The 2019–20 season was the 105th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. This was the second season to consist of four divisions after the league reorganised the former South Division into the new South Central and South East divisions.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition. On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision. A legal appeal against the decision, funded by South Shields of the Northern Premier League, was dismissed in June 2020.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: Bowers & Pitsea, promoted from the North Division Cheshunt, promoted from the South Central Division Cray Wanderers, promoted from the South East Division East Thurrock United, relegated from the National League South Horsham, promoted from the South East Division
League table
Results table
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityBishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford Woodside Park 4,525Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Nyewood Lane 4,500Bowers & Pitsea Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium 2,000Brightlingsea Regent Brightlingsea North Road 2,000Carshalton Athletic Carshalton War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000Cheshunt Cheshunt Theobalds Lane 3,000Corinthian-Casuals Tolworth King George's Field 2,700Cray Wanderers St Mary Cray Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) 6,000East Thurrock United Corringham Rookery Hill 4,000Enfield Town Enfield Queen Elizabeth II Stadium 2,500Folkestone Invicta Folkestone Cheriton Road 4,000Haringey Borough Tottenham Coles Park 2,500Hornchurch Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium 3,500Horsham Horsham The Camping World Community Stadium 1,300Kingstonian Kingston upon Thames King George's Field (groundshare with Corinthian-Casuals ) 2,700Leatherhead Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 3,400Lewes Lewes The Dripping Pan 3,000Margate Margate Hartsdown Park 3,000Merstham Merstham Moatside 2,000Potters Bar Town Potters Bar Parkfield 2,000Wingate & Finchley Finchley The Maurice Rebak Stadium 1,500Worthing Worthing Woodside Road 4,000
North Division
North Division consisted of 20 clubs, 17 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs: Cambridge City, transferred from the Southern Football League Division One Central Histon, promoted from the Eastern Counties League Hullbridge Sports, promoted from the Essex Senior League
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Results table
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAFC Sudbury Sudbury King's Marsh 2,500Aveley Aveley Parkside 3,500Basildon United Basildon Gardiners Close 2,000Brentwood Town Brentwood The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,800Bury Town Bury St Edmunds Ram Meadow 3,500Cambridge City Cambridge Bridge Road (groundshare with Histon) 2,000Canvey Island Canvey Island Park Lane 4,500Coggeshall Town Coggeshall West Street 2,000Dereham Town Dereham Aldiss Park 3,000Felixstowe & Walton United Felixstowe Dellwood Avenue 2,000Grays Athletic Grays Parkside (groundshare with Aveley) 3,500Great Wakering Rovers Great Wakering Burroughs Park 2,500Heybridge Swifts Heybridge Scraley Road 3,000Histon Impington Bridge Road 4,300Hullbridge Sports Hullbridge Lower Road 1,500Maldon & Tiptree Maldon Wallace Binder Ground 2,000Romford Romford The Brentwood Centre Arena (groundshare with Brentwood Town) 3,500Soham Town Rangers Soham Julius Martin Lane 2,000Tilbury Tilbury Chadfields 4,000Witham Town Witham Spa Road 2,500
South Central Division
South Central Division consisted of 20 clubs, 16 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs: Barking, transferred from the North Division Chertsey Town, promoted from the Combined Counties League Harlow Town, relegated from the Premier Division Staines Town, relegated from the Southern Football League Premier Division South
League table
Results table
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAshford Town Ashford, Surrey Robert Parker Stadium 2,550Barking Barking Mayesbrook Park 2,500Bedfont Sports Bedfont Bedfont Recreation Ground 3,000Bracknell Town Bracknell Larges Lane 2,500Chalfont St Peter Chalfont St Peter Mill Meadow 1,500Chertsey Town Chertsey Alwyns Lane 2,500Chipstead Chipstead High Road 2,000FC Romania Cheshunt Cheshunt Stadium (groundshare with Cheshunt) 3,000Hanwell Town Perivale Reynolds Field 3,000Harlow Town Harlow The Harlow Arena 3,500Hertford Town Hertford Hertingfordbury Park 6,500Marlow Marlow Alfred Davis Memorial Ground 3,000Northwood Northwood Northwood Park 3,075South Park Reigate King George's Field 2,000Staines Town Staines-upon-Thames Wheatsheaf Park 3,000Tooting & Mitcham United Mitcham Imperial Fields 3,500Uxbridge West Drayton Honeycroft 3,770Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey Capershotts 3,500Ware Ware Wodson Park 3,300Westfield Woking Woking Park 1,000
South East Division
South East Division consisted of 20 clubs, 16 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs: Burgess Hill Town, relegated from the Premier Division Chichester City, promoted from the Southern Combination League Cray Valley Paper Mills, promoted from the Southern Counties East League Whitehawk, relegated from the Premier Division
League table
Results table
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAshford United Ashford, Kent The Homelands 3,200Burgess Hill Town Burgess Hill Leylands Park 2,500Chichester City Chichester Oaklands Park 2,000Cray Valley Paper Mills Eltham Badgers Sports Ground 1,000East Grinstead Town East Grinstead East Court 1,500Faversham Town Faversham Salters Lane 2,000Guernsey Saint Peter Port, Footes Lane 5,000Hastings United Hastings The Pilot Field 4,050Haywards Heath Town Haywards Heath Hanbury Park 2,000Herne Bay Herne Bay Winch's Field 4,000Hythe Town Hythe Reachfields Stadium 3,000Phoenix Sports Barnehurst Victory Road 2,000Ramsgate Ramsgate Southwood Stadium 2,500Sevenoaks Town Sevenoaks Greatness Park 1,000Sittingbourne Sittingbourne Woodstock Park 3,000Three Bridges Crawley Jubilee Field 1,500VCD Athletic Crayford Oakwood 1,400Whitehawk Brighton The Enclosed Ground 3,126Whitstable Town Whitstable The Belmont Ground 3,000Whyteleafe Whyteleafe Church Road 2,000
League Cup
The 2019–20 Alan Turvey Trophy (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) is the 46th season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League. It was the first season when group stage was introduced.
Calendar Round Dates Matches Clubs Group stage 2 September to 28 January 13 79 → 32 First round 23 November to 4 February 32 32 → 16 Second round 7 January to 3 March 16 16 → 8 Quarterfinals 3 February to 10 March 4 8 → 4 Semifinals _ 2 4 → 2 Final _ 1 2 → 1
Group stage 57 clubs from the North Division, South East Division and South Central Division entered at this stage, while Guernsey, Whitehawk and Dereham Town decided not to participate.
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
First round Ten group winners were entered into the draw with twenty-two clubs from the Premier Division, making thirty-two clubs.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)136Wingate & Finchley (P)2–0Bowers & Pitsea (P)89137Ramsgate (SE)2–3Leatherhead (P)86138East Thurrock United (P)3–4Bishop's Stortford (P)75Bishop's Stortford excluded, East Thurrock United reinstalled139Brightlingsea Regent (P)1–0Histon (N)72140Potters Bar Town (P)2–4Basildon United (N)44141Kingstonian (P)2–3Merstham (P)102142Lewes (P)2–0Sevenoaks Town (SE)102143Horsham (P)1–0Whyteleafe (SE)175
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)144Bracknell Town (SC)2–0Hornchurch (P)105145Worthing (P)3–2Cray Wanderers (P)380146Haringey Borough (P)2–3Maldon & Tiptree (N)97147Barking (SC)1–2Cheshunt (P)62148Enfield Town (P)5–1Staines Town (SC)120149Margate (P)5–1Carshalton Athletic (P)103150Folkestone Invicta (P)4–3Bognor Regis Town (P)163151Corinthian-Casuals (P)1–2Burgess Hill Town (SE)114
Second round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)152Bracknell Town (SC)2–1Lewes (P)114153Wingate & Finchley (P)1–3Margate (P)44154East Thurrock United (P)2–2Cheshunt (P)95Cheshunt advance 4–3 on penalties155Enfield Town (P)1–2Brightlingsea Regent (P)135
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)156Worthing (P)2–0Leatherhead (P)291157Maldon & Tiptree (N)0–0Merstham (P)74Maldon & Tiptree advance 5–4 on penalties158Horsham (P)5–0Burgess Hill Town (SE)230159Basildon United (N)2–2Folkestone Invicta (P)81Folkestone Invicta advance 5–4 on penalties
Quarter-finals
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)160Bracknell Town (SC)0–0Maldon & Tiptree (N)103Bracknell Town advance 4–1 on penalties161Worthing (P)1–3Cheshunt (P)235
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)162Horsham (P)1–0Margate (P)195163Folkestone Invicta (P)2–2Brightlingsea Regent (P)184Folkestone Invicta advance 4–3 on penalties
Semi-finals TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)164Folkestone Invicta (P)–Bracknell Town (SC)165Horsham (P)–Cheshunt (P)
Semifinals were scheduled for 17 March, but were never played as the season was stopped and finally abandoned on 26 March due to COVID-19 pandemic.
See also 2019–20 Northern Premier League 2019–20 Southern Football League
References
External links Official website