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1984–85 Isthmian League

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Season
  
1984–85

Promoted
  
Wycombe Wanderers

Goals scored
  
1412 (3.06 per match)

Champions
  
Sutton United

Matches played
  
462

Relegated
  
Harlow Town Leytonstone/Ilford

The 1984–85 season was the 70th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. League consisted of three divisions. The Second Division was divided into two sections.

Contents

It was the first Isthmian League season as an Alliance Premier League feeder league. Sutton United were champions, winning their second Isthmian League title. Wycombe Wanderers were promoted to the APL, as Sutton United and Worthing were ineligible for promotion.

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:

  • Epsom & Ewell
  • Windsor & Eton
  • League table

    Source:
    Croydon were deducted two points.
    * Billericay Town were deducted one point.
    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:

  • Bromley
  • Staines Town
  • Two clubs promoted from the Second Division:

  • Basildon United
  • St Albans City
  • League table

    Source:
    Leatherhead were deducted three points.
    * Walton & Hersham were deducted one point.
    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 North

    Second Division North consisted of 21 clubs, including eight clubs transferred from the Second Division, one team relegated from the First Division and twelve new teams:

    Clubs transferred from the Second Division:

  • Barton Rovers
  • Epping Town
  • Finchley
  • Hemel Hempstead
  • Letchworth Garden City
  • Leyton-Wingate
  • Tring Town
  • Ware
  • Club relegated from the First Division:

  • Cheshunt
  • Clubs joined from the Athenian League:

  • Berkhamsted Town
  • Chalfont St Peter
  • Flackwell Heath
  • Harefield United
  • Haringey Borough
  • Kingsbury Town
  • Marlow
  • Wolverton Town
  • Plus:

  • Heybridge Swifts, joined from the Essex Senior League
  • Royston Town, joined from the South Midlands League
  • Saffron Walden Town, joined from the Eastern Counties League
  • Stevenage Borough, joined from the United Counties League
  • League table

    Source:
    Finchley were deducted one point.
    Epping Town resigned from the league in middle of the season, record was expunged.
    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 South

    The Second Division South consisted of 19 clubs, including eleven clubs transferred from the Second Division, one team relegated from the First Division and seven new clubs:

    Clubs transferred from the Second Division:

  • Dorking
  • Eastbourne United
  • Egham Town
  • Grays Athletic
  • Horsham
  • Hungerford Town
  • Molesey
  • Newbury Town
  • Rainham Town
  • Southall
  • Uxbridge
  • Club relegated from the First Division:

  • Feltham
  • Clubs joined from the Athenian League:

  • Banstead Athletic
  • Bracknell Town
  • Camberley Town
  • Chertsey Town
  • Petersfield United
  • Ruislip Manor
  • Whyteleafe
  • League table

    Source:
    Newbury Town were deducted 15 points.
    Chertsey Town 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.

    References

    1984–85 Isthmian League Wikipedia