1990–91 Isthmian League
The 1990–91 season was the 76th 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. At the end of the season Division Two North and Division Two South were merged into single Division Two and Division Three was formed.
Premier Division
Season | 1990–91 |
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Champions | Redbridge Forest |
Promoted | Redbridge Forest |
Relegated | Barking Leyton-Wingate |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,383 (2.99 per match) |
Highest attendance | 2,507 – Kingstonian – Woking, (3 November) |
Total attendance | 208,471 |
Average attendance | 451 (+14.5% to previous season) |
← 1989–90 1991–92 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
- Enfield, relegated from the Football Conference
- Wivenhoe Town, promoted as champions of Division One
- Woking, promoted as runners-up in Division One
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Redbridge Forest | 42 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 74 | 43 | +31 | 93 | Promoted to the Football Conference |
2 | Enfield | 42 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 83 | 30 | +53 | 89 | |
3 | Aylesbury United | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 90 | 47 | +43 | 83 | |
4 | Woking | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 84 | 39 | +45 | 82 | |
5 | Kingstonian | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 86 | 57 | +29 | 75 | |
6 | Grays Athletic | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 68 | |
7 | Marlow | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 67 | |
8 | Hayes | 42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 65 | |
9 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 80 | 67 | +13 | 64 | |
10 | Wivenhoe Town | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 69 | 66 | +3 | 59 | |
11 | Wokingham Town | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 58 | 54 | +4 | 58 | |
12 | Windsor & Eton | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 55 | |
13 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 49 | +5 | 54 | |
14 | Dagenham | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 50 | |
15 | Hendon | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 46 | |
16 | St Albans City | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 60 | 74 | −14 | 45 | |
17 | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 44 | 71 | −27 | 44 | |
18 | Basingstoke Town | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 57 | 95 | −38 | 43 | |
19 | Staines Town | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 46 | 79 | −33 | 39[a] | |
20 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 57 | 84 | −27 | 38 | |
21 | Barking | 42 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 41 | 85 | −44 | 34 | Relegated to Division One |
22 | Leyton-Wingate | 42 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 44 | 91 | −47 | 28 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Staines Town were deducted one point.
Division One
Season | 1990–91 |
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Champions | Chesham United |
Promoted | Bromley Chesham United |
Relegated | Lewes Metropolitan Police Southwick Worthing |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,362 (2.95 per match) |
Highest attendance | 802 – Chesham United – Bromley, (23 March) |
Total attendance | 86,996 |
Average attendance | 188 (-13.4% to previous season) |
← 1989–90 1991–92 → |
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:
Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
Four clubs promoted from Division Two North:
Four clubs promoted from Division Two South:
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chesham United | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 102 | 37 | +65 | 89 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Bromley | 42 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 62 | 37 | +25 | 80 | |
3 | Yeading | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 75 | 45 | +30 | 77 | |
4 | Aveley | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 76 | 43 | +33 | 72 | |
5 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 78 | 50 | +28 | 72 | |
6 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 72 | |
7 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 73 | 48 | +25 | 71 | |
8 | Molesey | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 71 | |
9 | Whyteleafe | 42 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 69 | |
10 | Dorking | 42 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 78 | 67 | +11 | 65 | |
11 | Chalfont St Peter | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 56 | 63 | −7 | 62 | |
12 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 59 | |
13 | Harlow Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 73 | 64 | +9 | 59 | |
14 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 46 | 53 | −7 | 53 | |
15 | Wembley | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 62 | 59 | +3 | 51 | |
16 | Uxbridge | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 50 | |
17 | Croydon | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 44 | 85 | −41 | 50 | |
18 | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 49 | |
19 | Southwick | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 49 | 75 | −26 | 47 | Relegated to Division Two |
20 | Lewes | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 49 | 82 | −33 | 38 | |
21 | Metropolitan Police | 42 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 55 | 76 | −21 | 33 | |
22 | Worthing | 42 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 157 | −129 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division Two North
Season | 1990–91 |
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Champions | Stevenage Borough |
Promoted | Stevenage Borough Vauxhall Motors |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,467 (3.18 per match) |
Highest attendance | 793 – Stevenage Borough – Ware, (15 April) |
Total attendance | 58,646 |
Average attendance | 127 (-3.8% to previous season) |
← 1989–90 1991–92 → |
Division Two North consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
- Kingsbury Town, relegated from Division One
- Purfleet, relegated from Division One
- Edgware Town, joined from the Spartan League
At the end of the season Division Two North and Division Two South were merged into single Division Two and also Division Three was formed. Finchley merged with Wingate to form Wingate & Finchley who took Wingate's place in the Premier Division of the South Midlands League, while Basildon United resigned to the Essex Senior League.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 122 | 29 | +93 | 107 | Promoted to Division One |
2 | Vauxhall Motors | 42 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 82 | 50 | +32 | 82 | |
3 | Billericay Town | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 74 | |
4 | Ware | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 74 | |
5 | Berkhamsted Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 68 | |
6 | Witham Town | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 70 | 59 | +11 | 67 | |
7 | Purfleet | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 68 | 57 | +11 | 65 | |
8 | Rainham Town | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 64 | |
9 | Hemel Hempstead | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 62 | 56 | +6 | 62 | |
10 | Barton Rovers | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 61 | |
11 | Saffron Walden Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 72 | 77 | −5 | 61 | |
12 | Collier Row | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 63 | 0 | 59 | Relegated to Division Three |
13 | Kingsbury Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 64 | 72 | −8 | 59 | |
14 | Edgware Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 73 | 65 | +8 | 58 | |
15 | Hertford Town | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 69 | 70 | −1 | 58 | |
16 | Royston Town | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 78 | 62 | +16 | 57 | |
17 | Tilbury | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 70 | 79 | −9 | 48 | |
18 | Basildon United | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 61 | 90 | −29 | 43 | Resigned to the Essex Senior League |
19 | Hornchurch | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 53 | 87 | −34 | 39 | Relegated to Division Three |
20 | Clapton | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 54 | 93 | −39 | 34[a] | |
21 | Finchley | 42 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 50 | 112 | −62 | 25 | Merged into Wingate |
22 | Tring Town | 42 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 99 | −69 | 12 | Relegated to Division Three |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Clapton were deducted three points.
Division Two South
Season | 1990–91 |
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Champions | Abingdon Town |
Promoted | Abingdon Town Maidenhead United |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,477 (3.2 per match) |
Highest attendance | 456 – Abingdon Town – Maidenhead United, (6 April) |
Total attendance | 52,052 |
Average attendance | 113 (+8.7% to previous season) |
← 1989–90 1991–92 → |
Division Two South consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
- Cove, joined from the Combined Counties League
- Hampton, relegated from Division One
- Leatherhead, relegated from Division One
At the end of the season Division Two North and Division Two South were merged into single Division Two and also Division Three was formed.
Before the next season started Feltham merged with the Hellenic League side Hounslow to create Feltham & Hounslow F.C.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Abingdon Town | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 95 | 28 | +67 | 94 | Promoted to Division One |
2 | Maidenhead United | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 85 | 33 | +52 | 92 | |
3 | Egham Town | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 100 | 46 | +54 | 87 | |
4 | Malden Vale | 42 | 26 | 5 | 11 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 83 | |
5 | Ruislip Manor | 42 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 93 | 44 | +49 | 80 | |
6 | Southall | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 84 | 43 | +41 | 79 | |
7 | Harefield United | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 81 | 56 | +25 | 79 | |
8 | Newbury Town | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 77 | |
9 | Hungerford Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 84 | 69 | +15 | 61 | |
10 | Leatherhead | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 82 | 55 | +27 | 60 | |
11 | Banstead Athletic | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 58 | 62 | −4 | 58 | |
12 | Hampton | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 57 | Relegated to Division Three |
13 | Epsom & Ewell | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 50 | −1 | 57 | |
14 | Chertsey Town | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 76 | 72 | +4 | 54 | |
15 | Horsham | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 49 | |
16 | Flackwell Heath | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 56 | 78 | −22 | 44 | |
17 | Bracknell Town | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 60 | 97 | −37 | 40 | |
18 | Feltham | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 45 | 80 | −35 | 38 | |
19 | Cove | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 51 | 94 | −43 | 37 | |
20 | Eastbourne United | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 53 | 109 | −56 | 37 | |
21 | Petersfield United | 42 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 35 | 119 | −84 | 21 | |
22 | Camberley Town | 42 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 27 | 143 | −116 | 9 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.