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1980–81 Isthmian League

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Season
  
1980–81

Relegated
  
None

Goals scored
  
1326 (2.87 per match)

Champions
  
Slough Town

Matches played
  
462

The 1980–81 season was the 66th season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.

Contents

Slough Town were champions, winning their first Isthmian League title. Though, there was no promotion from the Isthmian League to the Alliance Premier League till 1985, at the end of the season two Premier Division clubs - Dagenham and Enfield were accepted to the APL.

Premier Division

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

  • Bromley
  • Leytonstone & Ilford
  • There was no relegation from the division this season after Dagenham and Enfield joined the Alliance Premier League.

    League table

    Source:
    * Thurrock were deducted two points.
    Woking were deducted three points.
    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

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

    Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

  • Oxford City
  • Tilbury
  • Two clubs promoted from the Second Division:

  • Billericay Town
  • Lewes
  • 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

    Second Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new teams:

  • Dorking Town, joined from the Athenian League
  • Harwich & Parkeston, relegated from the First Division
  • Horsham, relegated from the 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.

    References

    1980–81 Isthmian League Wikipedia