1985–86 Alliance Premier League
| Season | 1985–86 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Enfield (2nd Alliance Premier League title) |
| Promoted to the Football League | None |
| FA Trophy winners | Altrincham |
| Relegated to Level 6 |
Barrow, Dartford, Wycombe Wanderers |
| Promoted for the next season |
Gateshead, Sutton, Welling United |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,311 (2.84 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Kim Casey (Kidderminster Harriers), 36 |
| Biggest home win |
Kidderminster Harriers – Wycombe Wanderers 8–2; Bath City – Barrow 6–0 |
| Biggest away win |
Cheltenham Town – Kidderminster Harriers 2–6; Barrow – Runcorn 0–4 |
| Highest scoring | Altrincham – Nuneaton Borough 7–4 |
| 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 1985–86 (known as the Gola League 1985–86 for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Alliance Premier League.
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.
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.
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