Season 2002–03 Promoted Aldershot Town Champion Aldershot Town F.C. Matches played 552 | Champions Aldershot Town Total attendance 238,373 Goals scored 1,575 | |
Highest attendance 3,553 – Canvey Island – Aldershot Town, (15 April) Average attendance 432 (-5.7% to previous season) Relegated Chesham United F.C., Boreham Wood F.C., Enfield F.C. People also search for 1963–64 Isthmian League | ||
The 2002–03 season was the 88th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
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Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:
Aldershot Town won the division and were promoted to the Football Conference ten years after Aldershot bankruptcy. Canvey Island finished second for the third time in a row. Four teams finished bottom of the table relegated to divisions One.
At the end of the season Purfleet was renamed Thurrock.
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.
Division One North
At the end of the previous season First Division was replaced by divisions One North and South. Subsequently, Third Division clubs were distributed between divisions One and Two.
Division One North consisted of 24 clubs, including nine clubs from the First Division, eleven clubs promoted from the Second Division and four clubs promoted from the Third Division.
Northwood won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with runners-up Hornchurch, who promoted from Third Division to the Premier Division in two seasons. Wembley and Hertford Town finished bottom of the table and relegated to Division Two.
At the end of the season Leyton Pennant F.C. were renamed Waltham Forest.
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.
Division One South
At the end of the previous season First Division was replaced by divisions One North and South. Subsequently, Third Division clubs were distributed between divisions One and Two.
Division One South consisted of 24 clubs, including ten clubs from the First Division, eight clubs promoted from the Second Division, five clubs promoted from the Third Division, and one club relegated from Premier Division.
Carshalton Athletic won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with runners-up Bognor Regis Town, who promoted from Third Division to the Premier Division in two seasons. Chertsey Town finished bottom of the table and relegated to Division Two.
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.
Division Two
At the end of the previous season most of the Second Division teams were transferred to the newly created Divisions One. Second Division was renamed to Division Two and consisted of 16 clubs, including two clubs from the Second Division, 13 clubs promoted from the Third Division and Leyton promoted as champions of the Essex Senior 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.