1977–78 Isthmian League

The 1977–78 season was the 62nd in the history of the Isthmian League. Division One and Division Two were renamed the Premier Division and Division One respectively. A new Division Two was also added this season. Enfield won Premier Division, whilst Dulwich Hamlet won Division One and Epsom & Ewell won Division Two. It was the second Isthmian League season to use goal difference as a tie-breaker.

League tables

Premier Division

Isthmian League Premier Division
Season	1977–78
Champions	Enfield
Promoted	None
Relegated	Bishop's Stortford Southall & Ealing Borough
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1297 (2.81 per match)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Division One featured two new teams:

Boreham Wood, promoted as champions of Division Two
Carshalton Athletic, promoted as runners-up of Division Two


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Enfield !Enfield (C)	42	35	5	2	96	27	+69	110
2	Dagenham !Dagenham	42	24	7	11	78	55	+23	79
3	Wycombe Wanderers !Wycombe Wanderers	42	22	9	11	66	41	+25	75
4	Tooting & Mitcham United !Tooting & Mitcham United	42	22	8	12	64	49	+15	74
5	Hitchin Town !Hitchin Town	42	20	9	13	69	53	+16	69
6	Sutton United !Sutton United	42	18	12	12	66	57	+9	66
7	Leatherhead !Leatherhead	42	18	11	13	62	48	+14	65
8	Croydon !Croydon	42	18	10	14	61	52	+9	64
9	Walthamstow Avenue !Walthamstow Avenue	42	17	12	13	64	61	+3	63
10	Barking !Barking	42	17	7	18	76	66	+10	58
11	Carshalton Athletic !Carshalton Athletic	42	15	11	16	61	63	−2	56
12	Hayes !Hayes	42	15	11	16	46	53	−7	56
13	Hendon !Hendon	42	16	7	19	57	55	+2	55
14	Woking !Woking	42	14	11	17	62	62	0	53
15	Boreham Wood !Boreham Wood	42	15	8	19	48	65	−17	53
16	Slough Town !Slough Town	42	14	8	20	52	69	−17	50
17	Staines Town !Staines Town	42	12	13	17	46	60	−14	49
18	Tilbury !Tilbury	42	11	12	19	57	68	−11	45
19	Kingstonian !Kingstonian	42	8	13	21	43	65	−22	37
20	Leytonstone !Leytonstone	42	7	15	20	44	71	−27	36
21	Southall & Ealing Borough !Southall & Ealing Borough (R)	42	6	15	21	43	74	−31	33	Relegation to Division Two
22	Bishop's Stortford !Bishop's Stortford (R)	42	7	8	27	36	83	−47	29	Relegation to Division Two

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.

Division One

Isthmian League Division One
Season	1977–78
Champions	Dulwich Hamlet
Promoted	Dulwich Hamlet Oxford City
Relegated	Corinthian-Casuals Hornchurch
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1326 (2.87 per match)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Division Two featured two new teams:

Dulwich Hamlet, relegated from the Division One
Ilford, relegated from the Division One


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dulwich Hamlet !Dulwich Hamlet (C) (P)	42	28	9	5	91	25	+66	93	Promotion to Division One
2	Oxford City !Oxford City (P)	42	26	5	11	85	44	+41	83	Promotion to Division One
3	Bromley !Bromley	42	23	13	6	74	41	+33	82
4	Walton & Hersham !Walton & Hersham	42	22	11	9	69	41	+28	77
5	Ilford !Ilford	42	21	14	7	57	47	+10	77
6	St Albans City !St Albans City	42	22	10	10	83	46	+37	76
7	Wokingham Town !Wokingham Town	42	19	12	11	68	48	+20	69
8	Harlow Town !Harlow Town	42	19	8	15	63	49	+14	65
9	Harrow Borough !Harrow Borough	42	17	10	15	59	54	+5	61
10	Maidenhead United !Maidenhead United	42	16	13	13	55	54	+1	61
11	Hertford Town !Hertford Town	42	15	14	13	57	51	+6	59
12	Chesham United !Chesham United	42	14	13	15	69	70	−1	55
13	Hampton !Hampton	42	13	13	16	49	53	−4	52
14	Harwich & Parkeston !Harwich & Parkeston	42	12	13	17	68	79	−11	49
15	Wembley !Wembley	42	15	3	24	56	82	−26	48
16	Horsham !Horsham	42	12	10	20	41	57	−16	46
17	Finchley !Finchley	42	11	13	18	41	68	−27	46
18	Aveley !Aveley	42	13	7	22	47	75	−28	46
19	Ware !Ware	42	8	13	21	61	95	−34	37
20	Clapton !Clapton	42	10	6	26	46	78	−32	36
21	Hornchurch !Hornchurch	42	8	10	24	47	81	−34	34	Relegation to Division Two
22	Corinthian-Casuals !Corinthian-Casuals	42	3	10	29	40	88	−48	19	Relegation to Division Two

Division Two

Isthmian League Division Two
Season	1977–78
Champions	Epsom & Ewell
Promoted	Epsom & Ewell Metropolitan Police
Relegated	None
Matches played	272
Goals scored	801 (2.94 per match)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Epsom & Ewell !Epsom & Ewell (C) (P)	32	21	5	6	65	34	+31	68	Promotion to Division One
2	Metropolitan Police !Metropolitan Police (P)	32	19	6	7	53	30	+23	63	Promotion to Division One
3	Farnborough Town !Farnborough Town	32	19	4	9	68	40	+28	61
4	Molesey !Molesey	32	17	8	7	47	27	+20	59
5	Egham Town !Egham Town	32	15	9	8	52	34	+18	54
6	Tring Town !Tring Town	32	14	11	7	62	32	+30	53
7	Letchworth Garden City !Letchworth Garden City	32	14	11	7	67	48	+19	53
8	Lewes !Lewes	32	13	7	12	52	51	+1	46
9	Rainham Town !Rainham Town	32	13	6	13	42	50	−8	45
10	Worthing !Worthing	32	11	9	12	40	45	−5	42
11	Eastbourne United !Eastbourne United	32	10	8	14	40	50	−10	38
12	Cheshunt !Cheshunt	32	9	6	17	43	60	−17	33
13	Feltham !Feltham	32	7	9	16	30	49	−19	30
14	Camberley Town !Camberley Town	32	6	11	15	32	49	−17	29
15	Hemel Hempstead !Hemel Hempstead	32	6	9	17	33	50	−17	27
16	Epping Town !Epping Town	32	7	6	19	37	64	−27	27
17	Willesden !Willesden	32	7	3	22	38	88	−50	24

References

1 2 3 RSSSF tables archive for the Isthmian League

Isthmian League

Premier Division	Billericay Town Bognor Regis Town Brentwood Town Burgess Hill Town Canvey Island Dulwich Hamlet East Thurrock United Enfield Town Farnborough Grays Athletic Hampton & Richmond Borough Harrow Borough Hendon Kingstonian Leatherhead Leiston Lewes Merstham Metropolitan Police Needham Market Staines Town Tonbridge Angels VCD Athletic Wingate & Finchley

Division One North	AFC Hornchurch AFC Sudbury Aveley Barkingside Brightlingsea Regent Bury Town Cheshunt Cray Wanderers Dereham Town Great Wakering Rovers Haringey Borough Harlow Town Heybridge Swifts Maldon & Tiptree Phoenix Sports Redbridge Romford Soham Town Rangers Thamesmead Town Thurrock Tilbury Waltham Abbey Witham Town Wroxham

Division One South	Carshalton Athletic Chatham Town Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals Dorking Wanderers East Grinstead Town Faversham Town Folkestone Invicta Guernsey Hastings United Herne Bay Hythe Town Molesey Peacehaven & Telscombe Ramsgate Sittingbourne South Park Three Bridges Tooting & Mitcham United Walton & Hersham Walton Casuals Whitstable Town Whyteleafe Worthing

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Bristol City Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Millwall Notts County Oldham Athletic Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur

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Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Brentford Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Watford Wimbledon York City

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