# 1984–85 Southern Football League

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:
** Shepshed Charterhouse
** Willenhall Town
* Two clubs promoted from the Southern Division:
** Crawley Town
** Road-Sea Southampton
* Plus:
** Trowbridge Town, relegated from the Alliance Premier League

### League table

| 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 |

## Midland Division

The Midland Division consisted of 19 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
* Hednesford Town, joined from the West Midlands (Regional) League
* Stourbridge, relegated from the Premier Division
* Sutton Coldfield Town, relegated from the Premier Division

### League table

| 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 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 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 |

## Southern Division

The Southern Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
* Dorchester Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Gosport Borough, relegated from the Premier Division
* Sheppey United, joined from the Kent Football League
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

| 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 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 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 | |