2016–17 Isthmian League Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division 2016–17
Season information
Season statistics
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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
• Havant & Waterlooville, 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	3,000
Wingate & Finchley	The Harry Abrahams Stadium	1,500
Worthing	Woodside Road	4,000

External links

• Official website