2002–03 Isthmian League

The 2002–03 season was the 88th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season 2002–03
Champions Aldershot Town
Promoted Aldershot Town
Relegated Chesham United
Boreham Wood
Enfield
Hampton & Richmond Borough
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1575 (2.85 per match)

The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:

Aldershot Town won the division and were promoted to the Football Conference ten years after Aldershot bankruptcy. Canvey Island finished second for the third time in a row. Four teams finished bottom of the table relegated to divisions One.

At the end of the season Purfleet F.C. was renamed to Thurrock F.C.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Aldershot Town (C) (P) 46 33 6 7 81 36+45 105 Promotion to the Football Conference
2 Canvey Island 46 28 8 10 112 56+56 92
3 Hendon 46 22 13 11 70 56+14 79
4 St Albans City 46 23 8 15 73 65+8 77
5 Basingstoke Town 46 23 7 16 80 60+20 76
6 Sutton United 46 22 9 15 77 62+15 75
7 Hayes 46 20 13 13 67 54+13 73
8 Purfleet 46 19 15 12 68 48+20 072†
9 Bedford Town 46 21 9 16 66 58+8 72
10 Maidenhead United 46 16 17 13 75 63+12 65
11 Kingstonian 46 16 17 13 71 64+7 65
12 Billericay Town 46 17 11 18 46 44+2 62
13 Bishop's Stortford 46 16 11 19 74 72+2 59
14 Hitchin Town 46 15 13 18 69 67+2 58
15 Ford United 46 15 12 19 78 84−6 57
16 Braintree Town 46 14 12 20 59 71−12 54
17 Aylesbury United 46 13 15 18 62 75−13 54
18 Harrow Borough 46 15 9 22 54 75−21 54
19 Grays Athletic 46 14 11 21 53 59−6 53
20 Heybridge Swifts 46 13 14 19 52 80−28 53
21 Chesham United (R) 46 14 10 22 56 81−25 52 Relegation to Division One North
22 Boreham Wood (R) 46 11 15 20 50 58−8 48
23 Enfield (R) 46 9 11 26 47 101−54 38
24 Hampton & Richmond (R) 46 3 14 29 35 86−51 23 Relegation to Division One South

Source: [1] [2] [3] [4]
† At the end of the season, Purfleet F.C. was renamed to Thurrock F.C.
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 North

Isthmian League
Division One North
Season 2002–03
Champions Northwood
Promoted Northwood
Hornchurch
Relegated Wembley
Hertford Town
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1667 (3.02 per match)

At the end of the previous season First Division was replaced by divisions One North and South. Subsequently, Third Division teams were distributed between divisions One and Division Two.

Division One North consisted of 24 clubs, including nine clubs from the First Division, eleven clubs promoted from the Second Division and four clubs promoted from the Third Division.

Northwood won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with runners-up Hornchurch, who promoted from Third Division to the Premier Division in two seasons. Wembley and Hertford Town finished bottom of the table and relegated to Division Two.

At the end of the season, Leyton Pennant F.C. was renamed to Waltham Forest F.C.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Northwood (C) (P) 46 28 7 11 109 56+53 91 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Hornchurch (P) 46 25 15 6 85 48+37 90
3 Hemel Hempstead Town 46 26 7 13 70 55+15 85
4 Slough Town 46 22 14 10 86 59+27 80 Transferred to Division One South
5 Uxbridge 46 23 10 13 62 41+21 79
6 Aveley 46 21 14 11 66 48+18 77
7 Berkhamsted Town 46 21 13 12 92 68+24 76
8 Thame United 46 20 12 14 84 51+33 72
9 Wealdstone 46 21 9 16 85 69+16 72
10 Harlow Town 46 20 12 14 66 53+13 72
11 Marlow 46 19 10 17 74 63+11 67 Transferred to Division One South
12 Barking & East Ham United 46 19 9 18 73 76−3 66
13 Yeading 46 18 11 17 77 69+8 65
14 Great Wakering Rovers 46 17 14 15 64 70−6 65
15 Oxford City 46 17 13 16 55 51+4 64
16 Arlesey Town 46 17 12 17 69 71−2 63
17 East Thurrock United 46 17 10 19 75 79−4 61
18 Wingate & Finchley 46 15 11 20 70 74−4 56
19 Barton Rovers 46 15 7 24 53 65−12 52
20 Tilbury 46 14 7 25 55 96−41 49
21 Wivenhoe Town 46 9 11 26 56 94−38 38
22 Leyton Pennant 46 9 7 30 38 81−43 034†
23 Wembley (R) 46 7 11 28 57 111−54 32 Relegation to Division Two
24 Hertford Town (R) 46 6 6 34 46 119−73 24

Source: [1] [3] [4]
† At the end of the season, Leyton Pennant F.C. was renamed to Waltham Forest F.C.
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 South

Isthmian League
Division One South
Season 2002–03
Champions Carshalton Athletic
Promoted Carshalton Athletic
Bognor Regis Town
Relegated Chertsey Town
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1604 (2.91 per match)

At the end of the previous season First Division was replaced by divisions One North and South. Subsequently, Third Division teams were distributed between divisions One and Division Two.

Division One South consisted of 24 clubs, including ten clubs from the First Division, eight clubs promoted from the Second Division and five clubs promoted from the Third Division, and one club relegated from Premier Division.

Carshalton Athletic won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with runners-up Bognor Regis Town, who promoted from Third Division to the Premier Division in two seasons. Chertsey Town finished bottom of the table and relegated to Division Two.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Carshalton Athletic (C) (P) 46 28 8 10 73 44+29 92 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Bognor Regis Town (P) 46 26 10 10 92 34+58 88
3 Lewes 46 24 16 6 106 50+56 88
4 Dulwich Hamlet 46 23 12 11 73 49+24 81
5 Whyteleafe 46 21 13 12 74 51+23 76
6 Bromley 46 21 13 12 70 53+17 76
7 Walton & Hersham 46 20 13 13 87 63+24 73
8 Horsham 46 21 9 16 80 58+22 72
9 Epsom & Ewell 46 19 12 15 67 66+1 69
10 Egham Town 46 19 10 17 62 71−9 67
11 Tooting & Mitcham United 46 18 9 19 83 78+5 63
12 Worthing 46 17 12 17 78 75+3 63
13 Windsor & Eton 46 18 9 19 66 65+1 63
14 Leatherhead 46 16 13 17 71 66+5 61
15 Staines Town 46 14 16 16 57 63−6 58
16 Banstead Athletic 46 14 15 17 58 59−1 57
17 Ashford Town 46 14 11 21 47 70−23 53
18 Croydon 46 15 8 23 56 87−31 53
19 Croydon Athletic 46 13 13 20 52 66−14 52
20 Bracknell Town 46 12 16 18 57 74−17 52
21 Corinthian Casuals 46 12 14 20 50 68−18 50
22 Molesey 46 13 9 24 52 79−27 48
23 Metropolitan Police 46 12 10 24 50 76−26 46
24 Chertsey Town (R) 46 3 7 36 43 139−96 16 Relegation to Division Two

Source: [1] [3] [4]
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 Two

Isthmian League
Division Two
Season 2002–03
Champions Cheshunt
Promoted Cheshunt
Leyton
Relegated none
Matches played 240
Goals scored 798 (3.33 per match)

At the end of the previous season most of the Second Division teams were transferred to the newly created Divisions One. Second Division was renamed to Division Two and consisted of 16 clubs, including two clubs from the Second Division, 13 clubs promoted from the Third Division and Leyton promoted as champions of the Essex Senior League.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Cheshunt (C) (P) 30 25 3 2 91 29+62 78 Promotion to Division One North
2 Leyton (P) 30 21 5 4 77 22+55 68
3 Flackwell Heath 30 17 3 10 52 44+8 54
4 Abingdon Town 30 14 11 5 65 42+23 53
5 Hungerford Town 30 12 12 6 49 36+13 48 Resigned and joined the Hellenic League
6 Leighton Town 30 14 3 13 61 43+18 45
7 Witham Town 30 12 8 10 40 43−3 44
8 Ware 30 12 5 13 47 53−6 41
9 Clapton 30 12 5 13 40 47−7 41
10 Tring Town 30 11 5 14 49 58−9 38
11 Kingsbury Town F.C. 30 9 11 10 38 48−10 38
12 Edgware Town 30 10 3 17 49 65−16 33
13 Wokingham Town 30 7 7 16 34 81−47 28
14 Dorking 30 6 6 18 49 63−14 24
15 Chalfont St Peter 30 6 5 19 34 63−29 23
16 Camberley Town 30 4 4 22 23 61−38 16

Source: [1] [3] [4]
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

  1. 1 2 3 4 Robinson, M. (2010). Non-League Football Tables 1889-2010. Soccer Books Ltd. ISBN 9781862232044.
  2. ↑ nonleaguefooty website
  3. 1 2 3 4 Football Club History Database website
  4. 1 2 3 4 RSSSF website (Contains a few errors)

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