2022–23 Isthmian League

Isthmian League 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Premier Division: Bishop's Stortford North Division: Hashtag United South Central Division: Basingstoke Town South East Division: Chatham Town
Promoted	Premier Division: Bishop's Stortford Aveley North Division: Hashtag United Sudbury South Central Division: Basingstoke Town Walton & Hersham South East Division: Chatham Town Whitehawk
Relegated	Premier Division: Bowers & Pitsea Herne Bay Corinthian Casuals Brightlingsea Regent North Division: Coggeshall Town Great Wakering Rovers Tilbury Hullbridge South Central Division: Bedfont Sports Tooting & Mitcham United South East Division: VCD Athletic Haywards Heath Town Corinthian Faversham Town
Season statistics
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The 2022–23 season was the 108th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league operates four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3, and three divisions, North, South Central and South East at Step 4 of the National League System. This was the fourth season since the former South Division was subdivided into the South Central and South East divisions. The league was also known as the Pitching In League under a sponsorship deal with Entain, formerly GVC Holdings.

The allocations for Step 4 this season were announced by The Football Association (FA) on 12 May 2022. Numerous changes were made to the constitutions of the level 8 divisions within the Isthmian League.

Premier Division

Main article: 2022–23 Isthmian League Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Bishop's Stortford
Promoted	Bishop's Stortford Aveley
Relegated	Bowers & Pitsea Herne Bay Corinthian Casuals Brightlingsea Regent
Season statistics
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The Premier Division comprised 17 clubs from the previous season, as well as 5 clubs who newly joined the Premier Division this season.

Team changes

To the Premier Division Promoted from the North Division Aveley Canvey Island Promoted from the South East Division Hastings United Herne Bay Relegated from the National League South Billericay Town

From the Premier Division Promoted to the National League South Cheshunt Worthing Relegated to the North Division East Thurrock United Relegated to the South Central Division Leatherhead Merstham

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bishop's Stortford (C, P)	42	27	7	8	75	33	+42	88	Promotion to the National League South
2	Hornchurch	42	25	9	8	98	49	+49	84	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Canvey Island	42	24	9	9	80	44	+36	81
4	Aveley (O, P)	42	23	9	10	64	42	+22	78
5	Cray Wanderers	42	20	14	8	78	48	+30	74
6	Lewes	42	20	14	8	82	54	+28	74
7	Horsham	42	20	12	10	84	57	+27	72
8	Hastings United	42	20	11	11	63	42	+21	71
9	Enfield Town	42	19	12	11	73	49	+24	69
10	Billericay Town	42	19	8	15	66	59	+7	65
11	Carshalton Athletic	42	18	10	14	53	53	0	64
12	Folkestone Invicta	42	18	5	19	73	65	+8	59
13	Potters Bar Town	42	16	5	21	56	86	−30	53
14	Bognor Regis Town	42	15	7	20	70	72	−2	52
15	Haringey Borough	42	13	12	17	67	75	−8	51
16	Wingate & Finchley	42	12	12	18	53	64	−11	48
17	Margate	42	11	11	20	48	65	−17	44
18	Kingstonian	42	10	9	23	43	77	−34	39
19	Bowers & Pitsea (R)	42	8	9	25	44	78	−34	33	Relegation to Step 4
20	Herne Bay (R)	42	8	9	25	60	101	−41	33
21	Corinthian-Casuals (R)	42	7	5	30	37	87	−50	26
22	Brightlingsea Regent (R)	42	5	9	28	41	108	−67	24

Source: Isthmian League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Hornchurch	3 (4)
	5	Cray Wanderers	3 (2)
						2	Hornchurch	0
						4	Aveley	1
	3	Canvey Island	0 (2)
	4	Aveley	0 (4)

Semi-finals

26 April 2023	Hornchurch	3–3 (4–2 pen)	Cray Wanderers	Hornchurch
19:45	Higgins  14', 93' Nash  49'	Report	Ijaha  59' Clunis  89' Wood  108'	Stadium: Hornchurch Stadium Attendance: 710 Referee: Nicholas Dunn
		Penalties
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26 April 2023	Canvey Island	0–0 (2–4 pen)	Aveley	Canvey Island
19:45		Report		Stadium: Park Lane Attendance: 972
		Penalties
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Final

1 May 2023	Hornchurch	0–1	Aveley	Hornchurch
15:00		Report	Scott  31'	Stadium: Hornchurch Stadium Attendance: 2,040 Referee: Emily Heaslip

North Division

Main article: 2022–23 Isthmian League North Division

Isthmian League North Division 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Hashtag United
Promoted	Hashtag United Sudbury
Relegated	Coggeshall Town Great Wakering Rovers Tilbury Hullbridge
Season statistics
Goals scored	1,086
Top goalscorer	Nnamdi Nwachuku (AFC Sudbury) (42)
Highest scoring	Lowestoft Town 5–4 Great Wakering (7 January 2023) Tilbury 1–8 Hashtag United (4 March 2023)
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The North Division comprises 20 teams, 15 of which competed in the previous season.

Team changes

To the North Division Promoted from the Eastern Counties League Gorleston Wroxham Promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League New Salamis Relegated from the Premier Division East Thurrock United Relegated from the Southern League Lowestoft Town

From the North Division Transferred to the Northern Premier League Dereham Town Promoted to the Premier Division Aveley Canvey Island Relegated to the Essex Senior League Barking Romford

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hashtag United (C, P)	38	32	2	4	101	35	+66	98	Promotion to Step 3
2	AFC Sudbury (Q)	38	29	4	5	91	33	+58	91	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Lowestoft Town	38	23	8	7	89	50	+39	77
4	Heybridge Swifts (Q)	38	21	9	8	65	37	+28	72
5	Grays Athletic	38	22	6	10	62	40	+22	72
6	Felixstowe & Walton United	38	21	6	11	74	44	+30	69
7	Stowmarket Town	38	20	6	12	63	44	+19	66
8	Brentwood Town	38	15	10	13	57	50	+7	55
9	New Salamis	38	14	13	11	63	65	−2	55
10	Wroxham	38	13	11	14	52	55	−3	50
11	Bury Town	38	13	11	14	37	41	−4	50
12	East Thurrock United	38	14	7	17	46	55	−9	49
13	Gorleston	38	13	5	20	49	71	−22	44
14	Basildon United	38	9	13	16	44	63	−19	40
15	Maldon & Tiptree	38	11	6	21	40	58	−18	39
16	Witham Town	38	10	5	23	43	75	−32	35
17	Coggeshall Town	38	6	10	22	28	60	−32	28	Qualification for the inter-step play-offs
18	Great Wakering Rovers	38	7	6	25	46	87	−41	27
19	Tilbury (R)	38	7	6	25	36	77	−41	27	Relegation to Step 5
20	Hullbridge Sports (R)	38	6	4	28	35	81	−46	22

Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2023. Source: Isthmian League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	AFC Sudbury	3
	5	Grays Athletic	2
						2	AFC Sudbury	1
						4	Heybridge Swifts	0
	3	Lowestoft Town	0
	4	Heybridge Swifts	2

Semi-finals

25 April 2023	AFC Sudbury'	3–2	Grays Athletic	Sudbury
19:45	Lambe  34' Nwachuku  56' (pen.) Harris  71'	Report	Bantick  14' Clark  36'	Stadium: King's Marsh Attendance: 670 Referee: Jack Willmore

25 April 2023	Lowestoft Town	0–2	Heybridge Swifts	Lowestoft
19:45		Report	Park  60' Harvey  80'	Stadium: Crown Meadow Attendance: 860 Referee: Chris Hastings

Final

29 April 2023	AFC Sudbury	1–0	Heybridge Swifts	Sudbury
15:00	Turner  98'	Report		Stadium: King's Marsh Attendance: 1,257 Referee: Callum Fisk

Inter-step play-offs

29 April 2023	Coggeshall Town	1–2	Winterton Rangers	Coggeshall
15:00	Kithambo  90' (pen.)		Walker  79', 81'	Stadium: West Street Attendance: 206

29 April 2023	Great Wakering Rovers	0–5	Quorn	Great Wakering
15:00		Report	Webb  9', 20' (pen.) Dube  29', 40' Carlke  79'	Stadium: Burroughs Park Attendance: 230 Referee: Christopher Hastings

South Central Division

Main article: 2022–23 Isthmian League South Central Division

Isthmian League South Central Division 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Basingstoke Town
Promoted	Basingstoke Town Walton & Hersham
Relegated	Bedfont Sports Tooting & Mitcham United
Season statistics
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The South Central Division comprises 20 teams, up from 19 the previous season. Of the 20, 15 competed in 2021-22.

Team changes

To the South Central Division Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division North Hanworth Villa Southall Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division South Walton & Hersham Relegated from the Premier Division Leatherhead Merstham

From the South Central Division Promoted to the Southern League Bracknell Town Hanwell Town Relegated to the Combined Counties League Chalfont St Peter Staines Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Basingstoke Town (C, P)	38	29	2	7	89	37	+52	89	Promotion to Step 3
2	Walton & Hersham (O, P)	38	28	3	7	102	41	+61	87	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Marlow	38	19	10	9	64	45	+19	67
4	Hanworth Villa	38	19	9	10	58	50	+8	66
5	Northwood	38	20	3	15	54	45	+9	63
6	Binfield	38	16	9	13	63	51	+12	57
7	Leatherhead	38	16	9	13	47	45	+2	57
8	Chertsey Town	38	16	8	14	67	52	+15	56
9	South Park	38	16	7	15	50	61	−11	55
10	Southall	38	13	13	12	50	48	+2	52
11	Chipstead	38	14	9	15	52	54	−2	51
12	Westfield	38	12	13	13	54	50	+4	49
13	Thatcham Town	38	12	12	14	56	57	−1	48
14	Uxbridge	38	11	11	16	53	55	−2	44
15	Guernsey	38	10	10	18	42	73	−31	40
16	Ashford Town	38	11	5	22	46	91	−45	38
17	Sutton Common Rovers (O)	38	10	7	21	45	71	−26	37	Qualification for the inter-step play-offs
18	Merstham (O)	38	7	15	16	43	66	−23	36
19	Bedfont Sports (R)	38	7	14	17	50	62	−12	35	Relegation to Step 5
20	Tooting & Mitcham United (R)	38	5	9	24	34	65	−31	24

Source: Isthmian League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Walton & Hersham	2
	5	Northwood	1
						2	Walton & Hersham	3
						4	Hanworth Villa	1
	3	Marlow	1
	4	Hanworth Villa	2

Semi-finals

26 April 2023	Walton & Hersham	2–1	Northwood	Walton-on-Thames
19:45	Gough  28' Mills  82' (pen.)	Report	Helmore  4'	Stadium: Elmbridge Sports Hub Attendance: 1,047 Referee: Conall Bartlett

26 April 2023	Marlow	1–2	Hanworth Villa	Marlow
19:45	Bell  49'	Report	Merson  32' (pen.) Wells  90'	Stadium: Alfred Davis Memorial Ground Attendance: 373 Referee: Thomas Breen

Final

30 April 2023	Walton & Hersham	3–1	Hanworth Villa	Walton-on-Thames
15:00	Kelly  48' Hicks  59' Gilbert  70'		Bender  14'	Stadium: Elmbridge Sports Hub Attendance: 2,095 Referee: Ayrton Hursey

Inter-step play-offs

29 April 2023	Merstham	3–1	Egham Town	Merstham
15:00	Goode  43' Adam  64', 82'	Report	Muhemba  17'	Stadium: Moatside Attendance: 652 Referee: Will Briers

29 April 2023	Sutton Common Rovers	2–0	Crawley Down Gatwick	Tandridge, Surrey
15:00	Torpey  43' Cox  87'	Report		Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 164

South East Division

Main article: 2022–23 Isthmian League South East Division

Isthmian League South East Division 2020–21
Season information
Winners	Chatham Town
Promoted	Chatham Town Whitehawk
Relegated	VCD Athletic Haywards Heath Town Corinthian Faversham Town
Season statistics
← 2021–22	2023–24 →

The South East Division comprises 20 teams, 16 of which competed in the previous season

Team changes

To the South East Division

Promoted from the Combined Counties League

• Beckenham Town

Promoted from the Southern Counties East League

• Chatham Town
• Sheppey United

Promoted from the Southern Combination

• Littlehampton Town

From the South East Division

Promoted to the Premier Division

• Hastings United
• Herne Bay

Relegated to the Southern Counties East League

• Phoenix Sports
• Whitstable Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Chatham Town (C, P)	38	24	7	7	65	35	+30	79	Promotion to Step 3
2	Ramsgate	38	20	12	6	72	47	+25	72	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Whitehawk (O, P)	38	20	9	9	64	37	+27	69
4	Beckenham Town	38	20	8	10	62	49	+13	68
5	Hythe Town	38	20	7	11	51	34	+17	67
6	Cray Valley Paper Mills	38	19	9	10	70	39	+31	66
7	Sheppey United	38	19	8	11	71	54	+17	65
8	Sevenoaks Town	38	17	7	14	60	51	+9	58
9	Ashford United	38	16	9	13	57	47	+10	57
10	Chichester City	38	14	12	12	55	49	+6	54
11	Sittingbourne	38	13	12	13	50	42	+8	51
12	Littlehampton Town	38	12	9	17	47	62	−15	45
13	Lancing	38	12	7	19	47	60	−13	43
14	East Grinstead Town	38	12	7	19	42	69	−27	43
15	Three Bridges	38	11	9	18	54	64	−10	42
16	Burgess Hill Town	38	10	9	19	49	62	−13	39
17	VCD Athletic (R)	38	10	8	20	44	67	−23	38	Qualification for the inter-step play-offs
18	Haywards Heath Town (R)	38	8	12	18	50	81	−31	36
19	Faversham Town (R)	38	8	7	23	43	74	−31	31	Relegation to Step 5
20	Corinthian (R)	38	6	10	22	31	61	−30	28

Source: Football Web Pages
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	Ramsgate	1 (3)
	5	Hythe Town	1 (4)
						5	Hythe Town	0
						3	Whitehawk	1
	3	Whitehawk	1
	4	Beckenham Town	0

Semi-finals

25 April 2023	Ramsgate	1–1 (3–4 pen)	Hythe Town	Ramsgate
19:45	Osinfolarin  94'	Report	Collin  100' (pen.)	Stadium: Southwood Stadium Attendance: 1,151
		Penalties
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25 April 2023	Whitehawk	1–0	Beckenham Town	Whitehawk
19:45	Cooper  58'	Report		Stadium: The Enclosed Ground Attendance: 702 Referee: Daniel D’Urso

Final

28 April 2023	Whitehawk	1–0	Hythe Town	Whitehawk
15:00	Harris  43'			Stadium: The Enclosed Ground Attendance: 1,428 Referee: Morgan Conn

Inter-step play-offs

29 April 2023	Haywards Heath Town	2–3	Redbridge	Haywards Heath
15:00	Pingling  13' Laing  33' (pen.)		Cobblah  49', 71' Ogunwomoju  81'	Stadium: Hanbury Park Attendance: 631

29 April 2023	VCD Athletic	0–1	Phoenix Sports	Crayford
15:00			Hayes  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Oakwood Attendance: 820

See also

• Isthmian League
• 2022–23 Isthmian League Cup
• 2022–23 Northern Premier League
• 2022–23 Southern League

External links

• Official website