2023–24 Isthmian League

Isthmian League 2023–24
Season information
Winners	Premier: Hornchurch North: Lowestoft Town South Central: Chertsey Town South East: Cray Valley Paper Mills
Promoted	Premier: Hornchurch Enfield Town North: Lowestoft Town Bowers & Pitsea South Central: Chertsey Town Marlow South East: Cray Valley Paper Mills Chichester City
Relegated	Premier: Margate Haringey Borough Kingstonian Concord Rangers North: Stowmarket Town East Thurrock United (resigned) South Central: Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals South East: Erith & Belvedere
Season statistics
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is the 109th 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 fifth 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 15 May 2023.

Premier Division

Main article: 2023–24 Isthmian League Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division 2023–24
Season information
Winners	Hornchurch
Promoted	Hornchurch Enfield Town
Relegated	Margate Haringey Borough Kingstonian Concord Rangers
Season statistics
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

Team changes

To the Premier Division Promoted from the North Division Hashtag United Promoted from the South East Division Chatham Town Whitehawk Relegated from the National League South Cheshunt Concord Rangers Dulwich Hamlet

From the Premier Division Promoted to the National League North Bishop's Stortford Promoted to the National League South Aveley Relegated to the North Division Bowers & Pitsea Brightlingsea Regent Relegated to the South Central Division Corinthian-Casuals Relegated to the South East Division Herne Bay

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hornchurch (C, P)	42	31	7	4	95	34	+61	100	Promotion to the National League South
2	Chatham Town	42	24	7	11	87	61	+26	79	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Enfield Town (O, P)	42	22	11	9	81	54	+27	77
4	Wingate & Finchley	42	23	7	12	78	62	+16	76
5	Horsham	42	23	7	12	64	50	+14	76
6	Billericay Town	42	23	4	15	78	52	+26	73
7	Hastings United	42	19	10	13	71	54	+17	67
8	Lewes	42	20	7	15	68	70	−2	67
9	Whitehawk	42	17	14	11	63	54	+9	65
10	Bognor Regis Town	42	16	14	12	78	63	+15	62
11	Carshalton Athletic	42	17	11	14	73	59	+14	62
12	Dulwich Hamlet	42	17	11	14	77	72	+5	62
13	Hashtag United	42	15	14	13	82	75	+7	59
14	Canvey Island	42	16	6	20	62	74	−12	54
15	Potters Bar Town	42	14	9	19	65	70	−5	51
16	Folkestone Invicta	42	13	11	18	60	71	−11	50
17	Cray Wanderers	42	13	11	18	54	66	−12	50
18	Cheshunt	42	12	7	23	58	72	−14	43
19	Margate (R)	42	10	9	23	50	80	−30	39	Relegated to step 4
20	Haringey Borough (R)	42	6	9	27	32	88	−56	27
21	Concord Rangers (R)	42	6	8	28	34	82	−48	26
22	Kingstonian (R)	42	5	6	31	55	102	−47	21

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

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Chatham Town	1 (4)
	5	Horsham	1 (3)
						2	Chatham Town	0
						3	Enfield Town	3
	3	Enfield Town	1
	4	Wingate & Finchley	0

North Division

Main article: 2023–24 Isthmian League North Division

Isthmian League North Division 2023–24
Season information
Winners	Lowestoft Town
Promoted	Lowestoft Town Bowers & Pitsea
Relegated	Stowmarket Town East Thurrock United (resigned)
Season statistics
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

Team changes

To the North Division Promoted from the Eastern Counties League Ipswich Wanderers Promoted from Essex Senior League Enfield Redbridge Relegated from Premier Division Bowers & Pitsea Brightlingsea Regent Transferred from Southern League Division One Central Walthamstow

From the North Division Promoted to Premier Division AFC Sudbury Hashtag United Relegated to Essex Senior League Coggeshall Town Great Wakering Rovers Hullbridge Sports Tilbury

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Lowestoft Town (C, P)	36	25	3	8	91	41	+50	78	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Bury Town	36	22	8	6	89	47	+42	74	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Felixstowe & Walton United	36	22	8	6	78	40	+38	74
4	Bowers & Pitsea (O, P)	36	23	4	9	70	49	+21	73
5	Brentwood Town	36	22	6	8	69	33	+36	72
6	Walthamstow	36	18	8	10	63	50	+13	62
7	Heybridge Swifts	36	17	9	10	53	45	+8	60
8	Brightlingsea Regent	36	18	3	15	66	51	+15	57
9	Basildon United	36	16	4	16	66	62	+4	52
10	Gorleston	36	14	8	14	55	49	+6	50
11	Maldon & Tiptree	36	15	4	17	68	64	+4	49
12	Wroxham	36	13	9	14	47	47	0	48
13	Redbridge	36	13	8	15	57	60	−3	47
14	Witham Town	36	12	9	15	56	62	−6	45
15	New Salamis	36	9	8	19	58	82	−24	35	Resignation from the league
16	Grays Athletic	36	9	6	21	46	69	−23	33
17	Ipswich Wanderers	36	8	5	23	38	75	−37	29
18	Enfield	36	6	4	26	33	86	−53	22	Transfer to the Southern League
19	Stowmarket Town (R)	36	0	6	30	34	125	−91	6	Relegation to the Eastern Counties League
20	East Thurrock United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resignation from the league

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

• East Thurrock United folded in September 2023 the club's playing record of Pl3 W1 D1 L1 GF4 GA6 ₧4 was expunged.
• New Salamis' first team folded at the end of this season.

Play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Bury Town	1
	5	Brentwood Town	3
						5	Brentwood Town	1 (2)
						4	Bowers & Pitsea	1 (3)
	3	Felixstowe & Walton United	2 (2)
	4	Bowers & Pitsea	2 (4)

South Central Division

Main article: 2023–24 Isthmian League South Central Division

Isthmian League South Central Division 2023–24
Season information
Winners	Chertsey Town
Promoted	Chertsey Town Marlow
Relegated	Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals
Season statistics
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The South Central Division consists of 20 teams, 14 of which competed in the previous campaign. Only two teams would be relegated following the restructuring of the step 4/5 promotion.

Team changes

To the South Central Division Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division North Ascot United Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division South Badshot Lea Raynes Park Vale Relegated from the Premier Division Corinthian-Casuals Relegated from the Southern League Premier Division South Hartley Wintney Metropolitan Police

From the South Central Division Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division South Basingstoke Town Walton & Hersham Relegated to the Combined Counties Premier Division North Bedfont Sports Relegated to the Combined Counties Premier Division South Tooting & Mitcham United Transferred to South East Division Merstham Transferred to Southern League Division One Central Marlow

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Chertsey Town (C, P)	40	31	8	1	103	32	+71	100	Promotion to the Southern League
2	Marlow (O, P)	40	29	2	9	106	49	+57	89	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Leatherhead	40	27	5	8	71	32	+39	86
4	Southall	40	26	5	9	79	43	+36	83
5	Westfield	40	25	8	7	81	50	+31	83
6	Raynes Park Vale	40	23	9	8	70	49	+21	78
7	Hanworth Villa	40	18	11	11	77	59	+18	65
8	Thatcham Town	40	18	8	14	72	62	+10	62	Transfer to the Southern League
9	South Park	40	17	10	13	72	61	+11	61
10	Hartley Wintney	40	16	7	17	64	79	−15	55
11	Badshot Lea	40	15	9	16	65	70	−5	54
12	Uxbridge	40	15	6	19	70	71	−1	51
13	Ascot United	40	13	6	21	56	67	−11	45
14	Sutton Common Rovers	40	11	7	22	49	69	−20	40
15	Northwood	40	11	6	23	69	75	−6	39	Transfer to the Southern League
16	Metropolitan Police	40	9	10	21	37	63	−26	37
17	Ashford Town	40	10	6	24	42	70	−28	36
18	Guernsey	40	9	7	24	68	97	−29	34
19	Binfield	40	8	10	22	59	109	−50	34
20	Chipstead (R)	40	8	6	26	44	80	−36	30	Relegation to the Combined Counties League
21	Corinthian-Casuals (R)	40	5	6	29	34	101	−67	21

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

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Marlow	3
	5	Westfield	2
						2	Marlow	3
						3	Leatherhead	1
	3	Leatherhead	1 (3)
	4	Southall	1 (2)

South East Division

Main article: 2023–24 Isthmian League South East Division

Isthmian League South East Division 2020–21
Season information
Winners	Cray Valley Paper Mills
Promoted	Cray Valley Paper Mills Chichester City
Relegated	Erith & Belvedere
Season statistics
← 2022–23	2024–25 →

The South East Division consists of 20 teams, 14 of which competed in the previous season. Only two teams would be relegated following the restructuring of the step 4/5 promotion.

Team changes

To the South East Division

Promoted from the Southern Combination Football League

• Broadbridge Heath

Promoted from the Southern Counties East League

• Erith & Belvedere
• Phoenix Sports

Promoted from the Wessex Football League

• Horndean

Relegated from Premier Division

• Herne Bay

Transferred from South Central Division

• Merstham

From the South East Division

Promoted to the Premier Division

• Chatham Town
• Whitehawk

Relegated to the Southern Combination Football League

• Haywards Heath Town

Relegated to the Southern Counties East Football League

• Corinthian
• Faversham Town
• VCD Athletic

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Cray Valley Paper Mills (C, P)	38	29	8	1	103	32	+71	95	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Ramsgate	38	28	5	5	106	41	+65	89	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Sittingbourne	38	22	9	7	82	41	+41	75
4	Three Bridges	38	22	7	9	98	68	+30	73
5	Chichester City (O, P)	38	21	6	11	83	43	+40	69	Qualification for the play-offs, then promotion to the Premier Division
6	Lancing	38	19	7	12	71	66	+5	64
7	Sheppey United	38	18	7	13	76	57	+19	61
8	Herne Bay	38	16	11	11	74	63	+11	59
9	Broadbridge Heath	38	14	10	14	59	56	+3	52
10	Sevenoaks Town	38	13	7	18	61	65	−4	46
11	Ashford United	38	14	3	21	57	82	−25	45
12	Burgess Hill Town	38	11	11	16	59	70	−11	44
13	Hythe Town	38	12	8	18	54	71	−17	44
14	Horndean	38	12	7	19	57	76	−19	43	Transfer to the South Central Division
15	Merstham	38	11	8	19	58	72	−14	41
16	Phoenix Sports	38	10	8	20	52	91	−39	38
17	Littlehampton Town	38	10	7	21	49	76	−27	37
18	East Grinstead Town	38	9	7	22	52	86	−34	34
19	Beckenham Town	38	7	8	23	57	93	−36	29	Reprieve from relegation
20	Erith & Belvedere (R)	38	6	8	24	27	86	−59	26	Relegation to the Southern Counties East League

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

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Ramsgate	0
	5	Chichester City	1
						5	Chichester City	5
						4	Three Bridges	0
	3	Sittingbourne	1
	4	Three Bridges	2

League Cup

Main article: 2023–24 Isthmian League Cup

See also

• Isthmian League
• 2023–24 Northern Premier League
• 2023–24 Southern League

External links

• Official website