2015–16 Isthmian League

The 2015–16 season is the 101st season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. Also, it is the tenth season for the current incarnations of the Division One North and Division One South.

The league constitution was announced on 15 May 2015.[1]

After the constitution was announced, Clevedon Town of Southern League Division One South & West were demoted because their floodlights were not to the required standard.[2] As a result, Ware were transferred to Southern League Division One Central from Isthmian League Division One North, and Redbridge were reprieved from relegation.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season 2015–16
Champions Hampton & Richmond
Promoted East Thurrock United
Hampton & Richmond
Relegated Brentwood Town
Farnborough
Lewes
VCD Athletic
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,694 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer 38 goals - Sam Higgins (East Thurrock United)
Highest attendance 2,467 - Dulwich Hamlet 2 - 1 Lewes, (16 April)
Total attendance 173,234
Average attendance 314 (-19.5% to previous season)

The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs: 18 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs:

Farnborough were required by the Isthmian League to pay their creditors in full before the league's 2016 AGM. If this wasn't fulfilled, the league were to relegate the club. Therefore, if Farnborough finished top, they were not to be promoted. If they finished in a play-off place, they were not to be eligible to take part in the play-off competition. If they finished between 6th and 20th, they were to be relegated to Step 4. If they finished between 21st and 24th, they were to be relegated two steps, to Step 5.[3]

Hampton & Richmond Borough won the division and returned to the National League South after four seasons in the Isthmian League. They were joined by play-off winners East Thurrock United, who reached National League for the first time in their history. Farnborough finally finished 18th and were relegated one step, as the result, Burgess Hill Town were reprieved. Brentwood Town relegated straight back to Division One along with Lewes and VCD Athletic.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Hampton & Richmond (C) (P) 46 28 11 7 105 52+53 95 Promoted to the National League South
2 Bognor Regis Town 46 29 7 10 95 42+53 94 Qualified for the play-offs
3 East Thurrock United (O) (P) 46 26 13 7 107 53+54 91 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the National League South
4 Tonbridge Angels 46 24 13 9 90 49+41 85 Qualified for the play-offs
5 Dulwich Hamlet 46 23 12 11 93 58+35 81
6 Enfield Town 46 24 8 14 74 47+27 80
7 Kingstonian 46 21 10 15 78 64+14 73
8 Leiston 46 20 12 14 72 57+15 72
9 Billericay Town 46 18 17 11 76 53+23 71
10 Merstham 46 18 8 20 74 80−6 62
11 Leatherhead 46 18 8 20 67 81−14 62
12 Metropolitan Police 46 17 10 19 60 79−19 61
13 Wingate & Finchley 46 17 9 20 66 70−4 60
14 Canvey Island 46 17 9 20 69 89−20 60
15 Grays Athletic 46 15 12 19 63 74−11 57
16 Staines Town 46 15 10 21 53 74−21 55
17 Harrow Borough 46 15 9 22 66 80−14 54
18 Farnborough 46 16 5 25 65 88−23 53 Demoted to SFL Division One Central
19 Hendon 46 13 13 20 68 85−17 52
20 Needham Market 46 13 12 21 51 76−25 51
21 Burgess Hill Town 46 12 14 20 57 73−16 50 Reprieved from relegation
22 Brentwood Town (R) 46 10 10 26 51 80−29 40 Relegated to Division One North
23 Lewes (R) 46 6 16 24 48 87−39 34 Relegated to Division One South
24 VCD Athletic (R) 46 8 10 28 46 103−57 34 Relegated to Division One North

Source: The Ryman Isthmian Football League[4]
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.

Top scorers

Player Club Goals[5]
Sam Higgins East Thurrock United 38
Jason Prior Bognor Regis Town 36
Martin Tuohy Canvey Island 24
Nathan Elder Tonbridge Angels
Thomas Wraight East Thurrock United 21
Corey Whitely Enfield Town
Luke Blewden Tonbridge Angels 20
Billy Healey Wingate & Finchley
Charlie Penny Merstham

Play-offs

Semifinals
Final

Results

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Billericay Town 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–3 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 6–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 4–0
Bognor Regis Town 3–1 3–1 2–1 5–0 2–3 2–2 1–1 4–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 5–0 3–0 4–0 4–3 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–5 2–0 6–0
Brentwood Town 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–3 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 4–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 7–0 0–1 2–0 0–1
Burgess Hill Town 1–1 0–4 1–1 3–2 3–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–5 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–1 5–1 4–2 2–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–1
Canvey Island 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–3 1–2 2–4 2–0 1–0 0–3 0–4 1–0 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 5–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1
Dulwich Hamlet 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 3–3 4–0 4–2 5–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 5–2 2–1
East Thurrock United 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 1–0 4–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–4 2–2 4–4 4–0 4–1 1–2 4–2 1–2 0–0 3–0 4–1 1–1
Enfield Town 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–0
Farnborough 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–6 1–4 0–3 0–0 5–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 3–0 5–1 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 3–0 2–1
Grays Athletic 2–0 0–2 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–3 3–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 4–0 1–3 3–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0
Hampton & Richmond 2–1 2–1 5–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 5–0 3–1 2–0 4–3 0–4 2–1 1–0 5–0 3–2 2–2 4–0 1–2
Harrow Borough 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–5 1–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 5–5 1–3 2–2 0–0 4–1 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–0
Hendon 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 2–4 2–0 2–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–3 3–1 4–3
Kingstonian 2–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–4 1–0 1–2 2–1 4–1 5–2 1–0 0–3 1–0 2–2 3–1 7–0 4–2 0–1 1–3 3–0 2–1
Leatherhead 4–1 0–3 1–0 3–2 4–4 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 2–5 0–0 3–2 3–0 0–2 1–3 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–0 0–0
Leiston 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 4–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 3–1 1–2 3–0 0–1
Lewes 2–3 0–2 1–5 1–2 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–4 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–0
Merstham 0–2 3–2 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–4 1–1 2–2 1–6 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 5–1 2–2 6–1 0–2
Metropolitan Police 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–3 2–2 1–2 2–4 0–3 3–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–3 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–1 1–3
Needham Market 1–3 0–1 4–0 1–2 2–3 2–1 1–3 2–3 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–3 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 1–3
Staines Town 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–2 1–3 3–2 0–1 2–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–2
Tonbridge Angels 2–2 1–3 4–0 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–3 1–0 3–3 3–1 1–1 4–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–1 3–3 2–0 7–0 4–3
VCD Athletic 2–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 3–2 1–3 3–2 2–1 4–2 1–1 2–3 2–3 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–3 1–1 0–3 0–3 2–1
Wingate & Finchley 0–1 1–3 2–1 5–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 4–3 3–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–3 6–0 0–0 0–1 2–0

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Brentwood Town
Dulwich Hamlet
Enfield Town
Grays Athletic
Hampton & Richmond Borough
Harrow Borough & Hendon
Kingstonian
Leatherhead
Merstham
Metropolitan Police
Staines Town
VCD Athletic
Wingate & Finchley
Locations of the Premier Division teams
Team Stadium Capacity
Billericay Town New Lodge 3,500
Bognor Regis Town Nyewood Lane 4,500
Brentwood Town The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,800
Burgess Hill Town Leylands Park 2,500
Canvey Island Park Lane 4,500
Dulwich Hamlet Champion Hill 3,000
East Thurrock United Rookery Hill 4,000
Enfield Town Queen Elizabeth II Stadium 2,500
Farnborough Paddy Power Park 4,000
Grays Athletic The Mill Field (groundshare with Aveley) 1,100
Hampton & Richmond Borough Beveree Stadium 3,500
Harrow Borough Earlsmead Stadium 3,070
Hendon Earlsmead Stadium (groundshare with Harrow Borough) 3,070
Kingstonian Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) 4,850
Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 3,400
Leiston Victory Road 2,500
Lewes The Dripping Pan 3,000
Needham Market Bloomfields 4,000
Merstham Moatside 2,000
Metropolitan Police Imber Court 3,000
Staines Town Wheatsheaf Park 3,009
Tonbridge Angels Longmead Stadium 5,000
VCD Athletic Oakwood 1,180
Wingate & Finchley The Harry Abrahams Stadium 1,500

Division One North

Isthmian League
Division One North
Season 2015–16
Champions AFC Sudbury
Promoted AFC Sudbury
Harlow Town
Relegated Barkingside
Redbridge
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,751 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer 39 goals - Jason Hallett (Cheshunt)
Highest attendance 769 - AFC Sudbury 2 - 0 Bury Town, (2 January)
Total attendance 72,944
Average attendance 132 (+6.5% to previous season)

Division One North consisted of 24 clubs: 19 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

AFC Sudbury won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in their history. Harlow Town won the play-offs and returned to the Premier Division after seven seasons of absence. Barkingside and Redbridge, both reprieved in the previous season, finished bottom of the table and were relegated, while Wroxham were reprieved from relegation as the best eighth level club finished in the relegation zone due to lack of promoting ninth level clubs.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 AFC Sudbury (C) (P) 46 33 6 7 90 49+41 105 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Thurrock 46 30 6 10 99 52+47 96 Qualified for the play-offs
3 Harlow Town (O) (P) 46 29 9 8 92 47+45 96 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
4 Cray Wanderers 46 27 9 10 98 52+46 90 Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to Division One South
5 AFC Hornchurch 46 25 11 10 87 35+52 86 Qualified for the play-offs
6 Cheshunt 46 22 14 10 88 50+38 80
7 Maldon & Tiptree 46 22 12 12 89 66+23 78
8 Brightlingsea Regent 46 22 11 13 76 55+21 77
9 Dereham Town 46 21 11 14 82 61+21 74
10 Thamesmead Town 46 21 11 14 74 63+11 74
11 Tilbury 46 20 9 17 85 66+19 69
12 Aveley 46 20 8 18 84 71+13 68
13 Bury Town 46 16 14 16 74 68+6 62
14 Phoenix Sports 46 16 8 22 60 74−14 56
15 Haringey Borough 46 12 14 20 61 76−15 50
16 Romford 46 12 12 22 59 83−24 48
17 Soham Town Rangers 46 13 9 24 61 90−29 48
18 Great Wakering Rovers 46 12 11 23 69 103−34 47
19 Witham Town 46 12 9 25 59 96−37 45
20 Heybridge Swifts 46 12 8 26 59 87−28 44
21 Waltham Abbey 46 11 8 27 54 80−26 41
22 Wroxham 46 10 10 26 50 89−39 40 Reprieved from relegation
23 Barkingside (R) 46 9 10 27 55 97−42 37 Relegated to the Essex Senior League
24 Redbridge (R) 46 8 4 34 46 141−95 28

Source: The Ryman Isthmian Football League[6]
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.

Top scorers

Player Club Goals[7]
Jason Hallett Cheshunt 39
George Purcell AFC Hornchurch 33
Alexander Read Harlow Town 31
Christian Assombalonga Waltham Abbey 26
Luke Tuttle Dereham Town

Play-offs

Semifinals
Final

Results

Home ╲ Away AFC SUD AVEBARBRIBURCHECRADERGWRHAYHARHEYM&TPHOREDROMSOHTHATHUTILWALWITWRO
AFC Hornchurch 1–1 1–2 5–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 6–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0
AFC Sudbury 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–0 2–6 2–1 5–1 2–0 0–1 4–2 0–2 1–0 5–1 5–2 5–2 2–0 0–4 3–0 0–2 2–1 2–1
Aveley 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–4 3–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–4 6–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–2 0–4 3–2 3–0 1–0
Barkingside 1–2 1–3 0–5 0–0 0–1 3–3 2–5 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 4–0 1–1 2–5 0–4 0–3 2–4 3–2 2–1
Brightlingsea Regent 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 1–3 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–4 4–1 4–0 0–1
Bury Town 1–1 1–1 5–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 5–3 0–3 1–3 1–2 0–0 4–1 5–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 3–4 4–4 1–0
Cheshunt 1–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–2 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–2 3–1 1–1 3–3
Cray Wanderers 0–2 1–2 3–1 4–0 2–3 3–3 2–0 0–1 3–1 4–2 3–1 2–4 1–1 5–0 5–0 0–1 6–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 3–1
Dereham Town 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–1 5–1 1–1 0–4 2–2 5–1 3–3 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 2–2 2–0
Great Wakering Rovers 0–5 1–2 3–2 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–5 1–1 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–3 1–4 6–1 3–2 2–0 3–4
Haringey Borough 0–3 1–3 3–1 2–3 2–2 2–3 0–4 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 2–3 1–3
Harlow Town 3–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 4–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 3–2 2–1 5–2 4–0
Heybridge Swifts 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–5 2–1 1–8 0–1 0–2 2–3 1–4 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–4 2–1 3–3 2–2 1–0
Maldon & Tiptree 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 3–3 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 4–0 2–3 3–3 3–1 3–0 4–3 2–2 4–4 0–3 3–0 5–4
Phoenix Sports 2–4 1–4 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–2 3–3 0–3 2–2 3–1 1–2 4–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2
Redbridge 0–6 0–4 1–4 2–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–4 0–5 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–3 1–6 3–1 3–4 0–4 1–5 1–0 2–1 0–2
Romford 2–0 0–1 0–5 2–1 0–2 3–3 1–3 2–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 4–3 2–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 0–3 2–0 1–0 0–0
Soham Town Rangers 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–4 1–2 1–1 4–1 4–2 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 1–0
Thamesmead Town 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 3–2 5–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–3 3–2 0–0
Thurrock 2–1 5–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 4–1 3–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–4 3–1 2–1 1–2 5–1
Tilbury 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 4–3 0–0 2–2 4–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 5–3 4–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–0
Waltham Abbey 1–0 0–3 1–2 3–3 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–4 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–1 2–1
Witham Town 0–4 1–2 0–5 3–2 0–3 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 3–0 3–3 3–2 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–0 2–1
Wroxham 0–4 1–2 2–5 1–1 3–3 1–1 0–3 0–4 0–2 2–4 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 3–4 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 0–0

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

AFC Hornchurch
Aveley
Barkingside
Cheshunt
Cray Wanderers
Haringey Borough
Phoenix Sports
Redbridge
Romford & Thurrock
Thamesmead Town
Waltham Abbey
Locations of Division One North teams
Team Stadium Capacity
AFC Hornchurch Hornchurch Stadium 3,500
AFC Sudbury King's Marsh 2,500
Aveley The Mill Field 1,100
Barkingside Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford) 3,500
Brightlingsea Regent North Road 1,000
Bury Town Ram Meadow 3,500
Cheshunt Cheshunt Stadium 3,000
Cray Wanderers Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) 6,000
Dereham Town Aldiss Park 3,000
Great Wakering Rovers Burroughs Park 2,500
Haringey Borough Coles Park 1,500
Harlow Town Barrows Farm 3,500
Heybridge Swifts Scraley Road 3,000
Maldon & Tiptree Wallace Binder Ground 2,000
Phoenix Sports Victory Road 2,000
Redbridge Oakside 3,000
Romford Ship Lane (groundshare with Thurrock) 3,500
Soham Town Rangers Julius Martin Lane 2,000
Thamesmead Town Bayliss Avenue 6,000
Thurrock Ship Lane 3,500
Tilbury Chadfields 4,000
Waltham Abbey Capershotts 3,500
Witham Town Spa Road 2,500
Wroxham Trafford Park 2,000

Division One South

Isthmian League
Division One South
Season 2015–16
Champions Folkestone Invicta
Promoted Folkestone Invicta
Worthing
Relegated Peacehaven & Telscombe
Walton & Hersham
Whitstable Town
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,785 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer 37 goals - Ian Draycott (Folkestone Invicta)
Highest attendance 1,545 - Folkestone Invicta 6 - 0 Walton & Hersham, (25 March)
Total attendance 112,992
Average attendance 205 (-3.8% to previous season)

Division One South consisted of 24 clubs: 20 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:

Folkestone Invicta won the division and returned to the Premier Division after four consecutive play-off defeats. Worthing won the play-offs and joined them after nine seasons in Division One South. Peacehaven & Telscombe suffered second consecutive relegation and left the league along with Whitstable Town and Walton & Hersham. Both clubs also spent nine seasons in the division.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Folkestone Invicta (C) (P) 46 36 6 4 102 34+68 114 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Dorking Wanderers 46 27 9 10 99 56+43 90 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Worthing (O) (P) 46 27 7 12 96 56+40 88 Qualification for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
4 Hythe Town 46 27 6 13 74 49+25 87 Qualification for the play-offs
5 Faversham Town 46 25 8 13 76 45+31 83
6 Corinthian-Casuals 46 26 7 13 75 52+23 082†
7 Hastings United 46 25 6 15 99 64+35 81
8 Herne Bay 46 22 10 14 79 54+25 76
9 Molesey 46 23 6 17 87 83+4 75
10 Carshalton Athletic 46 21 9 16 83 74+9 72
11 South Park 46 21 9 16 78 71+7 72
12 Ramsgate 46 21 8 17 92 76+16 71
13 Guernsey 46 21 5 20 94 88+6 68
14 Three Bridges 46 20 6 20 59 67−8 66
15 Whyteleafe 46 19 5 22 69 77−8 62
16 Walton Casuals 46 18 6 22 74 85−11 60
17 Tooting & Mitcham United 46 16 10 20 66 71−5 58
18 Sittingbourne 46 16 6 24 63 77−14 54
19 Chatham Town 46 13 7 26 61 70−9 46
20 East Grinstead Town 46 12 7 27 55 84−29 43
21 Chipstead 46 11 6 29 54 92−38 39
22 Walton & Hersham (R) 46 9 6 31 50 113−63 030‡ Relegation to the Combined Counties League
23 Whitstable Town (R) 46 8 2 36 52 118−66 26 Relegation to the Southern Counties East League
24 Peacehaven & Telscombe (R) 46 6 7 33 48 129−81 25 Relegation to the Southern Combination League

Source: The Ryman Isthmian Football League[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
‡ Walton & Hersham were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Whitstable Town on 8 August 2015.[9]
† Corinthian-Casuals were deducted three points for fielding a suspended player against Faversham Town on 16 January 2016.[10]
(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.

Top scorers

Player Club Goals[11]
Ian Draycott Folkestone Invicta 37
Tom Tolfrey Dorking Wanderers 36
Joe Taylor Ramsgate 33
Ross Allen Guernsey 32
Billy Medlock Hastings United 25

Play-offs

Semifinals
Final

Results

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Carshalton Athletic 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–4 2–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 3–2 4–0 5–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–3
Chatham Town 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–3 4–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–3
Chipstead 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–2 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–4 2–1 2–3 0–0 1–4 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–2 1–2
Corinthian-Casuals 2–0 4–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 5–1 0–1 4–2 0–1 2–0
Dorking Wanderers 1–0 0–0 5–0 4–1 5–3 5–1 1–0 4–0 1–2 4–2 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–5 3–1 1–3 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 2–2
East Grinstead Town 2–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 4–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–4
Faversham Town 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 3–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 7–0 2–1 1–0 0–0
Folkestone Invicta 3–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 5–2 1–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 6–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–0
Guernsey 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–4 2–1 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–4 0–0 3–1 4–2 6–1 3–0 3–0 2–3 1–0 6–2 4–1 6–2 2–0 2–1 1–1
Hastings United 0–1 1–0 6–0 3–3 2–3 5–2 1–4 1–4 2–0 1–2 3–1 4–2 6–0 3–2 2–0 5–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 6–1 2–0 1–3
Herne Bay 1–1 1–2 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 7–0 1–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–2 1–0 3–4
Hythe Town 3–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 0–3 2–1 0–0 3–0
Molesey 2–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 1–0 1–5 0–1 4–0 2–1 3–2 1–3 4–2 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–2 3–2 6–2 4–1 2–0 1–3 1–4
Peacehaven & Telscombe 2–4 0–4 1–3 0–1 2–4 1–1 1–0 2–4 2–1 0–4 0–3 0–3 1–2 2–3 2–6 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–2
Ramsgate 7–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 2–1 8–1 1–3 2–3 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 3–0 1–1
Sittingbourne 1–2 2–1 1–6 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–2
South Park 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–2 0–4 4–4 1–1 0–4 1–0 6–2 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 0–1
Three Bridges 2–3 2–1 3–1 0–1 0–6 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 0–3 3–0 0–2 3–3 2–0 1–0 1–4 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 0–0 2–0
Tooting & Mitcham United 3–0 2–7 0–1 0–3 3–0 4–0 1–1 0–2 4–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 4–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–1
Walton & Hersham 1–3 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–4 1–3 0–1 0–3 1–2 2–4 1–4 1–3 2–3 2–0 3–2 0–2 2–3 0–2 2–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 1–3
Walton Casuals 2–2 1–2 3–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–5 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–2 5–3 0–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2
Whitstable Town 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–3 0–4 0–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 4–3 2–4 0–5 1–6 1–3 3–0 1–2 0–8 2–4 0–1
Whyteleafe 1–3 2–5 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 4–3 4–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 4–1 4–2 1–2
Worthing 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–4 5–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 3–0 2–0 1–2 5–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 0–2 5–1 2–0 1–2 5–3 5–1

Updated to games played on 23 April 2016.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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Carshalton Athletic
Chipstead
Corinthian-Casuals
Molesey
Tooting & Mitcham United
Walton Casuals
Whyteleafe
Locations of Division One South teams
Team Stadium Capacity
Carshalton Athletic War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000
Chatham Town The Sports Ground 5,000
Chipstead High Road 2,000
Corinthian-Casuals King George's Field 2,700
Dorking Wanderers Westhumble Community Ground 1,500
East Grinstead Town East Court 1,000
Faversham Town Shepherd Neame Stadium 2,000
Folkestone Invicta Cheriton Road 4,000
Guernsey Footes Lane 5,000
Hastings United The Pilot Field 4,050
Herne Bay Winch's Field 4,000
Hythe Town Reachfields Stadium 3,000
Molesey Walton Road Stadium 1,000
Peacehaven & Telscombe The Sports Park 1,500
Ramsgate Southwood Stadium 2,500
Sittingbourne Woodstock Park 3,000
South Park King George's Field 2,000
Three Bridges Jubilee Field 1,500
Tooting & Mitcham United Imperial Fields 3,500
Walton & Hersham The Sports Ground 2,000
Walton Casuals Moatside (groundshare with Merstham) 2,000
Whitstable Town The Belmont Ground 3,000
Whyteleafe Church Road 2,000
Worthing Worthing Stadium 4,000

League Cup

2015–16 Alan Turvey Trophy
Country  England
Teams 67
Champions Kingstonian
Runners-up Faversham Town
Matches played 66
Goals scored 254 (3.85 per match)
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Alan Turvey Trophy sponsored by Robert Dyas (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) is the 42nd season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.[12][13]

Calendar

Round Dates Matches Clubs
Premilinary round 17 August to 18 August 3 67 → 64
First round 18 August to 5 October 32 64 → 32
Second round 6 October to 19 October 16 32 → 16
Third round 9 November to 8 December 8 16 → 8
Quarterfinals 12 January to 16 February 4 8 → 4
Semifinals 29 February to 1 March 2 4 → 2
Final 6 April 1 2 → 1

The Isthmian League Cup was voluntary this season, five clubs decided not to take part in the competition:

Premilinary round

Six clubs participated in the Premilinary round, while all other clubs received a bye to the First round.

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att.
1 AFC Sudbury (N) 1–5 Brightlingsea Regent (N) 136
2 Barkingside (N) 0–9 AFC Hornchurch (N) 145
3 Billericay Town (P) 1–2 Aveley (N) 121

First round

The three clubs to have made it through the Premilinary round were entered into the draw with every other Isthmian League club, making sixty-four teams.

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att.
4 Brentwood Town (P) 1–2 Enfield Town (P) 85
5 Bury Town (N) 0–3 Leiston (P) 161
6 Canvey Island (P) 2–2 Grays Athletic (P) 153
Grays Athletic advance 3–1 on penalties
7 Chipstead (S) 1–2 Walton & Hersham (S) 41
8 Corinthian-Casuals (S) 4–0 South Park (S) 67
9 Dorking Wanderers (S) 2–1 Peacehaven & Telscombe (S) 33
10 Dulwich Hamlet (P) 2–0 Thamesmead Town (N) 245
11 Farnborough (P) 3–2 Lewes (P) 91
12 Folkestone Invicta (S) 2–0 Ramsgate (S) 187
13 Haringey Borough (N) 2–2 Metropolitan Police (P) 42
Metropolitan Police advance 4–3 on penalties
14 Harrow Borough (P) 2–3 Kingstonian (P) 55
15 Hastings United (S) 3–2 Hythe Town (S) 221
16 Merstham (P) 1–2 Sittingbourne (S) 84
17 Molesey (S) 0–2 Hendon (P) 35
18 Needham Market (P) 5–0 Heybridge Swifts (N) 130
19 Redbridge (N) 0–3 Cheshunt (N) 45
20 Romford (N) 0–3 East Thurrock United (P) 96
21 Soham Town Rangers (N) 0–3 Brightlingsea Regent (N) 63
Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att.
22 Staines Town (P) 2–0 Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) 209
23 Three Bridges (S) 1–1 Leatherhead (P) 81
Three Bridges advance 11–10 on penalties
24 Thurrock (N) 2–1 Aveley (N) 61
25 Tilbury (N) 1–3 Great Wakering Rovers (N) 59
26 Tonbridge Angels (P) 2–0 Herne Bay (S) 228
27 Tooting & Mitcham United (S) 5–1 Phoenix Sports (N) 98
28 VCD Athletic (P) 1–2 Chatham Town (S) 61
29 Waltham Abbey (N) 1–1 AFC Hornchurch (N) 84
Waltham Abbey advance 4–3 on penalties
30 Walton Casuals (S) 4–0 East Grinstead Town (S) 73
31 Whitstable Town (S) 1–1 Faversham Town (S) 157
Faversham Town advance 5–4 on penalties
32 Whyteleafe (S) 1–1 Carshalton Athletic (S) 76
Carshalton Athletic advance 5–4 on penalties
33 Wingate & Finchley (P) 1–0 Harlow Town (N) 81
34 Witham Town (N) 2–3 Maldon & Tiptree (N) 67
35 Worthing (S) 2–2 Burgess Hill Town (P) 211
Burgess Hill Town advance 4–3 on penalties

Second round

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att.
36 Chatham Town (S) 0–1 Sittingbourne (S) 127
37 Corinthian-Casuals (S) 3–1 Carshalton Athletic (S) 75
38 Dorking Wanderers (S) 3–1 Burgess Hill Town (P) 67
39 Dulwich Hamlet (P) 2–1 Staines Town (P) 224
40 Enfield Town (P) 1–0 Cheshunt (N) 170
41 Farnborough (P) 4–0 Three Bridges (S) 102
42 Faversham Town (S) 2–1 Folkestone Invicta (S) 178
43 Grays Athletic (P) 2–2 East Thurrock United (P) 159
Grays Athletic advance 3–2 on penalties
44 Great Wakering Rovers (N) 5–1 Thurrock (N) 68
Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att.
45 Hendon (P) 2–2 Kingstonian (P) 83
Kingstonian advance 3–1 on penalties
46 Maldon & Tiptree (N) 0–3 Leiston (P) 43
47 Needham Market (P) 1–3 Brightlingsea Regent (N) 126
48 Tonbridge Angels (P) 2–2 Hastings United (S) 294
Hastings United advance 3–0 on penalties
49 Tooting & Mitcham United (S) 4–1 Metropolitan Police (P) 92
50 Waltham Abbey (N) 3–4 Wingate & Finchley (P) 65
51 Walton Casuals (S) 2–5 Walton & Hersham (S) 49

Third round

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att.
52 Brightlingsea Regent (N) 1–2 Enfield Town (P) 94
53 Dulwich Hamlet (P) 1–2 Faversham Town (S) 372
54 Hastings United (S) 1–1 Sittingbourne (S) 132
Sittingbourne advance 4–3 on penalties
55 Kingstonian (P) 2–1 Farnborough (P) 149
Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att.
56 Leiston (P) 2–1 Great Wakering Rovers (N) 84
57 Tooting & Mitcham United (S) 2–1 Corinthian-Casuals (S) 88
Tooting & Mitcham played an ineligible player, Corinthian-Casuals advance
58 Walton & Hersham (S) 0–2 Dorking Wanderers (S) 50
59 Wingate & Finchley (P) 5–4 Grays Athletic (P) 75

Quarterfinals

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att.
60 Enfield Town (P) 1–3 Wingate & Finchley (P) 155
61 Faversham Town (S) 1–0 Dorking Wanderers (S) 110
Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att.
62 Leiston (P) 0–2 Kingstonian (P) 77
63 Sittingbourne (S) 2–1 Corinthian-Casuals (S) 70

Semifinals

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att.
64 Faversham Town (S) 3–0 Sittingbourne (S) 337
65 Kingstonian (P) 2–2 Wingate & Finchley (P) 178
Kingstonian advance 4–2 on penalties

Final

6 April 2016 66 Faversham Town (S) 0–5 Kingstonian (P) Colston Avenue, Carshalton
19:30 Isthmian League report
Kingstonian report		 Brown  13' (o.g.)
Bennett  44'
Bennett  79'
Bonnett-Johnson  84'
McCollin  90'		 Attendance: 488

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Club Allocations for Step 1-4 NLS clubs in 2015-16". The FA. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Seasiders will be relegated after losing appeal". The Evo-Stik League Southern. 3 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "League statement: Farnborough F.C.". Isthmian League. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tables". Isthmian League. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  5. ↑ "Isthmian League Premier Division top scorers".
  6. ↑ "Tables". Isthmian League. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  7. ↑ "Isthmian League Division One North top scorers".
  8. ↑ "Tables". Isthmian League. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  9. ↑ "League statement:Points deduction". Isthmian League. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Corinthian-Casuals rocked by late points deduction". The Non-league Football Paper. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Isthmian League Division One South top scorers".
  12. ↑ "Spotlight On League Legend On Night Of Celebrations". Ryman League.
  13. ↑ The Isthmian archive
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