2011–12 Isthmian League Explained

The 2011–12 season was the 97th 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 allocations were released on 20 May 2011.[1]

Premier Division

Competition:Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season:2011–12
Winners:Billericay Town
Promoted:AFC Hornchurch
Billericay Town
Relegated:Aveley
Horsham
Leatherhead
Tooting & Mitcham United
Matches:462
Total Goals:1363
League Topscorer:32 goals - Richard Jolly (Wealdstone)
Highest Attendance:1,145 - Billericay Town – Lowestoft Town, (28 April)
Attendance:146,064
Average Attendance:316 (-7.3% to previous season)
Prevseason:2010–11
Nextseason:2012–13

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

Billericay Town won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners AFC Hornchurch, while Lowestoft Town lost their second consecutive play-off final. Four clubs were relegated and there were no reprieves from relegation for the first time since the creation of North and South divisions in 2006.

League table

Top scorers

PlayerClubGoals[2]
Richard JollyWealdstone32
Sam HigginsEast Thurrock United31
Martin TuohyAFC Hornchurch27
Tony StokesConcord Rangers26
Leon SmithWingate & Finchley23
Kwesi AppiahMargate22
Tommy WhitnellCray Wanderers19
Paul VinesCarshalton Athletic18
Bobby TraynorKingstonian16
Lewis SmithAFC Hornchurch

Play-offs

Final

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
3,500
The Mill Field 1,100
New Lodge 3,500
Ram Meadow 3,500
Brockwell Stadium 4,308
War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000
Thames Road 1,500
Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) 6,000
Rookery Hill 4,000
3,070
The Pilot Field 4,050
Vale Farm (groundshare with Wembley) 3,000
Gorings Mead (groundshare with Horsham YMCA) 1,500
Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) 5,194
Fetcham Grove 3,400
3,000
Crown Meadow 2,250
2,100
Imber Court 3,000
3,500
Grosvenor Vale 2,640
The Harry Abrahams Stadium 1,500

Division One North

Competition:Isthmian League
Division One North
Season:2011–12
Winners:Leiston
Promoted:Enfield Town
Leiston
Relegated:Great Wakering Rovers
Matches:462
Total Goals:1473
League Topscorer:26 goals – Liam Hope (Enfield Town)
Highest Attendance:602 – Enfield Town – Leiston, (21 April)
Attendance:64,052
Average Attendance:139 (+3.7% to previous season)
Prevseason:2010–11
Nextseason:2012–13

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

Leiston won the division and were promoted for the second time in a row along with play-off winners Enfield Town. Great Wakering Rovers finished bottom of the table and were the only relegated club, while Ware were reprieved due to clubs folding higher up in the pyramid.

League table

Top scorers

PlayerClubGoals
Liam HopeEnfield Town26
Alex ReadTilbury24
James BakerAFC Sudbury
Sam NewsonNeedham Market22
James Gershfield Potters Bar Town21

Play-offs

Final

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
King's Marsh 3,800
The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,800
The Sports Ground 5,000
Cheshunt Stadium 3,000
Queen Elizabeth II Stadium 2,500
Rookery Hill (groundshare with East Thurrock United) 4,000
Burroughs Park 3,500
Barrows Farm 3,500
Scraley Road 3,000
Cricklefield Stadium 3,500
Victory Road 2,500
Wallace Binder Ground 2,000
Bloomfields 4,000
Parkfield 2,000
Oakside 3,000
Mill Field 1,100
Julius Martin Lane 2,000
Bayliss Avenue 6,000
Chadfields 4,000
Capershotts 3,500
Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford) 3,500
Wodson Park 3,300

Notes

1.Enfield spent start of the season groundsharing with Cheshunt before moving to Queen Elizabeth II Stadium at November.

Division One South

Competition:Isthmian League
Division One South
Season:2011–12
Winners:Whitehawk
Promoted:Bognor Regis Town
Whitehawk
Relegated:Whyteleafe
Matches:420
Total Goals:1270
League Topscorer:24 goals – Jason Prior (Bognor Regis Town) and
Stuart King (Folkestone Invicta)
Highest Attendance:1,279 – Bognor Regis Town – Worthing, (26 December)
Attendance:84,520
Average Attendance:201 (+24.1% to previous season)
Prevseason:2010–11
Nextseason:2012–13

Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

Croydon Athletic were deducted ten points for financial irregularities,[3] and resigned from the league on 18 January 2012.[4] Croydon's record of P19 W3 D3 L13 GF23 GA44 Pts2 was subsequently expunged.

Whitehawk won Division One South and were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in their history. Bognor Regis Town finished second for the second season in a row. After defeating Godalming Town in the semi-final, Bognor Regis Town gained revenge on their semifinal rivals from the previous year, Dulwich Hamlet, 1–0 and joined Whitehawk in the Premier Division. Dulwich Hamlet lost their second consecutive play-off final. Croydon Athletic resigned from the league in the middle of the season, so there was only one relegation place, taken by Whyteleafe.

League table

Top scorers

PlayerClubGoals
Jason PriorBognor Regis Town24
Stuart KingFolkestone Invicta
Shaun WelfordMaidstone United23
Ryan McBrideWorthing19
Terry DoddBognor Regis Town

Play-offs

Final

Stadia and locations

ClubStadiumCapacity
Nyewood Lane 4,000
Leylands Park 2,000
High Road 2,000
King George's Field 2,700
The Haven Sportsfield 1,000
Keith Tuckey Stadium 3,000
3,000
3,000
Shepherd Neame Stadium 2,000
4,000
Weycourt 3,000
Reachfields Stadium 3,000
Bourne Park (groundshare with Sittingbourne) 3,000
Moatside 2,000
Southwood Stadium 2,500
Bourne Park 3,000
2,000
Waterside Stadium 2,000
The Enclosed Ground 2,000
The Belmont Ground 3,000
Church Road 2,000
Worthing Stadium 4,000

League Cup

Isthmian League Cup
Year:2011–12
Num Teams:66
Champions:Bury Town
Runner-Up:East Thurrock United
Matches:65
Goals:202
Prevseason:2010–11
Nextseason:2012–13

The Isthmian League Cup 2011–12 (billed as the Championship Manager Cup 2011–12 for sponsorship reasons) is the 38th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.[5]

Calendar

Round Dates Matches width=100 Clubs
First round 8 October to 18 October 2 66 → 64
Second round 18 October to 15 November 32 64 → 32
Third round 5 November to 6 December 16 32 → 16
Fourth round 6 December to 13 December 8 16 → 8
Quarterfinals 17 January to 15 February 4 8 → 4
Semifinals 21 February 2 4 → 2
Final 28 March 1 2 → 1

First round

Four clubs from Division Ones participated in the first round, while all other clubs received a bye to the second round.

TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)
1Dulwich Hamlet (S)2–2Godalming Town (S)178
Dulwich Hamlet advance 4–2 on penalties
2Great Wakering Rovers (N)2–2Maldon & Tiptree (N)55
Maldon & Tiptree advance 4–2 on penalties

Second round

The two clubs to have made it through the first round were entered into the draw with every other Isthmian League club, making sixty-four teams.

TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)
3Billericay Town (P)2–1Grays Athletic (N)170
4Bury Town (P)1–0Harlow Town (N)228
5Canvey Island (P)1–1Aveley (P)160
Canvey Island advance 4–2 on penalties
6Chatham Town (N)4–1Ilford (N)67
7Cheshunt (N)3–1AFC Hornchurch (P)81
8Concord Rangers (P)3–3Needham Market (N)98
Needham Market advance 3–1 on penalties
9Corinthian-Casuals (S)1–1Hythe Town (S)162
Corinthian-Casuals advance 5–4 on penalties
10Crawley Down (S)0–4Lewes (P)94
11Cray Wanderers (P)0–4 Ramsgate (S)76
12Dulwich Hamlet (S)4–1Burgess Hill Town (S)84
13East Thurrock United (P)2–3Redbridge (N)71
Tie awarded to East Thurrock United
14Enfield Town (N)3–0Waltham Forest (N)72
15Faversham Town (S)0–3Eastbourne Town (S)70
16Folkestone Invicta (S)5–0Horsham (P)117
17Harrow Borough (P)2–1Hendon (P)74
18Heybridge Swifts (N)0–1AFC Sudbury (N)103
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)
19Leatherhead (P)2–2Wealdstone (P)126
Leatherhead advance 4–3 on penalties
20Leiston (N)3–0Waltham Abbey (N)82
21Lowestoft Town (P)2–2Tilbury (N)306
Lowestoft Town advance 3–1 on penalties
22Maidstone United (S)6–0Merstham (S)107
23Maldon & Tiptree (N)4–1Romford (N)57
24Margate (P)3–1Kingstonian (P)103
25Sittingbourne (S)0–2Hastings United (P)86
26Soham Town Rangers (N)0–3Brentwood Town (N)92
27Thamesmead Town (N)1–0Wingate & Finchley (P)27
28Tooting & Mitcham United (P)3–1Croydon Athletic (S)120
29Walton Casuals (S)0–5Bognor Regis Town (S)55
30Ware (N)1–0Potters Bar Town (N)62
31Whitehawk (S)0–2Metropolitan Police (P)85
32Whitstable Town (S)0–0Chipstead (S)98
Chipstead advance 5–3 on penalties
33Whyteleafe (S)0–2Walton & Hersham (S)60
34Worthing (S)1–3Carshalton Athletic (P)120

Third round

TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)
35Bury Town (P)3–2Chatham Town (N)187
36Canvey Island (P)5–1Ware (N)108
37Corinthian-Casuals (S)2–0Eastbourne Town (S)41
38Dulwich Hamlet (S)2–1Walton & Hersham (S)91
39East Thurrock United (P)2–0Thamesmead Town (N)61
40Enfield Town (N)0–2AFC Sudbury (N)152
41Harrow Borough (P)1–2Cheshunt (N)43
42Hastings United (P)2–1Tooting & Mitcham United (P)243
43Leatherhead (P)2–0Bognor Regis Town (S)144
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)
44Leiston (N)1–0Billericay Town (P)179
45Lewes (P)3–1Folkestone Invicta (S)227
46Maidstone United (S)2–2Carshalton Athletic (P)167
Maidstone United advance 4–2 on penalties
47Maldon & Tiptree (N)0–1Lowestoft Town (P)40
48Metropolitan Police (P)3–2Margate (P)58
49Needham Market (N)3–0Brentwood Town (N)187
50Ramsgate (S)2–1Chipstead (S)97

Fourth round

TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)
51Bury Town (P)2–1Corinthian-Casuals (S)167
52Canvey Island (P)2–0Cheshunt (N)105
53East Thurrock United (P)5–1Ramsgate (S)61
54Harrow Borough (P)0–1Hastings United (P)144
55Lowestoft Town (P)1–0Dulwich Hamlet (S)251
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)
56Maidstone United (S)3–0Leatherhead (P)117
57Metropolitan Police (P)1–2Lewes (P)121
58Needham Market (N)2–2AFC Sudbury (N)221
AFC Sudbury advance 4–3 on penalties

Quarterfinals

TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)
59East Thurrock United (P)3–0Maidstone United (S)109
60Hastings United (P)0–2Bury Town (P)238
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)
61Lewes (P)1–1AFC Sudbury (N)266
Lewes advance 5–4 on penalties
62Lowestoft Town (P)3–2Canvey Island (P)388

Semifinals

TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)
63Bury Town (P)2–0Lowestoft Town (P)574
64East Thurrock United (P)1–0Lewes (P)110

Final

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NON LEAGUE RESTRUCTURING 2011/12 - PROPOSED CLUB ALLOCATIONS . https://web.archive.org/web/20110626114009/http://www.thefa.com/Leagues/NationalLeagueSystem/NewsAndFeatures/2011/~/media/Files/PDF/Leagues/NLS/NLS_Restructuring_2011-12.ashx/NLS_Restructuring_2011-12.pdf . dead . 26 June 2011 . 20 May 2011 . 20 May 2010 . The FA . Pitchero .
  2. Web site: Isthmian League 2011/12 Bulletin No39.
  3. Web site: Croydon Athletic fined and docked ten points by FA . 8 December 2011 . thisiscroydontoday . 26 December 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130615030322/http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/Croydon-Athletic-fined-docked-points-FA/story-14082758-detail/story.html . 15 June 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Croydon Athletic quit from Isthmian League . 18 January 2012 . BBC.
  5. http://www.isthmianarchive.co.uk/2011.12.html The Isthmian archive

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