1980–81 Isthmian League

The 1980–81 season was the 65th in the history of the Isthmian League. Slough Town won the Premier Division, whilst Bishop's Stortford won Division One and Feltham won Division Two. The Isthmian League Cup was won by Enfield.

Premier Division

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slough Town	42	23	13	6	73	34	+39	82
2	Enfield	42	23	11	8	81	43	+38	80	Promoted to 1981-82 Alliance Premier
3	Wycombe Wanderers	42	22	9	11	76	49	+27	75
4	Leytonstone & Ilford	42	19	12	11	78	57	+21	69
5	Sutton United	42	19	12	11	82	65	+17	69
6	Hendon	42	18	10	14	66	58	+8	64
7	Hayes	42	18	8	16	45	50	−5	62
8	Dagenham	42	17	11	14	79	66	+13	62	Promoted to 1981-82 Alliance Premier
9	Harrow Borough	42	16	11	15	57	52	+5	59
10	Bromley	42	16	9	17	63	69	−6	57
11	Staines Town	42	15	9	18	60	61	−1	54
12	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	15	8	19	49	53	−4	53
13	Hitchin Town	42	14	10	18	64	52	+12	52
14	Croydon	42	12	15	15	51	51	0	51
15	Dulwich Hamlet	42	13	12	17	62	67	−5	51
16	Leatherhead	42	12	14	16	36	50	−14	50
17	Carshalton Athletic	42	14	8	20	57	82	−25	50
18	Barking	42	13	12	17	58	72	−14	049^*
19	Harlow Town	42	11	15	16	54	66	−12	48
20	Walthamstow Avenue	42	13	7	22	51	82	−31	46
21	Boreham Wood	42	10	13	19	46	69	−23	43
22	Woking	42	11	7	24	40	70	−30	037^†

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

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bishop's Stortford	42	30	6	6	84	28	+56	96	Promoted to 1981-82 Premier Division
2	Billericay Town	42	29	6	7	67	34	+33	93	Promoted to 1981-82 Premier Division
3	Epsom & Ewell	42	24	12	6	80	36	+44	84
4	Farnborough Town	42	23	11	8	75	39	+36	80
5	St Albans City	42	24	5	13	85	61	+24	77
6	Kingstonian	42	20	9	13	63	51	+12	69
7	Oxford City	42	18	9	15	71	48	+23	63
8	Wokingham Town	42	16	15	11	70	56	+14	63
9	Metropolitan Police	42	18	7	17	61	58	+3	61
10	Chesham United	42	17	7	18	64	64	0	58
11	Lewes	42	17	7	18	72	83	−11	58
12	Maidenhead United	42	16	7	19	58	62	−4	55
13	Walton & Hersham	42	12	15	15	46	53	−7	51
14	Hertford Town	42	13	11	18	46	65	−19	50
15	Hampton	42	12	13	17	46	53	−7	49
16	Aveley	42	13	9	20	54	55	−1	48
17	Wembley	42	13	8	21	47	61	−14	47
18	Clapton	42	12	8	22	53	86	−33	44
19	Ware	42	9	13	20	50	69	−19	40
20	Tilbury	42	10	8	24	42	84	−42	38
21	Camberley Town	42	8	7	27	42	88	−46	31	Relegated to 1981-82 Isthmian Division Two
22	Finchley	42	6	11	25	35	77	−42	29	Relegated to 1981-82 Isthmian Division Two

Division Two

Isthmian League Division Two
Season	1980–81
Champions	Feltham
Promoted	Hornchurch
Relegated	None
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

The division featured three new teams:

Dorking Town, joined from the Athenian League
Harwich & Parkeston, relegated from Division One
Horsham, relegated from Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Feltham	38	24	10	4	65	30	+35	82	Promoted to Division One
2	Hornchurch	38	25	6	7	74	35	+39	81	Promoted to Division One
3	Hungerford Town	38	23	10	5	84	29	+55	79
4	Barton Rovers	38	19	11	8	61	25	+36	68
5	Worthing	38	19	11	8	74	43	+31	68
6	Cheshunt	38	19	11	8	57	33	+24	68
7	Letchworth Garden City	38	18	7	13	49	40	+9	61
8	Southall	38	14	11	13	48	52	-4	53
9	Dorking Town	38	13	12	13	47	45	+2	51
10	Horsham	38	16	3	19	47	47	0	51
11	Hemel Hempstead	38	14	7	17	47	54	-7	49
12	Egham Town	38	13	9	16	45	62	-17	48
13	Harwich & Parkeston	38	12	11	15	57	58	-1	47
14	Rainham Town	38	11	13	14	44	45	-1	46
15	Epping Town	38	12	7	19	37	50	-13	43
16	Eastbourne United	38	11	10	17	59	75	-16	43
17	Willesden	38	11	8	19	57	68	-11	41	Club withdrew at season's end.
18	Tring Town	38	11	6	21	40	71	-31	39
19	Molesey	38	4	9	25	31	83	-52	21
20	Corinthian-Casuals	38	1	8	29	17	95	-78	11

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References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 rsssf website

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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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Brighton & Hove Albion Coventry City Crystal Palace Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Cardiff City Chelsea Derby County Grimsby Town Leyton Orient Luton Town Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Watford West Ham United Wrexham

Third Division	Barnsley Blackpool Brentford Burnley Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Exeter City Fulham Gillingham Huddersfield Town Hull City Millwall Newport County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Swindon Town Walsall

Fourth Division	Aldershot Bournemouth Bradford City Bury Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wimbledon York City