1997–98 Isthmian League

Isthmian League
Season	1997–98
← 1996–97 1998-99 →

The 1997–98 season was the 83rd season of the Isthmian League (known as the 1997–98 Ryman League for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

The league had four divisions with the top flight, The Premier Division, being won by Kingstonian. They were promoted to the Conference. Division One was won by Aldershot Town, Division Two by Canvey Island and Division Three by Hemel Hempstead Town.

The Ryman League Cup was won by Sutton United.

Premier Division

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kingstonian (C) (P)	42	25	12	5	84	35	+49	87	Promoted to 1998–99 Football Conference
2	Boreham Wood	42	23	11	8	81	42	+39	80
3	Sutton United	42	22	12	8	83	56	+27	78
4	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	21	10	11	73	50	+23	73
5	Hendon	42	21	10	11	69	50	+19	73
6	Heybridge Swifts	42	18	11	13	74	62	+12	65
7	Enfield	42	18	8	16	66	58	+8	62
8	Basingstoke Town	42	17	11	14	56	60	−4	62
9	Walton & Hersham	42	18	6	18	50	70	−20	60
10	Purfleet	42	15	13	14	57	58	−1	58
11	St Albans City	42	17	7	18	54	59	−5	58
12	Harrow Borough	42	15	10	17	60	67	−7	55
13	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	15	8	19	65	67	−2	53
14	Chesham United	42	14	10	18	71	70	+1	52
15	Bromley	42	13	13	16	53	53	0	52
16	Dulwich Hamlet	42	13	11	18	56	67	−11	50
17	Carshalton Athletic	42	13	9	20	54	77	−23	48
18	Aylesbury United	42	13	8	21	55	70	−15	47
19	Bishop's Stortford	42	14	5	23	53	69	−16	47
20	Yeading (R)	42	12	11	19	49	65	−16	47	Relegated to 1998–99 Isthmian Division One
21	Hitchin Town (R)	42	8	15	19	45	62	−17	39
22	Oxford City (R)	42	7	9	26	35	76	−41	30

Source: ^[1] ^[2]
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	Aldershot Town (C) (P)	42	28	8	6	89	36	+53	92	Promoted to 1998–99 Isthmian Premier Division
2	Billericay Town (P)	42	25	6	11	78	44	+34	81
3	Hampton (P)	42	22	15	5	75	47	+28	81
4	Maidenhead United	42	25	5	12	76	37	+39	80
5	Uxbridge	42	23	6	13	66	59	+7	75
6	Grays Athletic	42	21	10	11	79	49	+30	73
7	Romford	42	21	8	13	92	59	+33	71
8	Bognor Regis Town	42	20	9	13	77	45	+32	69
9	Leatherhead	42	18	11	13	70	51	+19	65
10	Leyton Pennant	42	17	11	14	66	58	+8	62
11	Chertsey Town	42	16	13	13	83	70	+13	61
12	Worthing	42	17	6	19	64	71	−7	57
13	Berkhamsted Town	42	15	8	19	59	69	−10	53
14	Staines Town	42	13	10	19	54	71	−17	49
15	Croydon	42	13	10	19	47	64	−17	49
16	Barton Rovers	42	11	13	18	53	72	−19	46
17	Wembley	42	10	15	17	38	61	−23	45
18	Molesey	42	10	11	21	47	65	−18	41
19	Whyteleafe	42	10	10	22	48	83	−35	40
20	Wokingham Town (R)	42	7	10	25	41	74	−33	31	Relegated to 1998–99 Isthmian Division Two
21	Abingdon Town (R)	42	9	4	29	47	101	−54	31
22	Thame United (R)	42	7	9	26	33	96	−63	30

Division Two

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canvey Island (C) (P)	42	30	8	4	116	41	+75	98	Promoted to 1998–99 Isthmian Division One
2	Braintree Town (P)	42	29	11	2	117	45	+72	98
3	Wealdstone (P)	42	24	11	7	81	46	+35	83
4	Bedford Town	42	22	12	8	55	25	+30	78
5	Metropolitan Police	42	21	8	13	80	65	+15	71
6	Wivenhoe Town	42	18	12	12	84	66	+18	66
7	Edgware Town	42	18	10	14	81	65	+16	64
8	Chalfont St Peter	42	17	13	12	63	60	+3	64
9	Northwood	42	17	11	14	65	69	−4	62
10	Windsor & Eton	42	17	7	18	74	72	+2	58
11	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	16	9	17	58	56	+2	57
12	Barking	42	15	12	15	62	75	−13	57
13	Banstead Athletic	42	15	9	18	60	63	−3	54
14	Marlow	42	16	5	21	64	78	−14	53
15	Horsham	42	13	9	20	67	75	−8	48
16	Bracknell Town	42	13	8	21	68	93	−25	47
17	Leighton Town	142	13	6	123	45	78	−33	45
18	Hungerford Town	42	11	11	20	66	77	−11	44
19	Witham Town	42	9	13	20	55	68	−13	40
20	Tilbury (R)	42	9	12	21	57	88	−31	39	Relegated to 1998–99 Isthmian Division Three
21	Egham Town (R)	42	9	5	28	47	101	−54	32
22	Cheshunt (R)	42	4	10	28	31	90	−59	22

Division Three

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hemel Hempstead (C) (P)	38	27	6	5	84	28	+56	87	Promoted to 1998–99 Isthmian Division Two
2	Hertford Town (P)	38	26	5	7	77	31	+46	83
3	Harlow Town (P)	38	24	11	3	81	42	+39	83
4	Camberley Town	38	24	7	7	93	43	+50	79
5	Ford United	38	23	9	6	90	34	+56	78
6	East Thurrock United	38	23	7	8	70	40	+30	76
7	Ware	38	17	6	15	69	57	+12	57
8	Epsom & Ewell	38	17	6	15	68	57	+11	57
9	Aveley	38	16	7	15	65	57	+8	55
10	Corinthian Casuals	38	16	6	16	59	57	+2	54
11	Hornchurch	38	12	9	17	55	68	−13	45
12	Clapton	38	13	6	19	46	61	−15	45
13	Flackwell Heath	38	12	9	17	50	76	−26	45
14	Croydon Athletic	38	12	7	19	58	63	−5	43
15	Tring Town	38	12	7	19	51	69	−18	43
16	Southall	38	10	6	22	41	85	−44	36
17	Dorking	38	9	6	23	49	94	−45	33
18	Wingate & Finchley	38	7	8	23	46	80	−34	29
19	Lewes	38	7	5	26	34	88	−54	26
20	Kingsbury Town	38	5	3	30	35	91	−56	18

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Robinson, M. (2010). Non-League Football Tables 1889-2010. Soccer Books Ltd. ISBN 9781862232044.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 rsssf website