The 1997–98 season was the 83rd 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 consisted of four divisions.
Premier Division
[edit]Season | 1997–98 |
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Champions | Kingstonian |
Promoted | Kingstonian |
Relegated | Hitchin Town Oxford City Yeading |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,343 (2.91 per match) |
Highest attendance | 2,019 – Kingstonian – Sutton United, (15 November) |
Total attendance | 206,905 |
Average attendance | 448 (-10.0% to previous season) |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:
- Basingstoke Town, promoted as runners-up in Division One
- Chesham United, promoted as champions of Division One
- Gravesend & Northfleet, transferred from the Southern League
- Walton & Hersham, promoted as third in Division One
Kingstonian won the division and were promoted to the Football Conference to reach the highest level in the club history. Yeading, Hitchin Town and Oxford City finished bottom of the table and relegated to the First Division.
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Kingstonian | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 84 | 35 | +49 | 87 | Promoted to the Football Conference |
2 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 81 | 42 | +39 | 80 | |
3 | Sutton United | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 83 | 56 | +27 | 78 | |
4 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 73 | 50 | +23 | 73 | |
5 | Hendon | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 73 | |
6 | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 74 | 62 | +12 | 65 | |
7 | Enfield | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 62 | |
8 | Basingstoke Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 62 | |
9 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 60 | |
10 | Purfleet | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 57 | 58 | −1 | 58 | |
11 | St Albans City | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 58 | |
12 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 60 | 67 | −7 | 55 | |
13 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 65 | 67 | −2 | 53 | |
14 | Chesham United | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 71 | 70 | +1 | 52 | |
15 | Bromley | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 53 | 53 | 0 | 52 | |
16 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 50 | |
17 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 48 | |
18 | Aylesbury United | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 55 | 70 | −15 | 47 | |
19 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 53 | 69 | −16 | 47 | |
20 | Yeading | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 47 | Relegated to Division One |
21 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 39 | |
22 | Oxford City | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 76 | −41 | 30 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division One
[edit]Season | 1997–98 |
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Champions | Aldershot Town |
Promoted | Aldershot Town Billericay Town Hampton |
Relegated | Abingdon Town Thame United Wokingham Town |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,382 (2.99 per match) |
Highest attendance | 4,289 – Aldershot Town – Berkhamsted Town, (2 May) |
Total attendance | 142,653 |
Average attendance | 309 (+2.3% to previous season) |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs: Three clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
Three clubs promoted from Division Two:
Before the start of the season Collier Row & Romford F.C. were renamed Romford.
Aldershot Town won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with Billericay Town and Hampton. Wokingham Town, Abingdon Town and Thame United relegated to Division Two.
League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Aldershot Town | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 89 | 36 | +53 | 92 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Billericay Town | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 81 | |
3 | Hampton | 42 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 75 | 47 | +28 | 81 | |
4 | Maidenhead United | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 76 | 37 | +39 | 80 | |
5 | Uxbridge | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 66 | 59 | +7 | 75 | |
6 | Grays Athletic | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 79 | 49 | +30 | 73 | |
7 | Romford | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 92 | 59 | +33 | 71 | |
8 | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 77 | 45 | +32 | 69 | |
9 | Leatherhead | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 70 | 51 | +19 | 65 | |
10 | Leyton Pennant | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 62 | |
11 | Chertsey Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 83 | 70 | +13 | 61 | |
12 | Worthing | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 64 | 71 | −7 | 57 | |
13 | Berkhamsted Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 59 | 69 | −10 | 53 | |
14 | Staines Town | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 54 | 71 | −17 | 49 | |
15 | Croydon | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 49 | |
16 | Barton Rovers | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 53 | 72 | −19 | 46 | |
17 | Wembley | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 38 | 61 | −23 | 45 | |
18 | Molesey | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 47 | 65 | −18 | 41 | |
19 | Whyteleafe | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 48 | 83 | −35 | 40 | |
20 | Wokingham Town | 42 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 31 | Relegated to Division Two |
21 | Abingdon Town | 42 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 47 | 101 | −54 | 31 | |
22 | Thame United | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 96 | −63 | 30 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division Two
[edit]Season | 1997–98 |
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Champions | Canvey Island |
Promoted | Braintree Town Canvey Island Wealdstone |
Relegated | Cheshunt Egham Town Tilbury |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,496 (3.24 per match) |
Highest attendance | 1,108 – Canvey Island – Braintree Town, (3 January) |
Total attendance | 78,257 |
Average attendance | 169 (+24.3% to previous season) |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
Division Two consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:
Three clubs relegated from Division One:
Three clubs promoted from Division Three:
Canvey Island won the division and returned to Division One straight after relegation from it along with Braintree Town and Wealdstone, both achieved the second promotions in two seasons. Tilbury relegated to Division Three along with Egham Town and Abingdon Town.
League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Canvey Island | 42 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 116 | 41 | +75 | 98 | Promoted to Division One |
2 | Braintree Town | 42 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 117 | 45 | +72 | 98 | |
3 | Wealdstone | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 81 | 46 | +35 | 83 | |
4 | Bedford Town | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 78 | |
5 | Metropolitan Police | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 80 | 65 | +15 | 71 | |
6 | Wivenhoe Town | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 84 | 66 | +18 | 66 | |
7 | Edgware Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 81 | 65 | +16 | 64 | |
8 | Chalfont St Peter | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 64 | |
9 | Northwood | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 65 | 69 | −4 | 62 | |
10 | Windsor & Eton | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 74 | 72 | +2 | 58 | |
11 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 57 | |
12 | Barking | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 57 | |
13 | Banstead Athletic | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 54 | |
14 | Marlow | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 64 | 78 | −14 | 53 | |
15 | Horsham | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 67 | 75 | −8 | 48 | |
16 | Bracknell Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 68 | 93 | −25 | 47 | |
17 | Leighton Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 45 | 78 | −33 | 45 | |
18 | Hungerford Town | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 66 | 77 | −11 | 44 | |
19 | Witham Town | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 55 | 68 | −13 | 40 | |
20 | Tilbury | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 57 | 88 | −31 | 39 | Relegated to Division Three |
21 | Egham Town | 42 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 47 | 101 | −54 | 32 | |
22 | Cheshunt | 42 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 31 | 90 | −59 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division Three
[edit]Season | 1997–98 |
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Champions | Hemel Hempstead |
Promoted | Harlow Town Hemel Hempstead Hertford Town |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,221 (3.21 per match) |
Highest attendance | 480 – Hertford Town – Ware, (27 December) |
Total attendance | 29,119 |
Average attendance | 77 (-31.3% to previous season) |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
Division Three consisted of 20 clubs, including 14 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:
Three clubs relegated from Division Two:
Plus:
- Corinthian-Casuals, promoted as runners-up in the Combined Counties League
- Croydon Athletic, promoted as third in the Spartan League
- Ford United, promoted as champions of the Essex Senior League
Hemel Hempstead won the division and returned to Division Two straight after relegation along with Hertford Town and Harlow Town.
League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Hemel Hempstead | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 84 | 28 | +56 | 87 | Promoted to Division Two |
2 | Hertford Town | 38 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 77 | 31 | +46 | 83 | |
3 | Harlow Town | 38 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 81 | 42 | +39 | 83 | |
4 | Camberley Town | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 93 | 43 | +50 | 79 | |
5 | Ford United | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 90 | 34 | +56 | 78 | |
6 | East Thurrock United | 38 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 70 | 40 | +30 | 76 | |
7 | Ware | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 69 | 57 | +12 | 57 | |
8 | Epsom & Ewell | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 68 | 57 | +11 | 57 | |
9 | Aveley | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 65 | 57 | +8 | 55 | |
10 | Corinthian-Casuals | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 54 | |
11 | Hornchurch | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 55 | 68 | −13 | 45 | |
12 | Clapton | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 45 | |
13 | Flackwell Heath | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 50 | 76 | −26 | 45 | |
14 | Croydon Athletic | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 43 | |
15 | Tring Town | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 51 | 69 | −18 | 43 | |
16 | Southall | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 85 | −44 | 36 | |
17 | Dorking | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 49 | 94 | −45 | 33 | |
18 | Wingate & Finchley | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 46 | 80 | −34 | 29 | |
19 | Lewes | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 34 | 88 | −54 | 26 | |
20 | Kingsbury Town | 38 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 35 | 91 | −56 | 18 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.