Isthmian League 2008/09

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The 2008/09 season of the Isthmian League was the 93rd season in the history of the league. Again she formed levels 3 and 4 in the National League system with the Northern Premier League and the Southern League .

Isthmian League Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division
master Dover Athletic
Climbers Dover Athletic, Staines Town
Relegated Harlow Town , Heybridge Swifts , Ramsgate FC
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1321  (ø 2.86 per game)
spectator 193.205  (ø 418 per game)
Top scorer Richard Jolly ( Carshalton Athletic ), 31 goals
← Isthmian League 2007/08
^ Football Conference 2008/09

In the Premier Division, promoted Dover Athletic made the march and rose together with the play-off winner Staines Town in the Conference South . The FC Margate spared later the descent into the Division One.

table
society Sp. G U V Gates Diff. Points Comments
1. Dover Athletic (N) 42 33 5 4th 91:34 +57 104 Masters and promoters to Conference South
2. Staines Town 42 23 13 6th 75:41 +34 82 Play-off winners and promoted to Conference South
3. Tonbridge Angels 42 20th 13 9 82:54 +28 73 Play-off participants
4th Carshalton Athletic 42 19th 11 12 64:63 +1 68
5. Sutton United (A) 42 18th 13 11 57:53 +4 67
6th AFC Hornchurch 42 19th 8th 15th 60:51 +9 65
7th Wealdstone FC 42 18th 8th 16 70:56 +14 62
8th. Dartford FC (N) 42 17th 11 14th 62:49 +13 62
9. Tooting & Mitcham United (N) 42 16 10 16 57:57 ± 0 58
10. Ashford Town (Middlesex) 42 18th 2 22nd 64:66 -2 56
11. Billericay Town 42 15th 11 16 54:66 -12 56
12. Canvey Island FC (N) 42 16 7th 19th 65:70 -5 55
13. Horsham FC 42 16 7th 19th 49:60 −11 55
14th Harrow Borough 42 14th 12 16 56:73 −17 54
15th Maidstone United 42 14th 11 17th 46:51 -5 53
16. Hendon FC 42 15th 6th 21st 69:65 +4 51
17th Hastings United 42 14th 7th 21st 52:68 −16 49
18th Boreham Wood FC 42 12 12 18th 48:61 −13 48
19th Margate FC 42 13 7th 22nd 51:64 −13 46
20th Harlow Town 42 13 6th 23 61:77 −16 42 1 Relegation to the Isthmian League Division One North or South
21st Heybridge Swifts 42 10 11 21st 41:63 −22 41
22nd Ramsgate FC 42 8th 11 23 47:79 −32 31 2

1 Harlow Town three points were deducted for the use of an ineligible player.
2 Ramsgate FC were deducted four points for playing too many loan players.

Play-offs
  Semifinals final
                 
2 Staines Town 3    
5 Sutton United 0  
2 Staines Town 1 n.
  4th Carshalton Athletic 0 V.
3 Tonbridge Angels 2
4th Carshalton Athletic 3  
List of goalscorers
Pl. player society Gates
1 EnglandEngland Richard Jolly Carshalton Athletic 31
2 EnglandEngland Carl Rook Tonbridge Angels 24
3 EnglandEngland Byron Harrison Ashford Town (Middx) 22nd
4th EnglandEngland Francis Collin Dover Athletic 21st
5 EnglandEngland Paul Vines Tooting & Mitcham United 20th

Isthmian League Division One North

Isthmian League Division One North
master FC Aveley
Climbers Aveley FC, Waltham Abbey FC
Relegated Witham Town , Hillingdon Borough
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1354  (ø 2.93 per game)
spectator 49,213  (ø 107 per game)
Top scorer EnglandEnglandMartin Tuohy ( East Thurrock United ), 39 goals
← Isthmian League 2007/08
^ Isthmian League Premier Division 2008/09

In addition to FC Aveley , FC Waltham Abbey also achieved promotion to the Premier Division via the play-off round . The two bottom of the table Witham Town and Hillingdon Borough had to leave the Isthmian League at the end of the season.

table
society Sp. G U V Gates Diff. Points Comments
1. FC Aveley 42 29 9 4th 81:40 +41 96 Champion and promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division
2. East Thurrock United (A) 42 30th 5 7th 112: 50 +62 95 Play-off participants
3. Brentwood Town 42 26th 10 6th 77:32 +45 88
4th Waltham Abbey FC 42 25th 7th 10 85:45 +40 82 Play-off winner and promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division
5. Concord Rangers (N) 42 23 10 9 83:34 +49 79 Play-off participants
6th Northwood FC 42 22nd 12 8th 65:39 +26 78
7th Wingate & Finchley 42 19th 10 13 67:51 +16 67
8th. Redbridge FC 42 18th 10 14th 61:50 +11 64
9. FC goods 42 19th 4th 19th 69:75 –6 61
10. Chatham Town (T) 42 18th 6th 18th 58:60 -2 60
11. Tilbury FC 42 16 10 16 62:53 +9 58
12. Enfield Town 42 17th 7th 18th 71:68 +3 58
13. Great Wakering Rovers 42 16 10 16 56:62 −6 58
14th FC Cheshunt (A) 42 17th 5 20th 60:71 −11 56
15th Leyton FC (A) 42 12 15th 15th 63:56 +7 51
16. Maldon Town 42 13 9 20th 48:63 −15 45 3
17th Ilford FC 42 12 5 25th 27:68 −41 41
18th Thamesmead Town (N) 42 10 10 22nd 46:73 −27 40
19th Potters Bar Town 42 9 10 23 52:73 −21 36 4
20th Waltham Forest FC 42 9 7th 26th 39:81 −42 34
21st Witham Town 42 6th 9 27 37: 103 −66 27 Relegation to the Essex Senior League
22nd Hillingdon Borough (T) 42 4th 4th 34 35: 107 −72 16 Relegation to the Spartan South Midlands League

3 Maldon Town was deducted three points for the use of an ineligible player.
4 Potters Bar Town one point was deducted for the use of an ineligible player.

Play-offs
  Semifinals final
                 
2 East Thurrock United 0    
5 Concord Rangers 1  
5 Concord Rangers 1 (4)
  4th Waltham Abbey FC 1 (5)
3 Brentwood Town 1
4th Waltham Abbey FC 4th  
List of goalscorers
Pl. player society Gates
1 EnglandEngland Martin Tuohy East Thurrock United 39
2 EnglandEngland Billy Holland Waltham Abbey 20th
EnglandEngland Sherwin Stanley Brentwood Town 20th
4th EnglandEngland Chris Stowe Tilbury FC 18th
EnglandEngland Kris Newby East Thurrock United 18th

Isthmian League Division One South

Isthmian League Division One South
master Kingstonian FC
Climbers Kingstonian FC, Cray Wanderers
Relegated Crowborough Athletic
Teams 22nd
Games 462
Gates 1380  (ø 2.99 per game)
spectator 83,529  (ø 181 per game)
Top scorer EnglandEngland Bobby Traynor ( Kingstonian FC ), 32 goals
← Isthmian League 2007/08
^ Isthmian League Premier Division 2008/09

In addition to Kingstonian FC , the Cray Wanderers rose from the southern season, while Crowborough Athletic had to relegate last year . The FC Chipstead escaped relegation retrospectively because not enough clubs from the divisions below exercised their right to promotion.

table
society Sp. G U V Gates Diff. Points Comments
1. Kingstonian FC 42 26th 8th 8th 91:48 +43 86 Champion and promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division
2. Cray Wanderers 42 24 7th 11 87:54 +33 79 Play-off winner and promoted to the Isthmian League Premier Division
3. Fleet Town (T) 42 21st 15th 6th 82:43 +39 78 Play-off participants
4th Metropolitan Police FC 42 21st 14th 7th 72:45 +27 77
5. Worthing FC 42 21st 13 8th 77:48 +29 76
6th Sittingbourne FC 42 19th 13 10 63:54 +9 70
7th Ashford Town (Kent) 42 16 15th 11 68:54 +14 63
8th. Merstham FC (N) 42 18th 10 14th 57:54 +3 63 5
9. Godalming Town (T) 42 17th 11 14th 71:50 +21 62
10. Croydon Athletic 42 16 14th 12 67:54 +13 62
11. Folkestone Invicta (A) 42 16 11 15th 54:46 +8 59
12. Dulwich Hamlet 42 15th 15th 12 64:50 +14 57 6
13. Eastbourne Town 42 17th 6th 19th 66:72 −6 57
14th Walton & Hersham 42 13 1 18th 46:55 −9 50
15th Leatherhead FC 42 14th 8th 20th 57:74 −17 50
16. Whitstable Town 42 14th 8th 20th 58:77 −19 50
17th Walton Casuals 42 12 8th 22nd 43:60 −17 44
18th Whyteleafe FC 42 11 10 21st 48:64 −16 43
19th Burgess Hill Town 42 10 13 19th 49:66 −17 43
20th Corinthian casuals 42 11 10 21st 61:91 −30 43
21st FC Chipstead 42 8th 12 22nd 57:96 −39 36
22nd Crowborough Athletic (N) 42 4th 4th 34 42: 125 −83 13 7 Relegated to the Sussex County League

5 One point was deducted from Merstham FC for playing an ineligible player.
6 Dulwich Hamlet were deducted three points for playing an ineligible player.
7 Crowborough Athletic three points were deducted for playing an ineligible player.

Play-offs
  Semifinals final
                 
2 Cray Wanderers 1    
5 Worthing FC 0  
2 Cray Wanderers 1
  4th Metropolitan Police 0
3 Fleet Town 0
4th Metropolitan Police 1  
List of goalscorers
Pl. player society Gates
1 EnglandEngland Bobby Traynor Kingstonian FC 32
2 Glen Stanley Godalming Town 21st
James Dryden Folkestone Invicta 21st
4th EnglandEngland Mark Anderson Fleet Town 20th
5 EnglandEngland Richard Brady Sittingbourne FC 18th

Isthmian League Cup

The Isthmian League Cup, the league-internal cup competition in which all 66 teams participated, was held for the 35th time. In the final on Wheatsheaf Lane in Staines Town, Tilbury FC beat Harrow Borough 2-0 and won the competition for the second time - the first title came in 1974 when it was first played.

Performing in national cup competitions

FA Cup

All 66 teams of the Isthmian League took part in the FA Cup 2008/09 , 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 three teams from the Premier Division survived the fourth qualifying round and thus reached the first main round. There, Sutton United (0: 1 against Notts County , League Two), AFC Hornchurch (0: 1 against Peterborough United , League One) and Harlow Town (0: 2 against Macclesfield Town , League Two) all three remaining participants of the Isthmian failed League to clubs from the professional camp.

FA Trophy

At the FA Trophy 2008/09 all 66 league participants also started, with Wingate & Finchley only one club in the northern season reached the first main round, where the team lost 1: 3 to Farnborough FC (Southern League Premier Division).

literature

  • Tony Williams, James Wright (Eds.): Non-League Club Directory 2010 . Tony Williams Publications, 2009, ISBN 978-1-869833-66-4 , pp. 609-701 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kentishfootball.co.uk: Chatham delight as they return south (May 29, 2009) , accessed January 28, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c isthmianarchive.co.uk: RYMAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE - WEEKLY NEWS AND MATCH BULLETIN Season 2008-2009 No: 39 -: - 11th May 2009 ( Word )
  3. ↑ tonykempster.co.uk: Maps & Lists for 2009/10 season , accessed on January 28, 2019