The 1976–77 season was the 62nd season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.
It was the first Isthmian League season to use goal difference as a tie-breaker.
Enfield won Division One, while Tilbury won Division Two.
At the end of the season the league divisions were renamed: Division One was renamed the Premier Division and Division Two was renamed Division One. Also, seventeen new clubs were newly admitted to the league, they were placed to new Division Two, as the league expanded to three divisions.
Division One
[edit]Season | 1976–77 |
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Champions | Enfield |
Relegated | Dulwich Hamlet Ilford |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,229 (2.66 per match) |
← 1975–76 1977–78 → |
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two clubs, promoted from Division Two:
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Enfield | 42 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 84 | |
2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 71 | 34 | +37 | 83 | |
3 | Dagenham | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 80 | 39 | +41 | 79 | |
4 | Hendon | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 67 | |
5 | Tilbury | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 67 | |
6 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 85 | 72 | +13 | 64 | |
7 | Walthamstow Avenue | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 64 | |
8 | Slough Town | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 63 | |
9 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 63 | |
10 | Leatherhead | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 61 | |
11 | Staines Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 61 | |
12 | Leytonstone | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 59 | |
13 | Barking | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 57 | |
14 | Southall & Ealing Borough | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 52 | 64 | −12 | 53 | |
15 | Croydon | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 49 | |
16 | Sutton United | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 40 | 55 | −15 | 49 | |
17 | Kingstonian | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 45 | 60 | −15 | 46 | |
18 | Hayes | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 46 | |
19 | Woking | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 45 | |
20 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 51 | 71 | −20 | 44 | |
21 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 52 | 68 | −16 | 41 | Relegated to Division One |
22 | Ilford | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 73 | −41 | 38 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division Two
[edit]Season | 1976–77 |
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Champions | Boreham Wood |
Promoted | Boreham Wood Carshalton Athletic |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,330 (2.88 per match) |
← 1975–76 1977–78 → |
Division Two consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, relegated from Division One:
League table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 33 | 4 | 5 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 103 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 80 | 33 | +47 | 87 | |
3 | Harwich & Parkeston | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 93 | 61 | +32 | 77 | |
4 | Wembley | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 82 | 58 | +24 | 77 | |
5 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 78 | 44 | +34 | 75 | |
6 | Horsham | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 67 | 56 | +11 | 74 | |
7 | Bromley | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 71 | 46 | +25 | 70 | |
8 | Oxford City | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 73 | 55 | +18 | 68 | |
9 | Hampton | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 68 | |
10 | Wokingham Town | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 62 | |
11 | Hornchurch | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 61 | |
12 | Chesham United | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 63 | 66 | −3 | 61 | |
13 | St Albans City | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 60 | |
14 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 60 | |
15 | Aveley | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 50 | |
16 | Corinthian-Casuals | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 52 | 75 | −23 | 45 | |
17 | Harlow Town | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 39 | 77 | −38 | 41 | |
18 | Hertford Town | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 45 | 80 | −35 | 36 | |
19 | Maidenhead United | 42 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 73 | −37 | 32 | |
20 | Clapton | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 43 | 87 | −44 | 30 | |
21 | Finchley | 42 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 82 | −46 | 28 | |
22 | Ware | 42 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 43 | 98 | −55 | 23 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.