Season 1985/86
original illustrations of the kits worn during the season
Home kit (short-sleeved)
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P28 W17 D6 L5 F47 A18
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
17/8 | Aston Villa (h) | 26/8 | West Ham (h) |
4/9 | Newcastle U (h) | 7/9 | Oxford U (h) |
18/9 | Everton (h) | 28/9 | Southampton (h) |
9/10 | C Palace (h) | 12/10 | QPR (h) |
19/10 | Liverpool (h) | 26/10 | Chelsea (a) |
29/10 | West Ham (h) | 2/11 | Coventry C (h) |
6/11 | Norwich C (h) | 9/11 | Sheff Wed (a) |
16/11 | Spurs (a) | 30/11 | Watford (h) |
7/2 | Ipswich T (h) | 11/12 | Norwich C (a) |
21/12 | Arsenal (h) | 1/1 | Birmingham (h) |
9/1 | Rochdale (h) | 18/1 | Nott'm F (h) |
29/1 | Sunderland (h) | 22/2 | West Brom (h) |
9/3 | West Ham (h) | 19/3 | Luton T (h) |
22/3 | Man City (h) | 26/4 | Leicester C (h) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
23/10 | Notts Co (a) |
Home kit (long-sleeved)
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P5 W2 D1 L2 F7 A6
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
11/1 | Oxford U (h) | 31/3 | Everton (h) |
5/4 | Coventry C (a) | 9/4 | Chelsea (h) |
13/4 | Sheff Wed (h) |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P9 W4 D2 L3 F12 A9
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
10/8 | Everton (n) | 20/8 | Ipswich T |
14/9 | Man City (a) | 21/9 | West Brom (a) |
24/9 | C Palace (a) | 5/10 | Luton T (a) |
23/11 | Leicester C (a) | 15/3 | QPR (a) |
29/3 | Birmingham (a) |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P3 W0 D1 L2 F1 A4
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
4/12 | Everton (a); | 26/12 | Everton (a) |
19/4 | Spurs (a) |
This kit was also worn in the following friendlies:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
25/2 | Celtic (a) |
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W1 D0 L0 F4 A2
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
16/4 | Newcastle U (a) |
Kit Notes:
Both short and long-sleeved shirts were worn in this game. Move your cursor over the image to reveal the variant.
Variant home kit
Shirt number
Kit Notes:
Tommy Nielsen spotted this variant kit - the home shirt without the Sharp sponsorship logo - worn by Colin Gibson in the first half of the 'derby' game at Old Trafford. We believe Gibson wore a standard home shirt in the second half.
Pre-season home kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
30/7 | Cambridge U (a) | 1/8 | Hereford (a) |
Standard change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit: P4 W3 D0 L1 F9 A5
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
24/8 | Arsenal (a) | 31/8 | Nott'm F (a) |
26/11 | Liverpool (a) | 14/12 | Aston Villa (a) |
Playing Record in this kit: P1 W0 D1 L0 F1 A1
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
9/2 | Liverpool (a) |
Variant change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W0 D1 L1 F2 A3
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
2/2 | West Ham (a) | 5/3 | West Ham (a) |
Variant change kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P1 W0 D1 L0 F1 A1
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
3/5 | Watford (a) |
Pre-season change kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
3/8 | Bristol C (a) |
Variant pre-season change kit
Shirt number
This kit was worn in the following matches:
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
6/8 | Bradford C (a) |
Standard third kit
Shirt number
Playing Record in this kit:
P2 W0 D1 L1 F0 A1
Date | Opposition | Date | Opposition |
---|---|---|---|
25/1 | Sunderland (a) | 1/3 | Southampton (a) |
Home Kit
Charity Shield Kit
The Season in brief
United sat top of thetable in November, having won won thirteen of their opening fifteen games, including twelve consecutive victories to start the season. Injuries to key players Bryan Robson, Gordon Strachan and Gary Bailey exposed the lack of depth in the squad and United managed just three wins in the following twelve and slipped to second after losing 2-1 at West Ham on February 2nd. They eventually finished fourth, ending the season with just five wins in their final seventeen games. Even before the Championship race had been lost, the United board agreed to sell Mark Hughes to Barcelona at the end of the season for a new club record fee of £2.6m. Hughes' replacement was Peter Davenport, signed from Nott'm Forest for £570,000. He managed a solitary goal in eleven appearances.
The latest batch of youngsters, who included Lee Martin, Russell Beardsmore and Tony Gill, reached the F.A. Youth Cup Final. After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, they were beaten 2-0 at Maine Road in front of over 18,000. It was City's first Youth Cup triumph.
United's three kits stayed largely unchanged from the previous season, although the change kit socks were redesigned. Contributor Simon Kealy has confirmed that a new design for the shirt numbers was introduced.
Whenever United wore black shorts with their home kit, the keeper normally folowed suit. This was certainly the case in the Charity Shield game, and, from a photograph sent to us by Toy Park, in the League match at Portman Road.
Replica versions of these kits featured larger, embossed crests and adidas trefoil logos and were available with or without the embossed Sharp sponsors logos on the chest.