1985–86 Alliance Premier League

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.

New teams in the league this season

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 6
Barrow,
Dartford,
Wycombe Wanderers
Promoted for the next season Gateshead,
Sutton,
Welling United
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1311 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer Kim Casey (Kidderminster Harriers), 36
Biggest home win Kidderminster HarriersWycombe Wanderers 8–2;
Bath CityBarrow 6–0
Biggest away win Cheltenham TownKidderminster Harriers 2–6;
BarrowRuncorn 0–4
Highest scoring AltrinchamNuneaton Borough 7–4
Longest winning run ?
Longest unbeaten run ?
Longest losing run ?
Highest attendance ?
Lowest attendance ?
Average attendance ?
Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1985–1986 London teams
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts Notes
1 Enfield 4215424820126346279447+ 4776
2 Frickley Athletic 421641462196632297850+ 2869
3 Kidderminster Harriers 4212455128123648349962+ 3767
4 Altrincham 421434422788528227049+ 2163
5 Weymouth 421182432487632367560+ 1561
6 Runcorn 421164401788530277044+ 2660
7 Stafford Rangers 421074302296631326154+ 760
8 Telford United 4213534224551126426866+ 251
9 Kettering Town 421164372449818295553+ 249
10 Wealdstone 4210563528641122285756+ 147
11 Cheltenham Town 4213444727371122426969± 046
12 Bath City 425882825831025295354– 145
13 Boston United 421155412652425506676– 1044
14 Barnet 429483223471024375660– 441
15 Scarborough 4210473531371119355466– 1240
16 Northwich Victoria 4256102425561018294254– 1237
17 Maidstone United 427953529271222375766– 936
18 Nuneaton Borough 4283102727521431465873– 1536
19 Dagenham 426782329451225374866– 1836
20 Wycombe Wanderers 427683035371125495584– 2936Relegated to the Isthmian League
21 Dartford 427683633131715495182– 3126Relegated to the Southern League
22 Barrow 4256102634221715524186– 4524Relegated to the Northern Premier League
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 ╲ Away ALT BAR BRWBATBOSCHLDAGDARENFFRKKETKIDMAINORNUNRUNSCASTATELWEAWEYWYC
Altrincham 20 20 12 13 41 31 00 14 10 22 21 10 21 74 11 20 13 10 10 31 43
Barnet 22 41 10 30 22 41 20 01 12 30 01 33 10 01 12 10 02 12 10 22 01
Barrow 01 01 11 21 22 10 12 12 22 10 34 11 12 20 04 24 01 10 11 34 11
Bath City 02 11 60 20 11 11 20 02 12 11 24 11 00 02 01 00 01 30 23 22 31
Boston United 13 12 21 11 12 30 30 12 03 41 21 22 30 32 21 21 11 22 10 50 11
Cheltenham Town 20 21 20 12 21 22 31 20 11 51 26 21 20 53 11 51 20 11 12 01 42
Dagenham 13 21 30 01 22 13 21 02 00 10 01 00 10 32 23 00 11 14 02 22 11
Dartford 32 53 32 12 01 33 11 23 12 02 51 11 20 01 01 11 33 21 12 11 10
Enfield 11 10 40 31 30 10 31 10 31 11 22 13 10 32 20 40 31 41 10 44 23
Frickley Athletic 00 33 20 21 51 21 32 10 14 30 31 20 10 22 31 21 30 31 21 10 22
Kettering Town 22 11 42 20 31 21 02 22 21 20 22 20 21 14 00 00 01 40 21 02 41
Kidderminster Harriers 02 02 21 31 32 51 20 41 12 10 00 31 22 21 24 51 11 30 31 12 82
Maidstone United 12 22 00 32 12 10 21 30 33 32 00 21 01 51 11 11 24 44 01 00 11
Northwich Victoria 12 01 01 12 34 31 01 20 22 23 00 00 10 03 11 00 20 01 22 01 40
Nuneaton Borough 00 41 01 23 01 01 12 31 15 01 03 03 10 13 10 31 30 11 00 30 30
Runcorn 21 00 31 20 30 50 11 50 11 22 01 02 30 23 31 00 30 10 11 12 21
Scarborough 10 31 31 21 21 21 21 11 13 23 23 35 20 00 21 11 24 31 01 11 12
Stafford Rangers 11 00 10 10 21 20 31 51 11 00 00 32 21 12 20 11 03 03 21 23 11
Telford United 21 22 31 10 21 30 21 21 22 21 22 01 24 40 11 23 10 00 21 41 31
Wealdstone 22 20 40 01 72 00 04 21 24 20 31 03 32 00 10 11 03 23 11 10 20
Weymouth 00 42 32 00 00 00 21 21 22 23 10 12 20 22 20 52 41 11 52 42 11
Wycombe Wanderers 01 20 11 14 41 33 11 32 10 13 00 25 22 11 20 01 21 24 12 10 03

Source: Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986–87. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1986.
1 ^ The 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 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

Relegated

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986–87. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1986.

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