1984–85 Alliance Premier League

The Alliance Premier League season of 1984–85 (known as the Gola League 1984–85 for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the Alliance Premier League. This was the first year where the Isthmian League acted as an APL feeder league.

New teams in the league this season

Final table[1]

Alliance Premier League
Season 1984–85
Champions Wealdstone (1st Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football League None
Runners-up Nuneaton Borough
Relegated to
Level 6
Gateshead,
Worcester City,
Yeovil Town
Promoted for the next season Cheltenham Town,
Stafford Rangers,
Wycombe Wanderers
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1343 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer Paul Culpin (Nuneaton Borough), 36
Biggest home win BarnetWealdstone 7–0
Biggest away win Bath CityKettering Town 1–6;
GatesheadEnfield 0–6
Highest scoring AltrinchamBoston United 7–2;
WeymouthGateshead 5–4
Longest winning run ?
Longest unbeaten run ?
Longest losing run ?
Highest attendance ?
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance ?
Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1984–1985 London teams
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Wealdstone 428853126122733286454+ 1062
2 Nuneaton Borough 421380552366930308553+ 3258
3 Dartford 427772825106529235748+ 957
4 Bath City 421515302268722275249+ 357
5 Altrincham 421326392184924266347+ 1656
6 Scarborough 421074352076834426962+ 754
7 Enfield 421173482766936348461+ 2353
8 Kidderminster Harriers 42849403894839397977+ 251
9 Northwich Victoria 42948221977728275046+ 450
10 Telford United 421074362457923305954+ 549
11 Frickley Athletic 4212363825641127466571– 649
12 Kettering Town 42966372266931376859+ 948
13 Maidstone United 4210743824561020275851+ 748
14 Runcorn 42696272176821264847+ 148
15 Barnet 429753620641123325952+ 747
16 Weymouth 4213174132212729347066+ 445
17 Boston United 4210564332551126376969± 045
18 Barrow 42696252257922354757– 1043
19 Dagenham 428672827541219404767– 2041
20 Worcester City 4274102936551126485584– 2938Relegated to the Southern League
21 Gateshead [notes 1]4256102742461124405182– 3133Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22 Yeovil Town 4247102636241518514487– 4325Relegated to the Isthmian League
  1. Gateshead had 1 point deducted.
Key
Football Conference Champions, no promotion
FA Trophy winners, see Wealdstone
Conference League Cup winners
New club in the Conference
Relegated to Level 6

Results[1]

For this season, the Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985–86 had 15 incorrect match results in their results grid, which rendered it as good as useless. Correct results were obtained from the Football Conference, courtesy of Dennis Strudwick, general manager, and John Harman, Statistician.

Home ╲ Away ALT BAR BRWBATBOSDAGDARENFFRKGATKETKIDMAINORNUNRUNSCATELWEAWEYWRCYEO
Altrincham 02 20 00 72 31 21 32 34 20 21 21 20 12 10 01 30 01 12 20 11 20
Barnet 10 40 21 10 00 01 32 12 11 42 24 00 11 11 11 12 01 70 00 20 41
Barrow 02 10 01 11 31 00 11 60 01 01 31 02 00 00 11 11 21 21 33 10 22
Bath City 10 21 12 21 20 10 10 30 11 16 02 10 03 10 01 21 21 31 21 31 10
Boston United 00 21 13 12 41 20 32 21 11 31 23 10 34 23 20 33 13 11 22 41 30
Dagenham 11 00 11 00 12 01 03 41 02 21 22 41 21 21 21 02 10 12 22 13 20
Dartford 10 20 20 13 11 30 12 02 12 01 21 11 10 22 11 31 00 23 11 23 11
Enfield 33 33 00 11 11 32 01 10 31 53 52 12 32 10 11 34 00 20 21 60 40
Frickley Athletic 21 31 22 20 21 02 24 10 10 30 30 13 40 11 11 23 12 02 20 21 31
Gateshead 01 02 12 11 12 21 00 05 32 14 41 21 26 02 03 31 11 12 22 22 11
Kettering Town 12 40 00 12 21 01 02 43 50 11 22 20 22 11 30 01 42 01 11 10 30
Kidderminster Harriers 02 14 01 22 20 51 11 13 24 30 22 21 31 34 01 32 02 03 33 41 30
Maidstone United 30 10 20 20 22 01 21 22 11 10 30 14 10 22 51 22 00 01 14 40 33
Northwich Victoria 12 20 10 31 10 01 01 11 30 20 12 02 00 10 01 11 10 02 03 22 20
Nuneaton Borough 41 11 52 00 42 22 51 22 00 30 11 11 32 22 21 52 21 10 42 30 50
Runcorn 12 21 00 00 12 30 11 11 00 11 22 12 14 00 10 11 30 20 31 12 30
Scarborough 21 11 11 20 10 50 13 23 12 51 00 21 10 00 32 00 41 11 00 12 21
Telford United 02 10 31 31 11 11 12 20 53 11 11 32 00 01 21 31 12 42 00 11 31
Wealdstone 10 12 22 01 01 00 00 12 11 42 10 52 11 11 31 10 10 22 32 33 03
Weymouth 21 30 31 22 21 10 12 42 21 54 30 02 01 10 13 02 12 32 03 31 42
Worcester City 11 12 32 12 21 13 25 10 21 41 12 12 11 01 14 20 41 00 04 11 02
Yeovil Town 12 21 12 32 24 21 22 00 12 04 11 00 30 01 12 13 22 33 02 00 12

Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985–86. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1985; Football Conference statistics.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Topscorers[1]

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total
1 Paul Culpin Nuneaton Borough 36
2 Gary Hooley Frickley Athletic 29
3 Frank Murphy Nuneaton 21
= John Powell Kidderminster Harriers 21
5 Paul Bennett Altrincham 20
6 Paul Davies Kidderminster Harriers 19
= Dave Flint Enfield 19
= Bob Lee Boston United 19
= Steve Mahoney Kidderminster Harriers 19
10 Ian Donaldson Gateshead 17
= Paul Moss Worcester City 17
12 Mike Doherty Weymouth 16
= Bill Jeffery Kettering Town 16
= Gerry Pearson Kidderminster Harriers 16
15 Mark Graves Wealdstone 15
16 Marshall Burke Scarborough 13
= Colin Cowperthwaite Barrow 13
= Nicky Evans Barnet 13
= Paul Reid Northwich Victoria 13
= Mark Smith Kettering Town 13
= Les Whitton Dagenham 13
22 Carl Richards Enfield 12
23 Mark Carter Runcorn 11

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

Relegated

Election to the Football League

This year Wealdstone, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements. 2nd placed Nuneaton could not apply either for the same reasons, and neither could 3rd placed Dartford, so 4th placed Bath City won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1984–85 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:

Club Final Position Votes
Northampton Town 23rd (Fourth Division) 52
Stockport County 22nd (Fourth Division) 50
Torquay United 24th (Fourth Division) 50
Halifax Town 21st (Fourth Division) 48
Bath City 4th (Alliance Premier League) 8

As a result of this, Bath City did not gain membership of the Football League.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985–86. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1985.

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