Southern Football League Tables
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Southern Football League Premier Division 1985/86
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Welling United | 38 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 95 | 31 | +64 | 93 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Chelmsford City | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 70 | Runners Up |
| 3rd | Fisher Athletic | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 67 | 45 | +22 | 67 | - |
| 4th | Alvechurch | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 66 | - |
| 5th | Worcester City | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 64 | 50 | +14 | 66 | - |
| 6th | Crawley Town | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 76 | 59 | +17 | 59 | - |
| 7th | Shepshed Charterhouse | 38 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 51 | 52 | -1 | 58 | - |
| 8th | Aylesbury United | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 49 | +3 | 52 | - |
| 9th | Folkestone | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 52 | - |
| 10th | Bedworth United | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 49 | -5 | 50 | - |
| 11th | Willenhall Town | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 49 | - |
| 12th | Dudley Town | 38 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 58 | 62 | -4 | 49 | - |
| 13th | Corby Town | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 61 | 67 | -6 | 49 | - |
| 14th | King's Lynn | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 39 | 42 | -3 | 46 | - |
| 15th | Basingstoke Town | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 36 | 67 | -31 | 43 | - |
| 16th | Road-Sea Southampton | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 61 | -17 | 42 | Resigned |
| 17th | Witney Town | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 44 | 74 | -30 | 39 | - |
| 18th | Gosport Borough | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 42 | 66 | -24 | 38 | - |
| 19th | Fareham Town | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 40 | 62 | -22 | 37 | - |
| 20th | Gravesend & Northfleet | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 55 | -26 | 36 | ▼South Div |
Southern Football League Midland Division 1985/86
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Bromsgrove Rovers | 40 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 95 | 44 | +51 | 92 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Redditch United | 40 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 70 | 42 | +28 | 75 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Merthyr Tydfil | 40 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 73 | - |
| 4th | VS Rugby | 40 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 41 | 31 | +10 | 65 | - |
| 5th | Stourbridge | 40 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 59 | - |
| 6th | Rushden Town | 40 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 69 | 74 | -5 | 58 | - |
| 7th | Bilston Town | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 57 | - |
| 8th | Bridgnorth Town | 40 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 57 | - |
| 9th | Gloucester City | 40 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 61 | 57 | +4 | 57 | - |
| 10th | Grantham | 40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 46 | 59 | -13 | 55 | - |
| 11th | Wellingborough Town | 40 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 54 | - |
| 12th | Sutton Coldfield Town | 40 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 60 | 45 | +15 | 53 | - |
| 13th | Hednesford Town | 40 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 67 | 70 | -3 | 51 | - |
| 14th | Forest Green Rovers | 40 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 56 | -4 | 51 | - |
| 15th | Mile Oak Rovers | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 56 | 73 | -17 | 50 | - |
| 16th | Leicester United | 40 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 41 | 48 | -7 | 48 | - |
| 17th | Banbury United | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 55 | -17 | 47 | - |
| 18th | Coventry Sporting | 40 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 48 | -6 | 45 | - |
| 19th | Moor Green | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 63 | 91 | -28 | 42 | - |
| 20th | Leamington | 40 | 10 | 6 | 24 | 40 | 77 | -37 | 36 | - |
| 21st | Oldbury United | 40 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 50 | 87 | -37 | 31 | ▼Relegated |
Southern Football League Southern Division 1985/86
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Cambridge City | 40 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 87 | 41 | +46 | 80 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Salisbury | 40 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 84 | 51 | +33 | 80 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Hastings Town | 40 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 83 | 51 | +32 | 78 | - |
| 4th | Dover Athletic | 40 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 89 | 53 | +36 | 75 | - |
| 5th | Corinthian | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 78 | 45 | +33 | 69 | - |
| 6th | Tonbridge | 40 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 65 | 51 | +14 | 64 | - |
| 7th | Dunstable | 40 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 62 | - |
| 8th | Ruislip | 40 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 57 | - |
| 9th | Erith & Belvedere | 40 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 40 | -5 | 54 | - |
| 10th | Waterlooville | 40 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 52 | 58 | -6 | 54 | - |
| 11th | Burnham & Hillingdon | 40 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 44 | 59 | -15 | 54 | - |
| 12th | Canterbury City | 40 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 52 | - |
| 13th | Trowbridge Town | 40 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 63 | -6 | 52 | - |
| 14th | Sheppey United | 40 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 53 | -10 | 52 | - |
| 15th | Thanet United | 40 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 58 | 63 | -5 | 46 | - |
| 16th | Woodford Town | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 62 | -13 | 46 | - |
| 17th | Poole Town | 40 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 55 | 63 | -8 | 43 | - |
| 18th | Ashford Town (Kent) | 40 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 65 | -20 | 42 | - |
| 19th | Chatham Town | 40 | 8 | 15 | 17 | 53 | 70 | -17 | 39 | - |
| 20th | Andover | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 52 | 92 | -40 | 38 | - |
| 21st | Dorchester Town | 40 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 94 | -59 | 23 | - |
Southern Football League - End of Season Notes
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Teams Leaving the Southern Football League |
| ▲Welling United were Promoted to the Football Conference |
| ▼Oldbury United were Relegated to the West Midlands (Regional) League |
| ▼Road-Sea Southampton Resigned from the League and joined the Wessex League |
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Teams Joining the Southern Football League |
| ▼Dartford were Relegated from the Alliance Premier League |
| ▲Buckingham Town were Promoted from the United Counties League |
| ▲Halesowen Town were Promoted from the West Midlands (Regional) League |
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