| Season: | 1985–86 |
| Winners: | Enfield (2nd Alliance Premier League title) |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | None |
| Continentalcup2: | FA Trophy winners |
| Continentalcup4: | Promoted for the next season |
| League Topscorer: | Kim Casey (Kidderminster Harriers), 36 |
| Biggest Home Win: | Kidderminster Harriers – Wycombe Wanderers 8–2; Bath City – Barrow 6–0 |
| Biggest Away Win: | Cheltenham Town – Kidderminster Harriers 2–6; Barrow – Runcorn 0–4 |
| Highest Scoring: | Altrincham – Nuneaton Borough 7–4 |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1377 |
| Longest Wins: | ? |
| Longest Unbeaten: | ? |
| Longest Losses: | ? |
| Highest Attendance: | ? |
| Lowest Attendance: | ? |
| Average Attendance: | ? |
| Nextseason: | Football Conference 1986–87 |
The Alliance Premier League season of 1985–86 (known as the Gola League 1985–86 for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Alliance Premier League. This was the first year where a team from the Isthmian League had been promoted to the APL, and this was the last season of the league under this name - starting with the 1986–87 season, the league would be renamed to the Football Conference.
Source:
| width=20 | Rank | width=155 | Player | width=180 | Club | width=50 | League | width=50 | FA Cup | width=50 | FA Trophy | width=50 | League Cup | width=50 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Casey | Kidderminster Harriers | 36 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | 22 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| = | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| 8 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| = | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| = | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 13 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| = | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| = | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| = | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| = | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| = | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 10 |
As winners of the Alliance Premier League, Enfield won the right to apply for election to the Football League to replace one of the four bottom sides in the 1985–86 Football League Fourth Division. The vote went as follows:
| width=140 | Club | width=185 | Final Position | width=50 | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st (Fourth Division) | 64 | ||||
| 23rd (Fourth Division) | 62.5 | ||||
| 22nd (Fourth Division) | 61 | ||||
| 24th (Fourth Division) | 61 | ||||
| 1st (Alliance Premier League) | 7.5 |
As a result Enfield did not gain membership of the Football League. This was the final season in which the team who won the Conference National had to apply for election to the Football League, and from the 1986–87 season onward the winning team was automatically promoted, on the provision that they met the various conditions that the Football League set for all its members.