2005–06 Isthmian League


The 2005–06 season was the 91st in the history of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
It was the last season in which the Isthmian League consisted of three tiers. At the end of the season Division Two was disbanded, and most of the Division Two clubs were distributed between lower level leagues, while Division One was divided into Division One North and Division One South.

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 14 clubs from the previous season and eight new clubs.
Braintree Town won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Fisher Athletic, who earned a second consecutive promotion. Maldon Town, Windsor & Eton and Redbridge were relegated, while Hendon were initially relegated too as the worst 19th-placed club among the seventh level leagues, but were reprieved after Canvey Island resigned from the Conference.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
AFC WimbledonKingsmeadow
Billericay TownNew Lodge
Braintree TownCressing Road
BromleyHayes Lane
Chelmsford CityMelbourne Stadium
East Thurrock UnitedRookery Hill
Fisher AthleticChampion Hill
Folkestone InvictaCheriton Road
Hampton & Richmond BoroughBeveree Stadium
Harrow BoroughEarlsmead Stadium
HendonClaremont Road
Heybridge SwiftsScraley Road
LeytonLeyton Stadium
Maldon TownWallace Binder Ground
MargateHartsdown Park
RedbridgeOakside
Slough TownStag Meadow
Staines TownWheatsheaf Park
Walton & HershamThe Sports Ground
WealdstoneChestnut Avenue
Windsor & EtonStag Meadow
WorthingWoodside Road

Division One

The 2005–06 season was the last of two seasons in which the Isthmian League consisted of a single Division One.
Division One consisted of 23 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:
Ramsgate won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with runners-up Horsham, and play-off winners Tonbridge Angels who returned to the Premier Division at the first attempt. There was no relegation from the division this season, though Banstead Athletic resigned from the league at the end of the season.
At the end of the season Division One North and Division One South were created to replace Division One. Most of the clubs remaining in the division were transferred to the new Division One South.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
Ashford Town The Homelands
Banstead AthleticMerland Rise
BashleyBashley Road
Burgess Hill TownLeylands Park
Corinthian-CasualsKing George's Field
Cray WanderersHayes Lane
Croydon AthleticKeith Tuckey Stadium
Dover AthleticCrabble Athletic Ground
Dulwich HamletChampion Hill
Fleet TownCalthorpe Park
Hastings UnitedThe Pilot Field
HorshamQueen Street
KingstonianKingsmeadow
LeatherheadFetcham Grove
Lymington & New MiltonFawcetts Fields
Metropolitan PoliceImber Court
MoleseyWalton Road Stadium
Newport St Georges Park
RamsgateSouthwood Stadium
Tonbridge AngelsLongmead Stadium
Tooting & Mitcham UnitedImperial Fields
Walton CasualsWaterside Stadium
WhyteleafeChurch Road

Division Two

The 2005–06 season was the last Isthmian League Division Two season. Division Two consisted of 16 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
The four top clubs were promoted: Ware, Witham Town and Flackwell Heath moved to Division One North, while Brook House were transferred to the Southern League. Following this season, clubs remaining in the division were distributed between local ninth tier leagues. Clapton, who were one of the league founder members, were transferred to the Essex Senior League losing their place in the Isthmian League after 101 years.

League table

Stadia and locations

ClubStadium
Brook HouseFarm Park
Camberley TownKroomer Park
Chalfont St PeterMill Meadow
Chertsey TownAlwyns Lane
ClaptonThe Old Spotted Dog Ground
CroydonCroydon Sports Arena
DorkingMeadowbank Stadium
Edgware TownWhite Lion
Egham TownThe Runnymede Stadium
Epsom & EwellMerland Rise
Flackwell HeathWilks Park
Hertford TownHertingfordbury Park
Kingsbury TownAvenue Park
WareWodson Park
WembleyVale Farm
Witham TownSpa Road

League Cup

The Isthmian League Cup 2005–06 was the 32nd season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty-one clubs took part. The competition commenced on 6 September 2005 and finished on 12 April 2006.

Calendar

Fixtures and results

Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

First round

In the First round, the thirty-eight lowest ranked clubs in the Isthmian League played each other for a place in the Second round.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
1Banstead Athletic 2–1 Corinthian-Casuals 57
2Burgess Hill Town 2–4Brook House 74
3Camberley Town 0–1Edgware Town 57
4Chertsey Town 1–2Leatherhead 124
5Croydon 1–3Croydon Athletic 63
6Dover Athletic 1–0Ware 301
7Dulwich Hamlet 3–1Bashley 107
8Egham Town 2–3 Fleet Town 50
9Epsom & Ewell 0–3Hastings United 39
10Flackwell Heath 1–3Witham Town 40

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
11Horsham 6–1Chalfont St. Peter 102
12Kingsbury Town 3–1Molesey 37
13Lymington & New Milton 2–0Kingstonian 90
14Metropolitan Police 4–2Hertford Town 45
15Ramsgate 1–2Newport IOW 128
16Tonbridge Angels 3–1Clapton 170
17Walton Casuals 0–4Tooting & Mitcham United 113
18Wembley 5–2Ashford Town 52
19Whyteleafe 1–3Dorking 57

Second round

The nineteen clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the Second round draw with Cray Wanderers, making twenty teams.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
20Cray Wanderers 6–0Kingsbury Town 34
21Dorking 0–3Edgware Town 48
22Dover Athletic 5–0Wembley 314
23Dulwich Hamlet 3–2 Banstead Athletic 98
24Fleet Town 1–3Hastings United 69

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
25Leatherhead 4–1Metropolitan Police 117
26Lymington & New Milton 1–4Horsham 31
27Newport IOW 1–2Brook House 114
28Tonbridge Angels 0–1Tooting & Mitcham United 224
29Witham Town 0–2Croydon Athletic 40

Third round

The ten clubs to have made it through the Second round were entered into the Third round draw with the twenty-two Premier Division clubs, making thirty-two teams.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
30Billericay Town 2–1Maldon Town 201
31Brook House 1–2 Hendon 84
32Chelmsford City 3–1Horsham 197
33Dover Athletic 2–0Leyton 324
34East Thurrock United 0–3Heybridge Swifts 66
35Fisher Athletic 4–2Folkestone Invicta 82
36Hampton & Richmond Borough 1–0 Dulwich Hamlet 104
37Harrow Borough 1–0Windsor & Eton 117
38Hastings United 2–3Braintree Town 172

Fourth round

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
46AFC Wimbledon 0–1Hendon 835
47Billericay Town 3–1Tooting & Mitcham United 168
48Braintree Town 1–2Wealdstone 109
49Dover Athletic 0–2 Bromley 475

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
50Fisher Athletic 2–1Hampton & Richmond Borough 113
51Harrow Borough 1–2Worthing 114
52Heybridge Swifts 2–0Chelmsford City 241
53Leatherhead 0–2Slough Town 151

Quarterfinals

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
54Bromley 3–2Wealdstone 182
55Hendon 0–1Fisher Athletic 50

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
56Slough Town 3–0Heybridge Swifts 157
57Worthing 1–3 Billericay Town 157

Semifinals

The Semifinals fixtures were played over two legs.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
58Fisher Athletic 5–2Slough Town 108
59Bromley 2–2Billericay Town 315

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
60Slough Town 3–1Fisher Athletic 118
61Billericay Town 2–1Bromley 362

Final