1977–78 Isthmian League
The 1977–78 season was the 62nd in the history of the Isthmian League. Division One and Division Two were renamed the Premier Division and Division One respectively. A new Division Two was also added this season. Enfield won Premier Division, whilst Dulwich Hamlet won Division One and Epsom & Ewell won Division Two. It was the second Isthmian League season to use goal difference as a tie-breaker.
League tables
Premier Division
Season | 1977–78 |
---|---|
Champions | Enfield |
Promoted | None |
Relegated |
Bishop's Stortford Southall & Ealing Borough |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1297 (2.81 per match) |
← 1976–77 1978–79 → |
The Premier Division featured two new teams:
- Boreham Wood, promoted as champions of Division Two
- Carshalton Athletic, promoted as runners-up of Division Two
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Enfield (C) | 42 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 96 | 27 | +69 | 110 | |
2 | Dagenham | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 78 | 55 | +23 | 79 | |
3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 75 | |
4 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 49 | +15 | 74 | |
5 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 69 | |
6 | Sutton United | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 66 | |
7 | Leatherhead | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 65 | |
8 | Croydon | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 64 | |
9 | Walthamstow Avenue | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 63 | |
10 | Barking | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 76 | 66 | +10 | 58 | |
11 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 61 | 63 | −2 | 56 | |
12 | Hayes | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 56 | |
13 | Hendon | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 55 | |
14 | Woking | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 53 | |
15 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 53 | |
16 | Slough Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 50 | |
17 | Staines Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 49 | |
18 | Tilbury | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 45 | |
19 | Kingstonian | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 37 | |
20 | Leytonstone | 42 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 36 | |
21 | Southall & Ealing Borough (R) | 42 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 74 | −31 | 33 | Relegation to Division Two |
22 | Bishop's Stortford (R) | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 83 | −47 | 29 |
Source: [1]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Division One
Season | 1977–78 |
---|---|
Champions | Dulwich Hamlet |
Promoted |
Dulwich Hamlet Oxford City |
Relegated |
Corinthian-Casuals Hornchurch |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1326 (2.87 per match) |
← 1976–77 1978–79 → |
Division One featured two new teams:
- Dulwich Hamlet, relegated from the Division One
- Ilford, relegated from the Division One
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dulwich Hamlet (C) (P) | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 91 | 25 | +66 | 93 | Promotion to Division One |
2 | Oxford City (P) | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 85 | 44 | +41 | 83 | |
3 | Bromley | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 82 | |
4 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 77 | |
5 | Ilford | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 77 | |
6 | St Albans City | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 83 | 46 | +37 | 76 | |
7 | Wokingham Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 69 | |
8 | Harlow Town | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 65 | |
9 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 61 | |
10 | Maidenhead United | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 61 | |
11 | Hertford Town | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 59 | |
12 | Chesham United | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 69 | 70 | −1 | 55 | |
13 | Hampton | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 52 | |
14 | Harwich & Parkeston | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 79 | −11 | 49 | |
15 | Wembley | 42 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 56 | 82 | −26 | 48 | |
16 | Horsham | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 46 | |
17 | Finchley | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 68 | −27 | 46 | |
18 | Aveley | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 47 | 75 | −28 | 46 | |
19 | Ware | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 61 | 95 | −34 | 37 | |
20 | Clapton | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 46 | 78 | −32 | 36 | |
21 | Hornchurch | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 34 | Relegation to Division Two |
22 | Corinthian-Casuals | 42 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 88 | −48 | 19 |
Source: [1]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Division Two
Season | 1977–78 |
---|---|
Champions | Epsom & Ewell |
Promoted |
Epsom & Ewell Metropolitan Police |
Relegated | None |
Matches played | 272 |
Goals scored | 801 (2.94 per match) |
1978–79 → |
Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Epsom & Ewell (C) (P) | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 68 | Promotion to Division One |
2 | Metropolitan Police (P) | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 63 | |
3 | Farnborough Town | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 61 | |
4 | Molesey | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 59 | |
5 | Egham Town | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 54 | |
6 | Tring Town | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 53 | |
7 | Letchworth Garden City | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 53 | |
8 | Lewes | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 46 | |
9 | Rainham Town | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 45 | |
10 | Worthing | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 42 | |
11 | Eastbourne United | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 38 | |
12 | Cheshunt | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 33 | |
13 | Feltham | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 30 | |
14 | Camberley Town | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 29 | |
15 | Hemel Hempstead | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 27 | |
16 | Epping Town | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 27 | |
17 | Willesden | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 38 | 88 | −50 | 24 |
Source: [1]
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.