The 2008–09 season was the 94th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: Canvey Island, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North Dartford, promoted as champions of Division One North Dover Athletic, promoted as champions of Division One South Sutton United, relegated from the Conference South Tooting & Mitcham United, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South
Dover Athletic became champions five games before the end of the season and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Staines Town. Harlow Town, Heybridge Swifts and Ramsgate were relegated to the Division One sections, while Margate, who also finished in the relegation zone, were reprieved due to the demotion of clubs higher up the pyramid.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Richard JollyCarshalton Athletic31 Carl RookTonbridge Angels24 Byron HarrisonAshford Town22 Francis CollinDover Athletic21 Paul VinesTooting & Mitcham United20 Richard ButlerStaines Town19 Laurent HamiciDulwich Hamlet Sean SonnerNorthwood / Boreham Wood18 Ryan AsheWealdstone16 John FrendoWare / Harlow Town
Play-offs
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium AFC Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium Ashford Town (Middlesex) Short Lane Billericay Town New Lodge Boreham Wood Meadow Park Canvey Island Brockwell Stadium Carshalton Athletic War Memorial Sports Ground Dartford Princes Park Dover Athletic Crabble Athletic Ground Harlow Town Barrows Farm Harrow Borough Earlsmead Stadium Hastings United The Pilot Field Hendon Claremont Road Heybridge Swifts Scraley Road Horsham Woodside Road (groundshare with Worthing) Maidstone United Bourne Park (groundshare with Sittingbourne) Margate Hartsdown Park Ramsgate Southwood Stadium Staines Town Wheatsheaf Park Sutton United Gander Green Lane Tonbridge Angels Longmead Stadium Tooting & Mitcham United Imperial Fields Wealdstone Grosvenor Vale 1.Hendon left Claremont Road at September and spent the rest of campaign groundsharing with Northwood and Staines Town.
Division One North
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season, and seven new clubs: Chatham Town, transferred from Division One South Cheshunt, relegated from the Southern Football League Premier Division Concord Rangers, promoted as champions of the Essex Senior League East Thurrock United, relegated from the Premier Division Hillingdon Borough, transferred from Southern Football League Division One South & West Leyton, relegated from the Premier Division Thamesmead Town, promoted as champions of the Kent League
Aveley won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Waltham Abbey. Witham Town and Hillingdon Borough finished in the bottom two places and left the league.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Martin TuohyEast Thurrock United39 Billy HollandWaltham Abbey20 Sherwin StanleyBrentwood Town Chris StoweTilbury18 Kris NewbyEast Thurrock United
Play-offs
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Aveley The Mill Field Brentwood Town The Brentwood Centre Arena Chatham Town The Sports Ground Cheshunt Cheshunt Stadium Concord Rangers Thames Road East Thurrock United Rookery Hill Enfield Town Goldsdown Road (groundshare with Brimsdown Rovers) Great Wakering Rovers Burroughs Park Hillingdon Borough Middlesex Stadium Ilford Cricklefield Stadium Leyton Leyton Stadium Maldon Town Wallace Binder Ground Northwood Chestnut Avenue Potters Bar Town Parkfield Redbridge Oakside Thamesmead Town Bayliss Avenue Tilbury Chadfields Waltham Abbey Capershotts Waltham Forest Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford) Ware Wodson Park Wingate & Finchley The Harry Abrahams Stadium Witham Town Spa Road
Division One South
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: Crowborough Athletic, promoted as champions of the Sussex County League Fleet Town, transferred from Southern Football League Division One South & West Folkestone Invicta, relegated from the Premier Division Godalming Town, transferred from Southern Football League Division One South & West Merstham, promoted as champions of the Combined Counties League
Kingstonian won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Cray Wanderers. Crowborough Athletic finished bottom of the table and returned to the Sussex County League after only one season in the Isthmian League. Chipstead were reprieved from relegation due to the demotion of clubs higher up the pyramid.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Bobby TraynorKingstonian32 Glen StanleyGodalming Town21 James DrydenFolkestone Invicta Mark AndersonFleet Town20 Richard BradySittingbourne18
Play-offs
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Ashford Town (Kent) The Homelands Burgess Hill Town Leylands Park Chipstead High Road Corinthian-Casuals King George's Field Cray Wanderers Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) Crowborough Athletic Alderbrook Recreation Ground Croydon Athletic Keith Tuckey Stadium Dulwich Hamlet Champion Hill Eastbourne Town The Saffrons Fleet Town Calthorpe Park Folkestone Invicta Cheriton Road Godalming Town Weycourt Kingstonian Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) Leatherhead Fetcham Grove Merstham Moatside Metropolitan Police Imber Court Sittingbourne Bourne Park Walton & Hersham The Sports Ground Walton Casuals Waterside Stadium Whitstable Town The Belmont Ground Whyteleafe Church Road Worthing Woodside Road
League Cup
The Isthmian League Cup 2008–09 was the 35th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 18 November 2008 and finished on 8 April 2009.The Isthmian archive
Calendar Round Dates Matches Clubs First round 18 November 2008 2 66 → 64 Second round 25 November 2008 to 20 January 2009 32 64 → 32 Third round 7 January 2009 to 27 January 2009 16 32 → 16 Fourth round 27 January 2009 to 24 February 2009 8 16 → 8 Quarterfinals 24 February 2009 to 4 March 2009 4 8 → 4 Semifinals 17 March 2009 2 4 → 2 Final 8 April 2009 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)1Brentwood Town (N)0–1Potters Bar Town (N)562Great Wakering Rovers (N)0–1East Thurrock United (N)60
Second round The two clubs to have made it through the first round were entered into the draw with every other Isthmian League club, making sixty-four teams.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)3AFC Hornchurch (P)4–0Potters Bar Town (N)1354Ashford Town (Kent) (S)1–2 Thamesmead Town (N)995Aveley (N)3–1Maidstone United (P)796Billericay Town (P)4–1Enfield Town (N)1237Boreham Wood (P)2–3Waltham Abbey (N)408Burgess Hill Town (S)3–2Hastings United (P)849Concord Rangers (N)5–3 East Thurrock United (N)10610Crowborough Athletic (S)0–4Eastbourne Town (S)10111Croydon Athletic (S)0–2Sutton United (P)13612Dartford (P)3–2Margate (P)30613Dover Athletic (P)4–1Canvey Island (P)21414Dulwich Hamlet (S)3–2 Cray Wanderers (S)8215Folkestone Invicta (S)1–2Tilbury (N)11516Godalming Town (S)1–0Walton & Hersham (S)8917Harlow Town (P)4–2Cheshunt (N)11818Hendon (P)0–2Harrow Borough (P)80Played at Wembley F.C.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)19Heybridge Swifts (P)2–1 Maldon Town (N)9320Hillingdon Borough (N)0–3Kingstonian (S)7121Ilford (N)0–1Redbridge (N)3722Leatherhead (S)0–2Ashford Town (Middx) (P)5823Leyton (N)0–2Ware (N)2724Merstham (S)2–5Tonbridge Angels (P)8725Northwood (N)4–1Corinthian-Casuals (S)7126Ramsgate (P)4–0Chatham Town (N)12727Sittingbourne (S)0–1Whitstable Town (S)10428Tooting & Mitcham United (P)2–5Carshalton Athletic (P)16629Walton Casuals (S)1–6Fleet Town (S)8130Wealdstone (P)5–2Metropolitan Police (S)7331Whyteleafe (S)0–3Chipstead (S)6032Wingate & Finchley (N)0–3Staines Town (P)3733Witham Town (N)0–5 ‡Waltham Forest (N)5434Worthing (S)1–2 Horsham (P)172
‡ – Waltham Forest removed from competition, Witham Town reinstalled
Third round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)35AFC Hornchurch (P)2–0Witham Town (N)14136Ashford Town (Middx) (P)2–1 Kingstonian (S)11437Aveley (N)1–4Dover Athletic (P)9238Burgess Hill Town (S)1–3Dulwich Hamlet (S)59Played at Dulwich Hamlet39Carshalton Athletic (P)3–0Tonbridge Angels (P)10440Concord Rangers (N)1–3Dartford (P)16341Eastbourne Town (S)4–0Chipstead (S)6042Godalming Town (S)1–2Harrow Borough (P)61
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)43Harlow Town (P)3–2 Heybridge Swifts (P)12044Northwood (N)2–0Fleet Town (S)6645Staines Town (P)2–1 Wealdstone (P)19446Sutton United (P)2–3 Horsham (P)11647Thamesmead Town (N)0–4Ramsgate (P)5848Waltham Abbey (N)2–3Billericay Town (P)138Played at Billericay Town49Ware (N)2–5Redbridge (N)6350Whitstable Town (S)1–2Tilbury (N)100
Fourth round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)51Billericay Town (P)1–0AFC Hornchurch (P)17252Carshalton Athletic (P)5–1Eastbourne Town (S)9853Dulwich Hamlet (S)0–2 Dover Athletic (P)9154Harlow Town (P)1–2Harrow Borough (P)113
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)55Horsham (P)3–2 Dartford (P)18856Redbridge (N)1–2Ashford Town (Middx) (P)3857Staines Town (P)5–2 Northwood (N)11758Tilbury (N)3–0Ramsgate (P)45
Quarterfinals
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)59Billericay Town (P)3–2Dover Athletic (P)20160Carshalton Athletic (P)2–3Ashford Town (Middx) (P)81
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)61Harrow Borough (P)3–1Horsham (P)5562Tilbury (N)1–1 Staines Town (P)41Tilbury advance 4–2 on penalties
Semifinals TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)63Harrow Borough (P)3–1Ashford Town (Middx) (P)8264Tilbury (N)2–0Billericay Town (P)189
Final
See also Isthmian League 2008–09 Northern Premier League 2008–09 Southern Football League
References
External links Official website