Wikipedia

2004–05 Isthmian League

(Redirected from Isthmian League Cup 2004-05)

The 2004–05 season was the 90th in the history 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 first season after the creation of the Conference North and South, one step above the Isthmian League. Therefore, it was the inaugural season for the league in the seventh, eighth and ninth tiers of the English league system.

Premier Division

edit
Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season2004–05
ChampionsYeading
PromotedEastleigh
Yeading
RelegatedDover Athletic
Kingstonian
Tonbridge Angels
Matches played462
Goals scored1,302 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer29 goals – Carl Griffiths (Heybridge Swifts)
Highest attendance2,390 – Dover Athletic – Folkestone Invicta, (28 March)
Total attendance149,301
Average attendance323 (-12.5% to previous season)

After the creation of the Conference North and South, placed above the Isthmian League before the start of the season most of the Premier Division clubs were transferred to the newly created divisions.

The Premier Division featured seven clubs from the previous season and 15 new clubs:

Yeading won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Eastleigh. Tonbridge Angels, Dover Athletic and Kingstonian finished bottom of the table and were relegated to Division One, while 19th-placed Cheshunt were reprieved as the club with a better record than the equivalent Northern Premier League and Southern League clubs after Conference South side Hornchurch folded.

League table

edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Yeading 42 25 11 6 74 48 +26 86 Promoted to the Conference South
2 Billericay Town 42 23 11 8 78 40 +38 80 Qualified for the play-offs
3 Eastleigh 42 22 13 7 84 49 +35 79 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Conference South
4 Braintree Town 42 19 17 6 67 33 +34 74 Qualified for the play-offs
5 Leyton 42 21 8 13 71 57 +14 71
6 Hampton & Richmond 42 21 8 13 64 53 +11 71
7 Heybridge Swifts 42 18 9 15 76 65 +11 63
8 Chelmsford City 42 17 11 14 63 58 +5 62
9 Staines Town 42 17 9 16 59 53 +6 60
10 Worthing 42 16 11 15 50 45 +5 59
11 Hendon 42 17 7 18 48 60 −12 58
12 Salisbury City 42 16 9 17 60 64 −4 57 Transferred to the SFL Premier Division
13 Slough Town 42 15 10 17 61 66 −5 55
14 Folkestone Invicta 42 14 10 18 51 53 −2 52
15 Windsor & Eton 42 12 14 16 48 62 −14 50
16 Harrow Borough 42 13 10 19 41 54 −13 49
17 Northwood 42 14 7 21 49 66 −17 49 Transferred to the SFL Premier Division
18 Wealdstone 42 13 8 21 60 73 −13 47
19 Cheshunt 42 12 11 19 58 71 −13 47 Reprieved from relegation, then transferred to the SFL Premier Division
20 Tonbridge Angels 42 11 10 21 47 73 −26 43 Relegated to Division One
21 Dover Athletic 42 10 9 23 50 66 −16 39
22 Kingstonian 42 7 5 30 43 93 −50 26
Source: [1] [2][3][4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Play-offs

edit
Semifinals Final
      
2 Billericay Town 0
5 Leyton 2
3 Eastleigh 2
5 Leyton 1
3 Eastleigh 2
4 Braintree Town 0

Stadia and locations

edit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cheshunt
 
Hampton & Richmond Borough
 
Harrow Borough
 
Hendon
 
Kingstonian
 
Leyton
 
Northwood
 
Wealdstone
 
Yeading
class=notpageimage|
Locations of the Premier Division clubs
class=notpageimage|
Greater London Premier Division football clubs
Club Stadium
Billericay Town New Lodge
Braintree Town Cressing Road
Chelmsford City New Lodge (groundshare with Billericay Town)
Cheshunt Cheshunt Stadium
Dover Athletic Crabble Athletic Ground
Eastleigh Ten Acres
Folkestone Invicta Cheriton Road
Hampton & Richmond Borough Beveree Stadium
Harrow Borough Earlsmead Stadium
Hendon Claremont Road
Heybridge Swifts Scraley Road
Kingstonian Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon)
Leyton Leyton Stadium
Northwood Chestnut Avenue
Salisbury City Raymond McEnhill Stadium
Slough Town Stag Meadow (groundshare with Windsor & Eton)
Staines Town Wheatsheaf Park
Tonbridge Angels Longmead Stadium
Wealdstone White Lion (groundshare with Edgware Town)
Windsor & Eton Stag Meadow
Worthing Woodside Road
Yeading The Warren

Division One

edit
Isthmian League
Division One
Season2004–05
ChampionsAFC Wimbledon
PromotedAFC Wimbledon
Bromley
Walton & Hersham
RelegatedCroydon
Dorking
Matches played462
Goals scored1,410 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer29 goals – Stephen Harper (Burgess Hill Town)
Highest attendance3,358 – AFC Wimbledon – Cray Wanderers, (23 April)
Total attendance168,134
Average attendance364

After the creation of the Conference North and South one step above the Isthmian League, most of the Premier Division clubs were transferred to the newly created divisions. Consequently, the best Division One clubs took up the empty spots in higher divisions. Remaining Division One North clubs were transferred to the Southern Football League. Two Isthmian League Division One sections were merged into single Division One.

Division One consisted of 13 clubs transferred from Division One South and nine new clubs:

AFC Wimbledon won the division to earn a second promotion in a row along with runners-up Walton & Hersham and play-off winners Bromley. Dorking returned to Division Two along with Croydon.

League table

edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 AFC Wimbledon 42 29 10 3 91 33 +58 97 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Walton & Hersham 42 28 4 10 69 34 +35 88
3 Horsham 42 24 6 12 90 61 +29 78 Qualified for the play-offs
4 Bromley 42 22 9 11 69 44 +25 75 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
5 Metropolitan Police 42 22 8 12 72 51 +21 74 Qualified for the play-offs
6 Cray Wanderers 42 19 16 7 95 54 +41 73
7 Leatherhead 42 20 13 9 73 55 +18 73
8 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 18 15 9 92 60 +32 69
9 Whyteleafe 42 20 6 16 60 59 +1 66
10 Burgess Hill Town 42 19 6 17 73 62 +11 63
11 Hastings United 42 15 11 16 55 57 −2 56
12 Croydon Athletic 42 13 16 13 66 65 +1 55
13 Corinthian-Casuals 42 15 9 18 56 64 −8 54
14 Bashley 42 13 13 16 68 74 −6 52
15 Dulwich Hamlet 42 10 14 18 61 64 −3 44
16 Molesey 42 12 8 22 46 70 −24 44
17 Banstead Athletic 42 10 10 22 50 64 −14 40
18 Newport (Isle of Wight) 42 10 10 22 50 88 −38 40
19 Fleet Town 42 11 5 26 47 86 −39 38
20 Ashford Town (Kent) 42 8 12 22 47 85 −38 36
21 Dorking 42 8 11 23 43 89 −46 35 Relegated to Division Two
22 Croydon 42 5 10 27 37 91 −54 25
Source: [1][2][3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Play-offs

edit
Semifinals Final
      
4 Bromley 1(4)
5 Metropolitan Police 1(3)
3 Horsham 1
4 Bromley 3
3 Horsham 3
6 Cray Wanderers 1

Stadia and locations

edit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AFC Wimbledon
 
Banstead Athletic
 
Bromley & Cray Wanderers
 
Corinthian-Casuals
 
Croydon
 
Croydon Athletic
 
Dulwich Hamlet
 
Leatherhead
 
Metropolitan Police
 
Molesey
 
Tooting & Mitcham United
 
Whyteleafe
class=notpageimage|
Locations of Division One clubs
class=notpageimage|
Greater London Division One clubs
Club Stadium
AFC Wimbledon Kingsmeadow (groundshare with Kingstonian)
Ashford Town (Kent) The Homelands
Banstead Athletic Merland Rise
Bashley Bashley Road
Bromley Hayes Lane
Burgess Hill Town Leylands Park
Corinthian-Casuals King George's Field
Cray Wanderers Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley)
Croydon Croydon Sports Arena
Croydon Athletic Keith Tuckey Stadium
Dorking Meadowbank Stadium
Dulwich Hamlet Champion Hill
Fleet Town Calthorpe Park
Hastings United The Pilot Field
Horsham Queen Street
Leatherhead Fetcham Grove
Metropolitan Police Imber Court
Molesey Walton Road Stadium
Newport (Isle of Wight) St Georges Park
Tooting & Mitcham United Imperial Fields
Walton & Hersham The Sports Ground
Whyteleafe Church Road

Division Two

edit
Isthmian League
Division Two
Season2004–05
ChampionsIlford
PromotedEnfield
Ilford
Matches played240
Goals scored788 (3.28 per match)
Top goalscorer26 goals – Kevin Cooper (Hertford Town)
Highest attendance428 – Enfield – Hertford Town, (23 April)
Total attendance17,292
Average attendance72

Division Two consisted of 16 clubs, including 12 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:

Ilford won the division and were promoted to Southern League Eastern Division along with runners-up Enfield. There was no relegation from Division Two, though Abingdon Town resigned from the league at the end of the season.

League table

edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ilford 30 22 3 5 62 23 +39 69 Transferred to the Southern League Eastern Division
2 Enfield 30 21 3 6 64 33 +31 66
3 Brook House 30 20 4 6 65 25 +40 64
4 Hertford Town 30 17 7 6 65 40 +25 58
5 Witham Town 30 16 3 11 67 53 +14 51
6 Chertsey Town 30 15 6 9 55 48 +7 51
7 Abingdon Town 30 13 9 8 65 42 +23 48 Resigned to the Hellenic League
8 Edgware Town 30 12 3 15 40 41 −1 39
9 Flackwell Heath 30 11 5 14 50 55 −5 38
10 Ware 30 9 10 11 41 55 −14 37
11 Chalfont St Peter 30 9 7 14 41 52 −11 34
12 Camberley Town 30 9 5 16 36 44 −8 32
13 Wembley 30 8 5 17 41 55 −14 29
14 Epsom & Ewell 30 8 4 18 41 64 −23 28
15 Kingsbury Town 30 5 4 21 35 76 −41 19
16 Clapton 30 3 6 21 20 82 −62 15
Source: [1][2][3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Stadia and locations

edit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brook House
 
Chalfont St Peter
 
Clapton
 
Edgware Town
 
Epsom & Ewell
 
Ilford
 
Kingsbury Town
 
Wembley
class=notpageimage|
Locations of Division Two clubs
class=notpageimage|
Greater London Division Two clubs
Club Stadium
Abingdon Town Culham Road
Brook House Farm Park
Camberley Town Krooner Park
Chalfont St Peter Mill Meadow
Chertsey Town Alwyns Lane
Clapton The Old Spotted Dog Ground
Edgware Town White Lion
Enfield Wodson Park (groundshare with Ware)
Epsom & Ewell Merland Rise (groundshare with Banstead Athletic)
Flackwell Heath Wilks Park
Hertford Town Hertingfordbury Park
Ilford Cricklefield Stadium
Kingsbury Town Avenue Park
Ware Wodson Park
Wembley Vale Farm
Witham Town Spa Road

League Cup

edit
2004–05 Isthmian League Cup
Tournament details
Country  England
Teams60
Final positions
ChampionsSlough Town
Runner-upHampton & Richmond Borough

The Isthmian League Cup 2004–05 was the 31st season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty clubs took part. The competition commenced on 26 October 2004 and finished on 28 April 2005.[5]

Calendar

edit
Round Main date Matches Clubs
First round 26 October 18 60 → 42
Second round 16 November 10 42 → 32
Third round 3 January 16 32 → 16
Fourth round 1 February 8 16 → 8
Quarterfinals 22 February 4 8 → 4
Semifinals 15 March and 22 March 4 4 → 2
Final 28 April 1 2 → 1

Fixtures and results

edit

Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

First round

edit

In the first round, the thirty-six lowest ranked clubs in the Isthmian League played each other for a place in the second round.

Second round

edit

The eighteen clubs to have made it through the first round were entered into the second-round draw with Fleet Town and Whyteleafe, making twenty teams.

Third round

edit

The ten clubs to have made it through the second round were entered into the third-round draw with the twenty-two Premier Division clubs, making thirty-two teams.

Fourth round

edit

Quarterfinals

edit

Semifinals

edit

The semifinals fixtures were played over two legs.

Final

edit
 
The players of Slough Town and Hampton & Richmond Borough enter the field of play for the final.

The only red card of the match came for Hampton & Richmond Borough's Dean Wells. There was also a yellow card for Slough Town's Josias Carbon.

Hampton & Richmond Borough (P)1–3Slough Town (P)
Dudley Gardner   Ian Hodges   
Josias Carbon  
Wheatsheaf Park, Staines-upon-Thames
Attendance: 725
Referee: Martin Darlow

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c Robinson, M. (2010). Non-League Football Tables 1889-2010. Soccer Books Ltd. ISBN 9781862232044.
  2. ^ a b c England - Isthmian League
  3. ^ a b c 2004–05 Isthmian League
  4. ^ "nonleaguefooty website". Archived from the original on 2012-11-21. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  5. ^ The Isthmian archive
edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2004–05_Isthmian_League&oldid=1242748534"