The 2009–10 season was the 95th 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: Aveley, promoted as champions of Division One North Bognor Regis Town, relegated from the Conference South Cray Wanderers, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South Kingstonian, promoted as champions of Division One South Waltham Abbey, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North
Dartford won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Boreham Wood. Bognor Regis Town were relegated for the second season in a row along with Waltham Abbey, who had only spent one season in the Premier Division. Ashford Town resigned from the league. Margate were reprieved from relegation for the second season in a row, this time after Chester City and Farsley Celtic folded and Grays Athletic were demoted from the Conference Premier to Isthmian League Division One North.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Bobby TraynorKingstonian28 Patrick HardingHorsham24 Martin TuohyAveley23 Paul VinesTooting & Mitcham United Lee BurnsDartford22 Danny GabrielWaltham Forest / Aveley21 Ade OlorundaHastings United20 James RoweCanvey Island19 Byron HarrisonAshford Town / Carshalton Athletic17
Play-offs
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity AFC Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium 3,500 Ashford Town (Middlesex) Short Lane 2,550 Aveley The Mill Field 1,100 Billericay Town New Lodge 3,500 Bognor Regis Town Nyewood Lane 4,500 Boreham Wood Meadow Park 4,502 Canvey Island Brockwell Stadium 4,308 Carshalton Athletic War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000 Cray Wanderers Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) 6,000 Dartford Princes Park 4,100 Harrow Borough Earlsmead Stadium 3,070 Hastings United The Pilot Field 4,050 Hendon Vale Farm (groundshare with Wembley) 3,000 Horsham Gorings Mead (groundshare with Horsham YMCA) 1,500 Kingstonian Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) 4,722 Maidstone United The Homelands (groundshare with Ashford Town (Kent)) 3,200 Margate Hartsdown Park 2,100 Sutton United Gander Green Lane 7,032 Tonbridge Angels Longmead Stadium 3,000 Tooting & Mitcham United Imperial Fields 3,500 Waltham Abbey Capershotts 3,500 Wealdstone Grosvenor Vale 2,640
Division One North
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: Harlow Town, relegated from the Premier Division Heybridge Swifts, relegated from the Premier Division Lowestoft Town, promoted as champions of the Eastern Counties League Romford, promoted as champions of the Essex Senior League VCD Athletic, promoted as champions of the Kent League
Lowestoft Town won the division and were promoted for the second season in a row along with play-off winners Concord Rangers. Leyton were reprieved from relegation after numerous higher league clubs folded. VCD Athletic were demoted after failing to meet ground grading requirements and returned to the Kent League. Harlow Town were reprieved from relegation after an appeal by VCD was turned down.
After the end of the season Maldon Town merged with 14° Essex Senior League side Tiptree United to form a new club Maldon & Tiptree, who took the place of Maldon Town in 2010–11 IL Division One North.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Sam HigginsEast Thurrock United35 Leon SmithWingate & Finchley26 Matt NolanLowestoft Town24 Lyle TaylorConcord Rangers22 Andrew ConstableThamesmead Town
Play-offs
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity Brentwood Town The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,000 Cheshunt Cheshunt Stadium 3,000 Concord Rangers Thames Road 1,500 East Thurrock United Rookery Hill 3,500 Enfield Town Goldsdown Road (groundshare with Brimsdown Rovers) 3,000 Great Wakering Rovers Burroughs Park 2,500 Harlow Town Barrows Farm 3,500 Heybridge Swifts Scraley Road 3,000 Ilford Cricklefield Stadium 3,500 Leyton Leyton Stadium 2,500 Lowestoft Town Crown Meadow 3,000 Maldon Town Wallace Binder Ground 2,000 Northwood Chestnut Avenue 3,075 Potters Bar Town Parkfield 2,000 Redbridge Oakside 3,000 Romford Mill Field (groundshare with Aveley) 1,100 Thamesmead Town Bayliss Avenue 6,000 Tilbury Chadfields 4,000 VCD Athletic The Oakwood 1,180 Waltham Forest Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford) 3,500 Ware Wodson Park 3,300 Wingate & Finchley The Harry Abrahams Stadium 1,500
Division One South
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs: Chatham Town, transferred from Division One North Horsham YMCA, promoted as Third Place of the Sussex County League Ramsgate, relegated from the Premier Division
Folkestone Invicta won the play-offs and returned to the Premier Division after two seasons of absence along with Croydon Athletic, who won the division. Walton Casuals and Eastbourne Town finished in the relegation zone but were reprieved due to the resignation of Ashford Town (Kent) and as a knock-on effect from Merthyr Tydfil's expulsion from the Southern League.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Gary NoëlCroydon Athletic24 Martin GrantWalton Casuals / Walton & Hersham20 Phil WilliamsGodalming Town Hicham AkhazzanSittingbourne18 Gavin GordonWorthing / Merstham
Play-offs
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity Ashford Town (Kent) The Homelands (groundshare with Maidstone United) 3,200 Burgess Hill Town Leylands Park 2,000 Chatham Town The Sports Ground 5,000 Chipstead High Road 2,000 Corinthian-Casuals King George's Field 2,700 Croydon Athletic Keith Tuckey Stadium 3,000 Dulwich Hamlet Champion Hill 3,000 Eastbourne Town The Saffrons 3,000 Fleet Town Calthorpe Park 2,000 Folkestone Invicta Cheriton Road 4,000 Godalming Town Weycourt 3,000 Horsham YMCA Gorings Mead (groundshare with Horsham) 1,500 Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 3,400 Merstham Moatside 2,000 Metropolitan Police Imber Court 3,000 Ramsgate Southwood Stadium 2,500 Sittingbourne Bourne Park 3,000 Walton & Hersham The Sports Ground 2,000 Walton Casuals Waterside Stadium 2,000 Whitstable Town The Belmont Ground 3,000 Whyteleafe Church Road 2,000 Worthing Woodside Road 4,000
League Cup
The Isthmian League Cup 2009–10 was the 36th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 20 October 2009 and finished on 24 March 2010.The Isthmian archive
Calendar Round Dates Matches Clubs First round 20 October 2009 2 66 → 64 Second round 3 November 2009 to 13 November 2009 32 64 → 32 Third round 24 November 2009 to 4 February 2010 16 32 → 16 Fourth round 26 January 2010 to 4 March 2010 8 16 → 8 Quarterfinals 23 February 2010 to 11 March 2010 4 8 → 4 Semifinals 11 March 2010 to 18 March 2010 2 4 → 2 Final 24 March 2010 1 2 → 1
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)1Cheshunt (N)0–2Northwood (N)962Godalming Town (S)4–2Merstham (S)75
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 clubs.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)3Folkestone Invicta (S)0–4Aveley (P)1644Romford (N)3–4Maidstone United (P)805Ramsgate (S)2–2Dartford (P)177Dartford advance 5–4 on penalties6Tonbridge Angels (P)4–1Whitstable Town (S)1817Thamesmead Town (N)0–1Sittingbourne (S)718Ashford Town (Kent) (S)0–1Tilbury (N)619VCD Athletic (N)0–1Margate (P)9110Chatham Town (S)2–0Cray Wanderers (P)9411Ware (N)1–2Waltham Forest (N)7312Leyton (N)0–2Billericay Town (P)7713AFC Hornchurch (P)2–1Brentwood Town (N)12114Heybridge Swifts (N)1–3Maldon Town (N)11815Redbridge (N)2–3 Harlow Town (N)4416Concord Rangers (N)3–0East Thurrock United (N)11017Canvey Island (P)1–0Great Wakering Rovers (N)12118Lowestoft Town (N)3–1Ilford (N)462
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)19Croydon Athletic (S)2–0Corinthian-Casuals (S)8120Worthing (S)0–4Bognor Regis Town (P)35821Chipstead (S)1–2Godalming Town (S)5522Eastbourne Town (S)1–3Horsham YMCA (S)7823Horsham (P)2–1Sutton United (P)14424Carshalton Athletic (P)1–3Whyteleafe (S)16025Leatherhead (S)1–0 Burgess Hill Town (S)5826Hastings United (P)4–1Tooting & Mitcham United (P)25727Fleet Town (S)1–0Ashford Town (Middx) (P)6028Metropolitan Police (S)2–1 Harrow Borough (P)4729Hendon (P)3–3Wingate & Finchley (N)83Wingate & Finchley advance 4–3 on penalties30Wealdstone (P)3–1Boreham Wood (P)10131Northwood (N)2–3Potters Bar Town (N)7232Enfield Town (N)3–1Waltham Abbey (P)10733Walton Casuals (S)4–3Kingstonian (P)13334Walton & Hersham (S)2–1Dulwich Hamlet (S)88
Third round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)35Sittingbourne (S)3–2Margate (P)13036Dartford (P)4–5Aveley (P)32037Maidstone United (P)0–2Tilbury (N)6338Tonbridge Angels (P)2–0Chatham Town (S)19039Waltham Forest (N)0–1Canvey Island (P)4440Concord Rangers (N)2–0Billericay Town (P)126Concord Rangers expelled for fielding an unregistered player so Billericay Town advance41AFC Hornchurch (P)3–0Harlow Town (N)10442Maldon Town (N)0–3Lowestoft Town (N)65
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)43Hastings United (P)0–1Croydon Athletic (S)13944Leatherhead (S)2–0Bognor Regis Town (P)12145Whyteleafe (S)1–2Godalming Town (S)6246Horsham (P)0–2Horsham YMCA (S)16147Wealdstone (P)2–2Metropolitan Police (S)101Wealdstone advance 3–1 on penalties48Fleet Town (S)2–0Potters Bar Town (N)5349Walton & Hersham (S)2–0Walton Casuals (S)11050Wingate & Finchley (N)2–1Enfield Town (N)69
Fourth round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)51Lowestoft Town (N)2–1Tilbury (N)42252Billericay Town (P)1–3Sittingbourne (S)10553Aveley (P)3–1 AFC Hornchurch (P)10454Canvey Island (P)3–2Wingate & Finchley (N)97
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)55Tonbridge Angels (P)2–1Wealdstone (P)148Tonbridge Angels expelled so Wealdstone advance56Walton & Hersham (S)0–1Croydon Athletic (S)7057Fleet Town (S)3–0Horsham YMCA (S)5558Godalming Town (S)0–1Leatherhead (S)90
Quarterfinals
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)59Croydon Athletic (S)2–1Lowestoft Town (N)5860Sittingbourne (S)1–2Wealdstone (P)74
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)61Fleet Town (S)0–3Leatherhead (S)7762Aveley (P)2–1Canvey Island (P)104
Semifinals TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)63Leatherhead (S)1–1Aveley (P)105Leatherhead advance 4–3 on penalties64Wealdstone (P)1–0Croydon Athletic (S)113
Final
See also Isthmian League 2009–10 Northern Premier League 2009–10 Southern Football League
References
External links Official website