2019–20 Isthmian League


The 2019–20 season was the 105th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. This was the second season to consist of four divisions after the league reorganised the former South Division into the new South Central and South East divisions.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season's competition was formally abandoned on 26 March 2020, with all results from the season being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition. On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision. A legal appeal against the decision, funded by South Shields of the Northern Premier League, was dismissed in June 2020.

Premier Division

Team changes

;To the Premier Division
Promoted from the North Division
Promoted from the [|South Central Division]
Promoted from the [|South East Division]
Relegated from the National League South
;From the Premier Division
Promoted to the National League South
Relegated to the South Central Division
Relegated to the South East Division

Play-offs

Results table

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Bishop's StortfordBishop's StortfordWoodside Park4,525
Bognor Regis TownBognor RegisNyewood Lane4,500
Bowers & PitseaPitseaLen Salmon Stadium2,000
Brightlingsea RegentBrightlingseaNorth Road2,000
Carshalton AthleticCarshaltonWar Memorial Sports Ground5,000
CheshuntCheshuntTheobalds Lane3,000
Corinthian-CasualsTolworthKing George's Field2,700
Cray WanderersSt Mary CrayHayes Lane 6,000
East Thurrock UnitedCorringhamRookery Hill4,000
Enfield TownEnfieldQueen Elizabeth II Stadium2,500
Folkestone InvictaFolkestoneCheriton Road4,000
Haringey BoroughTottenhamColes Park2,500
HornchurchHornchurchHornchurch Stadium3,500
HorshamHorshamThe Camping World Community Stadium1,300
KingstonianKingston upon ThamesKing George's Field 2,700
LeatherheadLeatherheadFetcham Grove3,400
LewesLewesThe Dripping Pan3,000
MargateMargateHartsdown Park3,000
MersthamMersthamMoatside2,000
Potters Bar TownPotters BarParkfield2,000
Wingate & FinchleyFinchleyThe Maurice Rebak Stadium1,500
WorthingWorthingWoodside Road4,000

North Division

Team changes

;To the North Division
Promoted from the Eastern Counties League
Promoted from the Essex Senior League
Transferred from the Southern Football League
;From the North Division
Promoted to the Premier Division
Transferred to the [|Division One Central]
Relegated to the Eastern Counties League

Play-offs

Results table

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
AFC SudburySudburyKing's Marsh2,500
AveleyAveleyParkside3,500
Basildon UnitedBasildonGardiners Close2,000
Brentwood TownBrentwoodThe Brentwood Centre Arena1,800
Bury TownBury St EdmundsRam Meadow3,500
Cambridge CityCambridgeBridge Road 2,000
Canvey IslandCanvey IslandPark Lane4,500
Coggeshall TownCoggeshallWest Street2,000
Dereham TownDerehamAldiss Park3,000
Felixstowe & Walton UnitedFelixstoweDellwood Avenue2,000
Grays AthleticGraysParkside 3,500
Great Wakering RoversGreat WakeringBurroughs Park2,500
Heybridge SwiftsHeybridgeScraley Road3,000
HistonHiston and ImpingtonBridge Road4,300
Hullbridge SportsHullbridgeLower Road1,500
Maldon & TiptreeMaldonWallace Binder Ground2,000
RomfordRomfordThe Brentwood Centre Arena 3,500
Soham Town RangersSohamJulius Martin Lane2,000
TilburyTilburyChadfields4,000
Witham TownWithamSpa Road2,500

South Central Division

Team changes

;To the South Central Division
Promoted from the Combined Counties League
Transferred from the Division One North
Relegated from the Premier Division
Relegated from the Southern Football League
;From the South Central Division
Promoted to the Premier Division
Promoted to the Southern Football League
Relegated to the Combined Counties League

Play-offs

Results table

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Ashford TownAshford, SurreyRobert Parker Stadium2,550
BarkingBarkingMayesbrook Park2,500
Bedfont SportsBedfontBedfont Recreation Ground3,000
Bracknell TownBracknellLarges Lane2,500
Chalfont St PeterChalfont St PeterMill Meadow1,500
Chertsey TownChertseyAlwyns Lane2,500
ChipsteadChipsteadHigh Road2,000
FC RomaniaCheshuntCheshunt Stadium 3,000
Hanwell TownPerivaleReynolds Field3,000
Harlow TownHarlowThe Harlow Arena3,500
Hertford TownHertfordHertingfordbury Park6,500
MarlowMarlowAlfred Davis Memorial Ground3,000
NorthwoodNorthwoodNorthwood Park3,075
South ParkReigateKing George's Field2,000
Staines TownStaines-upon-ThamesWheatsheaf Park3,000
Tooting & Mitcham UnitedMitchamImperial Fields3,500
UxbridgeWest DraytonHoneycroft3,770
Waltham AbbeyWaltham AbbeyCapershotts3,500
WareWareWodson Park3,300
WestfieldWoking Woking Park1,000

South East Division

Team changes

;To the South East Division
Promoted from the Southern Combination League
Promoted from the Southern Counties East League
Relegated from the Premier Division
;From the South East Division
Promoted to the Premier Division
Relegated to the Southern Counties East League
Club folded during previous season

Play-offs

Results table

Stadia and locations

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Ashford UnitedAshford, KentThe Homelands3,200
Burgess Hill TownBurgess HillLeylands Park2,500
Chichester CityChichesterOaklands Park2,000
Cray Valley Paper MillsElthamBadgers Sports Ground1,000
East Grinstead TownEast GrinsteadEast Court1,500
Faversham TownFavershamSalters Lane2,000
GuernseySaint Peter Port, Footes Lane5,000
Hastings UnitedHastingsThe Pilot Field4,050
Haywards Heath TownHaywards HeathHanbury Park2,000
Herne BayHerne BayWinch's Field4,000
Hythe TownHytheReachfields Stadium3,000
Phoenix SportsBarnehurstVictory Road2,000
RamsgateRamsgateSouthwood Stadium2,500
Sevenoaks TownSevenoaksGreatness Park1,000
SittingbourneSittingbourneWoodstock Park3,000
Three BridgesCrawley Jubilee Field1,500
VCD AthleticCrayfordOakwood1,400
WhitehawkBrighton The Enclosed Ground3,126
Whitstable TownWhitstableThe Belmont Ground3,000
WhyteleafeWhyteleafeChurch Road2,000

League Cup

The 2019–20 Alan Turvey Trophy is the 46th season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League. It was the first season when group stage was introduced.

Calendar

Group stage

57 clubs from the North Division, South East Division and South Central Division entered at this stage, while Guernsey, Whitehawk and Dereham Town decided not to participate.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 10

First round

Ten group winners were entered into the draw with twenty-two clubs from the Premier Division, making thirty-two clubs.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
144Bracknell Town 2–0Hornchurch 105
145Worthing 3–2Cray Wanderers 380
146Haringey Borough 2–3Maldon & Tiptree 97
147Barking 1–2Cheshunt 62
148Enfield Town 5–1Staines Town 120
149Margate 5–1Carshalton Athletic 103
150Folkestone Invicta 4–3Bognor Regis Town 163
151Corinthian-Casuals 1–2Burgess Hill Town 114

Second round