2011–12 Isthmian League
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The 2011–12 season will be the 106th season of the Isthmian League
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. It is sponsored by Ryman, and therefore officially known as the Ryman League. It was founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area...

 Premier Division and the sixth season for the current incarnations of the Division One North and Division One South. The league allocations were released on the 20 May 2011.

Premier Division

The Premier Division features five new clubs:
  • East Thurrock United
    East Thurrock United F.C.
    East Thurrock United F.C is an English football club based in Corringham, Essex. The club currently plays in the Isthmian League Premier Division and is based at Rookery Hill.-History:...

    , promoted as champions of Division One North
  • Leatherhead
    Leatherhead F.C.
    Leatherhead F.C. is a football club based in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. The club is nicknamed The Tanners and plays home at Fetcham Grove.-History:...

    , promoted as play-off winners from Division One South
  • Lewes
    Lewes F.C.
    Lewes Football Club is an English football team based in Lewes, East Sussex. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at the Dripping Pan.-History:...

    , relegated from the Conference South
    Conference South
    Conference South is one of the second divisions of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National...

  • Metropolitan Police
    Metropolitan Police F.C.
    Metropolitan Police F.C. is the football club of the Metropolitan Police Service, although in recent years there has been a relaxation in the rule that players had to be serving members of the police force...

    , promoted as champions of Division One South
  • Wingate & Finchley, promoted as play-off winners from Division One North


League table

Playoffs

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Courage Stadium (groundshare with Bromley
Bromley F.C.
Bromley Football Club are an English football club based in Bromley, in Greater London, England. They currently play in the Conference South, and play their home matches at Hayes Lane.-Early years:...

)
6,000
Kingsmeadow (ground share with AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is a professional English football club that traces its origins to Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. Based at Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames, the club are members of Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football....

)
5,194
War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000
Brockwell Stadium 4,308
The Pilot Field 4,050
Rookery Hill 4,000
New Lodge 3,500
Ram Meadow 3,500
Hornchurch Stadium
Hornchurch Stadium
Hornchurch Stadium is located on Bridge Avenue in Upminster in the London Borough of Havering, east London, England.It was opened in 1956 by Hornchurch Urban District Council and is home to A.F.C...

 
3,500
Imperial Fields
Imperial Fields
Imperial Fields is a football stadium in Morden, south London that is home to Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. and Chelsea L.F.C.. The stadium opened in 2002 and has a total capacity of 3,500 . Tooting & Mitcham United moved in 2002 from an all-wooden facility at Sandy Lane in Tooting, which had been...

 
3,500
Fetcham Grove 3,400
Earlsmead Stadium
Earlsmead Stadium
Earlsmead Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Harrow, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Harrow Borough F.C. The stadium has a capacity of 3,070 people. This includes 350 seats and covering for 1000 people....

 
3,070
Vale Farm (groundshare with Wembley
Wembley F.C.
Wembley Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent, London, England. The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County FA...

)
3,000
Imber Court 3,000
Grosvenor Vale 2,387
Crown Meadow 2,250
Hartsdown Park
Hartsdown Park
Hartsdown Park is a football stadium located in Margate, Kent, England. It has been the home of Margate F.C. since 1929, apart from between 2002 and 2005, when the club was forced to share the grounds of other Kent clubs while protracted redevelopment work occurred.Although the football club was...

 
2,100
Thames Road 1,500
Gorings Mead (ground share with Horsham YMCA
Horsham YMCA F.C.
Horsham YMCA is a football club based in Horsham, West Sussex, England.They were established in 1898 and joined the Sussex County League Division Two in 1959. In the 1999-00 season, they reached the 4th round of the FA Vase. They are currently members of the Sussex County League Division One.-...

)
1,500
The Mill Field 1,100
The Harry Abrahams Stadium (tbc)

Division One North

Division One North features three new clubs:
  • Chatham Town
    Chatham Town F.C.
    Chatham Town are an English Association Football club based in Chatham, Kent. They currently play in Division One North of the Isthmian League and are nicknamed "The Chats"....

    , transferred from Division One South
  • Leiston
    Leiston F.C.
    Leiston F.C. is an English football club based in Leiston, Suffolk. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Division One North and play at Victory Road.-History:...

    , promoted as champions of the Eastern Counties League
    Eastern Counties Football League
    The Eastern Counties Football League is an English football league at levels 9 and 10 of the English football league system. It currently contains clubs from Norfolk, Suffolk, northern Essex and eastern Cambridgeshire, and is a feeder to the regional divisions of the Isthmian League and Southern...

  • Soham Town Rangers
    Soham Town Rangers F.C.
    Soham Town Rangers F.C. is an English football club based in Soham, Cambridgeshire. The club are currently members of Division One North of the Isthmian League and play at Julius Martin Lane.-History:...

    , transferred from the Southern League
    Southern Football League
    The Southern League is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from the South West, South Central and Midlands of England and South Wales...

     Division One Central

League table

Playoffs

Division One South

Division One South features five new clubs:
  • Crawley Down
    Crawley Down F.C.
    Crawley Down F.C. are a football club based in Crawley Down, near East Grinstead, England. They were established in 1993 and joined the Sussex County League Division Three in 1995...

    , promoted as champions of the Sussex County League
    Sussex County Football League
    The Sussex County Football League is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex and southeastern Surrey, England.Formed in 1920, the league now has six divisions - three for first teams and three for reserve sides...

  • Croydon Athletic
    Croydon Athletic F.C.
    Croydon Athletic F.C. are an English football club based in Thornton Heath in the London Borough of Croydon, London, England. They currently play in the Isthmian League Division One South.-History:...

    , relegated from the Premier Division
  • Folkestone Invicta
    Folkestone Invicta F.C.
    Folkestone Invicta F.C. are a football club based in the town of Folkestone, Kent, England. They play their home matches at Cheriton Road, currently known under the terms of a sponsorship deal as the Buzzlines Stadium, and currently compete in the Isthmian League Division One South.-Kent County...

    , relegated from the Premier Division
  • Hythe Town
    Hythe Town F.C.
    Hythe Town F.C. is an English football club based in Hythe in Kent, and playing in the Isthmian League Division One South in the English football league system. They were FA Vase semi-finalists in 1990.The club is nicknamed The Reds...

    , promoted as champions of the Kent League
    Kent League
    The Kent League is an English football league for teams based in Kent and south east London, which was established in 1966. It was also the name of a similar league which existed from 1894 until 1959.-History:...

  • Maidstone United
    Maidstone United F.C.
    Maidstone United Football Club is an English football team from Maidstone, Kent.The current club is a continuation of the old Maidstone United, which was a member of the Football League between 1989 and 1992. The club was forced out of the league by financial ruin but the youth squad formed the...

    , relegated from the Premier Division


League table

Playoffs

League Cup

The Isthmian League Cup 2011–12 (billed as the Championship Manager Cup 2010–11 for sponsorship reasons) is the 38th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League
Isthmian League
The Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. It is sponsored by Ryman, and therefore officially known as the Ryman League. It was founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area...

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See also

  • 2011–12 Northern Premier League
    2011–12 Northern Premier League
    The 2011–12 season is the 44th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the fifth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South.The League sponsors for 2011–12 are Evo-Stik...

  • 2011–12 Southern League
    2011–12 Southern Football League
    The 2011–12 season is the 108th in the history of the Southern League since its establishment in 1894. The league allocations were released on 20 May 2011....


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