1990–91 Isthmian League

The 1990–91 season was the 75th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. League consisted of three divisions. The Second Division was divided into two sections.

At the end of the season the Second Division North and the Second Division South were merged into a single Second Division and the Third Division was formed.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division

Season	1990–91
Champions	Redbridge Forest
Promoted	Redbridge Forest
Relegated	Barking Leyton-Wingate
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1383 (2.99 per match)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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

• Enfield, relegated from Football Conference
• Wivenhoe Town, promoted as champions of the First Division
• Woking, promoted as runners-up in the First Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Redbridge Forest (C) (P)	42	29	6	7	74	43	+31	93	Promoted to the Football Conference
2	Enfield	42	26	11	5	83	30	+53	89
3	Aylesbury United	42	24	11	7	90	47	+43	83
4	Woking	42	24	10	8	84	39	+45	82
5	Kingstonian	42	21	12	9	86	57	+29	75
6	Grays Athletic	42	20	8	14	66	53	+13	68
7	Marlow	42	20	6	16	54	48	+6	66
8	Hayes	42	18	13	11	72	49	+23	67
9	Carshalton Athletic	42	19	7	16	80	67	+13	64
10	Wivenhoe Town	42	16	11	15	69	66	+3	59
11	Wokingham Town	42	15	13	14	58	54	+4	58
12	Windsor & Eton	42	15	10	17	48	63	−15	55
13	Bishop's Stortford	42	14	12	16	54	49	+5	54
14	Dagenham	42	13	11	18	62	68	−6	50
15	Hendon	42	12	10	20	48	62	−14	46
16	St Albans City	42	11	12	19	60	74	−14	45
17	Bognor Regis Town	42	12	8	22	44	71	−27	44
18	Basingstoke Town	42	12	7	23	57	95	−38	43
19	Staines Town	42	10	10	22	46	79	−33	039†
20	Harrow Borough	42	10	8	24	57	84	−27	38
21	Barking (R)	42	8	10	24	41	85	−44	34	Relegated to the First Division
22	Leyton-Wingate (R)	42	7	7	28	44	91	−47	28

Source:
^† Staines Town were deducted one point.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

First Division

Isthmian League
First Division

Season	1990–91
Champions	Wivenhoe Town
Promoted	Wivenhoe Town Woking
Relegated	Hampton Leatherhead Purfleet Kingsbury Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1362 (2.95 per match)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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

Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

• Bromley
• Dulwich Hamlet

Four clubs promoted from the Second Division North:

• Aveley
• Heybridge Swifts

Four clubs promoted from the Second Division South:

• Molesey
• Yeading

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chesham United (C) (P)	42	27	8	7	102	37	+65	89	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Bromley (P)	42	22	14	6	62	37	+25	80
3	Yeading	42	23	8	11	75	45	+30	77
4	Aveley	42	21	9	12	76	43	+33	72
5	Hitchin Town	42	21	9	12	78	50	+28	72
6	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	20	12	10	71	48	+23	72
7	Walton & Hersham	42	21	8	13	73	48	+25	71
8	Molesey	42	22	5	15	65	46	+19	71
9	Whyteleafe	42	21	6	15	62	53	+9	69
10	Dorking	42	20	5	17	78	67	+11	65
11	Chalfont St Peter	42	19	5	18	56	63	−7	62
12	Dulwich Hamlet	42	16	11	15	67	54	+13	59
13	Harlow Town	42	17	8	17	73	64	+9	59
14	Boreham Wood	42	15	8	19	46	53	−7	53
15	Wembley	42	13	12	17	62	59	+3	51
16	Uxbridge	42	15	5	22	45	61	−16	50
17	Croydon	42	15	5	22	44	85	−41	50
18	Heybridge Swifts	42	13	10	19	46	59	−13	49
19	Southwick (R)	42	13	8	21	49	75	−26	47	Relegated to the Second Division
20	Lewes (R)	42	10	8	24	49	82	−33	38
21	Metropolitan Police (R)	42	9	6	27	55	76	−21	33
22	Worthing (R)	42	2	4	36	28	157	−129	10

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second Division North

Isthmian League
Second Division North

Season	1990–91
Champions	Stevenage Borough
Promoted	Stevenage Borough Vauxhall Motors
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1467 (3.18 per match)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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

• Kingsbury Town, relegated from the First Division
• Purfleet, relegated from the First Division
• Edgware Town, joined from the Spartan League

At the end of the season the Second Division North and the Second Division South were merged into a single Second Division and the Third Division was formed.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Stevenage Borough (C) (P)	42	34	5	3	122	29	+93	107	Promoted to the First Division
2	Vauxhall Motors (P)	42	24	10	8	82	50	+32	82
3	Billericay Town	42	22	8	12	70	41	+29	74
4	Ware	42	22	8	12	78	51	+27	74
5	Berkhamsted Town	42	19	11	12	60	51	+9	68
6	Witham Town	42	19	10	13	70	59	+11	67
7	Purfleet	42	17	14	11	68	57	+11	65
8	Rainham Town	42	19	7	16	57	46	+11	64
9	Hemel Hempstead	42	16	14	12	62	56	+6	62
10	Barton Rovers	42	17	10	15	61	58	+3	61
11	Saffron Walden Town	42	16	13	13	72	77	−5	61
12	Collier Row	42	16	11	15	63	63	0	59	Relegated to the Third Division
13	Kingsbury Town	42	17	8	17	64	72	−8	59
14	Edgware Town	42	17	7	18	73	65	+8	58
15	Hertford Town	42	16	10	16	69	70	−1	58
16	Royston Town	42	14	15	13	78	62	+16	57
17	Tilbury	42	14	6	22	70	79	−9	48
18	Basildon United	42	11	10	21	61	90	−29	43	Resigned from the league
19	Hornchurch	42	10	9	23	53	87	−34	39	Relegated to the Third Division
20	Clapton	42	9	10	23	54	93	−39	034†
21	Finchley	42	6	7	29	50	112	−62	25	Resigned from the league
22	Tring Town	42	1	9	32	30	99	−69	12	Relegated to the Third Division

Source:
^† Clapton were deducted three points.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second Division South

Isthmian League
Second Division South

Season	1990–91
Champions	Dorking
Promoted	Dorking Whyteleafe
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1477 (3.2 per match)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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

• Cove, joined from the Combined Counties League
• Hampton, relegated from the First Division
• Leatherhead, relegated from the First Division

At the end of the season the Second Division North and the Second Division South were merged into a single Second Division and the Third Division was formed.

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Abingdon Town (C) (P)	42	29	7	6	95	28	+67	94	Promoted to the First Division
2	Maidenhead United (P)	42	28	8	6	85	33	+52	92
3	Egham Town	42	27	6	9	100	46	+54	87
4	Malden Vale	42	26	5	11	72	44	+28	83
5	Ruislip Manor	42	25	5	12	93	44	+49	80
6	Southall	42	23	10	9	84	43	+41	79
7	Harefield United	42	23	10	9	81	56	+25	79
8	Newbury Town	42	23	8	11	71	45	+26	77
9	Hungerford Town	42	16	13	13	84	69	+15	61
10	Leatherhead	42	17	9	16	82	55	+27	60
11	Banstead Athletic	42	15	13	14	58	62	−4	58
12	Hampton	42	14	15	13	62	43	+19	57	Relegated to the Third Division
13	Epsom & Ewell	42	15	12	15	49	50	−1	57
14	Chertsey Town	42	15	9	18	76	72	+4	54
15	Horsham	42	14	7	21	58	67	−9	49
16	Flackwell Heath	42	11	11	20	56	78	−22	44
17	Bracknell Town	42	11	7	24	60	97	−37	40
18	Feltham	42	10	8	24	45	80	−35	38
19	Cove	42	10	7	25	51	94	−43	37
20	Eastbourne United	42	10	7	25	53	109	−56	37
21	Petersfield United	42	6	3	33	35	119	−84	21
22	Camberley Town	42	1	6	35	27	143	−116	9

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

See also

• Isthmian League
• 1990–91 Northern Premier League
• 1990–91 Southern Football League

References

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