1984–85 Isthmian League

The 1984–85 season was the 69th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. League consisted of three divisions. The Second Division was divided into two sections.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season 1984–85
Champions Sutton United
Promoted Wycombe Wanderers
Relegated Leytonstone/Ilford
Harlow Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1412 (3.06 per match)

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, promoted from the First Division:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sutton United (C) 42 23 15 4 115 55+60 84
2 Worthing 42 24 8 10 89 59+30 80
3 Wycombe Wanderers (P) 42 24 6 12 68 46+22 78 Promoted to the Alliance Premier League
4 Wokingham Town 42 20 13 9 74 52+22 73
5 Windsor & Eton 42 19 10 13 67 55+12 67
6 Bognor Regis Town 42 20 6 16 67 58+9 66
7 Dulwich Hamlet 42 16 17 9 82 57+25 65
8 Harrow Borough 42 18 8 16 70 56+14 62
9 Hayes 42 17 8 17 60 58+2 59
10 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 16 11 15 64 662 59
11 Walthamstow Avenue 42 15 11 16 64 651 56
12 Croydon 42 15 12 15 62 631 055
13 Epsom & Ewell 42 13 14 15 63 62+1 53
14 Slough Town 42 13 12 17 69 745 51
15 Carshalton Athletic 42 14 8 20 55 6813 50
16 Bishop's Stortford 42 12 12 18 48 6719 48
17 Hendon 42 9 19 14 62 653 46
18 Billericay Town 42 11 14 17 53 7421 046*
19 Barking 42 13 7 22 43 7532 46
20 Hitchin Town 42 10 15 17 55 7015 45
21 Leytonstone/Ilford (R) 42 11 10 21 37 7235 43 Relegated to the First Division
22 Harlow Town (R) 42 5 12 25 45 9550 27

Source: [1]
Croydon were deducted two points.
* Billericay Town were deducted one point.
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.

First Division

Isthmian League
First Division
Season 1984–85
Champions Farnborough Town
Promoted Farnborough Town
Kingstonian
Relegated Woking
Metropolitan Police
Clapton
Hertford Town
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1496 (3.24 per match)

First Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:

Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

Two clubs promoted from the Second Division:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Farnborough Town (C) (P) 42 26 8 8 101 45+56 86 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Kingstonian (P) 42 23 10 9 67 39+28 79
3 Leatherhead 42 23 10 9 109 61+48 076
4 Chesham United 42 22 8 12 78 46+32 74
5 Wembley 42 20 10 12 59 40+19 70
6 St Albans City 42 19 10 13 78 60+18 67
7 Tilbury 42 18 13 11 86 68+18 67
8 Bromley 42 18 9 15 71 65+6 63
9 Hampton 42 17 11 14 75 62+13 62
10 Staines Town 42 16 11 15 59 53+6 59
11 Maidenhead United 42 17 8 17 65 64+1 59
12 Walton & Hersham 42 16 8 18 60 699 055
13 Aveley 42 16 7 19 62 7816 55
14 Oxford City 42 14 12 16 62 53+9 54
15 Lewes 42 15 9 18 70 722 54
16 Basildon United 42 15 8 19 55 616 53
17 Boreham Wood 42 15 7 20 72 8311 52
18 Hornchurch 42 15 6 21 55 7419 51
19 Woking (R) 42 15 6 21 60 9131 51 Relegated to the Second Division South
20 Metropolitan Police (R) 42 10 12 20 65 9227 42
21 Clapton (R) 42 5 11 26 50 12474 26 Relegated to the Second Division North
22 Hertford Town (R) 42 5 10 27 36 9761 25

Source: [1]
Leatherhead were deducted three points.
* Walton & Hersham were deducted one point.
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.

Second Division North

Isthmian League
Second Division North
Season 1984–85
Champions Leyton-Wingate
Promoted Leyton-Wingate
Finchley
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1176 (3.09 per match)

Second Division North consisted of 21 clubs, including eight clubs transferred from the Second Division, one team relegated from the First Division and twelve new teams:

Clubs transferred from the Second Division:

Club relegated from the First Division:

Clubs joined from the Athenian League:

Plus:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Leyton-Wingate (C) (P) 38 24 9 5 98 49+49 81 Promoted to the First Division
2 Finchley (P) 38 24 8 6 66 31+35 079
3 Heybridge Swifts 38 22 9 7 71 33+38 75
4 Stevenage Borough 38 23 6 9 79 49+30 75
5 Saffron Walden Town 38 22 8 8 73 31+42 74
6 Tring Town 38 19 11 8 76 41+35 68
7 Chalfont St Peter 38 17 10 11 72 41+31 61
8 Flackwell Heath 38 16 11 11 43 40+3 59 Transferred to the Second Division South
9 Berkhamsted Town 38 15 12 11 50 42+8 57
10 Letchworth Garden City 38 17 6 15 66 693 57
11 Royston Town 38 13 9 16 47 7730 48
12 Cheshunt 38 14 5 19 52 575 47
13 Marlow 38 13 6 19 64 8117 45 Transferred to the Second Division South
14 Hemel Hempstead 38 11 7 20 49 6415 40
15 Barton Rovers 38 9 8 21 40 6222 35
16 Wolverton Town 38 9 8 21 38 7739 35
17 Kingsbury Town 38 9 7 22 53 7219 34
18 Harefield United 38 7 9 22 51 8130 30
19 Haringey Borough 38 6 12 20 38 7941 30
20 Ware 38 7 5 26 40 10060 26
21 Epping Town 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 Resigned from the league, record expunged

Source: [1]
Finchley were deducted one point.
Epping Town resigned from the league in middle of the season.
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.

Second Division South

Isthmian League
Second Division South
Season 1984–85
Champions Grays Athletic
Promoted Grays Athletic
Uxbridge
Matches played 342
Goals scored 1037 (3.03 per match)

Second Division South consisted of 19 clubs, including eleven clubs transferred from the Second Division, one team relegated from the First Division and seven new teams:

Clubs transferred from the Second Division:

Club relegated from the First Division:

Clubs joined from the Athenian League:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Grays Athletic (C) (P) 36 24 9 3 84 25+59 81 Promoted to the First Division
2 Uxbridge (P) 36 22 10 4 81 20+61 76
3 Molesey 36 20 5 11 62 42+20 65
4 Hungerford Town 36 18 9 9 71 49+22 63
5 Whyteleafe 36 17 10 9 66 34+32 61
6 Egham Town 36 17 7 12 54 42+12 58
7 Southall 36 18 3 15 54 573 57
8 Bracknell Town 36 15 7 14 54 48+6 52
9 Banstead Athletic 36 14 8 14 63 707 50
10 Horsham 36 13 10 13 44 39+5 49
11 Ruislip Manor 36 13 10 13 48 491 49
12 Dorking 36 12 11 13 45 505 47
13 Rainham Town 36 12 8 16 58 613 44 Transferred to the Second Division North
14 Feltham 36 10 13 13 44 5814 43
15 Camberley Town 36 10 12 14 44 5410 42
16 Eastbourne United 36 10 9 17 66 726 39
17 Petersfield United 36 9 5 22 41 8039 32
18 Newbury Town 36 8 7 21 35 6934 016
19 Chertsey Town 36 2 3 31 23 11895 06 Resigned and joined the Combined Counties League

Source: [1]
Newbury Town were deducted 15 points.
Chertsey Town were deducted three points.
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

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