1984–85 Southern Football League

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The 1984–85 Southern Football League season was the 82nd in the history of the league, an English football competition.

Premier Division[]

The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

  • Two clubs promoted from the Midland Division:

League table[]

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season1984–85
ChampionsCheltenham Town
PromotedCheltenham Town
RelegatedAP Leamington
Gloucester City
Trowbridge Town
Matches played380
Goals scored1,144 (3.01 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Cheltenham Town 38 24 5 9 83 41 +42 77 Promoted to the Alliance Premier League
2 King's Lynn 38 23 6 9 73 48 +25 75
3 Crawley Town 38 22 8 8 76 52 +24 74
4 Willenhall Town 38 20 8 10 57 38 +19 68
5 Road-Sea Southampton 38 21 4 13 76 52 +24 67
6 Welling United 38 18 11 9 55 38 +17 65
7 Folkestone 38 19 6 13 70 54 +16 63
8 Fisher Athletic 38 19 5 14 67 57 +10 62
9 Chelmsford City 38 17 10 11 52 50 +2 61
10 Shepshed Charterhouse 38 18 5 15 67 50 +17 59
11 Corby Town 38 15 6 17 56 54 +2 51
12 Bedworth United 38 14 8 16 48 52 −4 50
13 Gravesend & Northfleet 38 12 12 14 46 46 0 48
14 Fareham Town 38 13 8 17 52 55 −3 47
15 Alvechurch 38 11 7 20 53 59 −6 40
16 Hastings United 38 11 7 20 46 71 −25 40 Club folded
17 Witney Town 38 9 12 17 51 58 −7 39 Reprieved from relegation
18 Gloucester City 38 10 6 22 49 74 −25 36 Relegated to the Midland Division
19 Trowbridge Town 38 10 5 23 45 83 −38 35 Relegated to the Southern Division
20 AP Leamington 38 2 5 31 22 112 −90 11 Relegated to the Midland Division
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Midland Division[]

The Midland Division consisted of 19 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:

League table[]

Southern Football League
Midland Division
Season1984–85
ChampionsDudley Town
PromotedAylesbury United
Dudley Town
Matches played306
Goals scored922 (3.01 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dudley Town 34 21 8 5 70 36 +34 71 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Aylesbury United 34 20 7 7 62 30 +32 67
3 Hednesford Town 34 18 7 9 58 42 +16 61
4 Moor Green 34 17 9 8 63 43 +20 60
5 VS Rugby 34 17 9 8 59 41 +18 60
6 Bromsgrove Rovers 34 16 10 8 53 42 +11 58
7 Stourbridge 34 15 11 8 52 45 +7 56
8 Redditch United 34 12 11 11 68 57 +11 47
9 Sutton Coldfield Town 34 13 6 15 50 56 −6 45
10 Bridgnorth Town 34 13 5 16 67 65 +2 44
11 Coventry Sporting 34 11 9 14 45 52 −7 42
12 Merthyr Tydfil 34 10 11 13 43 46 −3 41
13 Rushden Town 34 10 7 17 42 52 −10 37
14 Forest Green Rovers 34 9 10 15 49 65 −16 37
15 Wellingborough Town 34 10 7 17 39 63 −24 37
16 Oldbury United 34 10 6 18 52 66 −14 36
17 Banbury United 34 9 5 20 33 59 −26 32
18 Leicester United 34 3 6 25 17 62 −45 15
19 Milton Keynes City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Club folded, record expunged
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Southern Division[]

The Southern Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:

Also, at the end of the previous season Hillingdon Borough was renamed Hillingdon.

At the end of the season Hillingdon merged with London Spartan League club Burnham to form a new club Burnham & Hillingdon, who took over a place in the Southern Football League.

League table[]

Southern Football League
Southern Division
Season1984–85
ChampionsBasingstoke Town
PromotedBasingstoke Town
Gosport Borough
Matches played380
Goals scored1,085 (2.86 per match)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Basingstoke Town 38 24 9 5 61 22 +39 81 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Gosport Borough 38 22 6 10 78 41 +37 72
3 Poole Town 38 20 12 6 69 38 +31 72
4 Hillingdon 38 19 10 9 51 23 +28 67 Merged into Burnham & Hillingdon
5 Thanet United 38 19 9 10 63 47 +16 66
6 Salisbury 38 19 5 14 55 54 +1 62
7 Sheppey United 38 18 6 14 49 45 +4 60
8 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 38 16 9 13 68 54 +14 57 Club folded
9 Waterlooville 38 15 10 13 71 63 +8 55
10 Canterbury City 38 15 7 16 61 64 −3 52
11 Woodford Town 38 13 13 12 46 53 −7 52
12 Tonbridge 38 16 3 19 59 62 −3 51
13 Andover 38 15 5 18 42 54 −12 50
14 Dorchester Town 38 13 7 18 45 60 −15 46
15 Cambridge City 38 11 11 16 59 71 −12 44
16 Chatham Town 38 12 8 18 44 66 −22 44
17 Ashford Town (Kent) 38 10 9 19 54 69 −15 39
18 Dunstable 38 8 10 20 35 56 −21 34
19 Dover Athletic 38 7 7 24 39 78 −39 28
20 Erith & Belvedere 38 6 8 24 36 65 −29 26
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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