The 2008–09 season was the 94th 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 Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

• Canvey Island, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North
• Dartford, promoted as champions of Division One North
• Dover Athletic, promoted as champions of Division One South
• Sutton United, relegated from the Conference South
• Tooting & Mitcham United, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South

Dover Athletic became champions five games before the end of the season and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Staines Town. Harlow Town, Heybridge Swifts and Ramsgate were relegated to the Division One sections, while Margate, who also finished in the relegation zone, were reprieved due to the demotion of clubs higher up the pyramid.

Stadia and locations

Billericay Town

Canvey Island

Dover Athletic

Harlow Town

Hastings United

Heybridge Swifts

Horsham

Maidstone United

Margate

Ramsgate

Tonbridge Angels

AFC Hornchurch

Ashford Town

Boreham Wood

Carshalton Athletic

Dartford

Harrow Borough

Hendon

Staines Town

Sutton United

Tooting & Mitcham United

Wealdstone

Locations of the Premier Division clubs

Hornchurch

Ashford Town

Boreham Wood

Carshalton
Athletic

Dartford

Harrow Borough

Hendon

Staines Town

Sutton
United

Tooting & Mitcham

Wealdstone

Greater London Premier Division football clubs

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Club	Stadium
AFC Hornchurch	Hornchurch Stadium
Ashford Town (Middlesex)	Short Lane
Billericay Town	New Lodge
Boreham Wood	Meadow Park
Canvey Island	Brockwell Stadium
Carshalton Athletic	War Memorial Sports Ground
Dartford	Princes Park
Dover Athletic	Crabble Athletic Ground
Harlow Town	Barrows Farm
Harrow Borough	Earlsmead Stadium
Hastings United	The Pilot Field
Hendon	Claremont Road
Heybridge Swifts	Scraley Road
Horsham	Woodside Road (groundshare with Worthing)
Maidstone United	Bourne Park (groundshare with Sittingbourne)
Margate	Hartsdown Park
Ramsgate	Southwood Stadium
Staines Town	Wheatsheaf Park
Sutton United	Gander Green Lane
Tonbridge Angels	Longmead Stadium
Tooting & Mitcham United	Imperial Fields
Wealdstone	Grosvenor Vale

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1.^ Hendon left Claremont Road at September and spent the rest of campaign groundsharing with Northwood and Staines Town.

Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season, and seven new clubs:

• Chatham Town, transferred from Division One South
• Cheshunt, relegated from the Southern Football League Premier Division
• Concord Rangers, promoted as champions of the Essex Senior League
• East Thurrock United, relegated from the Premier Division
• Hillingdon Borough, transferred from Southern Football League Division One South & West
• Leyton, relegated from the Premier Division
• Thamesmead Town, promoted as champions of the Kent League

Aveley won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Waltham Abbey. Witham Town and Hillingdon Borough finished in the bottom two places and left the league.

Stadia and locations

Chatham Town

Concord

ETU

Great Wakering

Maldon Town

Ware

Witham Town

Aveley

Brentwood Town

Cheshunt

Enfield Town

Hillingdon Borough

Ilford & Waltham Forest

Leyton

Northwood

Potters Bar Town

Redbridge

Thamesmead Town

Tilbury

Waltham Abbey

Wingate & Finchley

Locations of Division One North clubs

Aveley

Brentwood Town

Cheshunt

Enfield
Town

Hillingdon Borough

Ilford & Waltham Forest

Leyton

Northwood

Potters Bar Town

Redbridge

Thamesmead Town

Tilbury

Waltham Abbey

Wingate & Finchley

Greater London Division One North clubs

More information Club, Stadium ...

Club	Stadium
Aveley	The Mill Field
Brentwood Town	The Brentwood Centre Arena
Chatham Town	The Sports Ground
Cheshunt	Cheshunt Stadium
Concord Rangers	Thames Road
East Thurrock United	Rookery Hill
Enfield Town	Goldsdown Road (groundshare with Brimsdown Rovers)
Great Wakering Rovers	Burroughs Park
Hillingdon Borough	Middlesex Stadium
Ilford	Cricklefield Stadium
Leyton	Leyton Stadium
Maldon Town	Wallace Binder Ground
Northwood	Chestnut Avenue
Potters Bar Town	Parkfield
Redbridge	Oakside
Thamesmead Town	Bayliss Avenue
Tilbury	Chadfields
Waltham Abbey	Capershotts
Waltham Forest	Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford)
Ware	Wodson Park
Wingate & Finchley	The Harry Abrahams Stadium
Witham Town	Spa Road

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Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:

• Crowborough Athletic, promoted as champions of the Sussex County League
• Fleet Town, transferred from Southern Football League Division One South & West
• Folkestone Invicta, relegated from the Premier Division
• Godalming Town, transferred from Southern Football League Division One South & West
• Merstham, promoted as champions of the Combined Counties League

Kingstonian won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Cray Wanderers. Crowborough Athletic finished bottom of the table and returned to the Sussex County League after only one season in the Isthmian League. Chipstead were reprieved from relegation due to the demotion of clubs higher up the pyramid.

Stadia and locations

Ashford Town

Burgess Hill Town

Crowborough Athletic

Eastbourne Town

Fleet Town

Folkestone Invicta

Godalming Town

Sittingbourne

Walton Casuals

Walton & Hersham

Whitstable Town

Worthing

Chipstead

Corinthian-Casuals

Cray Wanderers

Croydon Athletic

Dulwich Hamlet

Kingstonian

Leatherhead

Merstham

Metropolitan Police

Whyteleafe

Locations of Division One South clubs

Chipstead

C-C

Cray Wanderers

Croydon
Athletic

Dulwich Hamlet

Kingstonian

Leatherhead

Merstham

MP

Whyteleafe

Greater London Division One South clubs

More information Club, Stadium ...

Club	Stadium
Ashford Town (Kent)	The Homelands
Burgess Hill Town	Leylands Park
Chipstead	High Road
Corinthian-Casuals	King George's Field
Cray Wanderers	Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley)
Crowborough Athletic	Alderbrook Recreation Ground
Croydon Athletic	Keith Tuckey Stadium
Dulwich Hamlet	Champion Hill
Eastbourne Town	The Saffrons
Fleet Town	Calthorpe Park
Folkestone Invicta	Cheriton Road
Godalming Town	Weycourt
Kingstonian	Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon)
Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove
Merstham	Moatside
Metropolitan Police	Imber Court
Sittingbourne	Bourne Park
Walton & Hersham	The Sports Ground
Walton Casuals	Waterside Stadium
Whitstable Town	The Belmont Ground
Whyteleafe	Church Road
Worthing	Woodside Road

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Quick Facts Tournament details, Country ...

2008–09 Isthmian League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	66
Final positions
Champions	Tilbury
Runner-up	Harrow Borough
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The Isthmian League Cup 2008–09 was the 35th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 18 November 2008 and finished on 8 April 2009.^[4]

Fixtures and results

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

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)	Att.
1	Brentwood Town (N)	0–1	Potters Bar Town (N)	56
2	Great Wakering Rovers (N)	0–1	East Thurrock United (N)	60

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 teams.

More information Played at Wembley F.C. ...

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 3 AFC Hornchurch (P) 4–0 Potters Bar Town (N) 135 4 Ashford Town (Kent) (S) 1–2 (a.e.t.) Thamesmead Town (N) 99 5 Aveley (N) 3–1 Maidstone United (P) 79 6 Billericay Town (P) 4–1 Enfield Town (N) 123 7 Boreham Wood (P) 2–3 Waltham Abbey (N) 40 8 Burgess Hill Town (S) 3–2 Hastings United (P) 84 9 Concord Rangers (N) 5–3 (a.e.t.) East Thurrock United (N) 106 10 Crowborough Athletic (S) 0–4 Eastbourne Town (S) 101 11 Croydon Athletic (S) 0–2 Sutton United (P) 136 12 Dartford (P) 3–2 Margate (P) 306 13 Dover Athletic (P) 4–1 Canvey Island (P) 214 14 Dulwich Hamlet (S) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Cray Wanderers (S) 82 15 Folkestone Invicta (S) 1–2 Tilbury (N) 115 16 Godalming Town (S) 1–0 Walton & Hersham (S) 89 17 Harlow Town (P) 4–2 Cheshunt (N) 118 18 Hendon (P) 0–2 Harrow Borough (P) 80 Played at Wembley F.C.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 19 Heybridge Swifts (P) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Maldon Town (N) 93 20 Hillingdon Borough (N) 0–3 Kingstonian (S) 71 21 Ilford (N) 0–1 Redbridge (N) 37 22 Leatherhead (S) 0–2 Ashford Town (Middx) (P) 58 23 Leyton (N) 0–2 Ware (N) 27 24 Merstham (S) 2–5 Tonbridge Angels (P) 87 25 Northwood (N) 4–1 Corinthian-Casuals (S) 71 26 Ramsgate (P) 4–0 Chatham Town (N) 127 27 Sittingbourne (S) 0–1 Whitstable Town (S) 104 28 Tooting & Mitcham United (P) 2–5 Carshalton Athletic (P) 166 29 Walton Casuals (S) 1–6 Fleet Town (S) 81 30 Wealdstone (P) 5–2 Metropolitan Police (S) 73 31 Whyteleafe (S) 0–3 Chipstead (S) 60 32 Wingate & Finchley (N) 0–3 Staines Town (P) 37 33 Witham Town (N) 0–5 ‡ Waltham Forest (N) 54 34 Worthing (S) 1–2 (a.e.t.) Horsham (P) 172

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‡ – Waltham Forest removed from competition, Witham Town reinstalled

Third round

More information Played at Dulwich Hamlet, Played at Billericay Town ...

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 35 AFC Hornchurch (P) 2–0 Witham Town (N) 141 36 Ashford Town (Middx) (P) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Kingstonian (S) 114 37 Aveley (N) 1–4 Dover Athletic (P) 92 38 Burgess Hill Town (S) 1–3 Dulwich Hamlet (S) 59 Played at Dulwich Hamlet 39 Carshalton Athletic (P) 3–0 Tonbridge Angels (P) 104 40 Concord Rangers (N) 1–3 Dartford (P) 163 41 Eastbourne Town (S) 4–0 Chipstead (S) 60 42 Godalming Town (S) 1–2 Harrow Borough (P) 61

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 43 Harlow Town (P) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Heybridge Swifts (P) 120 44 Northwood (N) 2–0 Fleet Town (S) 66 45 Staines Town (P) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Wealdstone (P) 194 46 Sutton United (P) 2–3 (a.e.t.) Horsham (P) 116 47 Thamesmead Town (N) 0–4 Ramsgate (P) 58 48 Waltham Abbey (N) 2–3 Billericay Town (P) 138 Played at Billericay Town 49 Ware (N) 2–5 Redbridge (N) 63 50 Whitstable Town (S) 1–2 Tilbury (N) 100

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Fourth round

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 51 Billericay Town (P) 1–0 AFC Hornchurch (P) 172 52 Carshalton Athletic (P) 5–1 Eastbourne Town (S) 98 53 Dulwich Hamlet (S) 0–2 (a.e.t.) Dover Athletic (P) 91 54 Harlow Town (P) 1–2 Harrow Borough (P) 113

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 55 Horsham (P) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Dartford (P) 188 56 Redbridge (N) 1–2 Ashford Town (Middx) (P) 38 57 Staines Town (P) 5–2 (a.e.t.) Northwood (N) 117 58 Tilbury (N) 3–0 Ramsgate (P) 45

Quarterfinals

More information Tilbury advance 4–2 on penalties ...

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 59 Billericay Town (P) 3–2 Dover Athletic (P) 201 60 Carshalton Athletic (P) 2–3 Ashford Town (Middx) (P) 81

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 61 Harrow Borough (P) 3–1 Horsham (P) 55 62 Tilbury (N) 1–1 (a.e.t.) Staines Town (P) 41 Tilbury advance 4–2 on penalties

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Semifinals

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
63	Harrow Borough (P)	3–1	Ashford Town (Middx) (P)	82
64	Tilbury (N)	2–0	Billericay Town (P)	189

Final

More information Harrow Borough (P), 0–2 ...

Harrow Borough (P)	0–2	Tilbury (S)
		Stowe 30' 51'

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8 April 2009

19:45

Wheatsheaf Park, Dartford

Attendance: 284

• Isthmian League
• 2008–09 Northern Premier League
• 2008–09 Southern Football League