The 2010–11 season was the 96th 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: Bury Town, promoted and transferred as champions of Southern Football League Division One Midlands Concord Rangers, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North Croydon Athletic, promoted as champions of Division One South Folkestone Invicta, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South Lowestoft Town, promoted as champions of Division One North
Sutton United won the division and were promoted back to the Conference South at the third attempt after two play-off defeats, along with play-off winners Tonbridge Angels. Maidstone United, Croydon Athletic, and Folkestone Invicta were relegated while Aveley were reprieved due to Rushden & Diamonds and Ilkeston Town folding in the Football Conference.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Bobby TraynorKingstonian23 Laurent HamiciCray Wanderers22 Tom BradbrookMargate / Sittingbourne21 Richard JollySutton United / Wealdstone Rocky BaptisteHarrow Borough20 Tony StokesConcord Rangers19 Francis CollinTonbridge Angels18 Robert KingCanvey Island Martin TuohyAFC Hornchurch Peter DeanWealdstone16
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity AFC Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium 3,500 Aveley The Mill Field (groundshare with Romford) 1,100 Billericay Town New Lodge 3,500 Bury Town Ram Meadow 3,500 Canvey Island Brockwell Stadium 4,308 Carshalton Athletic War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000 Concord Rangers Thames Road 1,500 Cray Wanderers Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) 6,000 Croydon Athletic Keith Tuckey Stadium 3,000 Folkestone Invicta Cheriton Road 4,000 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 Lowestoft Town Crown Meadow 2,250 Maidstone United The Homelands 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 Wealdstone Grosvenor Vale 2,640
Division One North
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs: AFC Sudbury, transferred from Southern Football League Division One Central Grays Athletic, relegated from the Conference Premier and took voluntary demotion to this level Needham Market, promoted as champions of the Eastern Counties League Waltham Abbey, relegated from the Premier Division
Leyton withdrew from Division One North on 14 January 2011, but expressed a wish to retain a team in the Youth League. At a meeting on 20 February this proposal was rejected and the club was expelled from the League. The club's record of P19 W1 D6 L12 GF13 GA45 Pts9 was expunged on 24 February.
East Thurrock United won the division and were promoted back to the Premier Division after two seasons of absence along with play-off winners Wingate & Finchley. Waltham Forest were reprieved due to clubs folding higher up the pyramid, so no teams were relegated from the division this season.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Craig ParkerNeedham Market33 James BakerAFC Sudbury24 Kris NewbyEast Thurrock United22 Leon SmithWingate & Finchley21 Sam NewsonNeedham Market19
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity AFC Sudbury King's Marsh 3,800 Brentwood Town The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,800 Cheshunt Cheshunt Stadium 3,000 East Thurrock United Rookery Hill 4,000 Enfield Town Goldsdown Road (groundshare with Enfield 1893) 3,000 Grays Athletic Rookery Hill (groundshare with East Thurrock United) 4,000 Great Wakering Rovers Burroughs Park 3,500 Harlow Town Barrows Farm 3,500 Heybridge Swifts Scraley Road 3,000 Ilford Cricklefield Stadium 3,500 Leyton Leyton Stadium 2,500 Maldon & Tiptree Wallace Binder Ground 2,000 Needham Market Bloomfields 4,000 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 Waltham Abbey Capershotts 3,500 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: Bognor Regis Town, relegated from the Premier Division Faversham Town, promoted as champions of the Kent League Whitehawk, promoted as champions of the Sussex County League
Metropolitan Police won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Leatherhead. Bognor Regis Town missed out on the title by a single goal after a draw against Chatham Town on the final day of the season. The draw was not enough for Chatham Town to escape the relegation zone although they were later reprieved due to clubs folding higher up the pyramid. So, Horsham YMCA were the only club relegated from the Isthmian League this season.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Jason PriorBognor Regis Town38 Greg AndrewsLeatherhead 33 Tommy HutchingsLeatherhead 25 Ian PulmanWhitstable Town Craig WatkinsMetropolitan Police22
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity Chatham Town The Sports Ground 5,000 Bognor Regis Town Nyewood Lane 4,000 Burgess Hill Town Leylands Park 2,000 Chipstead High Road 2,000 Corinthian-Casuals King George's Field 2,700 Dulwich Hamlet Champion Hill 3,000 Eastbourne Town The Saffrons 3,000 Faversham Town Shepherd Neame Stadium 2,000 Fleet Town Calthorpe Park 2,000 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 Whitehawk The Enclosed Ground 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 2010–11 (billed as the Championship Manager Cup 2010–11 for sponsorship reasons) is the 37th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part.The Isthmian archive
Calendar Round Dates Matches Clubs First round 14 September to 15 September 2 66 → 64 Second round 5 October to 16 November 32 64 → 32 Third round 2 November to 27 January 16 32 → 16 Fourth round 14 December to 7 February 8 16 → 8 Quarterfinals 8 February to 22 February 4 8 → 4 Semifinals 8 March 2011 2 4 → 2 Final 30 March 2011 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)1Waltham Forest (N)1–0Grays Athletic (N)752Fleet Town (S)4–3Horsham YMCA (S)63
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)3Hendon (P)1–2Harrow Borough (P)984Lowestoft Town (P)2–0AFC Sudbury (N)3145Cheshunt (N)2–1Harlow Town (N)1066Wingate & Finchley (N)3–1Bury Town (P)667Ware (N)0–3Wealdstone (P)798Potters Bar Town (N)2–1Enfield Town (N)799Waltham Abbey (N)2–1Needham Market (N)5610Leyton (N)3–1Redbridge (N)1811Concord Rangers (P)3–1 Chatham Town (S)5312East Thurrock United (N)1–1AFC Hornchurch (P)82East Thurrock United advance 5–3 on penalties13Billericay Town (P)2–3Canvey Island (P)14914Waltham Forest (N)0–1Aveley (P)5115Romford (N)1–2Tilbury (N)93Tilbury removed from competition for fielding an ineligible player16Heybridge Swifts (N)3–2Brentwood Town (N)5217Maldon & Tiptree (N)3–1Great Wakering Rovers (N)4518Dulwich Hamlet (S)1–0Ilford (N)87
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)19Maidstone United (P)1–2Leatherhead (S)7720Merstham (S)0–1Chipstead (S)5621Croydon Athletic (P)2–2Folkestone Invicta (P)69Folkestone Invicta advance 4–2 on penalties22Whyteleafe (S)0–2Cray Wanderers (P)5623Tooting & Mitcham United (P)2–1Whitstable Town (S)9124Sittingbourne (S)2–0Faversham Town (S)6525Tonbridge Angels (P)2–0Ramsgate (S)12726Margate (P)2–5Thamesmead Town (N)10827Godalming Town (S)1–4Fleet Town (S)7528Horsham (P)5–1Bognor Regis Town (S)14429Carshalton Athletic (P)0–1Eastbourne Town (S)10130Worthing (S)1–6Burgess Hill Town (S)13231Walton Casuals (S)1–0 Sutton United (P)11732Metropolitan Police (S)3–0Corinthian-Casuals (S)6433Walton & Hersham (S)0–3Kingstonian (P)16834Hastings United (P)3–3Whitehawk (S)191Hastings United advance 5–4 on penalties
Third round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)35Cheshunt (N)1–2Lowestoft Town (P)8936Harrow Borough (P)3–0Leyton (N)4037Waltham Abbey (N)2–3Potters Bar Town (N)7238Wealdstone (P)2–2Wingate & Finchley (N)86Wingate & Finchley advance 5–3 on penalties39Canvey Island (P)0–1Heybridge Swifts (N)15240Concord Rangers (P)0–1Dulwich Hamlet (S)7241Maldon & Tiptree (N)3–2East Thurrock United (N)5542Romford (N)3–2Aveley (P)10343Cray Wanderers (P)2–1 Folkestone Invicta (P)91
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)44Leatherhead (S)1–0Chipstead (S)7545Sittingbourne (S)0–2Tooting & Mitcham United (P)8046Thamesmead Town (N)1–1Tonbridge Angels (P)57Thamesmead Town advance 5–4 on penalties47Horsham (P)1–2Hastings United (P)8948Metropolitan Police (S)5–1Eastbourne Town (S)4949Kingstonian (P)1–1Fleet Town (S)178Match abandoned after 74 minutes due to fogreplayKingstonian (P)0–1Fleet Town (S)22150Walton Casuals (S)2–0Burgess Hill Town (S)57
Fourth round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)51Maldon & Tiptree (N)1–0Potters Bar Town (N)3852Lowestoft Town (P)4–4Heybridge Swifts (N)209Heybridge Swifts advance 6–5 on penalties53Harrow Borough (P)1–1Wingate & Finchley (N)49Wingate & Finchley advance 13–12 on penalties54Dulwich Hamlet (S)2–1Romford (N)79
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)55Walton Casuals (S)0–3Leatherhead (S)9556Tooting & Mitcham United (P)1–4Metropolitan Police (S)7357Thamesmead Town (N)1–1 †Cray Wanderers (P)57Cray Wanderers advance 5–4 on penalties58Hastings United (P)1–2Fleet Town (S)114
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
See also Isthmian League 2010–11 Northern Premier League 2010–11 Southern Football League
References
External links Official website