1984–85 Alliance Premier League
| Season | 1984–85 |
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| 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 | ? |
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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 Alliance Premier League. This was the first year where the Isthmian League acted as an APL feeder league.
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.
Source: Rothmans Football Yearbook 1985–86. Queen Anne Press, Macdonald Futura Publishers, London & Sydney, 1985; Football Conference statistics.
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
This year Wealdstone, the winners of the Alliance Premier League, could not apply for election because they did not meet Football League requirements. 2nd placed Nuneaton could not apply either for the same reasons, and neither could 3rd placed Dartford, so 4th placed Bath City won 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 vote went as follows:
As a result of this, Bath City did not gain membership of the Football League.
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