2007–08 Isthmian League

The 2007–08 season was the 93rd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division

Season	2007–08
Champions	Chelmsford City
Promoted	AFC Wimbledon Chelmsford City
Relegated	East Thurrock United Folkestone Invicta Leyton
Matches	462
Goals	1,423 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer	26 goals – Mark Nwokeji (Staines Town)
Highest attendance	3,201 – Chelmsford City – AFC Wimbledon, (15 March)
Total attendance	233,047
Average attendance	504 (+2.6% to previous season)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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

• AFC Hornchurch, promoted as champions of Division One North
• Harlow Town, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North
• Hastings United, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South
• Maidstone United, promoted as champions of Division One South
• Wealdstone, transferred from the Southern Football League Premier Division

Chelmsford City won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners AFC Wimbledon, who earned a third promotion in the six-year history of the reborn club. East Thurrock United, Folkestone Invicta and Leyton were relegated to the Division One sections while Boreham Wood were reprieved from relegation due to Conference clubs Halifax Town folding and Nuneaton Borough being demoted two divisions down.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chelmsford City	42	26	9	7	84	39	+45	87	Promoted to the Conference South
2	Staines Town	42	22	12	8	85	54	+31	78	Qualified for the play-offs
3	AFC Wimbledon	42	22	9	11	81	47	+34	75	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Conference South
4	AFC Hornchurch	42	20	10	12	68	44	+24	70	Qualified for the play-offs
5	Ramsgate	42	19	11	12	67	53	+14	68
6	Ashford Town (Middlesex)	42	20	6	16	79	65	+14	66
7	Hendon	42	18	11	13	79	67	+12	65
8	Tonbridge Angels	42	17	12	13	77	57	+20	63
9	Margate	42	17	11	14	71	68	+3	62
10	Billericay Town	42	16	12	14	66	57	+9	60
11	Horsham	42	18	5	19	63	63	0	59
12	Heybridge Swifts	42	14	13	15	64	64	0	55
13	Wealdstone	42	15	9	18	68	75	−7	54
14	Hastings United	42	15	8	19	58	67	−9	53
15	Harlow Town	42	13	13	16	56	52	+4	52
16	Harrow Borough	42	15	7	20	61	74	−13	52
17	Maidstone United	42	16	4	22	56	79	−23	52
18	Carshalton Athletic	42	14	8	20	52	65	−13	50
19	Boreham Wood	42	15	5	22	56	73	−17	50	Reprieved from relegation
20	East Thurrock United	42	14	9	19	48	67	−19	50[a]	Relegated to Division One North
21	Folkestone Invicta	42	13	10	19	49	70	−21	49	Relegated to Division One South
22	Leyton	42	4	4	34	35	123	−88	16	Relegated to Division One North

Source: ^[1][2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. East Thurrock United were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Harrow Borough on 8 December 2007 (0–0).

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals[3]
Mark Nwokeji	Staines Town	26
James Pinnock	Margate	24
Carl Rook	Horsham / Tonbridge Angels	23
Brian Haule	Hendon	20
Steven Wareham	Maldon Town / East Thurrock United
John Main	Tonbridge Angels / AFC Wimbledon
Reggie Savage	Croydon Athletic / Heybridge Swifts	19
Bradley Woods-Garness	Billericay Town
Simon Parker	AFC Hornchurch	18
Stafford Browne	Heybridge Swifts	17

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Staines Town	2
	5	Ramsgate	1
						2	Staines Town	1
						3	AFC Wimbledon	2
	3	AFC Wimbledon	3
	4	AFC Hornchurch	1

Stadia and locations

Billericay Town

Chelmsford City

East Thurrock United

Folkestone Invicta

Harlow Town

Hastings United

Heybridge Swifts

Horsham

Maidstone United

Margate

Ramsgate

Tonbridge Angels

AFC Hornchurch

AFC Wimbledon

Ashford Town

Boreham Wood

Carshalton Athletic

Harrow Borough

Hendon

Leyton

Staines Town

Wealdstone

Locations of the Premier Division clubs

Hornchurch

Wimbledon

Ashford Town

Boreham Wood

Carshalton Athletic

Harrow Borough

Hendon

Leyton

Staines Town

Wealdstone

Greater London Premier Division football clubs

Club	Stadium
AFC Hornchurch	Hornchurch Stadium
AFC Wimbledon	Kingsmeadow (groundshare with Kingstonian)
Ashford Town (Middlesex)	Short Lane
Billericay Town	New Lodge
Boreham Wood	Meadow Park
Carshalton Athletic	War Memorial Sports Ground
Chelmsford City	Melbourne Stadium
East Thurrock United	Rookery Hill
Folkestone Invicta	Cheriton Road
Harlow Town	Barrows Farm
Harrow Borough	Earlsmead Stadium
Hastings United	The Pilot Field
Hendon	Claremont Road
Heybridge Swifts	Scraley Road
Horsham	Queen Street
Leyton	Leyton Stadium
Maidstone United	Bourne Park (groundshare with Sittingbourne)
Margate	Hartsdown Park
Ramsgate	Southwood Stadium
Staines Town	Wheatsheaf Park
Tonbridge Angels	Longmead Stadium
Wealdstone	Chestnut Avenue (groundshare with Northwood)

Division One North

Isthmian League
Division One North

Season	2007–08
Champions	Dartford
Promoted	Canvey Island Dartford
Relegated	Wivenhoe Town
Matches	462
Goals	1,452 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	32 goals – John Frendo (Ware)
Highest attendance	2,589 – Dartford – Wingate & Finchley, (26 April)
Total attendance	87,419
Average attendance	189 (+20.4% to previous season)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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

• Brentwood Town, promoted as champions of the Essex Senior League
• Dartford, transferred from Division One South
• Edgware Town, promoted as champions of the Spartan South Midlands League
• Northwood, relegated from the Southern Football League Premier Division

Dartford won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Canvey Island. Wivenhoe Town finished bottom of the table and left the league. Ilford finished in the relegation zone for the second season in a row, but were reprieved again after Edgware Town resigned from the league at the end of the season due to lack of the funds.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dartford	42	27	8	7	107	42	+65	89	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	AFC Sudbury	42	24	8	10	86	40	+46	80	Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to SFL Division One Midlands
3	Redbridge	42	24	9	9	70	43	+27	80[a]	Qualified for the play-offs
4	Ware	42	23	10	9	110	58	+52	79
5	Canvey Island	42	23	10	9	82	39	+43	79	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
6	Brentwood Town	42	22	11	9	70	49	+21	77
7	Bury Town	42	22	9	11	76	53	+23	75	Transferred to SFL Division One Midlands
8	Edgware Town	42	20	14	8	53	39	+14	74	Resigned from the league
9	Maldon Town	42	19	10	13	78	63	+15	67
10	Northwood	42	18	12	12	71	61	+10	66
11	Aveley	42	18	12	12	68	65	+3	66
12	Enfield Town	42	18	9	15	60	63	−3	63
13	Great Wakering Rovers	42	13	9	20	64	66	−2	48
14	Waltham Abbey	42	12	10	20	42	78	−36	46
15	Arlesey Town	42	12	9	21	64	84	−20	45	Transferred to SFL Division One Midlands
16	Witham Town	42	12	5	25	75	109	−34	41
17	Potters Bar Town	42	10	9	23	45	77	−32	39
18	Wingate & Finchley	42	8	11	23	45	72	−27	35
19	Waltham Forest	42	7	12	23	44	74	−30	33
20	Tilbury	42	7	12	23	49	96	−47	32[b]
21	Ilford	42	8	8	26	47	95	−48	32	Reprieved from relegation
22	Wivenhoe Town	42	8	7	27	46	86	−40	31	Relegated to the Eastern Counties League

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Redbridge were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Canvey Island on 22 September 2007 (1–1).
2. Tilbury were deducted one point for fielding a suspended player against Wivenhoe Town on 29 March 2008 (0–0).

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals[3]
John Frendo	Ware	32
Brendon Cass	Dartford	31
James Rowe	AFC Sudbury	27
Sam Reed	Bury Town	22
Cody McDonald	Witham Town	21

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	AFC Sudbury	2
	5	Canvey Island	3
						5	Canvey Island	1(5)
						3	Redbridge	1(4)
	3	Redbridge	4
	4	Ware	2

Stadia and locations

Sudbury

Arlesey
Town

Bury Town

Canvey Island

Great Wakering Rovers

Maldon Town

Ware

Witham Town

Wivenhoe Town

Aveley

Brentwood Town

Dartford

Edgware Town

Enfield Town

Ilford

Northwood

Potters Bar Town

Redbridge

Tilbury

Waltham Abbey

Waltham Forest

Wingate & Finchley

Locations of Division One North clubs

Aveley

Brentwood Town

Dartford

Edgware Town

Enfield
Town

Ilford

Northwood

Potters Bar Town

Redbridge

Tilbury

Waltham Abbey

Waltham Forest

Wingate & Finchley

Greater London Division One North clubs

Club	Stadium
AFC Sudbury	King's Marsh
Arlesey Town	Hitchin Road
Aveley	The Mill Field
Brentwood Town	The Brentwood Centre Arena
Bury Town	Ram Meadow
Canvey Island	Brockwell Stadium
Dartford	Princes Park
Edgware Town	White Lion
Enfield Town	Goldsdown Road (groundshare with Brimsdown Rovers)
Great Wakering Rovers	Burroughs Park
Ilford	Cricklefield Stadium
Maldon Town	Wallace Binder Ground
Northwood	Chestnut Avenue (groundshare with Wealdstone)
Potters Bar Town	Parkfield
Redbridge	Oakside
Tilbury	Chadfields
Waltham Abbey	Capershotts
Waltham Forest	Wadham Lodge
Ware	Wodson Park
Wingate & Finchley	The Harry Abrahams Stadium
Witham Town	Spa Road
Wivenhoe Town	Broad Lane

Division One South

Isthmian League
Division One South

Season	2007–08
Champions	Dover Athletic
Promoted	Dover Athletic Tooting & Mitcham United
Relegated	Horsham YMCA Molesey
Matches	462
Goals	1,380 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorer	26 goals – Craig Carley (Metropolitan Police)
Highest attendance	1,324 – Dover Athletic – Ashford Town (Kent), (26 April)
Total attendance	105,939
Average attendance	229 (-20.2% to previous season)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

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

• Chipstead, promoted as champions of the Combined Counties League
• Eastbourne Town, promoted as champions of the Sussex County League
• Walton & Hersham, relegated from the Premier Division
• Whitstable Town, promoted as champions of the Kent League
• Worthing, relegated from the Premier Division

Dover Athletic won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Tooting & Mitcham United. Horsham YMCA and Molesey finished bottom of the table and left the league.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dover Athletic	42	30	8	4	84	29	+55	98	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	26	8	8	88	41	+47	86	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
3	Cray Wanderers	42	25	11	6	87	42	+45	86	Qualified for the play-offs
4	Metropolitan Police	42	24	3	15	69	47	+22	75
5	Worthing	42	22	7	13	77	49	+28	73
6	Dulwich Hamlet	42	20	10	12	68	47	+21	70
7	Kingstonian	42	20	10	12	66	52	+14	70
8	Ashford Town (Kent)	42	19	10	13	64	51	+13	67
9	Sittingbourne	42	20	7	15	56	58	−2	67
10	Walton & Hersham	42	15	12	15	65	62	+3	57
11	Whyteleafe	42	17	5	20	57	62	−5	56
12	Burgess Hill Town	42	18	8	16	61	57	+4	54[a]
13	Croydon Athletic	42	14	9	19	65	76	−11	51
14	Whitstable Town	42	14	8	20	69	84	−15	50
15	Chipstead	42	15	5	22	58	76	−18	50
16	Walton Casuals	42	11	15	16	55	68	−13	48
17	Leatherhead	42	13	7	22	52	63	−11	46
18	Chatham Town	42	12	10	20	58	70	−12	46	Transferred to Division One North
19	Eastbourne Town	42	11	11	20	58	84	−26	44
20	Corinthian-Casuals	42	11	11	20	51	77	−26	44
21	Horsham YMCA	42	7	6	29	36	85	−49	27	Relegated to the Sussex County League
22	Molesey	42	3	9	30	36	100	−64	18	Relegated to the Combined Counties League

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Burgess Hill Town were deducted eight points for fielding a player without international clearance in eight matches.

Top scorers

Player	Club	Goals[3]
Craig Carley	Metropolitan Police	26
Liam Bairup	Eastbourne Town	23
Steve Harper	Burgess Hill Town	22
Jon Henry-Hayden	Tooting & Mitcham United	21
Bobby Traynor	Kingstonian	19
James Dryden	Dover Athletic
Paul Vines	Tooting & Mitcham United

Play-offs

	Semifinals					Final
	2	Tooting & Mitcham United	2
	5	Worthing	0
						2	Tooting & Mitcham United	1
						3	Cray Wanderers	0
	3	Cray Wanderers	2
	4	Metropolitan Police	0

Stadia and locations

Ashford Town

Burgess Hill Town

Chatham Town

Dover Athletic

Eastbourne Town

Horsham YMCA

Sittingbourne

Walton Casuals

Walton & Hersham

Whitstable Town

Worthing

Chipstead

Corinthian-Casuals

Cray Wanderers

Croydon Athletic

Dulwich Hamlet

Kingstonian

Leatherhead

Metropolitan Police

Molesey

Tooting & Mitcham United

Whyteleafe

Locations of Division One South clubs

Chipstead

C-C

Cray Wanderers

Croydon
Athletic

Dulwich Hamlet

Kingstonian

Leatherhead

MP

Molesey

T&M

Whyteleafe

Greater London Division One South clubs

Club	Stadium
Ashford Town (Kent)	The Homelands
Burgess Hill Town	Leylands Park
Chatham Town	The Sports Ground
Chipstead	High Road
Corinthian-Casuals	King George's Field
Cray Wanderers	Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley)
Croydon Athletic	Keith Tuckey Stadium
Dover Athletic	Crabble Athletic Ground
Dulwich Hamlet	Champion Hill
Eastbourne Town	The Saffrons
Horsham YMCA	Gorings Mead
Kingstonian	Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon)
Leatherhead	Fetcham Grove
Metropolitan Police	Imber Court
Molesey	Walton Road Stadium
Sittingbourne	Bourne Park
Tooting & Mitcham United	Imperial Fields
Walton & Hersham	The Sports Ground
Walton Casuals	Waterside Stadium
Whitstable Town	The Belmont Ground
Whyteleafe	Church Road
Worthing	Woodside Road

League Cup

2007–08 Isthmian League Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	66
Final positions
Champions	Ramsgate
Runners-up	AFC Sudbury
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The Isthmian League Cup 2007–08 was the 34th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 11 September 2007 and finished on 2 April 2008.^[4]

Calendar

Round	Dates	Matches	Clubs
First round	11 September	2	66 → 64
Second round	1 October – 20 November	32	64 → 32
Third round	23 October – 8 January	16	32 → 16
Fourth round	4 December – 12 February	8	16 → 8
Quarterfinals	12 February – 19 February	4	8 → 4
Semifinals	4 March	2	4 → 2
Final	2 April	1	2 → 1

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	Redbridge	2–0	Brentwood Town	81
2	Waltham Forest	2–3	Arlesey Town	53

Second round

The two clubs to have made it through the first round were entered into the second round draw with all other Isthmian League clubs, making sixty-four teams.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 3 AFC Wimbledon 0–2 Whyteleafe 529 4 AFC Hornchurch 3–0 Tilbury 182 5 Arlesey Town 4–0 Enfield Town 75 6 Ashford Town (Middx) 2–1 Walton & Hersham 93 7 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–3 Burgess Hill Town 110 8 Billericay Town 0–3 AFC Sudbury 202 9 Bury Town 2–3 Chelmsford City 206 10 Carshalton Athletic 4–0 Corinthian-Casuals 75 11 Dartford 3–0 Aveley 318 12 Dover Athletic 2–3 (a.e.t.) Eastbourne Town 151 13 Dulwich Hamlet 0–0 Tooting & Mitcham United 149 Tooting & Mitcham United advance 5–3 on penalties 14 Edgware Town 3–1 Staines Town 48 15 Great Wakering Rovers 4–1 Ilford 115 16 Harlow Town 1–3 (a.e.t.) Ware 131 17 Harrow Borough 0–5 Metropolitan Police 76 18 Hendon 2–3 Boreham Wood 101

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 19 Horsham 4–0 Hastings United 162 20 Horsham YMCA 4–3 (a.e.t.) Folkestone Invicta 50 21 Kingstonian 3–1 Cray Wanderers 179 22 Leatherhead 3–2 Croydon Athletic 67 23 Maidstone United 5–2 Canvey Island 131 24 Margate 2–3 East Thurrock United 174 25 Molesey 2–3 Wealdstone 106 26 Potters Bar Town 3–1 Leyton 41 27 Ramsgate 4–2 Chatham Town 87 28 Redbridge 2–1 Sittingbourne 41 29 Tonbridge Angels 4–1 Chipstead 159 30 Waltham Abbey 3–1 Wingate & Finchley 41 31 Walton Casuals 1–0 Northwood 34 32 Whitstable Town 4–3 Worthing 110 33 Witham Town 1–0 Maldon Town 87 34 Wivenhoe Town 0–2 Heybridge Swifts 44

Third round

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 35 AFC Hornchurch 3–0 Maidsone United 225 36 AFC Sudbury 2–1 Chelmsford City 297 37 Arlesey Town 4–2 Witham Town 63 38 Ashford Town (Middx) 2–0 Metropolitan Police 88 39 Boreham Wood 2–3 Wealdstone 87 40 Burgess Hill Town 1–3 Whyteleafe 103 41 Carshalton Athletic 1–0 Leatherhead 160 42 Dartford 3–0 Whitstable Town 426 43 East Thurrock United 0–1 Ramsgate 63

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 44 Eastbourne Town 1–5 Horsham 137 45 Kingstonian 1–2 (a.e.t.) Tooting & Mitcham United 225 46 Potters Bar Town 1–4 Edgware Town 42 47 Redbridge 2–1 Great Wakering Rovers 56 48 Tonbridge Angels 4–2 (a.e.t.) Horsham YMCA 153 49 Waltham Abbey 0–4 Heybridge Swifts 62 Played at Heybridge Swifts 50 Walton Casuals 2–1 Ware 39

Fourth round

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 51 AFC Hornchurch 1–2 Ramsgate 216 52 Arlesey Town 1–4 Edgware Town 79 53 Heybridge Swifts 3–0 Dartford 152 54 Horsham 1–2 Walton Casuals 187

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 55 Redbridge 0–1 (a.e.t.) AFC Sudbury 76 56 Tonbridge Angels 1–3 Carshalton Athletic 202 57 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–0 Whyteleafe 105 58 Wealdstone 1–0 Ashford Town (Middx) 88

Quarterfinals

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 59 AFC Sudbury 1–0 Edgware Town 176 60 Carshalton Athletic 1–1 Walton Casuals 95 Walton Casuals advance 5–4 on penalties

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 61 Ramsgate 1–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 182 Ramsgate advance 4–3 on penalties 62 Wealdstone 0–1 (a.e.t.) Heybridge Swifts 105

Semifinals

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
63	Heybridge Swifts	0–6	AFC Sudbury	189
64	Walton Casuals	0–1	Ramsgate	132

Final

2 April 2008

AFC Sudbury (P)	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Ramsgate (S)
Penalties
	4–5

Princes Park, Dartford

Attendance: 568

See also

• Isthmian League
• 2007–08 Northern Premier League
• 2007–08 Southern Football League