The 2016–17 season was the 102nd season 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 eleventh season for the current incarnations of Division One North and Division One South. The league constitution was announced on 12 May 2016 and concluded on 1 May 2017.
Premier Division
Farnborough were required by the Isthmian League to pay their creditors in full before the league's 2016 AGM. As this was not fulfilled, the league relegated the club from the Premier Division to Step 4, and Burgess Hill Town were reprieved from relegation.
The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs: 18 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs: AFC Sudbury, promoted as champions of Division One North Folkestone Invicta, promoted as champions of Division One South Harlow Town, play-off winners in Division One North Havant & Waterlooville, relegated from National League South Lowestoft Town, relegated from National League North Worthing, play-off winners in Division One South
Havant & Waterlooville were pronounced champions of the Premier Division on 22 April 2017, and returned to the National League at the first attempt along with play-off winners Bognor Regis Town, who spent eight years in the Isthmian League after relegation from Conference South in 2009. AFC Sudbury, who reached Premier Division for the first time in their history relegated back to Division One North along with Canvey Island and Grays Athletic. Harrow Borough were reprieved from relegation after Worcester City, who relegated from National League North took a further voluntary demotion to the Midland League for financial reasons.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoalsMatthew BlakeLeiston29Ryan MossKingstonian24James FraserBognor Regis Town23Jake ReedLowestoft Town22Lloyd DawesWorthing20
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium CapacityAFC Sudbury King's Marsh 2,500Billericay Town New Lodge 3,500Bognor Regis Town Nyewood Lane 4,500Burgess Hill Town Leylands Park 2,500Canvey Island Park Lane 4,500Dulwich Hamlet Champion Hill 3,000Enfield Town Queen Elizabeth II Stadium 2,500Folkestone Invicta Cheriton Road 4,000Grays Athletic The Mill Field (groundshare with Aveley) 1,100Harlow Town The Harlow Arena 3,500Harrow Borough Earlsmead Stadium 3,070Havant & Waterlooville West Leigh Park 5,250Hendon Silver Jubilee Park 1,990Kingstonian Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) 4,850Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 3,400Leiston Victory Road 2,500Lowestoft Town Crown Meadow 3,000Merstham Moatside 2,000Metropolitan Police Imber Court 3,000Needham Market Bloomfields 4,000 Staines Town Wheatsheaf Park 3,009Tonbridge Angels Longmead Stadium 3,000Wingate & Finchley The Harry Abrahams Stadium 1,500Worthing Woodside Road 4,000
Division One North
Division One North consisted of 24 clubs: 19 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: Bowers & Pitsea, promoted from the Essex Senior League Brentwood Town, relegated from the Premier Division Norwich United, promoted from the Eastern Counties League VCD Athletic, relegated from the Premier Division Ware, transferred from Southern League Division One Central
Brightlingsea Regent were pronounced champions of Division One North on 8 April 2017, and promoted with play-off Thurrock. Wroxham, who were reprieved from relegation twice in three previous seasons were finally relegated along with Great Wakering Rovers. Ware get a reprieve after Worcester City took a voluntary demotion from National League to Midland League.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoalsLiam NashMaldon & Tiptree34Bradley WarnerBowers & Pitsea31Aaron CondonBrightlingsea Regent30Jason HallettCheshunt29Leon McKenzieAFC Hornchurch
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity AFC Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium 3,500 Aveley The Mill Field 1,100 Bowers & Pitsea Crown Avenue 2,000 Brentwood Town The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,800 Brightlingsea Regent North Road 1,000 Bury Town Ram Meadow 3,500 Cheshunt Cheshunt Stadium 3,000 Dereham Town Aldiss Park 3,000 Great Wakering Rovers Burroughs Park 2,500 Haringey Borough Coles Park 1,500 Heybridge Swifts Scraley Road 3,000 Maldon & Tiptree Wallace Binder Ground 2,000 Norwich United Plantation Park 3,000 Phoenix Sports Victory Road 2,000 Romford Ship Lane (groundshare with Thurrock) 3,500 Soham Town Rangers Julius Martin Lane 2,000 Thamesmead Town Bayliss Avenue 6,000 Thurrock Ship Lane 3,500 Tilbury Chadfields 4,000 VCD Athletic Oakwood 1,180 Waltham Abbey Capershotts 3,500 Ware Wodson Park 3,300 Witham Town Spa Road 2,500 Wroxham Trafford Park 2,000
Division One South
Division One South consisted of 24 clubs: 19 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: Cray Wanderers, transferred from Division One North Godalming Town, transferred from Southern Football League Division One Central Greenwich Borough, promoted from Southern Counties East League Horsham, promoted from the Southern Combination League Lewes, relegated from the Premier Division
Tooting & Mitcham United were pronounced champions of Division One South on 22 April 2017, and returned to the Premier Division after five seasons in Division One South along with play-off winners Dorking Wanderers who reached this level for the first time in their history.
League table
Top scorers PlayerClubGoalsShaun OkojieCorinthian-Casuals33Kieran LaverySouth Park32Tommy BradfordCarshalton Athletic29Francis CollinHastings United28Charlie MacDonaldGreenwich Borough27
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results
Stadia and locations
Club Stadium Capacity Carshalton Athletic War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000 Chatham Town The Sports Ground 5,000 Chipstead High Road 2,000 Corinthian-Casuals King George's Field 2,700 Cray Wanderers Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) 6,000 Dorking Wanderers Westhumble Community Ground 1,500 East Grinstead Town East Court 1,000 Faversham Town Shepherd Neame Stadium 2,000 Godalming Town Weycourt 3,000 Greenwich Borough Badgers Sports Ground (groundshare with Cray Valley PM) 1,500 Guernsey Footes Lane 5,000 Hastings United The Pilot Field 4,050 Herne Bay Winch's Field 4,000 Horsham Gorings Mead 1,500 Hythe Town Reachfields Stadium 3,000 Lewes The Dripping Pan 3,000 Molesey Walton Road Stadium 1,000 Ramsgate Southwood Stadium 2,500 Sittingbourne Woodstock Park 3,000 South Park King George's Field 2,000 Three Bridges Jubilee Field 1,500 Tooting & Mitcham United Imperial Fields 3,500 Walton Casuals Church Road (groundshare with Whyteleafe) 2,000 Whyteleafe Church Road 2,000
League Cup
The 2016–17 Alan Turvey Trophy sponsored by Robert Dyas (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) is the 43rd season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.
Calendar Round Dates Matches Clubs First round 5 September to 12 September 30 62 → 32 Second round 4 October to 13 December 16 32 → 16 Third round 6 December to 31 January 8 16 → 8 Quarterfinals 10 January to 14 February 4 8 → 4 Semifinals 21 February to 14 March 2 4 → 2 Final 12 April 1 2 → 1
The Isthmian League Cup was voluntary this season, ten clubs decided not to take part in the competition:
Bognor Regis Town Cray Wanderers Dereham Town Havant & Waterlooville Guernsey
Lewes Norwich United Phoenix Sports Thurrock Wroxham
First round Sixty clubs participated in the First round, while two clubs received a bye to the Second round: Bury Town Dorking Wanderers
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1Aveley (N)1–2Greenwich Borough (S)442Carshalton Athletic (S)1–0Molesey (S)993Chatham Town (S)1–0VCD Athletic (N)614Kingstonian (P)2–2Merstham (P)124Merstham advance 5–4 on penalties5Burgess Hill Town (P)1–0Horsham (S)1336East Grinstead Town (S)2–2Godalming Town (S)62Godalming Town advance 6–5 on penalties7AFC Sudbury (P)2–1Lowestoft Town (P)1258Billericay Town (P)3–0Heybridge Swifts (N)1179Brightlingsea Regent (N)6–3Leiston (P)6210Canvey Island (P)6–1Great Wakering Rovers (N)9011Cheshunt (N)2–4Enfield Town (P)23112Dulwich Hamlet (P)4–0Grays Athletic (P)37413Folkestone Invicta (P)0–1Tonbridge Angels (P)22414Harrow Borough (P)4–4Wingate & Finchley (P)85Wingate & Finchley advance 8–7 on penaltiesBut later Wingate & Finchley removed, Harrow Borough reinstalled15Soham Town Rangers (N)3–4Needham Market (P)103
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)16Tooting & Mitcham United (S)0–3Staines Town (P)11117Waltham Abbey (N)3–1Harlow Town (P)9118Worthing (P)5–0Three Bridges (S)22719Hendon (P)2–2Metropolitan Police (P)76Metropolitan Police advance 4–3 on penalties20Brentwood Town (N)1–2Ware (N)4521Tilbury (N)0–0Maldon & Tiptree (N)51Tilbury advance 8–7 on penalties22AFC Hornchurch (N)4–1Haringey Borough (N)7123Bowers & Pitsea (N)3–0Witham Town (N)7524Chipstead (S)1–2South Park (S)5325Corinthian-Casuals (S)2–0Whyteleafe (S)7426Faversham Town (S)3–0Hythe Town (S)12827Herne Bay (S)1–1Hastings United (S)145Hastings United advance 4–3 on penalties28Sittingbourne (S)2–1Ramsgate (S)8829Thamesmead Town (N)4–3Romford (N)47Thamesmead Town removed, Romford reinstalled30Leatherhead (P)2–1Walton Casuals (N)65
Second round Thirty clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the draw with two clubs who get a bye, making thirty-two teams.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)31Waltham Abbey (N)2–5AFC Sudbury (P)6232Tilbury (N)1–1Billericay Town (P)112Billericay Town advance 4–2 on penalties33Canvey Island (P)0–0Ware (N)151Ware advance 3–1 on penalties34Staines Town (P)3–4Harrow Borough (P)12335Tonbridge Angels (P)2–0Sittingbourne (S)26036Romford (N)1–0Chatham Town (S)6537Enfield Town (P)1–4AFC Hornchurch (N)12038Greenwich Borough (S)1–2Dulwich Hamlet (P)213
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)39Merstham (P)4–3Leatherhead (P)15440Burgess Hill Town (P)2–3Godalming Town (S)148Godalming Town removed, Burgess Hill Town reinstalled41Bury Town (N)0–2Needham Market (P)23042Faversham Town (S)1–1Hastings United (S)101Faversham Town advance 6–5 on penalties43Metropolitan Police (P)0–1Corinthian-Casuals (S)10344South Park (S)2–1Carshalton Athletic (S)7245Worthing (P)2–1Dorking Wanderers (S)28046Brightlingsea Regent (N)2–1Bowers & Pitsea (N)54
Third round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)47Tonbridge Angels (P)2–2Romford (N)133Tonbridge Angels advance 4–2 on penalties48AFC Hornchurch (N)1–0AFC Sudbury (P)7649Corinthian-Casuals (S)2–5Merstham (P)8150Ware (N)1–2Needham Market (P)60
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)51Worthing (P)2–1Burgess Hill Town (P)44452Billericay Town (P)2–1Brightlingsea Regent (N)12653Dulwich Hamlet (P)2–1Faversham Town (S)32154Harrow Borough (P)0–4South Park (S)53
Quarterfinals
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)55Needham Market (P)1–3Tonbridge Angels (P)14856Worthing (P)0–7Billericay Town (P)318
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)57Merstham (P)1–1South Park (S)110South Park advance 4–3 on penalties58AFC Hornchurch (N)2–3Dulwich Hamlet (P)146
Semifinals TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)59Billericay Town (P)4–3South Park (S)27560Tonbridge Angels (P)3–1Dulwich Hamlet (P)305
Final
See also Isthmian League 2016–17 Northern Premier League 2016–17 Southern Football League
References
External links Official website