2016–17 Isthmian League

Isthmian League 2016–17
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The 2016–17 season will be the 102nd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. Also, it is the eleventh season for the current incarnations of the Division One North and Division One South.

The league constitution was announced on 12 May 2016.

Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division 2016–17
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Farnborough were required by the Isthmian League to pay their creditors in full before the league's 2016 AGM. If this was not fulfilled, the league would relegate the club from the Premier Division to Step 4, and Burgess Hill Town would be reprieved from relegation.

On 12 May 2016 league constitution was announced. The Premier Division will feature six new clubs:

• AFC Sudbury, promoted as champions of Division One North
• Folkestone Invicta, promoted as champions of Division One South
• Harlow Town, play-off winners in Division One North
• Hayes & Yeading United, relegated from National League South
• Lowestoft Town, relegated from National League North
• Worthing, play-off winners in Division One South

League table

2016–17 Isthmian League Premier Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Havant & Waterlooville  (C) (P)	46	28	10	8	88	43	+45	94	Promotion to the the National League North / South
2	Bognor Regis Town	46	27	11	8	87	41	+46	92	Qualification to the the play-offs
3	Dulwich Hamlet	46	22	14	10	89	55	+34	80
4	Enfield Town	46	21	13	12	86	57	+29	76
5	Wingate & Finchley	46	23	6	17	63	61	+2	75
6	Tonbridge Angels	46	21	11	14	66	55	+11	74
7	Leiston	46	21	10	15	98	66	+32	73
8	Billericay Town	46	21	9	16	77	56	+21	72
9	Needham Market	46	20	12	14	76	80	−4	72
10	Harlow Town	46	20	7	19	76	72	+4	67
11	Lowestoft Town	46	18	10	18	63	73	−10	64
12	Staines Town	46	16	13	17	78	68	+10	61
13	Leatherhead	46	16	12	18	72	72	0	60
14	Merstham	46	15	11	20	70	72	−2	56
15	Worthing	46	16	8	22	73	85	−12	56
16	Folkestone Invicta	46	15	10	21	75	82	−7	55
17	Kingstonian	46	16	7	23	65	73	−8	55
18	Metropolitan Police	46	15	9	22	54	72	−18	54
19	Hendon	46	14	12	20	68	88	−20	54
20	Burgess Hill Town	46	14	12	20	59	80	−21	54
21	Harrow Borough  (R)	46	14	11	21	60	80	−20	53	Relegation to the Relegation to Division One North or Division One South
22	Canvey Island  (R)	46	13	13	20	63	92	−29	52
23	AFC Sudbury  (R)	46	12	10	24	57	85	−28	46
24	Grays Athletic  (R)	46	11	5	30	46	101	−55	38

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2
	5
	3
	4

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Sudbury	King's Marsh	2,500
Billericay Town	New Lodge	3,500
Bognor Regis Town	Nyewood Lane	4,500
Burgess Hill Town	Leylands Park	2,500
Canvey Island	Park Lane	4,500
Dulwich Hamlet	Champion Hill	3,000
Enfield Town	Queen Elizabeth II Stadium	2,500
Folkestone Invicta	Cheriton Road	4,000
Grays Athletic	The Mill Field (groundshare with Aveley)	1,100
Harlow Town	The Harlow Arena	3,500
Harrow Borough	Earlsmead Stadium	3,070
Havant & Waterlooville	West Leigh Park	5,250
Hendon	Silver Jubilee Park	1,990
Kingstonian	Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon)	4,850
Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove	3,400
Leiston	Victory Road	2,500
Lowestoft Town	Crown Meadow	3,000
Merstham	Moatside	2,000
Metropolitan Police	Imber Court	3,000
Needham Market	Bloomfields	4,000
Staines Town	Wheatsheaf Park	3,009
Tonbridge Angels	Longmead Stadium	5,000
Wingate & Finchley	The Harry Abrahams Stadium	1,500
Worthing	Woodside Road	4,000

Division One North

Isthmian League Division One North 2016–17
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On 12 May 2016 league constitution was announced. Wroxham were reprieved from relegation as a level 8 club with the best record among clubs, finished in the relegation zone, due to lack of promoting level 9 teams. One Division One North club were moved to the parallel division: Cray Wanderers were transferred to Division One South.

Thus, Division One North will feature five new clubs:

• Bowers & Pitsea, promoted from the Essex Senior League
• Brentwood Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Norwich United, promoted from the Eastern Counties League
• VCD Athletic, relegated from the Premier Division
• Ware, transferred from Southern League Division One Central

League table

2016–17 Isthmian League Division One North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brightlingsea Regent  (C) (P)	46	32	7	7	114	57	+57	103	Promotion to the the Premier Division
2	Maldon & Tiptree	46	29	4	13	107	51	+56	91	Qualification to the the play-offs
3	Thurrock	46	27	8	11	84	39	+45	89
4	Hornchurch	46	24	13	9	78	42	+36	85
5	Haringey Borough	46	24	7	15	107	74	+33	79
6	Bowers & Pitsea	46	23	9	14	102	66	+36	78
7	Aveley	46	21	13	12	75	64	+11	76
8	Norwich United	46	24	6	16	70	60	+10	78
9	Phoenix Sports	46	22	9	15	71	72	−1	75
10	Cheshunt	46	20	11	15	85	72	+13	71
11	Bury Town	46	20	9	17	74	66	+8	69
12	Tilbury	46	17	13	16	67	73	−6	64
13	Witham Town	46	16	11	19	77	80	−3	59
14	Brentwood Town	46	17	5	24	63	77	−14	56
15	VCD Athletic	46	15	11	20	53	76	−23	56
16	Romford	46	15	11	20	59	90	−31	56
17	Thamesmead Town	46	16	6	24	70	78	−8	54
18	Dereham Town	46	15	9	22	70	89	−19	54
19	Soham Town Rangers	46	14	11	21	62	78	−16	53
20	Waltham Abbey	46	14	9	23	57	73	−16	51
21	Heybridge Swifts	46	13	12	21	64	81	−17	51
22	Ware  (R)	46	15	6	25	66	84	−18	51	Relegation to the Relegation to Level 9
23	Wroxham  (R)	46	6	7	33	42	103	−61	25
24	Great Wakering Rovers  (R)	46	6	7	33	49	121	−72	25

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2
	5
	3
	4

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Hornchurch	Hornchurch Stadium	3,500
Aveley	The Mill Field	1,100
Bowers & Pitsea	Crown Avenue	2,000
Brentwood Town	The Brentwood Centre Arena	1,800
Brightlingsea Regent	North Road	1,000
Bury Town	Ram Meadow	3,500
Cheshunt	Cheshunt Stadium	3,000
Dereham Town	Aldiss Park	3,000
Great Wakering Rovers	Burroughs Park	2,500
Haringey Borough	Coles Park	1,500
Heybridge Swifts	Scraley Road	3,000
Maldon & Tiptree	Wallace Binder Ground	2,000
Norwich United	Plantation Park	3,000
Phoenix Sports	Victory Road	2,000
Romford	Ship Lane (groundshare with Thurrock)	3,500
Soham Town Rangers	Julius Martin Lane	2,000
Thamesmead Town	Bayliss Avenue	6,000
Thurrock	Ship Lane	3,500
Tilbury	Chadfields	4,000
VCD Athletic	Oakwood	1,180
Waltham Abbey	Capershotts	3,500
Ware	Wodson Park	3,300
Witham Town	Spa Road	2,500
Wroxham	Trafford Park	2,000

Division One South

Isthmian League Division One South 2016–17
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On 12 May 2016 league constitution was announced.

Division One South will feature five new clubs:

• Cray Wanderers, transferred from Division One North
• Godalming Town, transferred from Southern Football League Division One Central
• Greenwich Borough, promoted from Southern Counties East League
• Horsham, promoted from the Southern Combination League
• Lewes, relegated from the Premier Division

League table

2016–17 Isthmian League Division One South table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Tooting & Mitcham United  (C) (P)	46	33	6	7	120	54	+66	105	Promotion to the the Premier Division
2	Dorking Wanderers  (P)	46	33	6	7	103	44	+59	105	Qualification to the the play-offs
3	Greenwich Borough	46	30	5	11	102	52	+50	95
4	Corinthian Casuals	46	29	6	11	99	59	+40	93
5	Hastings United	46	23	13	10	128	64	+64	82
6	Carshalton Athletic	46	24	9	13	106	69	+37	81
7	Hythe Town	46	23	9	14	87	65	+22	78
8	South Park	46	24	4	18	95	80	+15	76
9	Lewes	46	23	7	16	88	75	+13	76
10	Faversham Town	46	22	8	16	89	58	+31	74
11	Cray Wanderers	46	19	11	16	88	86	+2	68
12	Ramsgate	46	18	11	17	79	75	+4	65
13	Walton Casuals	46	19	8	19	98	99	−1	65
14	Whyteleafe	46	19	7	20	81	75	+6	64
15	Sittingbourne	46	17	11	18	71	86	−15	62
16	Horsham	46	17	10	19	79	80	−1	61
17	Herne Bay	46	13	12	21	74	98	−24	51
18	East Grinstead Town	46	14	5	27	82	121	−39	47
19	Molesey	46	11	10	25	61	116	−55	43
20	Chipstead	46	11	8	27	68	99	−31	41
21	Guernsey	46	9	11	26	66	112	−46	38
22	Chatham Town  (R)	46	7	10	29	57	120	−63	31	Relegation to the Relegation to Level 9
23	Three Bridges  (R)	46	7	8	31	59	114	−55	29
24	Godalming Town  (R)	46	8	3	35	49	128	−79	27

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2
	5
	3
	4

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Carshalton Athletic	War Memorial Sports Ground	5,000
Chatham Town	The Sports Ground	5,000
Chipstead	High Road	2,000
Corinthian-Casuals	King George's Field	2,700
Cray Wanderers	Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley)	6,000
Dorking Wanderers	Westhumble Community Ground	1,500
East Grinstead Town	East Court	1,000
Faversham Town	Shepherd Neame Stadium	2,000
Godalming Town	Weycourt	3,000
Greenwich Borough	Badgers Sports Ground (groundshare with Cray Valley PM)	1,500
Guernsey	Footes Lane	5,000
Hastings United	The Pilot Field	4,050
Herne Bay	Winch's Field	4,000
Horsham	Gorings Mead	1,500
Hythe Town	Reachfields Stadium	3,000
Lewes	The Dripping Pan	3,000
Molesey	Herds Renault Stadium	1,000
Ramsgate	Southwood Stadium	2,500
Sittingbourne	Woodstock Park	3,000
South Park	King George's Field	2,000
Three Bridges	Jubilee Field	1,500
Tooting & Mitcham United	Imperial Fields	3,500
Walton Casuals	Moatside (groundshare with Merstham)	2,000
Whyteleafe	Church Road	2,000

See also

• Isthmian League
• 2016–17 Northern Premier League
• 2016–17 Southern League

External links

• Official website