1995–96 Isthmian League

The 1995–96 season was the 81st season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. League consisted of four divisions.

Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division
Season 1995–96
Champions Hayes
Promoted Hayes
Relegated Molesey
Walton & Hersham
Worthing
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1323 (2.86 per match)

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hayes (C) (P) 42 24 14 4 76 32+44 86 Promoted to the Football Conference
2 Enfield 42 26 8 8 78 35+43 86
3 Boreham Wood 42 24 11 7 69 29+40 83
4 Yeovil Town 42 23 11 8 83 51+32 80
5 Dulwich Hamlet 42 23 11 8 85 59+26 80
6 Carshalton Athletic 42 22 8 12 68 49+19 74
7 St Albans City 42 20 12 10 70 41+29 72
8 Kingstonian 42 20 11 11 62 38+24 71
9 Harrow Borough 42 19 10 13 70 56+14 67
10 Sutton United 42 17 14 11 71 56+15 65
11 Aylesbury United 42 17 12 13 71 58+13 63
12 Bishop's Stortford 42 16 9 17 61 621 57
13 Yeading 42 11 14 17 48 6012 47
14 Hendon 42 12 10 20 52 6513 46
15 Chertsey Town 42 13 6 23 45 7126 45
16 Purfleet 42 12 8 22 48 6719 44
17 Grays Athletic 42 11 11 20 43 6320 44
18 Hitchin Town 42 10 10 22 41 7433 40
19 Bromley 42 10 7 25 52 9139 37
20 Molesey (R) 42 9 9 24 46 8135 36 Relegated to the First Division
21 Walton & Hersham (R) 42 9 7 26 42 7937 34
22 Worthing (R) 42 4 7 31 42 10664 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.

First Division

Isthmian League
First Division
Season 1995–96
Champions Oxford City
Promoted Oxford City
Heybridge Swifts
Staines Town
Relegated Wembley
Ruislip Manor
Barking
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1417 (3.07 per match)

First Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and seven new teams:

Three clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

Three clubs promoted from the Second Division:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Oxford City (C) (P) 42 28 7 7 98 60+38 91 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Heybridge Swifts (P) 42 27 7 8 97 43+54 88
3 Staines Town (P) 42 23 11 8 82 59+23 80
4 Leyton Pennant 42 22 7 13 77 57+20 73
5 Aldershot Town 42 21 9 12 81 46+35 72
6 Billericay Town 42 19 9 14 58 580 66
7 Bognor Regis Town 42 18 11 13 71 53+18 65
8 Marlow 42 19 5 18 71 754 62
9 Basingstoke Town 42 16 13 13 70 60+10 61
10 Uxbridge 42 16 12 14 46 493 60
11 Wokingham Town 42 16 10 16 62 653 58
12 Chesham United 42 15 12 15 51 44+7 57
13 Thame United 42 14 13 15 64 739 55
14 Maidenhead United 42 12 14 16 50 6313 50
15 Whyteleafe 42 12 13 17 71 8110 49
16 Abingdon Town 42 13 9 20 63 8017 48
17 Berkhamsted Town 42 12 10 20 52 6715 46
18 Barton Rovers 42 12 10 20 69 8718 46
19 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 11 10 21 45 6419 43
20 Wembley (R) 42 11 8 23 49 6617 41 Relegated to the Second Division
21 Ruislip Manor (R) 42 11 8 23 54 7723 41 Resigned and joined the Spartan League
22 Barking (R) 42 4 12 26 35 9055 24 Relegated to the Second Division

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.

Second Division

Isthmian League
Second Division
Season 1995–96
Champions Canvey Island
Promoted Canvey Island
Croydon
Hampton
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1294 (3.08 per match)

Second Division consisted of 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and five new teams:

Two clubs relegated from the First Division:

Three clubs promoted from the Third Division:

Division started season one team short after to Newbury Town folded.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Canvey Island (C) (P) 40 25 12 3 91 36+55 87 Promoted to the First Division
2 Croydon 40 25 6 9 78 42+36 81
3 Hampton 40 23 10 7 74 44+30 79
4 Banstead Athletic 40 21 11 8 72 36+36 74
5 Collier Row 40 21 11 8 73 41+32 74
6 Wivenhoe Town 40 21 8 11 82 57+25 71
7 Metropolitan Police 40 18 10 12 57 45+12 64
8 Bedford Town 40 18 10 12 67 59+8 64
9 Bracknell Town 40 18 8 14 69 50+19 62
10 Edgware Town 40 16 9 15 72 67+5 57
11 Tilbury 40 12 11 17 52 6210 47
12 Ware 40 13 8 19 55 8025 47
13 Chalfont St Peter 40 11 13 16 58 635 46
14 Leatherhead 40 12 10 18 71 776 46
15 Saffron Walden Town 40 11 12 17 56 582 45 Resigned and joined the Essex Senior League
16 Cheshunt 40 10 12 18 56 9034 42
17 Hemel Hempstead 40 10 10 20 46 6216 40
18 Egham Town 40 12 3 25 42 7432 39
19 Witham Town 40 8 10 22 35 6833 34
20 Hungerford Town 40 9 7 24 44 7935 34
21 Dorking 40 8 5 27 44 10460 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.

Third Division

Isthmian League
Third Division
Season 1995–96
Champions Horsham
Promoted Horsham
Leighton Town
Windsor & Eton
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1421 (3.38 per match)

Third Division consisted of 21 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and four new teams:

Two clubs relegated from the Second Division:

Plus:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Horsham (C) (P) 40 29 5 6 95 40+55 92 Promoted to the Second Division
2 Leighton Town (P) 40 28 5 7 95 34+61 89
3 Windsor & Eton (P) 40 27 6 7 117 46+71 87
4 Wealdstone 40 23 8 9 104 39+65 77
5 Harlow Town 40 22 10 8 85 62+23 76
6 Northwood 40 20 9 11 76 56+20 69
7 Epsom & Ewell 40 18 14 8 95 57+38 68
8 Kingsbury Town 40 15 16 9 61 48+13 61
9 East Thurrock United 40 17 8 15 61 50+11 59
10 Aveley 40 16 10 14 62 53+9 58
11 Wingate & Finchley 40 16 7 17 74 70+4 55
12 Lewes 40 14 7 19 56 7216 49
13 Flackwell Heath 40 14 5 21 60 8424 47
14 Hornchurch 40 11 8 21 55 7722 41
15 Harefield United 40 11 7 22 49 8940 40 Resigned and joined the Spartan League
16 Tring Town 40 10 8 22 40 7838 38
17 Camberley Town 40 9 9 22 45 8136 36
18 Hertford Town 40 10 5 25 72 10331 35
19 Cove 40 8 10 22 37 8952 34 Resigned and joined the Combined Counties League
20 Clapton 40 9 6 25 48 8941 33
21 Southall 40 9 5 26 34 10470 32

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.

See also

References

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