1995–96 Isthmian League

The 1995–96 season was the 81st 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 consisted of four divisions.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division

Season	1995–96
Champions	Hayes
Promoted	Hayes
Relegated	Molesey Walton & Hersham Worthing
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,323 (2.86 per match)
Highest attendance	3,804 – Yeovil Town – Enfield, (4 May)
Total attendance	223,459
Average attendance	484 (+7.6% to previous season)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

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

• Worthing, promoted as runners-up in Division One
• Boreham Wood, promoted as champions of Division One
• Chertsey Town, promoted as third in Division One
• Yeovil Town, relegated from the Football Conference

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hayes	42	24	14	4	76	32	+44	86	Promoted to the Football Conference
2	Enfield	42	26	8	8	78	35	+43	86
3	Boreham Wood	42	24	11	7	69	29	+40	83
4	Yeovil Town	42	23	11	8	83	51	+32	80
5	Dulwich Hamlet	42	23	11	8	85	59	+26	80
6	Carshalton Athletic	42	22	8	12	68	49	+19	74
7	St Albans City	42	20	12	10	70	41	+29	72
8	Kingstonian	42	20	11	11	62	38	+24	71
9	Harrow Borough	42	19	10	13	70	56	+14	67
10	Sutton United	42	17	14	11	71	56	+15	65
11	Aylesbury United	42	17	12	13	71	58	+13	63
12	Bishop's Stortford	42	16	9	17	61	62	−1	57
13	Yeading	42	11	14	17	48	60	−12	47
14	Hendon	42	12	10	20	52	65	−13	46
15	Chertsey Town	42	13	6	23	45	71	−26	45
16	Purfleet	42	12	8	22	48	67	−19	44
17	Grays Athletic	42	11	11	20	43	63	−20	44
18	Hitchin Town	42	10	10	22	41	74	−33	40
19	Bromley	42	10	7	25	52	91	−39	37
20	Molesey	42	9	9	24	46	81	−35	36	Relegated to Division One
21	Walton & Hersham	42	9	7	26	42	79	−37	34
22	Worthing	42	4	7	31	42	106	−64	19

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

Isthmian League
Division One

Season	1995–96
Champions	Oxford City
Promoted	Heybridge Swifts Oxford City Staines Town
Relegated	Barking Ruislip Manor Wembley
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,417 (3.07 per match)
Highest attendance	2,141 – Aldershot Town – Barking, (6 April)
Total attendance	126,231
Average attendance	273 (-4.5% to previous season)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and seven new clubs:

Three clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

• Chesham United
• Marlow
• Wokingham Town

Three clubs promoted from Division Two:

• Barton Rovers
• Oxford City
• Thame United

Plus:

• Leyton Pennant replaced Leyton, who merged with Walthamstow Pennant.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Oxford City	42	28	7	7	98	60	+38	91	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Heybridge Swifts	42	27	7	8	97	43	+54	88
3	Staines Town	42	23	11	8	82	59	+23	80
4	Leyton Pennant	42	22	7	13	77	57	+20	73
5	Aldershot Town	42	21	9	12	81	46	+35	72
6	Billericay Town	42	19	9	14	58	58	0	66
7	Bognor Regis Town	42	18	11	13	71	53	+18	65
8	Marlow	42	19	5	18	72	75	−3	62
9	Basingstoke Town	42	16	13	13	70	60	+10	61
10	Uxbridge	42	16	12	14	46	49	−3	60
11	Wokingham Town	42	16	10	16	62	65	−3	58
12	Chesham United	42	15	12	15	51	44	+7	57
13	Thame United	42	14	13	15	64	73	−9	55
14	Maidenhead United	42	12	14	16	50	63	−13	50
15	Whyteleafe	42	12	13	17	71	81	−10	49
16	Abingdon Town	42	13	9	20	63	80	−17	48
17	Berkhamsted Town	42	12	10	20	52	67	−15	46
18	Barton Rovers	42	12	10	20	69	87	−18	46
19	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	11	10	21	45	64	−19	43
20	Wembley	42	11	8	23	49	66	−17	41	Relegated to Division Two
21	Ruislip Manor	42	11	8	23	54	77	−23	41	Resigned and joined the Spartan League
22	Barking	42	4	12	26	35	90	−55	24	Relegated to Division Two

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Isthmian League
Division Two

Season	1995–96
Champions	Canvey Island
Promoted	Canvey Island Croydon Hampton
Relegated	None
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,294 (3.08 per match)
Highest attendance	701 – Canvey Island – Croydon, (27 April)
Total attendance	48,815
Average attendance	116 (+16.0% to previous season)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Division Two consisted of 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:

Two clubs relegated from Division One:

• Wivenhoe Town
• Dorking

Three clubs promoted from Division Three:

• Canvey Island
• Collier Row
• Bedford Town

Division started the season one club short after Newbury Town folded. At the end of the season Saffron Walden Town resigned from the league due to ground grading problems and joined the Essex Senior League. Thus, no teams were relegated from the Second Division this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Canvey Island	40	25	12	3	91	36	+55	87	Promoted to Division One
2	Croydon	40	25	6	9	78	42	+36	81
3	Hampton	40	23	10	7	74	44	+30	79
4	Banstead Athletic	40	21	11	8	72	36	+36	74
5	Collier Row	40	21	11	8	73	41	+32	74
6	Wivenhoe Town	40	21	8	11	82	57	+25	71
7	Metropolitan Police	40	18	10	12	57	45	+12	64
8	Bedford Town	40	18	10	12	67	59	+8	64
9	Bracknell Town	40	18	8	14	69	50	+19	62
10	Edgware Town	40	16	9	15	72	67	+5	57
11	Tilbury	40	12	11	17	52	62	−10	47
12	Ware	40	13	8	19	55	80	−25	47
13	Chalfont St Peter	40	11	13	16	58	63	−5	46
14	Leatherhead	40	12	10	18	71	77	−6	46
15	Saffron Walden Town	40	11	12	17	56	58	−2	45	Resigned to the Essex Senior League
16	Cheshunt	40	10	12	18	56	90	−34	42
17	Hemel Hempstead	40	10	10	20	46	62	−16	40
18	Egham Town	40	12	3	25	42	74	−32	39
19	Witham Town	40	8	10	22	35	68	−33	34
20	Hungerford Town	40	9	7	24	44	79	−35	34	Reprieved from relegation
21	Dorking	40	8	5	27	44	104	−60	29

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Three

Isthmian League
Division Three

Season	1995–96
Champions	Horsham
Promoted	Horsham Leighton Town Windsor & Eton
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,421 (3.38 per match)
Highest attendance	848 – Horsham – Leighton Town, (4 May)
Total attendance	42,721
Average attendance	102 (-9.7% to previous season)
← 1994–95 1996–97 →

Division Three consisted of 21 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and four new teams:

Two clubs relegated from Division Two:

• Aveley
• Windsor & Eton

Plus:

• Wealdstone, transferred from Southern League Southern Division
• Wingate & Finchley, promoted as runners-up in the South Midlands League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Horsham	40	29	5	6	95	40	+55	92	Promoted to Division Two
2	Leighton Town	40	28	5	7	95	34	+61	89
3	Windsor & Eton	40	27	6	7	117	46	+71	87
4	Wealdstone	40	23	8	9	104	39	+65	77
5	Harlow Town	40	22	10	8	85	62	+23	76
6	Northwood	40	20	9	11	76	56	+20	69
7	Epsom & Ewell	40	18	14	8	95	57	+38	68
8	Kingsbury Town	40	15	16	9	61	48	+13	61
9	East Thurrock United	40	17	8	15	61	50	+11	59
10	Aveley	40	16	10	14	62	53	+9	58
11	Wingate & Finchley	40	16	7	17	74	70	+4	55
12	Lewes	40	14	7	19	56	72	−16	49
13	Flackwell Heath	40	14	5	21	60	84	−24	47
14	Hornchurch	40	11	8	21	55	77	−22	41
15	Harefield United	40	11	7	22	49	89	−40	40	Resigned and joined the Spartan League
16	Tring Town	40	10	8	22	40	78	−38	38
17	Camberley Town	40	9	9	22	45	81	−36	36
18	Hertford Town	40	10	5	25	72	103	−31	35
19	Cove	40	8	10	22	37	89	−52	34	Resigned and joined the Combined Counties League
20	Clapton	40	9	6	25	48	89	−41	33
21	Southall	40	9	5	26	34	104	−70	32

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

See also

• Isthmian League
• 1995–96 Northern Premier League
• 1995–96 Southern Football League