1984–85 Alliance Premier League

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Nuneaton Borough), 36
Biggest home winBarnet – Wealdstone 7–0
Biggest away winBath City – Kettering Town 1–6;
Gateshead – Enfield 0–6
Highest scoringAltrincham – Boston United 7–2;
Weymouth – Gateshead 5–4
Longest winning run?
Longest unbeaten run?
Longest losing run?
Highest attendance?
Lowest attendance?
Average attendance?
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The Alliance Premier League season of 1984–85 (known as the Gola League 1984–85 for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth season of the

Isthmian League
acted as an APL feeder league.

New teams in the league this season

Final table

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Wealdstone[a] 42 8 8 5 31 26 12 2 7 33 28 +10 62
Football Conference
Champions, no promotion
2
Nuneaton Borough
 42 13 8 0 55 23 6 6 9 30 30 +32 58
3 Dartford[b] 42 7 7 7 28 25 10 6 5 29 23 +9 57
4 Bath City 42 15 1 5 30 22 6 8 7 22 27 +3 57
5 Altrincham 42 13 2 6 39 21 8 4 9 24 26 +16 56
6 Scarborough 42 10 7 4 35 20 7 6 8 34 42 +7 54
7 Enfield 42 11 7 3 48 27 6 6 9 36 34 +23 53
8 Kidderminster Harriers 42 8 4 9 40 38 9 4 8 39 39 +2 51
9 Northwich Victoria 42 9 4 8 22 19 7 7 7 28 27 +4 50
10 Telford United 42 10 7 4 36 24 5 7 9 23 30 +5 49
11 Frickley Athletic 42 12 3 6 38 25 6 4 11 27 46 −6 49
12 Kettering Town 42 9 6 6 37 22 6 6 9 31 37 +9 48
13 Maidstone United 42 10 7 4 38 24 5 6 10 20 27 +7 48
14 Runcorn 42 6 9 6 27 21 7 6 8 21 26 +1 48 Conference League Cup winners
15
Barnet
 42 9 7 5 36 20 6 4 11 23 32 +7 47
16 Weymouth 42 13 1 7 41 32 2 12 7 29 34 +4 45
17 Boston United 42 10 5 6 43 32 5 5 11 26 37 0 45
18 Barrow[b] 42 6 9 6 25 22 5 7 9 22 35 −10 43
19 Dagenham 42 8 6 7 28 27 5 4 12 19 40 −20 41
20 Worcester City 42 7 4 10 29 36 5 5 11 26 48 −29 38 Relegated to the Southern League
21 Gateshead 42 5 6 10 27 42 4 6 11 24 40 −31 33[c] Relegated to the Northern Premier League
22 Yeovil Town 42 4 7 10 26 36 2 4 15 18 51 −43 25 Relegated to the Isthmian League
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 2 points for a home win, 3 points for an away win, 1 point for a draw.
Notes:
  1. ^ FA Trophy winners
  2. ^ a b New club in the Conference
  3. ^ Gateshead had 1 point deducted.

Results

Home \ Away 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
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985–86. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1985;
Football Conference
, courtesy of Dennis Strudwick, general manager, and John Harman, Statistician.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
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Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1984–1985
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Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1984–1985 London teams

Top scorers

Rank Player Club League FA Cup FA Trophy League Cup Total[1]
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

Relegated

Election to the Football League

This year

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

  1. ^ a b c Peter Dunk (ed.), Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985–86. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald & Co., London & Sydney, 1985.

External links

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