2003–04 Isthmian League

Isthmian League
Division One South
Season	2003–04
Champions	Lewes
Promoted	Lewes
Relegated	Epsom & Ewell
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1709 (3.1 per match)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Isthmian League
Division One North
Season	2003–04
Champions	Yeading
Relegated	Enfield
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1745 (3.16 per match)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season	2003–04
Champions	Canvey Island
Promoted	Canvey Island
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1533 (2.78 per match)
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the 89th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.

At the end of the season, the Premier Division was replaced as a level 6 league (along with the Northern Premier League Premier Division and Southern Football League Premier Division) by the newly formed Conference North and Conference South. The Premier Division lost more than half its clubs to these two new leagues, and the two Division Ones had a number of their teams promoted to the Premier Division to replace them. The Isthmian League Premier Division became a level 7 league.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

Bognor Regis Town, promoted as runners-up in Division One South
Carshalton Athletic, promoted as champions of Division One South
Hornchurch, promoted as runners-up in Division One North
Kettering Town, relegated from the Conference National
Northwood, promoted as champions of Division One North

Canvey Island won the division and were promoted to the Conference National. Clubs finished higher than 14th position were to transfer to the newly created Conference North and South divisions and clubs finished higher 21st position plus winners of Division Ones were to participate in the play-offs for a two final spots in Conference North/South. After Hendon decided not to take up their option to join Conference their place was taken by Basingstoke Town.

There were no relegation from the Premier Division this season, though, due to league reform, teams remained in the division downgraded from sixth tier to seventh.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canvey Island (C) (P)	46	32	8	6	106	42	+64	104	Promotion to the Conference National
2	Sutton United	46	25	10	11	94	56	+38	85	Transferred to the Conference South
3	Thurrock	46	24	11	11	87	45	+42	83	Transferred to the Conference South
4	Hendon	46	25	8	13	68	47	+21	083^¶
5	Hornchurch	46	24	11	11	63	35	+28	082^†	Transferred to the Conference South
6	Grays Athletic	46	22	15	9	82	39	+43	81
7	Carshalton Athletic	46	24	9	13	66	55	+11	81
8	Hayes	46	21	11	14	56	46	+10	74
9	Kettering Town	46	20	11	15	63	63	0	71	Transferred to the Conference North
10	Bognor Regis Town	46	20	10	16	69	67	+2	70	Transferred to the Conference South
11	Bishop's Stortford	46	20	9	17	78	61	+17	69
12	Maidenhead United	46	18	9	19	60	68	−8	63
13	Ford United F.C.	46	16	14	16	69	63	+6	062^*
14	Basingstoke Town	46	17	9	20	58	64	−6	060^¶	Qualification to the playoffs, then transferred to the Conference South
15	Bedford Town	46	14	13	19	62	63	−1	55	Qualification to the playoffs, then transferred to the SFL Premier Division
16	Heybridge Swifts	46	14	11	21	57	78	−21	53	Qualification to the playoffs
17	Harrow Borough	46	12	14	20	47	63	−16	50
18	Kingstonian	46	12	13	21	40	56	−16	49
19	St Albans City (O)	46	12	12	22	55	83	−28	48	Qualification to the playoffs, then transferred to the Conference South
20	Hitchin Town	46	13	8	25	55	89	−34	47	Qualification to the playoffs, then transferred to the SFL Premier Division
21	Northwood	46	12	9	25	65	95	−30	45
22	Billericay Town	46	11	11	24	51	66	−15	44
23	Braintree Town	46	11	6	29	41	88	−47	39
24	Aylesbury United	46	5	14	27	41	101	−60	29	Transferred to the SFL Premier Division

Source: ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
^† Hornchurch deducted 1 point.
^¶ Hendon decided not to take up their option to join the newly created Conference divisions. Basingstoke Town replaced them as a highest finished team missed out on automatic transfer.
^* At the end of the season, Ford United F.C. was renamed to Redbridge F.C.
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.

Playoffs

Source:^[4]

Semi-finals			Final


15	Bedford Town	3

20	Hitchin Town	1
			15	Bedford Town	4

			19	St Albans City	5
16	Heybridge Swifts	3

19	St Albans City	4

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final


			17	Harrow Borough	0(2)

			18	Kingstonian	0(4)



						Div1S	Lewes	1
						18	Kingstonian	0


			14	Basingstoke Town	1

			Div1S	Lewes	4
Div1N	Yeading	0

Div1S	Lewes	1

Final


Div1S	Dulwich Hamlet	2(4)

Div1N	Wealdstone	2(5)

Division One North

Division One North consisted of 24 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs:

Boreham Wood, relegated from the Premier Division
Chesham United, relegated from the Premier Division
Cheshunt, promoted as champions of Division Two
Dunstable Town, promoted as champions of the Spartan South Midlands Football League
Enfield, relegated from the Premier Division
Leyton, promoted as runners-up in Division Two

Before the start of the season Leyton Pennant was renamed to Waltham Forest.

Yeading won the division, but lost in playoff for a place in newly created Conference North and South and were placed in Premier Division along with Leyton and Cheshunt and Chesham United, Dunstable Town and Hemel Hempstead Town transferred to the Southern Football League Premier Division. They were followed by Wealdstone, who defeated Dulwich Hamlet from Division One South. Enfield finished bottom of the table and relegated to Division Two, going down from sixth to ninth tier in two years due to league system reform.

At the end of the season Division Ones were merged, all the remaining Division One North teams were transferred to the Southern Football League Division Ones.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Yeading (C)	46	32	7	7	112	54	+58	103	Qualification to the playoffs When eliminated, transferred to the Premier Division
2	Leyton	46	29	9	8	90	53	+37	96	Transferred to the Premier Division
3	Cheshunt	46	27	10	9	119	54	+65	91	Transferred to the Premier Division
4	Chesham United	46	24	9	13	104	60	+44	81	Transferred to the SFL Premier Division
5	Dunstable Town	46	23	9	14	86	61	+25	78
6	Hemel Hempstead Town	46	22	12	12	75	72	+3	78
7	Wealdstone (O)	46	23	7	16	81	51	+30	76	Qualification to the playoffs When victorious, transferred to the Premier Division
8	Arlesey Town	46	23	7	16	95	70	+25	76	Transferred to the SFL Division One East
9	Boreham Wood	46	20	13	13	82	59	+23	73
10	Harlow Town	46	20	10	16	75	51	+24	70
11	Wingate & Finchley	46	19	13	14	68	63	+5	70
12	East Thurrock United	46	19	11	16	62	54	+8	68
13	Uxbridge	46	15	14	17	59	57	+2	59
14	Aveley	46	15	14	17	67	71	−4	59
15	Thame United	46	16	9	21	72	83	−11	57	Transferred to the SFL Division One West
16	Waltham Forest	46	15	13	18	62	60	+2	055^†	Transferred to the SFL Division One East
17	Wivenhoe Town	46	15	10	21	79	104	−25	55
18	Barton Rovers	46	16	6	24	52	80	−28	54
19	Oxford City	46	14	11	21	55	65	−10	53	Transferred to the SFL Division One West
20	Berkhamsted Town	46	12	10	24	66	88	−22	46	Transferred to the SFL Division One East
21	Great Wakering Rovers	46	10	13	23	47	97	−50	43
22	Tilbury	46	10	9	27	56	100	−44	39
23	Barking & East Ham United	46	8	7	31	37	100	−63	31
24	Enfield (R)	46	5	7	34	44	138	−94	22	Relegated to Division Two

Source: ^[1] ^[3] ^[5]
^† Waltham Forest deducted 3 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.

Division One South

Division One South consisted of 24 clubs, including 21 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:

Hampton & Richmond Borough, relegated from the Premier Division
Marlow, transferred from Division One North
Slough Town, transferred from Division One North

Lewes won the division and subsequent play-offs and were promoted to the Conference South. Teams finished second to sixth were transferred to the Premier Division. Epsom & Ewell finished bottom of the table and were relegated, remaining teams were to start next season in the merged Isthmian League Division One, going down with it from seventh to ninth level due to creation of Conference North/South.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Lewes (C) (O) (P)	46	29	7	10	113	61	+52	94	Qualified for play-offs When victorious, promoted to the Conference South
2	Worthing	46	26	14	6	87	46	+41	92	Transferred to the Premier Division
3	Windsor & Eton	46	26	13	7	75	39	+36	91
4	Slough Town	46	28	6	12	103	63	+40	90
5	Hampton & Richmond	46	26	11	9	82	45	+37	89
6	Staines Town	46	26	9	11	85	52	+33	87
7	Dulwich Hamlet	46	23	15	8	77	57	+20	84	Qualification to the playoffs
8	Bromley	46	22	10	14	80	58	+22	76
9	Walton & Hersham	46	20	14	12	76	55	+21	74
10	Croydon Athletic	46	20	10	16	70	54	+16	70
11	Tooting & Mitcham United	46	20	9	17	82	68	+14	69
12	Ashford Town	46	18	13	15	69	62	+7	67	Transferred to the SFL Division One West
13	Leatherhead	46	19	9	18	83	88	−5	66
14	Bracknell Town	46	19	6	21	81	87	−6	63	Transferred to the SFL Division One West
15	Horsham	46	16	11	19	71	69	+2	59
16	Marlow	46	16	11	19	50	64	−14	59	Transferred to the SFL Division One West
17	Whyteleafe	46	17	4	25	66	93	−27	55
18	Banstead Athletic	46	15	8	23	56	73	−17	53
19	Molesey	46	12	6	28	45	84	−39	42
20	Metropolitan Police	46	9	14	23	58	84	−26	41
21	Croydon	46	10	10	26	57	88	−31	40
22	Egham Town	46	8	8	30	55	92	−37	32	Transferred to the SFL Division One West
23	Corinthian Casuals	46	6	6	34	48	110	−62	24
24	Epsom & Ewell (R)	46	5	8	33	40	117	−77	23	Relegated to Division Two

Source: ^[1] ^[3] ^[5]
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

Isthmian League
Division Two
Season	2003–04
Champions	Leighton Town
Relegated	none
Matches played	210
Goals scored	1021 (4.86 per match)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

After Hungerford Town resigned from the league, Division Two consisted of 15 clubs, including 12 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:

Chertsey Town, relegated from Division One South
Hertford Town, relegated from Division One North
Wembley, relegated from Division One North

Leighton Town won the division and were transferred to Southern Football League Division One, while runners-up Dorking were transferred to the merged Isthmian League Division One.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leighton Town (C)	42	28	7	7	111	36	+75	91	Transferred to the SFL Division One East
2	Dorking	42	27	8	7	87	47	+40	89	Transferred to Division One
3	Hertford Town	42	24	9	9	74	35	+39	81
4	Chertsey Town	42	22	9	11	75	53	+22	75
5	Flackwell Heath	42	22	5	15	71	53	+18	71
6	Witham Town	42	20	10	12	75	54	+21	70
7	Kingsbury Town F.C.	42	14	11	17	60	64	−4	53
8	Ware	42	14	10	18	67	60	+7	52
9	Abingdon Town	42	15	6	21	83	81	+2	51
10	Camberley Town	42	15	6	21	51	71	−20	51
11	Wembley	42	13	9	20	46	67	−21	48
12	Wokingham Town	42	12	7	23	55	94	−39	43
13	Edgware Town	42	12	6	24	62	88	−26	42
14	Chalfont St Peter	42	12	6	24	57	89	−32	42
15	Clapton	42	8	5	29	47	129	−82	29

Source: ^[1] ^[3] ^[5]
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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External links

Official website

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[lfc-4] LFC website

[rsssf-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 rsssf website

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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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2003–04 Isthmian League

Contents

Premier Division

League table

Playoffs

Division One North

League table

Division One South

League table

Division Two

League table

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