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1985–86 Alliance Premier League

Alliance Premier League
Season1985–86[1]
ChampionsEnfield (2nd Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football LeagueNone
FA Trophy winnersAltrincham
Relegated to
Level 6		Barrow,
Dartford,
Wycombe Wanderers
Promoted for the next seasonGateshead,
Sutton,
Welling United
Matches played462
Goals scored1,377 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorerKim Casey (Kidderminster Harriers), 36
Biggest home winKidderminster Harriers – Wycombe Wanderers 8–2;
Bath City – Barrow 6–0
Biggest away winCheltenham Town – Kidderminster Harriers 2–6;
Barrow – Runcorn 0–4
Highest scoringAltrincham – Nuneaton Borough 7–4
Longest winning run?
Longest unbeaten run?
Longest losing run?
Highest attendance?
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance?

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

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Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Enfield (C) 42 27 10 5 94 47 +47 76
2 Frickley Athletic 42 25 10 7 78 50 +28 69
3 Kidderminster Harriers 42 24 7 11 99 62 +37 67
4 Altrincham 42 22 11 9 70 49 +21 63
5 Weymouth 42 19 15 8 75 60 +15 61
6 Runcorn 42 19 14 9 70 44 +26 60
7 Stafford Rangers 42 19 13 10 61 54 +7 60
8 Telford United 42 18 10 14 68 66 +2 51
9 Kettering Town 42 15 15 12 55 53 +2 49
10 Wealdstone 42 16 9 17 57 56 +1 47
11 Cheltenham Town 42 16 11 15 69 69 0 46
12 Bath City 42 13 11 18 53 54 −1 45
13 Boston United 42 16 7 19 66 76 −10 44
14 Barnet 42 13 11 18 56 60 −4 41
15 Scarborough 42 13 11 18 54 66 −12 40
16 Northwich Victoria 42 10 12 20 42 54 −12 37
17 Maidstone United 42 9 16 17 57 66 −9 36
18 Nuneaton Borough 42 13 5 24 58 73 −15 36
19 Dagenham 42 10 12 20 48 66 −18 36
20 Wycombe Wanderers (R) 42 10 13 19 55 84 −29 36 Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division
21 Dartford (R) 42 8 9 25 51 82 −31 26 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division
22 Barrow (R) 42 7 8 27 41 86 −45 24 Relegation to the Northern Premier League
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 2 points for a home win, 3 points for an away win, 1 point for a draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ALT BAR BRW BAT BOS CHL DAG DAR ENF FRK KET KID MDS NOR NUN RUN SCA STA 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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986–87. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1986.[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1985–1986
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Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1985–1986 London teams

Top scorers

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Source:[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

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Relegated

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Election to the Football League

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1986–87. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1986.
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