1978–79 Isthmian League
Appearance
The 1978–79 season was the 64th season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.
At the end of the season
Football League
requirements may apply. The Isthmian League refused to participate in the formation of the new league.
Premier Division
Season | 1978–79 |
---|---|
Champions | Barking |
Relegated | Kingstonian Leytonstone |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,284 (2.78 per match) |
← 1977–78 1979–80 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
This season was the last one when Isthmian League clubs may have applied for election to the Football League. Though, no clubs participated in the elections.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Barking | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 92 | 50 | +42 | 93 | |
2 | Dagenham | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 83 | 63 | +20 | 81 | |
3 | Enfield | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 77 | |
4 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 76 | |
5 | Slough Town | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 61 | 44 | +17 | 72 | |
6 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 59 | 44 | +15 | 69 | |
7 | Woking | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 68 | |
8 | Croydon | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 66 | |
9 | Hendon | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 62 | |
10 | Leatherhead | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 60 | |
11 | Sutton United | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 60 | |
12 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 59 | |
13 | Walthamstow Avenue | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 61 | 69 | −8 | 51 | |
14 | Tilbury | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 60 | 76 | −16 | 50 | |
15 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 50 | 67 | −17 | 49 | |
16 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 59 | 71 | −12 | 47 | |
17 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 46 | |
18 | Hayes | 42 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 45 | 58 | −13 | 45 | |
19 | Oxford City | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 50 | 80 | −30 | 43 | |
20 | Staines Town | 42 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 40 | 64 | −24 | 34 | |
21 | Leytonstone | 42 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 36 | 75 | −39 | 31[a] | Relegated to Division One |
22 | Kingstonian | 42 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 35 | 72 | −37 | 24 |
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Leytonstone merged with Ilford at the end of the season.
Division One
Season | 1978–79 |
---|---|
Champions | Harlow Town |
Promoted | Harlow Town Harrow Borough |
Relegated | Southall & Ealing Borough |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,353 (2.93 per match) |
← 1977–78 1979–80 → |
Division One 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 Division Two:
At the end of the season
Leytonstone & Ilford
. Subsequently, St Albans City were given a reprieve.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Harlow Town | 42 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 93 | 32 | +61 | 100 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 85 | 49 | +36 | 86 | |
3 | Maidenhead United | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 72 | 50 | +22 | 81 | |
4 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 77 | |
5 | Hertford Town | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 74 | |
6 | Horsham | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 74 | |
7 | Harwich & Parkeston | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 90 | 57 | +33 | 71 | |
8 | Bromley | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 66 | |
9 | Hampton
|
42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 62 | |
10 | Epsom & Ewell | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 69 | 57 | +12 | 61 | |
11 | Wembley | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 59 | |
12 | Aveley | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 57 | 66 | −9 | 58 | |
13 | Wokingham Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 64 | 68 | −4 | 56[a] | |
14 | Clapton | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 67 | 80 | −13 | 53 | |
15 | Metropolitan Police | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 49 | |
16 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 47 | 71 | −24 | 45 | |
17 | Ilford | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 48 | 80 | −32 | 44[b] | Merged into Leytonstone |
18 | Ware | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 46 | 69 | −23 | 43 | |
19 | Chesham United | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 42 | |
20 | Finchley | 42 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 43 | 74 | −31 | 36 | |
21 | St Albans City | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 43 | 90 | −47 | 28[b] | Reprieved from relegation |
22 | Southall & Ealing Borough | 42 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 41 | 114 | −73 | 20 | Relegated to Second Division |
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Division Two
Season | 1978–79 |
---|---|
Champions | Farnborough Town |
Matches played | 306 |
Goals scored | 871 (2.85 per match) |
← 1977–78 → |
Division Two consisted of 18 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
- Corinthian-Casuals, relegated from Division One
- Hornchurch, relegated from Division One
- Hungerford Town, joined from the Hellenic Football League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Farnborough Town | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 77 | 34 | +43 | 81 | Promoted to Division One |
2 | Camberley Town | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 71 | |
3 | Molesey | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 68 | |
4 | Lewes | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 63 | |
5 | Feltham | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 55 | |
6 | Letchworth Garden City
|
34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 48 | +8 | 52 | |
7 | Eastbourne United
|
34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 47 | 46 | +1 | 52 | |
8 | Hemel Hempstead
|
34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 50 | |
9 | Epping Town | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 49 | |
10 | Rainham Town | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 49 | |
11 | Cheshunt | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 41 | |
12 | Hungerford Town | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 41 | |
13 | Worthing | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 35 | |
14 | Hornchurch | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 35 | |
15 | Egham Town | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 33 | |
16 | Tring Town | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 33 | 56 | −23 | 26 | |
17 | Willesden | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 41 | 77 | −36 | 26 | |
18 | Corinthian-Casuals | 34 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 65 | −42 | 19 |
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.