Season 1977–78 Matches played 462 | Goals scored 1297 (2.81 per match) | |
Relegated Bishop's StortfordSouthall & Ealing Borough | ||
The 1977–78 season was the 63rd season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.
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At the end of the previous season the league divisions were renamed: the First Division was renamed the Premier Division and the Second Division was renamed the First Division. Also, seventeen clubs from the Athenian League were newly admitted to the league, they were placed to the new Second Division, as the league expanded up to three divisions.
Enfield won Premier Division, whilst Dulwich Hamlet won First Division and Epsom & Ewell won Second Division.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, promoted from the old Second Division:
League table
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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
First Division
The First Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, relegated from old First Division:
League table
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Second Division
The 1977–78 season was first for the new Second Division. Division consisted of 17 clubs transferred from the Athenian League.
League table
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.