The 2005–06 season was the 91st in the history of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
It was the last season in which the Isthmian League consisted of three tiers. At the end of the season Division Two was disbanded, and most of the Division Two clubs were distributed between lower-level leagues, while Division One was divided into Division One North and Division One South.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 14 clubs from the previous season and eight new clubs.
Two clubs relegated from the Conference South: Margate Redbridge Three clubs promoted from Division One: AFC Wimbledon Bromley Walton & Hersham Three clubs promoted from Southern Football League Division One East: Fisher Athletic East Thurrock United Maldon Town
Braintree Town won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Fisher Athletic, who earned a second consecutive promotion. Maldon Town, Windsor & Eton and Redbridge were relegated, while Hendon were initially relegated too as the worst 19th-placed club among the seventh level leagues, but were reprieved after Canvey Island resigned from the Conference.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Richard JollyHeybridge Swifts / Wealdstone26 Jermaine BeckfordWealdstone Danny HocktonBillericay Town / Margate24 Ian HodgesSlough Town21 Steve WattsFisher Athletic Alex RevellBraintree Town Stafford BrowneWorthing17 Lawrence YakuHampton & Richmond Borough Nic McDonnellBromley
Play-offs
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium AFC Wimbledon Kingsmeadow (groundshare with Kingstonian) Billericay Town New Lodge Braintree Town Cressing Road Bromley Hayes Lane Chelmsford City Melbourne Stadium East Thurrock United Rookery Hill Fisher Athletic Champion Hill (groundshare with Dulwich Hamlet) Folkestone Invicta Cheriton Road Hampton & Richmond Borough Beveree Stadium Harrow Borough Earlsmead Stadium Hendon Claremont Road Heybridge Swifts Scraley Road Leyton Leyton Stadium Maldon Town Wallace Binder Ground Margate Hartsdown Park Redbridge Oakside Slough Town Stag Meadow (groundshare with Windsor & Eton) Staines Town Wheatsheaf Park Walton & Hersham The Sports Ground Wealdstone Chestnut Avenue (groundshare with Northwood) Windsor & Eton Stag Meadow Worthing Woodside Road 1.Chelmsford City spent start of the season groundsharing with Billericay Town before returning to Chelmsford at January.
Division One
The 2005–06 season was the last of two seasons in which the Isthmian League consisted of a single Division One.
Division One consisted of 23 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs: Dover Athletic, relegated from the Premier Division Kingstonian, relegated from the Premier Division Lymington & New Milton, promoted as champions of the Wessex League Ramsgate, promoted as champions of the Kent League Tonbridge Angels, relegated from the Premier Division Walton Casuals, promoted as champions of the Combined Counties League
Ramsgate won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with runners-up Horsham, and play-off winners Tonbridge Angels who returned to the Premier Division at the first attempt. There was no relegation from the division this season, though Banstead Athletic resigned from the league at the end of the season.
At the end of the season Division One North and Division One South were created to replace Division One. Most of the clubs remaining in the division were transferred to the new Division One South.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Phil RugglesMolesey28 Richard GillespieBashley22 James RoseFleet Town / Kingstonian Shaun WelfordRamsgate21 Kevin CooperMetropolitan Police / Fleet Town Jamie TaylorHorsham
Play-offs
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Ashford Town (Kent) The Homelands Banstead Athletic Merland Rise Bashley Bashley Road Burgess Hill Town Leylands Park Corinthian-Casuals King George's Field Cray Wanderers Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) Croydon Athletic Keith Tuckey Stadium Dover Athletic Crabble Athletic Ground Dulwich Hamlet Champion Hill Fleet Town Calthorpe Park Hastings United The Pilot Field Horsham Queen Street Kingstonian Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) Leatherhead Fetcham Grove Lymington & New Milton Fawcetts Fields Metropolitan Police Imber Court Molesey Walton Road Stadium Newport (IOW) St Georges Park Ramsgate Southwood Stadium Tonbridge Angels Longmead Stadium Tooting & Mitcham United Imperial Fields Walton Casuals Waterside Stadium Whyteleafe Church Road
Division Two
The 2005–06 season was the last Isthmian League Division Two season. Division Two consisted of 16 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs: Croydon, relegated from Division One Dorking, relegated from Division One Egham Town, relegated from Southern Football League Western Division
The four top clubs were promoted: Ware, Witham Town and Flackwell Heath moved to Division One North, while Brook House were transferred to the Southern League. Following this season, clubs remaining in the division were distributed between local ninth tier leagues. Clapton, who were one of the league founder members, were transferred to the Essex Senior League losing their place in the Isthmian League after 101 years.
League table
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Brook House Farm Park Camberley Town Kroomer Park Chalfont St Peter Mill Meadow Chertsey Town Alwyns Lane Clapton The Old Spotted Dog Ground Croydon Croydon Sports Arena Dorking Meadowbank Stadium Edgware Town White Lion Egham Town The Runnymede Stadium Epsom & Ewell Merland Rise (groundshare with Banstead Athletic) Flackwell Heath Wilks Park Hertford Town Hertingfordbury Park Kingsbury Town Avenue Park Ware Wodson Park Wembley Vale Farm Witham Town Spa Road
League Cup
The Isthmian League Cup 2005–06 was the 32nd season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-one clubs took part. The competition commenced on 6 September 2005 and finished on 12 April 2006.The Isthmian archive
Calendar Round Dates Matches Clubs First round 6 September 19 61 → 42 Second round 11 October 10 42 → 32 Third round 8 November 16 32 → 16 Fourth round 20 December 8 16 → 8 Quarterfinals February 4 8 → 4 Semifinals March 4 4 → 2 Final 12 April 1 2 → 1
Fixtures and results Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.
First round In the First round, the thirty-eight lowest ranked clubs in the Isthmian League played each other for a place in the Second round.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1Banstead Athletic (1)2–1 Corinthian-Casuals (1)572Burgess Hill Town (1)2–4Brook House (2)743Camberley Town (2)0–1Edgware Town (2)574Chertsey Town (2)1–2Leatherhead (1)1245Croydon (2)1–3Croydon Athletic (1)636Dover Athletic (1)1–0Ware (2)3017Dulwich Hamlet (1)3–1Bashley (1)1078Egham Town (2)2–3 Fleet Town (1)509Epsom & Ewell (2)0–3Hastings United (1)3910Flackwell Heath (2)1–3Witham Town (2)40
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)11Horsham (1)6–1Chalfont St. Peter (2)10212Kingsbury Town (2)3–1Molesey (1)3713Lymington & New Milton (1)2–0Kingstonian (1)9014Metropolitan Police (1)4–2Hertford Town (2)4515Ramsgate (1)1–2Newport IOW (1)12816Tonbridge Angels (1)3–1Clapton (2)17017Walton Casuals (1)0–4Tooting & Mitcham United (1)11318Wembley (2)5–2Ashford Town (Kent) (1)5219Whyteleafe (1)1–3Dorking (2)57
Second round The nineteen clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the Second round draw with Cray Wanderers, making twenty teams.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)20Cray Wanderers (1)6–0Kingsbury Town (2)3421Dorking (2)0–3Edgware Town (2)4822Dover Athletic (1)5–0Wembley (2)31423Dulwich Hamlet (1)3–2 Banstead Athletic (1)9824Fleet Town (1)1–3Hastings United (1)69
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)25Leatherhead (1)4–1Metropolitan Police (1)11726Lymington & New Milton (1)1–4Horsham (1)3127Newport IOW (1)1–2Brook House (2)11428Tonbridge Angels (1)0–1Tooting & Mitcham United (1)22429Witham Town (2)0–2Croydon Athletic (1)40
Third round The ten clubs to have made it through the Second round were entered into the Third round draw with the twenty-two Premier Division clubs, making thirty-two teams.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)30Billericay Town (P)2–1Maldon Town (P)20131Brook House (2)1–2 Hendon (P)8432Chelmsford City (P)3–1Horsham (1)19733Dover Athletic (1)2–0Leyton (P)32434East Thurrock United (P)0–3Heybridge Swifts (P)6635Fisher Athletic (P)4–2Folkestone Invicta (P)8236Hampton & Richmond Borough (P)1–0 Dulwich Hamlet (1)10437Harrow Borough (P)1–0Windsor & Eton (P)11738Hastings United (1)2–3Braintree Town (P)172
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)39Leatherhead (1)5–3 Cray Wanderers (1)12140Margate (P)2–3 Bromley (P)34541Slough Town (P)3–2Redbridge (P)13942Staines Town (P)0–2AFC Wimbledon (P)62243Tooting & Mitcham United (1)3–0Edgware Town (2)11544Wealdstone (P)1–0Croydon Athletic (1)9845Worthing (P)2–2Walton & Hersham (P)222Worthing won 5–4 on penalties
Fourth round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)46AFC Wimbledon (P)0–1Hendon (P)83547Billericay Town (P)3–1Tooting & Mitcham United (1)16848Braintree Town (P)1–2Wealdstone (P)10949Dover Athletic (1)0–2 Bromley (P)475
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)50Fisher Athletic (P)2–1Hampton & Richmond Borough (P)11351Harrow Borough (P)1–2Worthing (P)11452Heybridge Swifts (P)2–0Chelmsford City (P)24153Leatherhead (1)0–2Slough Town (P)151
Quarterfinals
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)54Bromley (P)3–2Wealdstone (P)18255Hendon (P)0–1Fisher Athletic (P)50
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)56Slough Town (P)3–0Heybridge Swifts (P)15757Worthing (P)1–3 Billericay Town (P)157
Semifinals The Semifinals fixtures were played over two legs.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)58Fisher Athletic (P)5–2Slough Town (P)10859Bromley (P)2–2Billericay Town (P)315
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)60Slough Town (P)3–1Fisher Athletic (P)11861Billericay Town (P)2–1Bromley (P)362
Final
See also Isthmian League 2005–06 Northern Premier League 2005–06 Southern Football League
References
External links Official website