ENGLISH NON-LEAGUE ARCHIVE

Southern League 1985-86

Premier Division

                          Pl   W  D  L  F   A  Pts
 1  Welling United .  .  . 38  29  6  3  95  31  93  Promoted to Gola League {APL}
 2  Chelmsford City.  .  . 38  20 10  8  68  41  70
 3  Fisher Athletic.  .  . 38  20  7 11  67  45  67
 4  Alvechurch  .  .  .  . 38  19  9 10  71  56  66
 5  Worcester City .  .  . 38  19  9 10  64  50  66
 6  Crawley Town.  .  .  . 38  18  5 15  76  59  59
 7  Shepshed Charterhouse. 38  19  1 18  51  52  58
 8  Aylesbury United  .  . 38  14 10 14  52  49  52
 9  Folkestone  .  .  .  . 38  14 10 14  56  56  52
10 Bedworth United.  .  . 38  14  8 16  44  49  50
11 Willenhall Town.  .  . 38  12 13 13  51  44  49
12 Dudley Town .  .  .  . 38  15  4 19  58  62  49
13 Corby Town  .  .  .  . 38  14  7 17  61  67  49
14 King's Lynn .  .  .  . 38  12 10 16  39  42  46
15 Basingstoke Town  .  . 38  13  4 21  36  67  43
16 Road-Sea Southampton . 38  11  9 18  44  61  42  ?Folded
17 Witney Town .  .  .  . 38  11  6 21  44  74  39
18 Gosport Borough.  .  . 38  10  8 20  42  66  38
19 Fareham Town.  .  .  . 38   8 13 17  40  62  37
20 Gravesend & Northfleet 38   9  9 20  29  55  36  Relegated: SLS

• Dartford, relegated from the Gola League {APL}

Midland Division

                          Pl   W  D  L  F   A  Pts
 1  Bromsgrove Rovers .  . 40  29  5  6  95  44  92  Promoted: SLP
 2  Redditch United.  .  . 40  23  6 11  70  42  75  Promoted: SLP
 3  Merthyr Tydfil .  .  . 40  21 10  9  60  40  73
 4  VS Rugby .  .  .  .  . 40  17 14  9  41  31  65
 5  Stourbridge .  .  .  . 40  15 14 11  62  49  59
 6  Rushden Town.  .  .  . 40  17  7 16  69  74  58
 7  Bilston Town.  .  .  . 40  15 12 13  60  48  57
 8  Bridgnorth Town.  .  . 40  13 18  9  56  45  57
 9  Gloucester City.  .  . 40  15 12 13  61  57  57
10 Grantham .  .  .  .  . 40  16  7 17  46  59  55
11 Wellingborough Town  . 40  15  9 16  56  56  54
12 Sutton Coldfield Town. 40  13 14 13  60  45  53
13 Hednesford Town.  .  . 40  14  9 17  67  70  51
14 Forest Green Rovers  . 40  14  9 17  52  56  51
15 Mile Oak Rovers.  .  . 40  14  8 18  56  73  50
16 Leicester United  .  . 40  13 10 17  41  48  49
17 Banbury United .  .  . 40  13  8 19  38  55  47
18 Coventry Sporting .  . 40  10 15 15  42  48  45
19 Moor Green  .  .  .  . 40  12  6 22  63  91  42
20 AP Leamington  .  .  . 40  10  6 24  40  77  36
21 Oldbury United .  .  . 40   8  7 25  50  87  31  Relegated to West Midlands (Regional) League {WMP}

• Halesowen Town, promoted from the West Midlands (Regional) League {WMP}
• Buckingham Town, promoted from the United Counties League {UCP}

Southern Division

                          Pl   W  D  L  F   A  Pts
 1  Cambridge City .  .  . 40  23 11  6  87  41  80  Promoted: SLP
 2  Salisbury.  .  .  .  . 40  24  8  8  84  51  80  Promoted: SLP
 3  Hastings United.  .  . 40  23  9  8  83  51  78
 4  Dover Athletic .  .  . 40  23  6 11  89  53  75
 5  Corinthian  .  .  .  . 40  20  9 11  78  45  69
 6  Tonbridge AFC  .  .  . 40  17 13 10  65  51  64
 7  Dunstable.  .  .  .  . 40  17 11 12  70  61  62
 8  Ruislip  .  .  .  .  . 40  17  6 17  67  66  57
 9  Erith & Belvedere .  . 40  14 12 14  36  65  54
10 Waterlooville  .  .  . 40  16  6 18  52  58  54
11 Burnham & Hillingdon . 40  16  6 18  44  59  54
12 Canterbury City.  .  . 40  13 13 14  58  58  52
13 Trowbridge Town.  .  . 40  13 13 14  57  63  52
14 Sheppey United .  .  . 40  14 10 16  43  53  52
15 Thanet United  .  .  . 40  13  7 20  58  63  46
16 Woodford Town  .  .  . 40  12 10 18  49  62  46
17 Poole Town  .  .  .  . 40  12  7 21  55  63  43
18 Ashford Town.  .  .  . 40  10 12 18  49  62  42
19 Chatham Town.  .  .  . 40   8 15 17  53  70  44
20 Andover  .  .  .  .  . 40  10  8 22  52  92  38
21 Dorchester Town.  .  . 40   5  8 27  35  94  23

[ 3 points for a win and 1 for a draw ]

Source: The Guinness Non-League Football Fact Book, Tony Williams (Guinness, 1991)

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