CITY 1 LEICESTER CITY 1

League Division 1

21st August 1985

Attendance 25,528

Scorers
City Lillis(30 pen)
Leicester Wilson(44)

Ref Trelford Mills

City Williams, Phillips, Power, Clements, McCarthy, Wilson, Lillis, McNab, Kinsey, McIlroy, Simpson – sub Barrett(unused)

Leicester Andrews, Ramsey, B Smith, Kelly, Osman, O’Neill, Lynex, Bright, A Smith, Wilson, Banks

FROM THE PRESS BOX

BOB RUSSELL WRITING IN THE DAILY MIRROR 22ND AUGUST 1985
Leicester felt the draught of a whirlwind resumption of their First Division duties against Manchester City at Maine Road last night.
City took the lead with a twice-taken penalty from Mark Lillis, but Leicester had the character to come back a minute before half-time with a goal set up by Mark Bright.
Bright’s prompt was all the more remarkable because he had gone off after 27 minutes for stitches in a cut chest.
City should have gone in front when penetrating young winger Paul Simpson set up Lillis, the summer signing from Huddersfield with a perfect cross but Lillis shot wide.

A minute later Simpson again powered through, this time from a Lillis set-up, only to see another intelligent low cross cut out by defender Paul Ramsey.
City might have had a penalty after 22 minutes when Ramsey grounded Lillis, but, in the end to end action Bright nodded a Steve Lynex cross onto the bar and then just failed to convert the rebound.
City did get a penalty when John O’Neill handled a dangerous looking cross from Steve Kinsey. Lillis scored, had to retake for encroachment, but still scored with his second attempt.
Leicester’s reply came when Ian Wilson sneaked onto a flick from the returning Bright to slot past Williams.