The 2022–23 season was the 108th 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 operates four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 and three divisions, North, South Central and South East at Step 4 of the National League System. This was the fifth season since the former South Division was subdivided into the South Central and South East divisions. The league was also known as the Pitching In League under a sponsorship deal with Entain, formerly GVC Holdings.
The allocations for Step 4 this season were announced by The Football Association (FA) on 12 May 2022. Numerous changes were made to the constitutions of the level 8 divisions within the Isthmian League.
Premier Division
The Premier Division comprised 17 clubs from the previous season, as well as five clubs who newly joined the Premier Division this season.
Team changes
To the Premier Division Promoted from the North Division Aveley Canvey Island
Promoted from the South East Division Hastings United Herne Bay
Relegated from the National League South Billericay Town
From the Premier Division Promoted to the National League South Cheshunt Worthing
Relegated to the North Division East Thurrock United
Relegated to the South Central Division Leatherhead Merstham
Premier Division table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAveley Aveley Parkside 3,500Billericay Town Billericay New Lodge 3,500Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford Woodside Park 4,525Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Nyewood Lane 4,500Bowers & Pitsea Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium 3,500Brightlingsea Regent Brightlingsea North Road 2,000Canvey Island Canvey Island Park Lane 4,500Carshalton Athletic Carshalton War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000Corinthian-Casuals Tolworth King George's Field 2,700Cray Wanderers St Mary Cray Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) 6,000Enfield Town Enfield Queen Elizabeth II Stadium 2,500Folkestone Invicta Folkestone Cheriton Road 4,000Haringey Borough Tottenham Coles Park 2,500Hastings United Hastings The Pilot Field 4,050Herne Bay Herne Bay Winch's Field 4,000Hornchurch Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium 3,500Horsham Horsham The Camping World Community Stadium 1,300Kingstonian Kingston upon Thames Imperial Fields (groundshare with Tooting & Mitcham United) 2,700Lewes Lewes The Dripping Pan 3,000Margate Margate Hartsdown Park 3,000Potters Bar Town Potters Bar Parkfield 2,000Wingate & Finchley Finchley The Maurice Rebak Stadium 1,500
North Division
The North Division comprised 20 teams, 15 of which competed in the previous season.
Team changes
To the North Division Promoted from the Eastern Counties League Gorleston Wroxham
Promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League New Salamis
Relegated from the Premier Division East Thurrock United
Relegated from the Southern League Lowestoft Town
From the North Division Transferred to the Northern Premier League Dereham Town
Promoted to the Premier Division Aveley Canvey Island
Relegated to the Essex Senior League Barking Romford
North Division table
Results table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Inter-step play-offs
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAFC Sudbury Sudbury King's Marsh 2,500Basildon United Basildon Gardiners Close 2,000Brentwood Town Brentwood The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,800Bury Town Bury St Edmunds Ram Meadow 3,500Coggeshall Town Coggeshall West Street 2,000East Thurrock United Corringham Rookery Hill 3,500Felixstowe & Walton United Felixstowe Dellwood Avenue 2,000Gorleston Gorleston-on-Sea Crown Meadow (groundshare with Lowestoft Town) 3,000Grays Athletic Grays Parkside (groundshare with Aveley) 3,500Great Wakering Rovers Great Wakering Burroughs Park 2,500Hashtag United Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium 2,661Heybridge Swifts Heybridge Scraley Road 3,000Hullbridge Sports Hullbridge Lower Road 1,500Lowestoft Town Lowestoft Crown Meadow 3,000Maldon & Tiptree Maldon Wallace Binder Ground 2,000New Salamis Bowes Park Coles Park (groundshare with Haringey Borough) 3,000Stowmarket Town Stowmarket Greens Meadow 1,000Tilbury Tilbury Chadfields 4,000Witham Town Witham Spa Road 2,500Wroxham Wroxham Trafford Park 2,500
South Central Division
The South Central Division comprises 20 teams, up from 19 the previous season. Of the 20, 15 competed in 2021–22.
Team changes
To the South Central Division Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division North Hanworth Villa Southall
Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division South Walton & Hersham
Relegated from the Premier Division Leatherhead Merstham
From the South Central Division Promoted to the Southern League Bracknell Town Hanwell Town
Relegated to the Combined Counties League Chalfont St Peter Staines Town
South Central Division table
Results table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Inter-step play-offs
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAshford Town Ashford, Surrey Robert Parker Stadium 2,550Basingstoke Town Basingstoke Winklebury Football Complex 2,000Bedfont Sports Bedfont Bedfont Recreation Ground 3,000Binfield Binfield Hill Farm Lane 1,000Chertsey Town Chertsey Alwyns Lane 2,500Chipstead Chipstead High Road 2,000Guernsey Saint Peter Port Footes Lane 5,000Hanworth Villa Hanworth Rectory Meadow 1,000Leatherhead Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 3,400Marlow Marlow Alfred Davis Memorial Ground 3,000Merstham Merstham Moatside 2,500Northwood Northwood Northwood Park 3,075South Park Reigate King George's Field 2,000Southall Stanwell Robert Parker Stadium (groundshare with Ashford Town) 2,550Sutton Common Rovers Tandridge, Surrey Church Road (groundshare with AFC Whyteleafe) 2,000Thatcham Town Thatcham Waterside Park 1,500Tooting & Mitcham United Mitcham Imperial Fields 3,500Uxbridge West Drayton Honeycroft 3,770Walton & Hersham Walton-on-Thames Elmbridge Sports Hub 2,500Westfield Woking Woking Park 1,000
South East Division
The South East Division comprises 20 teams, 16 of which competed in the previous season.
Team changes
To the South East Division Promoted from the Combined Counties League Beckenham Town
Promoted from the Southern Counties East League Chatham Town Sheppey United
Promoted from the Southern Combination Littlehampton Town
From the South East Division Promoted to the Premier Division Hastings United Herne Bay
Relegated to the Southern Counties East League Phoenix Sports Whitstable Town
South East Division table
Results table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Inter-step play-offs
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAshford United Ashford, Kent The Homelands 3,200Beckenham Town Beckenham Eden Park Avenue 4,000Burgess Hill Town Burgess Hill Leylands Park 2,500Chatham Town Chatham, Kent The Bauvil Stadium 5,000Chichester City Chichester Oaklands Park 2,000Corinthian Hartley Gay Dawn Farm n/aCray Valley Paper Mills Eltham Badgers Sports Ground 1,000East Grinstead Town East Grinstead East Court 1,500Faversham Town Faversham Salters Lane 2,000Haywards Heath Town Haywards Heath Hanbury Park 2,000Hythe Town Hythe Reachfields Stadium 3,000Lancing Lancing Culver Road 1,500Littlehampton Town Littlehampton The Sportsfield 4,000Ramsgate Ramsgate Southwood Stadium 2,500Sevenoaks Town Sevenoaks Greatness Park 1,000Sheppey United Isle of Sheppey Holm Park 1,900Sittingbourne Sittingbourne Woodstock Park 3,000Three Bridges Crawley Jubilee Field 1,500VCD Athletic Crayford Oakwood 1,400Whitehawk Brighton The Enclosed Ground 3,126
League Cup The 2022–23 Velocity Trophy (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) was the 49th season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.
Horsham were defending champions, having beaten Margate in the 2021–22 season. Calendar Round Dates Matches Clubs First round 27 September to 25 October 8 56 → 48 Second round 27 September to 31 October 16 48 → 32 Third round 24 October to 28 November 16 32 → 16 Fourth round 22 November to 21 December 8 16 → 8 Quarter-finals 10 January to 7 February 4 8 → 4 Semi-finals 21 February to 6 March 2 4 → 2 Final 5 April 1 2 → 1
First round Sixteen clubs participated in the first round.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1Binfield (SC)3–0Marlow (SC) 872Chichester City (SE)2–1Burgess Hill Town (SE)1643Coggeshall Town (N)1–2Basildon United (N)824Felixtowe & Walton United (N)3–1Witham Town (N)2395New Salamis (N)2–3Chertsey Town (SC)456Ramsgate (SE)2–0Hythe Town (SE)2057Grays Athletic (N)0–2Tilbury (N)1488Chatham Town (SE)2–1Sheppey United (SE)588
Second round The eight clubs who made it through the first round were joined in the draw by twenty-four clubs who received a bye to the second round, making thirty-two clubs.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)9Whitehawk (SE)4–0Ashford United (SE)14310Corinthian (SE)0–1Sittingbourne (SE)9111Sevenoaks Town (SE)2–1Tooting & Mitcham United (SC)13212Chertsey Town (SC)0–2Felixstowe & Walton United (N)20413Maldon & Tiptree (N)1–2Hashtag United (N)16814Westfield (SC)1–2Southall (SC)7015Basingstoke Town (SC)0–2Binfield (SC)20516Chichester City (SE)1–0Haywards Heath Town (SE)12717East Grinstead Town (SE)1–1Leatherhead (SC)119Leatherhead advanced 6–5 on penalties18South Park (SC)3–2Ashford Town (Middx) (SC)7919Three Bridges (SE)2–2Sutton Common Rovers (SC)65Sutton Common Rovers advanced 4–3 on penalties20Tilbury (N)3–1Great Wakering Rovers (N)11021Walton & Hersham (SC)1–0Northwood (SC)12222Ramsgate (SE)1–2Faversham Town (SE)16823Basildon United (N)1–3Hullbridge Sports (N)8424Merstham (SC)0–3Chatham Town (SE)119
Third round Sixteen of twenty-two Premier Division sides participated in this season’s competition. These teams received a bye to the third round, and joined the sixteen clubs that advanced past the second round.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)25Aveley (P)2-1Tilbury (N)14126Hashtag United (N)1–1Haringey Borough (P)75Haringey Borough advanced 3–1 on penalties27Brightlingsea Regent (P)1-3Bowers & Pitsea (P)6928Folkestone Invicta (P)5-0Faversham Town (SE)14829Horsham (P)2-3Whitehawk (SE)33330Billericay Town (P)1-3Potters Bar Town (P)19731Chichester City (SE)0–1Margate (P)12132Felixstowe & Walton United (N)1–2Enfield Town (P)20933Hastings United (P)2-1Corinthian-Casuals (P)14834Hullbridge Sports (N)3–2Wingate & Finchley (P)11435Carshalton Athletic (P)4-2South Park (SC)12336Chatham Town (SE)3–0Sittingbourne (SE)28237Herne Bay (P)3-1Sevenoaks Town (SE)16338Leatherhead (SC)2–1Kingstonian (P)14839Binfield (SC)0–1Sutton Common Rovers (SC)9240Walton & Hersham (SC)1–1Southall (SC)77Walton & Hersham advanced 5–3 on penalties
Fourth round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)41Haringey Borough (P)2-2Enfield Town (P)147Haringey Borough advanced 4–3 on penalties42Margate (P)1-0Folkestone Invicta (P)21343Whitehawk (SE)3–1Hastings United (P)14244Aveley (P)2-0Bowers & Pitsea (P)6945Hullbridge Sports (N)1–3Potters Bar Town (P)6046Carshalton Athletic (P)4-1Walton & Hersham (SC)16347Chatham Town (SE)2–0Sevenoaks Town (SE)34248Sutton Common Rovers (SC)2–2Leatherhead (SC)84Leatherhead advanced 4–3 on penalties
Quarter-finals
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)49Margate (P)3-4Whitehawk (SE)20250Potters Bar Town (P)3-1Haringey Borough (P)12451Chatham Town (SE)5–0Carshalton Athletic (P)23252Aveley (P)2-1Leatherhead (SC)105
Semi-finals
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)53Potters Bar Town (P)2-1Whitehawk (SE)14254Aveley (P)1-1Chatham Town (SE)178Aveley advanced 4–2 on penalties
Final
See also Isthmian League 2022–23 Northern Premier League 2022–23 Southern League
References
External links Official website