1978–79 Athenian League

Athenian League

Season	1978–79
Champions	Billericay Town
Promoted	Billericay Town
Relegated	None
← 1977–78 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 Athenian League season was the 56th in the history of Athenian League. The league consisted of 19 teams.

Clubs

The league joined 3 new teams:

• Welling United, from London Spartan League Premier Division
• Dorking Town, from Surrey Senior League
• Fleet Town, from Hampshire League Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Billericay Town (C, P)	36	26	5	5	86	29	2.966	57	Promotion to Isthmian League Division Two
2	Burnham	36	22	10	4	86	37	2.324	54
3	Edgware	36	19	11	6	83	34	2.441	49
4	Windsor & Eton	36	21	6	9	62	30	2.067	48
5	Haringey Borough	36	16	15	5	60	42	1.429	47
6	Uxbridge	36	17	12	7	45	22	2.045	46
7	Welling United	36	17	9	10	60	46	1.304	43
8	Leyton-Wingate	36	16	10	10	67	48	1.396	42
9	Grays Athletic	36	17	8	11	55	46	1.196	42
10	Alton Town	36	15	9	12	51	45	1.133	39
11	Hoddesdon Town	36	13	7	16	63	60	1.050	33
12	Chalfont St.Peter	36	12	8	16	41	58	0.707	32
13	Harefield United	36	11	7	18	53	70	0.757	29
14	Dorking Town	36	10	7	19	39	64	0.609	27
15	Marlow	36	9	4	23	48	92	0.522	22
16	Ruislip Manor	36	8	4	24	35	71	0.493	20
17	Fleet Town	36	6	7	23	37	73	0.507	19
18	Redhill	36	6	7	23	29	79	0.367	19
19	Chertsey Town	36	4	8	24	36	90	0.400	16

Source: fchd.info
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted