The 1985–86
Southern Football League season was the 83rd in the history of the league, an English
football competition.
Welling United
Welling United Football Club is a professional football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley, England. The club's first team play in the National League South, at the sixth tier of English football.
History
Welling United Foot ...
won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the
Football Conference
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, whilst
RS Southampton and
Oldbury United left the league at the end of the season.
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:
**
Aylesbury United
Aylesbury United Football Club is a football club based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England. They are currently members of Division One Central of the Southern League and play at Chesham United's Meadow ground, having been evicted from their ...
**
Dudley Town
*Two clubs promoted from the Southern Division:
**
Basingstoke Town
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**
Gosport Borough
*Plus:
**
Worcester City, relegated from the
Alliance Premier League
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The Premier Division was to be expanded in the next season so only two clubs were to be relegated this season, though after RS Southampton resigned from the league, only Gravesend & Northfleet was relegated.
League table
Midland Division
The Midland Division consisted of 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the
previous season and five new clubs:
*Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
**
Gloucester City
**
Leamington
*Plus:
**
Bilston Town, promoted from the
West Midlands (Regional) League
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Grantham
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, transferred from the
Northern Premier League
**
Mile Oak Rovers, joined from the
Midland Combination
League table
Southern Division
The Southern Division expanded up to 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the
previous season and five new clubs:
*
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**First Epistle to the Corinthians
**Second Epistle to the Corinthians
**Third Epistle to the Corinthians (Orthodox)
*A demonym relating to ...
*
Hastings Town, new club replaced the folded
Hastings United
*
Ruislip
Ruislip ( ) is an area in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London, and in the historic county of Middlesex. Ruislip lies west-north-west of Charing Cross, London.
The manor of Ruislip appears in the Domesday Book, and some of the ear ...
, promoted from the
Middlesex County League
*
Trowbridge Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Also, at the end of the previous season
Hillingdon
Hillingdon is an area of Uxbridge within the London Borough of Hillingdon, centred 14.2 miles (22.8 km) west of Charing Cross. It was an ancient parish in Middlesex that included the market town of Uxbridge. During the 1920s the civ ...
merged with
London Spartan League
The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League.
History
The Spartan League was establ ...
club
Burnham to form a new club Burnham & Hillingdon, who took over a place in the Southern Football League.
League table
See also
*
Southern Football League
*
1985–86 Isthmian League
*
1985–86 Northern Premier League
References
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Southern Football League seasons
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