2019–20 Isthmian League

Isthmian League 2019–20
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The 2019–20 season was the 105th 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 13th season for the current incarnations of the Division One North and Division One South.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition. On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision. A legal appeal against the decision, funded by South Shields of the Northern Premier League, was dimissied in June 2020.

Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division 2019–20
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Team changes

To the Premier Division Promoted from the North Division Bowers & Pitsea Promoted from the South Central Division Cheshunt Promoted from the South East Division Cray Wanderers Horsham Relegated from the National League South East Thurrock United

From the Premier Division Promoted to the National League South Dorking Wanderers Tonbridge Angels Relegated to the South Central Division Harlow Town Relegated to the South East Division Burgess Hill Town Whitehawk

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bishop's Stortford	Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,525
Bognor Regis Town	Bognor Regis	Nyewood Lane	4,500
Bowers & Pitsea	Pitsea	Len Salmon Stadium	2,000
Brightlingsea Regent	Brightlingsea	North Road	2,000
Carshalton Athletic	Carshalton	War Memorial Sports Ground	5,000
Cheshunt	Cheshunt	Theobalds Lane	3,000
Corinthian-Casuals	Tolworth	King George's Field	2,700
Cray Wanderers	St Mary Cray	Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley)	6,000
East Thurrock United	Corringham	Rookery Hill	4,000
Enfield Town	Enfield	Queen Elizabeth II Stadium	2,500
Folkestone Invicta	Folkestone	Cheriton Road	4,000
Haringey Borough	Tottenham	Coles Park	2,500
Hornchurch	Hornchurch	Hornchurch Stadium	3,500
Horsham	Horsham	The Camping World Community Stadium	1,300
Kingstonian	Kingston upon Thames	King George's Field (groundshare with Corinthian-Casuals)	2,700
Leatherhead	Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove	3,400
Lewes	Lewes	The Dripping Pan	3,000
Margate	Margate	Hartsdown Park	3,000
Merstham	Merstham	Moatside	2,000
Potters Bar Town	Potters Bar	Parkfield	2,000
Wingate & Finchley	Finchley	The Maurice Rebak Stadium	1,500
Worthing	Worthing	Woodside Road	4,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Worthing	34	21	8	5	72	41	+31	71
2	Cray Wanderers	33	18	10	5	63	45	+18	64
3	Carshalton Athletic	35	18	9	8	59	38	+21	63
4	Hornchurch	33	17	11	5	62	28	+34	62
5	Folkestone Invicta	32	18	8	6	60	34	+26	62
6	Horsham	33	17	6	10	51	35	+16	57
7	Enfield Town	32	16	8	8	61	51	+10	56
8	Bognor Regis Town	32	16	5	11	58	46	+12	53
9	Leatherhead	31	15	7	9	48	42	+6	52
10	Kingstonian	31	11	14	6	42	36	+6	47
11	East Thurrock United	30	14	4	12	47	40	+7	46
12	Margate	33	11	10	12	47	54	−7	43
13	Potters Bar Town	32	11	8	13	47	56	−9	41
14	Bowers & Pitsea	33	11	7	15	49	42	+7	40
15	Haringey Borough	30	11	6	13	44	47	−3	39
16	Lewes	34	8	7	19	35	55	−20	31
17	Bishop's Stortford	32	8	4	20	37	63	−26	28
18	Cheshunt	31	8	3	20	39	59	−20	27
19	Corinthian Casuals	31	6	8	17	33	44	−11	26
20	Wingate & Finchley	33	5	10	18	34	58	−24	25
21	Merstham	33	6	7	20	34	70	−36	25
22	Brightlingsea Regent	34	5	10	19	24	62	−38	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

North Division

Isthmian League North Division 2019–20
Season information
Season statistics
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

Team changes

To the North Division Promoted from the Eastern Counties League Histon Promoted from the Essex Senior League Hullbridge Sports Transferred from the Southern Football League Cambridge City

From the North Division Promoted to the Premier Division Bowers & Pitsea Transferred to the Division One Central Barking Relegated to the Eastern Counties League Mildenhall Town

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Sudbury	Sudbury	King's Marsh	2,500
Aveley	Aveley	Parkside	3,500
Basildon United	Basildon	Gardiners Close	2,000
Brentwood Town	Brentwood	The Brentwood Centre Arena	1,800
Bury Town	Bury St Edmunds	Ram Meadow	3,500
Cambridge City	Cambridge	Bridge Road (groundshare with Histon)	2,000
Canvey Island	Canvey Island	Park Lane	4,500
Coggeshall Town	Coggeshall	West Street	2,000
Dereham Town	Dereham	Aldiss Park	3,000
Felixstowe & Walton United	Felixstowe	Dellwood Avenue	2,000
Grays Athletic	Grays	Parkside (groundshare with Aveley)	3,500
Great Wakering Rovers	Great Wakering	Burroughs Park	2,500
Heybridge Swifts	Heybridge	Scraley Road	3,000
Histon	Histon and Impington	Bridge Road	4,300
Hullbridge Sports	Hullbridge	Lower Road	1,500
Maldon & Tiptree	Maldon	Wallace Binder Ground	2,000
Romford	Romford	The Brentwood Centre Arena (groundshare with Brentwood Town)	3,500
Soham Town Rangers	Soham	Julius Martin Lane	2,000
Tilbury	Tilbury	Chadfields	4,000
Witham Town	Witham	Spa Road	2,500

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Maldon & Tiptree	26	22	2	2	65	20	+45	65
2	Bury Town	31	15	7	9	49	41	+8	52
3	Aveley	26	14	9	3	66	31	+35	51
4	Heybridge Swifts	30	15	6	9	54	43	+11	51
5	Tilbury	27	15	5	7	49	30	+19	50
6	Coggeshall Town	26	12	10	4	40	24	+16	46
7	Great Wakering Rovers	28	13	4	11	45	36	+9	43
8	Dereham Town	29	11	8	10	52	43	+9	41
9	Cambridge City	28	12	3	13	42	39	+3	39
10	Canvey Island	27	11	5	11	49	54	−5	38
11	AFC Sudbury	26	11	4	11	42	42	0	37
12	Histon	28	10	6	12	40	53	−13	36
13	Soham Town Rangers	28	10	4	14	41	47	−6	34
14	Grays Athletic	29	9	4	16	41	47	−6	31
15	Witham Town	28	8	5	15	36	63	−27	29
16	Hullbridge Sports	27	7	7	13	33	53	−20	28
17	Brentwood Town	29	7	6	16	41	54	−13	27
18	Felixstowe & Walton United	29	6	7	16	40	62	−22	25
19	Romford	25	7	3	15	41	66	−25	24
20	Basildon United	25	6	5	14	29	47	−18	23

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

South Central Division

Isthmian League South Central Division 2019–20
Season information
Season statistics
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

Team changes

To the South Central Division Promoted from the Combined Counties League Chertsey Town Transferred from the Division One North Barking Relegated from the Premier Division Harlow Town Relegated from the Southern Football League Staines Town

From the South Central Division Promoted to the Premier Division Cheshunt Promoted to the Southern Football League Hayes & Yeading United Relegated to the Combined Counties League Egham Town Molesey

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ashford Town	Ashford, Surrey	Robert Parker Stadium	2,550
Barking	Barking	Mayesbrook Park	2,500
Bedfont Sports	Bedfont	Bedfont Recreation Ground	3,000
Bracknell Town	Bracknell	Larges Lane	2,500
Chalfont St Peter	Chalfont St Peter	Mill Meadow	1,500
Chertsey Town	Chertsey	Alwyns Lane	2,500
Chipstead	Chipstead	High Road	2,000
FC Romania	Cheshunt	Cheshunt Stadium (groundshare with Cheshunt)	3,000
Hanwell Town	Perivale	Reynolds Field	3,000
Harlow Town	Harlow	The Harlow Arena	3,500
Hertford Town	Hertford	Hertingfordbury Park	6,500
Marlow	Marlow	Alfred Davis Memorial Ground	3,000
Northwood	Northwood	Northwood Park	3,075
South Park	Reigate	King George's Field	2,000
Staines Town	Staines-upon-Thames	Wheatsheaf Park	3,000
Tooting & Mitcham United	Mitcham	Imperial Fields	3,500
Uxbridge	West Drayton	Honeycroft	3,770
Waltham Abbey	Waltham Abbey	Capershotts	3,500
Ware	Ware	Wodson Park	3,300
Westfield	Woking (Westfield)	Woking Park	1,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ware	30	19	7	4	81	44	+37	64
2	Hanwell Town	28	17	7	4	72	32	+40	58
3	Uxbridge	29	16	7	6	59	35	+24	55
4	Chertsey Town	28	15	7	6	74	40	+34	52
5	Westfield	28	15	7	6	65	32	+33	52
6	Bracknell Town	26	15	5	6	63	33	+30	50
7	Waltham Abbey	29	15	5	9	68	52	+16	50
8	Tooting & Mitcham United	27	14	5	8	53	29	+24	47
9	Barking	29	14	4	11	51	45	+6	46
10	Chipstead	28	13	6	9	53	40	+13	45
11	Marlow	28	11	10	7	39	30	+9	43
12	Bedfont Sports	29	10	9	10	42	44	−2	39
13	Chalfont St Peter	30	10	7	13	45	59	−14	37
14	Harlow Town	29	10	4	15	42	57	−15	34
15	South Park	26	6	9	11	37	52	−15	27
16	Hertford Town	29	6	4	19	39	81	−42	22
17	Ashford Town	29	5	5	19	30	70	−40	20
18	Northwood	29	6	2	21	34	81	−47	20
19	FC Romania	28	4	4	20	35	84	−49	16
20	Staines Town	29	2	8	19	39	81	−42	14

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

South East Division

Isthmian League South East Division 2019–20
Season information
Season statistics
← 2018–19	2020–21 →

Team changes

To the South East Division Promoted from the Southern Combination League Chichester City Promoted from the Southern Counties East League Cray Valley Paper Mills Relegated from the Premier Division Burgess Hill Town Whitehawk

From the South East Division Promoted to the Premier Division Cray Wanderers Horsham Relegated to the Southern Counties East League Greenwich Borough Club folded during previous season Thamesmead Town

Stadia and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ashford United	Ashford, Kent	The Homelands	3,200
Burgess Hill Town	Burgess Hill	Leylands Park	2,500
Chichester City	Chichester	Oaklands Park	2,000
Cray Valley Paper Mills	Eltham	Badgers Sports Ground	1,000
East Grinstead Town	East Grinstead	East Court	1,500
Faversham Town	Faversham	Salters Lane	2,000
Guernsey	Saint Peter Port, Guernsey	Footes Lane	5,000
Hastings United	Hastings	The Pilot Field	4,050
Haywards Heath Town	Haywards Heath	Hanbury Park	2,000
Herne Bay	Herne Bay	Winch's Field	4,000
Hythe Town	Hythe	Reachfields Stadium	3,000
Phoenix Sports	Barnehurst	Victory Road	2,000
Ramsgate	Ramsgate	Southwood Stadium	2,500
Sevenoaks Town	Sevenoaks	Greatness Park	1,000
Sittingbourne	Sittingbourne	Woodstock Park	3,000
Three Bridges	Crawley (Three Bridges)	Jubilee Field	1,500
VCD Athletic	Crayford	Oakwood	1,400
Whitehawk	Brighton (Whitehawk)	The Enclosed Ground	3,126
Whitstable Town	Whitstable	The Belmont Ground	3,000
Whyteleafe	Whyteleafe	Church Road	2,000

League table

2019–20 Isthmian League South East Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hastings United	28	18	8	2	53	21	+32	62
2	Ashford United	30	19	2	9	75	41	+34	59
3	Cray Valley Paper Mills	28	17	6	5	53	29	+24	57
4	Whitehawk	28	16	8	4	61	33	+28	56
5	Herne Bay	28	15	6	7	53	40	+13	51
6	Chichester City	25	13	6	6	46	34	+12	45
7	Whyteleafe	28	13	6	9	47	40	+7	45
8	VCD Athletic	30	12	6	12	48	53	−5	42
9	Phoenix Sports	27	13	2	12	46	40	+6	41
10	Sevenoaks Town	29	11	8	10	43	37	+6	41
11	Hythe Town	29	11	7	11	34	37	−3	40
12	Haywards Heath Town	27	10	9	8	37	33	+4	39
13	Guernsey	28	9	9	10	39	47	−8	36
14	Whitstable Town	28	9	8	11	38	41	−3	35
15	Burgess Hill Town	27	9	4	14	47	60	−13	31
16	Sittingbourne	29	8	4	17	31	42	−11	28
17	Faversham Town	30	7	7	16	30	51	−21	28
18	Ramsgate	30	4	8	18	35	68	−33	20
19	Three Bridges	29	5	3	21	35	68	−33	18
20	East Grinstead Town	26	1	7	18	25	61	−36	10

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

See also

• Isthmian League
• 2019–20 Northern Premier League
• 2019–20 Southern League

External links

• Official website