Screen Sport Super Cup 1985-86

Following the UEFA ban on English clubs in 1985 the Super Cup was hastily conceived to fill the gap for the clubs who would have otherwise qualified for Europe. Sponsored by cable TV company Screen Sport, the competition was a dismal failure and was dropped after just one season.

• Final
• Semi-Finals
• Group Matches

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Final

The 1985-86 Final was held over to the start of the 1986-87 due to fixture congestion.

First Leg, Wednesday 16th Sep 1986, Anfield

Liverpool: Hooper; Venison, Beglin, Lawrenson, Whelan (Molby), Gillespie, Dalglish, Nicol, Rush, MacDonald, McMahon
Everton: Mimms; Billinge, Power, Ratcliffe, Marshall, Langley, Adams, Wilkinson, Sharp, Steven, Sheedy (Aspinall)

Second Leg, Wednesday 30th Sep 1986, Goodison Park

Everton: Mimms; Billinge, Power, Ratcliffe, Mountfield, Steven, Adams, Heath (Aspinall (Pointon)), Sharp, Wilkinson, Sheedy
Liverpool: Grobbelaar; Gillespie, Beglin, Lawrenson, Whelan Hansen, Wark, Nicol (Venison), Rush, Molby, McMahon

Index | Semi-Finals | Groups

Semi-Finals First Leg

Wednesday 5th February 1986

Semi-Finals Second Leg

Wednesday 19th March 1986

Thursday 6th May

Index | Final | Group Matches

Group Matches

Group 1

Sep 18: Manchester United        (1) 2  Everton                  (2) 4  33859
Oct 2:  Everton                  (0) 1  Norwich City             (0) 0  10329
Oct 23: Norwich City             (0) 1  Everton                  (0) 0  12196
Nov 6:  Manchester United        (0) 1  Norwich City             (1) 1  20130
Dec 4:  Everton                  (0) 1  Manchester United        (0) 0  20542
Dec 11: Norwich City             (1) 1  Manchester United        (0) 1  15449

                         P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
Everton                  4  3  0  1  6  3   9
Norwich City             4  1  2  1  3  3   5
Manchester United        4  0  2  2  4  7   2
Everton and Norwich qualify for the Semi-Finals

Group 2

Sep 17: Liverpool                (2) 2  Southampton              (1) 1  16189
Oct 2:  Tottenham Hotspur        (2) 2  Southampton              (0) 1  11549
Oct 22: Southampton              (0) 1  Liverpool                (0) 1  10503
Dec 3:  Liverpool                (2) 2  Tottenham Hotspur        (0) 0  14855
Dec 17: Southampton              (0) 1  Tottenham Hotspur        (2) 3   4680
Jan 14: Tottenham Hotspur        (0) 0  Liverpool                (0) 3  10078

                         P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
Liverpool                4  3  1  0  8  2  10
Tottenham Hotspur        4  2  0  2  5  7   6
Southampton              4  0  1  3  4  8   1
Liverpool and Tottenham qualify for the Semi-Finals

Index | Final | Semi-Finals

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