2011–12 Isthmian League


The 2011–12 season was the 97th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
The league allocations were released on 20 May 2011.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
Billericay Town won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners AFC Hornchurch, while Lowestoft Town lost their second consecutive play-off final. Four clubs were relegated and there were no reprieves from relegation for the first time since the creation of North and South divisions in 2006.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Results grid

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
AFC HornchurchHornchurch Stadium3,500
AveleyThe Mill Field1,100
Billericay TownNew Lodge3,500
Bury TownRam Meadow3,500
Canvey IslandBrockwell Stadium4,308
Carshalton AthleticWar Memorial Sports Ground5,000
Concord RangersThames Road1,500
Cray WanderersHayes Lane 6,000
East Thurrock UnitedRookery Hill4,000
Harrow BoroughEarlsmead Stadium3,070
Hastings UnitedThe Pilot Field4,050
HendonVale Farm 3,000
HorshamGorings Mead 1,500
KingstonianKingsmeadow 5,194
LeatherheadFetcham Grove3,400
LewesThe Dripping Pan3,000
Lowestoft TownCrown Meadow2,250
MargateHartsdown Park2,100
Metropolitan PoliceImber Court3,000
Tooting & Mitcham UnitedImperial Fields3,500
WealdstoneGrosvenor Vale2,640
Wingate & FinchleyThe Harry Abrahams Stadium1,500

Division One North

Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:
Leiston won the division and were promoted for the second time in a row along with play-off winners Enfield Town. Great Wakering Rovers finished bottom of the table and were the only relegated club, while Ware were reprieved due to clubs folding higher up in the pyramid.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Results grid

Stadia and locations

Division One South

Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
Croydon Athletic were deducted ten points for financial irregularities, and resigned from the league on 18 January 2012. Croydon's record of P19 W3 D3 L13 GF23 GA44 Pts2 was subsequently expunged.
Whitehawk won Division One South and were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in their history. Bognor Regis Town finished second for the second season in a row. After defeating Godalming Town in the semi-final, Bognor Regis Town gained revenge on their semifinal rivals from the previous year, Dulwich Hamlet, 1–0 and joined Whitehawk in the Premier Division. Dulwich Hamlet lost their second consecutive play-off final. Croydon Athletic resigned from the league in the middle of the season, so there was only one relegation place, taken by Whyteleafe.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Final

Results grid

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
Bognor Regis TownNyewood Lane4,000
Burgess Hill TownLeylands Park2,000
ChipsteadHigh Road2,000
Corinthian-CasualsKing George's Field2,700
Crawley Down GatwickThe Haven Sportsfield1,000
Croydon AthleticKeith Tuckey Stadium3,000
Dulwich HamletChampion Hill3,000
Eastbourne TownThe Saffrons3,000
Faversham TownShepherd Neame Stadium2,000
Folkestone InvictaCheriton Road4,000
Godalming TownWeycourt3,000
Hythe TownReachfields Stadium3,000
Maidstone UnitedBourne Park 3,000
MersthamMoatside2,000
RamsgateSouthwood Stadium2,500
SittingbourneBourne Park3,000
Walton & HershamThe Sports Ground2,000
Walton CasualsWaterside Stadium2,000
WhitehawkThe Enclosed Ground2,000
Whitstable TownThe Belmont Ground3,000
WhyteleafeChurch Road2,000
WorthingWorthing Stadium4,000

League Cup

The Isthmian League Cup 2011–12 is the 38th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.

Calendar

First round

Four clubs from division Ones participated in the First round, while all other clubs received a bye to the Second round.

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.

Third round

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
35Bury Town 3–2Chatham Town 187
36Canvey Island 5–1Ware 108
37Corinthian-Casuals 2–0Eastbourne Town 41
38Dulwich Hamlet 2–1Walton & Hersham 91
39East Thurrock United 2–0Thamesmead Town 61
40Enfield Town 0–2AFC Sudbury 152
41Harrow Borough 1–2Cheshunt 43
42Hastings United 2–1Tooting & Mitcham United 243
43Leatherhead 2–0Bognor Regis Town 144

Fourth round

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
51Bury Town 2–1Corinthian-Casuals 167
52Canvey Island 2–0Cheshunt 105
53East Thurrock United 5–1Ramsgate 61
54Harrow Borough 0–1Hastings United 144
55Lowestoft Town 1–0Dulwich Hamlet 251

Quarterfinals

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
59East Thurrock United 3–0Maidstone United 109
60Hastings United 0–2Bury Town 238

Semifinals

Final