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2017–18 Isthmian League
The 2017–18 season was the 103rd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. It was also the twelfth season for the current incarnations of the Premier, North and South Divisions, the last to have two regional divisions, and the first as the Bostik League following a sponsorship deal with Bostik.
In May 2017, the FA chose the Southern League to create one additional division at Step 3 and the Isthmian League to create one at Step 4 as part of the next change to the structure, and in March 2018, the Northern Premier League voted to reorganise its Step 4 divisions into an east-west alignment, with all Step 3 divisions contracting to 22 clubs and those at Step 4 to 20, taking effect in the 2018–19 season.
| Season |
|---|
| Billericay Town |
| Billericay TownDulwich Hamlet |
| Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 552 |
| 1,769 (3.2 per match) |
| 39 goals - Elliott Buchanan (Staines Town) |
| 150,936 |
| 273 (-18.3% to previous season) |
| ← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs: 19 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
- Brightlingsea Regent, promoted as champions of Division One North
- Dorking Wanderers, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South
- Margate, relegated from the National League South
- Thurrock, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North
- Tooting & Mitcham United, promoted as champions of Division One South
Billericay Town won the division and returned to National League South after five seasons in the Isthmian League. Dulwich Hamlet, who competed in the Isthmian League since its establishment in 1907, won the play-offs and followed them. Only one club was relegated from the Premier Division; Tooting & Mitcham finished bottom of the table and returned straight back to step 4.
At the end of the season a new step 3 division was created under the Southern Football League; seven Premier Division clubs were transferred to the Southern League Premier divisions. The number of clubs in the Premier Division was reduced to 22 for the next season.
| Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Elliott Buchanan | Staines Town | 39 |
| Jake Robinson | Billericay Town | 34 |
| Niko Muir | Hendon | 32 |
| Jordan Chiedozie | Margate | 29 |
| Mohamed Bettamer | Staines Town | 27 |
| Adeoye Yusuff | Folkestone Invicta | 27 |
| William Hunt | Brightlingsea Regent | 24 |
| Nyren Clunis | Dulwich Hamlet | 19 |
| Jake Reed | Leiston | 19 |
| Adam Cunnington | Billericay Town | 18 |
| James McShane | Dorking Wanderers | 16 |
| Alexander Akrofi | Tonbridge Angels | 16 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 | Column 9 | Column 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 2 | Dulwich Hamlet | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | Leiston | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | Dulwich Hamlet | 1 (4) | |||||||
| 3 | Hendon | 1 (3) | |||||||
| 3 | Hendon | 4 | |||||||
| 4 | Folkestone Invicta | 0 |
| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Billericay Town | New Lodge | 3,500 |
| Brightlingsea Regent | North Road | 1,000 |
| Burgess Hill Town | Leylands Park | 2,500 |
| Dorking Wanderers | Westhumble Community Ground | 1,500 |
| Dulwich Hamlet | Champion Hill | 3,000 |
| Enfield Town | Queen Elizabeth II Stadium | 2,500 |
| Folkestone Invicta | Cheriton Road | 4,000 |
| Harrow Borough | Earlsmead Stadium | 3,070 |
| Harlow Town | The Harlow Arena | 3,500 |
| Hendon | Silver Jubilee Park | 1,990 |
| Kingstonian | Fetcham Grove (groundshare with Leatherhead) | 3,400 |
| Leatherhead | Fetcham Grove | 3,400 |
| Leiston | Victory Road | 2,500 |
| Lowestoft Town | Crown Meadow | 3,000 |
| Margate | Hartsdown Park | 3,000 |
| Merstham | Moatside | 2,000 |
| Metropolitan Police | Imber Court | 3,000 |
| Needham Market | Bloomfields | 4,000 |
| Staines Town | Wheatsheaf Park | 3,009 |
| Thurrock | Ship Lane | 3,500 |
| Tonbridge Angels | Longmead Stadium | 3,000 |
| Tooting & Mitcham United | Imperial Fields | 3,500 |
| Wingate & Finchley | The Harry Abrahams Stadium | 1,500 |
| Worthing | Woodside Road | 4,000 |
| Season |
|---|
| AFC Hornchurch |
| AFC HornchurchPotters Bar TownHaringey Borough |
| Norwich United |
| 552 |
| 1,743 (3.16 per match) |
| 36 goals - Matthew Price (Heybridge Swifts) |
| 86,779 |
| 157 (+30.8% to previous season) |
| ← 2016–17 2018–19 → |
North Division consisted of 24 clubs: 17 clubs from the previous season, and seven new clubs:
- AFC Sudbury, relegated from the Premier Division
- Barking, promoted from the Essex Senior League
- Canvey Island, relegated from the Premier Division
- Grays Athletic, relegated from the Premier Division
- Hertford Town, promoted from the Spartan South Midlands League
- Mildenhall Town, promoted from the Eastern Counties League
- Potters Bar Town, transferred from Southern League Division One Central
At the end of the season a new step 3 division was created, thus for this season three clubs were to be promoted from each step 4 divisions - champions, runners-up and play-off winners plus one third-placed club with highest points-per-game. Hornchurch won the division and returned to the Premier Division after three seasons in the North Division along with runners-up Potters Bar Town and play-off winners Haringey Borough who never competed at such level. Due to league system restructurisation only one club was relegated from each step 4 division. Norwich United finished bottom of the table and returned to the Eastern Counties League after two seasons in the Isthmian League.
At the end of the season a seventh step 4 division was created under the Isthmian League, as the South Division clubs were distributed between new South East and South Central divisions. Four North Division clubs were transferred to South Central Division. The number of clubs in the step 4 divisions was reduced to 20 for the next season.
| Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Matthew Price | Heybridge Swifts | 36 |
| Cemal Ramadan | Bury Town | 27 |
| Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe | Maldon & Tiptree | 26 |
| George Sykes | Canvey Island | 25 |
| Jason Hallett | Cheshunt | 25 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 | Column 9 | Column 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 | Bowers & Pitsea | 0 | |||||||
| 6 | Canvey Island | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Haringey Borough | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | Canvey Island | 1 | |||||||
| 4 | Haringey Borough | 2 | |||||||
| 5 | Heybridge Swifts | 0 |
| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| AFC Hornchurch | Hornchurch Stadium | 3,500 |
| AFC Sudbury | King's Marsh | 2,500 |
| Aveley | Parkside | 3,500 |
| Barking | Mayesbrook Park | 2,500 |
| Bowers & Pitsea | Len Salmon Stadium | 2,000 |
| Brentwood Town | The Brentwood Centre Arena | 1,800 |
| Bury Town | Ram Meadow | 3,500 |
| Canvey Island | Park Lane | 4,500 |
| Cheshunt | Cheshunt Stadium | 3,000 |
| Dereham Town | Aldiss Park | 3,000 |
| Grays Athletic | Parkside (groundshare with Aveley) | 3,500 |
| Haringey Borough | Coles Park | 1,500 |
| Hertford Town | Hertingfordbury Park | 6,500 |
| Heybridge Swifts | Scraley Road | 3,000 |
| Maldon & Tiptree | Wallace Binder Ground | 2,000 |
| Mildenhall Town | Recreation Way | 2,000 |
| Norwich United | Plantation Park | 3,000 |
| Potters Bar Town | Parkfield | 2,000 |
| Romford | Ship Lane (groundshare with Thurrock) | 3,500 |
| Soham Town Rangers | Julius Martin Lane | 2,000 |
| Tilbury | Chadfields | 4,000 |
| Waltham Abbey | Capershotts | 3,500 |
| Ware | Wodson Park | 3,300 |
| Witham Town | Spa Road | 2,500 |
| Season |
|---|
| Carshalton Athletic |
| Carshalton AthleticLewesWalton CasualsCorinthian-Casuals |
| Shoreham |
| 552 |
| 1,880 (3.41 per match) |
| 35 goals - Jack Barham (Greenwich Borough) |
| 111,044 |
| 201 (-0.5% to previous season) |
| ← 2016–17 2018–19 S Central2018–19 S East → |
South Division consisted of 24 clubs: 19 clubs from the previous season, and seven new clubs:
- Ashford United, promoted from the Southern Counties East League
- Phoenix Sports, transferred from Division One North
- Shoreham, promoted from the Southern Combination League
- Thamesmead Town, transferred from Division One North
- VCD Athletic, transferred from Division One North
At the end of the season a new step 3 division was created, thus for this season three clubs were to be promoted from each step 4 divisions - champions, runners-up and play-off winners plus one third-placed club with highest points-per-game. Carshalton Athletic won the division and returned to the Premier Division after four seasons in the South Division along with runners-up Lewes, who spent in the South Division two seasons after the relegation from Premier Division. Play-off winners Walton Casuals were promoted to the Southern League Premier Division South - the highest level they competed in their history. Corinthian-Casuals lost in play-off final but were promoted to the Premier Division as step 4 play-off final loser with highest points-per-game ratio after Thurrock from Premier Division folded. Corinthian-Casuals last competed in top division of the Isthmian League in the 1973–74 season. Due to league system restructurisation only one club was relegated from each step 4 division. Shoreham finished bottom of the table and returned straight back to the Southern Combination League.
At the end of the season a seventh step 4 division was created under the Isthmian League, as the South Division clubs were distributed between new South East and South Central divisions. The number of clubs in the step 4 divisions was reduced to 20 for the next season.
| Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Jack Barham | Greenwich Borough | 35 |
| Josh Kelly | Walton Casuals | 28 |
| Jack Mazzone | South Park | 27 |
| Jake Embery | Herne Bay | 23 |
| Charlie MacDonald | Cray Wanderers | 23 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 | Column 9 | Column 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 3 | Cray Wanderers | 2 | |||||||
| 6 | Walton Casuals | 5 | |||||||
| 5 | Corinthian-Casuals | 0 (2) | |||||||
| 6 | Walton Casuals | 0 (4) | |||||||
| 4 | Greenwich Borough | 0 | |||||||
| 5 | Corinthian-Casuals | 3 |
| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Ashford United | The Homelands | 3,200 |
| Carshalton Athletic | War Memorial Sports Ground | 5,000 |
| Chipstead | High Road | 2,000 |
| Corinthian-Casuals | King George's Field | 2,700 |
| Cray Wanderers | Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) | 6,000 |
| East Grinstead Town | East Court | 1,000 |
| Faversham Town | Salters Lane | 2,000 |
| Greenwich Borough | Badgers Sports Ground (groundshare with Cray Valley PM) | 1,500 |
| Guernsey | Footes Lane | 5,000 |
| Hastings United | The Pilot Field | 4,050 |
| Herne Bay | Winch's Field | 4,000 |
| Horsham | Gorings Mead | 1,500 |
| Hythe Town | Reachfields Stadium | 3,000 |
| Lewes | The Dripping Pan | 3,000 |
| Molesey | Walton Road Stadium | 1,000 |
| Phoenix Sports | Victory Road | 2,000 |
| Ramsgate | Southwood Stadium | 2,500 |
| Shoreham | Middle Road | 2,000 |
| Sittingbourne | Woodstock Park | 3,000 |
| South Park | King George's Field | 2,000 |
| Thamesmead Town | Princes Park (groundshare with Dartford) | 4,100 |
| VCD Athletic | Oakwood | 1,180 |
| Walton Casuals | Elmbridge Xcel Sports Hub | 2,500 |
| Whyteleafe | Church Road | 2,000 |
| Tournament details |
|---|
| England |
| 63 |
| Billericay Town |
| Metropolitan Police |
| 62 |
The 2017–18 Alan Turvey Trophy (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) was the 44th season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.
| Round | Dates | Matches | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 22 August to 27 September | 31 | 63 → 32 |
| Second round | 3 October to 22 November | 16 | 32 → 16 |
| Third round | 22 November to 30 January | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarterfinals | 9 January to 8 March | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semifinals | 19 February to 13 March | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 12 April | 1 | 2 → 1 |
The Isthmian League Cup was voluntary this season, nine clubs decided not to take part in the competition:
Sixty two clubs participated in the first round, while one club received a bye to the second round:
- Hendon
Thirty clubs to have made it through the first round were entered into the draw with two clubs who get a bye, making thirty-two teams.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 60 | Billericay Town (P) | 3–1 | Corinthian-Casuals (S) | 442 |
| 61 | Dulwich Hamlet (P) | 0–0 | Metropolitan Police (P) | 210 |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Goalkeeper of the Month | Performance of the Month | References | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | August | Harry Wheeler & Glenn Tamplin | Billericay Town | Tom Lovelock | Hendon | Hendon | | | Zaki Oualah | Leatherhead | | | | | | | Lenny Pidgeley | Margate | | | | | | | September | Harry Wheeler & Glenn Tamplin | Billericay Town | Alan Julian | Billericay Town | Burgess Hill Town | | | October | Gavin Rose | Dulwich Hamlet | Preston Edwards | Dulwich Hamlet | Folkestone Invicta | | | November | Neil Cugley | Folkestone Invicta | Alan Julian | Billericay Town | Hendon | | | December | Harry Wheeler & Glenn Tamplin | Billericay Town | Zaki Oualah | Leatherhead | Hendon | | | January | Harry Wheeler & Glenn Tamplin | Billericay Town | Thomas Williams | Metropolitan Police | Billericay Town | | | February | Richard Wilkins | Needham Market | Melvin Minter | Harrow Borough | Leiston | | | March | Gavin Rose | Dulwich Hamlet | Marcus Garnham | Leiston | Staines Town | | | Neil Cugley | Folkestone Invicta | | | | | | | April | Harry Wheeler | Billericay Town | Rob Tolfrey | Kingstonian | Dorking Wanderers | |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Goalkeeper of the Month | Performance of the Month | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | Jim McFarlane / Jody Brown | AFC Hornchurch / Heybridge Swifts | Elliot Pride | Dereham Town | Heybridge Swifts | |
| September | Tom Loizou | Haringey Borough | Valery Pajetat | Haringey Borough | Haringey Borough | |
| October | Neal Simmons | Dereham Town | Elliot Pride | Dereham Town | Mildenhall Town | |
| November | Justin Gardner | Barking | Ollie Bowles | Barking | Heybridge Swifts | |
| December | Rob Small | Bowers & Pitsea | Callum Chafer | Bowers & Pitsea | Norwich United | |
| January | Steve Ringrose | Potters Bar Town | Elliot Pride | Dereham Town | Brentwood Town | |
| February | James Webster | Aveley | Valery Pajetat | Haringey Borough | Heybridge Swifts | |
| March | Steve Ringrose | Potters Bar Town | Sam Mott | AFC Hornchurch | Brentwood Town | |
| April | Tom Loizou | Haringey Borough | Berkley Laurencin | Potters Bar Town | Romford |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Goalkeeper of the Month | Performance of the Month | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | Anthony Gale | Walton Casuals | Nick Blue | Cray Wanderers | Thamesmead Town | |
| September | James Bracken | Corinthian-Casuals | Danny Bracken | Corinthian-Casuals | Faversham Town | |
| October | Gary Alexander | Greenwich Borough | Harry Brooks | Sittingbourne | Lewes | |
| Darren Hawkes | ||||||
| November | Peter Adeniyi | Carshalton Athletic | Chris Winterton | Lewes | Carshalton Athletic | |
| December | Anthony Gale | Walton Casuals | George Kamurasi | Greenwich Borough | Ramsgate | |
| January | Peter Adeniyi | Carshalton Athletic | George Kamurasi | Greenwich Borough | Cray Wanderers | |
| February | John Scarborough & Paul Dale | Whyteleafe | Danny Bracken | Corinthian-Casuals | Ashford United | |
| March | Paul Barnes | Greenwich Borough | Danny Bracken | Corinthian-Casuals | East Grinstead Town | |
| April | Sam Denly | Hythe Town | Billy Bishop | Carshalton Athletic | Walton Casuals |
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