2002–03 Isthmian League
The 2002–03 season was the 88th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
Premier Division
Season | 2002–03 |
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Champions | Aldershot Town |
Promoted | Aldershot Town |
Relegated |
Boreham Wood Chesham United Enfield Hampton & Richmond Borough |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,575 (2.85 per match) |
Highest attendance | 3,553 – Canvey Island – Aldershot Town, (15 April) |
Total attendance | 238,373 |
Average attendance | 432 (-5.7% to previous season) |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:
- Aylesbury United, promoted as third in the First Division
- Bishop's Stortford, promoted as runners-up in the First Division
- Ford United, promoted as champions of the First Division
- Hayes, relegated from the Football Conference
Aldershot Town won the division and were promoted to the Football Conference ten years after Aldershot bankruptcy. Canvey Island finished second for the third time in a row. Four teams finished bottom of the table relegated to divisions One.
At the end of the season Purfleet was renamed Thurrock.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Aldershot Town (P, C) | 46 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 81 | 36 | +45 | 105 | Promoted to the Football Conference |
2 | Canvey Island | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 112 | 56 | +56 | 92 | |
3 | Hendon | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 79 | |
4 | St Albans City | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 73 | 65 | +8 | 77 | |
5 | Basingstoke Town | 46 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 80 | 60 | +20 | 76 | |
6 | Sutton United | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 75 | |
7 | Hayes | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 73 | |
8 | Purfleet | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 72 | |
9 | Bedford Town | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 72 | |
10 | Maidenhead United | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 75 | 63 | +12 | 65 | |
11 | Kingstonian | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 71 | 64 | +7 | 65 | |
12 | Billericay Town | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 62 | |
13 | Bishop's Stortford | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 74 | 72 | +2 | 59 | |
14 | Hitchin Town | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 69 | 67 | +2 | 58 | |
15 | Ford United | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 78 | 84 | −6 | 57 | |
16 | Braintree Town | 46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 59 | 71 | −12 | 54 | |
17 | Aylesbury United | 46 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 54 | |
18 | Harrow Borough | 46 | 15 | 9 | 22 | 54 | 75 | −21 | 54 | |
19 | Grays Athletic | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 53 | 59 | −6 | 53 | |
20 | Heybridge Swifts | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | 52 | 80 | −28 | 53 | |
21 | Chesham United (R) | 46 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 56 | 81 | −25 | 52 | Relegated to Division One North |
22 | Boreham Wood (R) | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 48 | |
23 | Enfield (R) | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 47 | 101 | −54 | 38 | |
24 | Hampton & Richmond (R) | 46 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 35 | 86 | −51 | 23 | Relegated to Division One South |
Division One North
Season | 2002–03 |
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Champions | Northwood |
Promoted |
Hornchurch Northwood |
Relegated |
Hertford Town Wembley |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,667 (3.02 per match) |
Highest attendance | 583 – Hornchurch – Berkhamsted Town, (26 April) |
Total attendance | 79,162 |
Average attendance | 143 |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → |
At the end of the previous season First Division was replaced by divisions One North and South. Subsequently, Third Division clubs were distributed between divisions One and Two.
Division One North consisted of 24 clubs, including nine clubs from the First Division, eleven clubs promoted from the Second Division and four clubs promoted from the Third Division.
Northwood won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with runners-up Hornchurch, who promoted from Third Division to the Premier Division in two seasons. Wembley and Hertford Town finished bottom of the table and relegated to Division Two.
At the end of the season Leyton Pennant F.C. were renamed Waltham Forest.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Northwood (P, C) | 46 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 109 | 56 | +53 | 91 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Hornchurch (P) | 46 | 25 | 15 | 6 | 85 | 48 | +37 | 90 | |
3 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 46 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 70 | 55 | +15 | 85 | |
4 | Slough Town | 46 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 86 | 59 | +27 | 80 | Transferred to Division One South |
5 | Uxbridge | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 62 | 41 | +21 | 79 | |
6 | Aveley | 46 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 77 | |
7 | Berkhamsted Town | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 92 | 68 | +24 | 76 | |
8 | Thame United | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 84 | 51 | +33 | 72 | |
9 | Wealdstone | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 85 | 69 | +16 | 72 | |
10 | Harlow Town | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 72 | |
11 | Marlow | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 74 | 63 | +11 | 67 | Transferred to Division One South |
12 | Barking & East Ham United | 46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 73 | 76 | −3 | 66 | |
13 | Yeading | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 77 | 69 | +8 | 65 | |
14 | Great Wakering Rovers | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 64 | 70 | −6 | 65 | |
15 | Oxford City | 46 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 64 | |
16 | Arlesey Town | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 69 | 71 | −2 | 63 | |
17 | East Thurrock United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 75 | 79 | −4 | 61 | |
18 | Wingate & Finchley | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 70 | 74 | −4 | 56 | |
19 | Barton Rovers | 46 | 15 | 7 | 24 | 53 | 65 | −12 | 52 | |
20 | Tilbury | 46 | 14 | 7 | 25 | 55 | 96 | −41 | 49 | |
21 | Wivenhoe Town | 46 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 56 | 94 | −38 | 38 | |
22 | Leyton Pennant | 46 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 38 | 81 | −43 | 34 | |
23 | Wembley (R) | 46 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 57 | 111 | −54 | 32 | Relegated to Division Two |
24 | Hertford Town (R) | 46 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 46 | 119 | −73 | 24 |
Division One South
Season | 2002–03 |
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Champions | Carshalton Athletic |
Promoted |
Bognor Regis Town Carshalton Athletic |
Relegated | Chertsey Town |
Matches played | 552 |
Goals scored | 1,604 (2.91 per match) |
Highest attendance | 1,147 – Staines Town – Carshalton Athletic, (22 February) |
Total attendance | 102,455 |
Average attendance | 186 |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → |
At the end of the previous season First Division was replaced by divisions One North and South. Subsequently, Third Division clubs were distributed between divisions One and Two.
Division One South consisted of 24 clubs, including ten clubs from the First Division, eight clubs promoted from the Second Division, five clubs promoted from the Third Division, and one club relegated from Premier Division.
Carshalton Athletic won the division and were promoted to the Premier Division along with runners-up Bognor Regis Town, who promoted from Third Division to the Premier Division in two seasons. Chertsey Town finished bottom of the table and relegated to Division Two.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Carshalton Athletic (P, C) | 46 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 73 | 44 | +29 | 92 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Bognor Regis Town (P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 92 | 34 | +58 | 88 | |
3 | Lewes | 46 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 106 | 50 | +56 | 88 | |
4 | Dulwich Hamlet | 46 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 73 | 49 | +24 | 81 | |
5 | Whyteleafe | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 74 | 51 | +23 | 76 | |
6 | Bromley | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 70 | 53 | +17 | 76 | |
7 | Walton & Hersham | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 87 | 63 | +24 | 73 | |
8 | Horsham | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 80 | 58 | +22 | 72 | |
9 | Epsom & Ewell | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 66 | +1 | 69 | |
10 | Egham Town | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 62 | 71 | −9 | 67 | |
11 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 83 | 78 | +5 | 63 | |
12 | Worthing | 46 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 78 | 75 | +3 | 63 | |
13 | Windsor & Eton | 46 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 63 | |
14 | Leatherhead | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 71 | 66 | +5 | 61 | |
15 | Staines Town | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 58 | |
16 | Banstead Athletic | 46 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 58 | 59 | −1 | 57 | |
17 | Ashford Town | 46 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 47 | 70 | −23 | 53 | |
18 | Croydon | 46 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 56 | 87 | −31 | 53 | |
19 | Croydon Athletic | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 52 | 66 | −14 | 52 | |
20 | Bracknell Town | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 57 | 74 | −17 | 52 | |
21 | Corinthian-Casuals | 46 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 50 | 68 | −18 | 50 | |
22 | Molesey | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 52 | 79 | −27 | 48 | |
23 | Metropolitan Police | 46 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 50 | 76 | −26 | 46 | |
24 | Chertsey Town (R) | 46 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 43 | 139 | −96 | 16 | Relegated to Division Two |
Division two
Season | 2002–03 |
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Champions | Cheshunt |
Promoted |
Cheshunt Leyton |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 798 (3.33 per match) |
Highest attendance | 221 – Cheshunt – Hungerford Town, (3 May) |
Total attendance | 15,730 |
Average attendance | 75 |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → |
At the end of the previous season most of the Second Division teams were transferred to the newly created Divisions One. Second Division was renamed to Division Two and consisted of 16 clubs, including two clubs from the Second Division, 13 clubs promoted from the Third Division and Leyton promoted as champions of the Essex Senior League.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Cheshunt (P, C) | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 91 | 29 | +62 | 78 | Promoted to Division One North |
2 | Leyton (P) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 77 | 22 | +55 | 68 | |
3 | Flackwell Heath | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 54 | |
4 | Abingdon Town | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 65 | 42 | +23 | 53 | |
5 | Hungerford Town | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 48 | Resigned and joined the Hellenic League |
6 | Leighton Town | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 61 | 43 | +18 | 45 | |
7 | Witham Town | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 44 | |
8 | Ware | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 47 | 53 | −6 | 41 | |
9 | Clapton | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 40 | 47 | −7 | 41 | |
10 | Tring Town | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 38 | |
11 | Kingsbury Town | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 38 | |
12 | Edgware Town | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 49 | 65 | −16 | 33 | |
13 | Wokingham Town | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 81 | −47 | 28 | |
14 | Dorking | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 24 | |
15 | Chalfont St Peter | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 34 | 63 | −29 | 23 | |
16 | Camberley Town | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 61 | −38 | 16 |