The 2008–09 season was the 94th 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 competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from

London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

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and

South East England South East England is one of the nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. It consists of the counties of Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Berkshi ...

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: *

Canvey Island Canvey Island is a town, civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames estuary, near Southend-on-Sea, in the Castle Point district, in the county of Essex, England. It has an area of and a population of 38,170.Office for National Statistics. ( ...

, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North *

Dartford Dartford is the principal town in the Borough of Dartford, Kent, England. It is located south-east of Central London and is situated adjacent to the London Borough of Bexley to its west. To its north, across the Thames estuary, is Thurrock ...

, promoted as champions of Division One North * Dover Athletic, promoted as champions of Division One South * Sutton United, relegated from the

Conference South The National League South, formerly Conference South, is one of the second divisions of the National League in England, immediately below the top division National League. Along with National League North, it is in the second level of the ...

Tooting & Mitcham United Tooting & Mitcham United Football Club is an association football club based in the London Borough of Merton. They are currently members of the and play at Imperial Fields in Morden. Their nickname is "the Terrors" or "the Stripes". History ...

, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South Dover Athletic became champions five games before the end of the season and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Staines Town. Harlow Town, Heybridge Swifts and Ramsgate were relegated to the Division One sections, while Margate, who also finished in the relegation zone, were reprieved due to the demotion of clubs higher up the pyramid.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

:1.Hendon left Claremont Road at September and spent the rest of campaign groundsharing with Northwood and

Staines Town Staines Town Football Club was a semi-professional 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.'',''Staines Albany F ...

Division One North

Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 15 clubs from the previous season, and seven new clubs: *

Chatham Town Chatham Town Football Club is an English association football club based in Chatham, Kent. It currently plays in the and is nicknamed "The Chats”. Former Premier League club Portsmouth and current Premier League club West Ham United played ...

, transferred from Division One South *

Cheshunt Cheshunt ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England, north of London on the River Lea and Lee Navigation. It contains a section of the Lee Valley Park, including much of the River Lee Country Park. To the north lies Broxbourne and Wormley, Waltha ...

, relegated from the

Southern Football League Premier Division The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English foo ...

Concord Rangers Concord Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Canvey Island in Essex, England. The club currently compete in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football, and play their home matches at Thames Road ...

, promoted as champions of the Essex Senior League *

East Thurrock United East Thurrock United Football Club is a football club based in Corringham, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Rookery Hill. History The club was founded on 27 April 1969 by a group of fans who felt that the area around ...

, relegated from the Premier Division * Hillingdon Borough, transferred from Southern Football League Division One South & West *

Leyton Leyton () is a town in east London, England, within the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It borders Walthamstow to the north, Leytonstone to the east, and Stratford to the south, with Clapton, Hackney Wick and Homerton, across the Rive ...

, relegated from the Premier Division *

Thamesmead Town Thamesmead Town Football Club was a football club originally based in Thamesmead in south-east London before moving to Dartford in 2017. They joined the Kent League in 1991 and reached the 5th round of the FA Vase in the 1995–96 season. In th ...

, promoted as champions of the Kent League Aveley won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Waltham Abbey. Witham Town and Hillingdon Borough finished in the bottom two places and left the league.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

Division One South

Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs: * Crowborough Athletic, promoted as champions of the

Sussex County League The Macron Southern Combination Football League is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England. The league consists of eight divisions – three for first teams (Premier Div ...

Fleet Town Fleet Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Fleet, Hampshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Calthorpe Park. History The club was established in 1890 under the name Fleet Football Club. ...

, transferred from Southern Football League Division One South & West * Folkestone Invicta, relegated from the Premier Division *

Godalming Town Godalming is a market town and civil parish in southwest Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, at the confluence of the Rivers Wey and Ock. The civil parish covers and includes the settlemen ...

, transferred from Southern Football League Division One South & West *

Merstham Merstham is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It lies 25 miles south of Charing Cross and 2 miles south of the Greater London border. Part of the North Downs Way runs along the northern boundary of the town. Mers ...

, promoted as champions of the Combined Counties League Kingstonian won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with play-off winners Cray Wanderers. Crowborough Athletic finished bottom of the table and returned to the Sussex County League after only one season in the Isthmian League. Chipstead were reprieved from relegation due to the demotion of clubs higher up the pyramid.

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

League Cup

The Isthmian League Cup 2008–09 was the 35th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the

. Sixty-six clubs took part. The competition commenced on 18 November 2008 and finished on 8 April 2009.The Isthmian archive
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Calendar

Fixtures and results

Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

First round

Four clubs from division Ones participated in the First Round, while all other clubs received a bye to the Second Round.

Second round

The two clubs to have made it through the First Round were entered into the draw with every other Isthmian League club, making sixty-four teams. ‡ – Waltham Forest removed from competition, Witham Town reinstalled

Third round

Fourth round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

References

External links

Official website
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Premier Division

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

Division One North

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

Division One South

League table

Top scorers

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

League Cup

Calendar

Fixtures and results

First round

Second round

Third round

Fourth round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

See also

References

External links