2016–17 Isthmian League

The 2016–17 season was the 102nd season 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 eleventh season for the current incarnations of Division One North and Division One South. The league constitution was announced on 12 May 2016 and concluded on 1 May 2017.[1][2]

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division

Season	2016–17
Champions	Havant & Waterlooville
Promoted	Havant & Waterlooville Bognor Regis Town
Relegated	Canvey Island AFC Sudbury Grays Athletic
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,709 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	29 goals - Matthew Blake (Leiston)
Total attendance	184,483
Average attendance	334 (+6.4% to previous season)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Farnborough were required by the Isthmian League to pay their creditors in full before the league's 2016 AGM. As this was not fulfilled, the league relegated the club from the Premier Division to Step 4, and Burgess Hill Town were reprieved from relegation.[3]

The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs: 18 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs:

• AFC Sudbury, promoted as champions of Division One North
• Folkestone Invicta, promoted as champions of Division One South
• Harlow Town, play-off winners in Division One North
• Havant & Waterlooville, relegated from National League South
• Lowestoft Town, relegated from National League North
• Worthing, play-off winners in Division One South

Havant & Waterlooville were pronounced champions of the Premier Division on 22 April 2017,[4] and returned to the National League at the first attempt along with play-off winners Bognor Regis Town, who spent eight years in the Isthmian League after relegation from Conference South in 2009. AFC Sudbury, who reached Premier Division for the first time in their history relegated back to Division One North along with Canvey Island and Grays Athletic. Harrow Borough were reprieved from relegation after Worcester City, who relegated from National League North took a further voluntary demotion to the Midland League for financial reasons.[5]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Havant & Waterlooville	46	28	10	8	88	43	+45	94	Promoted to the National League South
2	Bognor Regis Town	46	27	11	8	87	41	+46	92	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the National League South[lower-alpha 1]
3	Dulwich Hamlet	46	22	14	10	89	55	+34	80	Qualified for the play-offs
4	Enfield Town	46	21	13	12	86	57	+29	76
5	Wingate & Finchley	46	23	6	17	63	61	+2	75
6	Tonbridge Angels	46	21	11	14	66	55	+11	74
7	Leiston	46	21	10	15	98	66	+32	73
8	Billericay Town	46	21	9	16	77	56	+21	72
9	Needham Market	46	20	12	14	76	80	−4	72
10	Harlow Town	46	20	7	19	76	72	+4	67
11	Lowestoft Town	46	18	10	18	63	73	−10	64
12	Staines Town	46	16	13	17	78	68	+10	61
13	Leatherhead	46	16	12	18	72	72	0	57[lower-alpha 2]
14	Worthing	46	16	8	22	73	85	−12	56
15	Folkestone Invicta	46	15	10	21	75	82	−7	55
16	Kingstonian	46	16	7	23	65	73	−8	55
17	Metropolitan Police	46	15	9	22	54	72	−18	54
18	Hendon	46	14	12	20	68	88	−20	54
19	Burgess Hill Town	46	14	12	20	59	80	−21	54
20	Merstham	46	15	11	20	70	72	−2	53[lower-alpha 3]
21	Harrow Borough	46	14	11	21	60	80	−20	53	Reprieved from relegation
22	Canvey Island	46	13	13	20	63	92	−29	52	Relegated to Division One North
23	AFC Sudbury	46	12	10	24	57	85	−28	46
24	Grays Athletic	46	11	5	30	46	101	−55	38

Source: IL official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [6]
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the National League North / South.
2. Leatherhead were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Hendon on 10 December.
3. Merstham were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Leiston on 28 February.

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals[7]
Matthew Blake	Leiston	29
Ryan Moss	Kingstonian	24
James Fraser	Bognor Regis Town	23
Jake Reed	Lowestoft Town	22
Lloyd Dawes	Worthing	20

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Bognor Regis Town	2
	5	Wingate & Finchley	1
						2	Bognor Regis Town	2
						3	Dulwich Hamlet	1
	3	Dulwich Hamlet	4
	4	Enfield Town	2

Semi-finals

Bognor Regis Town v Wingate & Finchley

27 April 2017	Bognor Regis Town	2–1	Wingate & Finchley	Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis
19:45	Pearce  50', 90'		Cronin  86' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,001

Dulwich Hamlet v Enfield Town

27 April 2017	Dulwich Hamlet	4–2	Enfield Town	Champion Hill, East Dulwich
19:45	Sekajja  1', 31', 32' Tomlin  65'		Crook  38' Ottaway  85'	Attendance: 2,517

Final

Bognor Regis Town v Dulwich Hamlet

1 May 2017	Bognor Regis Town	2–1	Dulwich Hamlet	Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis
15:00	Muitt  21' Pearce  42'		Kargbo  77'	Attendance: 3,119

Results

Home \ Away	SUD	BIL	BOG	BUR	CAN	DUL	ENF	FOL	GRY	HRL	HRB	H&W	HEN	KIN	LEA	LEI	LOW	MER	MET	NDH	STA	TON	W&F	WOR
AFC Sudbury		2–3	0–4	3–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	5–1	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–4	3–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	1–0
Billericay Town	2–3		0–2	4–0	3–1	0–2	2–4	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	4–1	0–2	4–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	6–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	3–0
Bognor Regis Town	2–1	2–1		1–1	4–0	1–1	1–1	7–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	5–0
Burgess Hill Town	2–0	2–1	1–3		1–1	0–3	1–0	4–2	2–1	0–1	5–1	3–3	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–6	1–3	2–1	1–4	0–3	3–3	1–2	2–3	0–1
Canvey Island	2–2	1–2	0–5	2–1		1–0	1–5	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	3–0	2–3	3–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–6	0–1	1–4	2–0
Dulwich Hamlet	2–0	0–3	1–3	2–2	1–2		2–1	6–1	0–1	3–1	1–4	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–1	2–4	3–1	5–0	3–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	4–1
Enfield Town	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–2		3–1	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–4	6–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	3–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1
Folkestone Invicta	4–2	1–0	1–2	3–1	6–0	1–1	2–0		0–1	1–4	3–0	1–3	1–2	3–1	1–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–4
Grays Athletic	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–3	0–3		3–1	2–5	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–4
Harlow Town	1–3	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	5–0		2–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	3–1	5–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	6–2
Harrow Borough	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–5	4–1	1–3	2–0		2–1	0–2	0–4	3–1	3–1	4–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2
Havant & Waterlooville	6–0	1–2	1–0	1–0	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	5–0	5–2	3–1		3–2	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	1–3	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2
Hendon	1–2	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–3	0–4	2–2	4–5	1–1		1–4	1–3	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–3
Kingstonian	3–0	0–3	1–2	2–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–3	0–0	1–1		1–2	4–2	2–5	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–2	0–3	1–2	1–3
Leatherhead	2–0	3–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	0–1	3–2	2–3		3–3	3–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1
Leiston	2–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–1	5–2	2–2	3–1	2–3	4–4	1–0		1–2	1–2	4–0	5–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	2–0
Lowestoft Town	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	0–3	2–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	2–0	0–2	3–3	1–0	1–0	3–2		1–5	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–4
Merstham	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	1–4	2–2	3–1	6–1	1–0	5–0	2–1	3–4	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0		2–1	4–1	0–0	5–3	0–2	1–2
Metropolitan Police	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–4	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–2		2–1	1–6	1–1	2–0	1–2
Needham Market	2–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–3	2–1	5–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	5–2	2–1	2–1	0–4	2–0	1–1	1–0		1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1
Staines Town	4–0	3–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	3–0	0–2	0–0	1–4	3–2	0–2	2–5	2–3	2–1	3–0	3–2	4–1		1–1	0–1	4–0
Tonbridge Angels	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	4–1	0–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	4–4	2–2	1–0	2–2	2–1	3–4	1–2		3–0	2–1
Wingate & Finchley	4–1	1–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–5	3–2	1–0	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–3	0–1	1–1	4–0		1–0
Worthing	0–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	5–0	0–1	1–3	3–3	0–1	3–2	0–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–2	1–3	0–1	1–0	3–1	4–3	5–3	3–0	1–4

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2017. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Sudbury

Billericay Town

Bognor Regis Town

Burgess
Hill Town

Canvey Island

Folkestone Invicta

Harlow
Town

Havant & Waterlooville

Leiston

Lowestoft Town

Needham Market

Tonbridge Angels

Worthing

Dulwich Hamlet

Enfield Town

Grays Athletic

Harrow Borough

Hendon

Kingstonian

Leatherhead

Merstham

Metropolitan Police

Staines Town

Wingate & Finchley

Locations of the Premier Division clubs

Dulwich Hamlet

Enfield Town

Grays Athletic

Harrow Borough

Hendon

Kingstonian

Leatherhead

Merstham

Metropolitan Police

Staines Town

Wingate & Finchley

Greater London Premier Division football clubs

Club	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Sudbury	King's Marsh	2,500
Billericay Town	New Lodge	3,500
Bognor Regis Town	Nyewood Lane	4,500
Burgess Hill Town	Leylands Park	2,500
Canvey Island	Park Lane	4,500
Dulwich Hamlet	Champion Hill	3,000
Enfield Town	Queen Elizabeth II Stadium	2,500
Folkestone Invicta	Cheriton Road	4,000
Grays Athletic	The Mill Field (groundshare with Aveley)	1,100
Harlow Town	The Harlow Arena	3,500
Harrow Borough	Earlsmead Stadium	3,070
Havant & Waterlooville	West Leigh Park	5,250
Hendon	Silver Jubilee Park	1,990
Kingstonian	Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon)	4,850
Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove	3,400
Leiston	Victory Road	2,500
Lowestoft Town	Crown Meadow	3,000
Merstham	Moatside	2,000
Metropolitan Police	Imber Court	3,000
Needham Market	Bloomfields	4,000
Staines Town	Wheatsheaf Park	3,009
Tonbridge Angels	Longmead Stadium	3,000
Wingate & Finchley	The Harry Abrahams Stadium	1,500
Worthing	Woodside Road	4,000

Division One North

Isthmian League
Division One North

Season	2016–17
Champions	Brightlingsea Regent
Promoted	Brightlingsea Regent Thurrock
Relegated	Wroxham Great Wakering Rovers
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,766 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer	34 goals - Liam Nash (Maldon & Tiptree)
Total attendance	66,240
Average attendance	120 (-9.1% to previous season)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Division One North consisted of 24 clubs: 19 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

• Bowers & Pitsea, promoted from the Essex Senior League
• Brentwood Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Norwich United, promoted from the Eastern Counties League
• VCD Athletic, relegated from the Premier Division
• Ware, transferred from Southern League Division One Central

Brightlingsea Regent were pronounced champions of Division One North on 8 April 2017,[8] and promoted with play-off Thurrock. Wroxham, who were reprieved from relegation twice in three previous seasons were finally relegated along with Great Wakering Rovers. Ware get a reprieve after Worcester City took a voluntary demotion from National League to Midland League.[9]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Brightlingsea Regent	46	32	7	7	114	57	+57	103	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Maldon & Tiptree	46	29	4	13	107	51	+56	91	Qualified for play-offs
3	Thurrock	46	27	8	11	84	39	+45	89	Qualified for play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division[lower-alpha 1]
4	AFC Hornchurch	46	24	13	9	78	42	+36	85	Qualified for play-offs
5	Haringey Borough	46	24	7	15	107	74	+33	79
6	Bowers & Pitsea	46	23	9	14	102	66	+36	78
7	Aveley	46	21	13	12	75	64	+11	76
8	Norwich United	46	24	6	16	70	60	+10	75[lower-alpha 2]
9	Phoenix Sports	46	22	9	15	71	72	−1	75	Transferred to Division One South
10	Cheshunt	46	20	11	15	85	72	+13	71
11	Bury Town	46	20	9	17	74	66	+8	69
12	Tilbury	46	17	13	16	67	73	−6	64
13	Witham Town	46	16	11	19	77	80	−3	59
14	Brentwood Town	46	17	5	24	63	77	−14	56
15	VCD Athletic	46	15	11	20	53	76	−23	56	Transferred to Division One South
16	Romford	46	15	11	20	59	90	−31	56
17	Thamesmead Town	46	16	6	24	70	78	−8	54	Transferred to Division One South
18	Dereham Town	46	15	9	22	70	89	−19	54
19	Soham Town Rangers	46	14	11	21	62	78	−16	53
20	Waltham Abbey	46	14	9	23	57	73	−16	51
21	Heybridge Swifts	46	13	12	21	64	81	−17	51
22	Ware	46	15	6	25	66	84	−18	51	Reprieved from relegation[lower-alpha 3]
23	Wroxham	46	6	7	33	42	103	−61	25	Relegated to the Eastern Counties League
24	Great Wakering Rovers	46	6	7	33	49	121	−72	25	Relegated to the Essex Senior League

Source: IL official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [6]
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier Division
2. Norwich United were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Bury Town on 11 October.[10]
3. Ware finished in a relegation position but were reprieved after Worcester City, already relegated from National League North, took a further voluntary demotion to the Midland League for financial reasons.

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals[7]
Liam Nash	Maldon & Tiptree	34
Bradley Warner	Bowers & Pitsea	31
Aaron Condon	Brightlingsea Regent	30
Jason Hallett	Cheshunt	29
Leon McKenzie	AFC Hornchurch

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Maldon & Tiptree	5
	5	Haringey Borough	4
						2	Maldon & Tiptree	0
						3	Thurrock	1
	3	Thurrock	1
	4	AFC Hornchurch	0

Semi-finals

Maldon & Tiptree v Haringey Borough

26 April 2017	Maldon & Tiptree	5–4	Haringey Borough	Wallace Binder Ground, Maldon
19:45	Nash  6', 12' (pen.), 20' Newson  51' Mills  83'		Richards  14' Gabriel  49', 76' Benjamin  90+'	Attendance: 412

Thurrock v AFC Hornchurch

26 April 2017	Thurrock	1–0	AFC Hornchurch	Ship Lane, Aveley
19:45	Sutton  12'			Attendance: 481

Final

Maldon & Tiptree v Thurrock

30 April 2017	Maldon & Tiptree	0–1	Thurrock	Wallace Binder Ground, Maldon
15:00			Winn  78'	Attendance: 719

Results

Home \ Away	AFC	AVE	BOP	BRE	BRI	BUR	CHE	DER	GWR	HAY	HEY	M&T	NOR	PHO	ROM	SOH	THA	THU	TIL	VCD	WAL	WAR	WIT	WRO
AFC Hornchurch		3–1	1–4	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–2	0–1	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–1
Aveley	1–0		1–1	3–1	1–4	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	5–2	2–2	2–1
Bowers & Pitsea	3–2	0–1		2–0	3–4	4–1	2–3	4–0	5–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	5–0	3–1	5–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	4–0	0–1	1–1	5–0	1–5	1–1
Brentwood Town	0–1	1–2	4–2		1–4	0–1	1–3	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–3	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	2–0
Brightlingsea Regent	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–2		1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	3–4	4–1	3–1	4–3	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	5–0	4–1	3–0
Bury Town	0–2	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–1		2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	3–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–3	6–1
Cheshunt	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	2–2	3–1		2–3	3–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–3	1–2	2–1	0–4	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	3–1
Dereham Town	0–0	2–2	1–3	1–3	3–2	0–1	3–3		3–0	1–2	3–0	0–5	1–1	3–4	2–3	2–0	2–3	1–3	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–1
Great Wakering Rovers	2–5	2–4	1–5	1–3	1–2	1–4	1–4	0–5		1–4	0–5	0–3	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–5	2–1	0–1	3–3	0–5	1–3	2–3
Haringey Borough	0–2	4–5	5–4	3–2	2–3	3–0	3–5	3–0	5–2		3–2	3–1	2–1	4–0	7–1	6–0	3–2	1–2	3–2	0–2	3–1	4–1	2–2	1–0
Heybridge Swifts	0–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–4		1–0	0–1	3–2	0–1	1–4	3–0	0–5	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–1
Maldon & Tiptree	3–0	3–1	2–3	0–1	2–1	3–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–1		3–0	6–1	5–1	1–0	2–1	4–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–1	4–2	3–0
Norwich United	0–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–0		0–1	4–1	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	4–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0
Phoenix Sports	1–1	6–2	1–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–1	4–1	3–2	0–3	3–0	1–0	0–1		1–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	4–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0
Romford	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–4	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–3	2–6	3–0	1–1		1–4	1–1	2–3	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–1
Soham Town Rangers	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–4	0–4	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–2	4–3	4–0	0–1	1–1		1–3	2–1	1–1	5–2	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–1
Thamesmead Town	0–3	3–3	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–5	5–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–2	1–2		0–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	4–2	4–1
Thurrock	2–0	2–2	3–1	5–1	0–1	4–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	4–0	2–0	3–1	1–2		6–1	4–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0
Tilbury	0–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	2–1	4–1	1–5	1–1		5–2	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–1
VCD Athletic	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–5	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	5–2	1–0	3–1	0–3	0–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	2–1	3–1		4–1	2–0	0–3	4–3
Waltham Abbey	0–1	1–0	1–4	1–0	0–3	1–0	3–3	3–3	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–4	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–4	0–0		2–1	1–3	3–1
Ware	0–2	2–0	2–3	2–0	0–3	2–2	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	0–3	1–2	2–3	2–2	3–0	3–0	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–0	0–2		2–1	3–1
Witham Town	1–5	2–2	5–2	4–1	0–5	2–3	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	5–3	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–1		1–2
Wroxham	2–3	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	0–6	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	3–2	0–2	2–3	4–0	0–4	2–3	1–1

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2017. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Bowers & Pitsea

Brightlingsea Regent

Bury
Town

Dereham Town

Great Wakering Rovers

Heybridge Swifts

M&T

Norwich United

Soham Town Rangers

Tilbury

Ware

Witham Town

Wroxham

Hornchurch

Aveley

Brentwood Town

Cheshunt

Haringey Borough

Phoenix Sports

Romford & Thurrock

Thamesmead Town

VCD Athletic

Waltham Abbey

Locations of Division One North clubs

Hornchurch

Aveley

Brentwood Town

Cheshunt

Haringey Borough

Phoenix

Romford & Thurrock

Thamesmead Town

VCD Athletic

Waltham Abbey

Greater London Division One North clubs

Club	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Hornchurch	Hornchurch Stadium	3,500
Aveley	The Mill Field	1,100
Bowers & Pitsea	Crown Avenue	2,000
Brentwood Town	The Brentwood Centre Arena	1,800
Brightlingsea Regent	North Road	1,000
Bury Town	Ram Meadow	3,500
Cheshunt	Cheshunt Stadium	3,000
Dereham Town	Aldiss Park	3,000
Great Wakering Rovers	Burroughs Park	2,500
Haringey Borough	Coles Park	1,500
Heybridge Swifts	Scraley Road	3,000
Maldon & Tiptree	Wallace Binder Ground	2,000
Norwich United	Plantation Park	3,000
Phoenix Sports	Victory Road	2,000
Romford	Ship Lane (groundshare with Thurrock)	3,500
Soham Town Rangers	Julius Martin Lane	2,000
Thamesmead Town	Bayliss Avenue	6,000
Thurrock	Ship Lane	3,500
Tilbury	Chadfields	4,000
VCD Athletic	Oakwood	1,180
Waltham Abbey	Capershotts	3,500
Ware	Wodson Park	3,300
Witham Town	Spa Road	2,500
Wroxham	Trafford Park	2,000

Division One South

Isthmian League
Division One South

Season	2016–17
Champions	Tooting & Mitcham United
Promoted	Tooting & Mitcham United Dorking Wanderers
Relegated	Chatham Town Three Bridges Godalming Town
Matches played	552
Goals scored	2,029 (3.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	33 goals - Shaun Okojie (Corinthian-Casuals)
Total attendance	111,438
Average attendance	202 (-1.4% to previous season)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Division One South consisted of 24 clubs: 19 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

• Cray Wanderers, transferred from Division One North
• Godalming Town, transferred from Southern Football League Division One Central
• Greenwich Borough, promoted from Southern Counties East League
• Horsham, promoted from the Southern Combination League
• Lewes, relegated from the Premier Division

Tooting & Mitcham United were pronounced champions of Division One South on 22 April 2017,[11] and returned to the Premier Division after five seasons in Division One South along with play-off winners Dorking Wanderers who reached this level for the first time in their history.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tooting & Mitcham United	46	33	6	7	120	54	+66	105	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Dorking Wanderers	46	33	6	7	103	44	+59	105	Qualified for play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division[lower-alpha 1]
3	Greenwich Borough	46	30	5	11	102	52	+50	95	Qualified for play-offs
4	Corinthian-Casuals	46	29	6	11	99	59	+40	93
5	Hastings United	46	23	13	10	128	64	+64	82
6	Carshalton Athletic	46	24	9	13	106	69	+37	81
7	Hythe Town	46	23	9	14	87	65	+22	78
8	South Park	46	24	4	18	95	80	+15	76
9	Lewes	46	23	7	16	88	75	+13	76
10	Faversham Town	46	22	8	16	89	58	+31	74
11	Cray Wanderers	46	19	11	16	88	86	+2	68
12	Ramsgate	46	18	11	17	79	75	+4	65
13	Walton Casuals	46	19	8	19	98	99	−1	65
14	Whyteleafe	46	19	7	20	81	75	+6	64
15	Sittingbourne	46	17	11	18	71	86	−15	62
16	Horsham	46	17	10	19	79	80	−1	61
17	Herne Bay	46	13	12	21	74	98	−24	51
18	East Grinstead Town	46	14	5	27	82	121	−39	47
19	Molesey	46	11	10	25	61	116	−55	43
20	Chipstead	46	11	8	27	68	99	−31	41
21	Guernsey	46	9	11	26	66	112	−46	38
22	Chatham Town	46	7	10	29	57	120	−63	31	Relegated to the Southern Counties East League
23	Three Bridges	46	7	8	31	59	114	−55	29	Relegated to the Southern Combination League
24	Godalming Town	46	8	3	35	49	128	−79	24[lower-alpha 2]	Relegated to the Combined Counties League

Source: IL official site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [6]
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier Division
2. Godalming Town were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Herne Bay on 15 October.

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals[7]
Shaun Okojie	Corinthian-Casuals	33
Kieran Lavery	South Park	32
Tommy Bradford	Carshalton Athletic	29
Francis Collin	Hastings United	28
Charlie MacDonald	Greenwich Borough	27

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Dorking Wanderers (a.e.t.)	1 (4)
	5	Hastings United	1 (3)
						2	Dorking Wanderers (a.e.t.) [11]	0 (5)
						4	Corinthian-Casuals	0 (4)
	3	Greenwich Borough	3
	4	Corinthian-Casuals	4

Semi-finals

Dorking Wanderers v Hastings United

25 April 2017	Dorking Wanderers	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Hastings United	Westhumble Playing Fields, Dorking
19:45	McShane  86'		Collin  73'

Greenwich Borough v Corinthian-Casuals

25 April 2017	Greenwich Borough	3–4	Corinthian-Casuals	Badgers Sports Ground, Eltham
19:45	Eisa  4' Sweeney  34' Wilson  83'		Okojie  18' (pen.), 76' Dillon  23' Maan  59'	Attendance: 427

Final

Dorking Wanderers v Corinthian-Casuals

29 April 2017	Dorking Wanderers	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Corinthian-Casuals	Westhumble Playing Fields, Dorking
15:00				Attendance: 967

Results

Home \ Away	CAR	CHA	CHI	COR	CRA	DOW	EGT	FAV	GOD	GRE	GUE	HAS	HER	HOR	HYT	LEW	MOL	RAM	SIT	SPK	THR	T&M	WAL	WHY
Carshalton Athletic		6–1	2–3	1–3	2–1	3–3	3–1	2–1	10–0	1–3	2–1	4–4	4–1	5–1	0–3	4–3	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	5–1	1–1	5–0	2–0
Chatham Town	1–2		4–4	1–4	1–3	0–3	2–3	0–1	0–1	0–3	1–4	0–7	3–2	1–4	1–3	0–0	0–2	5–2	2–3	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–4	2–3
Chipstead	3–1	0–1		1–4	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–3	3–3	2–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	2–2	1–3	3–0	0–7	4–1	1–2
Corinthian-Casuals	0–2	2–2	1–0		1–1	2–0	2–0	0–0	5–1	2–0	5–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–6	0–2	5–1	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	3–3	0–0	2–1
Cray Wanderers	4–1	3–0	3–2	3–4		0–2	2–4	1–0	5–1	0–0	1–0	1–4	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–3	3–0	2–2	3–3	0–3	3–2	1–4	3–4	2–2
Dorking Wanderers	2–1	1–2	4–1	1–0	2–1		1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	5–2	2–1	3–4	7–1	1–0	2–1	6–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–2
East Grinstead Town	0–3	2–2	4–3	2–2	4–2	2–3		2–1	3–4	0–5	0–1	4–4	2–3	0–3	2–3	1–3	3–0	1–4	2–0	5–3	1–2	1–4	1–1	2–7
Faversham Town	2–0	7–1	4–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	3–0		3–2	2–5	1–0	1–1	6–3	1–1	1–2	5–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	0–3	5–1	2–1
Godalming Town	0–3	2–4	1–4	1–2	0–1	0–5	2–3	0–2		1–4	3–0	1–0	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–4	1–3	0–3	1–6	3–4
Greenwich Borough	0–2	3–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	2–0		4–0	3–2	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–3	4–2	3–2	2–1	0–1
Guernsey	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–4	0–0	2–4	2–1	2–4	1–1	1–1		0–1	5–1	2–3	2–2	2–4	2–0	0–3	2–1	1–3	1–1	0–6	4–1	1–2
Hastings United	5–0	2–2	3–3	3–4	1–2	2–4	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	6–1		7–0	3–0	2–1	3–0	5–1	1–2	1–1	4–1	3–2	0–1	1–1	4–0
Herne Bay	2–3	2–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	6–0	1–2	3–2	0–5	1–1	1–1		0–1	0–2	1–4	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–1	2–1
Horsham	1–3	4–0	3–2	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	4–3	8–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–2		0–1	3–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1
Hythe Town	2–2	6–1	1–1	0–5	2–3	0–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	8–1	1–1	3–1	3–3		4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–4	6–1	1–1
Lewes	1–2	2–0	2–1	2–3	5–2	1–2	4–0	0–0	3–0	2–4	1–0	4–4	3–1	1–2	1–0		2–2	3–2	2–2	1–3	4–2	1–5	0–2	2–1
Molesey	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–4	2–2	1–2	3–3	5–4	3–3	3–3	3–1	0–4		2–3	1–1	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–1
Ramsgate	1–2	2–1	0–1	3–4	2–2	2–2	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–1	5–1		1–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	5–2
Sittingbourne	1–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	0–4	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–5	3–3	2–4	2–2	3–2	4–0	1–3	2–0	4–0		2–0	4–4	1–3	3–2	0–3
South Park	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–3	1–4	0–2	2–4	3–1	6–2	0–4	3–0	1–5	3–1	1–3	0–1	0–3	6–2	1–3	2–0		1–0	3–4	5–1	1–2
Three Bridges	1–4	0–0	1–3	2–3	0–4	0–3	2–4	1–3	1–1	1–4	4–3	0–4	2–3	1–2	1–4	3–5	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–4		3–5	2–4	4–0
Tooting & Mitcham United	1–0	4–3	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–1	5–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	8–2	3–2	2–0	2–0	1–0		2–0	2–1
Walton Casuals	1–0	1–2	4–1	0–3	5–1	1–2	3–7	0–2	2–3	1–0	4–2	3–2	4–4	3–0	3–1	1–2	7–0	3–3	3–2	3–5	1–0	4–3		1–3
Whyteleafe	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	5–1	0–4	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	4–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–4

Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2017. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

Chatham Town

Dorking Wanderers

East Grinstead

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Faversham

Godalming Town

Guernsey (not on map)

Hastings United

Herne
Bay

Horsham

Hythe
Town

Lewes

Ramsgate

Sittingbourne

South Park

Three Bridges

Carshalton Athletic

Chipstead

Corinthian-Casuals

Cray Wanderers

Greenwich Borough

Molesey

Tooting & Mitcham United

Walton Casuals & Whyteleafe

Locations of Division One South teams

Carshalton Athletic

Chipstead

Corinthian-Casuals

Cray Wanderers

Greenwich Borough

Molesey

Tooting & Mitcham

Walton Casuals & Whyteleafe

Greater London Division One South teams

Club	Stadium	Capacity
Carshalton Athletic	War Memorial Sports Ground	5,000
Chatham Town	The Sports Ground	5,000
Chipstead	High Road	2,000
Corinthian-Casuals	King George's Field	2,700
Cray Wanderers	Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley)	6,000
Dorking Wanderers	Westhumble Community Ground	1,500
East Grinstead Town	East Court	1,000
Faversham Town	Shepherd Neame Stadium	2,000
Godalming Town	Weycourt	3,000
Greenwich Borough	Badgers Sports Ground (groundshare with Cray Valley PM)	1,500
Guernsey	Footes Lane	5,000
Hastings United	The Pilot Field	4,050
Herne Bay	Winch's Field	4,000
Horsham	Gorings Mead	1,500
Hythe Town	Reachfields Stadium	3,000
Lewes	The Dripping Pan	3,000
Molesey	Walton Road Stadium	1,000
Ramsgate	Southwood Stadium	2,500
Sittingbourne	Woodstock Park	3,000
South Park	King George's Field	2,000
Three Bridges	Jubilee Field	1,500
Tooting & Mitcham United	Imperial Fields	3,500
Walton Casuals	Church Road (groundshare with Whyteleafe)	2,000
Whyteleafe	Church Road	2,000

League Cup

2016–17 Alan Turvey Trophy

Country	England
Teams	62
Champions	Billericay Town
Runners-up	Tonbridge Angels
Matches played	61
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Alan Turvey Trophy sponsored by Robert Dyas (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) is the 43rd season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.

Calendar

Round	Dates	Matches	Clubs
First round	12 September to 5 September	30	62 → 32
Second round	4 October to 13 December	16	32 → 16
Third round	6 December to 31 January	8	16 → 8
Quarterfinals	10 January to 14 February	4	8 → 4
Semifinals	21 February to 14 March	2	4 → 2
Final	12 April	1	2 → 1

The Isthmian League Cup was voluntary this season, ten clubs decided not to take part in the competition:

Bognor Regis Town Cray Wanderers Dereham Town Havant & Waterlooville Guernsey

Lewes Norwich United Phoenix Sports Thurrock Wroxham

First round

Sixty clubs participated in the First round, while two clubs received a bye to the Second round:

• Bury Town
• Dorking Wanderers

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att. 1 Aveley (N) 1–2 Greenwich Borough (S) 44 2 Carshalton Athletic (S) 1–0 Molesey (S) 99 3 Chatham Town (S) 1–0 VCD Athletic (N) 61 4 Kingstonian (P) 2–2 Merstham (P) 124 Merstham advance 5–4 on penalties 5 Burgess Hill Town (P) 1–0 Horsham (S) 133 6 East Grinstead Town (S) 2–2 Godalming Town (S) 62 Godalming Town advance 6–5 on penalties 7 AFC Sudbury (P) 2–1 Lowestoft Town (P) 125 8 Billericay Town (P) 3–0 Heybridge Swifts (N) 117 9 Brightlingsea Regent (N) 6–3 Leiston (P) 62 10 Canvey Island (P) 6–1 Great Wakering Rovers (N) 90 11 Cheshunt (N) 2–4 Enfield Town (P) 231 12 Dulwich Hamlet (P) 4–0 Grays Athletic (P) 374 13 Folkestone Invicta (P) 0–1 Tonbridge Angels (P) 224 14 Harrow Borough (P) 4–4 Wingate & Finchley (P) 85 Wingate & Finchley advance 8–7 on penalties But later Wingate & Finchley removed, Harrow Borough reinstalled 15 Soham Town Rangers (N) 3–4 Needham Market (P) 103

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att. 16 Tooting & Mitcham United (S) 0–3 Staines Town (P) 111 17 Waltham Abbey (N) 3–1 Harlow Town (P) 91 18 Worthing (P) 5–0 Three Bridges (S) 227 19 Hendon (P) 2–2 Metropolitan Police (P) 76 Metropolitan Police advance 4–3 on penalties 20 Brentwood Town (N) 1–2 Ware (N) 45 21 Tilbury (N) 0–0 Maldon & Tiptree (N) 51 Tilbury advance 8–7 on penalties 22 AFC Hornchurch (N) 4–1 Haringey Borough (N) 71 23 Bowers & Pitsea (N) 3–0 Witham Town (N) 75 24 Chipstead (S) 1–2 South Park (S) 53 25 Corinthian-Casuals (S) 2–0 Whyteleafe (S) 74 26 Faversham Town (S) 3–0 Hythe Town (S) 128 27 Herne Bay (S) 1–1 Hastings United (S) 145 Hastings United advance 4–3 on penalties 28 Sittingbourne (S) 2–1 Ramsgate (S) 88 29 Thamesmead Town (N) 4–3 Romford (N) 47 Thamesmead Town removed, Romford reinstalled 30 Leatherhead (P) 2–1 Walton Casuals (N) 65

Second round

Thirty clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the draw with two clubs who get a bye, making thirty-two teams.

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att. 31 Waltham Abbey (N) 2–5 AFC Sudbury (P) 62 32 Tilbury (N) 1–1 Billericay Town (P) 112 Billericay Town advance 4–2 on penalties 33 Canvey Island (P) 0–0 Ware (N) 151 Ware advance 3–1 on penalties 34 Staines Town (P) 3–4 Harrow Borough (P) 123 35 Tonbridge Angels (P) 2–0 Sittingbourne (S) 260 36 Romford (N) 1–0 Chatham Town (S) 65 37 Enfield Town (P) 1–4 AFC Hornchurch (N) 120 38 Greenwich Borough (S) 1–2 Dulwich Hamlet (P) 213

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att. 39 Merstham (P) 4–3 Leatherhead (P) 154 40 Burgess Hill Town (P) 2–3 Godalming Town (S) 148 Godalming Town removed, Burgess Hill Town reinstalled 41 Bury Town (N) 0–2 Needham Market (P) 230 42 Faversham Town (S) 1–1 Hastings United (S) 101 Faversham Town advance 6–5 on penalties 43 Metropolitan Police (P) 0–1 Corinthian-Casuals (S) 103 44 South Park (S) 2–1 Carshalton Athletic (S) 72 45 Worthing (P) 2–1 Dorking Wanderers (S) 280 46 Brightlingsea Regent (N) 2–1 Bowers & Pitsea (N) 54

Third round

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att. 47 Tonbridge Angels (P) 2–2 Romford (N) 133 Tonbridge Angels advance 4–2 on penalties 48 AFC Hornchurch (N) 1–0 AFC Sudbury (P) 76 49 Corinthian-Casuals (S) 2–5 Merstham (P) 81 50 Ware (N) 1–2 Needham Market (P) 60

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att. 51 Worthing (P) 2–1 Burgess Hill Town (P) 444 52 Billericay Town (P) 2–1 Brightlingsea Regent (N) 126 53 Dulwich Hamlet (P) 2–1 Faversham Town (S) 321 54 Harrow Borough (P) 0–4 South Park (S) 53

Quarterfinals

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att. 55 Needham Market (P) 1–3 Tonbridge Angels (P) 148 56 Worthing (P) 0–7 Billericay Town (P) 318

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att. 57 Merstham (P) 1–1 South Park (S) 110 South Park advance 4–3 on penalties 58 AFC Hornchurch (N) 2–3 Dulwich Hamlet (P) 146

Semifinals

Tie Home Team (Tier) Score Away Team (Tier) Att. 59 Billericay Town (P) 4–3 South Park (S) 275 60 Tonbridge Angels (P) 3–1 Dulwich Hamlet (P) 305 Final Billericay Town (P) v Tonbridge Angels (P) 12 April 2017 61 Billericay Town (P) 8–3 Tonbridge Angels (P) Colston Avenue, Carshalton 19:30 Robinson  12' Bricknell  29', 36', 44' Cunnington  48', 61' Lawrence  55' Krasniqi  83' Isthmian League report McCollin  5', 89' Konchesky  49' (o.g.) Attendance: 653 See also Isthmian League 2016–17 Northern Premier League 2016–17 Southern Football League References "Club Allocations for Step 1-4 NLS clubs in 2016-17". The FA. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016. "FA decide next season's pyramid". Isthmian League. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016. "League statement: Farnborough F.C." Isthmian League. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015. "Havant and Waterlooville promoted as champions but despair for Gosport". BBC. 22 April 2017. "League lines up for next season". Isthmian League. Retrieved 19 May 2017. "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017. "Isthmian League South Division top scorers". "Congratulations to Brightlingsea Regent on winning the Ryman North championship!". Isthmian.co.uk. 8 April 2017. "League lines up for next season". Isthmian League. Retrieved 19 May 2017. "Norwich United suffer points deduction". Ware F.C. Retrieved 19 January 2017. "Congratulations to 2017 Ryman South promotion play-off winners Dorking Wanderers!". Isthmian.co.uk. 30 April 2017. External links Official website