2024–25 Isthmian League

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Isthmian League 2024–25
Season information
Winners	Premier: Horsham North: South Central: Farnham Town South East: Ramsgate
Promoted	Premier: Horsham Dover Athletic North: South Central: Farnham Town South East: Ramsgate
Relegated	Premier: Bowers & Pitsea Bognor Regis Town Hastings United Hendon North: South Central: South East: Phoenix Sports Hythe Town Lancing Steyning Town
Season statistics
← 2023–24	2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 110th 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 will be the 6th season since the former South Division was subdivided into the South Central and South East divisions. The league will also known as the Pitching In League under a sponsorship deal with Entain, formerly GVC Holdings.

Premier Division

Main article: 2024–25 Isthmian League Premier Division

Premier Division 2024–25
Season information
Winners	Horsham
Promoted	Horsham Dover Athletic
Relegated	Bowers & Pitsea Bognor Regis Town Hastings United Hendon
Season statistics
← 2023–24	2025–26 →

The Premier Division comprised sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as six clubs who newly joined the division.

Team changes

To the Premier Division Promoted from the North Division Bowers & Pitsea Promoted from the South East Division Chichester City Cray Valley Paper Mills Relegated from the National League South Dartford Dover Athletic Transferred from the Southern Football League Premier Division South Hendon

From the Premier Division Promoted to the National League South Enfield Town Hornchurch Relegated to the North Division Concord Rangers Haringey Borough Relegated to the South Central Division Kingstonian Relegated to the South East Division Margate

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Horsham (C, P)	42	28	3	11	82	40	+42	87	Promotion to the National League South
2	Billericay Town	42	26	9	7	83	42	+41	87	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Dartford	42	25	9	8	77	49	+28	84
4	Cray Valley Paper Mills	42	23	11	8	80	56	+24	77
5	Dover Athletic (O, P)	42	23	7	12	83	48	+35	76
6	Chichester City	42	22	7	13	72	59	+13	73
7	Carshalton Athletic	42	20	10	12	72	54	+18	70
8	Hashtag United	42	18	10	14	82	71	+11	64
9	Chatham Town	42	17	12	13	74	53	+21	63
10	Cray Wanderers	42	18	7	17	58	52	+6	61
11	Wingate & Finchley	42	17	9	16	76	67	+9	60
12	Folkestone Invicta	42	17	7	18	61	66	−5	58
13	Lewes	42	15	13	14	59	64	−5	58
14	Potters Bar Town	42	17	6	19	57	75	−18	57
15	Cheshunt	42	14	7	21	61	69	−8	49
16	Whitehawk	42	14	7	21	49	66	−17	49
17	Canvey Island	42	13	5	24	48	66	−18	44
18	Dulwich Hamlet	42	12	8	22	58	80	−22	44
19	Hendon (R)	42	9	12	21	61	79	−18	39	Relegation to step 4
20	Hastings United (R)	42	8	10	24	37	75	−38	34	Relegation to South East Division
21	Bognor Regis Town (R)	42	8	8	26	51	100	−49	32
22	Bowers & Pitsea (R)	42	7	5	30	34	84	−50	26	Relegation to North Division

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

North Division

Main article: 2024–25 Isthmian League North Division

North Division 2024–25
Season information
Winners	Brentwood Town
Promoted	Brentwood Town Bury Town
Relegated	Haringey Borough Ipswich Wanderers Basildon United Sporting Bengal United
Season statistics
← 2023–24	2025–26 →

The North Division comprises 22 teams for the first time following the introduction of play-offs at step five the previous season. Fourteen teams competed in the previous season in the division.

Team changes

To the North Division Promoted from the Eastern Counties League Mildenhall Town Newmarket Town Promoted from the Essex Senior League Sporting Bengal United Tilbury Relegated from the Premier Division Concord Rangers Haringey Borough Transferred from the Northern Premier Division One Midlands Cambridge City Transferred from the Southern League Division One Central Waltham Abbey

From the North Division Promoted to the Premier Division Bowers & Pitsea Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central Lowestoft Town Relegated to the Eastern Counties League Stowmarket Town Transferred to the Southern League Division One Central Enfield Resigned from league East Thurrock United New Salamis

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Brentwood Town (C, P)	42	28	5	9	97	46	+51	89	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Felixstowe & Walton United	42	26	7	9	92	48	+44	85	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Bury Town (O, P)	42	25	10	7	75	45	+30	85
4	Waltham Abbey	42	23	10	9	80	44	+36	79
5	Brightlingsea Regent	42	22	10	10	69	50	+19	76
6	Tilbury	42	21	8	13	61	53	+8	71
7	Witham Town	42	21	6	15	72	61	+11	69
8	Gorleston	42	19	11	12	66	48	+18	68
9	Grays Athletic	42	20	8	14	62	49	+13	68
10	Walthamstow	42	20	7	15	74	56	+18	67
11	Cambridge City	42	17	9	16	64	62	+2	60
12	Redbridge	42	16	10	16	77	69	+8	58
13	Maldon & Tiptree	42	13	12	17	49	51	−2	51
14	Heybridge Swifts	42	13	12	17	59	71	−12	51
15	Mildenhall Town	42	13	10	19	41	53	−12	49
16	Concord Rangers	42	13	9	20	58	72	−14	48
17	Wroxham	42	10	14	18	50	65	−15	44
18	Newmarket Town	42	11	10	21	55	84	−29	43
19	Haringey Borough (R)	42	9	15	18	58	73	−15	42	Relegation to step 5
20	Ipswich Wanderers (R)	42	7	8	27	34	79	−45	29
21	Basildon United (R)	42	7	6	29	39	87	−48	27
22	Sporting Bengal United (R)	42	6	7	29	36	102	−66	25

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

South Central Division

Main article: 2024–25 Isthmian League South Central Division

South Central Division 2024–25
Season information
Winners	Farnham Town
Promoted	Farnham Town
Season statistics
← 2023–24	2025–26 →

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 Premier Division North Rayners Lane Promoted from the Combined Counties Premier Division South Farnham Town Promoted from the Wessex Football League Moneyfields Relegated from the Premier Division Kingstonian Relegated from the Southern League Premier Division South Harrow Borough Hayes & Yeading United Transferred from the South East Division Horndean

From the South Central Division Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division South Chertsey Town Marlow Relegated to the Combined Counties Premier Division South Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals Transferred to the Southern League Division One Central Northwood Transferred to the Southern League Division One South Thatcham Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ascot United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Ashford Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Badshot Lea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Binfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Farnham Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Guernsey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Hanworth Villa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Harrow Borough	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Hartley Wintney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Hayes & Yeading United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Horndean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Kingstonian	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Leatherhead	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Metropolitan Police	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Moneyfields	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Rayners Lane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Raynes Park Vale	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	South Park	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Southall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to step 5
20	Sutton Common Rovers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Uxbridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Westfield	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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

South East Division

Main article: 2024–25 Isthmian League South East Division

South East Division 2024–25
Season information
Winners	Ramsgate
Promoted	Ramsgate
Relegated	Phoenix Sports Hythe Town Lancing Steyning Town
Season statistics
← 2023–24	2025–26 →

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 League Eastbourne Town Steyning Town Promoted from the Southern Counties East League Deal Town Erith Town Promoted from the Combined Counties League AFC Croydon Athletic Relegated from the Premier Division Margate

From the South East Division Promoted to the Premier Division Chichester City Cray Valley Paper Mills Relegated to the Southern Counties East League Erith & Belvedere Transferred to the South Central Division Horndean

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	AFC Croydon Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Ashford United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Beckenham Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Broadbridge Heath	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Burgess Hill Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Deal Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	East Grinstead Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Eastbourne Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Erith Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Herne Bay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Hythe Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Lancing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Littlehampton Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Margate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Merstham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Phoenix Sports	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Ramsgate	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	Sevenoaks Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Sheppey United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to step 5
20	Sittingbourne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Steyning Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Three Bridges	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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

League Cup

Main article: Isthmian League Cup

The 2024–25 Velocity Trophy (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) was the 51th season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.

Chatham Town were defending champions, having beaten Hashtag United in the 2023–24 season.

First round

Four clubs participated in the first round.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Sevenoaks Town (SE)	3–0	Phoenix Sports (SE)	63
2	Steyning Town (SE)	1–4	Broadbridge Heath (SE)	131

Second round

The two clubs who progressed from the first round, were joined by thirty-four clubs who received a bye to the second round.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	AFC Croydon Athletic (SE)	4–1	Rayners Lane (SC)	69
2	Badshot Lea (SC)	1–3	Binfield (SC)	90
3	Concord Rangers (N)	4–5	Basildon United (N)	140
4	East Grinstead Town (SE)	0–1	Merstham (SE)	115
5	Walthamstow (N)	1–1	Grays Athletic (N)	78
Grays Athletic advanced 4–2 on penalties
6	Ascot United (SC)	2–1	Sutton Common Rovers (SC)	80
7	Deal Town (SE)	2–0	Hythe Town (SE)	250
8	Erith Town (SE)	4–1	Sittingbourne (SE)	115
9	Hayes & Yeading United (SC)	5–3	Moneyfields (SC)	81
10	Leatherhead (SC)	1–0	South Park (SC)	185
11	Newmarket Town (N)	5–2	Sporting Bengal United (N)	96
12	Ramsgate (SE)	1–1	Sevenoaks Town (SE)	355
Sevenoaks Town advanced 7–6 on penalties
13	Sheppey United (SE)	0–0	Herne Bay (SE)	222
Sheppey United advanced 5–4 on penalties
14	Harrow Borough (SC)	2–2	Southall (SC)	78
Harrow Borough advanced 5–4 on penalties
15	Westfield (SC)	2–0	Hanworth Villa (SC)	91
16	Ashford United (SE)	0–6	Margate (SE)	208
17	Witham Town (N)	1–2	Brightlingsea Regent (N)	105
18	Burgess Hill Town (SE)	1–1	Broadbridge Heath (SE)	207
Burgess Hill Town advanced 4–3 on penalties
19	Haringey Borough (N)	4–4	Tilbury (N)	109
Tilbury advanced 5–3 on penalties

Third round

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Billericay Town (P)	4–1	Basildon United (N)	411
2	Dulwich Hamlet (P)	1–4	Binfield (SC)	421
3	Bowers & Pitsea (P)	2–2	Brightlingsea Regent (N)	72
Brightlingsea Regent advanced 5–4 on penalties
4	Cheshunt (P)	1–1	Potters Bar Town (P)	175
Cheshunt advanced 4–2 on penalties
5	Sevenoaks Town (SE)	2–4	Cray Valley Paper Mills (P)	96
6	Ascot United (SC)	0–1	Chatham Town (P)	101
7	Erith Town (SE)	0–1	Dartford (P)	187
8	Hashtag United (P)	6–1	Grays Athletic (N)	173
9	Hayes & Yeading United (SC)	0–2	Harrow Borough (SC)	136
10	Hendon (P)	5–1	Newmarket Town (N)	97
11	Carshalton Athletic (P)	2–1	AFC Croydon Athletic (SE)	187
12	Hastings United (P)	2–0	Deal Town (SE)	311
13	Leatherhead (SC)	2–1	Westfield (SC)	230
14	Wingate & Finchley (P)	1–2	Tilbury (N)	101
15	Margate (SE)	2–4	Sheppey United (SE)	215
16	Merstham (SE)	2–4	Burgess Hill Town (SE)	141

Fourth round

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Billericay Town (P)	3–0	Cheshunt (P)	287
2	Brightlingsea Regent (N)	1–1	Hashtag United (P)	149
Hashtag United advanced 4–3 on penalties
3	Hastings United (P)	1–1	Cray Valley Paper Mills (P)	252
Hastings United advanced 5–4 on penalties
4	Hendon (P)	2–1	Tilbury (N)	96
5	Sheppey United (SE)	3–0	Dartford (P)	234
6	Carshalton Athletic (P)	1–1	Leatherhead (SC)	221
Leatherhead advanced 10–9 on penalties
7	Chatham Town (P)	2–0	Burgess Hill Town (SE)	336
8	Harrow Borough (N)	0–2	Binfield (SC)	75

Quarter Final

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Leatherhead (SC)	2–2	Hendon (P)	222
Hendon advanced 4–3 on penalties
2	Billericay Town (P)	1–0	Sheppey United (SE)	227
3	Hastings United (P)	1–2	Binfield (SC)	249
4	Hashtag United (P)	2–3	Chatham Town (P)	144

Semi Final

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Billericay Town (P)	4–1	Binfield (SC)	461
2	Chatham Town (P)	2–1	Hendon (P)	411

Final

9 April 2025	Billericay Town (P)	3–2	Chatham Town (P)	Aveley
19:45 BST	Steward  11' Merrifield  37' Williams  90+2'		Yila  48' Isiaka  51'	Stadium: Parkside Attendance: 1,268

See also

• Isthmian League
• 2024–25 Northern Premier League
• 2024–25 Southern League

External links

• Official website