The 2023–24 season was the 109th 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 (the 7th tier) and three divisions, North, South Central and South East at Step 4 of the National League System (the 8th tier). This was the sixth season since the former South Division was subdivided into the South Central and South East divisions. The league is 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 15 May 2023. There were to be 82 teams in the Isthmian League, 22 in the Step 3 division and 20 in each of the Step 4 divisions. However, Marlow successfully appealed against their transfer to the Southern League and remained in the South Central Division, which therefore comprised 21 teams instead of 20.
Premier Division
The Premier Division comprised sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as six clubs who newly joined the division.
Team changes
To the Premier Division Promoted from the North Division Hashtag United
Promoted from the South East Division Chatham Town Whitehawk
Relegated from the National League South Cheshunt Concord Rangers Dulwich Hamlet
From the Premier Division Promoted to the National League North Bishop's Stortford
Promoted to the National League South Aveley
Relegated to the North Division Bowers & Pitsea Brightlingsea Regent
Relegated to the South Central Division Corinthian-Casuals
Relegated to the South East Division Herne Bay
Premier Division table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityBillericay Town Billericay New Lodge 3,500Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Nyewood Lane 4,500Canvey Island Canvey Island Park Lane 4,500Carshalton Athletic Carshalton War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000Chatham Town Chatham, Kent The Bauvil Stadium 5,000CheshuntCheshunt Theobalds Lane 3,000Concord Rangers Canvey Island Thames Road 3,300Cray Wanderers St Mary Cray Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) 6,000Dulwich Hamlet London Champion Hill 3,334Enfield Town Enfield Queen Elizabeth II Stadium 2,500Folkestone Invicta Folkestone Cheriton Road 4,000Haringey Borough Tottenham Coles Park 2,500Hashtag United Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium 2,661Hastings United Hastings The Pilot Field 4,050Hornchurch Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium 3,500Horsham Horsham The Camping World Community Stadium 3,000Kingstonian 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 2,000Whitehawk Brighton The Enclosed Ground 3,126Wingate & Finchley Finchley The Maurice Rebak Stadium 1,500
North Division
The North Division comprises 20 teams, 14 of which competed in the previous season. This was the first season with play-offs at step five, meaning that just two teams would be relegated from the division.
Team changes
To the North Division Promoted from the Eastern Counties League Ipswich Wanderers
Promoted from the Essex Senior League Enfield Redbridge
Relegated from the Premier Division Bowers & Pitsea Brightlingsea Regent
Transferred from Southern League Division One Central Walthamstow
From the North Division Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central AFC Sudbury
Promoted to the Premier Division Hashtag United
Relegated to the Essex Senior League Coggeshall Town Great Wakering Rovers Hullbridge Sports Tilbury
North Division table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityBasildon United Basildon Gardiners Close 2,000Bowers & Pitsea Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium 3,500Brentwood Town Brentwood The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,800Brightlingsea Regent Brightlingsea North Road 2,000Bury Town Bury St Edmunds Ram Meadow 3,500East Thurrock United Corringham Rookery Hill 3,500Enfield Bishop's Stortford Woodside Park (groundshare with Bishop's Stortford) 4,525 (525 seated)Felixstowe & Walton United Felixstowe Dellwood Avenue 2,000Gorleston Gorleston-on-Sea Wellesley Recreation Ground (groundshare with Great Yarmouth Town) 3,600 (500 seated)Grays Athletic Grays Parkside (groundshare with Aveley) 3,500Heybridge Swifts Heybridge Scraley Road 3,000Ipswich Wanderers Rushmere Humber Doucy Lane 550Lowestoft Town Lowestoft Crown Meadow 3,000Maldon & Tiptree Maldon Wallace Binder Ground 2,000New Salamis Bowes Park Coles Park (groundshare with Haringey Borough) 3,000Redbridge Barkingside Oakside Stadium 3,000 (316 seated)Stowmarket Town Stowmarket Greens Meadow 1,000 Walthamstow London Wadham Lodge 3,500Witham Town Witham Spa Road 2,500Wroxham Wroxham Trafford Park 2,500
South Central Division
The South Central Division consists of 21 teams, 14 of which competed in the previous campaign. It had been intended that there be 20 teams, but Marlow, due to have transferred to the Southern League, successfully appealed against the transfer. Only two teams would be relegated following the restructuring of the step 4/5 promotion.
Team changes
To the South Central Division Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division North Ascot United
Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division South Badshot Lea Raynes Park Vale
Relegated from the Premier Division Corinthian-Casuals
Relegated from the Southern League Premier Division South Hartley Wintney Metropolitan Police
From the South Central Division Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division South Basingstoke Town Walton & Hersham
Relegated to the Combined Counties Premier Division North Bedfont Sports
Relegated to the Combined Counties Premier Division South Tooting & Mitcham United
Transferred to South East Division Merstham
South Central Division table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAscot United Ascot The Racecourse Ground 1,150Ashford Town Ashford, Surrey Robert Parker Stadium 2,550Badshot Lea Wrecclesham Westfield Lane 1,200Binfield Binfield Hill Farm Lane 1,000Chertsey Town Chertsey Alwyns Lane 2,500Chipstead Chipstead High Road 2,000Corinthian-Casuals Tolworth King George's Field 2,700Guernsey Saint Peter Port Footes Lane 5,000Hanworth Villa Hanworth Rectory Meadow 1,000Hartley Wintney Hartley Wintney The Memorial Playing Fields 2,000Leatherhead Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 3,400Marlow Marlow Alfred Davis Memorial Ground 3,000Metropolitan Police East Molesey Imber Court 3,000Northwood Northwood Northwood Park 3,075Raynes Park Vale Raynes Park Grand Drive 1,500South 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 1,500Uxbridge West Drayton Honeycroft 3,770Westfield Woking Woking Park 1,000
South East Division
The South East Division consists of 20 teams, 14 of which competed in the previous season. Only two teams would be relegated following the restructuring of the step 4/5 promotion.
Team changes
To the South East Division Promoted from the Southern Combination League Broadbridge Heath
Promoted from the Southern Counties East League Erith & Belvedere Phoenix Sports
Promoted from the Wessex League Horndean
Relegated from the Premier Division Herne Bay
Transferred from South Central Division Merstham
From the South East Division Promoted to the Premier Division Chatham Town Whitehawk
Relegated to the Southern Combination League Haywards Heath Town
Relegated to the Southern Counties East League Corinthian Faversham Town VCD Athletic
South East Division table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAshford United Ashford, Kent The Homelands 3,200Beckenham Town Beckenham Eden Park Avenue 4,000Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath High Wood Hill Sports Ground Burgess 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 1,500Erith & Belvedere Welling Park View Road (groundshare with Welling United) 4,000Herne Bay Herne Bay Winch's Field 4,000Horndean Horndean Five Heads Park 2,000Hythe Town Hythe Reachfields Stadium 3,000Lancing Lancing Culver Road 1,500Littlehampton Town Littlehampton The Sportsfield 4,000Merstham Merstham Moatside 2,500Phoenix Sports Barnehurst The Mayplace Ground 2,000Ramsgate 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 1,500
See also Isthmian League 2023–24 Northern Premier League 2023–24 Southern League
References
External links Official website