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1985–86 Alliance Premier League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Alliance Premier League |
| season | 1985–86 |
| winners | **Enfield** (2nd Alliance Premier League title) |
| continentalcup1 | Promoted to the Football League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | None |
| continentalcup2 | FA Trophy winners |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Altrincham |
| continentalcup3 | Relegated to |
| Level 6 | |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Barrow, |
| Dartford, | |
| Wycombe Wanderers | |
| continentalcup4 | Promoted for the next season |
| continentalcup4 qualifiers | Gateshead, |
| Sutton, | |
| Welling United | |
| league topscorer | Kim Casey *(Kidderminster Harriers)*, 36 |
| biggest home win | Kidderminster Harriers – Wycombe Wanderers 8–2; |
| Bath City – Barrow 6–0 | |
| biggest away win | Cheltenham Town – Kidderminster Harriers 2–6; |
| Barrow – Runcorn 0–4 | |
| highest scoring | Altrincham – Nuneaton Borough 7–4 |
| matches | 462 |
| total goals | 1377 |
| longest wins | ? |
| longest unbeaten | ? |
| longest losses | ? |
| highest attendance | ? |
| lowest attendance | ? |
| average attendance | ? |
| prevseason | [1984–85](1984-85-alliance-premier-league) |
| nextseason | [Football Conference 1986–87](1986-87-football-conference) |
Level 6 Dartford, Wycombe Wanderers Sutton, Welling United Bath City – Barrow 6–0 Barrow – Runcorn 0–4 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. This was the first year where a team from the Isthmian League had been promoted to the APL, and this was the last season of the league under this name - starting with the 1986–87 season, the league would be renamed to the Football Conference.
New teams in the league this season
Final league table
Results
Altrincham Barnet Barrow Bath City Boston United Cheltenham Dagenham Dartford Enfield Frickley Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Maidstone Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Runcorn Scarborough Stafford Telford United Wealdstone Weymouth Wycombe
Barnet Dagenham Dartford Enfield Wealdstone
Top scorers
:Source:
| Rank | Player | Club | League | FA Cup | FA Trophy | League Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | ** Kim Casey ** | ** Kidderminster Harriers ** | **36** | ||||
| 2 | Carl Richards | Enfield | 28 | ||||
| 3 | Mike Doherty | Weymouth | 25 | ||||
| 4 | Mick Carter | Runcorn | 22 | ||||
| 5 | Paul Davies | Kidderminster Harriers | 21 | ||||
| 6 | Nicky Evans | Barnet | 20 | ||||
| = | Gary Hooley | Frickley Athletic / Scarborough | 20 | ||||
| 8 | Ken McKenna | Telford United | 18 | ||||
| = | Paul Wilson | Frickley Athletic | 18 | ||||
| 10 | Graham Bennett | Stafford Rangers | 17 | ||||
| 11 | Mark Boyland | Cheltenham Town | 16 | ||||
| = | Dave Gilbert | Boston United | 16 | ||||
| 13 | Colin Cowperthwaite | Barrow | 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 Agana | Weymouth | 13 | ||||
| = | Noel Ashford | Enfield | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Phil Derbyshire | Stafford Rangers | 12 | ||||
| 22 | Bob Mountain | Stafford Rangers | 11 | ||||
| 23 | Stephen Claridge | Weymouth | 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 final season in which the team who won the Conference National had to apply for election to the Football League, and from the 1986–87 season onward the winning team was automatically promoted, on the provision that they met the various conditions that the Football League set for all its members.
References
References
- Peter Dunk (ed.), ''Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986–87''. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1986.
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