2004–05 Isthmian League

The 2004–05 season was the 90th in the history of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. Also, it was the first season after the creation of the Conference North and South, one step above the Isthmian League. Therefore, it was the inaugural season for the league at the seventh, eighth and ninth tiers in the English league system.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season 2004–05
Champions Yeading
Promoted Yeading
Eastleigh
Relegated Tonbridge Angels
Dover Athletic
Kingstonian
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1302 (2.82 per match)

After the creation of the Conference North and South, placed above the Isthmian League before the start of the season. Most of the Premier Division teams were transferred to the newly created divisions.

Yeading won the division to earn a second consecutive title and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Eastleigh, who also achieved their second promotion in a row. Tonbridge Angels, Dover Athletic and Kingstonian finished bottom of the table and were relegated to Division One, while 19th-placed Cheshunt were reprieved after Conference South side Hornchurch folded, Cheshunt being the team with a better record than the equivalent Northern Premier League and Southern League teams.

League formation

The Premier Division featured seven teams from the previous season and 15 new clubs:

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Yeading (C) (P) 42 25 11 6 74 48+26 86 Promotion to the Conference South
2 Billericay Town 42 23 11 8 78 40+38 80 Qualification to the playoffs
3 Eastleigh (O) (P) 42 22 13 7 84 49+35 79 Qualification to the playoffs, then promoted to the Conference South
4 Braintree Town 42 19 17 6 67 33+34 74 Qualification to the playoffs
5 Leyton 42 21 8 13 71 57+14 71
6 Hampton & Richmond 42 21 8 13 64 53+11 71
7 Heybridge Swifts 42 18 9 15 76 65+11 63
8 Chelmsford City 42 17 11 14 63 58+5 62
9 Staines Town 42 17 9 16 59 53+6 60
10 Worthing 42 16 11 15 50 45+5 59
11 Hendon 42 17 7 18 48 60−12 58
12 Salisbury City 42 16 9 17 60 64−4 57 Transferred to the SFL Premier Division
13 Slough Town 42 15 10 17 61 66−5 55
14 Folkestone Invicta 42 14 10 18 51 53−2 52
15 Windsor & Eton 42 12 14 16 48 62−14 50
16 Harrow Borough 42 13 10 19 41 54−13 49
17 Northwood 42 14 7 21 49 66−17 49 Transferred to the SFL Premier Division
18 Wealdstone 42 13 8 21 60 73−13 47
19 Cheshunt 42 12 11 19 58 71−13 47 Reprieved from relegation †, then transferred to the SFL Premier Division
20 Tonbridge Angels (R) 42 11 10 21 47 73−26 43 Relegation to Division One
21 Dover Athletic (R) 42 10 9 23 50 66−16 39
22 Kingstonian (R) 42 7 5 30 43 93−50 26

Source: [1] [2] [3]
† Cheshunt finished in relegation zone, but were reprieved after Conference South side Hornchurch folded
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.

Play-offs

Source:[4]

Semifinals Final
      
2 Billericay Town 0
5 Leyton 2
3 Eastleigh 2
5 Leyton 1
3 Eastleigh 2
4 Braintree Town 0

Division One

Isthmian League Division One
Season 2004–05
Champions AFC Wimbledon
Promoted AFC Wimbledon
Walton & Hersham
Bromley
Relegated Dorking
Croydon
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1410 (3.05 per match)

After the creation of the Conference North and South one step above the Isthmian League, most of the Premier Division teams were transferred to the newly created divisions. Сonsequently, nine Division One teams took up the empty spots in higher divisions. The remaining Division One North teams were transferred to the Southern Football League. The two Isthmian League Division One sections were merged into single Division One.

AFC Wimbledon won the division to earn a second promotion in a row along with runners-up Walton & Hersham and play-off winners Bromley. Dorking returned to Division Two along with Croydon.

League formation

Division One consisted of 13 teams transferred from Division One South and nine new teams:

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 AFC Wimbledon (C) (P) 42 29 10 3 91 33+58 97 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Walton & Hersham (P) 42 28 4 10 69 34+35 88
3 Horsham 42 24 6 12 90 61+29 78 Qualification to the playoffs
4 Bromley (O) (P) 42 22 9 11 69 44+25 75 Qualification to the playoffs, then promoted to the Premier Division
5 Metropolitan Police 42 22 8 12 72 51+21 74 Qualification to the playoffs
6 Cray Wanderers 42 19 16 7 95 54+41 73
7 Leatherhead 42 20 13 9 73 55+18 73
8 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 18 15 9 92 60+32 69
9 Whyteleafe 42 20 6 16 60 59+1 66
10 Burgess Hill Town 42 19 6 17 73 62+11 63
11 Hastings United 42 15 11 16 55 57−2 56
12 Croydon Athletic 42 13 16 13 66 65+1 55
13 Corinthian Casuals 42 15 9 18 56 64−8 54
14 Bashley 42 13 13 16 68 74−6 52
15 Dulwich Hamlet 42 10 14 18 61 64−3 44
16 Molesey 42 12 8 22 46 70−24 44
17 Banstead Athletic 42 10 10 22 50 64−14 40
18 Newport (IOW) 42 10 10 22 50 88−38 40
19 Fleet Town 42 11 5 26 47 86−39 38
20 Ashford Town 42 8 12 22 47 85−38 36
21 Dorking (R) 42 8 11 23 43 89−46 35 Relegation to Division Two
22 Croydon (R) 42 5 10 27 37 91−54 25

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.

Play-offs

Source:[4]

Semifinals Final
      
4 Bromley 1(4)
5 Metropolitan Police 1(3)
3 Horsham 1
4 Bromley 3
3 Horsham 3
6 Cray Wanderers 1

Division Two

Isthmian League Division Two
Season 2004–05
Champions Ilford
Promoted Ilford
Enfield
Relegated none
Matches played 240
Goals scored 788 (3.28 per match)

Division two consisted of 16 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:

Ilford won the division and were promoted to Southern League Division One East along with runners-up Enfield. There was no relegation from Division Two, though Abingdon Town resigned from the league at the end of the season.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ilford (C) (P) 30 22 3 5 62 23+39 69 Promotion to SFL Division One East
2 Enfield (P) 30 21 3 6 64 33+31 66
3 Brook House 30 20 4 6 65 25+40 64
4 Hertford Town 30 17 7 6 65 40+25 58
5 Witham Town 30 16 3 11 67 53+14 51
6 Chertsey Town 30 15 6 9 55 48+7 51
7 Abingdon Town 30 13 9 8 65 42+23 48 Resigned and joined the Hellenic League
8 Edgware Town 30 12 3 15 40 41−1 39
9 Flackwell Heath 30 11 5 14 50 55−5 38
10 Ware 30 9 10 11 41 55−14 37
11 Chalfont St Peter 30 9 7 14 41 52−11 34
12 Camberley Town 30 9 5 16 36 44−8 32
13 Wembley 30 8 5 17 41 55−14 29
14 Epsom & Ewell 30 8 4 18 41 64−23 28
15 Kingsbury Town 30 5 4 21 35 76−41 19
16 Clapton 30 3 6 21 20 82−62 15

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.

League Cup

2004–05 Isthmian League Cup
Country  England
Teams 60
Champions Slough Town
Runners-up Hampton & Richmond Borough
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The Isthmian League Cup 2004–05 was the 31st season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty clubs took part. The competition commenced on 26 October 2004 and finished on 28 April 2005.

Calendar

Round Date Matches Clubs
First Round 26 October 2004 18 60 → 42
Second Round 16 November 2004 10 42 → 32
Third Round 3 January 2005 16 32 → 16
Fourth Round 1 February 2005 8 16 → 8
Quarterfinals 22 February 2005 4 8 → 4
Semifinals 15 March 2005 and 22 March 2005 2 4 → 2
Final 28 April 2005 1 2 → 1

Fixtures and results

First Round

In the First Round, the thirty-six lowest ranked clubs in the Isthmian League played each other for a place in the Second Round. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
1 AFC Wimbledon 2–0 Flackwell Heath 1,063
2 Bashley 4–0 Abingdon Town
3 Brook House 3–2 Molesey
4 Chalfont St. Peter 3–4 Clapton
5 Chertsey Town 1–2 Burgess Hill Town
6 Cray Wanderers 5–1 Camberley Town
7 Croydon Athletic 4–1 Dorking
8 Dulwich Hamlet 6–0 Corinthian-Casuals
9 Edgware Town 3–4 Horsham

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
10 Epsom & Ewell 1–2 Witham Town
11 Hertford Town 1–0 Bromley
12 Ilford 1–2 Kingsbury Town
13 Leatherhead 1–0 Newport IOW
14 Metropolitan Police 5–1 Hastings United
15 Tooting & Mitcham United 2–1 Ashford Town (Kent)
16 Walton & Hersham 7–1 Banstead Athletic
17 Ware 2–3 Enfield
18 Wembley 0–2 Croydon

Second Round

The eighteen clubs to have made it through the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw with Fleet Town and Whyteleafe, making twenty teams. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
19 Burgess Hill Town 3–0 Whyteleafe
20 Clapton 0–1 Walton & Hersham
21 Cray Wanderers 2–1 Croydon
22 Dulwich Hamlet 4–1 Croydon Athletic
23 Fleet Town 3–0 Brook House
24 Horsham 1–2 AFC Wimbledon

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
25 Kingsbury Town 3–4 Enfield
26 Leatherhead 2–0 Tooting & Mitcham United
27 Metropolitan Police 2–3 Hertford Town
28 Witham Town 2–3 Bashley

Third Round

The ten clubs to have made it through the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw with the top twenty-two clubs, making thirty-two teams. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
29 Billericay Town 0–2 Heybridge Swifts
30 Cray Wanderers 1–0 Burgess Hill Town
31 Dover Athletic 1–2 AFC Wimbledon
32 Enfield 1–4 Bashley
33 Fleet Town 0–2 Yeading
34 Folkestone Invicta 6–1 Kingstonian
35 Hampton & Richmond Borough 2–1 Dulwich Hamlet
36 Harrow Borough 0–1 Braintree Town

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
37 Hendon 3–6 Leatherhead
38 Hertford Town 0–1 Chelmsford City
39 Salisbury City 2–0 Leyton
40 Slough Town 1–0 Cheshunt
41 Walton & Hersham 2–1 Northwood
42 Wealdstone 3–0 Tonbridge Angels
43 Windsor & Eton 0–1 Staines Town
44 Worthing 0–2 Eastleigh

Fourth Round

The sixteen clubs to have made it through the Third Round were entered into the Fourth Round draw. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
45 AFC Wimbledon 3–2 Cray Wanderers
46 Chelmsford City 2–1 Wealdstone
47 Eastleigh 1–2 Hampton & Richmond Borough
48 Folkestone Invicta 2–1 Bashley
49 Leatherhead 3–3 Yeading
Leatherhead advance on penalties
50 Slough Town 3–0 Salisbury City
51 Staines Town 0–1 Heybridge Swifts
52 Walton & Hersham 0–2 Braintree Town

Quarterfinals

The eight clubs to have made it through the Fourth Round were entered into the Quarterfinals draw. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
53 Chelmsford City 3–0 Leatherhead
54 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1–0 Braintree Town
55 Heybridge Swifts 1–1 Folkestone Invicta
Heybridge Swifts advance on penalties
56 Slough Town 4–2 AFC Wimbledon

Semifinals

The four teams to have made it through the Quarterfinals were entered into the Semifinals draw. The Semifinals fixtures were played over two legs. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

First leg
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
57 Hampton & Richmond Borough 0–0 Chelmsford City
58 Heybridge Swifts 1–2 Slough Town
Second leg
Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
59 Chelmsford City 0–1 Hampton & Richmond Borough
60 Slough Town 2–1 Heybridge Swifts

Final

The players of Slough Town and Hampton & Richmond Borough enter the field of play for the Final.

The Final was held on Thursday, 28 April 2005 at Wheatsheaf Park, home of Staines Town. The winners were Slough Town, who beat Hampton & Richmond Borough by three goals to one in front of 725 spectators. The referee for this match was Martin Darlow.

Hampton & Richmond Borough went into the match in fifth place in the Isthmian League Premier Division and Slough Town in 13th. The goalscorers for Slough Town were Ian Hodges (two) and Josias Carbon. Dudley Gardner scored for Hampton & Richmond Borough.

The only red card of the match came for Hampton & Richmond Borough's Dean Wells. There was also a yellow card for Slough Town's Josias Carbon.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance
61 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1–3 Slough Town 725

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Robinson, M. (2010). Non-League Football Tables 1889-2010. Soccer Books Ltd. ISBN 9781862232044.
  2. ↑ nonleaguefooty website
  3. 1 2 3 rsssf website
  4. 1 2 3 4 fchd website

External links

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