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1985–86 Alliance Premier League

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Season
  
1985–86

FA Trophy winners
  
Altrincham

Goals scored
  
1,311

Promoted to the Football League
  
None

Champion
  
Enfield F.C.

Matches played
  
462

1985–86 Alliance Premier League

Champions
  
Enfield (2nd Alliance Premier League title)

Relegated to Level 6
  
Barrow, Dartford, Wycombe Wanderers

Promoted for the next season
  
Gateshead, Sutton, Welling United

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1984–85 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.

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

  • 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.

    • Results

    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.

    Top scorers

    Source:
  • 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:

    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

    1985–86 Alliance Premier League Wikipedia
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