- 1985–86 Alliance Premier League
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The Alliance Premier League season of 1985–86 (known as the Gola League 1985–86 for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Alliance Premier League.
Contents
New teams in the league this season
- Cheltenham Town (promoted 1984–85)
- Stafford Rangers (promoted 1984–85)
- Wycombe Wanderers (promoted 1984–85)
Final League Table[1]
Alliance Premier League Season 1985–86[1] Champions Enfield (2nd Alliance Premier League title) Promoted to the Football League None FA Trophy winners Altrincham Relegated to
Level 6Barrow,
Dartford,
Wycombe WanderersPromoted for the next season Gateshead,
Sutton,
Welling UnitedMatches played 462 Goals scored 1311 (2.84 per match) Top goalscorer Kim Casey (Kidderminster Harriers), 36 Biggest home win Kidderminster Harriers – Wycombe Wanderers 8–2;
Bath City – Barrow 6–0Biggest away win Cheltenham Town – Kidderminster Harriers 2–6;
Barrow – Runcorn 0–4Highest scoring Altrincham – Nuneaton Borough 7–4 Longest winning run ? Longest unbeaten run ? Longest losing run ? Highest attendance ? Lowest attendance ? Average attendance ? ← 1984–851986–87 →
BarrowEnfieldKidderminster HarriersNuneatonLocations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1985–1986Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1985–1986 London teamsPos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes 1 Enfield 42 15 4 2 48 20 12 6 3 46 27 94 47 + 47 76 2 Frickley Athletic 42 16 4 1 46 21 9 6 6 32 29 78 50 + 28 69 3 Kidderminster Harriers 42 12 4 5 51 28 12 3 6 48 34 99 62 + 37 67 4 Altrincham 42 14 3 4 42 27 8 8 5 28 22 70 49 + 21 63 5 Weymouth 42 11 8 2 43 24 8 7 6 32 36 75 60 + 15 61 6 Runcorn 42 11 6 4 40 17 8 8 5 30 27 70 44 + 26 60 7 Stafford Rangers 42 10 7 4 30 22 9 6 6 31 32 61 54 + 7 60 8 Telford United 42 13 5 3 42 24 5 5 11 26 42 68 66 + 2 51 9 Kettering Town 42 11 6 4 37 24 4 9 8 18 29 55 53 + 2 49 10 Wealdstone 42 10 5 6 35 28 6 4 11 22 28 57 56 + 1 47 11 Cheltenham Town 42 13 4 4 47 27 3 7 11 22 42 69 69 ± 0 46 12 Bath City 42 5 8 8 28 25 8 3 10 25 29 53 54 – 1 45 13 Boston United 42 11 5 5 41 26 5 2 4 25 50 66 76 – 10 44 14 Barnet 42 9 4 8 32 23 4 7 10 24 37 56 60 – 4 41 15 Scarborough 42 10 4 7 35 31 3 7 11 19 35 54 66 – 12 40 16 Northwich Victoria 42 5 6 10 24 25 5 6 10 18 29 42 54 – 12 37 17 Maidstone United 42 7 9 5 35 29 2 7 12 22 37 57 66 – 9 36 18 Nuneaton Borough 42 8 3 10 27 27 5 2 14 31 46 58 73 – 15 36 19 Dagenham 42 6 7 8 23 29 4 5 12 25 37 48 66 – 18 36 20 Wycombe Wanderers 42 7 6 8 30 35 3 7 11 25 49 55 84 – 29 36 Relegated to the Isthmian League 21 Dartford 42 7 6 8 36 33 1 3 17 15 49 51 82 – 31 26 Relegated to the Southern Premier League 22 Barrow 42 5 6 10 26 34 2 2 17 15 52 41 86 – 45 24 Relegated to the Northern Premier League - Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
- Points scoring: 2 points for a home win, 3 points for an away win, 1 point for a draw.
Key Football Conference Champions, no promotion FA Trophy winners Conference League Cup winners New clubs in the Conference, see Stafford Rangers, Wycombe Wanderers Relegated to Level 6 Results[1]
Home \ Away1 ALT BRN BRW BAT BOS CHL DAG DAR ENF FRK KET KID MAI NOR NUN RUN SCA STF TEL WEA WEY WYC Altrincham 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 4–1 3–1 0–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 7–4 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–3 Barnet 2–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 Barrow 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–4 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–4 2–4 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–4 1–1 Bath City 0–2 1–1 6–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–4 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–3 2–2 3–1 Boston United 1–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–3 4–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 5–0 1–1 Cheltenham Town 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–6 2–1 2–0 5–3 1–1 5–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 4–2 Dagenham 1–3 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–2 2–2 1–1 Dartford 3–2 5–3 3–2 1–2 0–1 3–3 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 5–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 Enfield 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 4–1 1–0 4–4 2–3 Frickley Athletic 0–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–4 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 Kettering Town 2–2 1–1 4–2 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 Kidderminster Harriers 0–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 3–2 5–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 2–4 5–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–2 8–2 Maidstone United 1–2 2–2 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 4–4 0–1 0–0 1–1 Northwich Victoria 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–4 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–1 4–0 Nuneaton Borough 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–5 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 Runcorn 2–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 5–0 1–1 5–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 Scarborough 1–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–3 2–3 2–3 3–5 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–4 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 Stafford Rangers 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–1 5–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–1 2–3 1–1 Telford United 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 2–4 4–0 1–1 2–3 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 Wealdstone 2–2 2–0 4–0 0–1 7–2 0–0 0–4 2–1 2–4 2–0 3–1 0–3 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 Weymouth 0–0 4–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–0 5–2 4–1 1–1 5–2 4–2 1–1 Wycombe Wanderers 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–4 4–1 3–3 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–5 2–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–4 1–2 1–0 0–3 Source: Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986–87. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1986.
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.Topscorers[1]
Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total 1 
Kim CaseyKidderminster Harriers 36 2 Carl Richards Enfield 28 3 Mick Doherty Weymouth 25 4 Mick Carter Runcorn 22 5 Paul DaviesKidderminster Harriers 21 6 Nicky EvansBarnet 20 = Gary Hooley Frickley Athletic / Scarborough 20 8 Ken McKennaTelford United 18 = Paul Wilson Frickley Athletic 18 10 Graham Bennett Stafford Rangers 17 11 Mark Boyland Cheltenham Town 16 = Dave GilbertBoston United 16 13 Colin CowperthwaiteBarrow 15 = Frank Murphy Nuneaton Borough 15 15 Tony Burman Dartford 14 = David Singleton Bath City 14 = Tim Smithers Nuneaton Borough 14 = Chris Townsend Cheltenham Town 14 19 Tony AganaWeymouth 13 = Noel Ashford Enfield 13 21 Phil Derbyshire Stafford Rangers 12 22 Bob MountainStafford Rangers 11 23 Stephen ClaridgeWeymouth 10 Promotion and relegation
Promoted
- Gateshead (from the Northern Premier League)
- Sutton (from the Isthmian League)
- Welling United (from the Southern Premier League)
Relegated
- Wycombe Wanderers (to the Isthmian League)
- Dartford (to the Southern Premier League)
- Barrow (to the Northern Premier League)
Election to the Football League
As winners of the Alliance Premier League, Enfield won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1985–86 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:
Club Final Position Votes Exeter City 21st (Fourth Division) 64 Preston North End 23rd (Fourth Division) 62.5 Cambridge United 22nd (Fourth Division) 61 Torquay United 24th (Fourth Division) 61 Enfield 1st (Alliance Premier League) 7.5 As a result Enfield did not gain membership of the Football League. This was the last season where teams who won the Conference National had to apply for election to the Football League; from the 1986–87 season the winning team was automatically promoted, provided they met the conditions that the Football League had set for its members.
References
- ^ a b c d Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986–87. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1986.
External links
- 1985-86 Conference National Results
- Re-election Results — The Division Four final league table, including the results of the re-election vote.
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