1979–80 Isthmian League

Isthmian League
Second Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Billericay Town
Promoted	Billericay Town; Lewes
Relegated	None
Matches played	342
Goals scored	1024 (2.99 per match)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Isthmian League
First Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Leytonstone & Ilford
Promoted	Leytonstone & Ilford; Bromley
Relegated	Harwich & Parkeston; Horsham
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1282 (2.77 per match)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Enfield
Promoted	None
Relegated	Oxford City; Tilbury
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1320 (2.86 per match)
	← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The 1979–80 season was the 64th 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 three divisions.

It was the first Isthmian League season as a sixth tier league after the creation of the Alliance Premier League.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, promoted from the First Division:

There was no promotion from Isthmian League to the Alliance Premier League this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Enfield (C)	42	25	9	8	74	32	+42	84
2	Walthamstow Avenue	42	24	9	9	87	48	+39	81
3	Dulwich Hamlet	42	21	16	5	66	37	+29	79
4	Sutton United	42	20	13	9	67	40	+27	73
5	Dagenham	42	20	13	9	82	56	+26	73
6	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	21	6	15	62	59	+3	69
7	Barking	42	19	10	13	72	51	+21	67
8	Harrow Borough	42	17	15	10	64	51	+13	66
9	Woking	42	17	13	12	78	59	+19	64
10	Wycombe Wanderers	42	17	13	12	72	53	+19	64
11	Harlow Town	42	14	12	16	54	60	−6	54
12	Hitchin Town	42	13	15	14	54	68	−14	54
13	Hendon	42	12	13	17	50	57	−7	49
14	Slough Town	42	13	10	19	54	71	−17	49
15	Boreham Wood	42	13	10	19	50	69	−19	49
16	Staines Town	42	14	6	22	46	67	−21	48
17	Hayes	42	12	9	21	48	68	−20	45
18	Leatherhead	42	11	11	20	51	60	−9	44
19	Carshalton Athletic	42	12	7	23	48	78	−30	43
20	Croydon	42	12	7	23	48	78	−30	43
21	Oxford City (R)	42	10	9	23	49	87	−38	39	Relegated to the First Division
22	Tilbury (R)	42	7	11	24	41	90	−49	030^*	Relegated to the First Division

Source: ^[1]
^* Tilbury were deducted two points.
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

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

Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

Two clubs promoted from the Second Division:

Ilford merged with Leytonstone at the end of the previous season, thus, St Albans City were reprieved.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leytonstone & Ilford (C) (P)	42	31	6	5	83	35	+48	99	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Bromley (P)	42	24	10	8	93	44	+49	82	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Maidenhead United	42	24	8	10	81	46	+35	80
4	Bishop's Stortford	42	24	8	10	74	47	+27	80
5	Kingstonian	42	22	8	12	59	44	+15	74
6	Chesham United	42	18	13	11	68	56	+12	67
7	St Albans City	42	17	13	12	65	47	+18	64
8	Farnborough Town	42	19	7	16	70	57	+13	64
9	Epsom & Ewell	42	18	7	17	62	57	+5	61
10	Camberley Town	42	16	10	16	43	38	+5	58
11	Walton & Hersham	42	15	12	15	61	50	+11	57
12	Wembley	42	16	8	18	46	52	−6	56
13	Wokingham Town	42	14	11	17	45	49	−4	53
14	Hertford Town	42	13	11	18	71	74	−3	50
15	Aveley	42	12	13	17	45	55	−10	49
16	Hampton	42	14	7	21	57	74	−17	49
17	Finchley	42	13	9	20	44	59	−15	48
18	Metropolitan Police	42	13	8	21	46	67	−21	47
19	Ware	42	11	12	19	41	57	−16	45
20	Clapton	42	14	3	25	48	77	−29	45
21	Harwich & Parkeston (R)	42	11	6	25	51	84	−33	038^*	Relegated to the Second Division
22	Horsham (R)	42	6	4	32	29	113	−84	22	Relegated to the Second Division

Source: ^[1]
^* Harwich & Parkeston were deducted one point.
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

Second Division consisted of 19 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and three new teams:

Barton Rovers, joined from the South Midlands League
Billericay Town, joined from the Athenian League
Southall & Ealing Borough, relegated from the First Division

Prior to the season Southall & Ealing Borough changed name to Southall.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Billericay Town (C) (P)	36	31	3	2	100	18	+82	96	Promoted to the First Division
2	Lewes (P)	36	24	7	5	82	33	+49	79	Promoted to the First Division
3	Hungerford Town	36	21	8	7	77	35	+42	71
4	Eastbourne United	36	21	6	9	77	45	+32	69
5	Letchworth Garden City	36	21	6	9	63	32	+31	69
6	Hornchurch	36	21	6	9	66	39	+27	69
7	Molesey	36	15	9	12	67	60	+7	54
8	Barton Rovers	36	15	7	14	49	49	0	52
9	Worthing	36	14	9	13	58	54	+4	51
10	Cheshunt	36	13	7	16	47	52	−5	46
11	Rainham Town	36	12	7	17	54	65	−11	43
12	Egham Town	36	11	9	16	47	53	−6	42
13	Southall	36	11	6	19	43	69	−26	39
14	Feltham	36	8	11	17	23	49	−26	35
15	Tring Town	36	7	13	16	38	55	−17	34
16	Epping Town	36	10	4	22	44	69	−25	34
17	Willesden	36	9	6	21	32	83	−51	33
18	Hemel Hempstead	36	4	9	23	33	72	−39	21
19	Corinthian Casuals	36	6	3	27	24	92	−68	21

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.

References

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Premier Division	Billericay Town Bognor Regis Town Brentwood Town Burgess Hill Town Canvey Island Dulwich Hamlet East Thurrock United Enfield Town Farnborough Grays Athletic Hampton & Richmond Borough Harrow Borough Hendon Kingstonian Leatherhead Leiston Lewes Merstham Metropolitan Police Needham Market Staines Town Tonbridge Angels VCD Athletic Wingate & Finchley
Division One North	AFC Hornchurch AFC Sudbury Aveley Barkingside Brightlingsea Regent Bury Town Cheshunt Cray Wanderers Dereham Town Great Wakering Rovers Haringey Borough Harlow Town Heybridge Swifts Maldon & Tiptree Phoenix Sports Redbridge Romford Soham Town Rangers Thamesmead Town Thurrock Tilbury Waltham Abbey Witham Town Wroxham
Division One South	Carshalton Athletic Chatham Town Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals Dorking Wanderers East Grinstead Town Faversham Town Folkestone Invicta Guernsey Hastings United Herne Bay Hythe Town Molesey Peacehaven & Telscombe Ramsgate Sittingbourne South Park Three Bridges Tooting & Mitcham United Walton & Hersham Walton Casuals Whitstable Town Whyteleafe Worthing
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1979–80 Isthmian League

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