The 2011–12 season was the 97th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league allocations were released on 20 May 2011.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: East Thurrock United, promoted as champions of Division One North Leatherhead, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South Lewes, relegated from the Conference South Metropolitan Police, promoted as champions of Division One South Wingate & Finchley, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North
Billericay Town won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners AFC Hornchurch, while Lowestoft Town lost their second consecutive play-off final. Four clubs were relegated and there were no reprieves from relegation for the first time since the creation of North and South divisions in 2006.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Richard JollyWealdstone32 Sam HigginsEast Thurrock United31 Martin TuohyAFC Hornchurch27 Tony StokesConcord Rangers26 Leon SmithWingate & Finchley23 Kwesi AppiahMargate22 Tommy WhitnellCray Wanderers19 Paul VinesCarshalton Athletic18 Bobby TraynorKingstonian16 Lewis SmithAFC Hornchurch
Play-offs Semi-finals
Final
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity AFC Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium 3,500 Aveley The Mill Field 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 East Thurrock United Rookery Hill 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) 5,194 Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 3,400 Lewes The Dripping Pan 3,000 Lowestoft Town Crown Meadow 2,250 Margate Hartsdown Park 2,100 Metropolitan Police Imber Court 3,000 Tooting & Mitcham United Imperial Fields 3,500 Wealdstone Grosvenor Vale 2,640 Wingate & Finchley The Harry Abrahams Stadium 1,500
Division One North
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs: Chatham Town, transferred from Division One South Leiston, promoted as champions of the Eastern Counties League Soham Town Rangers, transferred from Southern Football League Division One Central
Leiston won the division and were promoted for the second time in a row along with play-off winners Enfield Town. Great Wakering Rovers finished bottom of the table and were the only relegated club, while Ware were reprieved due to clubs folding higher up in the pyramid.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Liam HopeEnfield Town26 Alex ReadTilbury24 James BakerAFC Sudbury Sam NewsonNeedham Market22 James Gershfield Potters Bar Town21
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 Chatham Town The Sports Ground 5,000 Cheshunt Cheshunt Stadium 3,000 Enfield Town Queen Elizabeth II Stadium 2,500 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 Leiston Victory Road 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 1,100 Soham Town Rangers Julius Martin Lane 2,000 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 Notes 1.Enfield spent start of the season groundsharing with Cheshunt before moving to Queen Elizabeth II Stadium at November.
Division One South
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: Crawley Down, promoted as champions of the Sussex County League Croydon Athletic, relegated from the Premier Division Folkestone Invicta, relegated from the Premier Division Hythe Town, promoted as champions of the Kent League Maidstone United, relegated from the Premier Division
Croydon Athletic were deducted ten points for financial irregularities, and resigned from the league on 18 January 2012. Croydon's record of P19 W3 D3 L13 GF23 GA44 Pts2 was subsequently expunged.
Whitehawk won Division One South and were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in their history. Bognor Regis Town finished second for the second season in a row. After defeating Godalming Town in the semi-final, Bognor Regis Town gained revenge on their semifinal rivals from the previous year, Dulwich Hamlet, 1–0 and joined Whitehawk in the Premier Division. Dulwich Hamlet lost their second consecutive play-off final. Croydon Athletic resigned from the league in the middle of the season, so there was only one relegation place, taken by Whyteleafe.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoals Jason PriorBognor Regis Town24 Stuart KingFolkestone Invicta Shaun WelfordMaidstone United23 Ryan McBrideWorthing19 Terry DoddBognor Regis Town
Play-offs Semi-finals
Final
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity 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 Crawley Down Gatwick The Haven Sportsfield 1,000 Croydon Athletic Keith Tuckey Stadium 3,000 Dulwich Hamlet Champion Hill 3,000 Eastbourne Town The Saffrons 3,000 Faversham Town Shepherd Neame Stadium 2,000 Folkestone Invicta Cheriton Road 4,000 Godalming Town Weycourt 3,000 Hythe Town Reachfields Stadium 3,000 Maidstone United Bourne Park (groundshare with Sittingbourne) 3,000 Merstham Moatside 2,000 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 Worthing Stadium 4,000
League Cup
The Isthmian League Cup 2011–12 (billed as the Championship Manager Cup 2011–12 for sponsorship reasons) is the 38th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.The Isthmian archive
Calendar Round Dates Matches Clubs First round 8 October to 18 October 2 66 → 64 Second round 18 October to 15 November 32 64 → 32 Third round 5 November to 6 December 16 32 → 16 Fourth round 6 December to 13 December 8 16 → 8 Quarterfinals 17 January to 15 February 4 8 → 4 Semifinals 21 February 2 4 → 2 Final 28 March 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)1Dulwich Hamlet (S)2–2Godalming Town (S)178Dulwich Hamlet advance 4–2 on penalties2Great Wakering Rovers (N)2–2Maldon & Tiptree (N)55Maldon & Tiptree advance 4–2 on penalties
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)3Billericay Town (P)2–1Grays Athletic (N)1704Bury Town (P)1–0Harlow Town (N)2285Canvey Island (P)1–1Aveley (P)160Canvey Island advance 4–2 on penalties6Chatham Town (N)4–1Ilford (N)677Cheshunt (N)3–1AFC Hornchurch (P)818Concord Rangers (P)3–3Needham Market (N)98Needham Market advance 3–1 on penalties9Corinthian-Casuals (S)1–1Hythe Town (S)162Corinthian-Casuals advance 5–4 on penalties10Crawley Down (S)0–4Lewes (P)9411Cray Wanderers (P)0–4 Ramsgate (S)7612Dulwich Hamlet (S)4–1Burgess Hill Town (S)8413East Thurrock United (P)2–3Redbridge (N)71Tie awarded to East Thurrock United14Enfield Town (N)3–0Waltham Forest (N)7215Faversham Town (S)0–3Eastbourne Town (S)7016Folkestone Invicta (S)5–0Horsham (P)11717Harrow Borough (P)2–1Hendon (P)7418Heybridge Swifts (N)0–1AFC Sudbury (N)103
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)19Leatherhead (P)2–2Wealdstone (P)126Leatherhead advance 4–3 on penalties20Leiston (N)3–0Waltham Abbey (N)8221Lowestoft Town (P)2–2Tilbury (N)306Lowestoft Town advance 3–1 on penalties22Maidstone United (S)6–0Merstham (S)10723Maldon & Tiptree (N)4–1Romford (N)5724Margate (P)3–1Kingstonian (P)10325Sittingbourne (S)0–2Hastings United (P)8626Soham Town Rangers (N)0–3Brentwood Town (N)9227Thamesmead Town (N)1–0Wingate & Finchley (P)2728Tooting & Mitcham United (P)3–1Croydon Athletic (S)12029Walton Casuals (S)0–5Bognor Regis Town (S)5530Ware (N)1–0Potters Bar Town (N)6231Whitehawk (S)0–2Metropolitan Police (P)8532Whitstable Town (S)0–0Chipstead (S)98Chipstead advance 5–3 on penalties33Whyteleafe (S)0–2Walton & Hersham (S)6034Worthing (S)1–3Carshalton Athletic (P)120
Third round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)35Bury Town (P)3–2Chatham Town (N)18736Canvey Island (P)5–1Ware (N)10837Corinthian-Casuals (S)2–0Eastbourne Town (S)4138Dulwich Hamlet (S)2–1Walton & Hersham (S)9139East Thurrock United (P)2–0Thamesmead Town (N)6140Enfield Town (N)0–2AFC Sudbury (N)15241Harrow Borough (P)1–2Cheshunt (N)4342Hastings United (P)2–1Tooting & Mitcham United (P)24343Leatherhead (P)2–0Bognor Regis Town (S)144
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)44Leiston (N)1–0Billericay Town (P)17945Lewes (P)3–1Folkestone Invicta (S)22746Maidstone United (S)2–2Carshalton Athletic (P)167Maidstone United advance 4–2 on penalties47Maldon & Tiptree (N)0–1Lowestoft Town (P)4048Metropolitan Police (P)3–2Margate (P)5849Needham Market (N)3–0Brentwood Town (N)18750Ramsgate (S)2–1Chipstead (S)97
Fourth round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)51Bury Town (P)2–1Corinthian-Casuals (S)16752Canvey Island (P)2–0Cheshunt (N)10553East Thurrock United (P)5–1Ramsgate (S)6154Harrow Borough (P)0–1Hastings United (P)14455Lowestoft Town (P)1–0Dulwich Hamlet (S)251
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)56Maidstone United (S)3–0Leatherhead (P)11757Metropolitan Police (P)1–2Lewes (P)12158Needham Market (N)2–2AFC Sudbury (N)221AFC Sudbury advance 4–3 on penalties
Quarterfinals
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)59East Thurrock United (P)3–0Maidstone United (S)10960Hastings United (P)0–2Bury Town (P)238
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)61Lewes (P)1–1AFC Sudbury (N)266Lewes advance 5–4 on penalties62Lowestoft Town (P)3–2Canvey Island (P)388
Semifinals TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)63Bury Town (P)2–0Lowestoft Town (P)57464East Thurrock United (P)1–0Lewes (P)110
Final
See also Isthmian League 2011–12 Northern Premier League 2011–12 Southern Football League
References
External links Official website