1919 Isthmian League

The 1919 season was the tenth in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.

Of the eleven clubs who competed in the 1913–14 season, only five returned for this season; four did not resume until the 1919–20 season, whilst two (New Crusaders and Shepherd's Bush) had left the league. Leytonstone were champions, winning their first Isthmian League title.

League table

Isthmian League
Season 1919
Champions Leytonstone
Matches played 20
Goals scored 94 (4.7 per match)
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GAvg
Pts
1 Leytonstone 8 5 1 2 21 73 11
2 Ilford 8 4 2 2 22 161.375 10
3 Dulwich Hamlet 8 3 2 3 19 171.118 8
4 Nunhead 8 3 2 3 18 190.947 8
5 Clapton 8 0 3 5 14 350.4 3

Sources: FCHD,[1] RSSSF[2]
1) The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.
2) The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
3) Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal average.

References

  1. "1919 Isthmian League". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  2. "England - Isthmian League". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
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