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

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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 The National League System comprises the six levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the English Football League. It comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association. The National League System has a h ...

. 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 *

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 *

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 ...

* Whitehawk Relegated from the

National League 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 N ...

* Cheshunt *

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 ...

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 *

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

* Aveley Relegated to the North Division * Bowers & Pitsea * Brightlingsea Regent Relegated to the

South Central Division South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

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 * 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 The Eastern Counties Football League, currently known as the Thurlow Nunn League for sponsorship purposes, is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffol ...

* Ipswich Wanderers Promoted from the Essex Senior League * Enfield * Redbridge Relegated from the

Premier Division Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of gov ...

* Bowers & Pitsea * Brightlingsea Regent Transferred from Southern League Division One Central *

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 ...

AFC Sudbury Amalgamated Football Club Sudbury is a football club based in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. The club was formed in 1999 by the merger of Sudbury Town and Sudbury Wanderers, the process giving rise to the name Amalgamated Football Club Sudbury. ...

Promoted to the

Relegated to the Essex Senior League * Coggeshall Town * Great Wakering Rovers * Hullbridge Sports * 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 * Ascot United Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division South * Badshot Lea * Raynes Park Vale Relegated from the

Relegated from the Southern League Premier Division South * Hartley Wintney *

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;From the South Central Division Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division South * Basingstoke Town * Walton & Hersham Relegated to the Combined Counties Premier Division North * Bedfont Sports Relegated to the Combined Counties Premier Division South *

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 * 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 * Broadbridge Heath Promoted from the

Southern Counties East League The Southern Counties East Football League is an English football league established in 1966, which has teams based in Kent and Southeast London. Until 2013, it was known as the Kent League. There was a previous Kent League, that existed from ...

* Erith & Belvedere * Phoenix Sports Promoted from the Wessex League * Horndean Relegated from the

* Herne Bay Transferred from

* Merstham ;From the South East Division Promoted to the

* Whitehawk Relegated to the Southern Combination League * Haywards Heath Town Relegated to the

* Corinthian * Faversham Town *

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

References

External links

Official website
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Premier Division

Team changes

Premier Division table

Stadiums and locations

North Division

Team changes

North Division table

Stadiums and locations

South Central Division

Team changes

South Central Division table

Stadiums and locations

South East Division

Team changes

South East Division table

Results table

Stadiums and locations

See also

References

External links