1988–89 Isthmian League

The 1988–89 season was the 73th 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. The Second Division was divided into two sections.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season 1988–89
Champions Leytonstone/Ilford
Promoted Farnborough Town
Relegated Tooting & Mitcham United
Croydon
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1236 (2.68 per match)

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

At the end of the previous season First Division club Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford. New club started next season in Premier Division under the name of the Premier Division club.

At the end of the season Leytonstone/Ilford were refused in promotion due to ground problems. Club changed name into Redbrigde Forest before the next season started.

Farnborough Town finished second and get a promotion back to the Conference after four years in Isthmian League.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Leytonstone/Ilford (C) 42 26 11 5 76 36+40 89
2 Farnborough Town (P) 42 24 9 9 85 61+24 81 Promoted to the Football Conference
3 Slough Town 42 24 6 12 72 42+30 78
4 Carshalton Athletic 42 19 15 8 59 36+23 72
5 Grays Athletic 42 19 13 10 62 47+15 70
6 Kingstonian 42 19 11 12 54 37+17 68
7 Bishop's Stortford 42 20 6 16 70 56+14 66
8 Hayes 42 18 12 12 61 47+14 66
9 Bognor Regis Town 42 17 11 14 38 49−11 62
10 Barking 42 16 13 13 49 45+4 61
11 Wokingham Town 42 15 11 16 60 54+6 56
12 Hendon 42 13 17 12 51 68−17 56
13 Windsor & Eton 42 14 13 15 52 50+2 55
14 Bromley 42 13 15 14 61 48+13 54
15 Leyton-Wingate 42 13 15 14 55 56−1 54
16 Dulwich Hamlet 42 12 12 18 58 57+1 48
17 St Albans City 42 12 9 21 51 59−8 45
18 Dagenham 42 11 12 19 53 68−15 45
19 Harrow Borough 42 9 13 20 53 75−22 40
20 Marlow 42 9 11 22 48 83−35 38
21 Tooting & Mitcham United (R) 42 10 6 26 41 81−40 36 Relegated to the First Division
22 Croydon (R) 42 4 9 29 27 81−54 21

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.

First Division

Isthmian League
First Division
Season 1988–89
Champions Staines Town
Promoted Staines Town
Basingstoke Town
Relegated Collier Row
Bracknell Town
Basildon United
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1170 (2.79 per match)

First Division consisted of 21 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:

Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

Four clubs promoted from the Second Division North:

Four clubs promoted from the Second Division South:

The First Division started the season one club short after Oxford City left the league after losing its ground and Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford at the end of the previous season.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Staines Town (C) (P) 40 26 9 5 79 29+50 87 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Basingstoke Town (P) 40 25 8 7 85 36+49 83
3 Woking 40 24 10 6 72 30+42 82
4 Hitchin Town 40 21 11 8 60 32+28 74
5 Wivenhoe Town 40 22 6 12 62 44+18 72
6 Lewes 40 21 8 11 72 54+18 71
7 Walton & Hersham 40 21 7 12 56 36+20 70
8 Kingsbury Town 40 20 7 13 65 41+24 67
9 Uxbridge 40 19 7 14 60 54+6 64
10 Wembley 40 18 6 16 45 58−13 60
11 Boreham Wood 40 16 9 15 57 52+5 57
12 Leatherhead 40 14 8 18 56 58−2 50
13 Metropolitan Police 40 13 9 18 52 68−16 48
14 Chesham United 40 12 9 19 54 67−13 45
15 Southwick 40 9 15 16 44 58−14 42
16 Chalfont St Peter 40 11 9 20 56 82−26 42
17 Hampton 38 7 14 17 37 62−25 35
18 Worthing 40 8 10 22 49 80−31 032†
19 Collier Row (R) 40 8 7 25 37 82−45 31 Relegated to the Second Division North
20 Bracknell Town (R) 40 8 6 26 38 70−32 30 Relegated to the Second Division South
21 Basildon United (R) 40 6 7 27 34 77−43 25 Relegated to the Second Division North

Source: [1]
† Worthing were deducted two 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.

Second Division North

Isthmian League
Second Division North
Season 1988–89
Champions Harlow Town
Promoted Harlow Town
Purfleet
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1291 (2.79 per match)

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

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Harlow Town (C) (P) 42 27 9 6 83 38+45 90 Promoted to the First Division
2 Purfleet (P) 42 22 12 8 60 42+18 78
3 Tring Town 42 22 10 10 65 44+21 76
4 Stevenage Borough 40 20 13 7 84 55+29 73
5 Heybridge Swifts 42 21 9 12 64 43+21 72
6 Billericay Town 42 19 11 12 65 52+13 68
7 Clapton 42 18 11 13 65 56+9 65
8 Barton Rovers 42 18 11 13 58 50+8 65
9 Aveley 42 18 10 14 54 52+2 64
10 Hertford Town 42 16 13 13 62 49+13 059*
11 Ware 42 17 8 17 60 65−5 59
12 Hemel Hempstead 42 16 10 16 55 58−3 58
13 Witham Town 42 16 7 19 69 67+2 55
14 Vauxhall Motors 42 15 9 18 53 57−4 54
15 Berkhamsted Town 42 14 10 18 57 70−13 52
16 Hornchurch 42 11 16 15 59 61−2 49
17 Tilbury 42 13 10 19 53 60−7 49
18 Royston Town 42 12 7 23 46 72−26 43
19 Rainham Town 42 9 15 18 49 62−13 42
20 Saffron Walden Town 42 8 16 18 54 72−18 40
21 Letchworth Garden City 42 4 18 20 34 71−37 30
22 Wolverton Town 42 5 7 30 42 95−53 013† Resigned from the league

Source: [1]
† Wolverton Town were deducted nine points.
* Hertford Town were deducted two 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.

Second Division South

Isthmian League
Second Division South
Season 1988–89
Champions Dorking
Promoted Dorking
Whyteleafe
Matches played 420
Goals scored 1183 (2.82 per match)

Second Division South consisted of 21 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and one new club:

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Dorking (C) (P) 40 32 4 4 109 35+74 100 Promoted to the First Division
2 Whyteleafe (P) 40 25 9 6 86 41+45 84
3 Finchley 40 21 9 10 70 45+25 72 Transferred to the Second Division North
4 Molesey 40 19 13 8 58 42+16 70
5 Harefield United 40 19 7 14 56 45+11 64
6 Hungerford Town 40 17 13 10 55 45+10 64
7 Ruislip Manor 40 16 9 15 56 43+13 57
8 Feltham 40 16 9 15 58 53+5 57
9 Epsom & Ewell 40 16 8 16 55 550 56
10 Egham Town 40 16 7 17 54 58−4 55
11 Eastbourne United 40 15 9 16 68 61+7 54
12 Chertsey Town 40 13 14 13 55 58−3 53
13 Flackwell Heath 40 13 11 16 51 49+2 50
14 Camberley Town 40 15 5 20 51 71−20 50
15 Yeading 40 13 9 18 47 63−16 046†
16 Banstead Athletic 40 12 8 20 50 65−15 44
17 Maidenhead United 40 10 13 17 44 61−17 43
18 Southall 40 11 10 19 41 73−32 43
19 Newbury Town 40 11 8 21 47 65−18 41
20 Horsham 40 7 14 19 36 68−32 35
21 Petersfield United 40 5 7 28 36 87−51 22

Source: [1]
† Yeading were deducted two 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.

See also

References

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