The 1984–85 season was the 70th season of the
Isthmian League, which is an English
football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London,
East
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Etymology
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and
South East England
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.
The league consisted of three divisions. After 19 clubs, mainly from the
Athenian League
The Athenian League was an English amateur football league for clubs in and around London. The league was originally to be called the Corinthian League,Athenian Football League minutes 1912-1921 (National Football Museum, Preston). but this nam ...
joined the league, Division Two was divided into two sections.
Also, it was the first Isthmian League season as an
Alliance Premier League
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feeder league. Sutton United were champions, winning their second Isthmian League title. Wycombe Wanderers were promoted to the APL, as Sutton United and Worthing were ineligible for promotion. Epping Town resigned from the league midway through the season and folded.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the
previous season and two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
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Epsom & Ewell
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Windsor & Eton
League table
Division One
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the
previous season and four new clubs:
Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
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Bromley
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Originally part of Kent, Bromley became a market town, c ...
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Staines Town
Staines Town Football Club was a semi-professional Association football, football club based in Staines-upon-Thames, Middlesex.
History
Early days
Staines Town FC was founded in 1892 and was known under various names including ''Staines F.C ...
Two clubs promoted from Division Two:
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Basildon United
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St Albans City
League table
Division Two North
Division Two North consisted of 21 clubs, including eight clubs transferred from Division Two, one team relegated from Division One and twelve new teams:
*Clubs transferred from
Division Two:
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Barton Rovers
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Epping Town
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Finchley
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Hemel Hempstead
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Developed after the Second World War as a new ...
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Letchworth Garden City
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Letchworth ...
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Leyton-Wingate
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Tring Town
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Ware
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*Club relegated from
Division One
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Cheshunt
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*Clubs joined from the
Athenian League
The Athenian League was an English amateur football league for clubs in and around London. The league was originally to be called the Corinthian League,Athenian Football League minutes 1912-1921 (National Football Museum, Preston). but this nam ...
:
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Berkhamsted Town
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Chalfont St Peter
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Flackwell Heath
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History
The name 'Flack ...
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Harefield United
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Haringey Borough
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Kingsbury Town
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Marlow
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Wolverton Town
*Plus:
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Heybridge Swifts, joined from the
Essex Senior League
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Royston Town
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, joined from the
South Midlands League
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Saffron Walden Town, joined from the
Eastern Counties League
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Stevenage Borough
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, joined from the
United Counties League
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League table
Division Two South
Division Two South consisted of 19 clubs, including eleven clubs transferred from Division Two, one team relegated from Division One and seven new clubs:
Clubs transferred from
Division Two:
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Dorking
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Eastbourne United
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Egham Town
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Grays Athletic
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Horsham
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Hungerford Town
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Molesey
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East and West Molesey share a high street, and there is a second retai ...
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Newbury Town
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Rainham Town
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Southall
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Uxbridge
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Club relegated from
Division One
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:
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Feltham
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Clubs joined from the
Athenian League
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:
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Banstead Athletic
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History
The c ...
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Camberley Town
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Chertsey Town
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Ruislip Manor
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The construction of a halt on the Metropolitan Railway in the area in 1912 led to the develo ...
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Whyteleafe
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Plus:
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Bracknell Town, joined from the
London Spartan League
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History
The Spartan League was establ ...
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Petersfield United, joined from the
Hampshire League
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League table
See also
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Isthmian League
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1984–85 Northern Premier League
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1984–85 Southern Football League The 1984–85 Southern Football League season was the 82nd in the history of the league, an English football competition.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season and five new clubs:
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References
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