# 1987–88 Isthmian League

The 1987–88 season was the 73rd 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 three divisions. Division Two was divided into two sections.
Yeovil Town were champions, winning their first Isthmian League title. At the end of the season Oxford City left the league after losing its ground. Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford. New club regained Leytonstone/Ilford's name and place in the Premier Division. Before the start of the next season Haringey Borough resigned from the league.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
* Basingstoke Town, transferred from Southern Football League
* Leyton-Wingate, promoted as runners-up in Division One
* Leytonstone/Ilford, promoted as champions of Division One
At the end of the season Division One club Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford. New club started next season under the name of the Premier Division club.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Yeovil Town | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 81 | Promoted to the Football Conference |
| 2 | Bromley | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 76 | |
| 3 | Slough Town | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 72 | |
| 4 | Leytonstone/Ilford | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 71 | |
| 5 | Wokingham Town | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 70 | |
| 6 | Hayes | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 69 | |
| 7 | Windsor & Eton | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 65 | |
| 8 | Farnborough Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 62 | |
| 9 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 61 | |
| 10 | Hendon | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 60 | |
| 11 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 57 | 59 | −2 | 59 | |
| 12 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 56 | |
| 13 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 55 | 58 | −3 | 55 | |
| 14 | Kingstonian | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 54 | |
| 15 | St Albans City | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 51 | |
| 16 | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 51 | |
| 17 | Leyton-Wingate | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 50 | |
| 18 | Croydon | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 46 | |
| 19 | Barking | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 45 | |
| 20 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 41 | |
| 21 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 46 | 79 | −33 | 38 | Relegated to Division One |
| 22 | Basingstoke Town | 42 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 37 | 71 | −34 | 35 | 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:
* Walthamstow Avenue
* Worthing
Two clubs promoted from Division Two North:
* Chesham United
* Wolverton Town
Two clubs promoted from Division Two South:
* Marlow
* Woking
At the end of the season Oxford City left the league after losing its ground. Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford. New club regained Leytonstone/Ilford's name and place in the Premier Division.
Only Bracknell Town were reprieved from relegation, thus, Division One started next season one club short.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Marlow | 42 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 100 | 44 | +56 | 101 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Grays Athletic | 42 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 74 | 25 | +49 | 100 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Woking | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 91 | 52 | +39 | 82 | |
| 4 | Boreham Wood | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 65 | 45 | +20 | 72 | |
| 5 | Staines Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 68 | |
| 6 | Wembley | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 65 | |
| 7 | Basildon United | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 63 | |
| 8 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 61 | |
| 9 | Hampton | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 61 | |
| 10 | Leatherhead | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 59 | |
| 11 | Southwick | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 59 | 63 | −4 | 51 | |
| 12 | Oxford City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 70 | 77 | −7 | 51 | Left the league |
| 13 | Worthing | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 67 | 73 | −6 | 50 | |
| 14 | Kingsbury Town | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 62 | 69 | −7 | 50 | |
| 15 | Walthamstow Avenue | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 50 | Merged into Leytonstone/Ilford |
| 16 | Lewes | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 83 | 77 | +6 | 49 | |
| 17 | Uxbridge | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 49 | |
| 18 | Chesham United | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 69 | 77 | −8 | 46 | |
| 19 | Bracknell Town | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 54 | 80 | −26 | 45 | Reprieved from relegation |
| 20 | Billericay Town | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 58 | 88 | −30 | 44 | Relegated to Division Two North |
| 21 | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 64 | −28 | 42 | Relegated to Division Two North |
| 22 | Wolverton Town | 42 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 124 | −101 | 12 | Relegated to Division Two North |
* ↑ Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford at the end of the season.

## Division Two North

Division Two North consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
* Finchley, relegated from Division One
* Tilbury, relegated from Division One
* Witham Town, joined from the Essex Senior League
Before the start of the next season Haringey Borough resigned from the league.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Wivenhoe Town | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 105 | 42 | +63 | 88 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Collier Row | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 71 | 39 | +32 | 79 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Tilbury | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 69 | |
| 4 | Berkhamsted Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 71 | 53 | +18 | 69 | |
| 5 | Harlow Town | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 67 | |
| 6 | Ware | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 66 | |
| 7 | Witham Town | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 65 | |
| 8 | Vauxhall Motors | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 65 | |
| 9 | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 64 | |
| 10 | Tring Town | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 69 | 67 | +2 | 60 | |
| 11 | Letchworth Garden City | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 59 | |
| 12 | Finchley | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 58 | Transferred to Division Two South |
| 13 | Clapton | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 50 | 62 | −12 | 57 | |
| 14 | Hornchurch | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 54 | |
| 15 | Barton Rovers | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 49 | |
| 16 | Rainham Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 63 | 66 | −3 | 48 | |
| 17 | Royston Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 49 | 70 | −21 | 47 | |
| 18 | Saffron Walden Town | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 46 | |
| 19 | Hemel Hempstead | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 45 | |
| 20 | Haringey Borough | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 54 | 78 | −24 | 41 | Resigned from the league |
| 21 | Aveley | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 65 | −23 | 37 | |
| 22 | Hertford Town | 42 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 45 | 92 | −47 | 28 | |

## Division Two South

Division Two South consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:
* Epsom & Ewell, relegated from Division One
* Maidenhead United, relegated from Division One
* Yeading, joined from the London Spartan League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Chalfont St Peter | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 81 | 35 | +46 | 87 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Metropolitan Police | 42 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 80 | 32 | +48 | 86 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Dorking | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 86 | 39 | +47 | 86 | |
| 4 | Feltham | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 75 | |
| 5 | Epsom & Ewell | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 74 | |
| 6 | Chertsey Town | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 73 | |
| 7 | Whyteleafe | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 84 | 55 | +29 | 71 | |
| 8 | Hungerford Town | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 70 | |
| 9 | Ruislip Manor | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 74 | 57 | +17 | 68 | |
| 10 | Yeading | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 83 | 56 | +27 | 67 | |
| 11 | Maidenhead United | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 66 | |
| 12 | Eastbourne United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 57 | +10 | 64 | |
| 13 | Harefield United | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 59 | 60 | −1 | 60 | |
| 14 | Egham Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 48 | |
| 15 | Horsham | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 46 | |
| 16 | Southall | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 45 | 72 | −27 | 46 | |
| 17 | Molesey | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 44 | |
| 18 | Newbury Town | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 81 | −41 | 37 | |
| 19 | Camberley Town | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 51 | 94 | −43 | 36 | |
| 20 | Flackwell Heath | 42 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 42 | 96 | −54 | 26 | |
| 21 | Banstead Athletic | 42 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 81 | −47 | 25 | |
| 22 | Petersfield United | 42 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 45 | 102 | −57 | 25 | |