The 2026–27 season is the 112th 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 is the seventh 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 steps 3 and 4 were announced by The Football Association (FA) on 14 May 2026.
Premier Division
The Premier Division comprised fifteen teams from the previous season, as well as seven clubs who newly joined the division.
Team changes
To the Premier Division Promoted from the North Division Maldon & Tiptree Stanway Rovers
Promoted from the South Central Division Leatherhead
Promoted from the South East Division AFC Whyteleafe Three Bridges
Relegated from the National League South Eastbourne Borough Enfield Town
From the Premier Division Promoted to the National League South Billericay Town Folkestone Invicta
Transferred to the Southern League Premier Division South Chichester City
Relegated to the North Division Canvey Island Hashtag United
Relegated to the South East Division Cray Valley Paper Mills
Relegated to the Southern League Division One Central Potters Bar Town
Premier Division table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAFC Whyteleafe Whyteleafe Church Road 2,000Aveley Aveley Parkside 3,500Brentwood Town Brentwood The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,500Burgess Hill Town Burgess Hill Leylands Park 2,500Carshalton Athletic London War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000Chatham Town Chatham, Kent The Bauvill Stadium 5,000CheshuntCheshunt Theobalds Lane 3,174Cray Wanderers London Flamingo Park 2,500Dartford Dartford Princes Park 4,100Dulwich Hamlet London Champion Hill 3,334Eastbourne Borough Eastbourne Priory Lane 4,151Enfield Town London Queen Elizabeth II Stadium 2,500Leatherhead Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 2,000Lewes Lewes The Dripping Pan 3,000Maldon & Tiptree Maldon Wallace Binder Ground 2,800Ramsgate Ramsgate Southwood Stadium 3,500St Albans City St Albans Clarence Park 5,007Stanway Rovers Stanway Hawthorns 1,500Three Bridges Crawley Jubilee Field 1,500Welling United London Park View Road 4,000Whitehawk Brighton The Enclosed Ground 3,126Wingate & Finchley London The Maurice Rebak Stadium 2,638
North Division
The North Division comprises 22 teams. Fifteen teams competed in the previous season in the division.
Team changes
To the North Division Promoted from the Eastern Counties League Premier Division Fakenham Town Mulbarton Wanderers
Promoted from the Essex Senior League Buckhurst Hill Little Oakley
Relegated from the Premier Division Canvey Island Hashtag United
Relegated from the Southern League Premier Division Central AFC Sudbury
From the North Division Promoted to the Premier Division Maldon & Tiptree Stanway Rovers
Transferred to the Southern League Division One Central Waltham Abbey
Relegated to the Eastern Counties League Premier Division Brantham Athletic Downham Town Mildenhall Town
Relegated to the Essex Senior League Heybridge Swifts
North Division table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAFC Sudbury Sudbury King's Marsh 2,500Bowers & Pitsea Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium 3,500Brightlingsea Regent Brightlingsea North Road 2,000Buckhurst Hill Buckhurst Hill Roding Lane 1,500Cambridge City Sawston FWD - IP Stadium 3,000Canvey Island Canvey Island Park Lane 4,100Concord Rangers Canvey Island Thames Road 3,300Fakenham Town Fakenham Clipbush Park 2,000Felixstowe & Walton United Felixstowe Dellwood Avenue 2,160Gorleston Gorleston-on-Sea Wellesley Recreation Ground (groundshare with Great Yarmouth Town) 3,600Grays Athletic Tilbury Chadfields (groundshare with Tilbury) 4,000Hashtag United Barkingside Oakside Stadium (groundshare with Redbridge) 3,000Little Oakley Little Oakley Little Oakley War Memorial Ground 1,000Lowestoft Town Lowestoft Crown Meadow 3,000Mulbarton Wanderers Mulbarton Mulberry Park 2,000Newmarket Town Newmarket Cricket Field Road 2,750Redbridge Barkingside Oakside Stadium 3,000Takeley Takeley Station Road 2,000Tilbury Tilbury Chadfields 4,000Walthamstow 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 22 teams, 16 of which competed in the previous campaign.
Team changes
To the South Central Division Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division North Ashford Town (Middlesex) Windsor & Eton
Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division South Cobham
Promoted from the Wessex League Premier Division AFC Stoneham
Transferred from the South East Division Jersey Bulls
Transferred from the Southern League Division One South Winchester City
From the South Central Division Promoted to the Premier Division Leatherhead
Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division South Hanworth Villa
Transferred to the South East Division South Park
Relegated to the Combined Counties League Premier Division South Metropolitan Police
Relegated to the Wessex League Premier Division Fareham Town Horndean
South Central Division table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAFC Portchester Portchester Onsite Group Stadium 1,500AFC Stoneham Eastleigh Stoneham Lane Football Complex 1,000Ascot United Ascot The Racecourse Ground 1,150Ashford Town (Middlesex) Ashford Robert Parker Stadium 2,550Bedfont Sports Bedfont Bedfont Recreation Ground 3,000Binfield Binfield Hill Farm Lane 1,000Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Nyewood Lane 4,500Cobham Cobham Leg O'Mutton Field 2,000Egham Town Egham Runnymede Stadium 5,500 Harrow Borough Harrow Earlsmead Stadium 3,070Hartley Wintney Hartley Wintney The Memorial Playing Fields 2,000 Hayes & Yeading United Hayes, Hillingdon SkyEx Community Stadium 3,000 Hendon London Silver Jubilee Park 1,990 Jersey Bulls St Helier, Jersey Springfield Stadium 2,000Kingstonian Kingston upon Thames Imperial Fields (groundshare with Tooting & Mitcham United) 3,500Littlehampton Town Littlehampton The Sportsfield 4,000Moneyfields Portsmouth John Jenkins Stadium 1,180Raynes Park Vale Raynes Park Grand Drive 1,900Southall Stanwell Skyex Community Stadium (groundshare with Hayes & Yeading United) 3,000Westfield Woking Woking Park 1,500Winchester City Winchester The City Ground 4,500Windsor & Eton Windsor Stag Meadow 4,500
South East Division
The South East Division will consist of 22 teams, fifteen of which competed in the previous season.
Team changes
To the South East Division Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division South Horley Town
Promoted from the Southern Combination League Premier Division Peacehaven & Telscombe Steyning Town
Promoted from the Southern Counties East League Premier Division Punjab United Whitstable Town
Relegated from the Premier Division Cray Valley Paper Mills
Transferred from the South Central Division South Park
From the South East Division Promoted to the Premier Division AFC Whyteleafe Three Bridges
Transferred to the South Central Division Jersey Bulls
Relegated to the Southern Combination League Premier Division East Grinstead Town Hassocks
Relegated to the Southern Counties East League Premier Division Beckenham Town
Club folded VCD Athletic
South East Division table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAFC Croydon Athletic Thornton Heath Mayfield Stadium 3,000Ashford United Ashford, Kent The Homelands 3,200Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath High Wood Hill Sports Ground 2,000Cray Valley Paper Mills Eltham Badgers Sports Ground 1,550Crowborough Athletic Crowborough Crowborough Community Stadium 2,000Deal Town Deal Charles Sports Ground 2,000Eastbourne Town Eastbourne The Saffrons 3,000Erith Town Thamesmead Bayliss Avenue 1,000Faversham Town Faversham Salters Lane 2,000Hastings United Hastings The Pilot Field 4,050Herne Bay Herne Bay Winch's Field 3,000Horley Town Horley The New Defence 1,800Margate Margate Hartsdown Park 2,100Merstham Merstham Moatside 2,500Peacehaven & TelscombePeacehavenThe Sports Park3,000Punjab United Gravesend Elite Venue 600Sevenoaks Town Sevenoaks Greatness Park 1,500Sheppey United Isle of Sheppey Holm Park 1,530Sittingbourne Sittingbourne Woodstock Park 1,930South Park Reigate King George's Field 2,000Steyning Town Steyning The Shooting Field 2,000Whitstable Town Whitstable The Belmont Ground 3,000
References
External links Official website