2008–09 Isthmian League


The 2008–09 season was the 94th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
Dover Athletic became champions five games before the end of the season and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Staines Town. Harlow Town, Heybridge Swifts and Ramsgate were relegated to the Division One sections, while Margate, who also finished in the relegation zone, were reprieved due to the demotion of clubs higher up the pyramid.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
AFC HornchurchHornchurch Stadium
Ashford Town Short Lane
Billericay TownNew Lodge
Boreham WoodMeadow Park
Canvey IslandBrockwell Stadium
Carshalton AthleticWar Memorial Sports Ground
DartfordPrinces Park
Dover AthleticCrabble Athletic Ground
Harlow TownBarrows Farm
Harrow BoroughEarlsmead Stadium
Hastings UnitedThe Pilot Field
HendonClaremont Road
Heybridge SwiftsScraley Road
HorshamWoodside Road
Maidstone UnitedBourne Park
MargateHartsdown Park
RamsgateSouthwood Stadium
Staines TownWheatsheaf Park
Sutton UnitedGander Green Lane
Tonbridge AngelsLongmead Stadium
Tooting & Mitcham UnitedImperial Fields
WealdstoneGrosvenor Vale

Division One North

Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season, and seven new clubs:
Aveley won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Waltham Abbey. Witham Town and Hillingdon Borough finished in the bottom two places and left the league.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
AveleyThe Mill Field
Brentwood TownThe Brentwood Centre Arena
Chatham TownThe Sports Ground
CheshuntCheshunt Stadium
Concord RangersThames Road
East Thurrock UnitedRookery Hill
Enfield TownGoldsdown Road
Great Wakering RoversBurroughs Park
Hillingdon BoroughMiddlesex Stadium
IlfordCricklefield Stadium
LeytonLeyton Stadium
Maldon TownWallace Binder Ground
NorthwoodChestnut Avenue
Potters Bar TownParkfield
RedbridgeOakside
Thamesmead TownBayliss Avenue
TilburyChadfields
Waltham AbbeyCapershotts
Waltham ForestCricklefield Stadium
WareWodson Park
Wingate & FinchleyThe Harry Abrahams Stadium
Witham TownSpa Road

Division One South

Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
Kingstonian won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Cray Wanderers. Crowborough Athletic finished bottom of the table and returned to the Sussex County League after only one season in the Isthmian League. Chipstead were reprieved from relegation due to the demotion of clubs higher up the pyramid.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
Ashford Town The Homelands
Burgess Hill TownLeylands Park
ChipsteadHigh Road
Corinthian-CasualsKing George's Field
Cray WanderersHayes Lane
Crowborough AthleticAlderbrook Recreation Ground
Croydon AthleticKeith Tuckey Stadium
Dulwich HamletChampion Hill
Eastbourne TownThe Saffrons
Fleet TownCalthorpe Park
Folkestone InvictaCheriton Road
Godalming TownWeycourt
KingstonianKingsmeadow
LeatherheadFetcham Grove
MersthamMoatside
Metropolitan PoliceImber Court
SittingbourneBourne Park
Walton & HershamThe Sports Ground
Walton CasualsWaterside Stadium
Whitstable TownThe Belmont Ground
WhyteleafeChurch Road
WorthingWoodside Road

League Cup

The Isthmian League Cup 2008–09 was the 35th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 18 November 2008 and finished on 8 April 2009.

Calendar

Fixtures and results

Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

First round

Four clubs from division Ones participated in the First Round, while all other clubs received a bye to the Second Round.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
1Brentwood Town 0–1Potters Bar Town 56
2Great Wakering Rovers 0–1East Thurrock United 60

Second round

The two clubs to have made it through the First Round were entered into the draw with every other Isthmian League club, making sixty-four teams.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
19Heybridge Swifts 2–1 Maldon Town 93
20Hillingdon Borough 0–3Kingstonian 71
21Ilford 0–1Redbridge 37
22Leatherhead 0–2Ashford Town 58
23Leyton 0–2Ware 27
24Merstham 2–5Tonbridge Angels 87
25Northwood 4–1Corinthian-Casuals 71
26Ramsgate 4–0Chatham Town 127
27Sittingbourne 0–1Whitstable Town 104
28Tooting & Mitcham United 2–5Carshalton Athletic 166
29Walton Casuals 1–6Fleet Town 81
30Wealdstone 5–2Metropolitan Police 73
31Whyteleafe 0–3Chipstead 60
32Wingate & Finchley 0–3Staines Town 37
33Witham Town 0–5 ‡Waltham Forest 54
34Worthing 1–2 Horsham 172

‡ - Waltham Forest removed from competition, Witham Town reinstalled

Third round

Fourth round

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
51Billericay Town 1–0AFC Hornchurch 172
52Carshalton Athletic 5–1Eastbourne Town 98
53Dulwich Hamlet 0–2 Dover Athletic 91
54Harlow Town 1–2Harrow Borough 113

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
55Horsham 3–2 Dartford 188
56Redbridge 1–2Ashford Town 38
57Staines Town 5–2 Northwood 117
58Tilbury 3–0Ramsgate 45

Quarterfinals

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
59Billericay Town 3–2Dover Athletic 201
60Carshalton Athletic 2–3Ashford Town 81

Semifinals

Final