West Ham United F.C. season 1985-86

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West Ham's highest ever league finish was during the 1985-1986 season, coming a close third behind the Merseyside giants of Liverpool and Everton. West Ham finished with 84 points; 2 behind Everton and 4 behind eventual double winners Liverpool. West Ham won 26 of their 42 games.

No.		Player	Position	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	FAC Apps	FAC Gls	LC Apps	LC Gls	Total Apps	Total Gls	Date Signed	Previous Club
West Ham United F.C. 1985-86 First XI (Most appearances)
1		Phil Parkes	GK	42		7		3		52	-	February 1979	Queens Park Rangers
2		Ray Stewart	RB	39	6	6	1	3	3	48	10	September 1979	Dundee United
3		Steve Walford	LB	27		3		3		33	-	August 1983	Norwich
4		Tony Gale	CB	42		7		3		52	-	August 1983	Fulham
5		Alvin Martin (Captain)	CB	40	4	7		3		50	4	July 1976	Academy
6		Alan Devonshire	LM	38	3	6		3		47	3	October 1976	Southall
7		Mark Ward	RM	42	3	7		3		52	3	August 1985	Oldham Athletic
8		Frank McAvennie	CF	41	26	7	1	3	1	51	28	June 1985	St. Mirren
9		Alan Dickens	CM	40 (1)	4	7		3		50 (1)	4	1982	Academy
10		Tony Cottee (H.O.Y.)	CF	41 (1)	20	7	4	3	2	51 (1)	26	September 1982	Academy
11		Neil Orr	CM	33 (3)	2	1 (1)		3		37 (4)	2	January 1982	Morton
Players with 10+ appearances
3		George Parris	LB	23 (3)	1	7		0 (2)		30 (5)	1	1985	Academy
11		Geoff Pike	CM	10		5	1			15	1	September 1974	Academy
Other players with appearances
8		Paul Goddard	CF	1 (5)	1	0 (1)				1 (6)	1	August 1980	Queens Park Rangers
5		Paul Hilton	CB	2						2	-	1984	Bury
10		Greg Campbell	CF	1 (2)						1 (2)	-	1984	Academy
12		Bobby Barnes	CF	0 (1)						0 (1)	-	1980	Academy
12		Steve Potts	RB	0 (1)						0 (1)	-	May 1984	Academy