1985–86 Combined Counties Football League

The 1985–86 Combined Counties Football League season was the eighth in the history of the Combined Counties Football League, a football competition in England.

The league was won by British Aerospace (Weybridge) for the second time. Newcomers Chertsey Town finished as runners-up and were promoted back to the Isthmian League.

League table

Football league season
Combined Counties
Football League
Season1985–86
ChampionsBritish Aerospace (Weybridge)
PromotedChertsey Town
Matches played342
Goals scored1,092 (3.19 per match)

The league remained at 19 clubs after Southwick were promoted to the Isthmian League and one new club joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 British Aerospace (Weybridge) 36 26 6 4 95 36 +59 84
2 Chertsey Town 36 26 3 7 95 32 +63 81 Promoted to the Isthmian League Division Two South
3 Ash United 36 24 6 6 76 24 +52 78
4 Malden Vale 36 21 6 9 74 44 +30 69
5 Farnham Town 36 21 4 11 77 42 +35 67
6 Malden Town 36 20 6 10 72 46 +26 66
7 Merstham 36 20 6 10 54 39 +15 66
8 Cobham 36 19 4 13 67 59 +8 52[a]
9 Westfield 36 15 4 17 55 72 −17 52[b]
10 Godalming Town 36 14 6 16 64 57 +7 48
11 Hartley Wintney 36 12 7 17 51 51 0 43
12 Chobham 36 9 11 16 36 53 −17 41[b]
13 Cove 36 9 9 18 41 57 −16 39[b]
14 Virginia Water 36 11 4 21 42 65 −23 37
15 Farleigh Rovers 36 9 7 20 40 63 −23 34
16 Horley Town 36 8 8 20 44 89 −45 32
17 Cranleigh 36 9 5 22 34 85 −51 32
18 Frimley Green 36 7 6 23 36 76 −40 27
19 Fleet Town 36 4 8 24 39 102 −63 20 Resigned to the Surrey Premier League
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used.
Notes:
  1. ^ Cobham had nine points deducted.
  2. ^ a b c Chobham, Cove and Westfield each had three points awarded.

References

  1. ^ "1985–86 Combined Counties League". fchd. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

External links

  • Combined Counties League Official Site Archived 2013-10-30 at the Wayback Machine
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