1976–77 Isthmian League

The 1976–77 season was the 62nd season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.

It was the first Isthmian League season to use goal difference as a tie-breaker.

Enfield won Division One, while Tilbury won Division Two.

At the end of the season the 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 new Division Two, as the league expanded to three divisions.

Division One

Isthmian League
Division One
Season1976–77
ChampionsEnfield
RelegatedDulwich Hamlet
Ilford
Matches played462
Goals scored1,229 (2.66 per match)

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsRelegation
1Enfield42241266334+2984
2Wycombe Wanderers4225897134+3783
3Dagenham42231098039+4179
4Hendon421910136048+1267
5Tilbury421813115749+867
6Tooting & Mitcham United421810148572+1364
7Walthamstow Avenue42197166155+664
8Slough Town42189155146+563
9Hitchin Town42196176066−663
10Leatherhead42187176147+1461
11Staines Town421613135248+461
12Leytonstone421611155957+259
13Barking42169176361+257
14Southall & Ealing Borough42158195264−1253
15Croydon421310193852−1449
16Sutton United42147214055−1549
17Kingstonian42137224560−1546
18Hayes421210204969−2046
19Woking421112194761−1445
20Bishop's Stortford421111205171−2044
21Dulwich Hamlet42118235268−1641Relegated to Division One
22Ilford42108243273−4138
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Isthmian League
Division Two
Season1976–77
ChampionsBoreham Wood
PromotedBoreham Wood
Carshalton Athletic
Matches played462
Goals scored1,330 (2.88 per match)

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

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Boreham Wood4233458026+54103Promoted to the Premier Division
2Carshalton Athletic42251258033+4787
3Harwich & Parkeston42238119361+3277
4Wembley42238118258+2477
5Harrow Borough42211297844+3475
6Horsham42235146756+1174
7Bromley422010127146+2570
8Oxford City42208147355+1868
9Hampton42208146245+1768
10Wokingham Town421614126044+1662
11Hornchurch42187176253+961
12Chesham United421710156366−361
13St Albans City421612145953+660
14Walton & Hersham42179165756+160
15Aveley42148204962−1350
16Corinthian-Casuals42136235275−2345
17Harlow Town42118233977−3841
18Hertford Town4299244580−3536
19Maidenhead United4288263673−3732
20Clapton4279264387−4430
21Finchley42513243682−4628
22Ware4258294398−5523
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References