1984–85 Southern Football League

The 1984–85 season was the 82nd in the history of the Southern League.

Premier Division

Southern Football League
Premier Division
Season	1984–85
Champions	Cheltenham Town
Promoted	Cheltenham Town
Relegated	AP Leamington Gloucester City Trowbridge Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,144 (3.01 per match)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The Premier Division featured five new teams:

Crawley Town, promoted as runners-up of the Southern Division
Road-Sea Southampton, promoted as champions of the Southern Division
Shepshed Charterhouse, promoted as runners-up of the Midland Division
Trowbridge Town, relegated from the Alliance Premier League
Willenhall Town, promoted as champions of the Midland Division

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cheltenham Town !Cheltenham Town (C) (P)	38	24	5	9	83	41	+42	77	Promotion to 1985–86 Alliance Premier League
2	King's Lynn !King's Lynn	38	23	6	9	73	48	+25	75
3	Crawley Town !Crawley Town	38	22	8	8	76	52	+24	74
4	Willenhall Town !Willenhall Town	38	20	8	10	57	38	+19	68
5	Road-Sea Southampton !Road-Sea Southampton	38	21	4	13	76	52	+24	67
6	Welling United !Welling United	38	18	11	9	55	38	+17	65
7	Folkestone !Folkestone	38	19	6	13	70	54	+16	63
8	Fisher Athletic !Fisher Athletic	38	19	5	14	67	57	+10	62
9	Chelmsford City !Chelmsford City	38	17	10	11	52	50	+2	61
10	Shepshed Charterhouse !Shepshed Charterhouse	38	18	5	15	67	50	+17	59
11	Corby Town !Corby Town	38	15	6	17	56	54	+2	51
12	Bedworth United !Bedworth United	38	14	8	16	48	52	−4	50
13	Gravesend & Northfleet !Gravesend & Northfleet	38	12	12	14	46	46	0	48
14	Fareham Town !Fareham Town	38	13	8	17	52	55	−3	47
15	Alvechurch !Alvechurch	38	11	7	20	53	59	−6	40
16	Hastings United !Hastings United	38	11	7	20	46	71	−25	40	Club folded
17	Witney Town !Witney Town	38	9	12	17	51	58	−7	39
18	Gloucester City !Gloucester City (R)	38	10	6	22	49	74	−25	36	Relegation to SFL Midland Division
19	Trowbridge Town !Trowbridge Town (R)	38	10	5	23	44	83	−39	35	Relegation to SFL Southern Division
20	AP Leamington !AP Leamington (R)	38	2	5	31	22	112	−90	11	Relegation to SFL Midland Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Midland Division

Southern Football League
Midland Division
Season	1984–85
Champions	Dudley Town
Promoted	Aylesbury United Dudley Town
Relegated	None
Matches played	306
Goals scored	922 (3.01 per match)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The Midland Division featured three new teams.

Hednesford Town, promoted runners-up of the West Midlands (Regional) League
Stourbridge and Sutton Coldfield Town, relegated from the Premier Division

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dudley Town !Dudley Town (C) (P)	34	21	8	5	70	36	+34	71	Promotion to 1985–86 Southern League Premier Division
2	Aylesbury United !Aylesbury United (P)	34	20	7	7	62	30	+32	67	Promotion to 1985–86 Southern League Premier Division
3	Hednesford Town !Hednesford Town	34	18	7	9	58	42	+16	61
4	Moor Green !Moor Green	34	17	9	8	63	43	+20	60
5	VS Rugby !VS Rugby	34	17	9	8	59	41	+18	60
6	Bromsgrove Rovers !Bromsgrove Rovers	34	16	10	8	53	42	+11	58
7	Stourbridge !Stourbridge	34	15	11	8	52	45	+7	56
8	Redditch United !Redditch United	34	12	11	11	68	57	+11	47
9	Sutton Coldfield Town !Sutton Coldfield Town	34	13	6	15	50	56	−6	45
10	Bridgnorth Town !Bridgnorth Town	34	13	5	16	67	65	+2	44
11	Coventry Sporting !Coventry Sporting	34	11	9	14	45	52	−7	42
12	Merthyr Tydfil !Merthyr Tydfil	34	10	11	13	43	46	−3	41
13	Rushden Town !Rushden Town	34	10	7	17	42	52	−10	37
14	Forest Green Rovers !Forest Green Rovers	34	9	10	15	49	65	−16	37
15	Wellingborough Town !Wellingborough Town	34	10	7	17	39	63	−24	37
16	Oldbury United !Oldbury United	34	10	6	18	52	66	−14	36
17	Banbury United !Banbury United	34	9	5	20	33	59	−26	32
18	Leicester United !Leicester United	34	3	6	25	17	62	−45	15
19	Milton Keynes City !Milton Keynes City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club folded, record expunged

Southern Division

Southern Football League
Southern Division
Season	1984–85
Champions	Basingstoke Town
Promoted	Basingstoke Town Gosport Borough
Relegated	None
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,085 (2.86 per match)
← 1983–84 1985–86 →

The Southern Division featured three new teams.

Dorchester Town and Gosport Borough, relegated from the Premier Division
Sheppey United, as runners-up of the Kent Football League

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAvg	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Basingstoke Town !Basingstoke Town (C) (P)	38	24	9	5	61	22	+39	81	Promotion to 1985–86 Southern League Premier Division
2	Gosport Borough !Gosport Borough (P)	38	22	6	10	78	41	+37	72	Promotion to 1985–86 Southern League Premier Division
3	Poole Town !Poole Town	38	20	12	6	69	38	+31	72
4	Hillingdon !Hillingdon	38	19	10	9	51	23	+28	67
5	Thanet United !Thanet United	38	19	9	10	63	47	+16	66
6	Salisbury !Salisbury	38	19	5	14	55	54	+1	62
7	Sheppey United !Sheppey United	38	18	6	14	49	45	+4	60
8	Addlestone & Weybridge Town !Addlestone & Weybridge Town	38	16	9	13	68	54	+14	57	Club folded
9	Waterlooville !Waterlooville	38	15	10	13	71	63	+8	55
10	Canterbury City !Canterbury City	38	15	7	16	61	64	−3	52
11	Woodford Town !Woodford Town	38	13	13	12	46	53	−7	52
12	Tonbridge !Tonbridge	38	16	3	19	59	62	−3	51
13	Andover !Andover	38	15	5	18	42	54	−12	50
14	Dorchester Town !Dorchester Town	38	13	7	18	45	60	−15	46
15	Cambridge City !Cambridge City	38	11	11	16	59	71	−12	44
16	Chatham Town !Chatham Town	38	12	8	18	44	66	−22	44
17	Ashford Town !Ashford Town	38	10	9	19	54	69	−15	39
18	Dunstable !Dunstable	38	8	10	20	35	56	−21	34
19	Dover Athletic !Dover Athletic	38	7	7	24	39	78	−39	28
20	Erith & Belvedere !Erith & Belvedere	38	6	8	24	36	65	−29	26

References

RSSF – Southern Football League archive

Southern League
South Premier	Banbury United Basingstoke Town Biggleswade Town Bishop's Stortford Chesham United Dorchester Town Dunstable Town Farnborough Frome Town Gosport Borough Hereford Hitchin Town Kettering Town King's Lynn Town King's Langley Merthyr Town Redditch United Royston Town Slough Town St Ives Town St Neots Town Stratford Town Tiverton Town Weymouth
South East	AFC Dunstable AFC Rushden & Diamonds Arlesey Town Ashford Town Aylesbury Aylesbury United Barton Rovers Beaconsfield Town Bedford Town Cambridge City Chalfont St Peter Egham Town Fleet Town Hanwell Town Hartley Wintney Hayes and Yeading United Kempston Rovers Marlow Moneyfields Northwood Thame United Uxbridge
South West	AFC Totton Barnstaple Town Bideford Bishop's Cleeve Bristol Manor Farm Cinderford Town Cirencester Town Didcot Town Evesham United Kidlington Larkhall Athletic Mangotsfield United North Leigh Paulton Rovers Salisbury Shortwood United Slimbridge Swindon Supermarine Taunton Town Wimborne Town Winchester City Yate Town
Seasons	1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Second Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Manchester City Middlesbrough Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Portsmouth Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Derby County Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Swansea City Walsall Wigan Athletic York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bury Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham

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