1984–85_Alliance_Premier_League

Alliance Premier League
Season	1984–85
Champions	Wealdstone (1st Alliance Premier League title)
Promoted to the Football League	None
Runners-up	Nuneaton Borough
Relegated to; Level 6	Gateshead,; Worcester City,; Yeovil Town
Promoted for the next season	Cheltenham Town,; Stafford Rangers,; Wycombe Wanderers
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,343 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Culpin (Nuneaton Borough), 36
Biggest home win	Barnet – Wealdstone 7–0
Biggest away win	Bath City – Kettering Town 1–6;; Gateshead – Enfield 0–6
Highest scoring	Altrincham – Boston United 7–2;; Weymouth – Gateshead 5–4
Longest winning run	?
Longest unbeaten run	?
Longest losing run	?
Highest attendance	?
Lowest attendance	?
Average attendance	?
	← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Alliance Premier League

Football league season

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.

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Results

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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;^[1] 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.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Kidderminster Harriers

Locations of the Alliance Premier League teams 1984–1985

Locations of the Alliance Premier League 1984–1985 London teams

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[table_note_WEA0.65104857117452-1] FA Trophy winners

[table_note_DAR0.65104857117452-2] New club in the Conference

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

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Pos	Team	Pld	HW	HD	HL	HGF	HGA	AW	AD	AL	AGF	AGA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wealdstone^{[lower-alpha 1]}	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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^{[lower-alpha 3]}	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

Rank	Player	Club	League
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

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

1984–85_Alliance_Premier_League

1984–85 Alliance Premier League

New teams in the league this season

Final table

Results

Top scorers

Promotion and relegation

Promoted

Relegated

Election to the Football League

References

External links

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