2009–10 Isthmian League
Introduction The '''2009–10''' season was the 95th 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 The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:* Aveley, promoted as champions of Division One North* Bognor Regis Town, relegated from the Conference South* Cray Wanderers, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South* Kingstonian, promoted as champions of Division One South* Waltham Abbey, promoted as play-off winners in Division One NorthDartford won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Boreham Wood. Bognor Regis Town were relegated for the second season in a row along with Waltham Abbey, who had only spent one season in the Premier Division. Ashford Town resigned from the league. Margate were reprieved from relegation for the second season in a row, this time after Chester City and Farsley Celtic folded and Grays Athletic were demoted from the Conference Premier to Isthmian League Division One North.===League table=======Top scorers====PlayerClubGoals '''Bobby Traynor'''Kingstonian'''28''' Patrick HardingHorsham24 Martin TuohyAveley23 Paul VinesTooting & Mitcham United Lee BurnsDartford22 Danny GabrielWaltham Forest / Aveley21 Ade OlorundaHastings United20 James RoweCanvey Island19 Byron HarrisonAshford Town / Carshalton Athletic17===Play-offs======Results grid======Stadia and locations=== Club Stadium Capacity AFC Hornchurch  Hornchurch Stadium  3,500 Ashford Town (Middlesex)  Short Lane  2,550 Aveley  The Mill Field  1,100 Billericay Town  New Lodge  3,500 Bognor Regis Town  Nyewood Lane  4,500 Boreham Wood  Meadow Park  4,502 Canvey Island  Brockwell Stadium  4,308 Carshalton Athletic  War Memorial Sports Ground  5,000 Cray Wanderers  Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley)  6,000 Dartford  Princes Park  4,100 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 Maidstone United  The Homelands (groundshare with Ashford Town (Kent)) 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 Waltham Abbey  Capershotts  3,500 Wealdstone  Grosvenor Vale  2,640
Division One North Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:* Harlow Town, relegated from the Premier Division* Heybridge Swifts, relegated from the Premier Division* Lowestoft Town, promoted as champions of the Eastern Counties League* Romford, promoted as champions of the Essex Senior League* VCD Athletic, promoted as champions of the Kent LeagueLowestoft Town won the division and were promoted for the second season in a row along with play-off winners Concord Rangers. Leyton were reprieved from relegation after numerous higher league clubs folded. VCD Athletic were demoted after failing to meet ground grading requirements and returned to the Kent League. Harlow Town were reprieved from relegation after an appeal by VCD was turned down.After the end of the season Maldon Town merged with 14° Essex Senior League side Tiptree United to form a new club Maldon & Tiptree, who took the place of Maldon Town in 2010–11 IL Division One North.===League table=======Top scorers====PlayerClubGoals '''Sam Higgins'''East Thurrock United'''35''' Leon SmithWingate & Finchley26 Matt NolanLowestoft Town24 Lyle TaylorConcord Rangers22 Andrew ConstableThamesmead Town===Play-offs======Results grid======Stadia and locations=== Club Stadium Capacity Brentwood Town  The Brentwood Centre Arena  1,000 Cheshunt  Cheshunt Stadium  3,000 Concord Rangers  Thames Road  1,500 East Thurrock United  Rookery Hill  3,500 Enfield Town  Goldsdown Road (groundshare with Brimsdown Rovers)  3,000 Great Wakering Rovers  Burroughs Park  2,500 Harlow Town  Barrows Farm  3,500 Heybridge Swifts  Scraley Road  3,000 Ilford  Cricklefield Stadium  3,500 Leyton  Leyton Stadium  2,500 Lowestoft Town  Crown Meadow  3,000 Maldon Town  Wallace Binder Ground  2,000 Northwood  Chestnut Avenue  3,075 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 VCD Athletic  The Oakwood  1,180 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 Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:* Chatham Town, transferred from Division One North* Horsham YMCA, promoted as Third Place of the Sussex County League* Ramsgate, relegated from the Premier DivisionFolkestone Invicta won the play-offs and returned to the Premier Division after two seasons of absence along with Croydon Athletic, who won the division. Walton Casuals and Eastbourne Town finished in the relegation zone but were reprieved due to the resignation of Ashford Town (Kent) and as a knock-on effect from Merthyr Tydfil's expulsion from the Southern League.===League table=======Top scorers====PlayerClubGoals '''Gary Noël'''Croydon Athletic'''24''' Martin GrantWalton Casuals / Walton & Hersham20 Phil WilliamsGodalming Town Hicham AkhazzanSittingbourne18 Gavin GordonWorthing / Merstham===Play-offs======Results grid======Stadia and locations=== Club Stadium Capacity Ashford Town (Kent)  The Homelands (groundshare with Maidstone United)  3,200 Burgess Hill Town  Leylands Park  2,000 Chatham Town  The Sports Ground  5,000 Chipstead  High Road  2,000 Corinthian-Casuals  King George's Field  2,700 Croydon Athletic  Keith Tuckey Stadium  3,000 Dulwich Hamlet  Champion Hill  3,000 Eastbourne Town  The Saffrons  3,000 Fleet Town  Calthorpe Park  2,000 Folkestone Invicta  Cheriton Road  4,000 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 Whitstable Town  The Belmont Ground  3,000 Whyteleafe  Church Road  2,000 Worthing  Woodside Road  4,000
League Cup The '''Isthmian League Cup 2009–10''' was the 36th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 20 October 2009 and finished on 24 March 2010.===Calendar=== Round  Dates  Matches  Clubs First round  20 October 2009  2  66 → 64 Second round  3 November 2009 to 13 November 2009  32  64 → 32 Third round  24 November 2009 to 4 February 2010  16  32 → 16 Fourth round  26 January 2010 to 4 March 2010  8  16 → 8 Quarterfinals  23 February 2010 to 11 March 2010  4  8 → 4 Semifinals  11 March 2010 to 18 March 2010  2  4 → 2 Final  24 March 2010  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)'''''''''1Cheshunt (N)0–2'''Northwood''' (N)962'''Godalming Town''' (S)4–2Merstham (S)75===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 clubs. '''Tie''''''Home team (tier)''''''Score''''''Away team (tier)'''''''''3Folkestone Invicta (S)0–4'''Aveley''' (P)1644Romford (N)3–4'''Maidstone United''' (P)805Ramsgate (S)2–2'''Dartford''' (P)177Dartford advance 5–4 on penalties6'''Tonbridge Angels''' (P)4–1Whitstable Town (S)1817Thamesmead Town (N)0–1'''Sittingbourne''' (S)718Ashford Town (Kent) (S)0–1'''Tilbury''' (N)619VCD Athletic (N)0–1'''Margate''' (P)9110'''Chatham Town''' (S)2–0Cray Wanderers (P)9411Ware (N)1–2'''Waltham Forest''' (N)7312Leyton (N)0–2'''Billericay Town''' (P)7713'''AFC Hornchurch''' (P)2–1Brentwood Town (N)12114Heybridge Swifts (N)1–3'''Maldon Town''' (N)11815Redbridge (N)2–3 '''Harlow Town''' (N)4416'''Concord Rangers''' (N)3–0East Thurrock United (N)11017'''Canvey Island''' (P)1–0Great Wakering Rovers (N)12118'''Lowestoft Town''' (N)3–1Ilford (N)462'''Tie''''''Home team (tier)''''''Score''''''Away team (tier)'''''''''19'''Croydon Athletic''' (S)2–0Corinthian-Casuals (S)8120Worthing (S)0–4'''Bognor Regis Town''' (P)35821Chipstead (S)1–2'''Godalming Town''' (S)5522Eastbourne Town (S)1–3'''Horsham YMCA''' (S)7823'''Horsham''' (P)2–1Sutton United (P)14424Carshalton Athletic (P)1–3'''Whyteleafe''' (S)16025'''Leatherhead''' (S)1–0 Burgess Hill Town (S)5826'''Hastings United''' (P)4–1Tooting & Mitcham United (P)25727'''Fleet Town''' (S)1–0Ashford Town (Middx) (P)6028'''Metropolitan Police''' (S)2–1 Harrow Borough (P)4729Hendon (P)3–3'''Wingate & Finchley''' (N)83Wingate & Finchley advance 4–3 on penalties30'''Wealdstone''' (P)3–1Boreham Wood (P)10131Northwood (N)2–3'''Potters Bar Town''' (N)7232'''Enfield Town''' (N)3–1Waltham Abbey (P)10733'''Walton Casuals''' (S)4–3Kingstonian (P)13334'''Walton & Hersham''' (S)2–1Dulwich Hamlet (S)88===Third round==='''Tie''''''Home team (tier)''''''Score''''''Away team (tier)'''''''''35'''Sittingbourne''' (S)3–2Margate (P)13036Dartford (P)4–5'''Aveley''' (P)32037Maidstone United (P)0–2'''Tilbury''' (N)6338'''Tonbridge Angels''' (P)2–0Chatham Town (S)19039Waltham Forest (N)0–1'''Canvey Island''' (P)4440Concord Rangers (N)2–0'''Billericay Town''' (P)126Concord Rangers expelled for fielding an unregistered player so Billericay Town advance41'''AFC Hornchurch''' (P)3–0Harlow Town (N)10442Maldon Town (N)0–3'''Lowestoft Town''' (N)65'''Tie''''''Home team (tier)''''''Score''''''Away team (tier)'''''''''43Hastings United (P)0–1'''Croydon Athletic''' (S)13944'''Leatherhead''' (S)2–0Bognor Regis Town (P)12145Whyteleafe (S)1–2'''Godalming Town''' (S)6246Horsham (P)0–2'''Horsham YMCA''' (S)16147'''Wealdstone''' (P)2–2Metropolitan Police (S)101Wealdstone advance 3–1 on penalties48'''Fleet Town''' (S)2–0Potters Bar Town (N)5349'''Walton & Hersham''' (S)2–0Walton Casuals (S)11050'''Wingate & Finchley''' (N)2–1Enfield Town (N)69===Fourth round==='''Tie''''''Home team (tier)''''''Score''''''Away team (tier)'''''''''51'''Lowestoft Town''' (N)2–1Tilbury (N)42252Billericay Town (P)1–3'''Sittingbourne''' (S)10553'''Aveley''' (P)3–1 AFC Hornchurch (P)10454'''Canvey Island''' (P)3–2Wingate & Finchley (N)97'''Tie''''''Home team (tier)''''''Score''''''Away team (tier)'''''''''55Tonbridge Angels (P)2–1'''Wealdstone''' (P)148Tonbridge Angels expelled so Wealdstone advance56Walton & Hersham (S)0–1'''Croydon Athletic''' (S)7057'''Fleet Town''' (S)3–0Horsham YMCA (S)5558Godalming Town (S)0–1'''Leatherhead''' (S)90===Quarterfinals==='''Tie''''''Home team (tier)''''''Score''''''Away team (tier)'''''''''59'''Croydon Athletic''' (S)2–1Lowestoft Town (N)5860Sittingbourne (S)1–2'''Wealdstone''' (P)74'''Tie''''''Home team (tier)''''''Score''''''Away team (tier)'''''''''61Fleet Town (S)0–3'''Leatherhead''' (S)7762'''Aveley''' (P)2–1Canvey Island (P)104===Semifinals==='''Tie''''''Home team (tier)''''''Score''''''Away team (tier)'''''''''63'''Leatherhead''' (S)1–1Aveley (P)105Leatherhead advance 4–3 on penalties64'''Wealdstone''' (P)1–0Croydon Athletic (S)113===Final===
See also *Isthmian League*2009–10 Northern Premier League*2009–10 Southern Football League
References
External links * Official website