1984–85 Alliance Premier League

April 2014 April 2014 Alliance Premier League 1984–85 Wealdstone (1st Alliance Premier League title) Promoted to the Football League None Runners-up Nuneaton Borough Relegated toLevel 6 Gateshead,Worcester City,Yeovil Town Promoted for the next season Cheltenham Town,Stafford Rangers,Wycombe Wanderers Paul Culpin (Nuneaton Borough), 36 Barnet – Wealdstone 7–0 Bath City – Kettering Town 1–6;Gateshead – Enfield 0–6 Altrincham – Boston United 7–2;Weymouth – Gateshead 5–4 462 1343 ? ? ? ? ? ? 1983–84 1985–86 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 Barrow (promoted 1983–84) Dartford (promoted 1983–84) Final table main WDL QR WEA Wealdstone NUN Nuneaton Borough DAR Dartford BAT Bath City ALT Altrincham SCA Scarborough ENF Enfield KID Kidderminster Harriers NOR Northwich Victoria TEL Telford United FRK Frickley Athletic KET Kettering Town MDS Maidstone United RUN Runcorn BAR Barnet WEY Weymouth BOS Boston United BRW Barrow DAG Dagenham WRC Worcester City GAT Gateshead YEO Yeovil Town 20 10 12 64 54 -8 19 14 9 85 53 -13 17 13 12 57 48 -7 21 9 12 52 49 -15 21 6 15 63 47 -13 17 13 12 69 62 -10 17 13 12 84 61 -11 17 8 17 79 77 -8 16 11 15 50 46 -9 15 14 13 59 54 -10 18 7 17 65 71 -12 15 12 15 68 59 -9 15 13 14 58 51 -10 13 15 14 48 47 -6 15 11 16 59 52 -9 15 13 14 70 66 -13 15 10 17 69 69 -10 11 16 15 47 57 -6 13 10 19 47 67 -8 12 9 21 55 84 -7 9 12 21 51 82 -6 6 11 25 44 87 -4 C R R R Gateshead were deducted 1 point. red1 Relegation to the Southern League Premier Division RS red1 Relegation to the Northern Premier League RN red1 Relegation to the Isthmian League Premier Division RI 2 points for a home win, 3 points for an away win, 1 point for a draw. complete Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985–86. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1985. Results main FBR grey ALT BAR BRW BAT BOS DAG DAR ENF FRK GAT KET KID MDS NOR NUN RUN SCA TEL WEA WEY WRC YEO Altrincham 0–2 2–0 0–0 7–2 3–1 2–1 3–2 3–4 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 Barnet 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 4–2 2–4 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 7–0 0–0 2–0 4–1 Barrow 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 6–0 0–1 0–1 3–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–0 2–2 Bath City 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–6 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 Boston United 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–2 4–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 3–4 2–3 2–0 3–3 1–3 1–1 2–2 4–1 3–0 Dagenham 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 4–1 0–2 2–1 2–2 4–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 2–0 Dartford 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–3 1–1 Enfield 3–3 3–3 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 5–3 5–2 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 3–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 6–0 4–0 Frickley Athletic 2–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–4 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–3 4–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–1 Gateshead 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–5 3–2 1–4 4–1 2–1 2–6 0–2 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 Kettering Town 1–2 4–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 4–3 5–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 4–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 Kidderminster Harriers 0–2 1–4 0–1 2–2 2–0 5–1 1–1 1–3 2–4 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 3–4 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–3 3–3 4–1 3–0 Maidstone United 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–4 1–0 2–2 5–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–4 4–0 3–3 Northwich Victoria 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–0 Nuneaton Borough 4–1 1–1 5–2 0–0 4–2 2–2 5–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 5–2 2–1 1–0 4–2 3–0 5–0 Runcorn 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 Scarborough 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 5–0 1–3 2–3 1–2 5–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 Telford United 0–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 5–3 1–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 4–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 Wealdstone 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–2 1–0 5–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 3–2 3–3 0–3 Weymouth 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 4–2 2–1 5–4 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 1–2 3–2 0–3 3–1 4–2 Worcester City 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–5 1–0 2–1 4–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 2–0 4–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–2 Yeovil Town 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–2 2–4 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–2 3–3 0–2 0–0 1–2 Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985–86. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1985; Football Conference statistics.Note: 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. England right 400 Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1984–1985 England 53.38 -2.34 right England 51.65 -0.19 right England 54.11 -3.23 right England 51.38 -2.40 right England 52.98 -0.02 right England 51.54 0.14 right England 51.44 0.23 right England 51.66 -0.04 right England 53.60 -1.27 right England 54.95 -1.6 right England 52.41 -0.73 right England 52.39 -2.25 right England 51.11 0.86 right England 53.28 -2.47 right England 52.52 -1.44 right England 53.33 -2.71 right England 54.27 -0.42 right England 52.68 -2.45 right England 51.59 -0.33 right England 50.61 -2.46 right England 52.21 -2.22 right England 50.95 -2.67 right Altrincham Barnet Barrow Bath City Boston United Dagenham Dartford Enfield Frickley Gateshead Kettering Town Kidderminster Harriers Maidstone Northwich Victoria Nuneaton Runcorn Scarborough Telford United Wealdstone Weymouth Worcester City Yeovil Town Greater London right 369 Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1984–1985 London teams Greater London 51.65 -0.19 right Greater London 51.54 0.14 right Greater London 51.44 0.23 right Greater London 51.66 -0.04 right Greater London 51.59 -0.33 right Barnet Dagenham Dartford Enfield Wealdstone Top scorers Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total1 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 Cheltenham Town (from the Southern Premier League) Stafford Rangers (from the Northern Premier League) Wycombe Wanderers (from the Isthmian League) Relegated Gateshead (to the Northern Premier League) Worcester City (to the Southern Premier League) Yeovil Town (to the Isthmian League) Election to the Football League This year Wealdstone, the champions of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because their stadium did not meet Football League requirements. 2nd placed Nuneaton could not apply either for the same reason, and nor could 3rd placed Dartford, so 4th placed Bath City won by default 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 voting 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 failed to gain membership of the Football League. References External links 1984–85 Conference National Results Re-election Results – The Division Four final league table, including the results of the re-election vote. 1984–85 5