1979–80 Isthmian League

The 1979–80 season was the 64th in the history of the Isthmian League. Enfield won the Premier Division, whilst Leytonstone & Ilford won Division One and Billericay Town won Division Two. The Isthmian League Cup was won by Slough Town.

Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division
Season	1979–80
Champions	Enfield
Promoted	None
Relegated	Oxford City Tilbury
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The division featured two new teams:

Harlow Town, promoted from Division One
Harrow Borough, promoted from Division One

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 1980–81 Isthmian Division One
22	Tilbury (R)	42	7	11	24	41	90	−49	030^*	Relegated to 1980–81 Isthmian Division One

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.

Division One

Isthmian League Division One
Season	1979–80
Champions	Leytonstone & Ilford
Promoted	Leytonstone & Ilford Bromley
Relegated	Harwich & Parkeston Horsham
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The division featured four new teams:

Kingstonian, relegated from the Premier Division
Farnborough Town, promoted from Division Two
Camberley Town, promoted from Division Two
Leytonstone & Ilford, formed by a merger between Leytonstone and Ilford

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 1980-81 Isthmian Premier Division
2	Bromley (P)	42	24	10	8	93	44	+49	82	Promoted to 1980-81 Isthmian 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 1980-81 Isthmian Division Two
22	Horsham (R)	42	6	4	32	29	113	−84	22	Relegated to 1980-81 Isthmian Division Two

Division Two

Isthmian League Division One
Season	1979–80
Champions	Billericay Town
Promoted	Billericay Town Lewes
Relegated	None
← 1978–79 1980–81 →

The division featured three new teams:

Southall (who were Southall & Ealing Borough), relegated from Division One
Billericay Town, promoted from the Athenian League
Barton Rovers, promoted from the South Midlands League

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 1980-81 Isthmian Division One
2	Lewes (P)	36	24	7	5	82	33	+49	79	Promoted to 1980-81 Isthmian Division One
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

References

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Isthmian League

Premier Division	AFC Hornchurch Billericay Town Bognor Regis Town Bury Town Canvey Island Dulwich Hamlet East Thurrock United Enfield Town Grays Athletic Hampton & Richmond Borough Harrow Borough Hendon Kingstonian Leatherhead Leiston Lewes Maidstone United Margate Metropolitan Police Peacehaven & Telscombe Tonbridge Angels VCD Athletic Wingate & Finchley Witham Town

Division One North	AFC Sudbury Aveley Barkingside Brentwood Town Brightlingsea Regent Burnham Ramblers Chatham Town Cheshunt Cray Wanderers Dereham Town Great Wakering Rovers Harlow Town Heybridge Swifts Maldon & Tiptree Needham Market Redbridge Romford Soham Town Rangers Thamesmead Town Thurrock Tilbury Waltham Abbey Ware Wroxham

Division One South	Burgess Hill Town Carshalton Athletic Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals East Grinstead Town Faversham Town Folkestone Invicta Guernsey Hastings United Herne Bay Horsham Hythe Town Merstham Ramsgate Redhill Sittingbourne South Park Three Bridges Tooting & Mitcham United Walton & Hersham Walton Casuals Whitstable Town Whyteleafe Worthing

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