1977–78 Isthmian League
The 1977–78 season was the 63rd season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.
At the end of the previous season league divisions were renamed: Division One was renamed the Premier Division and Division Two was renamed Division One. Also, seventeen new clubs were newly admitted to the league, they were placed to the new Division Two, as the league expanded to three divisions.
Enfield won Premier Division, whilst Dulwich Hamlet won Division One and Epsom & Ewell won Division Two.
Premier Division
[edit]Season | 1977–78 |
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Champions | Enfield |
Relegated | Bishop's Stortford Southall & Ealing Borough |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,297 (2.81 per match) |
← 1976–77 1978–79 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, promoted from old Division Two:
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Enfield | 42 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 96 | 27 | +69 | 110 | |
2 | Dagenham | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 78 | 55 | +23 | 79 | |
3 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 75 | |
4 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 49 | +15 | 74 | |
5 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 69 | |
6 | Sutton United | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 66 | |
7 | Leatherhead | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 65 | |
8 | Croydon | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 61 | 52 | +9 | 64 | |
9 | Walthamstow Avenue | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 64 | 61 | +3 | 63 | |
10 | Barking | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 76 | 66 | +10 | 58 | |
11 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 56 | |
12 | Hayes | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 56 | |
13 | Hendon | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 55 | |
14 | Woking | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 53 | |
15 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 53 | |
16 | Slough Town | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 52 | 69 | −17 | 50 | |
17 | Staines Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 46 | 60 | −14 | 49 | |
18 | Tilbury | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 45 | |
19 | Kingstonian | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 37 | |
20 | Leytonstone | 42 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 36 | |
21 | Southall & Ealing Borough | 42 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 74 | −31 | 33 | Relegated to Division One |
22 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 36 | 83 | −47 | 29 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division One
[edit]Season | 1977–78 |
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Champions | Dulwich Hamlet |
Promoted | Dulwich Hamlet Oxford City |
Relegated | Corinthian-Casuals Hornchurch |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,326 (2.87 per match) |
← 1976–77 1978–79 → |
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, relegated from old Division One:
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 91 | 25 | +66 | 93 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Oxford City | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 85 | 44 | +41 | 83 | |
3 | Bromley | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 82 | |
4 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 77 | |
5 | Ilford | 42 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 57 | 47 | +10 | 77 | |
6 | St Albans City | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 83 | 46 | +37 | 76 | |
7 | Wokingham Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 69 | |
8 | Harlow Town | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 63 | 49 | +14 | 65 | |
9 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 61 | |
10 | Maidenhead United | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 54 | +1 | 61 | |
11 | Hertford Town | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 57 | 51 | +6 | 59 | |
12 | Chesham United | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 69 | 70 | −1 | 55 | |
13 | Hampton | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 52 | |
14 | Harwich & Parkeston | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 68 | 79 | −11 | 49 | |
15 | Wembley | 42 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 56 | 82 | −26 | 48 | |
16 | Horsham | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 46 | |
17 | Finchley | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 68 | −27 | 46 | |
18 | Aveley | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 47 | 75 | −28 | 46 | |
19 | Ware | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 61 | 95 | −34 | 37 | |
20 | Clapton | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 46 | 78 | −32 | 36 | |
21 | Hornchurch | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 47 | 81 | −34 | 34 | Relegated to Division Two |
22 | Corinthian-Casuals | 42 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 88 | −48 | 19 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division Two
[edit]Season | 1977–78 |
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Champions | Epsom & Ewell |
Promoted | Epsom & Ewell Metropolitan Police |
Matches played | 272 |
Goals scored | 801 (2.94 per match) |
1978–79 → |
The 1977–78 season was first for new Division Two. The Division consisted of 16 clubs transferred from the Athenian League and one club (Metropolitan Police) transferred from the Southern Football League Division One South.
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Epsom & Ewell | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 65 | 34 | +31 | 68 | Promoted to Division One |
2 | Metropolitan Police | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 30 | +23 | 63 | |
3 | Farnborough Town | 32 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 61 | |
4 | Molesey | 32 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 59 | |
5 | Egham Town | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 52 | 34 | +18 | 54 | |
6 | Tring Town | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 53 | |
7 | Letchworth Garden City | 32 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 53 | |
8 | Lewes | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 46 | |
9 | Rainham Town | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 45 | |
10 | Worthing | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 40 | 45 | −5 | 42 | |
11 | Eastbourne United | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 38 | |
12 | Cheshunt | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 33 | |
13 | Feltham | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 30 | |
14 | Camberley Town | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 49 | −17 | 29 | |
15 | Hemel Hempstead | 32 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 27 | |
16 | Epping Town | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 27 | |
17 | Willesden | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 38 | 88 | −50 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.