The 2023–24 season is the 109th 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 and
South East England. The league operates four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 and three divisions, North, South Central and South East at Step 4 of the
National League System
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. This is the sixth season since the former South Division was subdivided into the South Central and South East divisions. The league is also known as the Pitching In League under a sponsorship deal with
Entain, formerly GVC Holdings.
The allocations for Step 4 this season were announced by
The Football Association (FA) on 15 May 2023.
Premier Division
The Premier Division comprised sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as six clubs who newly joined the division.
Team changes
;To the Premier Division
Promoted from the
North Division
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Hashtag United
Hashtag United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Len Salmon Stadium.
Founded in 2016 by YouTube personality Spencer Carmichael-Brown, the club original ...
Promoted from the
South East Division
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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 ...
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Whitehawk
Relegated from the
National League South
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Cheshunt
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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 ...
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Dulwich Hamlet
Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in East Dulwich in south-east London, England. They are currently members of and play at Champion Hill.
History
The club was formed in 1893, by Lorraine 'Pa' Wilson. ...
;From the Premier Division
Promoted to the
National League North
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Bishop's Stortford
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in Hertfordshire, England, just west of the M11 motorway on the county boundary with Essex, north-east of central London, and by rail from Liverpool Street station. Stortford had an estimated po ...
Promoted to the
National League South
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Aveley
Relegated to the
North Division
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Bowers & Pitsea
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Brightlingsea Regent
Relegated to the
South Central Division
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Etymology
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Corinthian-Casuals
Corinthian-Casuals Football Club is a football club based in Tolworth in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, England. Affiliated to the London Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at King George's Field.
His ...
Relegated to the
South East Division
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Herne Bay
Premier Division table
Stadiums and locations
North Division
The North Division comprises 20 teams, 14 of which competed in the previous season. This was the first season with play-offs at step five, meaning that just two teams would be relegated from the division.
Team changes
;To the North Division
Promoted from the
Eastern Counties League
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Ipswich Wanderers
Promoted from the
Essex Senior League
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Enfield
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Redbridge
Relegated from the
Premier Division
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Bowers & Pitsea
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Brightlingsea Regent
Transferred from
Southern League Division One Central
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Walthamstow
Walthamstow ( or ) is a large town in East London, east London, England, within the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London and the Historic counties of England, ancient county of Essex. Situated northeast of Chari ...
;From the North Division
Promoted to the
Southern League Premier Division Central
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 foot ...
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AFC Sudbury
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Promoted to the
Premier Division
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Hashtag United
Hashtag United Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Essex, England. They are currently members of the and play at the Len Salmon Stadium.
Founded in 2016 by YouTube personality Spencer Carmichael-Brown, the club original ...
Relegated to the
Essex Senior League
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Coggeshall Town
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Great Wakering Rovers
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Hullbridge Sports
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Tilbury
North Division table
Stadiums and locations
South Central Division
The South Central Division consists of 21 teams, 14 of which competed in the previous campaign. Only two teams would be relegated following the restructuring of the step 4/5 promotion.
Team changes
;To the South Central Division
Promoted from the
Combined Counties League Premier Division North
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Ascot United
Promoted from the
Combined Counties League Premier Division South
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Badshot Lea
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Raynes Park Vale
Relegated from the
Premier Division
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Corinthian-Casuals
Corinthian-Casuals Football Club is a football club based in Tolworth in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, England. Affiliated to the London Football Association, they are currently members of the and play at King George's Field.
His ...
Relegated from the
Southern League Premier Division South
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Hartley Wintney
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Metropolitan Police
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;From the South Central Division
Promoted to the
Southern League Premier Division South
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Basingstoke Town
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Walton & Hersham
Relegated to the
Combined Counties Premier Division North
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Bedfont Sports
Relegated to the
Combined Counties Premier Division South
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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
...
Transferred to
South East Division
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Merstham
South Central Division table
Stadiums and locations
South East Division
The South East Division consists of 20 teams, 14 of which competed in the previous season. Only two teams would be relegated following the restructuring of the step 4/5 promotion.
Team changes
;To the South East Division
Promoted from the
Southern Combination League
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Broadbridge Heath
Promoted from the
Southern Counties East League
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Erith & Belvedere
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Phoenix Sports
Promoted from the
Wessex League
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Horndean
Relegated from the
Premier Division
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A premier will normally be a head of gov ...
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Herne Bay
Transferred from
South Central Division
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Etymology
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*
Merstham
;From the South East Division
Promoted to the
Premier Division
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A premier will normally be a head of gov ...
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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 ...
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Whitehawk
Relegated to the
Southern Combination League
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Haywards Heath Town
Relegated to the
Southern Counties East League
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Corinthian
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Faversham Town
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VCD Athletic
VCD Athletic Football Club (short for Vickers, Crayford & Dartford Athletic Football Club) is a semi-professional football club based in Crayford in south-east London, England. The club was founded in 1916, during the First World War, as a compa ...
South East Division table
Results table
Stadiums and locations
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 ...
*
2023–24 Northern Premier League The 2023–24 season is the 56th season of the Northern Premier League. The league consists of four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 of the National League System, and the West, East and Midlands divisions at Step 4.
Premier Division
Tea ...
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2023–24 Southern League
References
External links
Official website
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