# 1995–96 Isthmian League

The 1995–96 season was the 81st 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 league consisted of four divisions.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:
* Worthing, promoted as runners-up in Division One
* Boreham Wood, promoted as champions of Division One
* Chertsey Town, promoted as third in Division One
* Yeovil Town, relegated from the Football Conference

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hayes | 42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 76 | 32 | +44 | 86 | Promoted to the Football Conference |
| 2 | Enfield | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 78 | 35 | +43 | 86 | |
| 3 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 69 | 29 | +40 | 83 | |
| 4 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 83 | 51 | +32 | 80 | |
| 5 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 85 | 59 | +26 | 80 | |
| 6 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 49 | +19 | 74 | |
| 7 | St Albans City | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 70 | 41 | +29 | 72 | |
| 8 | Kingstonian | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 62 | 38 | +24 | 71 | |
| 9 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 67 | |
| 10 | Sutton United | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 65 | |
| 11 | Aylesbury United | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 71 | 58 | +13 | 63 | |
| 12 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 57 | |
| 13 | Yeading | 42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 48 | 60 | −12 | 47 | |
| 14 | Hendon | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 65 | −13 | 46 | |
| 15 | Chertsey Town | 42 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 45 | 71 | −26 | 45 | |
| 16 | Purfleet | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 48 | 67 | −19 | 44 | |
| 17 | Grays Athletic | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 43 | 63 | −20 | 44 | |
| 18 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 41 | 74 | −33 | 40 | |
| 19 | Bromley | 42 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 52 | 91 | −39 | 37 | |
| 20 | Molesey | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 36 | Relegated to Division One |
| 21 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 42 | 79 | −37 | 34 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Worthing | 42 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 42 | 106 | −64 | 19 | Relegated to Division One |

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium |
| Aylesbury United | Buckingham Road |
| Bishop's Stortford | Woodside Park |
| Boreham Wood | Meadow Park |
| Bromley | Hayes Lane |
| Carshalton Athletic | War Memorial Sports Ground |
| Chertsey Town | Alwyns Lane |
| Enfield | Southbury Road |
| Dulwich Hamlet | Champion Hill |
| Grays Athletic | New Recreation Ground |
| Hayes | Church Road |
| Harrow Borough | Earlsmead Stadium |
| Hendon | Claremont Road |
| Hitchin Town | Top Field |
| Kingstonian | Kingsmeadow |
| Molesey | Walton Road Stadium |
| St Albans City | Clarence Park |
| Sutton United | Gander Green Lane |
| Thurrock | Ship Lane |
| Walton & Hersham | The Sports Ground |
| Worthing | Woodside Road |
| Yeading | The Warren |
| Yeovil Town | Huish Park |

## Division One

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and seven new clubs:
Three clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
* Chesham United
* Marlow
* Wokingham Town
Three clubs promoted from Division Two:
* Barton Rovers
* Oxford City
* Thame United
Plus:
* Leyton Pennant replaced Leyton, who merged with Walthamstow Pennant.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Oxford City | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 98 | 60 | +38 | 91 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 97 | 43 | +54 | 88 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Staines Town | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 59 | +23 | 80 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Leyton Pennant | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 57 | +20 | 73 | |
| 5 | Aldershot Town | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 81 | 46 | +35 | 72 | |
| 6 | Billericay Town | 42 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 66 | |
| 7 | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 71 | 53 | +18 | 65 | |
| 8 | Marlow | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 72 | 75 | −3 | 62 | |
| 9 | Basingstoke Town | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 70 | 60 | +10 | 61 | |
| 10 | Uxbridge | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 60 | |
| 11 | Wokingham Town | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 58 | |
| 12 | Chesham United | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 57 | |
| 13 | Thame United | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 64 | 73 | −9 | 55 | |
| 14 | Maidenhead United | 42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 50 | 63 | −13 | 50 | |
| 15 | Whyteleafe | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 71 | 81 | −10 | 49 | |
| 16 | Abingdon Town | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 63 | 80 | −17 | 48 | |
| 17 | Berkhamsted Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 52 | 67 | −15 | 46 | |
| 18 | Barton Rovers | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 69 | 87 | −18 | 46 | |
| 19 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 45 | 64 | −19 | 43 | |
| 20 | Wembley | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 49 | 66 | −17 | 41 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 21 | Ruislip Manor | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 54 | 77 | −23 | 41 | Resigned and joined the Spartan League |
| 22 | Barking | 42 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 35 | 90 | −55 | 24 | Relegated to Division Two |

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium |
| Abingdon Town | Culham Road |
| Aldershot Town | Recreation Ground |
| Barking | Mayesbrook Park |
| Barton Rovers | Sharpenhoe Road |
| Basingstoke Town | The Camrose |
| Berkhamsted Town | Broadwater |
| Billericay Town | New Lodge |
| Bognor Regis Town | Nyewood Lane |
| Chesham United | The Meadow |
| Heybridge Swifts | Scraley Road |
| Leyton Pennant | Wadham Lodge |
| Maidenhead United | York Road |
| Marlow | Alfred Davis Memorial Ground |
| Oxford City | Marsh Lane |
| Ruislip Manor | Grosvenor Vale |
| Staines Town | Wheatsheaf Park |
| Thame United | Windmill Road |
| Tooting & Mitcham United | Imperial Fields |
| Uxbridge | Honeycroft |
| Wembley | Vale Farm |
| Whyteleafe | Church Road |
| Wokingham Town | Cantley Park |

## Division Two

Division Two consisted of 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:
Two clubs relegated from Division One:
* Wivenhoe Town
* Dorking
Three clubs promoted from Division Three:
* Canvey Island
* Collier Row
* Bedford Town
Division started the season one club short after Newbury Town folded. At the end of the season Saffron Walden Town resigned from the league due to ground grading problems and joined the Essex Senior League. Thus, no teams were relegated from the Second Division this season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Canvey Island | 40 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 91 | 36 | +55 | 87 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Croydon | 40 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 78 | 42 | +36 | 81 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Hampton | 40 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 79 | Promoted to Division One |
| 4 | Banstead Athletic | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 72 | 36 | +36 | 74 | |
| 5 | Collier Row | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 74 | |
| 6 | Wivenhoe Town | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 82 | 57 | +25 | 71 | |
| 7 | Metropolitan Police | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 64 | |
| 8 | Bedford Town | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 67 | 59 | +8 | 64 | |
| 9 | Bracknell Town | 40 | 18 | 8 | 14 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 62 | |
| 10 | Edgware Town | 40 | 16 | 9 | 15 | 72 | 67 | +5 | 57 | |
| 11 | Tilbury | 40 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 47 | |
| 12 | Ware | 40 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 80 | −25 | 47 | |
| 13 | Chalfont St Peter | 40 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 58 | 63 | −5 | 46 | |
| 14 | Leatherhead | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 71 | 77 | −6 | 46 | |
| 15 | Saffron Walden Town | 40 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 45 | Resigned to the Essex Senior League |
| 16 | Cheshunt | 40 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 56 | 90 | −34 | 42 | |
| 17 | Hemel Hempstead | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 40 | |
| 18 | Egham Town | 40 | 12 | 3 | 25 | 42 | 74 | −32 | 39 | |
| 19 | Witham Town | 40 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 68 | −33 | 34 | |
| 20 | Hungerford Town | 40 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 44 | 79 | −35 | 34 | Reprieved from relegation |
| 21 | Dorking | 40 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 44 | 104 | −60 | 29 | Reprieved from relegation |

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium |
| Banstead Athletic | Merland Rise |
| Bedford Town | The Eyrie |
| Bracknell Town | Larges Lane |
| Canvey Island | Brockwell Stadium |
| Chalfont St Peter | Mill Meadow |
| Cheshunt | Cheshunt Stadium |
| Croydon | Croydon Sports Arena |
| Collier Row & Romford | Sungate |
| Dorking | Meadowbank Stadium |
| Edgware Town | White Lion |
| Egham Town | The Runnymede Stadium |
| Hampton | Beveree Stadium |
| Hemel Hempstead | Vauxhall Road |
| Hungerford Town | Bulpit Lane |
| Leatherhead | Fetcham Grove |
| Metropolitan Police | Imber Court |
| Saffron Walden Town | Catons Lane |
| Tilbury | Chadfields |
| Ware | Wodson Park |
| Witham Town | Spa Road |
| Wivenhoe Town | Broad Lane |

## Division Three

Division Three consisted of 21 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and four new teams:
Two clubs relegated from Division Two:
* Aveley
* Windsor & Eton
Plus:
* Wealdstone, transferred from Southern League Southern Division
* Wingate & Finchley, promoted as runners-up in the South Midlands League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Horsham | 40 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 95 | 40 | +55 | 92 | Promoted to Division Two |
| 2 | Leighton Town | 40 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 95 | 34 | +61 | 89 | Promoted to Division Two |
| 3 | Windsor & Eton | 40 | 27 | 6 | 7 | 117 | 46 | +71 | 87 | Promoted to Division Two |
| 4 | Wealdstone | 40 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 104 | 39 | +65 | 77 | |
| 5 | Harlow Town | 40 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 85 | 62 | +23 | 76 | |
| 6 | Northwood | 40 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 76 | 56 | +20 | 69 | |
| 7 | Epsom & Ewell | 40 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 95 | 57 | +38 | 68 | |
| 8 | Kingsbury Town | 40 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 61 | |
| 9 | East Thurrock United | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 59 | |
| 10 | Aveley | 40 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 58 | |
| 11 | Wingate & Finchley | 40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 74 | 70 | +4 | 55 | |
| 12 | Lewes | 40 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 56 | 72 | −16 | 49 | |
| 13 | Flackwell Heath | 40 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 60 | 84 | −24 | 47 | |
| 14 | Hornchurch | 40 | 11 | 8 | 21 | 55 | 77 | −22 | 41 | |
| 15 | Harefield United | 40 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 49 | 89 | −40 | 40 | Resigned and joined the Spartan League |
| 16 | Tring Town | 40 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 40 | 78 | −38 | 38 | |
| 17 | Camberley Town | 40 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 45 | 81 | −36 | 36 | |
| 18 | Hertford Town | 40 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 72 | 103 | −31 | 35 | |
| 19 | Cove | 40 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 89 | −52 | 34 | Resigned and joined the Combined Counties League |
| 20 | Clapton | 40 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 48 | 89 | −41 | 33 | |
| 21 | Southall | 40 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 34 | 104 | −70 | 32 | |

### Stadia and locations

| Club | Stadium |
| Aveley | The Mill Field |
| Camberley Town | Kroomer Park |
| Clapton | The Old Spotted Dog Ground |
| Cove | Oak Farm |
| East Thurrock United | Rookery Hill |
| Epsom & Ewell | Merland Rise (groundshare with Banstead Athletic) |
| Flackwell Heath | Wilks Park |
| Harefield United | Preston Park |
| Harlow Town | Harlow Sportcentre |
| Hertford Town | Hertingfordbury Park |
| Hornchurch | Hornchurch Stadium |
| Horsham | Queen Street |
| Kingsbury Town | Avenue Park |
| Leighton Town | Bell Close |
| Lewes | The Dripping Pan |
| Northwood | Chestnut Avenue |
| Southall | Robert Parker Stadium |
| Tring Town | Pendley Ground |
| Wealdstone | White Lion (groundshare with Edgware Town) |
| Windsor & Eton | Stag Meadow |
| Wingate & Finchley | The Harry Abrahams Stadium |