2000–01 Isthmian League

Isthmian League
Division Two
Season	2000–01
Champions	Tooting & Mitcham United
Promoted	Barking; Tooting & Mitcham United; Windsor & Eton
Relegated	Edgware Town; Leighton Town; Wokingham Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,386 (3 per match)
Highest attendance	405 – Horsham – Tilbury, (4 November)
Total attendance	48,378
Average attendance	105 (-0.9% to previous season)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Isthmian League
Division One
Season	2000–01
Champions	Boreham Wood
Promoted	Boreham Wood; Bedford Town; Braintree Town
Relegated	Barton Rovers; Leatherhead; Romford
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,525 (3.3 per match)
Highest attendance	1,004 – Aylesbury United – Staines Town, (5 May)
Total attendance	103,004
Average attendance	223 (-0.4% to previous season)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season	2000–01
Champions	Farnborough Town
Promoted	Farnborough Town
Relegated	Carshalton Athletic; Dulwich Hamlet; Slough Town
Matches played	459
Goals scored	1,348 (2.94 per match)
Highest attendance	3,478 – Farnborough Town – Aldershot Town, (26 December)
Total attendance	203,197
Average attendance	443 (-17.7% to previous season)
	← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

The 2000–01 season was the 86th 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 edit

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

Croydon, promoted as champions of Division One
Grays Athletic, promoted as runners-up in Division One
Maidenhead United, promoted as third in Division One
Sutton United, relegated from the Football Conference

Farnborough Town won the division and returned to the Football Conference after two seasons spent in Isthmian League. Slough Town, Carshalton Athletic and Dulwich Hamlet finished bottom of the table and relegated to Division One. Three fixtures left unfulfilled due to bad weather conditions.

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Farnborough Town	42	31	6	5	86	27	+59	99	Promoted to the Football Conference
2	Canvey Island	42	27	8	7	79	41	+38	89
3	Basingstoke Town	42	22	13	7	73	40	+33	79
4	Aldershot Town	41	21	11	9	73	39	+34	74^[a]
5	Chesham United	42	22	6	14	78	52	+26	72
6	Gravesend & Northfleet	42	22	5	15	63	46	+17	71
7	Heybridge Swifts	42	18	13	11	74	60	+14	67
8	Billericay Town	41	18	13	10	62	54	+8	67^[a]
9	Hampton & Richmond	42	18	12	12	73	60	+13	66
10	Hitchin Town	42	18	5	19	72	69	+3	59
11	Purfleet	42	14	13	15	55	55	0	55
12	Hendon	40	16	6	18	62	62	0	54^[a]
13	Sutton United	41	14	11	16	74	70	+4	53^[a]
14	St Albans City	42	15	5	22	50	69	−19	50
15	Grays Athletic	42	14	8	20	49	68	−19	50
16	Maidenhead United	42	15	2	25	47	63	−16	47
17	Croydon	42	12	10	20	55	77	−22	46
18	Enfield	42	12	9	21	48	74	−26	45
19	Harrow Borough	41	10	11	20	62	91	−29	41^[a]
20	Slough Town	42	10	9	23	40	62	−22	39	Relegated to Division One
21	Carshalton Athletic	42	10	6	26	40	85	−45	36
22	Dulwich Hamlet	42	4	10	28	33	84	−51	22

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Unfulfilled fixtures: Aldershot Town v Billericay Town, Hendon v Harrow Borough and Sutton United v Hendon.

Division One edit

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

Two clubs promoted from Division Two:

Initially, champions of Division Two Hemel Hempstead Town were to be promoted to Division One, but later they were refused due to ground grading. Leatherhead finished in the relegation zone were reprieved.

Boreham Wood won the division and returned to the Premier Division at the first attempt. Bedford Town and Braintree Town also get a promotion. Leatherhead finished in the relegation zone the second time in a row and were relegated along with Romford and Barton Rovers.

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Boreham Wood	42	26	7	9	82	49	+33	85	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Bedford Town	42	22	16	4	81	40	+41	82
3	Braintree Town	42	25	6	11	112	60	+52	81
4	Bishop's Stortford	42	24	6	12	103	76	+27	78
5	Thame United	42	22	8	12	86	54	+32	74
6	Ford United	42	19	12	11	70	58	+12	69
7	Uxbridge	42	21	5	16	73	55	+18	68
8	Northwood	42	20	8	14	89	81	+8	68
9	Whyteleafe	42	20	6	16	62	69	−7	66
10	Oxford City	42	16	13	13	64	49	+15	61
11	Harlow Town	42	15	16	11	70	66	+4	61
12	Worthing	42	16	9	17	69	69	0	57
13	Staines Town	42	16	8	18	60	66	−6	56
14	Aylesbury United	42	17	4	21	65	55	+10	55
15	Yeading	42	15	9	18	72	74	−2	54
16	Bognor Regis Town	42	13	11	18	71	71	0	50
17	Walton & Hersham	42	14	8	20	59	80	−21	50
18	Bromley	42	14	6	22	63	86	−23	48
19	Wealdstone	42	12	9	21	54	73	−19	45
20	Leatherhead	42	12	4	26	37	87	−50	40	Relegated to Division Two
21	Romford	42	9	4	29	53	113	−60	31
22	Barton Rovers	42	2	9	31	30	94	−64	15

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

Division Two edit

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

Two clubs relegated from Division One:

Three clubs promoted from Division Three:

Initially, previous season champions of Division Two Hemel Hempstead Town were to be promoted to Division One, but later they were refused due to ground grading and stayed in the division.

Tooting & Mitcham United won the division and were promoted to Division One along with Windsor & Eton and Barking. Later, Barking ceased to exist when they merged with East Ham United (11° Essex Senior League) to form Barking & East Ham United, taken place of Barking in Division One.

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	26	11	5	92	35	+57	89	Promoted to Division One
2	Windsor & Eton	42	24	10	8	70	40	+30	82	Promoted to Division One
3	Barking	42	23	13	6	82	54	+28	82^[a]	Promoted to Division One and ceased to exist when they merged with East Ham United to form Barking & East Ham United
4	Berkhamsted Town	42	24	8	10	99	49	+50	80
5	Wivenhoe Town	42	23	11	8	78	52	+26	80
6	Hemel Hempstead Town	42	22	10	10	74	44	+30	76
7	Horsham	42	19	9	14	84	61	+23	66
8	Chertsey Town	42	18	9	15	59	59	0	63
9	Great Wakering Rovers	42	16	13	13	69	59	+10	61
10	Tilbury	42	18	6	18	61	67	−6	60
11	Banstead Athletic	42	17	8	17	69	58	+11	59
12	East Thurrock United	42	16	11	15	72	64	+8	59
13	Metropolitan Police	42	18	4	20	64	77	−13	58
14	Marlow	42	15	11	16	62	61	+1	56
15	Molesey	42	14	9	19	53	61	−8	51
16	Wembley	42	12	10	20	39	63	−24	46
17	Hungerford Town	42	11	9	22	40	73	−33	42
18	Leyton Pennant	42	10	11	21	47	74	−27	41
19	Cheshunt	42	11	6	25	48	77	−29	39
20	Edgware Town	42	9	9	24	41	77	−36	36	Relegated to Division Three
21	Leighton Town	42	8	10	24	44	87	−43	34
22	Wokingham Town	42	3	12	27	39	94	−55	20^[b]

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

^ At the end of the season Barking ceased to exist when they merged with East Ham United to form Barking & East Ham United.
^ Wokingham Town deducted one point.

Division Three edit

Isthmian League
Division Three
Season	2000–01
Champions	Arlesey Town
Promoted	Arlesey Town Ashford Town Lewes
Matches played	460
Goals scored	1,642 (3.57 per match)
Highest attendance	323 – Hertford Town – Ware, (16 April)
Total attendance	34,714
Average attendance	75 (-8.5% to previous season)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

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

Arlesey Town, promoted as champions of the Spartan South Midlands League
Ashford Town, promoted as champions of the Combined Counties League
Chalfont St Peter, relegated from Division Two
Wingate & Finchley, relegated from Division Two
Witham Town, relegated from Division Two

Arlesey Town and Ashford Town both debuted in the league and achieved a promotion along with Lewes. Two fixtures left unfulfilled due to bad weather conditions.

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Arlesey Town	42	34	6	2	138	37	+101	108	Promoted to Division Two
2	Lewes	41	25	11	5	104	34	+70	86^[a]
3	Ashford Town	42	26	7	9	102	49	+53	85
4	Flackwell Heath	42	24	10	8	93	51	+42	82
5	Corinthian-Casuals	42	24	10	8	83	50	+33	82
6	Aveley	42	24	3	15	85	61	+24	75
7	Epsom & Ewell	42	23	4	15	76	52	+24	73
8	Witham Town	42	21	9	12	76	57	+19	72
9	Bracknell Town	41	19	10	12	90	70	+20	67^[a]
10	Croydon Athletic	41	15	12	14	78	63	+15	57^[a]
11	Ware	42	17	6	19	75	76	−1	57
12	Tring Town	42	16	9	17	60	71	−11	57
13	Egham Town	42	15	11	16	60	60	0	56
14	Hornchurch	42	14	13	15	73	60	+13	55
15	Wingate & Finchley	42	15	7	20	75	75	0	52
16	Kingsbury Town	42	11	8	23	74	100	−26	41
17	Abingdon Town	42	12	7	23	53	102	−49	40^[b]
18	Dorking	42	10	9	23	59	99	−40	39
19	Hertford Town	41	9	8	24	57	97	−40	35^[a]
20	Camberley Town	42	8	8	26	53	107	−54	32
21	Clapton	42	5	9	28	48	121	−73	24
22	Chalfont St Peter	42	4	1	37	30	150	−120	13

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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Unfulfilled fixtures: Croydon Athletic v Bracknell Town and Lewes v Hertford Town.
^ Abingdon Town deducted three points.

References edit

[table_hth_ALD0.36227876989277-1] Unfulfilled fixtures: Aldershot Town v Billericay Town, Hendon v Harrow Borough and Sutton United v Hendon.

[table_hth_BAR0.38998423022683-2] At the end of the season Barking ceased to exist when they merged with East Ham United to form Barking & East Ham United.

[table_hth_WOK0.38998423022683-3] Wokingham Town deducted one point.

[table_hth_LEW0.23032161045369-4] Unfulfilled fixtures: Croydon Athletic v Bracknell Town and Lewes v Hertford Town.

[table_hth_ABI0.23032161045369-5] Abingdon Town deducted three points.

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2000–01 Isthmian League

Contents

Premier Division edit

League table edit

Division One edit

League table edit

Division Two edit

League table edit

Division Three edit

League table edit

See also edit

References edit