1987–88 Isthmian League

The 1987–88 season was the 73rd season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.

The league consisted of three divisions. Division Two was divided into two sections.

Yeovil Town were champions, winning their first Isthmian League title. At the end of the season Oxford City left the league after losing its ground. Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford. New club regained Leytonstone/Ilford's name and place in the Premier Division. Before the start of the next season Haringey Borough resigned from the league.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division

Season	1987–88
Champions	Yeovil Town
Promoted	Yeovil Town
Relegated	Basingstoke Town Hitchin Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,201 (2.6 per match)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

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

• Basingstoke Town, transferred from Southern Football League
• Leyton-Wingate, promoted as runners-up in Division One
• Leytonstone/Ilford, promoted as champions of Division One

At the end of the season Division One club Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford. New club started next season under the name of the Premier Division club.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Yeovil Town	42	24	9	9	66	34	+32	81	Promoted to the Football Conference
2	Bromley	42	23	7	12	68	40	+28	76
3	Slough Town	42	21	9	12	67	41	+26	72
4	Leytonstone/Ilford	42	20	11	11	59	43	+16	71
5	Wokingham Town	42	21	7	14	62	52	+10	70
6	Hayes	42	20	9	13	62	48	+14	69
7	Windsor & Eton	42	16	17	9	59	43	+16	65
8	Farnborough Town	42	17	11	14	63	60	+3	62
9	Carshalton Athletic	42	16	13	13	49	41	+8	61
10	Hendon	42	16	12	14	62	58	+4	60
11	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	15	14	13	57	59	−2	59
12	Harrow Borough	42	15	11	16	53	58	−5	56
13	Bishop's Stortford	42	15	10	17	55	58	−3	55
14	Kingstonian	42	14	12	16	47	53	−6	54
15	St Albans City	42	15	6	21	60	69	−9	51
16	Bognor Regis Town	42	14	9	19	41	57	−16	51
17	Leyton-Wingate	42	14	8	20	58	64	−6	50
18	Croydon	42	11	13	18	40	52	−12	46
19	Barking	42	11	12	19	44	57	−13	45
20	Dulwich Hamlet	42	10	11	21	46	64	−18	41
21	Hitchin Town	42	10	8	24	46	79	−33	38	Relegated to Division One
22	Basingstoke Town	42	6	17	19	37	71	−34	35

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

Isthmian League
Division One

Season	1987–88
Champions	Marlow
Promoted	Grays Athletic Marlow
Relegated	Billericay Town Stevenage Borough Wolverton Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,371 (2.97 per match)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

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

Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

• Walthamstow Avenue
• Worthing

Two clubs promoted from Division Two North:

• Chesham United
• Wolverton Town

Two clubs promoted from Division Two South:

• Marlow
• Woking

At the end of the season Oxford City left the league after losing its ground. Walthamstow Avenue merged into Leytonstone/Ilford. New club regained Leytonstone/Ilford's name and place in the Premier Division.

Only Bracknell Town were reprieved from relegation, thus, Division One started next season one club short.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Marlow	42	32	5	5	100	44	+56	101	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Grays Athletic	42	30	10	2	74	25	+49	100
3	Woking	42	25	7	10	91	52	+39	82
4	Boreham Wood	42	21	9	12	65	45	+20	72
5	Staines Town	42	19	11	12	71	48	+23	68
6	Wembley	42	18	11	13	54	46	+8	65
7	Basildon United	42	18	9	15	65	58	+7	63
8	Walton & Hersham	42	15	16	11	53	44	+9	61
9	Hampton	42	17	10	15	59	54	+5	61
10	Leatherhead	42	16	11	15	64	53	+11	59
11	Southwick	42	13	12	17	59	63	−4	51
12	Oxford City	42	13	12	17	70	77	−7	51	Left the league
13	Worthing	42	14	8	20	67	73	−6	50
14	Kingsbury Town	42	11	17	14	62	69	−7	50
15	Walthamstow Avenue	42	13	11	18	53	63	−10	50	Merged into Leytonstone/Ilford
16	Lewes	42	12	13	17	83	77	+6	49
17	Uxbridge	42	11	16	15	41	47	−6	49
18	Chesham United	42	12	10	20	69	77	−8	46
19	Bracknell Town	42	12	9	21	54	80	−26	45	Reprieved from relegation
20	Billericay Town	42	11	11	20	58	88	−30	44	Relegated to Division Two North
21	Stevenage Borough	42	11	9	22	36	64	−28	42
22	Wolverton Town	42	3	3	36	23	124	−101	12

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Division Two North

Isthmian League
Division Two North

Season	1987–88
Champions	Wivenhoe Town
Promoted	Collier Row Wivenhoe Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,288 (2.79 per match)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

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

• Finchley, relegated from Division One
• Tilbury, relegated from Division One
• Witham Town, joined from the Essex Senior League

Before the start of the next season Haringey Borough resigned from the league.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wivenhoe Town	42	26	10	6	105	42	+63	88	Promoted to Division One
2	Collier Row	42	22	13	7	71	39	+32	79
3	Tilbury	42	18	15	9	61	40	+21	69
4	Berkhamsted Town	42	19	12	11	71	53	+18	69
5	Harlow Town	42	17	16	9	67	36	+31	67
6	Ware	42	17	15	10	63	58	+5	66
7	Witham Town	42	17	14	11	69	47	+22	65
8	Vauxhall Motors	42	16	17	9	56	42	+14	65
9	Heybridge Swifts	42	17	13	12	56	50	+6	64
10	Tring Town	42	18	6	18	69	67	+2	60
11	Letchworth Garden City	42	18	5	19	59	64	−5	59
12	Finchley	42	16	10	16	67	54	+13	58	Transferred to Division Two South
13	Clapton	42	14	15	13	50	62	−12	57
14	Hornchurch	42	13	15	14	56	65	−9	54
15	Barton Rovers	42	13	10	19	43	60	−17	49
16	Rainham Town	42	12	12	18	63	66	−3	48
17	Royston Town	42	13	8	21	49	70	−21	47
18	Saffron Walden Town	42	13	7	22	34	67	−33	46
19	Hemel Hempstead	42	11	12	19	38	71	−33	45
20	Haringey Borough	42	11	8	23	54	78	−24	41	Resigned from the league
21	Aveley	42	8	13	21	42	65	−23	37
22	Hertford Town	42	8	4	30	45	92	−47	28

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two South

Isthmian League
Division Two South

Season	1987–88
Champions	Chalfont St Peter
Promoted	Chalfont St Peter Metropolitan Police
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,346 (2.91 per match)
← 1986–87 1988–89 →

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

• Epsom & Ewell, relegated from Division One
• Maidenhead United, relegated from Division One
• Yeading, joined from the London Spartan League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chalfont St Peter	42	26	9	7	81	35	+46	87	Promoted to Division One
2	Metropolitan Police	42	23	17	2	80	32	+48	86
3	Dorking	42	25	11	6	86	39	+47	86
4	Feltham	42	21	12	9	74	41	+33	75
5	Epsom & Ewell	42	21	11	10	71	49	+22	74
6	Chertsey Town	42	22	7	13	63	47	+16	73
7	Whyteleafe	42	20	11	11	84	55	+29	71
8	Hungerford Town	42	21	7	14	66	54	+12	70
9	Ruislip Manor	42	21	5	16	74	57	+17	68
10	Yeading	42	19	10	13	83	56	+27	67
11	Maidenhead United	42	18	12	12	69	54	+15	66
12	Eastbourne United	42	18	10	14	67	57	+10	64
13	Harefield United	42	18	6	18	59	60	−1	60
14	Egham Town	42	12	12	18	45	55	−10	48
15	Horsham	42	12	10	20	45	66	−21	46
16	Southall	42	13	7	22	45	72	−27	46
17	Molesey	42	11	11	20	42	63	−21	44
18	Newbury Town	42	8	13	21	40	81	−41	37
19	Camberley Town	42	9	9	24	51	94	−43	36
20	Flackwell Heath	42	6	8	28	42	96	−54	26
21	Banstead Athletic	42	6	7	29	34	81	−47	25
22	Petersfield United	42	6	7	29	45	102	−57	25

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

See also

• Isthmian League
• 1987–88 Northern Premier League
• 1987–88 Southern Football League