1977–78 Isthmian League

The 1977–78 season was the 63rd season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.

At the end of the previous season league divisions were renamed: Division One was renamed the Premier Division and Division Two was renamed Division One. Also, seventeen new clubs were newly admitted to the league, they were placed to the new Division Two, as the league expanded to three divisions.

Enfield won Premier Division, whilst Dulwich Hamlet won Division One and Epsom & Ewell won Division Two.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division

Season	1977–78
Champions	Enfield
Relegated	Bishop's Stortford Southall & Ealing Borough
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,297 (2.81 per match)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

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

• Boreham Wood
• Carshalton Athletic

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Enfield	42	35	5	2	96	27	+69	110
2	Dagenham	42	24	7	11	78	55	+23	79
3	Wycombe Wanderers	42	22	9	11	66	41	+25	75
4	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	22	8	12	64	49	+15	74
5	Hitchin Town	42	20	9	13	69	53	+16	69
6	Sutton United	42	18	12	12	66	57	+9	66
7	Leatherhead	42	18	11	13	62	48	+14	65
8	Croydon	42	18	10	14	61	52	+9	64
9	Walthamstow Avenue	42	17	12	13	64	61	+3	63
10	Barking	42	17	7	18	76	66	+10	58
11	Carshalton Athletic	42	15	11	16	60	62	−2	56
12	Hayes	42	15	11	16	46	53	−7	56
13	Hendon	42	16	7	19	57	55	+2	55
14	Woking	42	14	11	17	62	62	0	53
15	Boreham Wood	42	15	8	19	48	65	−17	53
16	Slough Town	42	14	8	20	52	69	−17	50
17	Staines Town	42	12	13	17	46	60	−14	49
18	Tilbury	42	11	12	19	57	68	−11	45
19	Kingstonian	42	8	13	21	43	65	−22	37
20	Leytonstone	42	7	15	20	44	71	−27	36
21	Southall & Ealing Borough	42	6	15	21	43	74	−31	33	Relegated to Division One
22	Bishop's Stortford	42	7	8	27	36	83	−47	29

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

Isthmian League
Division One

Season	1977–78
Champions	Dulwich Hamlet
Promoted	Dulwich Hamlet Oxford City
Relegated	Corinthian-Casuals Hornchurch
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,326 (2.87 per match)
← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, relegated from old Division One:

• Dulwich Hamlet
• Ilford

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dulwich Hamlet	42	28	9	5	91	25	+66	93	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Oxford City	42	26	5	11	85	44	+41	83
3	Bromley	42	23	13	6	74	41	+33	82
4	Walton & Hersham	42	22	11	9	69	41	+28	77
5	Ilford	42	21	14	7	57	47	+10	77
6	St Albans City	42	22	10	10	83	46	+37	76
7	Wokingham Town	42	19	12	11	68	48	+20	69
8	Harlow Town	42	19	8	15	63	49	+14	65
9	Harrow Borough	42	17	10	15	59	54	+5	61
10	Maidenhead United	42	16	13	13	55	54	+1	61
11	Hertford Town	42	15	14	13	57	51	+6	59
12	Chesham United	42	14	13	15	69	70	−1	55
13	Hampton	42	13	13	16	49	53	−4	52
14	Harwich & Parkeston	42	12	13	17	68	79	−11	49
15	Wembley	42	15	3	24	56	82	−26	48
16	Horsham	42	12	10	20	41	57	−16	46
17	Finchley	42	11	13	18	41	68	−27	46
18	Aveley	42	13	7	22	47	75	−28	46
19	Ware	42	8	13	21	61	95	−34	37
20	Clapton	42	10	6	26	46	78	−32	36
21	Hornchurch	42	8	10	24	47	81	−34	34	Relegated to Division Two
22	Corinthian-Casuals	42	3	10	29	40	88	−48	19

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Isthmian League
Division Two

Season	1977–78
Champions	Epsom & Ewell
Promoted	Epsom & Ewell Metropolitan Police
Matches played	272
Goals scored	801 (2.94 per match)
1978–79 →

The 1977–78 season was first for new Division Two. The Division consisted of 16 clubs transferred from the Athenian League and one club (Metropolitan Police) transferred from the Southern Football League Division One South.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Epsom & Ewell	32	21	5	6	65	34	+31	68	Promoted to Division One
2	Metropolitan Police	32	19	6	7	53	30	+23	63
3	Farnborough Town	32	19	4	9	68	40	+28	61
4	Molesey	32	17	8	7	47	27	+20	59
5	Egham Town	32	15	9	8	52	34	+18	54
6	Tring Town	32	14	11	7	62	32	+30	53
7	Letchworth Garden City	32	14	11	7	67	48	+19	53
8	Lewes	32	13	7	12	52	51	+1	46
9	Rainham Town	32	13	6	13	42	50	−8	45
10	Worthing	32	11	9	12	40	45	−5	42
11	Eastbourne United	32	10	8	14	40	50	−10	38
12	Cheshunt	32	9	6	17	43	60	−17	33
13	Feltham	32	7	9	16	30	49	−19	30
14	Camberley Town	32	6	11	15	32	49	−17	29
15	Hemel Hempstead	32	6	9	17	33	50	−17	27
16	Epping Town	32	7	6	19	37	64	−27	27
17	Willesden	32	7	3	22	38	88	−50	24

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.