1997–98_Isthmian_League

Isthmian League
Division Two
Season	1997–98
Champions	Canvey Island
Promoted	Braintree Town; Canvey Island; Wealdstone
Relegated	Cheshunt; Egham Town; Tilbury
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,496 (3.24 per match)
Highest attendance	1,108 – Canvey Island – Braintree Town, (3 January)
Total attendance	78,257
Average attendance	169 (+24.3% to previous season)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Isthmian League
Division One
Season	1997–98
Champions	Aldershot Town
Promoted	Aldershot Town; Billericay Town; Hampton
Relegated	Abingdon Town; Thame United; Wokingham Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,382 (2.99 per match)
Highest attendance	4,289 – Aldershot Town – Berkhamsted Town, (2 May)
Total attendance	142,653
Average attendance	309 (+2.3% to previous season)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season	1997–98
Champions	Kingstonian
Promoted	Kingstonian
Relegated	Hitchin Town; Oxford City; Yeading
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,343 (2.91 per match)
Highest attendance	2,019 – Kingstonian – Sutton United, (15 November)
Total attendance	206,905
Average attendance	448 (-10.0% to previous season)
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Isthmian League

Football league season

The 1997–98 season was the 83rd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league consisted of four divisions.

Premier Division

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

Basingstoke Town, promoted as runners-up in Division One
Chesham United, promoted as champions of Division One
Gravesend & Northfleet, transferred from the Southern League
Walton & Hersham, promoted as third in Division One

Kingstonian won the division and were promoted to the Football Conference to reach the highest level in the club history. Yeading, Hitchin Town and Oxford City finished bottom of the table and relegated to the First Division.

Division One

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Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs: Three clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

Three clubs promoted from Division Two:

Before the start of the season Collier Row & Romford F.C. were renamed Romford.

Aldershot Town won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with Billericay Town and Hampton. Wokingham Town, Abingdon Town and Thame United relegated to Division Two.

Division Two

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Division Two consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:

Three clubs relegated from Division One:

Three clubs promoted from Division Three:

Canvey Island won the division and returned to Division One straight after relegation from it along with Braintree Town and Wealdstone, both achieved the second promotions in two seasons. Tilbury relegated to Division Three along with Egham Town and Abingdon Town.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kingstonian	42	25	12	5	84	35	+49	87	Promoted to the Football Conference
2	Boreham Wood	42	23	11	8	81	42	+39	80
3	Sutton United	42	22	12	8	83	56	+27	78
4	Dagenham & Redbridge	42	21	10	11	73	50	+23	73
5	Hendon	42	21	10	11	69	50	+19	73
6	Heybridge Swifts	42	18	11	13	74	62	+12	65
7	Enfield	42	18	8	16	66	58	+8	62
8	Basingstoke Town	42	17	11	14	56	60	−4	62
9	Walton & Hersham	42	18	6	18	50	70	−20	60
10	Purfleet	42	15	13	14	57	58	−1	58
11	St Albans City	42	17	7	18	54	59	−5	58
12	Harrow Borough	42	15	10	17	60	67	−7	55
13	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	15	8	19	65	67	−2	53
14	Chesham United	42	14	10	18	71	70	+1	52
15	Bromley	42	13	13	16	53	53	0	52
16	Dulwich Hamlet	42	13	11	18	56	67	−11	50
17	Carshalton Athletic	42	13	9	20	54	77	−23	48
18	Aylesbury United	42	13	8	21	55	70	−15	47
19	Bishop's Stortford	42	14	5	23	53	69	−16	47
20	Yeading	42	12	11	19	49	65	−16	47	Relegated to Division One
21	Hitchin Town	42	8	15	19	45	62	−17	39
22	Oxford City	42	7	9	26	35	76	−41	30

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Aldershot Town	42	28	8	6	89	36	+53	92	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Billericay Town	42	25	6	11	78	44	+34	81
3	Hampton	42	22	15	5	75	47	+28	81
4	Maidenhead United	42	25	5	12	76	37	+39	80
5	Uxbridge	42	23	6	13	66	59	+7	75
6	Grays Athletic	42	21	10	11	79	49	+30	73
7	Romford	42	21	8	13	92	59	+33	71
8	Bognor Regis Town	42	20	9	13	77	45	+32	69
9	Leatherhead	42	18	11	13	70	51	+19	65
10	Leyton Pennant	42	17	11	14	66	58	+8	62
11	Chertsey Town	42	16	13	13	83	70	+13	61
12	Worthing	42	17	6	19	64	71	−7	57
13	Berkhamsted Town	42	15	8	19	59	69	−10	53
14	Staines Town	42	13	10	19	54	71	−17	49
15	Croydon	42	13	10	19	47	64	−17	49
16	Barton Rovers	42	11	13	18	53	72	−19	46
17	Wembley	42	10	15	17	38	61	−23	45
18	Molesey	42	10	11	21	47	65	−18	41
19	Whyteleafe	42	10	10	22	48	83	−35	40
20	Wokingham Town	42	7	10	25	41	74	−33	31	Relegated to Division Two
21	Abingdon Town	42	9	4	29	47	101	−54	31
22	Thame United	42	7	9	26	33	96	−63	30

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Canvey Island	42	30	8	4	116	41	+75	98	Promoted to Division One
2	Braintree Town	42	29	11	2	117	45	+72	98
3	Wealdstone	42	24	11	7	81	46	+35	83
4	Bedford Town	42	22	12	8	55	25	+30	78
5	Metropolitan Police	42	21	8	13	80	65	+15	71
6	Wivenhoe Town	42	18	12	12	84	66	+18	66
7	Edgware Town	42	18	10	14	81	65	+16	64
8	Chalfont St Peter	42	17	13	12	63	60	+3	64
9	Northwood	42	17	11	14	65	69	−4	62
10	Windsor & Eton	42	17	7	18	74	72	+2	58
11	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	16	9	17	58	56	+2	57
12	Barking	42	15	12	15	62	75	−13	57
13	Banstead Athletic	42	15	9	18	60	63	−3	54
14	Marlow	42	16	5	21	64	78	−14	53
15	Horsham	42	13	9	20	67	75	−8	48
16	Bracknell Town	42	13	8	21	68	93	−25	47
17	Leighton Town	42	13	6	23	45	78	−33	45
18	Hungerford Town	42	11	11	20	66	77	−11	44
19	Witham Town	42	9	13	20	55	68	−13	40
20	Tilbury	42	9	12	21	57	88	−31	39	Relegated to Division Three
21	Egham Town	42	9	5	28	47	101	−54	32
22	Cheshunt	42	4	10	28	31	90	−59	22

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hemel Hempstead	38	27	6	5	84	28	+56	87	Promoted to Division Two
2	Hertford Town	38	26	5	7	77	31	+46	83
3	Harlow Town	38	24	11	3	81	42	+39	83
4	Camberley Town	38	24	7	7	93	43	+50	79
5	Ford United	38	23	9	6	90	34	+56	78
6	East Thurrock United	38	23	7	8	70	40	+30	76
7	Ware	38	17	6	15	69	57	+12	57
8	Epsom & Ewell	38	17	6	15	68	57	+11	57
9	Aveley	38	16	7	15	65	57	+8	55
10	Corinthian-Casuals	38	16	6	16	59	57	+2	54
11	Hornchurch	38	12	9	17	55	68	−13	45
12	Clapton	38	13	6	19	46	61	−15	45
13	Flackwell Heath	38	12	9	17	50	76	−26	45
14	Croydon Athletic	38	12	7	19	58	63	−5	43
15	Tring Town	38	12	7	19	51	69	−18	43
16	Southall	38	10	6	22	41	85	−44	36
17	Dorking	38	9	6	23	49	94	−45	33
18	Wingate & Finchley	38	7	8	23	46	80	−34	29
19	Lewes	38	7	5	26	34	88	−54	26
20	Kingsbury Town	38	5	3	30	35	91	−56	18

1997–98_Isthmian_League

1997–98 Isthmian League

Premier Division

League table

Division One

League table

Division Two

League table

Division Three

League table

See also

References

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