1976–77 Isthmian League

The 1976–77 season was the 62nd season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.

It was the first Isthmian League season to use goal difference as a tie-breaker.

Enfield won Division One, while Tilbury won Division Two.

At the end of the season the league divisions were renamed: Division One was renamed the Premier Division and Division Two was renamed Division One. Also, seventeen new clubs were newly admitted to the league, they were placed to new Division Two, as the league expanded to three divisions.

Division One

Isthmian League
Division One
Season1976–77
ChampionsEnfield
RelegatedDulwich Hamlet
Ilford
Matches played462
Goals scored1,229 (2.66 per match)

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two clubs, promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Enfield 42 24 12 6 63 34 +29 84
2 Wycombe Wanderers 42 25 8 9 71 34 +37 83
3 Dagenham 42 23 10 9 80 39 +41 79
4 Hendon 42 19 10 13 60 48 +12 67
5 Tilbury 42 18 13 11 57 49 +8 67
6 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 18 10 14 85 72 +13 64
7 Walthamstow Avenue 42 19 7 16 61 55 +6 64
8 Slough Town 42 18 9 15 51 46 +5 63
9 Hitchin Town 42 19 6 17 60 66 −6 63
10 Leatherhead 42 18 7 17 61 47 +14 61
11 Staines Town 42 16 13 13 52 48 +4 61
12 Leytonstone 42 16 11 15 59 57 +2 59
13 Barking 42 16 9 17 63 61 +2 57
14 Southall & Ealing Borough 42 15 8 19 52 64 −12 53
15 Croydon 42 13 10 19 38 52 −14 49
16 Sutton United 42 14 7 21 40 55 −15 49
17 Kingstonian 42 13 7 22 45 60 −15 46
18 Hayes 42 12 10 20 49 69 −20 46
19 Woking 42 11 12 19 47 61 −14 45
20 Bishop's Stortford 42 11 11 20 51 71 −20 44
21 Dulwich Hamlet 42 11 8 23 52 68 −16 41 Relegated to Division One
22 Ilford 42 10 8 24 32 73 −41 38
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Isthmian League
Division Two
Season1976–77
ChampionsBoreham Wood
PromotedBoreham Wood
Carshalton Athletic
Matches played462
Goals scored1,330 (2.88 per match)

Division Two consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, relegated from Division One:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Boreham Wood 42 33 4 5 80 26 +54 103 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Carshalton Athletic 42 25 12 5 80 33 +47 87
3 Harwich & Parkeston 42 23 8 11 93 61 +32 77
4 Wembley 42 23 8 11 82 58 +24 77
5 Harrow Borough 42 21 12 9 78 44 +34 75
6 Horsham 42 23 5 14 67 56 +11 74
7 Bromley 42 20 10 12 71 46 +25 70
8 Oxford City 42 20 8 14 73 55 +18 68
9 Hampton 42 20 8 14 62 45 +17 68
10 Wokingham Town 42 16 14 12 60 44 +16 62
11 Hornchurch 42 18 7 17 62 53 +9 61
12 Chesham United 42 17 10 15 63 66 −3 61
13 St Albans City 42 16 12 14 59 53 +6 60
14 Walton & Hersham 42 17 9 16 57 56 +1 60
15 Aveley 42 14 8 20 49 62 −13 50
16 Corinthian-Casuals 42 13 6 23 52 75 −23 45
17 Harlow Town 42 11 8 23 39 77 −38 41
18 Hertford Town 42 9 9 24 45 80 −35 36
19 Maidenhead United 42 8 8 26 36 73 −37 32
20 Clapton 42 7 9 26 43 87 −44 30
21 Finchley 42 5 13 24 36 82 −46 28
22 Ware 42 5 8 29 43 98 −55 23
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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