# 2004–05 Isthmian League

The 2004–05 season was the 90th 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.
Also, it was the first season after the creation of the Conference North and South, one step above the Isthmian League. Therefore, it was the inaugural season for the league in the seventh, eighth and ninth tiers of the English league system.

## Premier Division

After the creation of the Conference North and South, placed above the Isthmian League before the start of the season most of the Premier Division clubs were transferred to the newly created divisions.
The Premier Division featured seven clubs from the previous season and 15 new clubs:
* Seven clubs remained in the league:
** Billericay Town
** Braintree Town
** Harrow Borough
** Hendon
** Heybridge Swifts
** Kingstonian
** Northwood
* Four clubs promoted from Division One North:
** Cheshunt
** Leyton
** Wealdstone
** Yeading
* Five clubs promoted from Division One South:
** Hampton & Richmond Borough
** Slough Town
** Staines Town
** Windsor & Eton
** Worthing
* Two clubs transferred from the Southern Football League Premier Division:
** Chelmsford City
** Dover Athletic
* Four clubs promoted from the Southern Football League Eastern Division:
** Eastleigh
** Folkestone Invicta
** Salisbury City
** Tonbridge Angels
Yeading won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Eastleigh. Tonbridge Angels, Dover Athletic and Kingstonian finished bottom of the table and were relegated to Division One, while 19th-placed Cheshunt were reprieved as the club with a better record than the equivalent Northern Premier League and Southern League clubs after Conference South side Hornchurch folded.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Yeading | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 74 | 48 | +26 | 86 | Promoted to the Conference South |
| 2 | Billericay Town | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 80 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 3 | Eastleigh | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 84 | 49 | +35 | 79 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Conference South |
| 4 | Braintree Town | 42 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 67 | 33 | +34 | 74 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 5 | Leyton | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 71 | 57 | +14 | 71 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 6 | Hampton & Richmond | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 71 | |
| 7 | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 76 | 65 | +11 | 63 | |
| 8 | Chelmsford City | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 62 | |
| 9 | Staines Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 60 | |
| 10 | Worthing | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 59 | |
| 11 | Hendon | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 58 | |
| 12 | Salisbury City | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 60 | 64 | −4 | 57 | Transferred to the SFL Premier Division |
| 13 | Slough Town | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 55 | |
| 14 | Folkestone Invicta | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 51 | 53 | −2 | 52 | |
| 15 | Windsor & Eton | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 50 | |
| 16 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 41 | 54 | −13 | 49 | |
| 17 | Northwood | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 49 | Transferred to the SFL Premier Division |
| 18 | Wealdstone | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 60 | 73 | −13 | 47 | |
| 19 | Cheshunt | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 47 | Reprieved from relegation, then transferred to the SFL Premier Division |
| 20 | Tonbridge Angels | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 47 | 73 | −26 | 43 | Relegated to Division One |
| 21 | Dover Athletic | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 39 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Kingstonian | 42 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 43 | 93 | −50 | 26 | Relegated to Division One |

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 2 | Billericay Town | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Leyton | 2 | | | |
| 5 | Leyton | 2 | 3 | Eastleigh | 2 |
| | | | 5 | Leyton | 1 |
| 3 | Eastleigh | 2 | 5 | Leyton | 1 |
| 4 | Braintree Town | 0 | | | |

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium |
| Billericay Town | New Lodge |
| Braintree Town | Cressing Road |
| Chelmsford City | New Lodge (groundshare with Billericay Town) |
| Cheshunt | Cheshunt Stadium |
| Dover Athletic | Crabble Athletic Ground |
| Eastleigh | Ten Acres |
| Folkestone Invicta | Cheriton Road |
| Hampton & Richmond Borough | Beveree Stadium |
| Harrow Borough | Earlsmead Stadium |
| Hendon | Claremont Road |
| Heybridge Swifts | Scraley Road |
| Kingstonian | Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) |
| Leyton | Leyton Stadium |
| Northwood | Chestnut Avenue |
| Salisbury City | Raymond McEnhill Stadium |
| Slough Town | Stag Meadow (groundshare with Windsor & Eton) |
| Staines Town | Wheatsheaf Park |
| Tonbridge Angels | Longmead Stadium |
| Wealdstone | White Lion (groundshare with Edgware Town) |
| Windsor & Eton | Stag Meadow |
| Worthing | Woodside Road |
| Yeading | The Warren |

## Division One

After the creation of the Conference North and South one step above the Isthmian League, most of the Premier Division clubs were transferred to the newly created divisions. Consequently, the best Division One clubs took up the empty spots in higher divisions. Remaining Division One North clubs were transferred to the Southern Football League. Two Isthmian League Division One sections were merged into single Division One.
Division One consisted of 13 clubs transferred from Division One South and nine new clubs:
* 13 clubs transferred from Division One South:
** Banstead Athletic
** Bromley
** Corinthian Casuals
** Croydon
** Croydon Athletic
** Dulwich Hamlet
** Horsham
** Leatherhead
** Metropolitan Police
** Molesey
** Tooting & Mitcham United
** Walton & Hersham
** Whyteleafe
* Six clubs transferred from Southern Football League Eastern Division:
** Ashford Town (Kent)
** Bashley
** Burgess Hill Town
** Fleet Town
** Hastings United
** Newport (Isle of Wight)
* Plus:
** Dorking, promoted from Division Two
** AFC Wimbledon, promoted from the Combined Counties League
** Cray Wanderers, promoted from the Kent League
AFC Wimbledon won the division to earn a second promotion in a row along with runners-up Walton & Hersham and play-off winners Bromley. Dorking returned to Division Two along with Croydon.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | AFC Wimbledon | 42 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 91 | 33 | +58 | 97 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 69 | 34 | +35 | 88 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Horsham | 42 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 90 | 61 | +29 | 78 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 4 | Bromley | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 75 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
| 5 | Metropolitan Police | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 51 | +21 | 74 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 6 | Cray Wanderers | 42 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 95 | 54 | +41 | 73 | Qualified for the play-offs |
| 7 | Leatherhead | 42 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 73 | 55 | +18 | 73 | |
| 8 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 92 | 60 | +32 | 69 | |
| 9 | Whyteleafe | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 66 | |
| 10 | Burgess Hill Town | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 63 | |
| 11 | Hastings United | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 56 | |
| 12 | Croydon Athletic | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 55 | |
| 13 | Corinthian-Casuals | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 56 | 64 | −8 | 54 | |
| 14 | Bashley | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 68 | 74 | −6 | 52 | |
| 15 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 44 | |
| 16 | Molesey | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 46 | 70 | −24 | 44 | |
| 17 | Banstead Athletic | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 50 | 64 | −14 | 40 | |
| 18 | Newport (Isle of Wight) | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 50 | 88 | −38 | 40 | |
| 19 | Fleet Town | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 47 | 86 | −39 | 38 | |
| 20 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 42 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 47 | 85 | −38 | 36 | |
| 21 | Dorking | 42 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 43 | 89 | −46 | 35 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 22 | Croydon | 42 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 91 | −54 | 25 | Relegated to Division Two |

### Play-offs

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 4 | Bromley | 1(4) | | | |
| 5 | Metropolitan Police | 1(3) | | | |
| 5 | Metropolitan Police | 1(3) | 3 | Horsham | 1 |
| | | | 4 | Bromley | 3 |
| 3 | Horsham | 3 | 4 | Bromley | 3 |
| 6 | Cray Wanderers | 1 | | | |

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium |
| AFC Wimbledon | Kingsmeadow (groundshare with Kingstonian) |
| Ashford Town (Kent) | The Homelands |
| Banstead Athletic | Merland Rise |
| Bashley | Bashley Road |
| Bromley | Hayes Lane |
| Burgess Hill Town | Leylands Park |
| Corinthian-Casuals | King George's Field |
| Cray Wanderers | Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) |
| Croydon | Croydon Sports Arena |
| Croydon Athletic | Keith Tuckey Stadium |
| Dorking | Meadowbank Stadium |
| Dulwich Hamlet | Champion Hill |
| Fleet Town | Calthorpe Park |
| Hastings United | The Pilot Field |
| Horsham | Queen Street |
| Leatherhead | Fetcham Grove |
| Metropolitan Police | Imber Court |
| Molesey | Walton Road Stadium |
| Newport (Isle of Wight) | St Georges Park |
| Tooting & Mitcham United | Imperial Fields |
| Walton & Hersham | The Sports Ground |
| Whyteleafe | Church Road |

## Division Two

Division Two consisted of 16 clubs, including 12 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:
* Brook House, transferred from the Spartan South Midlands League
* Enfield, relegated from Division One North
* Epsom & Ewell, relegated from Division One South
* Ilford, joined from the Essex Senior League
Ilford won the division and were promoted to Southern League Eastern Division along with runners-up Enfield. There was no relegation from Division Two, though Abingdon Town resigned from the league at the end of the season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ilford | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 69 | Transferred to the Southern League Eastern Division |
| 2 | Enfield | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 33 | +31 | 66 | Transferred to the Southern League Eastern Division |
| 3 | Brook House | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 65 | 25 | +40 | 64 | |
| 4 | Hertford Town | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 58 | |
| 5 | Witham Town | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 67 | 53 | +14 | 51 | |
| 6 | Chertsey Town | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 51 | |
| 7 | Abingdon Town | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 48 | Resigned to the Hellenic League |
| 8 | Edgware Town | 30 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 39 | |
| 9 | Flackwell Heath | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 50 | 55 | −5 | 38 | |
| 10 | Ware | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 37 | |
| 11 | Chalfont St Peter | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 52 | −11 | 34 | |
| 12 | Camberley Town | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 32 | |
| 13 | Wembley | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 29 | |
| 14 | Epsom & Ewell | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 64 | −23 | 28 | |
| 15 | Kingsbury Town | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 35 | 76 | −41 | 19 | |
| 16 | Clapton | 30 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 82 | −62 | 15 | |

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium |
| Abingdon Town | Culham Road |
| Brook House | Farm Park |
| Camberley Town | Krooner Park |
| Chalfont St Peter | Mill Meadow |
| Chertsey Town | Alwyns Lane |
| Clapton | The Old Spotted Dog Ground |
| Edgware Town | White Lion |
| Enfield | Wodson Park (groundshare with Ware) |
| Epsom & Ewell | Merland Rise (groundshare with Banstead Athletic) |
| Flackwell Heath | Wilks Park |
| Hertford Town | Hertingfordbury Park |
| Ilford | Cricklefield Stadium |
| Kingsbury Town | Avenue Park |
| Ware | Wodson Park |
| Wembley | Vale Farm |
| Witham Town | Spa Road |

## League Cup

The Isthmian League Cup 2004–05 was the 31st season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty clubs took part. The competition commenced on 26 October 2004 and finished on 28 April 2005.

### Calendar

| Round | Main date | Matches | Clubs |
| First round | 26 October | 18 | 60 → 42 |
| Second round | 16 November | 10 | 42 → 32 |
| Third round | 3 January | 16 | 32 → 16 |
| Fourth round | 1 February | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarterfinals | 22 February | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semifinals | 15 March and 22 March | 4 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 28 April | 1 | 2 → 1 |

### Fixtures and results

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

#### First round

In the first round, the thirty-six lowest ranked clubs in the Isthmian League played each other for a place in the second round.
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 1 | AFC Wimbledon (1) | 2–0 | Flackwell Heath (2) | 1,063 |
| 2 | Bashley (1) | 4–0 | Abingdon Town (2) | 46 |
| 3 | Brook House (2) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Molesey (1) | 80 |
| 4 | Chalfont St. Peter (2) | 3–4 | Clapton (2) | 32 |
| 5 | Chertsey Town (2) | 1–2 | Burgess Hill Town (1) | 78 |
| 6 | Cray Wanderers (1) | 5–1 | Camberley Town (2) | 58 |
| 7 | Croydon Athletic (1) | 4–1 | Dorking (1) | 61 |
| 8 | Dulwich Hamlet (1) | 6–0 | Corinthian-Casuals (1) | 108 |
| 9 | Edgware Town (2) | 3–4 | Horsham (1) | 80 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 10 | Epsom & Ewell (2) | 1–2 | Witham Town (2) | 45 |
| 11 | Hertford Town (2) | 1–0 | Bromley (1) | 90 |
| 12 | Ilford (2) | 1–2 | Kingsbury Town (2) | 50 |
| 13 | Leatherhead (1) | 1–0 | Newport (Isle of Wight) (1) | 69 |
| 14 | Metropolitan Police (1) | 5–1 | Hastings United (1) | 63 |
| 15 | Tooting & Mitcham United (1) | 2–1 | Ashford Town (Kent) (1) | 100 |
| 16 | Walton & Hersham (1) | 7–1 | Banstead Athletic (1) | 71 |
| 17 | Ware (2) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Enfield (2) | 128 |
| 18 | Wembley (2) | 0–2 | Croydon (1) | 64 |

#### Second round

The eighteen clubs to have made it through the first round were entered into the second-round draw with Fleet Town and Whyteleafe, making twenty teams.
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 19 | Burgess Hill Town (1) | 3–0 | Whyteleafe (1) | 95 |
| 20 | Clapton (2) | 0–1 | Walton & Hersham (1) | 43 |
| 21 | Cray Wanderers (1) | 2–1 | Croydon (1) | 66 |
| 22 | Dulwich Hamlet (1) | 4–1 | Croydon Athletic (1) | 79 |
| 23 | Fleet Town (1) | 3–0 | Brook House (2) | 72 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 24 | Horsham (1) | 1–2 | AFC Wimbledon (1) | 868 |
| 25 | Kingsbury Town (2) | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Enfield (2) | 12 |
| 26 | Leatherhead (1) | 2–0 (a.e.t.) | Tooting & Mitcham United (1) | 124 |
| 27 | Metropolitan Police (1) | 2–3 | Hertford Town (2) | 46 |
| 28 | Witham Town (2) | 2–3 | Bashley (1) | 38 |

#### 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.
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 29 | Billericay Town (P) | 0–2 | Heybridge Swifts (P) | 221 |
| 30 | Cray Wanderers (1) | 1–0 | Burgess Hill Town (1) | 68 |
| 31 | Dover Athletic (P) | 1–2 | AFC Wimbledon (1) | 692 |
| 32 | Enfield (2) | 1–4 (a.e.t.) | Bashley (1) | 86 |
| 33 | Fleet Town (1) | 0–2 | Yeading (P) | 96 |
| 34 | Folkestone Invicta (P) | 6–1 | Kingstonian (P) | 343 |
| 35 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Dulwich Hamlet (1) | 230 |
| 36 | Harrow Borough (P) | 0–1 | Braintree Town (P) | 130 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 37 | Hendon (P) | 3–6 (a.e.t.) | Leatherhead (1) | 83 |
| 38 | Hertford Town (2) | 0–1 | Chelmsford City (P) | 252 |
| 39 | Salisbury City (P) | 2–0 | Leyton (P) | 240 |
| 40 | Slough Town (P) | 1–0 | Cheshunt (P) | 112 |
| 41 | Walton & Hersham (1) | 2–1 | Northwood (P) | 152 |
| 42 | Wealdstone (P) | 3–0 | Tonbridge Angels (P) | 156 |
| 43 | Windsor & Eton (P) | 0–1 | Staines Town (P) | 147 |
| 44 | Worthing (P) | 0–2 | Eastleigh (P) | 359 |

#### Fourth round

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 45 | AFC Wimbledon (1) | 3–2 | Cray Wanderers (1) | 772 |
| 46 | Chelmsford City (P) | 2–1 | Wealdstone (P) | 229 |
| 47 | Eastleigh (P) | 1–2 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) | 192 |
| 48 | Folkestone Invicta (P) | 2–1 | Bashley (1) | 152 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 49 | Leatherhead (1) | 3–3 | Yeading (P) | 107 |
| Leatherhead advance on penalties |||||
| 50 | Slough Town (P) | 3–0 | Salisbury City (P) | 193 |
| 51 | Staines Town (P) | 0–1 | Heybridge Swifts (P) | 82 |
| 52 | Walton & Hersham (1) | 0–2 | Braintree Town (P) | 102 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 53 | Chelmsford City (P) | 3–0 | Leatherhead (1) | 217 |
| 54 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) | 1–0 | Braintree Town (P) | 138 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 55 | Heybridge Swifts (P) | 1–1 | Folkestone Invicta (P) | 116 |
| Heybridge Swifts advance on penalties |||||
| 56 | Slough Town (P) | 4–2 | AFC Wimbledon (1) | 564 |

#### Semifinals

The semifinals fixtures were played over two legs.
First leg :
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 57 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) | 0–0 | Chelmsford City (P) | 207 |
| 58 | Heybridge Swifts (P) | 1–2 | Slough Town (P) | 275 |
Second leg :
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| 59 | Chelmsford City (P) | 0–1 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) | 191 |
| 60 | Slough Town (P) | 2–1 | Heybridge Swifts (P) | 305 |

#### Final

The only red card of the match came for Hampton & Richmond Borough's Dean Wells. There was also a yellow card for Slough Town's Josias Carbon.