# 1986–87 Isthmian League

The 1986–87 season was the 72nd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. League consisted of three divisions. The Second Division was divided into two sections.
Wycombe Wanderers won the league and returned to the Conference at the first attempt.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
* Bromley, promoted as runners-up in Division One
* St Albans City, promoted as champions of Division One
* Wycombe Wanderers, relegated from Alliance Premier League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 103 | 32 | +71 | 101 | Promoted to the Football Conference |
| 2 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 92 | |
| 3 | Slough Town | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 77 | |
| 4 | Hendon | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 53 | +14 | 73 | |
| 5 | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 85 | 61 | +24 | 70 | |
| 6 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 70 | |
| 7 | Croydon | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 64 | |
| 8 | Barking | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 76 | 56 | +20 | 62 | |
| 9 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 72 | −6 | 62 | |
| 10 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 60 | |
| 11 | Bromley | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 72 | −9 | 59 | |
| 12 | Kingstonian | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 57 | |
| 13 | Windsor & Eton | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 54 | |
| 14 | St Albans City | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 51 | |
| 15 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 55 | 68 | −13 | 48 | |
| 16 | Hayes | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 48 | |
| 17 | Wokingham Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 47 | 61 | −14 | 48 | |
| 18 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 62 | 71 | −9 | 46 | |
| 19 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 41 | 53 | −12 | 45 | |
| 20 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 56 | 69 | −13 | 44 | |
| 21 | Worthing | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 58 | 107 | −49 | 33 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Walthamstow Avenue | 42 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 36 | 113 | −77 | 18 | Relegated to Division One |

## Division One

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:
Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
* Billericay Town
* Epsom & Ewell
Two clubs promoted from Division Two North:
* Kingsbury Town
* Stevenage Borough
Two clubs promoted from Division Two South:
* Bracknell Town
* Southwick

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Leytonstone/Ilford | 42 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 78 | 29 | +49 | 95 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Leyton-Wingate | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 68 | 31 | +37 | 82 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Bracknell Town | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 92 | 48 | +44 | 81 | |
| 4 | Southwick | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 80 | 66 | +14 | 76 | |
| 5 | Wembley | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 72 | |
| 6 | Grays Athletic | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 76 | 64 | +12 | 67 | |
| 7 | Kingsbury Town | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 69 | 67 | +2 | 67 | |
| 8 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 66 | |
| 9 | Uxbridge | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 63 | |
| 10 | Leatherhead | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 62 | |
| 11 | Hampton | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 59 | |
| 12 | Basildon United | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 58 | |
| 13 | Billericay Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 54 | |
| 14 | Staines Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 52 | |
| 15 | Lewes | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 55 | 65 | −10 | 51 | |
| 16 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 61 | 67 | −6 | 47 | |
| 17 | Oxford City | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 64 | 72 | −8 | 43 | |
| 18 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 53 | 74 | −21 | 43 | |
| 19 | Tilbury | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 46 | 70 | −24 | 43 | Relegated to Division Two North |
| 20 | Epsom & Ewell | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 44 | 68 | −24 | 43 | Relegated to Division Two South |
| 21 | Maidenhead United | 42 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 44 | 76 | −32 | 37 | Relegated to Division Two South |
| 22 | Finchley | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 44 | 90 | −46 | 29 | Relegated to Division Two North |

## Division Two North

Division Two North consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:
* Aveley, relegated from Division One
* Chesham United, relegated from Division One
* Collier Row, joined from the London Spartan League
* Harlow Town, relegated from Division One
* Hornchurch, relegated from Division One
* Wivenhoe Town, joined from the Essex Senior League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Chesham United | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 90 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Wolverton Town | 42 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 74 | 32 | +42 | 83 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Haringey Borough | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 86 | 40 | +46 | 79 | |
| 4 | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 81 | 54 | +27 | 74 | |
| 5 | Aveley | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 70 | |
| 6 | Letchworth Garden City | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 68 | |
| 7 | Barton Rovers | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 65 | |
| 8 | Tring Town | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 64 | |
| 9 | Collier Row | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 67 | 65 | +2 | 62 | |
| 10 | Ware | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 59 | |
| 11 | Saffron Walden Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 56 | |
| 12 | Wivenhoe Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 56 | |
| 13 | Vauxhall Motors | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 57 | +4 | 55 | |
| 14 | Hornchurch | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 55 | |
| 15 | Hertford Town | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 52 | 53 | −1 | 55 | |
| 16 | Berkhamsted Town | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 62 | 64 | −2 | 52 | |
| 17 | Harlow Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 50 | |
| 18 | Rainham Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 47 | |
| 19 | Clapton | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 63 | −18 | 41 | |
| 20 | Hemel Hempstead | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 48 | 77 | −29 | 39 | |
| 21 | Royston Town | 42 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 109 | −72 | 24 | |
| 22 | Cheshunt | 42 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 43 | 114 | −71 | 21 | Resigned and joined the Spartan League |

## Division Two South

Division Two South consisted of 21 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
* Chalfont St Peter, transferred from Division Two North
* Chertsey Town, joined from the Combined Counties League
* Harefield United, transferred from Division Two North

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Woking | 40 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 110 | 32 | +78 | 88 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Marlow | 40 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 88 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Dorking | 40 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 78 | 30 | +48 | 84 | |
| 4 | Feltham | 40 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 79 | 34 | +45 | 78 | |
| 5 | Ruislip Manor | 40 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 85 | 47 | +38 | 76 | |
| 6 | Chertsey Town | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 65 | |
| 7 | Metropolitan Police | 40 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 61 | |
| 8 | Chalfont St Peter | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 61 | |
| 9 | Hungerford Town | 40 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 56 | |
| 10 | Harefield United | 40 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 56 | |
| 11 | Eastbourne United | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 55 | |
| 12 | Whyteleafe | 40 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 52 | 63 | −11 | 51 | |
| 13 | Horsham | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 50 | |
| 14 | Egham Town | 40 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 45 | 77 | −32 | 48 | |
| 15 | Camberley Town | 40 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 62 | 89 | −27 | 42 | |
| 16 | Flackwell Heath | 40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 63 | −29 | 38 | |
| 17 | Banstead Athletic | 40 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 36 | |
| 18 | Petersfield United | 40 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 45 | 84 | −39 | 35 | |
| 19 | Molesey | 40 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 89 | −52 | 33 | |
| 20 | Newbury Town | 40 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 51 | 83 | −32 | 32 | |
| 21 | Southall | 40 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 85 | −57 | 24 | |