The 1993–94 season was the 79th season of the
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs.
Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
, which is an English
football
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competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London,
East
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...
and
South East England
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. League consisted of four divisions.
Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the
previous season and three clubs promoted from Division One:
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Dorking
Dorking () is a market town in Surrey in South East England, about south of London. It is in Mole Valley District and the council headquarters are to the east of the centre. The High Street runs roughly east–west, parallel to the Pipp Br ...
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Hitchin Town
Hitchin Town Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. They are currently members of the . Founded in 1865 and known as 'The Canaries', Hitchin Town have been based at Top Field since their fou ...
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Molesey
Molesey is a district of two twin towns, East Molesey and West Molesey, in the Borough of Elmbridge, Surrey, England, and is situated on the south bank of the River Thames.
East and West Molesey share a high street, and there is a second retai ...
League table
Division One
Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the
previous season and six new clubs:
Clubs relegated from the Premier Division:
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Bognor Regis Town
Bognor Regis Town Football Club is an English football club based in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. Nicknamed 'The Rocks',the club is an FA Chartered Standard Community club affiliated to the Sussex County Football Association. They currently compet ...
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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 ...
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Windsor & Eton
Clubs promoted from Division Two:
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Berkhamsted Town
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Ruislip Manor
Ruislip Manor is an area of Ruislip in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London. It is located approximately west north west of Charing Cross.
The construction of a halt on the Metropolitan Railway in the area in 1912 led to the develop ...
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Worthing
Worthing () is a seaside town in West Sussex, England, at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of Chichester. With a population of 111,400 and an area of , the borough is the second largest component of the Brighton and Hov ...
League table
Division Two
Division Two consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the
previous season and five new clubs:
Clubs relegated from Division One:
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Aveley
Aveley is a town and former civil parish in the unitary authority of Thurrock in Essex, England, and forms one of the traditional Church of England parishes. Aveley is 16 miles (26.2 km) east of Charing Cross. In the 2021 United Kingdom ...
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Lewes
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Clubs promoted from Division Three:
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Aldershot Town
Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...
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Collier Row
Collier Row is an area of Romford in East London, England, within the London Borough of Havering. It is a suburban development north of Romford town centre, around north-east of Charing Cross.
The area is based on a large housing estate built ...
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Thame United
Thame United Football Club are a football club based in Thame, Oxfordshire, England. They were established in 1883 and joined the Hellenic League in 1959. The club currently competes in the .
History
Thame United were formed in 1883, making t ...
League table
Division Three
Division Three consisted of 21 clubs, including 16 clubs from the
previous season and five new clubs:
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Cheshunt
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, joined from the
Spartan League
The Spartan League was a football league in England covering London and adjacent counties. Established in 1907, it merged with the South Midlands League in 1997 to form the Spartan South Midlands League.
History
The Spartan League was establish ...
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Harefield United, relegated from Division Two
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Harlow Town
Harlow Town Football Club is an English association football, football club based in Harlow, Essex. The club is a former member of the and plays at The Harlow Arena.
The club is best known for its exploits in the 1979–80 FA Cup, in which it ...
, returned to the Isthmian League after one season without a league football
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Oxford City
Oxford City Football Club is a semi-professional English association football club based in Marston, Oxford. They currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play their home matches at Marsh Lane.
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, joined from the
South Midlands League
The South Midlands League was a association football, football league covering Bedfordshire and some adjoining counties in England. It was founded in 1922 as the Bedfordshire County League and merged with the Spartan League in 1997 to form the ...
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Southall
Southall () is a large suburban county of West London, England, part of the London Borough of Ealing and is one of its seven major towns. It is situated west of Charing Cross and had a population of 69,857 as of 2011. It is generally divided ...
, relegated from Division Two
League table
See also
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Isthmian League
The Isthmian League () is a regional men's football league covering Greater London, East and South East England, featuring mostly semi-professional clubs.
Founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area, the league now consists of 82 tea ...
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1993–94 Northern Premier League
The 1993–94 Northern Premier League season was the 26th in the history of the Northern Premier League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. It was known as the HFS Loans League fo ...
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1993–94 Southern Football League The 1993–94 Southern Football League season was the 91st in the history of the league, an English football competition.
Farnborough Town won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the Football Conference. Moor Green, Waterlooville, Bashl ...
References
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