Great Britain and Ireland in 1986
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Source: the site's football, rugby, cricket and Gaelic records, national-team ratings and the Universal Index for the live tables · as of 20 Oct 2026
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plFirst Division
facupFA Cup
def. Everton, 3-1
six-nationsSix Nations
spflPremier Division
hurlingAll-Ireland hurling
Cork
def. Galway, 4-13 to 2-15
gaelic-footballAll-Ireland football
Kerry
def. Tyrone, 2-15 to 1-10
super-leagueRFL Championship
The year, month by month
Jan to Feb: nothing in this view
March
April
- FootballLeague CupOxford Uniteddef. Queens Park Rangers, 3-0
- Season
- 1985-86
- Runner-up
- Queens Park Rangers
- Venue
- Wembley Stadium
- Date
- 20 Apr
- Rugby leagueRFL ChampionshipHalifax
- Season
- 1985-86
- Date
- 22 Apr
- FootballSecond DivisionNorwich City
- Season
- 1985-86
- FootballThird DivisionReading
- Season
- 1985-86
- FootballFourth DivisionSwindon Town
- Season
- 1985-86
- FootballAlliance Premier LeagueEnfield
- Season
- 1985-86
- FootballScottish CupAberdeendef. Heart of Midlothian
- Season
- 1985-86
- Runner-up
- Heart of Midlothian
May
- Rugby leagueChallenge CupCastleford (4)def. Hull Kingston Rovers, 15-14
- Season
- 1986
- Runner-up
- Hull Kingston Rovers
- Venue
- Wembley Stadium
- Date
- 3 May
- Note
- 1985-86 season
- FootballFirst DivisionLiverpool
- Season
- 1986
- Date
- 3 May
- FootballPremier DivisionCeltic
- Season
- 1986
- Date
- 3 May
- FootballFA CupLiverpooldef. Everton, 3-1
- Season
- 1986
- Runner-up
- Everton
- Venue
- Wembley Stadium
- Date
- 10 May
- FootballLeague of IrelandShamrock Rovers
- Season
- 1985-86
- FootballNIFL PremiershipLinfield FC
- Season
- 1985-86
- Note
- Irish Football League
June: nothing in this view
July
- TennisWimbledon (women)Martina Navratilova
- Season
- 1986
- Date
- 5 Jul
- Note
- Wimbledon Women's
- TennisWimbledon (men)Boris Becker
- Season
- 1986
- Date
- 6 Jul
- Note
- Wimbledon Men's
- GolfThe OpenGreg Norman
- Season
- 1986
- Date
- 20 Jul
- Note
- The Open Championship
August
September
- Gaelic gamesAll-Ireland hurlingCorkdef. Galway, 4-13 to 2-15
- Season
- 1986
- Runner-up
- Galway
- Venue
- Croke Park, Dublin
- Date
- 7 Sep
- CricketCounty ChampionshipEssex
- Season
- 1986
- Date
- 16 Sep
- Gaelic gamesAll-Ireland footballKerrydef. Tyrone, 2-15 to 1-10
- Season
- 1986
- Runner-up
- Tyrone
- Venue
- Croke Park, Dublin
- Date
- 21 Sep
October
- FootballScottish League CupRangersdef. Celtic
- Season
- 1986-87
- Runner-up
- Celtic
Nov to Dec: nothing in this view
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
The year in perspective
Champions crowned
- Football14
- Gaelic games2
- Rugby league2
- Rugby union2
- Tennis2
- Cricket1
- Golf1
Not tracked yet
- Champion rows without a date left off the ledger: challenge_cup_finals.csv 1922
- Lane finals filled from the researched rows (no champions file holds the competition): wfacup, slb, loi, pwr, wsix
- Challenge Cup: no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1922, 1940
- Championship play-off final: no result or not-held entry for 2015, 2023
- Second Division: no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- County Championship: no result or not-held entry for 2020
- Cymru Premier: no result or not-held entry for 2000, 2005, 2006
- All-Ireland football: no result or not-held entry for 1890, 1891, 1897, 1902, 1911, 1918, 1920, 1921
- All-Ireland hurling: no result or not-held entry for 1891, 1897, 1899, 1911, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1921
- League One play-off final: no result or not-held entry for 2015, 2023
- Third Division North: no result or not-held entry for 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- Third Division South: no result or not-held entry for 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946
- League Two play-off final: no result or not-held entry for 2015, 2023
- Irish League (all-Ireland, to 1921): no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
- NIFL Premiership: no result or not-held entry for 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947
- Community Shield: no result or not-held entry for 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1929, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950
- Scottish Cup: no result or not-held entry for 1909, 1915, 1940
- Scottish League Cup: no result or not-held entry for 1948, 1968, 1977, 1983, 1999, 2020, 2022
- Six Nations: no result or not-held entry for 1885, 1888, 1889, 1897, 1898, 1972
- Division One: no result or not-held entry for 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
- Northern RFL Championship: no result or not-held entry for 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
- Northern RFU Championship: no result or not-held entry for 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
- British and Irish Lions: no tour in 2026, so the lane is not drawn (expected)
- Researched rows adjusted or left off because a date is not sourced: urc-2627-reg left off: end not sourced; super-league-2026-final folded into the block that contains it; wfacup-2526-final folded into the block that contains it; eng-cricket-w-2026-nz left off: end not sourced; eng-cricket-w-2026-ind left off: end not sourced; cymru-2627-reg left off: end not sourced
- Not tracked yet: English women's rugby and cricket before the research files, the Lions outside a tour year (the lane is drawn only when a tour is held), Gaelic games below the senior inter-county finals, and a home winners board for Wimbledon and The Open (nationality is not held)