2003–04 Isthmian League
The 2003–04 season was the 89th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
At the end of the season, the Premier Division was replaced as a level 6 league (along with the Northern Premier League Premier Division and Southern Football League Premier Division) by the newly formed Conference North and Conference South. The Premier Division lost more than half its clubs to these two new leagues, and the two Division Ones had a number of their teams promoted to the Premier Division to replace them. The Isthmian League Premier Division became a level 7 league.
Premier Division
Season | 2003–04 |
---|---|
Champions | Canvey Island |
Promoted | Canvey Island |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1533 (2.78 per match) |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:
- Bognor Regis Town, promoted as runners-up in Division One South
- Carshalton Athletic, promoted as champions of Division One South
- Hornchurch, promoted as runners-up in Division One North
- Kettering Town, relegated from the Conference National
- Northwood, promoted as champions of Division One North
Canvey Island won the division and were promoted to the Conference National. Clubs finished higher than 14th position were to transfer to the newly created Conference North and South divisions and clubs finished higher 21st position plus winners of Division Ones were to participate in the play-offs for a two final spots in Conference North/South. After Hendon decided not to take up their option to join Conference their place was taken by Basingstoke Town.
There were no relegation from the Premier Division this season, though, due to league reform, teams remained in the division downgraded from sixth tier to seventh.
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canvey Island (C) (P) | 46 | 32 | 8 | 6 | 106 | 42 | +64 | 104 | Promotion to the Conference National |
2 | Sutton United | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 94 | 56 | +38 | 85 | Transferred to the Conference South |
3 | Thurrock | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 87 | 45 | +42 | 83 | |
4 | Hendon | 46 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 68 | 47 | +21 | 83¶ | |
5 | Hornchurch | 46 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 82† | Transferred to the Conference South |
6 | Grays Athletic | 46 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 82 | 39 | +43 | 81 | |
7 | Carshalton Athletic | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 81 | |
8 | Hayes | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 74 | |
9 | Kettering Town | 46 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 71 | Transferred to the Conference North |
10 | Bognor Regis Town | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 69 | 67 | +2 | 70 | Transferred to the Conference South |
11 | Bishop's Stortford | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 78 | 61 | +17 | 69 | |
12 | Maidenhead United | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 63 | |
13 | Ford United F.C. | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 69 | 63 | +6 | 62* | |
14 | Basingstoke Town | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 60¶ | Qualification for the playoffs, then transferred to the Conference South |
15 | Bedford Town | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 62 | 63 | −1 | 55 | Qualification for the playoffs, then transferred to the SFL Premier Division |
16 | Heybridge Swifts | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 57 | 78 | −21 | 53 | Qualification for the playoffs |
17 | Harrow Borough | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 50 | |
18 | Kingstonian | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 49 | |
19 | St Albans City (O) | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 55 | 83 | −28 | 48 | Qualification for the playoffs, then transferred to the Conference South |
20 | Hitchin Town | 46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 55 | 89 | −34 | 47 | Qualification for the playoffs, then transferred to the SFL Premier Division |
21 | Northwood | 46 | 12 | 9 | 25 | 65 | 95 | −30 | 45 | |
22 | Billericay Town | 46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 51 | 66 | −15 | 44 | |
23 | Braintree Town | 46 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 41 | 88 | −47 | 39 | |
24 | Aylesbury United | 46 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 101 | −60 | 29 | Transferred to the SFL Premier Division |
Source: [1]
[2]
[3]
† Hornchurch deducted 1 point.
¶ Hendon decided not to take up their option to join the newly created Conference divisions. Basingstoke Town replaced them as a highest finished team missed out on automatic transfer.
* At the end of the season, Ford United F.C. was renamed to Redbridge F.C.
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Playoffs
Source:[4]
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
15 | Bedford Town | 3 | |||||||
20 | Hitchin Town | 1 | |||||||
15 | Bedford Town | 4 | |||||||
19 | St Albans City | 5 | |||||||
16 | Heybridge Swifts | 3 | |||||||
19 | St Albans City | 4 | |||||||
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
17 | Harrow Borough | 0(2) | |||||||||||
18 | Kingstonian | 0(4) | |||||||||||
Div1S | Lewes | 1 | |||||||||||
18 | Kingstonian | 0 | |||||||||||
14 | Basingstoke Town | 1 | |||||||||||
Div1S | Lewes | 4 | |||||||||||
Div1N | Yeading | 0 | |||||||||||
Div1S | Lewes | 1 |
Final | ||||
Div1S | Dulwich Hamlet | 2(4) | ||
Div1N | Wealdstone | 2(5) | ||
Division One North
Season | 2003–04 |
---|---|
Champions | Yeading |
Relegated | Enfield |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1745 (3.16 per match) |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → |
Division One North consisted of 24 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs:
- Boreham Wood, relegated from the Premier Division
- Chesham United, relegated from the Premier Division
- Cheshunt, promoted as champions of Division Two
- Dunstable Town, promoted as champions of the Spartan South Midlands Football League
- Enfield, relegated from the Premier Division
- Leyton, promoted as runners-up in Division Two
Before the start of the season Leyton Pennant was renamed to Waltham Forest.
Yeading won the division, but lost in playoff for a place in newly created Conference North and South and were placed in Premier Division along with Leyton and Cheshunt and Chesham United, Dunstable Town and Hemel Hempstead Town transferred to the Southern Football League Premier Division. They were followed by Wealdstone, who defeated Dulwich Hamlet from Division One South. Enfield finished bottom of the table and relegated to Division Two, going down from sixth to ninth tier in two years due to league system reform.
At the end of the season Division Ones were merged, all the remaining Division One North teams were transferred to the Southern Football League Division Ones.
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Yeading (C) | 46 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 112 | 54 | +58 | 103 | Qualification for the playoffs When eliminated, transferred to the Premier Division |
2 | Leyton | 46 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 90 | 53 | +37 | 96 | Transferred to the Premier Division |
3 | Cheshunt | 46 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 119 | 54 | +65 | 91 | |
4 | Chesham United | 46 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 104 | 60 | +44 | 81 | Transferred to the SFL Premier Division |
5 | Dunstable Town | 46 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 86 | 61 | +25 | 78 | |
6 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 46 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 75 | 72 | +3 | 78 | |
7 | Wealdstone (O) | 46 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 81 | 51 | +30 | 76 | Qualification for the playoffs When victorious, transferred to the Premier Division |
8 | Arlesey Town | 46 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 95 | 70 | +25 | 76 | Transferred to the SFL Division One East |
9 | Boreham Wood | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 82 | 59 | +23 | 73 | |
10 | Harlow Town | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 75 | 51 | +24 | 70 | |
11 | Wingate & Finchley | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 68 | 63 | +5 | 70 | |
12 | East Thurrock United | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 62 | 54 | +8 | 68 | |
13 | Uxbridge | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 59 | |
14 | Aveley | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 67 | 71 | −4 | 59 | |
15 | Thame United | 46 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 72 | 83 | −11 | 57 | Transferred to the SFL Division One West |
16 | Waltham Forest | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 62 | 60 | +2 | 55† | Transferred to the SFL Division One East |
17 | Wivenhoe Town | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 79 | 104 | −25 | 55 | |
18 | Barton Rovers | 46 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 54 | |
19 | Oxford City | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 53 | Transferred to the SFL Division One West |
20 | Berkhamsted Town | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 66 | 88 | −22 | 46 | Transferred to the SFL Division One East |
21 | Great Wakering Rovers | 46 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 47 | 97 | −50 | 43 | |
22 | Tilbury | 46 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 56 | 100 | −44 | 39 | |
23 | Barking & East Ham United | 46 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 37 | 100 | −63 | 31 | |
24 | Enfield (R) | 46 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 44 | 138 | −94 | 22 | Relegated to Division Two |
Source: [1]
[3]
[5]
† Waltham Forest deducted 3 points.
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Division One South
Season | 2003–04 |
---|---|
Champions | Lewes |
Promoted | Lewes |
Relegated | Epsom & Ewell |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1709 (3.1 per match) |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → |
Division One South consisted of 24 clubs, including 21 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:
- Hampton & Richmond Borough, relegated from the Premier Division
- Marlow, transferred from Division One North
- Slough Town, transferred from Division One North
Lewes won the division and subsequent play-offs and were promoted to the Conference South. Teams finished second to sixth were transferred to the Premier Division. Epsom & Ewell finished bottom of the table and were relegated, remaining teams were to start next season in the merged Isthmian League Division One, going down with it from seventh to ninth level due to creation of Conference North/South.
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lewes (C) (O) (P) | 46 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 113 | 61 | +52 | 94 | Qualified for play-offs When victorious, promoted to the Conference South |
2 | Worthing | 46 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 87 | 46 | +41 | 92 | Transferred to the Premier Division |
3 | Windsor & Eton | 46 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 91 | |
4 | Slough Town | 46 | 28 | 6 | 12 | 103 | 63 | +40 | 90 | |
5 | Hampton & Richmond | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 82 | 45 | +37 | 89 | |
6 | Staines Town | 46 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 85 | 52 | +33 | 87 | |
7 | Dulwich Hamlet | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 77 | 57 | +20 | 84 | Qualification for the playoffs |
8 | Bromley | 46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 80 | 58 | +22 | 76 | |
9 | Walton & Hersham | 46 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 74 | |
10 | Croydon Athletic | 46 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 70 | 54 | +16 | 70 | |
11 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 82 | 68 | +14 | 69 | |
12 | Ashford Town | 46 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 69 | 62 | +7 | 67 | Transferred to the SFL Division One West |
13 | Leatherhead | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 83 | 88 | −5 | 66 | |
14 | Bracknell Town | 46 | 19 | 6 | 21 | 81 | 87 | −6 | 63 | Transferred to the SFL Division One West |
15 | Horsham | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 71 | 69 | +2 | 59 | |
16 | Marlow | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 59 | Transferred to the SFL Division One West |
17 | Whyteleafe | 46 | 17 | 4 | 25 | 66 | 93 | −27 | 55 | |
18 | Banstead Athletic | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 56 | 73 | −17 | 53 | |
19 | Molesey | 46 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 45 | 84 | −39 | 42 | |
20 | Metropolitan Police | 46 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 58 | 84 | −26 | 41 | |
21 | Croydon | 46 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 57 | 88 | −31 | 40 | |
22 | Egham Town | 46 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 55 | 92 | −37 | 32 | Transferred to the SFL Division One West |
23 | Corinthian Casuals | 46 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 48 | 110 | −62 | 24 | |
24 | Epsom & Ewell (R) | 46 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 40 | 117 | −77 | 23 | Relegated to Division Two |
Source: [1]
[3]
[5]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Division Two
Season | 2003–04 |
---|---|
Champions | Leighton Town |
Relegated | none |
Matches played | 210 |
Goals scored | 1021 (4.86 per match) |
← 2002–03 2004–05 → |
After Hungerford Town resigned from the league, Division Two consisted of 15 clubs, including 12 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:
- Chertsey Town, relegated from Division One South
- Hertford Town, relegated from Division One North
- Wembley, relegated from Division One North
Leighton Town won the division and were transferred to Southern Football League Division One, while runners-up Dorking were transferred to the merged Isthmian League Division One.
League table
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leighton Town (C) | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 111 | 36 | +75 | 91 | Transferred to the SFL Division One East |
2 | Dorking | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 87 | 47 | +40 | 89 | Transferred to Division One |
3 | Hertford Town | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 81 | |
4 | Chertsey Town | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 75 | 53 | +22 | 75 | |
5 | Flackwell Heath | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 71 | 53 | +18 | 71 | |
6 | Witham Town | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 75 | 54 | +21 | 70 | |
7 | Kingsbury Town F.C. | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 53 | |
8 | Ware | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 52 | |
9 | Abingdon Town | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 83 | 81 | +2 | 51 | |
10 | Camberley Town | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 51 | 71 | −20 | 51 | |
11 | Wembley | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 48 | |
12 | Wokingham Town | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 55 | 94 | −39 | 43 | |
13 | Edgware Town | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 62 | 88 | −26 | 42 | |
14 | Chalfont St Peter | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 57 | 89 | −32 | 42 | |
15 | Clapton | 42 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 47 | 129 | −82 | 29 |
Source: [1]
[3]
[5]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Robinson, M. (2010). Non-League Football Tables 1889-2010. Soccer Books Ltd. ISBN 9781862232044.
- ↑ nonleaguefooty website
- 1 2 3 4 Football Club History Database website
- ↑ LFC website
- 1 2 3 rsssf website