2009–10 Isthmian League

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The 2009–10 season was the 95th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season2009–10
Champions
Ashford Town (Middlesex)
Bognor Regis Town
Waltham Abbey
Matches played462
Goals scored1,339 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorer28 goals – Bobby Traynor (Kingstonian)
Highest attendance2,162 – Dartford – Aveley, (17 April)
Total attendance161,050
Average attendance349 (-16.5% to previous season)
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The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

Dartford won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Boreham Wood. Bognor Regis Town were relegated for the second season in a row along with Waltham Abbey, who had only spent one season in the Premier Division. Ashford Town resigned from the league. Margate were reprieved from relegation for the second season in a row, this time after Chester City and Farsley Celtic folded and Grays Athletic were demoted from the Conference Premier to Isthmian League Division One North.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dartford 42 29 6 7 101 45 +56 93 Promoted to the Conference South
2 Sutton United 42 22 9 11 65 45 +20 75 Qualified for the play-offs
3 Aveley 42 21 7 14 83 62 +21 70
4 Boreham Wood 42 20 8 14 54 44 +10 68 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Conference South
5 Kingstonian 42 20 8 14 73 69 +4 68 Qualified for the play-offs
6 Wealdstone 42 17 14 11 65 65 0 65
7 Hastings United 42 18 9 15 68 56 +12 63
8 Tonbridge Angels 42 18 8 16 69 67 +2 62
9
AFC Hornchurch
 42 16 13 13 51 47 +4 61
10 Hendon 42 18 6 18 61 59 +2 60
11 Horsham 42 16 8 18 65 67 −2 56
12 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 15 10 17 60 64 −4 55
13 Billericay Town 42 14 12 16 44 42 +2 54
14 Harrow Borough 42 13 14 15 66 63 +3 53
15 Cray Wanderers 42 14 9 19 54 70 −16 51
16 Canvey Island 42 13 11 18 57 62 −5 50
17 Carshalton Athletic 42 12 13 17 58 64 −6 49
18 Maidstone United 42 13 10 19 39 57 −18 49
19 Margate 42 11 12 19 49 71 −22 45 Reprieved from relegation
20
Ashford Town (Middlesex)
 42 11 11 20 62 80 −18 44 Relegated to SFL Division One Central
21 Waltham Abbey 42 12 8 22 49 74 −25 44 Relegated to Division One North
22 Bognor Regis Town 42 9 14 19 45 65 −20 41 Relegated to Division One South
Source: [1][2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Top scorers

Player Club Goals[3]
Bobby Traynor Kingstonian 28
Patrick Harding Horsham 24
Martin Tuohy Aveley 23
Paul Vines Tooting & Mitcham United
Lee Burns Dartford 22
Danny Gabriel Waltham Forest / Aveley 21
Ade Olorunda Hastings United 20
James Rowe Canvey Island 19
Byron Harrison
 Ashford Town / Carshalton Athletic 17

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
      
2 Sutton United 2
5 Kingstonian 4
4 Boreham Wood 2
5 Kingstonian 0
3 Aveley 0
4 Boreham Wood 1

Results grid

Home \ Away
AFC
 ASH AVE BIL BOG BOR CAN CAR CRA DAR HAR HAS HEN HOR KIN MDS MAR SUT TON T&M WAL WEA
AFC Hornchurch
 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–1 4–4 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 0–0
Ashford Town 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–4 2–6 3–2 1–1 0–2 3–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 3–2 2–1 1–1 3–3
Aveley 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 4–0 1–1 1–4 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 3–4 2–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–2
Billericay Town 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 0–4 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–2 1–5 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–0
Bognor Regis Town 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 3–1 0–0 3–3 1–2 3–1 0–3 1–2 2–2
Boreham Wood 0–0 3–3 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 2–4 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–2 3–0 0–1
Canvey Island 1–0 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 5–1 2–5 1–1 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–3 1–1
Carshalton Athletic 1–0 3–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–4 2–2 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 4–1 4–2
Cray Wanderers 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–2 1–3 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–3
Dartford 0–1 3–2 2–2 1–4 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–3 5–0 3–2 5–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–2 2–1 1–1
Harrow Borough 0–0 1–2 3–3 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 3–3 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 2–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 5–3 3–1
Hastings United 1–0 4–4 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–3 5–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Hendon 3–2 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–1 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–3
Horsham 2–1 4–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 2–2 4–0 1–3 2–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–3
Kingstonian 2–0 1–0 1–6 2–1 1–3 4–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–6 3–5 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 3–3
Maidstone United 0–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–5 0–3 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–3
Margate 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–4 2–2 1–0 2–3 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–3 1–1
Sutton United 4–1 2–4 3–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–4 0–3 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 5–0
Tonbridge Angels 1–2 3–2 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–4 3–2 2–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–3
Tooting & Mitcham United 2–3 2–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–3 2–2 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 5–3 1–1 3–2
Waltham Abbey 0–5 0–1 0–2 0–2 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–4 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2
Wealdstone 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 3–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–4
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2010. Source: Ryman League Premier Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

2009–10 Isthmian League is located in South-east England
Billericay Town
Bognor Regis Town
Canvey Island
Hastings United
Horsham
Maidstone United
Margate
Tonbridge Angels
AFC Hornchurch
AFC Hornchurch
Ashford Town
Ashford Town
Aveley
Aveley
Boreham Wood
Boreham Wood
Carshalton Athletic
Carshalton Athletic
Cray Wanderers
Cray Wanderers
Dartford
Dartford
Harrow Borough
Harrow Borough
Hendon
Hendon
Kingstonian
Kingstonian
Sutton United
Sutton United
Tooting & Mitcham United
Tooting & Mitcham United
Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey
Wealdstone
Wealdstone
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Locations of the Premier Division clubs
Hornchurch
Ashford Town
Aveley
Boreham Wood
Carshalton Athletic
Cray Wanderers
Dartford
Harrow Borough
Hendon
Kingstonian
Sutton United
Tooting & Mitcham
Waltham Abbey
Wealdstone
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Greater London Premier Division football clubs
Club Stadium Capacity
AFC Hornchurch
 Hornchurch Stadium 3,500
Ashford Town (Middlesex)
 Short Lane 2,550
Aveley The Mill Field 1,100
Billericay Town New Lodge 3,500
Bognor Regis Town Nyewood Lane 4,500
Boreham Wood Meadow Park 4,502
Canvey Island Brockwell Stadium 4,308
Carshalton Athletic War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000
Cray Wanderers Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) 6,000
Dartford Princes Park 4,100
Harrow Borough
Earlsmead Stadium
 3,070
Hastings United The Pilot Field 4,050
Hendon Vale Farm (groundshare with Wembley) 3,000
Horsham Gorings Mead (groundshare with Horsham YMCA) 1,500
Kingstonian
Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon
)		 4,722
Maidstone United
The Homelands (groundshare with Ashford Town (Kent)
)		 3,200
Margate Hartsdown Park 2,100
Sutton United Gander Green Lane 7,032
Tonbridge Angels Longmead Stadium 3,000
Tooting & Mitcham United Imperial Fields 3,500
Waltham Abbey Capershotts 3,500
Wealdstone Grosvenor Vale 2,640

Division One North

Isthmian League
Division One North
Season2009–10
ChampionsLowestoft Town
PromotedConcord Rangers
Lowestoft Town
RelegatedNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,436 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer35 goals – Sam Higgins (East Thurrock United)
Highest attendance1,139 – Lowestoft Town – Cheshunt, (10 April)
Total attendance60,663
Average attendance131 (+22.4% to previous season)

Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

Lowestoft Town won the division and were promoted for the second season in a row along with play-off winners Concord Rangers. Leyton were reprieved from relegation after numerous higher league clubs folded. VCD Athletic were demoted after failing to meet ground grading requirements and returned to the Kent League. Harlow Town were reprieved from relegation after an appeal by VCD was turned down.

After the end of the season Maldon Town merged with 14°

Maldon Town in 2010–11 IL Division One North
.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Lowestoft Town 42 32 5 5 115 37 +78 101 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Concord Rangers 42 26 8 8 94 42 +52 86 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
3 Wingate & Finchley 42 24 9 9 88 55 +33 81 Qualified for the play-offs
4 Enfield Town 42 23 11 8 81 47 +34 80
5 East Thurrock United 42 23 8 11 102 59 +43 77
6 Heybridge Swifts 42 21 8 13 67 56 +11 71
7 Thamesmead Town 42 20 7 15 67 56 +11 67
8 VCD Athletic 42 19 10 13 61 53 +8 67 Demoted to the Kent League
9 Great Wakering Rovers 42 18 10 14 67 70 −3 64
10 Northwood 42 17 10 15 65 61 +4 61 Transferred to SFL Division One Central
11 Tilbury 42 15 11 16 61 60 +1 56
12 Brentwood Town 42 15 7 20 53 53 0 52
13 Romford 42 15 7 20 71 88 −17 52
14 Potters Bar Town 42 14 8 20 51 67 −16 50
15 Cheshunt 42 16 2 24 57 83 −26 50
16
Waltham Forest
 42 13 9 20 51 75 −24 48
17
Maldon Town
 42 13 6 23 54 74 −20 45 Merged with Tiptree United (14° Essex Senior League) to form Maldon & Tiptree in Division One North
18 Redbridge 42 9 15 18 41 62 −21 42
19 Ware 42 11 9 22 57 84 −27 42
20 Ilford 42 11 10 21 47 72 −25 34[a]
21 Leyton 42 5 15 22 40 84 −44 30 Reprieved from relegation
22 Harlow Town 42 6 7 29 46 98 −52 15[b]
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Ilford were deducted nine points for fielding a suspended player in five games between August and January.
  2. ^ Harlow Town were deducted ten points for entering administration.

Top scorers

Player Club Goals[3]
Sam Higgins East Thurrock United 35
Leon Smith Wingate & Finchley 26
Matt Nolan Lowestoft Town 24
Lyle Taylor Concord Rangers 22
Andrew Constable Thamesmead Town

Play-offs

Semifinals Final
      
2 Concord Rangers 1
5 East Thurrock United 0
2 Concord Rangers 3
4 Enfield Town 1
3 Wingate & Finchley 2
4 Enfield Town 3

Results grid

Home \ Away BRE CHE CON ETU ENF GWR HAR HEY ILF LEY LOW
MLD
 NOR POT RED ROM THA TIL VCD
WFO
 WAR W&F
Brentwood Town 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–3 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2
Cheshunt 2–1 1–2 4–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 0–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–5 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 1–3
Concord Rangers 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 5–0 2–0 1–4 2–1 0–0 5–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–2
East Thurrock United 1–2 6–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 5–2 4–1 1–2 3–1 3–2 4–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 5–2 2–2 2–2 2–1 3–0
Enfield Town 2–1 4–0 2–1 0–4 2–3 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–3 1–2 4–2 3–2 0–0
Great Wakering Rovers 4–3 3–2 0–3 2–0 3–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–3 3–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 4–1 1–3 2–4
Harlow Town 0–3 0–2 0–7 1–3 1–3 4–2 0–4 1–2 2–2 0–4 1–2 2–4 1–2 3–3 2–0 2–3 0–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2
Heybridge Swifts 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 4–2 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 3–2 2–0 4–3 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–2
Ilford 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 6–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 5–4 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–1
Leyton 0–1 1–3 0–4 2–3 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 1–1
Lowestoft Town 1–2 5–1 5–0 4–3 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 8–0 4–0 3–0 4–2 2–0 6–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–3 2–1
Maldon Town
 1–2 0–3 1–4 1–2 0–4 3–1 2–2 1–2 4–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 0–4 0–3 0–1 3–3 1–0 4–3 0–1 2–1 2–1
Northwood 0–3 2–1 0–1 3–4 2–1 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 6–0 0–1
Potters Bar Town 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–4 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 1–3
Redbridge 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 2–2 0–5 1–3 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–0
Romford 0–4 1–1 3–2 3–2 2–3 4–1 5–4 4–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–4 1–2 4–2 3–4 1–2 0–0
Thamesmead Town 2–0 7–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–2 1–5 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–2
Tilbury 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 2–1
VCD Athletic 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 4–3 0–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–1
Waltham Forest
 1–0 1–3 0–3 0–3 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–4 1–4 0–1 2–1 1–1 3–4
Ware 2–3 1–0 0–3 1–5 3–3 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–2 1–4 2–2 4–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–1
Wingate & Finchley 2–2 4–1 1–6 1–1 4–2 1–2 6–0 3–1 3–0 4–0 4–2 0–0 0–4 3–1 2–1 6–2 1–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2010. Source: Ryman League Division One North
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

2009–10 Isthmian League is located in East of England
Concord
ETU
Great Wakering
Harlow Town
Heybridge Swifts
Lowestoft Town
Maldon Town
Ware
Brentwood Town
Brentwood Town
Cheshunt
Cheshunt
Enfield Town
Enfield Town
Ilford & Waltham Forest
Ilford & Waltham Forest
Leyton
Leyton
Northwood
Northwood
Potters Bar Town
Potters Bar Town
Redbridge
Redbridge
Romford
Romford
Thamesmead Town
Thamesmead Town
Tilbury
Tilbury
VCD Athletic
VCD Athletic
Wingate & Finchley
Wingate & Finchley
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Locations of Division One North clubs
Waltham Forest
Leyton
Northwood
Potters Bar Town
Redbridge
Romford
Thamesmead Town
Tilbury
VCD Athletic
Wingate & Finchley
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Greater London Division One North clubs