The 2004–05 season was the 90th 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.
Also, it was the first season after the creation of the Conference North and South, one step above the Isthmian League. Therefore, it was the inaugural season for the league in the seventh, eighth and ninth tiers of the English league system.
Premier Division
After the creation of the Conference North and South, placed above the Isthmian League before the start of the season most of the Premier Division clubs were transferred to the newly created divisions.
The Premier Division featured seven clubs from the previous season and 15 new clubs: Seven clubs remained in the league: Billericay Town Braintree Town Harrow Borough Hendon Heybridge Swifts Kingstonian Northwood Four clubs promoted from Division One North: Cheshunt Leyton Wealdstone Yeading Five clubs promoted from Division One South: Hampton & Richmond Borough Slough Town Staines Town Windsor & Eton Worthing Two clubs transferred from the Southern Football League Premier Division: Chelmsford City Dover Athletic Four clubs promoted from the Southern Football League Eastern Division: Eastleigh Folkestone Invicta Salisbury City Tonbridge Angels
Yeading won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Eastleigh. Tonbridge Angels, Dover Athletic and Kingstonian finished bottom of the table and were relegated to Division One, while 19th-placed Cheshunt were reprieved as the club with a better record than the equivalent Northern Premier League and Southern League clubs after Conference South side Hornchurch folded.
League table
Play-offs
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Billericay Town New Lodge Braintree Town Cressing Road Chelmsford City New Lodge (groundshare with Billericay Town) Cheshunt Cheshunt Stadium Dover Athletic Crabble Athletic Ground Eastleigh Ten Acres Folkestone Invicta Cheriton Road Hampton & Richmond Borough Beveree Stadium Harrow Borough Earlsmead Stadium Hendon Claremont Road Heybridge Swifts Scraley Road Kingstonian Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) Leyton Leyton Stadium Northwood Chestnut Avenue Salisbury City Raymond McEnhill Stadium Slough Town Stag Meadow (groundshare with Windsor & Eton) Staines Town Wheatsheaf Park Tonbridge Angels Longmead Stadium Wealdstone White Lion (groundshare with Edgware Town) Windsor & Eton Stag Meadow Worthing Woodside Road Yeading The Warren
Division One
After the creation of the Conference North and South one step above the Isthmian League, most of the Premier Division clubs were transferred to the newly created divisions. Consequently, the best Division One clubs took up the empty spots in higher divisions. Remaining Division One North clubs were transferred to the Southern Football League. Two Isthmian League Division One sections were merged into single Division One.
Division One consisted of 13 clubs transferred from Division One South and nine new clubs: 13 clubs transferred from Division One South: Banstead Athletic Bromley Corinthian Casuals Croydon Croydon Athletic Dulwich Hamlet Horsham Leatherhead Metropolitan Police Molesey Tooting & Mitcham United Walton & Hersham Whyteleafe Six clubs transferred from Southern Football League Eastern Division: Ashford Town (Kent) Bashley Burgess Hill Town Fleet Town Hastings United Newport (Isle of Wight) Plus: Dorking, promoted from Division Two AFC Wimbledon, promoted from the Combined Counties League Cray Wanderers, promoted from the Kent League
AFC Wimbledon won the division to earn a second promotion in a row along with runners-up Walton & Hersham and play-off winners Bromley. Dorking returned to Division Two along with Croydon.
League table
Play-offs
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium AFC Wimbledon Kingsmeadow (groundshare with Kingstonian) Ashford Town (Kent) The Homelands Banstead Athletic Merland Rise Bashley Bashley Road Bromley Hayes Lane Burgess Hill Town Leylands Park Corinthian-Casuals King George's Field Cray Wanderers Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) Croydon Croydon Sports Arena Croydon Athletic Keith Tuckey Stadium Dorking Meadowbank Stadium Dulwich Hamlet Champion Hill Fleet Town Calthorpe Park Hastings United The Pilot Field Horsham Queen Street Leatherhead Fetcham Grove Metropolitan Police Imber Court Molesey Walton Road Stadium Newport (Isle of Wight) St Georges Park Tooting & Mitcham United Imperial Fields Walton & Hersham The Sports Ground Whyteleafe Church Road
Division Two
Division Two consisted of 16 clubs, including 12 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs: Brook House, transferred from the Spartan South Midlands League Enfield, relegated from Division One North Epsom & Ewell, relegated from Division One South Ilford, joined from the Essex Senior League
Ilford won the division and were promoted to Southern League Eastern Division along with runners-up Enfield. There was no relegation from Division Two, though Abingdon Town resigned from the league at the end of the season.
League table
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Abingdon Town Culham Road Brook House Farm Park Camberley Town Krooner Park Chalfont St Peter Mill Meadow Chertsey Town Alwyns Lane Clapton The Old Spotted Dog Ground Edgware Town White Lion Enfield Wodson Park (groundshare with Ware) Epsom & Ewell Merland Rise (groundshare with Banstead Athletic) Flackwell Heath Wilks Park Hertford Town Hertingfordbury Park Ilford Cricklefield Stadium Kingsbury Town Avenue Park Ware Wodson Park Wembley Vale Farm Witham Town Spa Road
League Cup
The Isthmian League Cup 2004–05 was the 31st season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty clubs took part. The competition commenced on 26 October 2004 and finished on 28 April 2005.The Isthmian archive
Calendar Round Main date Matches Clubs First round 26 October 18 60 → 42 Second round 16 November 10 42 → 32 Third round 3 January 16 32 → 16 Fourth round 1 February 8 16 → 8 Quarterfinals 22 February 4 8 → 4 Semifinals 15 March and 22 March 4 4 → 2 Final 28 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-six lowest ranked clubs in the Isthmian League played each other for a place in the second round.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1AFC Wimbledon (1)2–0Flackwell Heath (2)1,0632Bashley (1)4–0Abingdon Town (2)463Brook House (2)3–2 Molesey (1)804Chalfont St. Peter (2)3–4Clapton (2)325Chertsey Town (2)1–2Burgess Hill Town (1)786Cray Wanderers (1)5–1Camberley Town (2)587Croydon Athletic (1)4–1Dorking (1)618Dulwich Hamlet (1)6–0Corinthian-Casuals (1)1089Edgware Town (2)3–4Horsham (1)80
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)10Epsom & Ewell (2)1–2Witham Town (2)4511Hertford Town (2)1–0Bromley (1)9012Ilford (2)1–2Kingsbury Town (2)5013Leatherhead (1)1–0Newport (Isle of Wight) (1)6914Metropolitan Police (1)5–1Hastings United (1)6315Tooting & Mitcham United (1)2–1Ashford Town (Kent) (1)10016Walton & Hersham (1)7–1Banstead Athletic (1)7117Ware (2)2–3 Enfield (2)12818Wembley (2)0–2Croydon (1)64
Second round The eighteen clubs to have made it through the first round were entered into the second-round draw with Fleet Town and Whyteleafe, making twenty teams.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)19Burgess Hill Town (1)3–0Whyteleafe (1)9520Clapton (2)0–1Walton & Hersham (1)4321Cray Wanderers (1)2–1Croydon (1)6622Dulwich Hamlet (1)4–1Croydon Athletic (1)7923Fleet Town (1)3–0Brook House (2)72
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)24Horsham (1)1–2AFC Wimbledon (1)86825Kingsbury Town (2)3–4 Enfield (2)1226Leatherhead (1)2–0 Tooting & Mitcham United (1)12427Metropolitan Police (1)2–3Hertford Town (2)4628Witham Town (2)2–3Bashley (1)38
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)29Billericay Town (P)0–2Heybridge Swifts (P)22130Cray Wanderers (1)1–0Burgess Hill Town (1)6831Dover Athletic (P)1–2AFC Wimbledon (1)69232Enfield (2)1–4 Bashley (1)8633Fleet Town (1)0–2Yeading (P)9634Folkestone Invicta (P)6–1Kingstonian (P)34335Hampton & Richmond Borough (P)2–1 Dulwich Hamlet (1)23036Harrow Borough (P)0–1Braintree Town (P)130
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)37Hendon (P)3–6 Leatherhead (1)8338Hertford Town (2)0–1Chelmsford City (P)25239Salisbury City (P)2–0Leyton (P)24040Slough Town (P)1–0Cheshunt (P)11241Walton & Hersham (1)2–1Northwood (P)15242Wealdstone (P)3–0Tonbridge Angels (P)15643Windsor & Eton (P)0–1Staines Town (P)14744Worthing (P)0–2Eastleigh (P)359
Fourth round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)45AFC Wimbledon (1)3–2Cray Wanderers (1)77246Chelmsford City (P)2–1Wealdstone (P)22947Eastleigh (P)1–2Hampton & Richmond Borough (P)19248Folkestone Invicta (P)2–1Bashley (1)152
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)49Leatherhead (1)3–3Yeading (P)107Leatherhead advance on penalties50Slough Town (P)3–0Salisbury City (P)19351Staines Town (P)0–1Heybridge Swifts (P)8252Walton & Hersham (1)0–2Braintree Town (P)102
Quarterfinals
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)53Chelmsford City (P)3–0Leatherhead (1)21754Hampton & Richmond Borough (P)1–0Braintree Town (P)138
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)55Heybridge Swifts (P)1–1Folkestone Invicta (P)116Heybridge Swifts advance on penalties56Slough Town (P)4–2AFC Wimbledon (1)564
Semifinals The semifinals fixtures were played over two legs.
First legTieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)57Hampton & Richmond Borough (P)0–0Chelmsford City (P)20758Heybridge Swifts (P)1–2Slough Town (P)275
Second legTieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)59Chelmsford City (P)0–1Hampton & Richmond Borough (P)19160Slough Town (P)2–1Heybridge Swifts (P)305
Final
The only red card of the match came for Hampton & Richmond Borough's Dean Wells. There was also a yellow card for Slough Town's Josias Carbon.
See also Isthmian League 2004–05 Northern Premier League 2004–05 Southern Football League
References
External links Official website