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unusual facts about 1986–87 Leicester City F.C. season


Tony Sealy

He helped Gordon Milne's side to avoid relegation out of the top-flight by a single point in 1985–86, however the "Foxes" were relegated in 1986–87.


1897–98 Thames Ironworks F.C. season

On 11 September 1897, in their first game of the new season of the London League and also at their new ground, Thames beat Brentford F.C. 1–0.

1916–17 Blackpool F.C. season

Staff and recovering patients from the King's Lancashire Medical Convalescent Hospital (KLMCH) and staff from the Royal Army Medical Corps Depot (RAMC), both based at Squires Gate, provided players throughout the season.

1923–24 Cardiff City F.C. season

In a goalless draw for most of the game, Cardiff were awarded a penalty and leading scorer Len Davies stepped up to take it, but missed and the game resulted in a goalless draw meaning Cardiff wouldn't win the title and would instead finish as runners-up.

1923–24 Nelson F.C. season

Six matches were played during the trip, two each against Real Madrid, Racing de Santander and Real Oviedo.

1978–79 Wigan Athletic F.C. season

Peter Houghton was the team's top goalscorer with a total of 13 league goals (14 in all competitions).

1979–80 West Ham United F.C. season

Winning the Cup for the third time, West Ham manager John Lyall tactically outsmarted his Arsenal counterpart Terry Neill by paying a 4–5–1 system, stifling Arsenal's creative midfield that included future West Ham signing Liam Brady and the steely Brian Talbot.

1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 99th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

2003–04 Luton Town F.C. season

January began with Luton beating Bradford City 2–1 in the FA Cup, ensuring the club reached the fourth round of the competition for the first time since the 1994–95 season.

Bernardo Padrón

After graduating from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music Performance program in 1986, Bernardo played tenor and alto sax in the Toronto Latin musical community, as well as recording with various local jazz projects (Don Valley Parkway, Mosaic) as a sideman.

Bruno Correa

Bruno César Correa (born 22 March 1986) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for UAE Pro-League side Dubai CSC.

Bud Hedinger

He worked at WFTV in Orlando from 1986 until 1989 and then worked at a TV station in Nashville before returning to Orlando in 1993.

Cocoa Krispies

Simmo also starred in an advert for the company in 1986 alongside a female companion who only appeared once named "Heapo", a cartoon Hippopotamus.

Czechoslovakian Grand Prix

1986

Don Stenberg

He first ran for Nebraska Attorney General in 1986, but lost in the Republican primary to incumbent Robert Spire 53%-47%.

Duvalier

Jean-Claude Duvalier (born 1951), nicknamed "Baby Doc", son of François Duvalier and President of Haiti (1971-1986)

Fanta Régina Nacro

She received her first degree in audiovisual science and techniques from INAFEC in 1986 and also earned a Master’s Degree in Film and Audiovisual Studies at the Sorbonne.

Footvolley

Some notable Brazilian footballers who have played (or still play) footvolley are: Romário, Edmundo, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho Gaúcho, Júnior, and Edinho (1982 & 1986 National Team).

Fred Newton

Frederick Newton (1951–1986), Dominican military commander executed for an attempted coup

Garry Roberts

After The Boomtown Rats broke up in 1986, Roberts worked with Simply Red, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Flesh For Lulu in the role of sound engineer on tours in the UK and US.

Gilmak

Gilmak Queiroz da Silva, commonly known as Gilmak, (born December 2, 1986 in Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for the Brazilian football club Botafogo-SP.

Gregory M. Frazier

From January 1977 until December 1986, Mr. Frazier served in several capacities for then-Congressman Dan Glickman.

Gun laws in the United States by state

NFA weapons are weapons that are heavily restricted at a federal level by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986.

Insanity defense

In Ford v. Wainwright 477 U.S. 399 (1986), the US Supreme Court upheld the common law rule that the insane cannot be executed.

Khampheng Sayavutthi

Khampheng Sayavutthi born 19 July 1986 in Vientiane, is a Laotian football player, who has played for YOTHA FC (MCTPC FC) in the Lao League, the top division of the Lao football League, and the Laos national team.

Khonnor

Connor Long (born July 24, 1986) is an electronic musician from New London, New Hampshire who releases music under the name Khonnor.

Liège Space Center

In the early 1980s, CSL participated in the development of the "Halley Multicolour Camera", which embarked aboard the spacecraft Giotto, photographed the nucleus of Halley's Comet in 1986.

Lisbet Rugtvedt

She finished secondary education in Skien in 1986, and finished a minor in the history of ideas at the University of Oslo in 1993.

Lockheed YF-22

A request for proposal (RFP) was issued in July 1986, and two contractor teams, Lockheed, Boeing and General Dynamics, along with Northrop and McDonnell Douglas, were selected on 31 October 1986 to undertake a 50-month demonstration phase, culminating in the flight test of two prototypes, the YF-22 and the YF-23.

Longest Night

"The Longest Night", a 1986 episode of the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses

Manhanset Chapel

In 1986, the Osofsky family donated the chapel to the Shelter Island Historical Society, which restored it to the 1924 period of its significance when it was used by the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.

Manny Elias

After parting ways with Tears for Fears in 1986, Elias has provided percussion on albums from such artists as Peter Gabriel, Peter Hammill and Julian Lennon.

Maureen Lehane

They even expanded it, and in 1986 they performed Handel's Water Music by the Mells River.

McIver railway station

The station was opened on 1 September 1989 and named after Ken McIver, a long serving steam engine driver and Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Northam and Avon from 1968 until 1986.

Michael Taliferro

Known for his intimidating stature, Taliferro was signed by the Washington Redskins in 1984, followed by two seasons in the USFL with the Denver Gold in 1985 and the Arizona Outlaws in 1986, finishing his career with the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League the following year.

Middle-market newspaper

In the United Kingdom, since the demise of Today (1986–95), the only national middle-market papers are the Daily Mail and the Daily Express, distinguishable by their black-top masthead (both use the easy-to-carry tabloid paper size), as opposed to the red-top mastheads of down-market tabloids.

New York Hot Tracks

From 1986 to 1989, Hot Tracks was hosted by Debbi Morgan and Darnell Williams, who concurrently portrayed Angie and Jesse Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children.

Nobutaka Tsutsui

A native of Nakakubiki District, Niigata and graduate of Waseda University he was elected for the first time in 1990 as a member of the Japan Socialist Party after an unsuccessful run in 1986.

Ontario Hockey Association

Only three teams from Ontario ever won the Hardy Cup (that ran from 1968–1990), two from the OHA: Georgetown Raiders in 1982 and Dundas Real McCoys in 1986.

Oppong

Dominic Oppong (born 1986), Ghanaian-born Canadian soccer player

OverDrive, Inc.

OverDrive was founded in 1986, and initially converted analog media to digital formats such as interactive diskettes and CD-ROMs.

Rozhkov

Pavel Rozhkov (b. 1986), a Russian professional football player

SeniorNet

In 1986, the New York based Markle foundation, led by Lloyd N. Morrisett, recognized the potential that existed and funded a research project, based at the University of San Francisco.

Sonia Martínez

But her career was put an end in 1986, when Sonia was in Ibiza filming an episode of the German TV series Großstadtrevier, in what she played the role of a police woman.

Tim McIntire

Tim McIntire (July 19, 1944 – April 15, 1986) was an American character actor, probably most famous for his portrayal of disc jockey Alan Freed in the film American Hot Wax (1978).

Ugandan Bush War

The Ugandan Bush War (also known as the Luwero War, the Ugandan civil war or the Resistance War) refers to the guerrilla war waged between 1981 and 1986 in Uganda by the National Resistance Army (NRA) against the government of Milton Obote, and later that of Tito Okello.

Victor Jackovich

As a career officer in the U.S. Foreign Service, he held assignments in Kiev (1979–1980), where he helped to start the first U.S. government office in Ukraine; Bucharest (1980–1983); Nairobi (1983–1986); Moscow (1988–1990); and Sofia, Bulgaria (1991).

Walking Concert

The band takes its name from the line "Boy, you're gonna be a Walking Concert!", spoken by a music store clerk to Ralph Macchio's character in the 1986 film, Crossroads.

Werturteilsstreit

John Dewey - Logik. Die Theorie der Forschung -, 1986 (Published in German 2002 as "Sozialforschung")

Wolfe Perry

Additionally, he appeared in the controversial 1986 film Soul Man, which starred C. Thomas Howell as a Caucasian student who uses medication to disguise himself as an African American and obtain a Harvard Law School scholarship intended for African American students.

Zhang Xinsheng

1986-1989, he was the Deputy Director of the National Tourism Administration, PRC.


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