2010–11 Isthmian League
The 2010–11 season was the 96th 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
Season | 2010–11 |
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Champions | Sutton United |
Promoted | Sutton United Tonbridge Angels |
Relegated | Croydon Athletic Folkestone Invicta Maidstone United |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,286 (2.78 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 23 goals – Bobby Traynor (Kingstonian) |
Highest attendance | 1,367 – Sutton United – Carshalton Athletic, (25 April) |
Total attendance | 157,523 |
Average attendance | 341 (-2.3% to previous season) |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
- Bury Town, promoted and transferred as champions of Southern Football League Division One Midlands
- Concord Rangers, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North
- Croydon Athletic, promoted as champions of Division One South
- Folkestone Invicta, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South
- Lowestoft Town, promoted as champions of Division One North
Sutton United won the division and were promoted back to the Conference South at the third attempt after two play-off defeats, along with play-off winners Tonbridge Angels. Maidstone United, Croydon Athletic, and Folkestone Invicta were relegated while Aveley were reprieved due to Rushden & Diamonds and Ilkeston Town folding in the Football Conference.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Sutton United | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 76 | 33 | +43 | 87 | Promoted to the Conference South |
2 | Tonbridge Angels | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 76 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Conference South |
3 | Bury Town | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 76 | Qualified for the play-offs |
4 | Lowestoft Town | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 68 | 30 | +38 | 75 | |
5 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 73 | |
6 | Canvey Island | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 69 | 51 | +18 | 73 | |
7 | Kingstonian | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 72 | |
8 | Concord Rangers | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 72 | 55 | +17 | 71 | |
9 | Cray Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 72 | 46 | +26 | 69 | |
10 | AFC Hornchurch | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 69 | |
11 | Billericay Town | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 45 | +11 | 69 | |
12 | Wealdstone | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 54 | +4 | 58 | |
13 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 49 | 57 | −8 | 52 | |
14 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 63 | 85 | −22 | 49 | |
15 | Hendon | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 61 | 81 | −20 | 46 | |
16 | Margate | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 52 | 64 | −12 | 45 | |
17 | Horsham | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 43 | 77 | −34 | 44 | |
18 | Hastings United | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 38 | |
19 | Aveley | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 35 | 62 | −27 | 38 | Reprieved from relegation |
20 | Maidstone United | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 43 | 75 | −32 | 37 | Relegated to Division One South |
21 | Croydon Athletic | 42 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 44 | 95 | −51 | 31[lower-alpha 1] | |
22 | Folkestone Invicta | 42 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 27 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- Croydon Athletic were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Folkestone Invicta on 21 August (2–0).
Top scorers
Player | Club | Goals[3] |
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Bobby Traynor | Kingstonian | 23 |
Laurent Hamici | Cray Wanderers | 22 |
Tom Bradbrook | Margate / Sittingbourne | 21 |
Richard Jolly | Sutton United / Wealdstone | |
Rocky Baptiste | Harrow Borough | 20 |
Tony Stokes | Concord Rangers | 19 |
Francis Collin | Tonbridge Angels | 18 |
Robert King | Canvey Island | |
Martin Tuohy | AFC Hornchurch | |
Peter Dean | Wealdstone | 16 |
Play-offs
Semi-finals
3 May 2011 | Bury Town | 1–2 | Lowestoft Town | Ram Meadow, Bury St Edmunds |
19:45 | Henderson |
Nunn Genchev |
Attendance: 1,427 |
3 May 2011 | Tonbridge Angels | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Harrow Borough | Longmead Stadium, Tonbridge |
19:45 | Piper Kinch Olorunda |
Baptiste |
Attendance: 1,124 |
Final
7 May 2011 | Tonbridge Angels | 4–3 | Lowestoft Town | Longmead Stadium, Tonbridge |
15:00 | Olorunda Walder Taylor |
Mitchell Cave-Brown Genchev |
Attendance: 2,411 |
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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AFC Hornchurch | Hornchurch Stadium | 3,500 |
Aveley | The Mill Field (groundshare with Romford) | 1,100 |
Billericay Town | New Lodge | 3,500 |
Bury Town | Ram Meadow | 3,500 |
Canvey Island | Brockwell Stadium | 4,308 |
Carshalton Athletic | War Memorial Sports Ground | 5,000 |
Concord Rangers | Thames Road | 1,500 |
Cray Wanderers | Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) | 6,000 |
Croydon Athletic | Keith Tuckey Stadium | 3,000 |
Folkestone Invicta | Cheriton Road | 4,000 |
Harrow Borough | Earlsmead Stadium | 3,070 |
Hastings United | The Pilot Field | 4,050 |
Hendon | Vale Farm (groundshare with Wembley) | 3,000 |
Horsham | Gorings Mead (groundshare with Horsham YMCA) | 1,500 |
Kingstonian | Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) | 4,722 |
Lowestoft Town | Crown Meadow | 2,250 |
Maidstone United | The Homelands | 3,200 |
Margate | Hartsdown Park | 2,100 |
Sutton United | Gander Green Lane | 7,032 |
Tonbridge Angels | Longmead Stadium | 3,000 |
Tooting & Mitcham United | Imperial Fields | 3,500 |
Wealdstone | Grosvenor Vale | 2,640 |
Division One North
Season | 2010–11 |
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Champions | East Thurrock United |
Promoted | East Thurrock United Wingate & Finchley |
Relegated | None |
Matches played | 420 |
Goals scored | 1,356 (3.23 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 33 goals – Craig Parker (Needham Market) |
Highest attendance | 763 – Brentwood Town – Cheshunt, (23 April) |
Total attendance | 56,460 |
Average attendance | 134 (+2.3% to previous season) |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → |
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:
- AFC Sudbury, transferred from Southern Football League Division One Midlands
- Grays Athletic, relegated from the Conference Premier and took voluntary demotion to this level
- Needham Market, promoted as champions of the Eastern Counties League
- Waltham Abbey, relegated from the Premier Division
Leyton withdrew from Division One North on 14 January 2011,[4] but expressed a wish to retain a team in the Youth League. At a meeting on 20 February this proposal was rejected and the club was expelled from the League.[5] The club's record of P19 W1 D6 L12 GF13 GA45 Pts9 was expunged on 24 February.
East Thurrock United won the division and were promoted back to the Premier Division after two seasons of absence along with play-off winners Wingate & Finchley. Waltham Forest were reprieved due to clubs folding higher up the pyramid, so no teams were relegated from the division this season.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | East Thurrock United | 40 | 30 | 5 | 5 | 92 | 38 | +54 | 95 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Needham Market | 40 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 95 | 49 | +46 | 87 | Qualified for the play-offs |
3 | Wingate & Finchley | 40 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 72 | 54 | +18 | 72 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
4 | Harlow Town | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 71 | Qualified for the play-offs |
5 | Brentwood Town | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 75 | 55 | +20 | 69 | |
6 | Enfield Town | 40 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 76 | 44 | +32 | 68 | |
7 | AFC Sudbury | 40 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 82 | 64 | +18 | 66 | |
8 | Maldon & Tiptree | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 70 | 67 | +3 | 63 | |
9 | Heybridge Swifts | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 81 | 59 | +22 | 61 | |
10 | Grays Athletic | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 69 | 51 | +18 | 61 | |
11 | Waltham Abbey | 40 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 75 | 63 | +12 | 58 | |
12 | Romford | 40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 63 | 66 | −3 | 55 | |
13 | Potters Bar Town | 40 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 60 | 68 | −8 | 51 | |
14 | Ware | 40 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 57 | 77 | −20 | 45 | |
15 | Great Wakering Rovers | 40 | 13 | 5 | 22 | 60 | 82 | −22 | 44 | |
16 | Redbridge | 40 | 10 | 9 | 21 | 51 | 79 | −28 | 39 | |
17 | Thamesmead Town | 40 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 42 | 71 | −29 | 39 | |
18 | Cheshunt | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 49 | 81 | −32 | 38 | |
19 | Tilbury | 40 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 41 | 66 | −25 | 37 | |
20 | Ilford | 40 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 42 | 81 | −39 | 32 | |
21 | Waltham Forest | 40 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 43 | 90 | −47 | 26 | Reprieved from relegation |
22 | Leyton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Expelled from league, record expunged |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Top scorers
Player | Club | Goals[3] |
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Craig Parker | Needham Market | 33 |
James Baker | AFC Sudbury | 24 |
Kris Newby | East Thurrock United | 22 |
Leon Smith | Wingate & Finchley | 21 |
Sam Newson | Needham Market | 19 |
Play-offs
Semi-finals
3 May 2011 | Needham Market | 1–3 | Brentwood Town | Bloomfields, Needham Market |
19:45 | Parker |
Doyle Edgar Yao |
Attendance: 344 |
3 May 2011 | Wingate & Finchley | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Harlow Town | The Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley |
19:45 | Smith Laird Jones |
Brayley |
Attendance: 327 |
Final
7 May 2011 | Wingate & Finchley | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Brentwood Town | The Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley |
15:00 | Laird Smith Jones |
Blewitt Yao Dafter |
Attendance: 528 |
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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AFC Sudbury | King's Marsh | 3,800 |
Brentwood Town | The Brentwood Centre Arena | 1,800 |
Cheshunt | Cheshunt Stadium | 3,000 |
East Thurrock United | Rookery Hill | 4,000 |
Enfield Town | Goldsdown Road (groundshare with Enfield 1893) | 3,000 |
Grays Athletic | Rookery Hill (groundshare with East Thurrock United) | 4,000 |
Great Wakering Rovers | Burroughs Park | 3,500 |
Harlow Town | Barrows Farm | 3,500 |
Heybridge Swifts | Scraley Road | 3,000 |
Ilford | Cricklefield Stadium | 3,500 |
Leyton | Leyton Stadium | 2,500 |
Maldon & Tiptree | Wallace Binder Ground | 2,000 |
Needham Market | Bloomfields | 4,000 |
Potters Bar Town | Parkfield | 2,000 |
Redbridge | Oakside | 3,000 |
Romford | Mill Field (groundshare with Aveley) | 1,100 |
Thamesmead Town | Bayliss Avenue | 6,000 |
Tilbury | Chadfields | 4,000 |
Waltham Abbey | Capershotts | 3,500 |
Waltham Forest | Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford) | 3,500 |
Ware | Wodson Park | 3,300 |
Wingate & Finchley | The Harry Abrahams Stadium | 1,500 |
Division One South
Season | 2010–11 |
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Champions | Metropolitan Police |
Promoted | Leatherhead Metropolitan Police |
Relegated | Horsham YMCA |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,516 (3.28 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 38 goals – Jason Prior (Bognor Regis Town) |
Highest attendance | 1,319 – Bognor Regis Town – Worthing, (25 April) |
Total attendance | 74,620 |
Average attendance | 162 (+1.3% to previous season) |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → |
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:
- Bognor Regis Town, relegated from the Premier Division
- Faversham Town, promoted as champions of the Kent League
- Whitehawk, promoted as champions of the Sussex County League
Metropolitan Police won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Leatherhead. Bognor Regis Town missed out on the title by a single goal after a draw against Chatham Town on the final day of the season. The draw was not enough for Chatham Town to escape the relegation zone although they were later reprieved due to clubs folding higher up the pyramid. So, Horsham YMCA were the only club relegated from the Isthmian League this season.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Metropolitan Police | 42 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 102 | 41 | +61 | 96 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 103 | 43 | +60 | 96 | Qualified for the play-offs |
3 | Whitehawk | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 109 | 44 | +65 | 88 | |
4 | Leatherhead | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 100 | 41 | +59 | 88 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
5 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 65 | Qualified for the play-offs |
6 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 69 | 58 | +11 | 62 | |
7 | Burgess Hill Town | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 69 | 60 | +9 | 62 | |
8 | Ramsgate | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 60 | |
9 | Faversham Town | 42 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 59 | |
10 | Chipstead | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 57 | |
11 | Sittingbourne | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 56 | |
12 | Walton Casuals | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 65 | 71 | −6 | 53 | |
13 | Fleet Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 68 | 90 | −22 | 52 | Transferred to SFL Division One Central |
14 | Worthing | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 76 | 72 | +4 | 50 | |
15 | Whitstable Town | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 58 | 75 | −17 | 49 | |
16 | Whyteleafe | 42 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 65 | 94 | −29 | 45 | |
17 | Godalming Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 52 | 82 | −30 | 45 | |
18 | Eastbourne Town | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 60 | 78 | −18 | 44 | |
19 | Merstham | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 60 | 85 | −25 | 44[lower-alpha 1] | |
20 | Corinthian-Casuals | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 53 | 80 | −27 | 42 | |
21 | Chatham Town | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 40 | Reprieved from relegation, then transferred to Division One North |
22 | Horsham YMCA | 42 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 41 | 119 | −78 | 23 | Relegated to the Sussex County League |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- Merstham were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Worthing on 26 February (3–3).
Top scorers
Player | Club | Goals[3] |
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Jason Prior | Bognor Regis Town | 38 |
Greg Andrews | Leatherhead | 33 |
Tommy Hutchings | Leatherhead | 25 |
Ian Pulman | Whitstable Town | |
Craig Watkins | Metropolitan Police | 22 |
Play-offs
Semi-finals
3 May 2011 | Bognor Regis Town | 1–3 | Dulwich Hamlet | Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis |
19:45 | Johnson |
Gonsalves Drewett Powell |
Attendance: 621 |
3 May 2011 | Whitehawk | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Leatherhead | Enclosed Ground, Whitehawk |
19:45 | Armstrong |
Hutchings |
Attendance: 280 |
Final
6 May 2012 | Leatherhead | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Dulwich Hamlet | Fetcham Grove, Leatherhead |
15:00 | Andrews Terry |
Drewett Francis |
Attendance: 1,022 |
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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Chatham Town | The Sports Ground | 5,000 |
Bognor Regis Town | Nyewood Lane | 4,000 |
Burgess Hill Town | Leylands Park | 2,000 |
Chipstead | High Road | 2,000 |
Corinthian-Casuals | King George's Field | 2,700 |
Dulwich Hamlet | Champion Hill | 3,000 |
Eastbourne Town | The Saffrons | 3,000 |
Faversham Town | Shepherd Neame Stadium | 2,000 |
Fleet Town | Calthorpe Park | 2,000 |
Godalming Town | Weycourt | 3,000 |
Horsham YMCA | Gorings Mead (groundshare with Horsham) | 1,500 |
Leatherhead | Fetcham Grove | 3,400 |
Merstham | Moatside | 2,000 |
Metropolitan Police | Imber Court | 3,000 |
Ramsgate | Southwood Stadium | 2,500 |
Sittingbourne | Bourne Park | 3,000 |
Walton & Hersham | The Sports Ground | 2,000 |
Walton Casuals | Waterside Stadium | 2,000 |
Whitehawk | The Enclosed Ground | 2,000 |
Whitstable Town | The Belmont Ground | 3,000 |
Whyteleafe | Church Road | 2,000 |
Worthing | Woodside Road | 4,000 |
League Cup
Country | |
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Teams | 66 |
Champions | Wingate & Finchley |
Runners-up | Dulwich Hamlet |
Matches played | 65 |
Goals scored | 212 (3.26 per match) |
← 2009–10 2011–12 → |
The Isthmian League Cup 2010–11 (billed as the Championship Manager Cup 2010–11 for sponsorship reasons) is the 37th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part.[6]
Calendar
Round | Dates | Matches | Clubs |
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First round | 14 September to 15 September | 2 | 66 → 64 |
Second round | 5 October to 16 November | 32 | 64 → 32 |
Third round | 2 November to 27 January | 16 | 32 → 16 |
Fourth round | 14 December to 7 February | 8 | 16 → 8 |
Quarterfinals | 8 February to 22 February | 4 | 8 → 4 |
Semifinals | 8 March 2011 | 2 | 4 → 2 |
Final | 30 March 2011 | 1 | 2 → 1 |
First round
Four clubs from division Ones participated in the First round, while all other clubs received a bye to the Second round.
Tie | Home Team (Tier) | Score | Away Team (Tier) | Att. |
1 | Waltham Forest (N) | 1–0 | Grays Athletic (N) | 75 |
2 | Fleet Town (S) | 4–3 | Horsham YMCA (S) | 63 |
Second round
The two clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the draw with every other Isthmian League club, making sixty-four teams.
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Third round
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Fourth round
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Quarterfinals
8 February 2011 59 | Wingate & Finchley (N) | 5–2 | Metropolitan Police (S) | Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley |
19:45 | L. Smith Cooper Burrell Fowler |
Report | Field Noakes |
Attendance: 35 |
22 February 2011 60 | Fleet Town (S) | 0–2 | Maldon & Tiptree (N) | Calthorpe Park, Fleet |
19:45 | Report | Shave Deane |
Attendance: 75 |
15 February 2011 61 | Heybridge Swifts (N) | 0–2 | Dulwich Hamlet (S) | Scraley Road, Heybridge |
19:30 | Report | Powell Clunis |
Attendance: 63 |
22 February 2011 62 | Cray Wanderers (P) | 0–2 | Leatherhead (S) | Hayes Lane, Bromley |
19:45 | Report | Hutchings Macleod |
Attendance: 92 Referee: Tony Mason (Sidcup) |
Semifinals
8 March 2011 63 | Leatherhead (S) | 1–5 | Dulwich Hamlet (S) | Fetcham Grove, Leatherhead |
19:45 | Maan |
Report | James Clunis Powell Morath-Gibbs |
Attendance: 128 |
8 March 2011 64 | Wingate & Finchley (N) | 2–1 | Maldon & Tiptree (N) | Harry Abrahams Stadium, Finchley |
19:45 | O'Brien |
Report | Own goal |
Attendance: 35 |
Final
30 March 2011 65 | Dulwich Hamlet (S) | 0–2 | Wingate & Finchley (N) | Imber Court, East Molesey |
19:30 | Report | Laird Rifat |
Attendance: 502 Referee: Nigel Lugg |
References
- 2010–11 Isthmian League
- "nonleaguefooty website". Archived from the original on 2019-05-12. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
- "Isthmian League 2010/11 Bulletin No39" (PDF).
- "Leyton withdraw". Ryman League. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- "Leyton expelled by unanimous vote". Ryman League. 20 February 2011.
- The Isthmian archive