1991–92 Isthmian League

The 1991–92 season was the 77th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.

For the first time league consisted of four divisions after at the end of the previous season Division Two North and the Division Two South were merged into single Division Two and also Division Three was formed.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season1991–92
ChampionsWoking
PromotedWoking
RelegatedBishop's Stortford
Matches played462
Goals scored1,355 (2.93 per match)
Highest attendance3,125 – Woking – Enfield, (30 November)
Total attendance234,777
Average attendance518 (+14.9% to previous season)

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season and three new clubs:

At the end of the season Dagenham merged into Conference side Redbridge Forest to form new club Dagenham & Redbridge. Thus, Bognor Regis Town was reprieved from relegation.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Woking 42 30 7 5 96 25 +71 97 Promoted to the Football Conference
2 Enfield 42 24 7 11 59 45 +14 79
3 Sutton United 42 19 13 10 88 51 +37 70
4 Chesham United 42 20 10 12 67 48 +19 70
5 Wokingham Town 42 19 10 13 73 58 +15 67
6 Marlow 42 20 7 15 56 50 +6 67
7 Aylesbury United 42 16 17 9 69 46 +23 65
8 Carshalton Athletic 42 18 8 16 64 67 −3 62
9 Dagenham 42 15 16 11 70 59 +11 61 Merged into Redbridge Forest to form Dagenham & Redbridge in Football Conference
10 Kingstonian 42 17 8 17 71 65 +6 59
11 Windsor & Eton 42 15 11 16 56 56 0 56
12 Bromley 42 14 12 16 51 57 −6 54
13 St Albans City 42 14 11 17 66 70 −4 53
14 Basingstoke Town 42 14 11 17 56 65 −9 53
15 Grays Athletic 42 14 11 17 53 68 −15 53
16 Wivenhoe Town 42 16 4 22 56 81 −25 52
17 Hendon 42 13 9 20 59 73 −14 48
18 Harrow Borough 42 11 13 18 58 78 −20 46
19 Hayes 42 10 14 18 52 63 −11 44
20 Staines Town 42 11 10 21 43 73 −30 43
21 Bognor Regis Town 42 9 11 22 51 89 −38 38 Reprieved from relegation
22 Bishop's Stortford 42 7 12 23 41 68 −27 33 Relegated to Division One
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

Isthmian League
Division One
Season1991–92
ChampionsStevenage Borough
PromotedDulwich Hamlet
Stevenage Borough
Yeading
RelegatedNone
Matches played420
Goals scored1,192 (2.84 per match)
Highest attendance1,551 – Stevenage Borough – Hitchin Town, (7 October)
Total attendance71,874
Average attendance171 (-9.0% to previous season)

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:

Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

Two clubs promoted from Division Two North:

Two clubs promoted from Division Two South:

At the end of the season Harlow Town left the league due to problems with their ground and missed the next season not joining any other league.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Stevenage Borough 40 30 6 4 95 37 +58 96 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Yeading 40 24 10 6 83 34 +49 82
3 Dulwich Hamlet 40 22 9 9 71 40 +31 75
4 Boreham Wood 40 22 7 11 65 40 +25 73
5 Wembley 40 21 6 13 54 43 +11 69
6 Abingdon Town 40 19 8 13 60 47 +13 65
7 Tooting & Mitcham United 40 16 13 11 57 45 +12 61
8 Hitchin Town 40 17 10 13 55 45 +10 61
9 Walton & Hersham 40 15 13 12 62 50 +12 58
10 Molesey 40 16 9 15 55 61 −6 57
11 Dorking 40 16 7 17 68 65 +3 55
12 Barking 40 14 11 15 51 54 −3 53
13 Chalfont St Peter 40 15 6 19 62 70 −8 51
14 Leyton-Wingate 40 13 11 16 53 56 −3 50
15 Uxbridge 40 13 8 19 47 62 −15 47
16 Maidenhead United 40 13 7 20 52 61 −9 46
17 Harlow Town 40 11 9 20 50 70 −20 42 Resigned from the League for One Season
18 Croydon 40 11 6 23 44 68 −24 39
19 Heybridge Swifts 40 8 9 23 33 71 −38 33
20 Whyteleafe 40 7 10 23 42 78 −36 31
21 Aveley 40 8 3 29 33 95 −62 27
22 Vauxhall Motors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Club folded
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Isthmian League
Division Two
Season1991–92
ChampionsPurfleet
PromotedBillericay Town
Lewes
Purfleet
RelegatedNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,375 (2.98 per match)
Highest attendance363 – Billericay Town – Malden Vale, (18 April)
Total attendance52,704
Average attendance114

Division Two consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season's Division Two North and Division Two South and four clubs relegated from Division One:

Clubs relegated from Division One:

Clubs transferred from Division Two North:

Clubs transferred from Division Two South:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Purfleet 42 27 8 7 97 48 +49 89 Promoted to Division One
2 Lewes 42 23 14 5 74 36 +38 83
3 Billericay Town 42 24 8 10 75 44 +31 80
4 Leatherhead 42 23 6 13 68 40 +28 75
5 Ruislip Manor 42 20 9 13 74 51 +23 69
6 Egham Town 42 19 12 11 81 62 +19 69
7 Metropolitan Police 42 20 9 13 76 58 +18 69
8 Saffron Walden Town 42 19 11 12 86 67 +19 68
9 Hemel Hempstead 42 18 10 14 63 50 +13 64
10 Hungerford Town 42 18 7 17 53 58 −5 61
11 Barton Rovers 42 17 8 17 61 64 −3 59
12 Worthing 42 17 8 17 67 72 −5 59
13 Witham Town 42 16 11 15 56 61 −5 59
14 Banstead Athletic 42 16 10 16 69 58 +11 58
15 Malden Vale 42 15 12 15 63 48 +15 57
16 Rainham Town 42 14 13 15 53 48 +5 55
17 Ware 42 14 9 19 58 62 −4 51
18 Berkhamsted Town 42 13 11 18 56 57 −1 50
19 Harefield United 42 11 7 24 47 66 −19 40
20 Southall 42 8 7 27 39 93 −54 31
21 Southwick 42 6 2 34 29 115 −86 20 Resigned and joined the Sussex County League Division Two
22 Newbury Town 42 4 8 30 30 117 −87 20
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Three

Isthmian League
Division Three
Season1991–92
ChampionsEdgware Town
PromotedChertsey Town
Edgware Town
Hampton
Tilbury
Matches played420
Goals scored1,359 (3.24 per match)
Highest attendance389 – Chertsey Town – Horsham, (2 May)
Total attendance38,463
Average attendance92

At the end of the previous season Division Two North and Division Two South were merged resulting in creation of Division Three.

Division Three consisted of 21 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season's Division Two North and Division Two South and one new club:

Club joined from the South Midlands League:

Clubs relegated from Division Two North:

Clubs relegated from Division Two South:

Before the season started Feltham merged with the Hellenic League side Hounslow to create Feltham & Hounslow Borough F.C.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Edgware Town 40 30 3 7 106 44 +62 93 Promoted to Division Two
2 Chertsey Town 40 29 4 7 115 44 +71 91
3 Tilbury 40 26 9 5 84 40 +44 87
4 Hampton 40 26 5 9 93 35 +58 83
5 Horsham 40 23 8 9 92 51 +41 77
6 Cove 40 21 9 10 74 49 +25 72
7 Flackwell Heath 40 19 12 9 78 50 +28 69
8 Thame United 40 19 7 14 73 46 +27 64
9 Epsom & Ewell 40 17 11 12 55 50 +5 62
10 Collier Row 40 17 9 14 67 59 +8 60
11 Royston Town 40 17 7 16 59 58 +1 58
12 Kingsbury Town 40 12 10 18 54 61 −7 46
13 Hertford Town 40 12 10 18 55 73 −18 46
14 Petersfield United 40 12 9 19 45 67 −22 45
15 Camberley Town 40 11 8 21 52 69 −17 41
16 Feltham & Hounslow 40 11 7 22 53 78 −25 40
17 Bracknell Town 40 10 7 23 48 90 −42 37
18 Hornchurch 40 8 7 25 40 87 −47 31
19 Tring Town 40 9 4 27 35 94 −59 31
20 Clapton 40 9 3 28 47 93 −46 30
21 Eastbourne United 40 5 5 30 34 121 −87 20 Resigned and joined the Sussex County League Division Two
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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