The 2006–07 season was the 92nd 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 was the first season for newly created divisions One North and One South.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs.
Three clubs promoted from Division One: Horsham Ramsgate Tonbridge Angels
Plus Ashford Town (Middlesex), promoted as runners-up of Southern Football League Western Division Boreham Wood, promoted as champions of Southern Football League Eastern Division Carshalton Athletic, relegated from the Conference South
Hampton & Richmond Borough won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Bromley. Worthing, Walton & Hersham and Slough Town were relegated, while Harrow Borough, initially also relegated as the worst 19th-placed club among seventh level leagues, were reprieved as an effect of the Conference clubs Farnborough Town and Scarborough folded, Lancaster City demoted two levels down and Hayes merged with Yeading.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Danny HocktonMargate37 John MainTonbridge Angels36 Danny GabrielEast Thurrock United / Enfield / Waltham Forest22 Ian HodgesHampton & Richmond Borough21 Mark NwokejiStaines Town20 Nic McDonnellBromley Ali ChaabanStaines Town19 Kezie IbeChelmsford City Richard JollyAFC Wimbledon
Play-offs
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium AFC Wimbledon Kingsmeadow (groundshare with Kingstonian) Ashford Town (Middlesex) Short Lane Billericay Town New Lodge Boreham Wood Meadow Park Bromley Hayes Lane Carshalton Athletic War Memorial Sports Ground Chelmsford City Melbourne Stadium East Thurrock United Rookery Hill Folkestone Invicta Cheriton Road Hampton & Richmond Borough Beveree Stadium Harrow Borough Earlsmead Stadium Hendon Claremont Road Heybridge Swifts Scraley Road Horsham Queen Street Leyton Leyton Stadium Margate Hartsdown Park Ramsgate Southwood Stadium Slough Town Stag Meadow (groundshare with Windsor & Eton) Staines Town Wheatsheaf Park Tonbridge Angels Longmead Stadium Walton & Hersham The Sports Ground Worthing Woodside Road
Division One North
After the end of the previous season, Division One was restructured. Most of the previous season's Division One clubs were transferred to Division One South.
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs: eleven clubs transferred from Southern League Division One North, three clubs relegated from higher-level leagues and eight clubs promoted from lower-level leagues. Barking & East Ham United, another club from the Southern League, joined the division but resigned and folded before the start of the season.
Eleven clubs transferred from Southern Football League Eastern Division: Arlesey Town Aveley Enfield Enfield Town Great Wakering Rovers Harlow Town Ilford Potters Bar Town Waltham Forest Wingate & Finchley Wivenhoe Town Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division: Maldon Town Redbridge Club demoted from the Conference National: Canvey Island Three clubs promoted from Division Two: Flackwell Heath Ware Witham Town Three clubs promoted from the Essex Senior League: AFC Hornchurch Tilbury Waltham Abbey Two clubs promoted from the Eastern Counties League: AFC Sudbury Bury Town
Maldon Town qualified for the play-offs but were ineligible for promotion due to ground grading issues, so Harlow Town received a bye to the play-off final which they won, and were promoted to the Premier Division along with AFC Hornchurch, who earned a second successive promotion. Flackwell Heath finished bottom of the table and were relegated. At the end of the season Enfield folded with phoenix club Enfield 1893 joining Essex Senior League. Ilford finished second bottom, but were reprieved to make up the number of clubs at eight tier after a few higher league clubs folded and merged and Northern Premier League was reformed.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Harry ElmesWare24 Ricci CraceEnfield Town23 Simon ParkerAFC Hornchurch Kris LeeAFC Hornchurch22
Play-offs
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium AFC Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium AFC Sudbury King's Marsh Arlesey Town Hitchin Road Aveley The Mill Field Bury Town Ram Meadow Canvey Island Brockwell Stadium Enfield Wodson Park (groundshare with Ware) Enfield Town Goldsdown Road (groundshare with Brimsdown Rovers) Flackwell Heath Wilks Park Great Wakering Rovers Burroughs Park Harlow Town Barrows Farm Ilford Cricklefield Stadium Maldon Town Wallace Binder Ground Potters Bar Town Parkfield Redbridge Oakside Tilbury Chadfields Waltham Abbey Capershotts Waltham Forest Wadham Lodge Ware Wodson Park Wingate & Finchley The Harry Abrahams Stadium Witham Town Spa Road Wivenhoe Town Broad Lane 1.Harlow Town spent start of the season at their old stadium Sportscentre before moving to Barrows Farm at October.
Division One South
After the end of the previous season, Division One was restructured. Most of the previous season's Division One clubs were transferred to Division One South.
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, 16 clubs transferred from previous season Division One and six new clubs. Three clubs transferred from Southern Football League Eastern Division: Chatham Town Dartford Sittingbourne Plus: Godalming Town, promoted as champions of the Combined Counties League Horsham YMCA, promoted as champions of the Sussex County League Maidstone United, promoted as champions of the Kent League
Maidstone United won their second title in a row and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Hastings United. Both clubs finished in the relegation zone were reprieved to make up the number of clubs at eight tier after a few higher league clubs folded and merged and Northern Premier League was reformed.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Brendon CassDartford25 Paul VinesTooting & Mitcham United23 Chris DicksonDulwich Hamlet20 Bobby TraynorWalton & Hersham / Kingstonian19
Play-offs
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Ashford Town (Kent) The Homelands Burgess Hill Town Leylands Park Chatham Town The Sports Ground Corinthian-Casuals King George's Field Cray Wanderers Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) Croydon Athletic Keith Tuckey Stadium Dartford Princes Park Dover Athletic Crabble Athletic Ground Dulwich Hamlet Champion Hill Fleet Town Calthorpe Park Godalming Town Weycourt Hastings United The Pilot Field Horsham YMCA Gorings Mead Kingstonian Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) Leatherhead Fetcham Grove Maidstone United Bourne Park (groundshare with Sittingbourne) Metropolitan Police Imber Court Molesey Walton Road Stadium Sittingbourne Bourne Park Tooting & Mitcham United Imperial Fields Walton Casuals Waterside Stadium Whyteleafe Church Road 2.Dartford spent start of the season groundsharing with Ebbsfleet United before moving to Princes Park at November.
League Cup
The Isthmian League Cup 2006–07 was the 33rd season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 22 August and finished on 4 April.The Isthmian archive
Calendar Round Dates Matches Clubs First round 22 August 2 66 → 64 Second round 11 September – 26 September 32 64 → 32 Third round 2 October – 31 October 16 32 → 16 Fourth round 7 November – 9 January 8 16 → 8 Quarterfinals 5 December – 13 February 4 8 → 4 Semifinals 13 March – 20 March 2 4 → 2 Final 4 April 1 2 → 1
Fixtures and results Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.
First round Four clubs from Division Ones participated in the first round, while all other clubs received a bye to the second round. TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1Metropolitan Police (S)4–1Godalming Town (S)582Tilbury (N)2–3 Wivenhoe Town (N)44
Second round The two clubs to have made it through the first round were entered into the second-round draw with all other Isthmian League clubs, making sixty-four teams.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)3AFC Hornchurch (N)4–0Canvey Island (N)3464AFC Wimbledon (P)2–1Hastings United (S)6195Arlesey Town (N)1–3 Slough Town (P)896Ashford Town (Kent) (S)2–0Bromley (P)1377Aveley (N)1–3AFC Sudbury (N)718Boreham Wood (P)4–3Enfield Town (N)1049Carshalton Athletic (P)1–3Horsham (P)14210Chatham Town (S)0–1 Dover Athletic (S)16311Chelmsford City (P)1–0Wivenhoe Town (N)36212Cray Wanderers (S)3–1Whyteleafe (S)7813Croydon Athletic (S)4–1Sittingbourne (S)2214Dartford (S)2–2Folkestone Invicta (P)116Dartford advance on penalties 5–315East Thurrock United (P)1–0Billericay Town (P)12416Flackwell Heath (N)3–4Hendon (P)6217Great Wakering Rovers (N)0–1Redbridge (N)5518Harrow Borough (P)0–1Enfield (N)73
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)19Heybridge Swifts (P)4–0Ilford (N)5820Kingstonian (S)3–2Hampton & Richmond Borough (P)22121Leatherhead (S)4–0Molesey (S)7822Leyton (P)2–1Witham Town (N)4023Maldon Town (N)2–1Bury Town (N)8624Ramsgate (P)2–0Margate (P)78325Staines Town (P)3–2 Potters Bar Town (N)8226Tonbridge Angels (P)3–0Maidstone United (S)48027Tooting & Mitcham United (S)1–1Corinthian-Casuals (S)100Tooting & Mitcham United advance on penalties 8–728Waltham Abbey (N)0–1Harlow Town (N)8329Waltham Forest (N)0–5Fleet Town (S)3430Walton & Hersham (P)0–2Metropolitan Police (S)7131Walton Casuals (S)4–1Dulwich Hamlet (S)4032Ware (N)0–1Ashford Town (Middx) (P)8333Wingate & Finchley (N)2–4 Burgess Hill Town (S)3334Worthing (P)3–2 Horsham YMCA (S)158
Third round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)35AFC Sudbury (N)2–1 Chelmsford City (P)37036Ashford Town (Kent) (S)2–4 Cray Wanderers (S)6537Boreham Wood (P)3–1 Harlow Town (N)8338Burgess Hill Town (S)2–3 AFC Wimbledon (P)30539Croydon Athletic (S)1–1 Tooting & Mitcham United (S)94Tooting & Mitcham United advance on penalties 4–340Fleet Town (S)3–4 Enfield Town (N)7941Hendon (P)1–2Staines Town (P)8542Heybridge Swifts (P)3–2AFC Hornchurch (N)142
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)43Horsham (P)3–5 Walton Casuals (S)16844Leatherhead (S)1–0Worthing (P)16445Leyton (P)1–0Maldon Town (N)2046Metropolitan Police (S)3–1Kingstonian (S)21247Ramsgate (P)1–1Dover Athletic (S)264Dover Athletic advance on penalties 8–748Redbridge (N)1–3 East Thurrock United (P)4349Slough Town (P)0–4Ashford Town (Middx) (P)14950Tonbridge Angels (P)1–3Dartford (S)253
Fourth round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)51AFC Sudbury (N)2–1Metropolitan Police (S)18352Ashford Town (Middx) (P)2–1Enfield (N)10953Dartford (S)0–3Boreham Wood (P)1,08754Dover Athletic (S)1–0East Thurrock United (P)154
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)55Leyton (P)2–3Leatherhead (S)1556Staines Town (P)2–1Heybridge Swifts (P)11357Tooting & Mitcham United (S)1–0AFC Wimbledon (P)94158Walton Casuals (S)1–2Cray Wanderers (S)44
Quarterfinals
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)59Boreham Wood (P)1–2Cray Wanderers (S)4960Dover Athletic (S)2–1Leatherhead (S)215
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)61Staines Town (P)3–1AFC Sudbury (N)12162Tooting & Mitcham United (S)1–3Ashford Town (Middx) (P)104
Semifinals TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)63Dover Athletic (S)4–3Cray Wanderers (S)20364Staines Town (P)2–3Ashford Town (Middx) (P)369
Final
See also Isthmian League 2006–07 Northern Premier League 2006–07 Southern Football League
References
External links Official website