1980–81 Isthmian League

The 1980–81 season was the 65th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. League consisted of three divisions.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season 1980–81
Champions Slough Town
Promoted Enfield
Dagenham
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1326 (2.87 per match)

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, promoted from the First Division:

There was no relegation from the league this season due to Alliance Premier League expansion.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Slough Town (C) 42 23 13 6 73 34+39 82
2 Enfield (P) 42 23 11 8 81 43+38 80 Promoted to the Alliance Premier League
3 Wycombe Wanderers 42 22 9 11 76 49+27 75
4 Leytonstone & Ilford 42 19 12 11 78 57+21 69
5 Sutton United 42 19 12 11 82 65+17 69
6 Hendon 42 18 10 14 66 58+8 64
7 Hayes 42 18 8 16 45 50−5 62
8 Dagenham (P) 42 17 11 14 79 66+13 62 Promoted to the Alliance Premier League
9 Harrow Borough 42 16 11 15 57 52+5 59
10 Bromley 42 16 9 17 63 69−6 57
11 Staines Town 42 15 9 18 60 61−1 54
12 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 15 8 19 49 53−4 53
13 Hitchin Town 42 14 10 18 64 62+2 52
14 Croydon 42 12 15 15 51 510 51
15 Dulwich Hamlet 42 13 12 17 62 67−5 51
16 Leatherhead 42 12 14 16 36 50−14 50
17 Carshalton Athletic 42 14 8 20 57 82−25 50
18 Barking 42 13 12 17 58 72−14 049*
19 Harlow Town 42 11 15 16 53 66−13 48
20 Walthamstow Avenue 42 13 7 22 50 81−31 46
21 Boreham Wood 42 10 13 19 46 69−23 43
22 Woking 42 11 7 24 40 69−29 037†

Source: [1]
* Thurrock were deducted two points.
† Woking were deducted three points.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

First Division

Isthmian League
First Division
Season 1980–81
Champions Bishop's Stortford
Promoted Bishop's Stortford
Billericay Town
Relegated Camberley Town
Finchley
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1311 (2.84 per match)

First Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:

Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

Two clubs promoted from the Second Division:

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bishop's Stortford (C) (P) 42 30 6 6 84 28+56 96 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Billericay Town (P) 42 29 6 7 67 34+33 93
3 Epsom & Ewell 42 24 12 6 80 36+44 84
4 Farnborough Town 42 23 11 8 75 39+36 80
5 St Albans City 42 24 5 13 85 61+24 77
6 Kingstonian 42 20 9 13 63 51+12 69
7 Oxford City 42 18 9 15 71 48+23 63
8 Wokingham Town 42 16 15 11 70 56+14 63
9 Metropolitan Police 42 18 7 17 61 58+3 61
10 Chesham United 42 17 7 18 64 640 58
11 Lewes 42 17 7 18 72 83−11 58
12 Maidenhead United 42 16 7 19 58 62−4 55
13 Walton & Hersham 42 12 15 15 46 53−7 51
14 Hertford Town 42 13 11 18 46 65−19 50
15 Hampton 42 12 13 17 46 53−7 49
16 Aveley 42 13 9 20 54 55−1 48
17 Wembley 42 13 8 21 47 61−14 47
18 Clapton 42 12 8 22 53 86−33 44
19 Ware 42 9 13 20 50 69−19 40
20 Tilbury 42 10 8 24 42 84−42 38
21 Camberley Town (R) 42 8 7 27 42 88−46 31 Relegated to the Second Division
22 Finchley (R) 42 6 11 25 35 77−42 29

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second Division

Isthmian League
Second Division
Season 1980–81
Champions Feltham
Promoted Feltham
Hornchurch
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1042 (2.74 per match)

Second Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new teams:

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Feltham (C) (P) 38 24 10 4 65 30+35 82 Promoted to the First Division
2 Hornchurch (P) 38 25 6 7 74 35+39 81
3 Hungerford Town 38 23 10 5 84 29+55 79
4 Barton Rovers 38 19 11 8 61 26+35 68
5 Worthing 38 19 11 8 74 43+31 68
6 Cheshunt 38 19 11 8 57 33+24 68
7 Letchworth Garden City 38 18 7 13 49 40+9 61
8 Southall 38 14 11 13 48 52−4 53
9 Dorking Town 38 13 12 13 47 45+2 51
10 Horsham 38 16 3 19 47 470 51
11 Hemel Hempstead 38 14 7 17 49 55−6 49
12 Egham Town 38 13 9 16 45 62−17 48
13 Harwich & Parkeston 38 12 11 15 57 58−1 47
14 Rainham Town 38 11 13 14 44 45−1 46
15 Epping Town 38 12 7 19 37 50−13 43
16 Eastbourne United 38 11 10 17 59 75−16 43
17 Willesden 38 11 8 19 57 68−11 41 Club folded at the end of the season
18 Tring Town 38 11 6 21 40 71−31 39
19 Molesey 38 4 9 25 31 83−52 21
20 Corinthian Casuals 38 1 8 29 17 95−78 11

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

See also

References

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