Isthmian League 2007/08

Isthmian League 2007/08
master	Chelmsford City (Premier Division) Dartford FC (Division One North) Dover Athletic (Division One South)
Climbers	Chelmsford City, AFC Wimbledon (Premier Division) Dartford FC, Canvey Island FC (Division One North) Dover Athletic, Tooting & Mitcham United (Division One South)
Relegated	East Thurrock United , Folkestone Invicta , Leyton FC (Premier Division) Edgware Town , Wivenhoe Town (Division One North) Horsham YMCA , Molesey FC (Division One South)
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^ Football Conference 2007/08

The 2007/08 season of the Isthmian League was the 92nd season in the history of the league.

Isthmian League Premier Division

In the Premier Division, Chelmsford City won the championship for the first time and rose to the Conference South together with the play-off winners AFC Wimbledon . The FC Boreham Wood was spared relegation to the Isthmian League Division One, because Halifax Town was excluded from the Conference National and thus one team less relegated from the leagues above. East Thurrock United ended up on one of the three relegation places because of a deduction of one point and started just like FC Leyton in the northern season of Division One, the third relegated, Folkestone Invicta , had to compete in the southern season.

table

	society	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Points	Comments
1.	Chelmsford City	42	26th	9	7th	84:39	+45	87	Masters and promoters to Conference South
2.	Staines Town	42	22nd	12	8th	85:54	+31	78	Play-off participants
3.	AFC Wimbledon	42	22nd	9	11	81:47	+34	75	Play-off winners and promoted to Conference South
4th	AFC Hornchurch (N)	42	20th	10	12	68:44	+24	70	Play-off participants
5.	Ramsgate FC	42	19th	11	12	67:53	+14	68
6th	Ashford Town	42	20th	6th	16	79:65	+14	66
7th	Hendon FC	42	18th	11	13	79:67	+12	65
8th.	Tonbridge Angels	42	17th	12	13	77:57	+20	63
9.	Margate FC	42	17th	11	14th	71:68	+3	62
10.	Billericay Town	42	16	12	14th	66:57	+9	60
11.	Horsham FC	42	18th	5	19th	63:63	± 0	59
12.	Heybridge Swifts	42	14th	13	15th	64:64	± 0	55
13.	Wealdstone FC (T)	42	15th	9	18th	68:75	−7	54
14th	Hastings United (N)	42	15th	8th	19th	58:67	−9	53
15th	Harlow Town (N)	42	13	13	16	56:52	+4	52
16.	Harrow Borough	42	15th	7th	20th	61:74	−13	52
17th	Maidstone United (N)	42	16	4th	22nd	56:79	−23	52
18th	Carshalton Athletic	42	14th	8th	20th	52:65	−13	50
19th	Boreham Wood FC	42	15th	5	22nd	56:73	−17	50
20th	East Thurrock United	42	14th	9	19th	48:67	−19	50 1	Relegation to the Isthmian League Division One North or South
21st	Folkestone Invicta	42	13	10	19th	49:70	−21	49
22nd	Leyton FC	42	4th	4th	34	35: 123	−88	16

¹ East Thurrock United one point was deducted for playing an ineligible player.

Play-offs

	Semifinals					final
	2	Staines Town	2
	5	Ramsgate FC	1
						2	Staines Town	1
						3	AFC Wimbledon	2
	3	AFC Wimbledon	3
	4th	AFC Hornchurch	1

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Mark Nwokeji	Staines Town	26th
2	James Pinnock	Margate FC	24
3	Carl Rook	Tonbridge Angles / Horsham FC	23
4th	Brian Haule	Hendon FC	20th
	Jon Main	AFC Wimbledon / Tonbridge Angels	20th

Isthmian League Division One North

In addition to FC Dartford , FC Canvey Island also achieved promotion to the Premier Division via the play-off round . The FC Ilford escaped relegation by the withdrawal of the Edgware Town club , which no longer had a venue for the following season. In addition, the bottom of the table Wivenhoe Town had to leave the Isthmian League.

table

	society	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Points	Comments
1.	Dartford FC	42	27	8th	7th	107: 42	+65	89	Champion and promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division
2.	AFC Sudbury	42	24	8th	10	86:40	+46	80	Play-off participants
3.	Redbridge FC	42	24	9	9	70:43	+27	80 2
4th	FC goods	42	23	10	9	110: 58	+52	79
5.	Canvey Island FC	42	23	10	9	82:39	+43	79	Play-off winner and promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division
6th	Brentwood Town (N)	42	22nd	11	9	70:49	+21	77
7th	Bury Town	42	22nd	9	11	76:53	+23	75
8th.	Edgware Town (N)	42	20th	14th	8th	53:39	+14	74	Withdrawal from gaming
9.	Maldon Town	42	19th	10	13	78:63	+15	67
10.	Northwood FC (A)	42	18th	12	12	71:61	+10	66
11.	FC Aveley	42	18th	12	12	71:61	+3	66
12.	Enfield Town	42	18th	9	15th	60:63	−3	63
13.	Great Wakering Rovers	42	13	9	20th	64:66	−2	48
14th	Waltham Abbey FC	42	12	10	20th	42:78	−36	46
15th	Arlesey Town	42	12	9	21st	64:84	−20	45
16.	Witham Town	42	12	5	25th	75: 109	−34	41
17th	Potters Bar Town	42	10	9	23	45:77	−32	39
18th	Wingate & Finchley	42	8th	11	23	45:72	−27	35
19th	Waltham Forest FC	42	7th	12	23	44:74	−30	33
20th	Tilbury FC	42	7th	12	23	49:96	−47	32 3
21st	Ilford FC	42	8th	8th	26th	47:95	−48	32
22nd	Wivenhoe Town	42	8th	7th	27	46:86	−40	31	Relegation to the Eastern Counties League

² One point was deducted from FC Redbridge for playing a player who was not eligible to play.
³ One point was deducted from Tilbury FC for playing an ineligible player.

Play-offs

	Semifinals					final
	2	AFC Sudbury	2
	5	Canvey Island FC	3
						5	Canvey Island FC	1 (5)
						3	Redbridge FC	1 (4)
	3	Redbridge FC	4th
	4th	FC goods	2

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	John Frendo	FC goods	32
2	Brendan Cass	Dartford FC	31
3	James Rowe	AFC Sudbury	27
4th	Sam Reed	Bury Town	22nd
5	Cody McDonald	Witham Town	21st

Isthmian League Division One South

In addition to Dover Athletic , trained by long-time professional player Andy Hessenthaler , Tooting & Mitcham United rose from the southern season . Horsham YMCA (promoted from 2006) and FC Molesey , which had been a member of the Isthmian League without interruption since 1977, were relegated .

table

	society	Sp.	G	U	V	Gates	Diff.	Points	Comments
1.	Dover Athletic	42	30th	8th	4th	84:29	+55	98	Champion and promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division
2.	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	26th	8th	8th	88:41	+47	86	Play-off winner and promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division
3.	Cray Wanderers	42	25th	11	6th	87:42	+45	86	Play-off participants
4th	Metropolitan Police FC	42	24	3	15th	69:47	+22	75
5.	Worthing FC (A)	42	22nd	7th	13	77:49	+28	73
6th	Dulwich Hamlet	42	20th	10	12	68:47	+21	70
7th	Kingstonian FC	42	20th	10	12	66:52	+14	70
8th.	Ashford Town	42	19th	10	13	64:51	+13	67
9.	Sittingbourne FC	42	20th	7th	15th	56:58	−2	67
10.	Burgess Hill Town	42	18th	8th	16	61:57	+3	57 4
11.	Walton & Hersham (A)	42	15th	12	15th	65:62	−5	56
12.	Whyteleafe FC	42	17th	5	20th	57:62	+4	54
13.	Croydon Athletic	42	14th	9	19th	65:76	−11	51
14th	Whitstable Town (N)	42	14th	8th	20th	69:84	−15	50
15th	FC Chipstead (N)	42	15th	5	22nd	58:76	−18	50
16.	Walton Casuals	42	11	15th	16	55:68	−13	48
17th	Leatherhead FC	42	13	7th	22nd	52:63	−11	48
18th	Chatham Town	42	12	10	20th	58:70	−12	46
19th	Eastbourne Town (N)	42	11	11	20th	58:84	−26	44
20th	Corinthian casuals	42	11	11	20th	51:77	−26	44
21st	Horsham YMCA	42	7th	6th	29	36:85	−49	27	Relegated to the Sussex County League
22nd	FC Molesey	42	3	9	30th	36: 100	−64	18th	Relegation to the Combined Counties League

⁴ Burgess Hill Town was deducted eight points for playing an ineligible player.

Play-offs

	Semifinals					final
	2	Tooting & Mitcham United	2
	5	Worthing FC	0
						2	Tooting & Mitcham United	1
						3	Cray Wanderers	0
	3	Cray Wanderers	2
	4th	Metropolitan Police	0

List of goalscorers

Pl.	player	society	Gates
1	Craig Carley	Metropolitan Police	26th
2	Liam Baitup	Eastbourne Town	23
3	Steve Harper	Burgess Hill Town	22nd
4th	Jon Henry-Hayden	Tooting & Mitcham United	21st
5	Bobby Traynor	Kingstonian FC	19th
	Jimmy Dryden	Dover Athletic	19th
	Paul Vines	Tooting & Mitcham United	19th

Isthmian League Cup

The Isthmian League Cup, the league-internal cup competition in which all 66 teams participated, was held for the 34th time. In the final at Dartford's Princes Park, Ramsgate FC beat AFC Sudbury 5-4 on penalties after a goalless game, winning the competition for the first time.

Performing in national cup competitions

FA Cup

All 66 teams of the Isthmian League took part in the FA Cup 2007/08 , the 44 teams of Division One started in the pre-qualifying round, the teams of the Premier Division one round later in the first qualifying round. A total of four teams survived the fourth qualifying round and thus reached the first main round, including with FC Ware a club from the Northern Division, which as a team in the eighth league stage was one of the three lowest-ranking main round participants. Ware failed in the first main round at fifth division Kidderminster Harriers with 0: 2, and Billericay Town lost to third division Swansea City with 1: 2.

The FC Horsham survived by a 4: 1 win against Sechstligisten Maidenhead United the first round, Staines Town played twice against the fourth division Stockport County 1: 1 and sat down in the second game with 4: 3 on penalties. In the second main round, both remaining clubs of the Isthmian League came to an end, Staines Town lost to fourth division club Peterborough United 5-0, Horsham forced Swansea City 1-1 into a replay, but then lost 6-2 give up.

FA Trophy

At the FA Trophy 2007/08 , all 66 league participants also started, with Wealdstone FC , Tonbridge Angels , Carshalton Athletic and AFC Wimbledon , four clubs in the Premier Division and Canvey Island, a club in the North Season, reached the first main round. The most successful participant was Wimbledon, which only had to admit defeat to fifth division Torquay United 0: 2 in the third main round (round of 16) .

literature

• Glenda Rollin & Jack Rollin (Eds.): Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2008–2009 . Headline Publishing Group, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7553-1820-9 , pp. 985 f .
• Mike Williams, Tony Williams (Eds.): Non-League Club Directory 2009 . Tony Williams Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-1-869833-59-6 , pp. 607-697 .

Web links

• isthmianarchive.co.uk: Season information in "The Isthmian Archive"
• tonykempster.co.uk: Results, Tables, Attendances, Maps & Mileages 2007/08

Individual evidence

1. ↑ webteams.co.uk: BOREHAM WOOD FC ARE REPRIEVED (May 16, 2008) ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} thefa.com: National League structure (May 15, 2008)
3. ↑ In a single listing on kingstonian.net , Traynor were assigned 20 hits.