1977–78 Isthmian League

The 1977–78 season was the 63rd season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.

At the end of the previous season league divisions were renamed: Division One was renamed the Premier Division and Division Two was renamed Division One. Also, seventeen new clubs were newly admitted to the league, they were placed to the new Division Two, as the league expanded to three divisions.

Enfield won Premier Division, whilst Dulwich Hamlet won Division One and Epsom & Ewell won Division Two.

Premier Division
Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season1977–78
ChampionsEnfield
RelegatedBishop's Stortford
Southall & Ealing Borough
Matches played462
Goals scored1,297 (2.81 per match)

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, promoted from old Division Two:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Enfield 42 35 5 2 96 27 +69 110
2 Dagenham 42 24 7 11 78 55 +23 79
3 Wycombe Wanderers 42 22 9 11 66 41 +25 75
4 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 22 8 12 64 49 +15 74
5 Hitchin Town 42 20 9 13 69 53 +16 69
6 Sutton United 42 18 12 12 66 57 +9 66
7 Leatherhead 42 18 11 13 62 48 +14 65
8 Croydon 42 18 10 14 61 52 +9 64
9 Walthamstow Avenue 42 17 12 13 64 61 +3 63
10 Barking 42 17 7 18 76 66 +10 58
11 Carshalton Athletic 42 15 11 16 61 63 −2 56
12 Hayes 42 15 11 16 46 53 −7 56
13 Hendon 42 16 7 19 57 55 +2 55
14 Woking 42 14 11 17 62 62 0 53
15 Boreham Wood 42 15 8 19 48 65 −17 53
16 Slough Town 42 14 8 20 52 69 −17 50
17 Staines Town 42 12 13 17 46 60 −14 49
18 Tilbury 42 11 12 19 57 68 −11 45
19 Kingstonian 42 8 13 21 43 65 −22 37
20 Leytonstone 42 7 15 20 44 71 −27 36
21 Southall & Ealing Borough 42 6 15 21 43 74 −31 33 Relegated to Division One
22 Bishop's Stortford 42 7 8 27 36 83 −47 29
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One
Isthmian League
Division One
Season1977–78
ChampionsDulwich Hamlet
PromotedDulwich Hamlet
Oxford City
RelegatedCorinthian-Casuals
Hornchurch
Matches played462
Goals scored1,326 (2.87 per match)

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, relegated from old Division One:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dulwich Hamlet 42 28 9 5 91 25 +66 93 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Oxford City 42 26 5 11 85 44 +41 83
3 Bromley 42 23 13 6 74 41 +33 82
4 Walton & Hersham 42 22 11 9 69 41 +28 77
5 Ilford 42 21 14 7 57 47 +10 77
6 St Albans City 42 22 10 10 83 46 +37 76
7 Wokingham Town 42 19 12 11 68 48 +20 69
8 Harlow Town 42 19 8 15 63 49 +14 65
9 Harrow Borough 42 17 10 15 59 54 +5 61
10 Maidenhead United 42 16 13 13 55 54 +1 61
11 Hertford Town 42 15 14 13 57 51 +6 59
12 Chesham United 42 14 13 15 69 70 −1 55
13 Hampton 42 13 13 16 49 53 −4 52
14 Harwich & Parkeston 42 12 13 17 68 79 −11 49
15 Wembley 42 15 3 24 56 82 −26 48
16 Horsham 42 12 10 20 41 57 −16 46
17 Finchley 42 11 13 18 41 68 −27 46
18 Aveley 42 13 7 22 47 75 −28 46
19 Ware 42 8 13 21 61 95 −34 37
20 Clapton 42 10 6 26 46 78 −32 36
21 Hornchurch 42 8 10 24 47 81 −34 34 Relegated to Division Two
22 Corinthian-Casuals 42 3 10 29 40 88 −48 19
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two
Isthmian League
Division Two
Season1977–78
ChampionsEpsom & Ewell
PromotedEpsom & Ewell
Metropolitan Police
Matches played272
Goals scored801 (2.94 per match)

The 1977–78 season was first for new Division Two. The Division consisted of 16 clubs transferred from the Athenian League and one club (Metropolitan Police) transferred from the Southern Football League Division One South.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Epsom & Ewell 32 21 5 6 65 34 +31 68 Promoted to Division One
2 Metropolitan Police 32 19 6 7 53 30 +23 63
3 Farnborough Town 32 19 4 9 68 40 +28 61
4 Molesey 32 17 8 7 47 27 +20 59
5 Egham Town 32 15 9 8 52 34 +18 54
6 Tring Town 32 14 11 7 62 32 +30 53
7 Letchworth Garden City 32 14 11 7 67 48 +19 53
8 Lewes 32 13 7 12 52 51 +1 46
9 Rainham Town 32 13 6 13 42 50 −8 45
10 Worthing 32 11 9 12 40 45 −5 42
11 Eastbourne United 32 10 8 14 40 50 −10 38
12 Cheshunt 32 9 6 17 43 60 −17 33
13 Feltham 32 7 9 16 30 49 −19 30
14 Camberley Town 32 6 11 15 32 49 −17 29
15 Hemel Hempstead 32 6 9 17 33 50 −17 27
16 Epping Town 32 7 6 19 37 64 −27 27
17 Willesden 32 7 3 22 38 88 −50 24
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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