1983–84 Isthmian League

The 1983–84 season was the 68th 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 1983–84
Champions Harrow Borough
Relegated Staines Town
Bromley
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1339 (2.9 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:

Also, at the end of the previous season Leytonstone & Ilford changed name into Leytonstone/Ilford.

No teams were promoted to the Alliance Premier League this season.

Staines Town were demoted to the First Division due to ground grading, thus, Tooting & Mitcham United were reprieved.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Harrow Borough (C) 42 25 13 4 73 42+31 88
2 Worthing 42 20 11 11 89 72+17 71
3 Slough Town 42 20 9 13 73 56+17 69
4 Sutton United 42 18 12 12 67 45+22 66
5 Hayes 42 17 13 12 56 41+15 64
6 Hitchin Town 42 16 15 11 58 57+1 63
7 Wycombe Wanderers 42 16 14 12 63 52+11 62
8 Wokingham Town 42 18 10 14 78 55+23 061†
9 Hendon 42 17 10 15 62 51+11 61
10 Dulwich Hamlet 42 16 11 15 61 64−3 59
11 Bishop's Stortford 42 15 13 14 56 57−1 58
12 Harlow Town 42 15 11 16 64 70−6 56
13 Bognor Regis Town 42 14 13 15 62 69−7 55
14 Staines Town 42 15 9 18 63 72−9 54 Demoted to the First Division
15 Billericay Town 42 15 8 19 53 73−20 53
16 Barking 42 13 13 16 60 64−4 52
17 Croydon 42 14 10 18 52 58−6 52
18 Walthamstow Avenue 42 13 10 19 53 67−14 49
19 Leytonstone/Ilford 42 13 9 20 54 67−13 48
20 Carshalton Athletic 42 11 10 21 59 72−13 43
21 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 10 13 19 50 63−13 43 Reprieved from relegation
22 Bromley (R) 42 7 11 24 33 72−39 32 Relegated to the First Division

Source: [1]
† Wokingham Town 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 1983–84
Champions Windsor & Eton
Promoted Windsor & Eton
Epsom & Ewell
Relegated Cheshunt
Feltham
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1319 (2.85 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 Windsor & Eton (C) (P) 42 26 7 9 89 44+45 85 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Epsom & Ewell (P) 42 23 9 10 73 51+22 78
3 Wembley 42 21 11 10 65 32+33 74
4 Maidenhead United 42 22 8 12 67 42+25 74
5 Boreham Wood 42 22 7 13 74 43+31 73
6 Farnborough Town 42 18 12 12 78 60+18 66
7 Hampton 42 18 12 12 65 49+16 66
8 Metropolitan Police 42 20 5 17 79 64+15 65
9 Chesham United 42 18 8 16 64 57+7 62
10 Tilbury 42 17 10 15 54 64−10 61
11 Leatherhead 42 15 10 17 67 56+11 55
12 Aveley 42 15 10 17 49 53−4 55
13 Woking 42 16 7 19 66 73−7 55
14 Hertford Town 42 15 9 18 56 73−17 54
15 Oxford City 42 14 9 19 57 56+1 51
16 Lewes 42 13 12 17 49 65−16 51
17 Walton & Hersham 42 13 10 19 52 70−18 49
18 Hornchurch 42 13 10 19 43 63−20 49
19 Kingstonian 42 13 9 20 47 67−20 48
20 Clapton 42 12 11 19 49 67−18 47
21 Cheshunt (R) 42 12 8 22 45 64−19 44 Relegated to the Second Division North
22 Feltham (R) 42 7 4 31 31 106−75 25 Relegated to the Second Division South

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 1983–84
Champions Basildon United
Promoted Basildon United
St Albans City
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1415 (3.06 per match)

Second Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new teams:

Before the start of the season Dorking Town was renamed Dorking.

At the end of the season Corinthian Casuals resigned from the league, while the Second Division was split into Second Division North and Second Division South with a number of Athenian League clubs joining.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Basildon United (C) (P) 42 30 7 5 88 27+61 97 Promoted to the First Division
2 St Albans City (P) 42 29 9 4 100 46+54 96
3 Leyton-Wingate 42 29 4 9 97 41+56 91 Transferred to the Second Division North
4 Tring Town 42 23 11 8 89 44+45 80
5 Corinthian Casuals 42 23 11 8 75 47+28 80 Resigned and joined the Spartan League
6 Hungerford Town 42 21 12 9 94 47+47 75 Transferred to the Second Division South
7 Uxbridge 42 18 15 9 61 36+25 69
8 Grays Athletic 42 20 9 13 72 57+15 69
9 Dorking 42 21 5 16 66 54+12 68
10 Southall 42 20 8 14 79 60+19 065†
11 Egham Town 42 16 15 11 59 49+10 63
12 Epping Town 42 15 16 11 61 50+11 61 Transferred to the Second Division North
13 Molesey 42 13 14 15 59 68−9 53 Transferred to the Second Division South
14 Barton Rovers 42 15 8 19 54 64−10 53 Transferred to the Second Division North
15 Letchworth Garden City 42 15 7 20 48 66−18 52
16 Newbury Town 42 14 5 23 60 82−22 47 Transferred to the Second Division South
17 Hemel Hempstead 42 12 9 21 63 69−6 45 Transferred to the Second Division North
18 Rainham Town 42 7 5 30 38 114−76 26 Transferred to the Second Division South
19 Finchley 42 5 9 28 28 78−50 24 Transferred to the Second Division North
20 Eastbourne United 42 7 3 32 36 98−62 24 Transferred to the Second Division South
21 Ware 42 6 6 30 48 114−66 24 Transferred to the Second Division North
22 Horsham 42 7 4 31 40 104−64 024* Transferred to the Second Division South

Source: [1]
† Southall were deducted three points.
* Horsham were deducted one point.
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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