2011–12 Isthmian League

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season	2011–12
Champions	AFC Hornchurch; Billericay Town
Relegated	Aveley; Horsham; Leatherhead; Tooting & Mitcham United
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,363 (2.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	32 goals - Richard Jolly (Wealdstone)
Highest attendance	1,145 - Billericay Town – Lowestoft Town, (28 April)
Total attendance	146,064
Average attendance	316 (-7.3% to previous season)
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was the 97th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league allocations were released on 20 May 2011.^[1]

Premier Division

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

East Thurrock United, promoted as champions of Division One North
Leatherhead, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South
Lewes, relegated from the Conference South
Metropolitan Police, promoted as champions of Division One South
Wingate & Finchley, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North

Billericay Town won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners AFC Hornchurch, while Lowestoft Town lost their second consecutive play-off final. Four clubs were relegated and there were no reprieves from relegation for the first time since the creation of North and South divisions in 2006.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Billericay Town	42	24	13	5	82	38	+44	85	Promoted to the Conference South
2	AFC Hornchurch	42	26	4	12	68	35	+33	82	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Conference South
3	Lowestoft Town	42	25	7	10	80	53	+27	82	Qualified for the play-offs
4	Wealdstone	42	20	15	7	76	39	+37	75
5	Bury Town	42	22	9	11	85	55	+30	75
6	Lewes	42	21	10	11	55	47	+8	73
7	Hendon	42	21	9	12	69	44	+25	72
8	Canvey Island	42	22	5	15	66	55	+11	71
9	Cray Wanderers	42	20	8	14	74	55	+19	68
10	East Thurrock United	42	18	8	16	70	65	+5	62
11	Kingstonian	42	18	7	17	58	64	−6	61
12	Metropolitan Police	42	18	6	18	63	46	+17	60
13	Wingate & Finchley	42	16	11	15	63	79	−16	59
14	Concord Rangers	42	16	9	17	72	66	+6	57
15	Margate	42	15	9	18	66	65	+1	54
16	Carshalton Athletic	42	14	10	18	48	55	−7	52
17	Harrow Borough	42	13	8	21	53	70	−17	47
18	Hastings United	42	13	8	21	43	61	−18	47
19	Leatherhead	42	11	8	23	46	62	−16	41	Relegated to Division One South
20	Aveley	42	5	12	25	41	88	−47	27	Relegated to Division One North
21	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	7	6	29	47	116	−69	27	Relegated to Division One South
22	Horsham	42	3	6	33	38	105	−67	14^[a]	Relegated to Division One South

Source: ^[3]^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Horsham were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Billericay Town on 10 March (2–2).^[2]

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals^[5]
Richard Jolly	Wealdstone	32
Sam Higgins	East Thurrock United	31
Martin Tuohy	AFC Hornchurch	27
Tony Stokes	Concord Rangers	26
Leon Smith	Wingate & Finchley	23
Kwesi Appiah	Margate	22
Tommy Whitnell	Cray Wanderers	19
Paul Vines	Carshalton Athletic	18
Bobby Traynor	Kingstonian	16
Lewis Smith	AFC Hornchurch	16

Play-offs

Semi-finals

2 May 2012	AFC Hornchurch	3–1	Bury Town	Hornchurch Stadium, Hornchurch
19:45	Smith 49' Tuohy 55' Rook 72'		Clark 63'	Attendance: 646

Lowestoft Town v Wealdstone

2 May 2012	Lowestoft Town	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Wealdstone	Crown Meadow, Lowestoft
19:45	Henderson 21' Sinclair 90+5' (pen)		Fitzgerald 63' O'Leary Cronin	Attendance: 1,158

Final

7 May 2012	AFC Hornchurch	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Lowestoft Town	Hornchurch Stadium
15:00	McKenzie 94' Spencer 119'		Sinclair 104' (pen)	Attendance: 1,411 Referee: L Venamore

Results grid

Home \ Away	AFC	AVE	BIL	BUR	CAN	CAR	CON	CRA	ETU	HAR	HAS	HEN	HOR	KIN	LEA	LEW	LOW	MAR	MET	T&M	WEA	W&F
AFC Hornchurch		2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	6–0	1–1	1–0
Aveley	2–3		0–6	1–2	2–4	1–1	3–3	1–1	0–3	3–2	0–1	1–7	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	1–2
Billericay Town	0–1	2–1		4–4	4–2	1–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	6–0	2–1	1–0	1–4	1–1	2–1	5–1	0–0	2–0
Bury Town	2–1	1–0	1–1		2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	5–2	2–2	5–0	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–1	2–1	2–3	2–1	0–1	4–2	1–1	2–2
Canvey Island	4–1	0–3	0–2	0–1		1–2	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–0	0–2	3–1	1–2	3–0	5–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–3
Carshalton Athletic	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–1		0–2	2–3	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	1–4	2–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	3–0
Concord Rangers	1–2	3–0	0–0	4–2	1–2	0–0		1–1	4–5	1–0	2–2	2–0	5–0	2–3	2–1	2–3	3–2	1–1	0–3	3–4	1–2	1–1
Cray Wanderers	2–5	2–2	2–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–4		3–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–4	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–2
East Thurrock United	0–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–2		0–3	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	4–2	1–0	3–3	1–2
Harrow Borough	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–4	1–2	0–3	0–4	3–1		1–1	4–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	0–1	2–4	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–3
Hastings United	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	3–1		0–2	5–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	0–1
Hendon	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–4	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–1		1–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–3	5–0	1–1	1–1
Horsham	0–3	1–3	0–5	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–3	1–5	1–5	1–3	1–2	0–3		1–3	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–2
Kingstonian	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	0–1	4–2	2–5	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–4		0–3	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	2–2
Leatherhead	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–5	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–4	2–1	2–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–2		0–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–1	2–2
Lewes	0–4	4–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–2	4–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0		2–2	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0
Lowestoft Town	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	5–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–2	2–2	3–1		2–1	2–2	2–2	2–1	2–0
Margate	0–2	3–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	5–0	1–0	4–1	0–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–4		1–3	1–2	0–2	5–0
Metropolitan Police	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	3–1	5–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–3		3–0	1–2	2–0
Tooting & Mitcham United	1–2	1–2	4–2	1–7	0–1	4–3	0–6	0–4	0–1	1–3	1–2	0–3	2–2	1–4	1–4	2–2	2–1	1–1	0–1		0–6	1–1
Wealdstone	2–1	5–2	1–1	3–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0		2–4
Wingate & Finchley	1–2	2–2	1–4	3–2	0–2	2–1	3–1	0–2	3–3	2–2	3–1	0–5	3–2	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	4–2	0–5

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2012. Source: Ryman League Premier Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Aveley

Carshalton Athletic

Cray Wanderers

Harrow Borough

Hendon

AFC Hornchurch

Kingstonian

Leatherhead

Metropolitan Police

Tooting & Mitcham United

Wealdstone

Wingate & Finchley

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Locations of the Premier Division teams

Hornchurch

Greater London Premier Division football clubs

[table_hth_HOR0.67832146616574-3] Horsham were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Billericay Town on 10 March (2–2).^[2]

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Club	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Hornchurch	Hornchurch Stadium	3,500
Aveley	The Mill Field	1,100
Billericay Town	New Lodge	3,500
Bury Town	Ram Meadow	3,500
Canvey Island	Brockwell Stadium	4,308
Carshalton Athletic	War Memorial Sports Ground	5,000
Concord Rangers	Thames Road	1,500
Cray Wanderers	Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley)	6,000
East Thurrock United	Rookery Hill	4,000
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)	5,194
Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove	3,400
Lewes	The Dripping Pan	3,000
Lowestoft Town	Crown Meadow	2,250
Margate	Hartsdown Park	2,100
Metropolitan Police	Imber Court	3,000
Tooting & Mitcham United	Imperial Fields	3,500
Wealdstone	Grosvenor Vale	2,640
Wingate & Finchley	The Harry Abrahams Stadium	1,500

Player	Club	Goals^[5]
Liam Hope	Enfield Town	26
Alex Read	Tilbury	24
James Baker	AFC Sudbury	24
Sam Newson	Needham Market	22
James Gershfield	Potters Bar Town	21

3 May 2012	Enfield Town
19:45	Wallace 1' Kirby 49' Barber 120'		Agombar 79' (pen) Baker 88'	Attendance: 627

4 May 2012	Tilbury	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Needham Market	Chadfields, Tilbury
19:45	Henty 6' Worrell 90+13' West 95'		Newson 41' (pen), 103', 120' Wright 72'	Attendance: 243

6 May 2012	Enfield Town
15:00	Matata 18'			Attendance: 817

2011–12 Isthmian League

Premier Division

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Results grid

Stadia and locations

Division One North

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Results grid

Stadia and locations

Notes

Division One South

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Results grid

Stadia and locations

League Cup

Calendar

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

See also

References

External links

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leiston	42	28	7	7	99	41	+58	91	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Enfield Town	42	27	9	6	96	46	+50	90	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
3	Tilbury	42	23	11	8	82	62	+20	80	Qualified for the play-offs
4	Needham Market	42	23	8	11	104	56	+48	77
5	Grays Athletic	42	24	8	10	80	47	+33	77^[a]
6	Redbridge	42	21	10	11	80	59	+21	73
7	Harlow Town	42	21	8	13	70	49	+21	71
8	AFC Sudbury	42	20	9	13	65	57	+8	69
9	Brentwood Town	42	18	8	16	58	42	+16	62
10	Thamesmead Town	42	17	7	18	68	71	−3	58
11	Maldon & Tiptree	42	16	10	16	62	66	−4	58
12	Potters Bar Town	42	16	9	17	67	76	−9	57
13	Romford	42	15	12	15	64	73	−9	57
14	Waltham Abbey	42	15	10	17	79	76	+3	55
15	Chatham Town	42	16	6	20	54	63	−9	54
16	Heybridge Swifts	42	15	7	20	59	64	−5	52
17	Waltham Forest	42	12	7	23	59	95	−36	43
18	Cheshunt	42	9	12	21	42	83	−41	39
19	Soham Town Rangers	42	7	13	22	55	93	−38	34
20	Ilford	42	8	6	28	47	85	−38	30
21	Ware	42	8	6	28	40	78	−38	30	Reprieved from relegation
22	Great Wakering Rovers	42	6	11	25	43	91	−48	29	Relegated to the Essex Senior League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Whitehawk	40	29	6	5	82	26	+56	90^[a]	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Bognor Regis Town	40	26	10	4	105	37	+68	88	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
3	Dulwich Hamlet	40	26	8	6	73	26	+47	86	Qualified for the play-offs
4	Folkestone Invicta	40	23	7	10	82	53	+29	76	Qualified for the play-offs
5	Godalming Town	40	22	7	11	77	53	+24	73	Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to SFL Division One Central
6	Maidstone United	40	20	7	13	68	50	+18	67
7	Worthing	40	18	10	12	69	45	+24	64
8	Hythe Town	40	17	8	15	62	62	0	59
9	Merstham	40	17	8	15	63	69	−6	59
10	Chipstead	40	16	8	16	59	57	+2	56
11	Ramsgate	40	16	7	17	61	72	−11	55
12	Walton & Hersham	40	14	8	18	54	52	+2	50
13	Corinthian-Casuals	40	12	12	16	49	63	−14	48
14	Eastbourne Town	40	11	13	16	49	63	−14	46
15	Walton Casuals	40	12	6	22	51	74	−23	42
16	Crawley Down	40	12	5	23	65	81	−16	41
17	Faversham Town	40	10	10	20	43	67	−24	40
18	Whitstable Town	40	12	4	24	46	87	−41	40
19	Sittingbourne	40	6	12	22	36	75	−39	30
20	Burgess Hill Town	40	9	6	25	39	90	−51	30^[b]
21	Whyteleafe	40	6	10	24	38	67	−29	28	Relegated to the Kent League
22	Croydon Athletic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned, record expunged

Player	Club	Goals^[5]
Jason Prior	Bognor Regis Town	24
Stuart King	Folkestone Invicta	24
Shaun Welford	Maidstone United	23
Ryan McBride	Worthing	19
Terry Dodd	Bognor Regis Town	19

1 May 2012	Bognor Regis Town	4–4 (5–3 p)	Godalming Town	Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis
19:45	Robinson 33' 76' 102' (pen) Dodd 75'		Harris 63' 97' Cooper 73' Foulser 90+1'	Attendance: 866