. Newcastle United         42  12  5  4  46  31   5  7  9  21  41   63
12. Watford                  42  11  6  4  40  22   5  5 11  29  40   59
13. Queen's Park Rangers     42  12  3  6  33  20   3  4 14  20  44   52
14. Southampton              42  10  6  5  32  18   2  4 15  19  44   46
15. Manchester City          42   7  7  7  25  26   4  5 12  18  31   45
16. Aston Villa              42   7  6  8  27  28   3  8 10  24  39   44
17. Coventry City            42   6  5 10  31  35   5  5 11  17  36   43
18. Oxford United            42   7  7  7  34  27   3  5 13  28  53   42
19. Leicester City           42   7  8  6  35  35   3  4 14  19  41   42
20. IPSWICH TOWN             42   8  5  8  20  24   3  3 15  12  31   41
21. BIRMINGHAM CITY          42   5  2 14  13  25   3  3 15  17  48   29
22. WEST BROMWICH ALBION     42   3  8 10  21  36   1  4 16  14  53   24

Mark Denis (1983–1987 Southampton 95 (2)).

Mick Holmes.

Mark Wright.

Glenn Cockerill

 Jimmy Case of Southampton during the team's photocall at The Dell in July 1985. 

 Nick Holmes of Southampton during the team's photocall at The Dell in July 1985. 

Kevin Bond of Southampton during the team's photocall at The Dell in July 1985.

 1985-86 season
17 Aug 1985     Southampton v Newcastle United     D     1-1     League Division One
20 Aug 1985     Arsenal v Southampton     L     3-2     League Division One
24 Aug 1985     Nottingham Forest v Southampton     L     2-1     League Division One
27 Aug 1985     Southampton v Aston Villa     D     0-0     League Division One
31 Aug 1985     Ipswich Town v Southampton     D     1-1     League Division One

Mark Wright of Southampton moves away from Alan Sunderland of Ipswich Town

Southampton striker Alan Curtis under pressure 

from Ipswich Town's Romeo Zondervan

03 Sep 1985     Southampton v West Ham United     D     1-1     League Division One
07 Sep 1985     Southampton v Manchester City     W     3-0     League Division One
14 Sep 1985     Chelsea v Southampton     L     2-0     League Division One
17 Sep 1985     Liverpool v Southampton     L     2-1     Screen Sports Super Cup
21 Sep 1985     Southampton v Coventry City     D     1-1     League Division One
25 Sep 1985     Millwall v Southampton     D     0-0     League Cup
28 Sep 1985     Manchester United v Southampton     L     1-0     League Division One
02 Oct 1985     Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton     L     2-1     Screen Sports Super Cup
05 Oct 1985     Southampton v Watford     W     3-1     League Division One
07 Oct 1985     Southampton v Millwall     D     0-0 Agg: 0-0 (5-4)     League Cup
12 Oct 1985     Liverpool v Southampton     L     1-0     League Division One
19 Oct 1985     Luton Town v Southampton     L     7-0     League Division One
22 Oct 1985     Southampton v Liverpool     D     1-1     Screen Sports Super Cup
26 Oct 1985     Southampton v Queens Park Rangers     W     3-0     League Division One.

Southampton's Danny Wallace shoots past

 Queens Park Rangers's Steve Wicks

29 Oct 1985     Birmingham City v Southampton     D     1-1     League Cup
02 Nov 1985     Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur     W     1-0     League Division One
06 Nov 1985     Southampton v Birmingham City     W     3-0     League Cup
09 Nov 1985     Leicester City v Southampton     D     2-2     League Division One
16 Nov 1985     Southampton v Birmingham City     W     1-0     League Division One
19 Nov 1985     Arsenal v Southampton     D     0-0     League Cup
23 Nov 1985     Sheffield Wednesday v Southampton     L     2-1     League Division One
26 Nov 1985     Southampton v Arsenal     L     1-3     League Cup
30 Nov 1985     Southampton v Everton     L     2-3     League Division One
07 Dec 1985     Southampton v Arsenal     W     3-0     League Division One
14 Dec 1985     Newcastle United v Southampton     L     2-1     League Division One
17 Dec 1985     Southampton v Tottenham Hotspur     L     1-3     Screen Sports Super Cup
20 Dec 1985     Southampton v Nottingham Forest     W     3-1     League Division One
26 Dec 1985     Oxford United v Southampton     L     3-0     League Division One
01 Jan 1986     Southampton v West Bromwich Albion     W     3-1     League Division One
11 Jan 1986     Manchester City v Southampton     L     1-0     League Division One
13 Jan 1986     Middlesbrough v Southampton     W     1-3     FA Cup
18 Jan 1986     Southampton v Ipswich Town     W     1-0     League Division One
25 Jan 1986     Southampton v Wigan Athletic     W     3-0     FA Cup
01 Feb 1986     Aston Villa v Southampton     D     0-0     League Division One
08 Feb 1986     Southampton v Luton Town     L     1-2     League Division One
15 Feb 1986     Southampton v Millwall     D     0-0     FA Cup
22 Feb 1986     Coventry City v Southampton     L     3-2     League Division One
01 Mar 1986     Southampton v Manchester United     W     1-0     League Division One
05 Mar 1986     Millwall v Southampton     W     0-1     FA Cup
08 Mar 1986     Brighton and Hove Albion v Southampton     W     0-2     FA Cup
11 Mar 1986     Queens Park Rangers v Southampton     W     0-2     League Division One
15 Mar 1986     Southampton v Liverpool     L     1-2     League Division One
22 Mar 1986     Southampton v Chelsea     L     0-1     League Division One
29 Mar 1986     West Bromwich Albion v Southampton     L     1-0     League Division One
01 Apr 1986     Southampton v Oxford United     D     1-1     League Division One
05 Apr 1986     Liverpool v Southampton     L     2-0     FA Cup

Southampton's defender Mark Wright about to be carried

 off as he lays in agony after breaking his leg

  Southampton's Jimmy Case turns away from Liverpool's Jan Molby

08 Apr 1986     West Ham United v Southampton     L     1-0     League Division One
12 Apr 1986     Southampton v Leicester City     D     0-0     League Division One
19 Apr 1986     Birmingham City v Southampton     W     0-2     League Division One
26 Apr 1986     Southampton v Sheffield Wednesday     L     2-3     League Division One
29 Apr 1986     Watford v Southampton     D     1-1     League Division One
03 May 1986     Everton v Southampton     L     6-1     League Division One
05 May 1986     Tottenham Hotspur v Southampton     L     5-3     League Division One