Southern Football League Tables
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Southern Football League Premier Division 1984/85
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Cheltenham Town | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 83 | 41 | +42 | 77 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | King's Lynn | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 75 | Runners Up |
| 3rd | Crawley Town | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 76 | 52 | +24 | 74 | - |
| 4th | Willenhall Town | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 68 | - |
| 5th | Road-Sea Southampton | 38 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 76 | 52 | +24 | 67 | - |
| 6th | Welling United | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 38 | +17 | 65 | - |
| 7th | Folkestone | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 63 | - |
| 8th | Fisher Athletic | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 67 | 57 | +10 | 62 | - |
| 9th | Chelmsford City | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 52 | 50 | +2 | 61 | - |
| 10th | Shepshed Charterhouse | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 50 | +17 | 59 | - |
| 11th | Corby Town | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 51 | - |
| 12th | Bedworth United | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 48 | 52 | -4 | 50 | - |
| 13th | Gravesend & Northfleet | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 48 | - |
| 14th | Fareham Town | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 52 | 55 | -3 | 47 | - |
| 15th | Alvechurch | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 53 | 59 | -6 | 40 | - |
| 16th | Hastings United | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 71 | -25 | 40 | Resigned |
| 17th | Witney Town | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 51 | 58 | -7 | 39 | - |
| 18th | Gloucester City | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 49 | 74 | -25 | 36 | ▼Mid Div |
| 19th | Trowbridge Town | 38 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 45 | 83 | -38 | 35 | ▼South Div |
| 20th | AP Leamington | 38 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 22 | 112 | -90 | 11 | ▼Mid Div |
Southern Football League Midland Division 1984/85
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Dudley Town | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 70 | 36 | +34 | 71 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Aylesbury United | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 62 | 30 | +32 | 67 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Hednesford Town | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 61 | - |
| 4th | Moor Green | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 63 | 43 | +20 | 60 | - |
| 5th | VS Rugby | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 59 | 41 | +18 | 60 | - |
| 6th | Bromsgrove Rovers | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 58 | - |
| 7th | Stourbridge | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 56 | - |
| 8th | Redditch United | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 57 | +11 | 47 | - |
| 9th | Sutton Coldfield Town | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 50 | 56 | -6 | 45 | - |
| 10th | Bridgnorth Town | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 67 | 65 | +2 | 44 | - |
| 11th | Coventry Sporting | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 45 | 52 | -7 | 42 | - |
| 12th | Merthyr Tydfil | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 46 | -3 | 41 | - |
| 13th | Rushden Town | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 42 | 52 | -10 | 37 | - |
| 14th | Forest Green Rovers | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 49 | 65 | -16 | 37 | - |
| 15th | Wellingborough Town | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 39 | 63 | -24 | 37 | - |
| 16th | Oldbury United | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 52 | 66 | -14 | 36 | - |
| 17th | Banbury United | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 59 | -26 | 32 | - |
| 18th | Leicester United | 34 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 62 | -45 | 15 | - |
| 19th | Milton Keynes City | Resigned Mid-Season, Record Expunged | Resigned | |||||||
Southern Football League Southern Division 1984/85
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Basingstoke Town | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 61 | 22 | +39 | 81 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Gosport Borough | 38 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 78 | 41 | +37 | 72 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Poole Town | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 72 | - |
| 4th | Hillingdon | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 51 | 23 | +28 | 67 | Merged |
| 5th | Thanet United | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 66 | - |
| 6th | Salisbury | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 62 | - |
| 7th | Sheppey United | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 60 | - |
| 8th | Addlestone & Weybridge Town | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 68 | 54 | +14 | 57 | Resigned |
| 9th | Waterlooville | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 71 | 63 | +8 | 55 | - |
| 10th | Canterbury City | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 61 | 64 | -3 | 52 | - |
| 11th | Woodford Town | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 53 | -7 | 52 | - |
| 12th | Tonbridge | 38 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 59 | 62 | -3 | 51 | - |
| 13th | Andover | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 42 | 54 | -12 | 50 | - |
| 14th | Dorchester Town | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 60 | -15 | 46 | - |
| 15th | Cambridge City | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 71 | -12 | 44 | - |
| 16th | Chatham Town | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 44 | 66 | -22 | 44 | - |
| 17th | Ashford Town (Kent) | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 54 | 69 | -15 | 39 | - |
| 18th | Dunstable | 38 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 35 | 56 | -21 | 34 | - |
| 19th | Dover Athletic | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 39 | 78 | -39 | 28 | - |
| 20th | Erith & Belvedere | 38 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 36 | 65 | -29 | 26 | - |
Southern Football League - End of Season Notes
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Teams Leaving the Southern Football League |
| ▲Cheltenham Town were Promoted to the Alliance Premier League |
| ▼Milton Keynes City Resigned from the League Mid-Season and Folded |
| ▼Addlestone & Weybridge Town Resigned from the League and Folded |
| ▼Hastings United Resigned from the League and Folded |
| - Hillingdon merged with Burnham |
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Teams Joining the Southern Football League |
| ▼Worcester City were Relegated from the Alliance Premier League |
| ►Grantham Transferred from the Northern Premier League |
| ▲Mile Oak Rovers were Promoted from the Midland Combination |
| ▲Bilston Town were Promoted from the West Midlands (Regional) League |
| ▲Burnham & Hillingdon - formed following merger between Burnham & Hillingdon |
| ▲Corinthian were accepted without a previous league |
| ▲Hastings Town - formed following demise of Hastings United |
| ▲Ruislip were Promoted from the Middlesex County League |
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