2012–13 Isthmian League
The 2012–13 season was the 98th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
The constitution of the three divisions was announced on 25 May 2012.[1] For this season, only two clubs were relegated from the Premier Division, and one from each Division One. This was to allow for expansion to 72 clubs for the 2013–14 season.[2]
Premier Division
Season | 2012–13 |
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Champions | Whitehawk |
Promoted | Concord Rangers Whitehawk |
Relegated | Hastings United Thurrock |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,320 (2.86 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 27 goals - John Sands (Bury Town) |
Highest attendance | 890 – Lowestoft Town – Hendon, (27 April) |
Total attendance | 137,106 |
Average attendance | 297 (-6.0% to previous season) |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs:
- Bognor Regis Town, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South
- Enfield Town, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North
- Hampton & Richmond Borough, relegated from the Conference South
- Leiston, promoted as champions of Division One North
- Thurrock, relegated from the Conference South
- Whitehawk, promoted as champions of Division One South
Whitehawk won the division to earn a second consecutive title and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Concord Rangers. Due to league expansion there were only two relegation places this season. Initially, Carshalton Athletic and Hastings United were relegated, but Thurrock were subsequently deducted three points for fielding a suspended player on the second day of the season. It sent Thurrock bottom of the table and they were relegated for a second consecutive season.[3][4] A subsequent appeal was rejected. This allowed for an effective reprieve for Carshalton Athletic.[5]
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Whitehawk | 42 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 88 | 42 | +46 | 88 | Promoted to the Conference South |
2 | Lowestoft Town | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 71 | 38 | +33 | 80 | Qualified for the play-offs |
3 | Wealdstone | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 79 | |
4 | Concord Rangers | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 80 | 54 | +26 | 76 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Conference South |
5 | East Thurrock United | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 65 | 45 | +20 | 70 | Qualified for the play-offs |
6 | Metropolitan Police | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 65 | 56 | +9 | 70 | |
7 | Bury Town | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 66 | 64 | +2 | 66 | |
8 | Canvey Island | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 64 | |
9 | Margate | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 62 | |
10 | Hendon | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 48 | 50 | −2 | 60 | |
11 | Kingstonian | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 59 | |
12 | Leiston | 42 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 56 | |
13 | Hampton & Richmond | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 53 | |
14 | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 48 | 58 | −10 | 53 | |
15 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 45 | |
16 | Enfield Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 60 | 83 | −23 | 44 | |
17 | Cray Wanderers | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 60 | 85 | −25 | 43 | |
18 | Wingate & Finchley | 42 | 12 | 6 | 24 | 56 | 82 | −26 | 42 | |
19 | Lewes | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 59 | 75 | −16 | 40 | |
20 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 12 | 4 | 26 | 55 | 76 | −21 | 40 | |
21 | Hastings United | 42 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 39 | 62 | −23 | 39 | Relegated to Division One South |
22 | Thurrock | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 38[lower-alpha 1] | Relegated to Division One North |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- Thurrock were deducted three points for fielding a suspended player against Lewes on 25 August (2–0).
Top scorers
Player | Club | Goals[8] |
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John Sands | Bury Town | 27 |
Bradley Woods-Garness | Canvey Island | 22 |
Tony Stokes | Concord Rangers | |
Jack Defty | Lowestoft Town | 21 |
Nathaniel Pinney | Carshalton Athletic | |
Leigh Bremner | Cray Wanderers | |
Scott McGleish | Wealdstone | 20 |
Liam Hope | Enfield Town | 19 |
Gareth Heath | Leiston | 18 |
Semi-finals
1 May 2013 | Lowestoft Town | 1–0 | East Thurrock United | Crown Meadow, Lowestoft |
19:45 | Henderson 79' | Report Highlights | Attendance: 1,182 |
1 May 2013 | Wealdstone | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Concord Rangers | Grosvenor Vale, Ruislip |
19:45 | Jolly 62' | Report Highlights | King 88' Stokes 108' |
Attendance: 1,055 |
Final
6 May 2013 | Lowestoft Town | 1-2 | Concord Rangers | Crown Meadow, Lowestoft |
15:00 | Mitchell 20' | Report Highlights | King 11' Gordon 85' |
Attendance: 2,490 Referee: Lee Venamore |
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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Bognor Regis Town | Nyewood Lane | 4,000 |
Bury Town | Ram Meadow | 3,500 |
Canvey Island | Prospect Stadium | 4,308 |
Carshalton Athletic | War Memorial Sports Ground | 5,000 |
Concord Rangers | Thames Road | 1,500 |
Cray Wanderers | Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) | 6,000 |
East Thurrock United | Rookery Hill | 4,000 |
Enfield Town | Queen Elizabeth II Stadium | 2,500 |
Hampton & Richmond Borough | Beveree Stadium | 3,500 |
Harrow Borough | Earlsmead Stadium | 3,070 |
Hastings United | The Pilot Field | 4,050 |
Hendon | Vale Farm (groundshare with Wembley) | 3,000 |
Kingstonian | Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) | 5,194 |
Leiston | Victory Road | 2,500 |
Lewes | The Dripping Pan | 3,000 |
Lowestoft Town | Crown Meadow | 2,250 |
Margate | Hartsdown Park | 2,100 |
Metropolitan Police | Imber Court | 3,000 |
Thurrock | Ship Lane | 3,500 |
Wealdstone | Grosvenor Vale | 2,640 |
Whitehawk | The Enclosed Ground | 2,000 |
Wingate & Finchley | The Harry Abrahams Stadium | 1,500 |
Division One North
Season | 2012–13 |
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Champions | Grays Athletic |
Promoted | Grays Athletic Thamesmead Town |
Relegated | Ilford |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,522 (3.29 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 33 goals - Luke Callander (Heybridge Swifts) |
Highest attendance | 421 – Tilbury – Grays Athletic, (13 October) |
Total attendance | 49,180 |
Average attendance | 106 (-23.6% to previous season) |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:
- Aveley, relegated from the Premier Division
- Witham Town, promoted as champions of the Essex Senior League
- Wroxham, promoted as champions of the Eastern Counties League
Grays Athletic won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Thamesmead Town. Due to league expansion, there was only one relegation place this season. Ilford finished bottom of the table and were relegated from the division after seven seasons.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Grays Athletic | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 96 | 38 | +58 | 102 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Maldon & Tiptree | 42 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 101 | 47 | +54 | 89 | Qualified for the play-offs |
3 | Thamesmead Town | 42 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 85 | 49 | +36 | 88 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
4 | Witham Town | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 79 | Qualified for the play-offs |
5 | Aveley | 42 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 92 | 58 | +34 | 78 | |
6 | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 102 | 55 | +47 | 73 | |
7 | Soham Town Rangers | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 95 | 75 | +20 | 73 | |
8 | Romford | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 72 | 72 | 0 | 64 | |
9 | Brentwood Town | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 59 | |
10 | Potters Bar Town | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 64 | 68 | −4 | 58 | Transferred to SFL Division One Central |
11 | Cheshunt | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 75 | 73 | +2 | 55[lower-alpha 1] | |
12 | Waltham Abbey | 42 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 60 | 70 | −10 | 53 | |
13 | Chatham Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 52 | |
14 | Wroxham | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 68 | 64 | +4 | 50 | |
15 | Needham Market | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 49 | |
16 | Tilbury | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 62 | +7 | 45[lower-alpha 2] | |
17 | AFC Sudbury | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 57 | 84 | −27 | 45 | |
18 | Waltham Forest | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 54 | 72 | −18 | 40 | |
19 | Ware | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 59 | 105 | −46 | 36 | |
20 | Redbridge | 42 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 42 | 105 | −63 | 26[lower-alpha 1] | |
21 | Harlow Town | 42 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 45 | 82 | −37 | 25[lower-alpha 3] | |
22 | Ilford | 42 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 105 | −73 | 20 | Relegated to the Essex Senior League |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- Redbridge were deducted one point on 17 December for fielding an ineligible player. Cheshunt were deducted three points on 6 February for fielding an ineligible player.[9]
- Tilbury were deducted eighteen points after the end of the season for fielding an ineligible player.[3]
- Harlow Town were deducted ten points on 6 February for failing to notify the league that they had failed to make repayments under their company voluntary arrangement and had extended the term of their CVA.[10]
Top scorers
Player | Club | Goals[11] |
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Luke Callander | Heybridge Swifts | 33 |
Robert Mason | Soham Town Rangers | 26 |
Alexander Read | Aveley | 25 |
Jordan Cox | Aveley | |
Robert Whitnell | Withan Town | 23 |
Semi-finals
30 April 2013 | Maldon & Tiptree | 3–1 | Aveley | Wallace Binder Ground, Maldon |
19:45 | Boylan 38', 90' Ellul 72' |
Elbi 54' | Attendance: 234 |
30 April 2013 | Thamesmead Town | 3–2 | Witham Town | Bayliss Avenue, Thamesmead |
19:45 | Edwards 21' (pen.) Addae 71' Zanone 78' |
Whitnell 54' (pen.) Taylor 73' |
Attendance: 206 |
Final
5 May 2013 | Maldon & Tiptree | 2–2 (1–4 p) | Thamesmead Town | Wallace Binder Ground, Maldon |
15:00 | Berques 9' Boylan 12' |
Zanone 30' Edwards 40' (pen.) |
Attendance: 324 | |
Penalties | ||||
Guy McLeod Bowditch |
Donovan Addae Gordon-Young Edwards |
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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AFC Sudbury | King's Marsh | 3,800 |
Aveley | Mill Field | 1,100 |
Brentwood Town | The Brentwood Centre Arena | 1,800 |
Chatham Town | The Sports Ground | 5,000 |
Cheshunt | Cheshunt Stadium | 3,000 |
Grays Athletic | Rush Green | 4,000 |
Harlow Town | Barrows Farm | 3,500 |
Heybridge Swifts | Scraley Road | 3,000 |
Ilford | Cricklefield Stadium | 3,500 |
Maldon & Tiptree | Wallace Binder Ground | 2,000 |
Needham Market | Bloomfields | 4,000 |
Potters Bar Town | Parkfield | 2,000 |
Redbridge | Oakside | 3,000 |
Romford | Ship Lane (groundshare with Thurrock) | 3,500 |
Soham Town Rangers | Julius Martin Lane | 2,000 |
Thamesmead Town | Bayliss Avenue | 6,000 |
Tilbury | Chadfields | 4,000 |
Waltham Abbey | Capershotts | 3,500 |
Waltham Forest | Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford) | 3,500 |
Ware | Wodson Park | 3,300 |
Witham Town | Spa Road | 2,500 |
Wroxham | Trafford Park | 2,000 |
Division One South
Season | 2012–13 |
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Champions | Dulwich Hamlet |
Promoted | Dulwich Hamlet Maidstone United |
Relegated | None |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,389 (3.01 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 27 goals - David Cook (Hythe Town) |
Highest attendance | 2305 – Maidstone United – Horsham, (27 April) |
Total attendance | 122,344 |
Average attendance | 265 (+31.8% to previous season) |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
- Herne Bay, promoted as champions of the Kent League
- Horsham, relegated from the Premier Division
- Leatherhead, relegated from the Premier Division
- Three Bridges, promoted as champions of the Sussex County League
- Tooting & Mitcham United, relegated from the Premier Division
- Crawley Down F.C. changed their name to Crawley Down Gatwick F.C..
Dulwich Hamlet won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Maidstone United, who returned after two seasons of absence. Due to league expansion, there was only one relegation place this season. Walton Casuals finished bottom of the table, but were reprieved for the second time in four seasons.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 28 | 5 | 9 | 91 | 42 | +49 | 89 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Maidstone United | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 96 | 39 | +57 | 88 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
3 | Faversham Town | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 74 | 57 | +17 | 77 | Qualified for the play-offs |
4 | Hythe Town | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 78 | 55 | +23 | 76 | |
5 | Folkestone Invicta | 42 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 71 | |
6 | Leatherhead | 42 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 70 | |
7 | Ramsgate | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 70 | |
8 | Burgess Hill Town | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 63 | |
9 | Sittingbourne | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 67 | 56 | +11 | 61 | |
10 | Worthing | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 77 | 74 | +3 | 57 | |
11 | Eastbourne Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 62 | 61 | +1 | 57 | |
12 | Merstham | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 67 | 76 | −9 | 56 | |
13 | Crawley Down Gatwick | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 72 | 70 | +2 | 55 | |
14 | Corinthian-Casuals | 42 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 39 | 54 | −15 | 46 | |
15 | Horsham | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 45 | |
16 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 52 | 75 | −23 | 45 | |
17 | Whitstable Town | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 53 | 71 | −18 | 44 | |
18 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 48 | 77 | −29 | 44 | |
19 | Herne Bay | 42 | 10 | 13 | 19 | 44 | 69 | −25 | 43 | |
20 | Chipstead | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 54 | 80 | −26 | 42 | |
21 | Three Bridges | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 58 | 83 | −25 | 40 | |
22 | Walton Casuals | 42 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 50 | 90 | −40 | 37 | Reprieved from relegation |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Top scorers
Player | Club | Goals[12] |
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David Cook | Hythe Town | 27 |
Stuart King | Maidstone United | 26 |
Ryan Golding | Sittingbourne | |
Ian Pulman | Ramsgate | 22 |
Erhun Oztumer | Dulwich Hamlet |
Semi-finals
30 April 2013 | Maidstone United | 1–0 | Folkestone Invicta | Gallagher Stadium, Maidstone |
19:45 | Booth 76' | Attendance: 2,195 |
30 April 2013 | Faversham Town | 3–0 | Hythe Town | Shepherd Neame Stadium, Faversham |
19:45 | Bourne 34', 36' Tenyue 40' |
Attendance: 606 |
Final
4 May 2013 | Maidstone United | 3–0 | Faversham Town | Gallagher Stadium, Maidstone |
15:00 | Olorunda 11', 35' Brown 68' |
Attendance: 2,226 |
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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Burgess Hill Town | Leylands Park | 2,000 |
Chipstead | High Road | 2,000 |
Corinthian-Casuals | King George's Field | 2,700 |
Crawley Down Gatwick | The Haven Sportsfield | 1,000 |
Dulwich Hamlet | Champion Hill | 3,000 |
Eastbourne Town | The Saffrons | 3,000 |
Faversham Town | Shepherd Neame Stadium | 2,000 |
Folkestone Invicta | Cheriton Road | 4,000 |
Herne Bay | Winch's Field | 4,000 |
Horsham | Gorings Mead | 1,500 |
Hythe Town | Reachfields Stadium | 3,000 |
Leatherhead | Fetcham Grove | 3,400 |
Maidstone United | The Gallagher Stadium | 2,226 |
Merstham | Moatside | 2,000 |
Ramsgate | Southwood Stadium | 2,500 |
Sittingbourne | Bourne Park | 3,000 |
Three Bridges | Jubilee Field | 1,500 |
Tooting & Mitcham United | Imperial Fields | 3,500 |
Walton & Hersham | The Sports Ground | 2,000 |
Walton Casuals | Waterside Stadium | 2,000 |
Whitstable Town | The Belmont Ground | 3,000 |
Worthing | Worthing Stadium | 4,000 |
League Cup
Country | England |
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Teams | 66 |
Champions | Concord Rangers |
Runners-up | Dulwich Hamlet |
Matches played | 65 |
Goals scored | 235 (3.62 per match) |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
The Isthmian League Cup 2012–13 was the 39th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.[13]
Calendar
Round | Dates | Matches | Clubs |
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First round | 4 September | 2 | 66 → 64 |
Second round | 15 October to 24 October | 32 | 64 → 32 |
Third round | 19 November to 27 November | 16 | 32 → 16 |
Fourth round | 4 December to 15 January | 8 | 16 → 8 |
Quarterfinals | 15 January to 5 February | 4 | 8 → 4 |
Semifinals | 19 February | 2 | 4 → 2 |
Final | 9 April | 1 | 2 → 1 |
First round
Four clubs from divisions One participated in the First round, while all other clubs received a bye to the Second round.
Tie | Home Team (Tier) | Score | Away Team (Tier) | Att. |
1 | Cheshunt | 1–2 | Soham Town Rangers | 66 |
2 | Chipstead | 0–3 | Three Bridges | 72 |
Second round
The two clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the draw with every other Isthmian League club, making sixty-four teams.
Third round
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Fourth round
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
Tie | Home Team (Tier) | Score | Away Team (Tier) | Att. |
63 | Concord Rangers | 3–0 | Hastings United | 110 |
64 | Dulwich Hamlet | 1–1 | Thamesmead Town | 147 |
Dulwich Hamlet advance 5–3 on penalties |
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Final
9 April 2013 | Concord Rangers | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Dulwich Hamlet | Gallagher Stadium, Maidstone |
19:45 | Stokes 62' Greenhalgh 79' Cowley 107' |
Highlights Report | Green 11', 65' | Attendance: 466 |
References
- "2012-13: Division by Division". Ryman League. 25 May 2012. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
- "League expansion confirmed". Ryman League. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- "Thurrock FC and Tilbury FC". Isthmian League. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- "Thurrock relegated from the Ryman Premier League following points deduction". Thurrock Gazette. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- "FA dismiss club appeals". Isthmian League. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
- 2012–13 Isthmian League
- nonleaguefooty website
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- "Cheshunt lose points". Isthmian League. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- "FA dismiss Harlow appeal". Isthmian League. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- "Isthmian League Division One North top scorers".
- "Isthmian League Division One South top scorers".
- The Isthmian archive