Southern Football League Tables

1984/85 Tables 1985/86 Tables 1986/87 Tables

Southern Football League Premier Division  1985/86

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Welling United 38 29 6 3 95 31 +64 93 ▲Champions
2nd  Chelmsford City 38 20 10 8 68 41 +27 70 Runners Up
3rd  Fisher Athletic 38 20 7 11 67 45 +22 67 -
4th  Alvechurch 38 19 9 10 71 56 +15 66 -
5th  Worcester City 38 19 9 10 64 50 +14 66 -
6th  Crawley Town 38 18 5 15 76 59 +17 59 -
7th  Shepshed Charterhouse 38 19 1 18 51 52 -1 58 -
8th  Aylesbury United 38 14 10 14 52 49 +3 52 -
9th  Folkestone 38 14 10 14 56 56 0 52 -
10th  Bedworth United 38 14 8 16 44 49 -5 50 -
11th  Willenhall Town 38 12 13 13 51 44 +7 49 -
12th  Dudley Town 38 15 4 19 58 62 -4 49 -
13th  Corby Town 38 14 7 17 61 67 -6 49 -
14th  King's Lynn 38 12 10 16 39 42 -3 46 -
15th  Basingstoke Town 38 13 4 21 36 67 -31 43 -
16th  Road-Sea Southampton 38 11 9 18 44 61 -17 42 Resigned
17th  Witney Town 38 11 6 21 44 74 -30 39 -
18th  Gosport Borough 38 10 8 20 42 66 -24 38 -
19th  Fareham Town 38 8 13 17 40 62 -22 37 -
20th  Gravesend & Northfleet 38 9 9 20 29 55 -26 36 South Div

Southern Football League Midland Division  1985/86

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Bromsgrove Rovers 40 29 5 6 95 44 +51 92 ▲Champions
2nd  Redditch United 40 23 6 11 70 42 +28 75 Runners Up
3rd  Merthyr Tydfil 40 21 10 9 60 40 +20 73 -
4th  VS Rugby 40 17 14 9 41 31 +10 65 -
5th  Stourbridge 40 15 14 11 62 39 +23 59 -
6th  Rushden Town 40 17 7 16 69 74 -5 58 -
7th  Bilston Town 40 15 12 13 60 48 +12 57 -
8th  Bridgnorth Town 40 13 18 9 56 45 +11 57 -
9th  Gloucester City 40 15 12 13 61 57 +4 57 -
10th  Grantham 40 16 7 17 46 59 -13 55 -
11th  Wellingborough Town 40 15 9 16 56 56 0 54 -
12th  Sutton Coldfield Town 40 13 14 13 60 45 +15 53 -
13th  Hednesford Town 40 14 9 17 67 70 -3 51 -
14th  Forest Green Rovers 40 14 9 17 52 56 -4 51 -
15th  Mile Oak Rovers 40 14 8 18 56 73 -17 50 -
16th  Leicester United 40 13 10 17 41 48 -7 48 -
17th  Banbury United 40 13 8 19 38 55 -17 47 -
18th  Coventry Sporting 40 10 15 15 42 48 -6 45 -
19th  Moor Green 40 12 6 22 63 91 -28 42 -
20th  Leamington 40 10 6 24 40 77 -37 36 -
21st  Oldbury United 40 8 7 25 50 87 -37 31 Relegated

Southern Football League Southern Division  1985/86

Pos Club Pld W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1st  Cambridge City 40 23 11 6 87 41 +46 80 ▲Champions
2nd  Salisbury 40 24 8 8 84 51 +33 80 Runners Up
3rd  Hastings Town 40 23 9 8 83 51 +32 78 -
4th  Dover Athletic 40 23 6 11 89 53 +36 75 -
5th  Corinthian 40 20 9 11 78 45 +33 69 -
6th  Tonbridge 40 17 13 10 65 51 +14 64 -
7th  Dunstable 40 17 11 12 70 61 +9 62 -
8th  Ruislip 40 17 6 17 67 66 +1 57 -
9th  Erith & Belvedere 40 14 12 14 35 40 -5 54 -
10th  Waterlooville 40 16 6 18 52 58 -6 54 -
11th  Burnham & Hillingdon 40 16 6 18 44 59 -15 54 -
12th  Canterbury City 40 13 13 14 58 58 0 52 -
13th  Trowbridge Town 40 13 13 14 57 63 -6 52 -
14th  Sheppey United 40 14 10 16 43 53 -10 52 -
15th  Thanet United 40 13 7 20 58 63 -5 46 -
16th  Woodford Town 40 12 10 18 49 62 -13 46 -
17th  Poole Town 40 12 7 21 55 63 -8 43 -
18th  Ashford Town (Kent) 40 10 12 18 45 65 -20 42 -
19th  Chatham Town 40 8 15 17 53 70 -17 39 -
20th  Andover 40 10 8 22 52 92 -40 38 -
21st  Dorchester Town 40 5 8 27 35 94 -59 23 -

Southern Football League - End of Season Notes

Teams Leaving the Southern Football League

 Welling United were Promoted to the Football Conference
 Oldbury United were Relegated to the West Midlands (Regional) League
 Road-Sea Southampton Resigned from the League and joined the Wessex League

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Teams Joining the Southern Football League

 Dartford were Relegated from the Alliance Premier League
 ▲Buckingham Town were Promoted from the United Counties League
 Halesowen Town were Promoted from the West Midlands (Regional) League

1984/85 Tables 1985/86 Tables 1986/87 Tables