2003–04 Isthmian League

Isthmian League
Season 2003–04

The 2003–04 season was the 89th season of the Isthmian League Premier Division. At the end of the season, the Premier Division was replaced as a Level 6 league (along with the Northern Premier League Premier Division and Southern Football League Premier Division) by the newly formed Conference North and Conference South. The Isthmian Premier Division lost more than half its clubs to these two new leagues, and the two Division One leagues had a number of their teams promoted to the Premier Division to replace them. The Isthmian Premier Division became a Level 7 league.

Premier Division

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Canvey Island (C) (P) 46 32 8 6 106 42+64 104 Promotion to 2004–05 Conference National
2 Sutton United (P) 46 25 10 11 94 56+38 85 Promotion to the 2004–05 Conference South
3 Thurrock (P) 46 24 11 11 87 45+42 83
4 Hendon 46 25 8 13 68 47+21 83
5 Hornchurch (P) 46 24 11 11 63 35+28 82† Promotion to the 2004–05 Conference South
6 Grays Athletic (P) 46 22 15 9 82 39+43 81
7 Carshalton Athletic (P) 46 24 9 13 66 55+11 81
8 Hayes (P) 46 21 11 14 56 46+10 74
9 Kettering Town (P) 46 20 11 15 63 630 71 Promotion to the 2004–05 Conference North
10 Bognor Regis Town (P) 46 20 10 16 69 67+2 70 Promotion to the 2004–05 Conference South
11 Bishop's Stortford (P) 46 20 9 17 78 61+17 69
12 Maidenhead United (P) 46 18 9 19 60 68−8 63
13 Ford United F.C. (P) 46 16 14 16 69 63+6 62*
14 Basingstoke Town (P) 46 17 9 20 58 64−6 60 Qualified for play-offs
15 Bedford Town 46 14 13 19 62 63−1 55 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Premier
16 Heybridge Swifts 46 14 11 21 57 78−21 53
17 Harrow Borough 46 12 14 20 47 63−16 50
18 Kingstonian 46 12 13 21 40 56−16 49
19 St Albans City (O) (P) 46 12 12 22 55 83−28 48
20 Hitchin Town 46 13 8 25 55 89−34 47 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Premier
21 Northwood 46 12 9 25 65 95−30 45
22 Billericay Town 46 11 11 24 51 66−15 44
23 Braintree Town 46 11 6 29 41 88−47 39
24 Aylesbury United 46 5 14 27 41 101−60 29 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Premier

Source: [1] [2] [3]
† Hornchurch deducted 1 point.
Despite losing their play-off match, Basingstoke were promoted when Hendon decided not to take up their option to join the Nationwide Conference South.
* At the end of the season, Ford United F.C. was renamed to Redbridge F.C.
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.

Playoffs

Source:[4]

Semi-finals Final
      
15 Bedford Town 3
20 Hitchin Town 1
15 Bedford Town 4
19 St Albans City 5
16 Heybridge Swifts 3
19 St Albans City 4
  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
   
  17  Harrow Borough 0(2)  
    18  Kingstonian 0(4)  
 
     
    Div1S  Lewes 1
  18  Kingstonian 0
     
   
14  Basingstoke Town 1
    Div1S  Lewes 4  
Div1N  Yeading 0
  Div1S  Lewes 1  
Final
   
Div1S Dulwich Hamlet ?(4)
Div1N Wealdstone ?(5)

Division One North

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Yeading (C) (P) 46 32 7 7 112 54+58 103 Qualified for play-offs. When eliminated, promoted to 2004–05 Isthmian Premier
2 Leyton (P) 46 29 9 8 90 53+37 96 Promoted to 2004–05 Isthmian Premier
3 Cheshunt (P) 46 27 10 9 119 54+65 91
4 Chesham United (P) 46 24 9 13 104 60+44 81 Promoted to 2004–05 Southern League Premier
5 Dunstable Town (P) 46 23 9 14 86 61+25 78
6 Hemel Hempstead Town (P) 46 22 12 12 75 72+3 78
7 Wealdstone (O) (P) 46 23 7 16 81 51+30 76 Qualified for play-offs. When victorious, promoted to 2004–05 Isthmian Premier
8 Arlesey Town 46 23 7 16 95 70+25 76 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Eastern
9 Boreham Wood 46 20 13 13 82 59+23 73
10 Harlow Town 46 20 10 16 75 51+24 70
11 Wingate & Finchley 46 19 13 14 68 63+5 70
12 East Thurrock United 46 19 11 16 62 54+8 68
13 Uxbridge 46 15 14 17 59 57+2 59
14 Aveley 46 15 14 17 67 71−4 59
15 Thame United 46 16 9 21 72 83−11 57 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Western
16 Waltham Forest 46 15 13 18 62 60+2 55† Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Eastern
17 Wivenhoe Town 46 15 10 21 79 104−25 55
18 Barton Rovers 46 16 6 24 52 80−28 54
19 Oxford City 46 14 11 21 55 65−10 53 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Western
20 Berkhamsted Town 46 12 10 24 66 88−22 46 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Eastern
21 Great Wakering Rovers 46 10 13 23 47 97−50 43
22 Tilbury 46 10 9 27 56 100−44 39
23 Barking & East Ham United 46 8 7 31 37 100−63 31
24 Enfield (R) 46 5 7 34 44 138−94 22 Relegated to 2004–05 Isthmian Division 2

Source: [1] [3] [5]
† Waltham Forest deducted 3 points.
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 South

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Lewes (C) (O) (P) 46 29 7 10 113 61+52 94 Qualified for play-offs. When victorious, promoted to the 2004–05 Conference South
2 Worthing (P) 46 26 14 6 87 46+41 92 Promoted to 2004–05 Isthmian Premier
3 Windsor & Eton (P) 46 26 13 7 75 39+36 91
4 Slough Town (P) 46 28 6 12 103 63+40 90
5 Hampton & Richmond (P) 46 26 11 9 82 45+37 89
6 Staines Town (P) 46 26 9 11 85 52+33 87
7 Dulwich Hamlet 46 23 15 8 77 57+20 84 Qualified for play-offs
8 Bromley 46 22 10 14 80 58+22 76
9 Walton & Hersham 46 20 14 12 76 55+21 74
10 Croydon Athletic 46 20 10 16 70 54+16 70
11 Tooting & Mitcham United 46 20 9 17 82 68+14 69
12 Ashford Town 46 18 13 15 69 62+7 67 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Western
13 Leatherhead 46 19 9 18 83 88−5 66
14 Bracknell Town 46 19 6 21 81 87−6 63 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Western
15 Horsham 46 16 11 19 71 69+2 59
16 Marlow 46 16 11 19 50 64−14 59 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Western
17 Whyteleafe 46 17 4 25 66 93−27 55
18 Banstead Athletic 46 15 8 23 56 73−17 53
19 Molesey 46 12 6 28 45 84−39 42
20 Metropolitan Police 46 9 14 23 58 84−26 41
21 Croydon 46 10 10 26 57 88−31 40
22 Egham Town 46 8 8 30 55 92−37 32 Transferred to the 2004–05 Southern League Western
23 Corinthian Casuals 46 6 6 34 48 110−62 24
24 Epsom & Ewell (R) 46 5 8 33 40 117−77 23 Relegated to 2004–05 Isthmian Division 2

Source: [1] [3] [5]
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 Two

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Leighton Town (C) (P) 42 28 7 7 111 36+75 91 Promoted to the 2004–05 Southern League Eastern
2 Dorking (P) 42 27 8 7 87 47+40 89 Promoted to the 2004–05 Isthmian Division One
3 Hertford Town 42 24 9 9 74 35+39 81
4 Chertsey Town 42 22 9 11 75 53+22 75
5 Flackwell Heath 42 22 5 15 71 53+18 71
6 Witham Town 42 20 10 12 75 54+21 70
7 Kingsbury Town F.C. 42 14 11 17 60 64−4 53
8 Ware 42 14 10 18 67 60+7 52
9 Abingdon Town 42 15 6 21 83 81+2 51
10 Camberley Town 42 15 6 21 51 71−20 51
11 Wembley 42 13 9 20 46 67−21 48
12 Wokingham Town 42 12 7 23 55 94−39 43
13 Edgware Town 42 12 6 24 62 88−26 42
14 Chalfont St Peter 42 12 6 24 57 89−32 42
15 Clapton 42 8 5 29 47 129−82 29

Source: [1] [3] [5]
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.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Robinson, M. (2010). Non-League Football Tables 1889-2010. Soccer Books Ltd. ISBN 9781862232044.
  2. ↑ nonleaguefooty website
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Football Club History Database website
  4. ↑ LFC website
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 rsssf website