2005–06 Isthmian League

Isthmian League

Season	2005–06
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 season was the 91st season of the Isthmian League Premier Division.

Premier Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Braintree Town (C) (P)	42	28	10	4	74	32	+42	94	Promotion to the 2006–07 Conference South
2	Heybridge Swifts	42	28	3	11	70	46	+24	87	Qualification to the Playoffs
3	Fisher Athletic (O) (P)	42	26	7	9	84	46	+38	85
4	AFC Wimbledon	42	22	11	9	67	36	+31	77
5	Hampton & Richmond	42	24	3	15	73	54	+19	75
6	Staines Town	42	20	10	12	74	56	+18	70
7	Billericay Town	42	19	12	11	69	45	+24	69
8	Worthing	42	19	10	13	71	60	+11	67
9	Walton & Hersham	42	19	7	16	55	50	+5	64
10	Chelmsford City	42	18	10	14	57	62	−5	64
11	Bromley	42	16	14	12	57	49	+8	62
12	East Thurrock United	42	18	5	19	60	60	0	59
13	Folkestone Invicta	42	16	10	16	47	51	−4	58
14	Margate	42	11	17	14	49	55	−6	50
15	Leyton	42	13	9	20	58	61	−3	48
16	Harrow Borough	42	13	9	20	56	73	−17	48
17	Slough Town	42	13	8	21	63	75	−12	47
18	Wealdstone	42	13	5	24	68	82	−14	44	Transferred to the 2006–07 Southern Football League Premier
19	Hendon	42	9	12	21	44	64	−20	39
20	Maldon Town (R)	42	8	11	23	41	73	−32	35	Relegation to the 2006-07 IL Division One North
21	Windsor & Eton (R)	42	8	8	26	37	75	−38	32	Relegation to the 2006-07 Southern League Division One South & West
22	Redbridge (R)	42	3	5	34	28	97	−69	14	Relegation to the 2006-07 IL Division One North

Source: http://www.nonleaguefooty.co.uk/archive/isthmian06.html http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/isthmian-premier/2005-2006
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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals					Final
	2	Heybridge Swifts	1(2)
	5	Hampton & Richmond	1(4)
						3	Fisher Athletic	3
						5	Hampton & Richmond	0
	3	Fisher Athletic	2
	4	AFC Wimbledon	1

Division One

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ramsgate (C) (P)	44	24	14	6	84	38	+46	86	Promotion to the 2006–07 Isthmian League Premier
2	Horsham (P)	44	25	11	8	94	55	+39	86
3	Tonbridge Angels (O) (P)	44	24	8	12	71	48	+23	80	Qualification to the Playoffs
4	Metropolitan Police	44	24	7	13	72	46	+26	79
5	Dover Athletic	44	21	14	9	69	46	+23	77
6	Tooting & Mitcham United	44	22	9	13	93	62	+31	75
7	Kingstonian	44	20	14	10	82	56	+26	74
8	Croydon Athletic	44	20	13	11	56	41	+15	73
9	Bashley	44	20	10	14	63	61	+2	70
10	Leatherhead	44	18	14	12	64	50	+14	68
11	Cray Wanderers	44	20	8	16	80	74	+6	68
12	Hastings United	44	19	10	15	65	58	+7	67
13	Dulwich Hamlet	44	19	8	17	55	43	+12	65
14	Fleet Town	44	13	19	12	50	56	−6	58
15	Walton Casuals	44	16	10	18	68	75	−7	58
16	Lymington & New Milton	44	12	11	21	61	80	−19	47
17	Molesey	44	12	10	22	56	79	−23	46
18	Whyteleafe	44	10	14	20	50	66	−16	44
19	Burgess Hill Town	44	10	10	24	57	83	−26	40
20	Banstead Athletic	44	8	13	23	43	71	−28	37
21	Ashford Town (Kent)	44	8	11	25	41	81	−40	35
22	Newport (IOW)	44	6	11	27	38	97	−59	29
23	Corinthian Casuals	44	6	9	29	39	85	−46	27

Source: http://www.fchd.info/lghist/isth2006.htm
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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals					Final
	4	Metropolitan Police	0
	5	Dover Athletic	1
						3	Tonbridge Angels	3
						5	Dover Athletic	2
	3	Tonbridge Angels	2
	6	Tooting & Mitcham United	0

Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ware (C) (P)	30	19	4	7	77	36	+41	61
2	Witham Town (P)	30	17	7	6	61	30	+31	58
3	Brook House	30	17	7	6	63	33	+30	58
4	Flackwell Heath	30	15	7	8	54	49	+5	52
5	Egham Town	30	15	5	10	39	36	+3	50
6	Chertsey Town	30	14	7	9	47	37	+10	49
7	Edgware Town	30	13	5	12	46	41	+5	44
8	Chalfont St Peter	30	13	2	15	50	53	−3	41
9	Dorking	30	11	8	11	48	51	−3	41
10	Croydon	30	11	7	12	43	43	0	40
11	Wembley	30	11	6	13	44	43	+1	39
12	Kingsbury Town F.C.	30	9	10	11	32	37	−5	37
13	Hertford Town	30	7	10	13	35	54	−19	31
14	Camberley Town	30	5	8	17	31	57	−26	23
15	Epsom & Ewell	30	5	6	19	32	64	−32	21
16	Clapton	30	4	9	17	33	71	−38	018†

Source: http://www.fchd.info/lghist/isth2006.htm
^† Clapton deducted 3 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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

League Cup

2005–06 Isthmian League Cup

Country	England
Teams	61
Champions	Fisher Athletic
Runners-up	Billericay Town
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The Isthmian League Cup 2005–06 was the 32nd season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. 61 clubs took part. The competition commenced on 6 September 2005 and finished on 12 April 2006.

Calendar

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs
First Round	6 September 2005	19	61 → 42
Second Round	October 2005	10	42 → 32
Third Round	November 2005	16	32 → 16
Fourth Round	December 2005	8	16 → 8
Quarterfinals	January 2006	4	8 → 4
Semifinals	13 March 2006 and 21 March 2006	2	4 → 2
Final	12 April 2006	1	2 → 1

Fixtures and results

First Round

In the First Round, the thirty-eight lowest ranked clubs in the Isthmian League played each other for a place in the Second Round. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Banstead Athletic	2–1	Corinthian-Casuals	57
2	Burgess Hill Town	2–4	Brook House	74
3	Camberley Town	0–1	Edgware Town	57
4	Chertsey Town	1–2	Leatherhead	124
5	Croydon	1–3	Croydon Athletic	63
6	Dover Athletic	1–0	Ware	301
7	Dulwich Hamlet	3–1	Bashley	107
8	Egham Town	2–3	Fleet Town	50
9	Epsom & Ewell	0–3	Hastings United	39
10	Flackwell Heath	1–3	Witham Town	40
11	Horsham	6–1	Chalfont St. Peter	102
12	Kingsbury Town	3–1	Molesey	37
13	Lymington & New Milton	2–0	Kingstonian	90
14	Metropolitan Police	4–2	Hertford Town	45
15	Ramsgate	1–2	Newport IOW	128
16	Tonbridge Angels	1–3	Clapton	170
17	Walton Casuals	0–4	Tooting & Mitcham United	113
18	Wembley	5–2	Ashford Town (Kent)	52
19	Whyteleafe	1–3	Dorking	57

Second Round

The nineteen clubs to have made it through the First Round were entered into the Second Round draw with Cray Wanderers, making twenty teams. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
20	Cray Wanderers	6–0	Kingsbury Town	34
21	Dorking	0–3	Edgware Town	48
22	Dover Athletic	5–0	Wembley	314
23	Dulwich Hamlet	3–2	Banstead Athletic	98
24	Fleet Town	1–3	Hastings United	69
25	Leatherhead	4–1	Metropolitan Police	117
26	Lymington & New Milton	1–4	Horsham	31
27	Newport IOW	1–2	Brook House	114
28	Tonbridge Angels	0–1	Tooting & Mitcham United	224
29	Witham Town	0–2	Croydon Athletic	40

Third Round

The ten clubs to have made it through the Second Round were entered into the Third Round draw with the top twenty-two clubs, making thirty-two teams. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
30	Billericay Town	2–1	Maldon Town	201
31	Brook House	1–2	Hendon	84
32	Chelmsford City	3–1	Horsham	197
33	Dover Athletic	2–0	Leyton	324
34	East Thurrock Utd	0–3	Heybridge Swifts	66
35	Fisher Athletic	4–2	Folkestone Invicta	82
36	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1–0	Dulwich Hamlet	104
37	Harrow Borough	1–0	Windsor & Eton	117
38	Hastings United	2–3	Braintree Town	172
39	Leatherhead	5–3	Cray Wanderers	121
40	Margate	2–3	Bromley	345
41	Slough Town	3–2	Redbridge	139
42	Staines Town	0–2	AFC Wimbledon	622
43	Tooting & Mitcham United	3–0	Edgware Town	115
44	Wealdstone	1–0	Croydon Athletic	98
45	Worthing	2–2	Walton & Hersham
Worthing won 5–4 on penalties

Fourth Round

The sixteen clubs to have made it through the Third Round were entered into the Fourth Round draw. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
46	AFC Wimbledon	0–1	Hendon	835
47	Billericay Town	3–1	Tooting & Mitcham United	168
48	Braintree Town	1–2	Wealdstone	109
49	Dover Athletic	0–2	Bromley	475
50	Fisher Athletic	2–1	Hampton & Richmond Borough	113
51	Harrow Borough	1–2	Worthing	114
52	Heybridge Swifts	2–0	Chelmsford City	241
53	Leatherhead	0–2	Slough Town	151

Quarterfinals

The eight clubs to have made it through the Fourth Round were entered into the Quarterfinals draw. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
54	Bromley	3–2	Wealdstone	182
55	Hendon	0–1	Fisher Athletic	50
56	Slough Town	3–0	Heybridge Swifts	157
57	Worthing	1–3	Billericay Town	157

Semifinals

The four teams to have made it through the Quarterfinals were entered into the Semifinals draw. The Semifinals fixtures were played over two legs. Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.

First leg
Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
58	Fisher Athletic	5–2	Slough Town	108
59	Bromley	2–2	Billericay Town	315

Second leg
Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
60	Slough Town	3–1	Fisher Athletic	118
61	Billericay Town	2–1	Bromley	362

Final

The two clubs to have made it through the Semifinals reached the Final.

The Final was held on Wednesday, 12 April 2006. The winners were Fisher Athletic, who beat Billericay Town by four goals to nil in front of six hundred and eleven spectators.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
62	Billericay Town	0–4	Fisher Athletic	611

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sam Wood	Bromley	4
2	Andy Ballard	Slough Town	3
	Ian Hodges	Slough Town	3
	Richard Pacquette	Worthing	3

External links

• Official website