Season 2007–08 Total attendance 233,047 Champion Chelmsford City F.C. Matches played 462 | Champions Chelmsford City Start date 2007 Goals scored 1,423 | |
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Promoted AFC Wimbledon
Chelmsford City Top goalscorer 26 goals – Mark Nwokeji (Staines Town) Highest attendance 3,201 – Chelmsford City – AFC Wimbledon, (15 March) Relegated East Thurrock United F.C., Folkestone Invicta F.C., Leyton F.C. People also search for 2008–09 Isthmian League | ||
The 2007–08 season was the 93rd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
Contents
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
Chelmsford City won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners AFC Wimbledon, who earned a third promotion in the six-year history of the reborn club. East Thurrock United, Folkestone Invicta and Leyton were relegated to the Division One sections while Boreham Wood were reprieved from relegation due to Conference clubs Halifax Town folding and Nuneaton Borough being demoted two divisions down.
League table
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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
‡ East Thurrock United were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Harrow Borough on 8 December 2007 (0–0).
(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
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:
Dartford won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Canvey Island. Wivenhoe Town finished bottom of the table and left the league. Ilford finished in the relegation zone for the second season in a row, but were reprieved again after Edgware Town resigned from the league at the end of the season due to lack of the funds.
League table
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
‡ Redbridge were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Canvey Island on 22 September 2007 (1–1).
† Tilbury were deducted one point for fielding a suspended player against Wivenhoe Town on 29 March 2008 (0–0).
(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
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
Dover Athletic won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Tooting & Mitcham United. Horsham YMCA and Molesey finished bottom of the table and left the league.
League table
Source:
† Burgess Hill Town were deducted eight points for fielding a player without international clearance in eight matches.
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.
League Cup
The Isthmian League Cup 2007–08 was the 34th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 11 September 2007 and finished on 2 April 2008.
Fixtures and results
Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.
First round
Four clubs from division Ones participated in the First round, while all other clubs received a bye to the Second round.
Second round
The two clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the Second round draw with all other Isthmian League clubs, making sixty-four teams.