2018–19 Isthmian League

Isthmian League 2018–19
Season information
Season statistics
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was the 104th 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 twelve season for the current incarnations of the Division One North and Division One South.

Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Dorking Wanderers
Promoted	Dorking Wanderers Tonbridge Angels
Relegated	Harlow Town Whitehawk Burgess Hill Town
Season statistics
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

Team changes

To the Premier Division Promoted from the North Division AFC Hornchurch Haringey Borough Potters Bar Town Promoted from the South Division Carshalton Athletic Corinthian-Casuals Lewes Transferred from the Southern League Premier Division Bishop's Stortford Relegated from the National League South Bognor Regis Town Whitehawk

From the Premier Division Promoted to the National League South Billericay Town Dulwich Hamlet Transferred to the Southern League Central Division Leiston Lowestoft Town Needham Market Transferred to the Southern League South Division Harrow Borough Hendon Metropolitan Police Staines Town Relegated to the South Central Division Tooting & Mitcham United Resigned from the league Thurrock

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Hornchurch	Hornchurch Stadium	3,500
Bishop's Stortford	Woodside Park	4,525
Bognor Regis Town	Nyewood Lane	4,500
Brightlingsea Regent	North Road	2,000
Burgess Hill Town	Leylands Park	2,500
Carshalton Athletic	War Memorial Sports Ground	5,000
Corinthian-Casuals	King George's Field	2,700
Dorking Wanderers	Meadowbank Stadium	2,000
Enfield Town	Queen Elizabeth II Stadium	2,500
Folkestone Invicta	Cheriton Road	4,000
Haringey Borough	Coles Park	2,500
Harlow Town	The Harlow Arena	3,500
Kingstonian	King George's Field (groundshare with Corinthian-Casuals )	2,700
Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove	3,400
Lewes	The Dripping Pan	3,000
Margate	Hartsdown Park	3,000
Merstham	Moatside	2,000
Potters Bar Town	Parkfield	2,000
Tonbridge Angels	Longmead Stadium	3,000
Whitehawk	The Enclosed Ground	3,126
Wingate & Finchley	The Harry Abrahams Stadium	3,000
Worthing	Woodside Road	4,000

League table

2018–19 Isthmian League Premier Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dorking Wanderers  (C) (P)	42	28	9	5	87	31	+56	93	Promotion to the the National League North / South
2	Carshalton Athletic  (Q)	42	21	8	13	70	49	+21	71	Qualification to the the play-offs
3	Haringey Borough  (Q)	42	21	8	13	73	54	+19	71
4	Tonbridge Angels  (Q)	42	21	7	14	59	46	+13	70
5	Merstham  (Q)	42	20	10	12	60	50	+10	70
6	Folkestone Invicta	42	21	6	15	77	58	+19	69
7	Bishop's Stortford	42	20	7	15	70	57	+13	67
8	Leatherhead	42	19	8	15	56	42	+14	65
9	Worthing	42	18	11	13	72	63	+9	65
10	Enfield Town	42	17	10	15	76	56	+20	61
11	Lewes	42	16	12	14	61	53	+8	60
12	Margate	42	16	11	15	45	48	−3	59
13	Brightlingsea Regent	42	16	11	15	49	54	−5	59
14	Bognor Regis Town	42	14	15	13	71	62	+9	57
15	Hornchurch	42	12	14	16	57	59	−2	50
16	Potters Bar Town	42	13	10	19	51	56	−5	49
17	Corinthian Casuals	42	13	8	21	48	74	−26	47
18	Kingstonian	42	13	6	23	60	78	−18	45
19	Wingate & Finchley	42	12	7	23	57	86	−29	43
20	Whitehawk  (R)	42	10	11	21	50	72	−22	41	Relegation to North, South Central or South East Division
21	Burgess Hill Town  (R)	42	9	10	23	44	91	−47	37
22	Harlow Town  (R)	42	9	7	26	53	107	−54	34

Updated to games played on 27 April 2019
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

Results table

Home \ Away

HOR

BIS

BOG

BRI

BUR

CAR

COR

DOW

ENF

FOL

HAR

HAT

KIN

LEA

LEW

MAR

MER

POT

TON

WHI

W&F

WOR

Hornchurch

0–1

1–1

1–2

2–0

1–1

3–0

1–1

2–0

4–1

2–2

3–0

1–5

1–2

1–1

0–1

0–2

3–0

1–1

Bishop's Stortford

1–0

0–0

2–2

3–1

3–0

1–1

2–1

0–1

2–0

1–0

0–3

1–1

1–2

2–0

1–2

3–4

4–2

3–2

Bognor Regis Town

2–0

3–0

8–0

2–0

0–1

0–1

1–2

2–4

0–4

3–1

0–4

2–2

0–0

3–1

2–2

2–3

4–2

2–2

Brightlingsea Regent

1–1

1–0

3–0

3–2

0–2

4–3

0–2

2–0

0–2

1–1

2–0

0–0

0–3

1–1

0–1

0–2

3–0

0–1

0–2

Burgess Hill Town

0–3

0–3

0–2

3–2

0–0

1–6

0–0

3–1

1–3

0–1

0–3

0–2

3–0

0–1

0–4

2–4

0–1

2–1

Carshalton Athletic

2–1

1–1

3–0

2–3

0–0

1–0

4–2

3–1

2–0

1–1

2–1

2–1

1–2

1–2

1–0

3–0

2–0

1–2

Corinthian-Casuals

1–0

1–1

1–3

1–1

3–0

1–0

0–0

1–6

1–3

3–1

0–0

1–2

2–1

0–2

0–3

1–1

1–2

2–1

2–0

Dorking Wanderers

3–3

1–0

2–1

6–0

2–3

2–0

1–0

6–0

5–3

7–1

2–0

1–2

2–0

2–2

4–1

0–1

2–1

3–0

Enfield Town

2–2

2–1

3–3

0–0

3–1

0–2

1–1

2–0

2–2

4–1

0–1

0–1

1–1

4–0

0–0

0–0

6–0

4–1

1–4

Folkestone Invicta

5–0

2–0

2–3

1–1

2–3

2–1

0–1

2–3

3–2

2–0

2–0

4–0

1–0

6–2

2–0

0–1

2–2

0–1

Haringey Borough

3–1

3–1

2–2

2–1

4–4

3–1

2–2

3–2

3–1

1–0

0–2

0–3

2–1

1–0

2–2

1–0

4–0

3–0

1–2

Harlow Town

2–4

1–3

1–1

0–1

1–1

0–4

1–2

0–1

2–4

2–1

3–1

2–2

2–1

1–4

1–0

0–3

2–7

0–2

Kingstonian

3–2

4–1

2–3

2–3

1–1

1–0

0–1

4–1

0–4

7–0

2–1

2–1

0–0

1–2

1–1

1–3

1–2

2–3

Leatherhead

1–2

1–0

2–2

0–1

3–0

1–0

1–2

4–1

0–0

2–1

1–3

2–1

0–1

0–1

2–1

1–1

2–1

2–1

Lewes

3–3

5–0

0–3

0–1

3–0

0–2

2–2

2–0

0–1

2–1

3–0

1–0

0–0

0–0

0–0

1–3

4–2

3–4

Margate

0–0

1–4

1–0

1–0

2–3

1–1

5–2

0–1

2–1

0–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

0–1

1–0

0–2

1–3

2–2

1–1

Merstham

3–0

1–1

1–2

1–0

0–2

2–0

2–1

4–1

1–0

0–0

5–1

0–2

3–2

1–1

3–1

0–3

1–0

3–0

1–0

Potters Bar Town

0–1

4–2

2–2

0–2

0–0

0–1

0–2

1–2

2–2

0–0

1–2

3–0

0–1

1–0

1–2

0–1

1–1

4–0

1–1

Tonbridge Angels

1–0

2–3

1–2

2–2

1–0

2–0

1–2

1–3

1–0

3–1

3–2

0–2

0–0

1–1

0–1

2–1

2–0

2–1

1–2

Whitehawk

1–1

0–2

1–4

1–1

4–1

2–2

1–1

1–3

0–0

1–3

4–2

1–1

0–2

0–1

0–0

1–0

0–4

2–3

1–2

Wingate & Finchley

1–1

2–2

0–2

2–2

2–0

2–0

1–2

1–1

0–3

0–4

0–2

0–4

1–0

0–1

2–0

4–2

1–2

1–1

1–2

Worthing

3–1

1–2

0–2

1–1

0–0

3–3

2–0

1–4

0–3

3–2

0–2

9–1

3–1

1–1

3–4

0–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

Updated to games played on 30 March 2019
Source: [1]
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Carshalton Athletic	1
	5	Merstham	2
						4	Tonbridge Angels	2
						5	Merstham	0
	3	Haringey Borough	1
	4	Tonbridge Angels	2

North Division

Isthmian League North Division 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Bowers & Pitsea
Promoted	Bowers & Pitsea Heybridge Swifts
Relegated	Mildenhall Town Romford
Season statistics
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

Team changes

To the North Division Promoted from the Eastern Counties League Coggeshall Town Felixstowe & Walton United Promoted from the Essex Senior League Basildon United Great Wakering Rovers

From the North Division Promoted to the Premier Division AFC Hornchurch Haringey Borough Potters Bar Town Relegated to the Eastern Counties League Norwich United Transferred to the South Central Division Cheshunt Hertford Town Waltham Abbey Ware

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Sudbury	King's Marsh	2,500
Aveley	Parkside	3,500
Barking	Mayesbrook Park	2,500
Basildon United	Gardiners Close	2,000
Bowers & Pitsea	Len Salmon Stadium	2,000
Brentwood Town	The Brentwood Centre Arena	1,800
Bury Town	Ram Meadow	3,500
Canvey Island	Park Lane	4,500
Coggeshall Town	West Street	2,000
Dereham Town	Aldiss Park	3,000
Felixstowe & Walton United	Dellwood Avenue	2,000
Grays Athletic	Parkside (groundshare with Aveley)	3,500
Great Wakering Rovers	Burroughs Park	2,500
Heybridge Swifts	Scraley Road	3,000
Maldon & Tiptree	Wallace Binder Ground	2,000
Mildenhall Town	Recreation Way	2,000
Romford	Rookery Hill (groundshare with East Thurrock United)	3,500
Soham Town Rangers	Julius Martin Lane	2,000
Tilbury	Chadfields	4,000
Witham Town	Spa Road	2,500

League table

2018–19 Isthmian League Division One North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bowers & Pitsea  (C) (P)	38	29	5	4	96	25	+71	92	Promotion to the the Premier Division
2	Aveley	38	24	8	6	84	49	+35	80	Qualification to the the play-offs
3	Maldon & Tiptree	38	24	7	7	86	46	+40	79
4	Coggeshall Town	38	22	8	8	79	43	+36	74
5	Heybridge Swifts  (O)	38	23	5	10	70	51	+19	74
6	Bury Town	38	17	8	13	72	63	+9	59
7	Grays Athletic	38	14	11	13	65	64	+1	53
8	AFC Sudbury	38	16	4	18	71	72	−1	52
9	Canvey Island	38	15	6	17	51	50	+1	51
10	Tilbury	38	13	11	14	64	64	0	50
11	Felixstowe & Walton United	38	14	8	16	56	66	−10	50
12	Barking	38	13	8	17	49	63	−14	47
13	Brentwood Town	38	12	9	17	71	77	−6	45
14	Dereham Town	38	14	5	19	71	82	−11	47
15	Great Wakering Rovers	38	11	8	19	55	72	−17	41
16	Soham Town Rangers	38	12	4	22	44	64	−20	40
17	Basildon United	38	11	6	21	37	71	−34	39
18	Witham Town	38	9	7	22	38	68	−30	34
19	Romford  (R)	38	10	4	24	48	82	−34	34	Relegation to the Relegation to Level 9
20	Mildenhall Town  (R)	38	5	12	21	47	82	−35	27

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

Results table

Home \ Away

SUD

AVE

BAR

BAS

BOW

BRE

BUR

CAN

COG

DER

FEL

GRA

GWR

HEY

M&T

MIL

ROM

STR

TIL

WIT

A.F.C. Sudbury

0–2

1–1

0–0

0–1

5–3

3–0

0–1

8–2

4–2

2–3

2–1

0–1

1–5

3–1

4–3

3–1

Aveley

1–1

2–1

0–1

5–3

2–2

2–0

1–1

6–0

3–2

3–1

2–2

3–2

1–3

3–0

2–0

1–3

3–1

Barking

2–1

5–1

0–1

3–0

0–2

1–3

0–3

1–0

2–4

2–1

2–0

4–1

1–2

3–0

2–1

0–1

2–3

Basildon United

0–4

0–0

0–4

2–1

0–0

1–4

0–1

0–4

0–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

1–2

2–1

3–1

1–0

0–3

Bowers & Pitsea

3–0

3–3

9–0

4–0

6–0

2–2

2–0

3–2

4–0

1–0

4–1

0–0

3–0

2–0

3–1

3–0

Brentwood Town

5–2

4–4

1–0

1–1

3–0

1–1

1–1

1–2

3–1

0–1

3–2

1–3

0–1

2–2

2–0

4–1

2–2

Bury Town

2–3

1–2

2–1

4–2

1–5

1–1

2–3

3–3

2–0

3–2

1–4

3–0

1–1

1–0

3–0

5–2

Canvey Island

0–2

1–2

1–0

1–2

2–2

2–0

0–2

1–4

2–0

0–1

1–2

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

0–1

Coggeshall Town

1–0

3–0

0–0

2–3

2–1

3–3

0–0

4–0

3–0

0–1

2–3

3–0

3–1

3–0

1–1

2–0

Dereham Town

3–0

1–1

5–2

0–3

1–3

1–2

3–2

0–1

4–2

0–1

2–2

1–3

2–3

5–2

1–0

0–1

2–0

Felixstowe & Walton United

0–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

3–0

3–1

0–4

3–0

2–2

1–2

1–0

3–0

3–2

2–1

1–3

1–1

2–2

Grays Athletic

3–2

3–4

2–2

1–1

3–2

1–1

0–1

5–1

2–2

4–3

0–1

0–5

1–1

4–0

3–2

0–1

Great Wakering Rovers

1–1

2–3

0–3

4–1

1–1

2–1

2–2

2–1

2–0

2–2

3–2

2–4

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–3

2–1

Heybridge Swifts

2–0

2–0

3–2

1–0

3–1

2–0

2–1

0–3

4–2

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

3–1

2–0

2–1

1–0

Maldon & Tiptree

0–4

0–1

1–2

1–0

3–0

1–2

1–4

3–0

2–1

2–2

3–2

5–1

4–1

1–0

0–0

0–1

Mildenhall Town

3–3

1–2

1–2

0–1

1–2

0–6

0–0

2–4

3–0

3–3

3–4

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–2

2–0

Romford

3–1

2–0

0–0

0–0

1–4

1–4

0–4

0–1

3–5

3–4

1–0

3–0

1–5

2–4

2–1

2–1

Soham Town Rangers

0–2

0–1

1–2

0–1

3–3

0–3

1–0

0–3

0–2

1–2

3–1

3–1

0–2

1–3

4–0

2–2

3–0

Tilbury

0–4

3–0

0–0

1–2

0–3

1–2

3–0

4–2

2–2

1–1

0–3

2–3

2–0

4–1

0–3

3–0

Witham Town

2–0

1–3

1–1

3–5

0–2

2–1

1–2

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–2

2–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

0–1

0–2

Updated to games played on 30 March 2019
Source: [2]
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Aveley	0
	5	Heybridge Swifts	2
						3	Maldon & Tiptree	2 (0)
						5	Heybridge Swifts	2 (3)
	3	Maldon & Tiptree	1
	4	Coggeshall Town	0

South Central Division

Isthmian League South Central Division 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Hayes & Yeading United
Promoted	Hayes & Yeading United Cheshunt
Relegated	Egham Town Molesey
Season statistics
← 2017–18	2019–20 →

Team changes

The following teams were allocated to the South Central Division:

Promoted from the Combined Counties League Bedfont Sports Westfield Promoted from the Essex Senior League FC Romania Promoted from the Hellenic League Bracknell Town Relegated from the Premier Division Tooting & Mitcham United Remained from the South Division Chipstead Molesey South Park

Transferred from the North Division Cheshunt Hertford Town Waltham Abbey Ware Transferred from the Southern League East Division Ashford Town Chalfont St Peter Egham Town Hanwell Town Hayes & Yeading United Marlow Northwood Uxbridge

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Ashford Town	Robert Parker Stadium	2,550
Bedfont Sports	Bedfont Recreation Ground	3,000
Bracknell Town	Larges Lane	2,500
Chalfont St Peter	Mill Meadow	1,500
Cheshunt	Cheshunt Stadium	3,000
Chipstead	High Road	2,000
Egham Town	The Runnymede Stadium	5,565
FC Romania	Cheshunt Stadium (groundshare with Cheshunt)	3,000
Hanwell Town	Reynolds Field	3,000
Hayes & Yeading United	Beaconsfield Road	3,000
Hertford Town	Hertingfordbury Park	6,500
Marlow	Alfred Davis Memorial Ground	3,000
Molesey	Walton Road Stadium	4,000
Northwood	Northwood Park	3,075
South Park	King George's Field	2,000
Tooting & Mitcham United	Imperial Fields	3,500
Uxbridge	Honeycroft	3,770
Waltham Abbey	Capershotts	3,500
Ware	Wodson Park	3,300
Westfield	Woking Park	1,000

League table

Template:2018–19 Isthmian League Division One South table

Play-offs

		Semifinals				Final
	2	South Shields	4
	5	Buxton	2
						2	South Shields	1
						3	Warrington Town	2
	3	Warrington Town	4
	4	Nantwich Town	1

Semi-finals

30 April 2019	South Shields	4-2	Buxton FC
19:45

	Warrington Town	4–1	Nantwich Town

Final

	South Shields	1–2	Warrington Town

As playoff winners, Warrington Town proceeded to the 2018-19 Step 3 Super Playoffs.

South East Division

Isthmian League South East Division 2018–19
Season information
Winners	Cray Wanderers
Promoted	Cray Wanderers Horsham
Relegated	Greenwich Borough
Season statistics

Team changes

The 16 teams from the preceding season's South Division remained in the South East Division. They were joined by the following:

Promoted from the Southern Combination League

• Haywards Heath Town
• Three Bridges

Promoted from the Southern Counties East League

• Sevenoaks Town
• Whitstable Town

Stadia and locations

Team	Stadium	Capacity
Ashford United	The Homelands	3,200
Cray Wanderers	Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley)	6,000
East Grinstead Town	East Court	1,500
Faversham Town	Salters Lane	2,000
Greenwich Borough	Badgers Sports Ground (groundshare with Cray Valley PM)	1,500
Guernsey	Footes Lane	5,000
Hastings United	The Pilot Field	4,050
Haywards Heath Town	Hanbury Park	2,000
Herne Bay	Winch's Field	4,000
Horsham	Culver Road (groundshare with Lancing FC)	1,500
Hythe Town	Reachfields Stadium	3,000
Phoenix Sports	Victory Road	2,000
Ramsgate	Southwood Stadium	2,500
Sevenoaks Town	Greatness Park	1,000
Sittingbourne	Woodstock Park	3,000
Thamesmead Town	Princes Park (groundshare with Dartford)	4,100
Three Bridges	Jubilee Field	1,500
VCD Athletic	Oakwood	1,400
Whitstable Town	The Belmont Ground	3,000
Whyteleafe	Church Road	2,000

League table

2018–19 Isthmian League South East Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Cray Wanderers  (C) (P)	36	25	7	4	79	35	+44	82	Promotion to the the Premier Division
2	Horsham  (Q)	36	23	5	8	73	38	+35	74	Qualification to the the play-offs
3	Hastings United  (Q)	36	21	7	8	78	45	+33	70
4	Ashford United  (Q)	36	21	5	10	74	36	+38	68
5	Haywards Heath Town  (Q)	36	18	9	9	65	52	+13	63
6	VCD Athletic	36	20	2	14	74	66	+8	62
7	Hythe Town	36	14	10	12	66	59	+7	52
8	Whyteleafe	36	14	7	15	59	51	+8	49
9	Phoenix Sports	36	13	10	13	65	65	0	49
10	Sevenoaks Town	36	13	8	15	49	54	−5	47
11	Ramsgate	36	11	12	13	54	53	+1	45
12	Whitstable Town	36	11	10	15	36	55	−19	43
13	East Grinstead Town	36	11	8	17	65	72	−7	41
14	Three Bridges	36	12	5	19	51	69	−18	41
15	Herne Bay	36	11	5	20	65	85	−20	38
16	Sittingbourne	36	11	4	21	49	72	−23	37
17	Faversham Town	36	10	7	19	55	85	−30	37
18	Guernsey	36	7	9	20	50	77	−27	30
19	Greenwich Borough  (R)	36	8	6	22	40	78	−38	30	Relegation to the Relegation to Level 9
20	Thamesmead Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned

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

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Horsham	3
	5	Haywards Heath Town	0
						2	Horsham (a.e.t.)	2
						4	Ashford United	1
	3	Hastings United	2
	4	Ashford United (a.e.t.)	3

Semi-finals

29 April 2019 (2019-04-29)	Horsham	3–0	Haywards Heath Town	Horsham
				Stadium: Culver Road

29 April 2019 (2019-04-29)	Hastings United	2–3	Ashford United	Hastings
				Stadium: The Pilot Field

Final

3 May 2019 (2019-05-03)	Horsham	2–1	Ashford United	Horsham
				Stadium: Culver Road

See also

• Isthmian League
• 2018–19 Northern Premier League
• 2018–19 Southern League

External links

• Official website