1976–77 Isthmian League

The 1976–77 season was the 61st in the history of the Isthmian League. Enfield won Division One, whilst Tilbury won Division Two. It was the first Isthmian League season to use goal difference as a tie-breaker.

League tables

Division One

Isthmian League Division One
Season	1976–77
Champions	Enfield
Promoted	None
Relegated	Dulwich Hamlet Ilford
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1229 (2.66 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Division One featured two new teams:

Croydon, promoted as runners-up of Division Two
Tilbury, promoted as champions of Division Two


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Enfield !Enfield (C)	42	24	12	6	63	34	+29	84
2	Wycombe Wanderers !Wycombe Wanderers	42	25	8	9	71	34	+37	83
3	Dagenham !Dagenham	42	23	10	9	80	39	+41	79
4	Hendon !Hendon	42	19	10	13	60	48	+12	67
5	Tilbury !Tilbury	42	18	13	11	57	49	+8	67
6	Tooting & Mitcham United !Tooting & Mitcham United	42	18	10	14	85	72	+13	64
7	Walthamstow Avenue !Walthamstow Avenue	42	19	7	16	61	55	+6	64
8	Slough Town !Slough Town	42	18	9	15	51	46	+5	63
9	Hitchin Town !Hitchin Town	42	19	6	17	60	66	−6	63
10	Leatherhead !Leatherhead	42	18	7	17	61	47	+14	61
11	Staines Town !Staines Town	42	16	13	13	52	48	+4	61
12	Leytonstone !Leytonstone	42	16	11	15	59	57	+2	59
13	Barking !Barking	42	16	9	17	63	61	+2	57
14	Southall & Ealing Borough !Southall & Ealing Borough	42	15	8	19	52	64	−12	53
15	Croydon !Croydon	42	13	10	19	38	52	−14	49
16	Sutton United !Sutton United	42	14	7	21	40	55	−15	49
17	Kingstonian !Kingstonian	42	13	7	22	45	60	−15	46
18	Hayes !Hayes	42	12	10	20	49	69	−20	46
19	Woking !Woking	42	11	12	19	47	61	−14	45
20	Bishop's Stortford !Bishop's Stortford	42	11	11	20	51	71	−20	44
21	Dulwich Hamlet !Dulwich Hamlet (R)	42	11	8	23	52	68	−16	41	Relegation to Division Two
22	Ilford !Ilford (R)	42	10	8	24	32	73	−41	38	Relegation to Division Two

Source: ^[1]
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.

Division Two

Isthmian League Division Two
Season	1976–77
Champions	Boreham Wood
Promoted	Boreham Wood Carshalton Athletic
Relegated	None
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1330 (2.88 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Division Two featured two new teams:

Clapton, relegated from the Division One
Oxford City, relegated from the Division One


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boreham Wood !Boreham Wood (C) (P)	42	33	4	5	80	26	+54	103	Promotion to Division One
2	Carshalton Athletic !Carshalton Athletic (P)	42	25	12	5	80	33	+47	87	Promotion to Division One
3	Harwich & Parkeston !Harwich & Parkeston	42	23	8	11	93	61	+32	77
4	Wembley !Wembley	42	23	8	11	82	58	+24	77
5	Harrow Borough !Harrow Borough	42	21	12	9	78	44	+34	75
6	Horsham !Horsham	42	23	5	14	67	56	+11	74
7	Bromley !Bromley	42	20	10	12	71	46	+25	70
8	Oxford City !Oxford City	42	20	8	14	73	55	+18	68
9	Hampton !Hampton	42	20	8	14	62	45	+17	68
10	Wokingham Town !Wokingham Town	42	16	14	12	60	44	+16	62
11	Hornchurch !Hornchurch	42	18	7	17	62	53	+9	61
12	Chesham United !Chesham United	42	17	10	15	63	66	−3	61
13	St Albans City !St Albans City	42	16	12	14	59	53	+6	60
14	Walton & Hersham !Walton & Hersham	42	17	9	16	57	56	+1	60
15	Aveley !Aveley	42	14	8	20	49	62	−13	50
16	Corinthian-Casuals !Corinthian-Casuals	42	13	6	23	52	75	−23	45
17	Harlow Town !Harlow Town	42	11	8	23	39	77	−38	41
18	Hertford Town !Hertford Town	42	9	9	24	45	80	−35	36
19	Maidenhead United !Maidenhead United	42	8	8	26	36	73	−37	32
20	Clapton !Clapton	42	7	9	26	43	87	−44	30
21	Finchley !Finchley	42	5	13	24	36	82	−46	28
22	Ware !Ware	42	5	8	29	43	98	−55	23

References

1 2 RSSSF tables archive for the Isthmian League

Isthmian League

Premier Division	AFC Sudbury Billericay Town Bognor Regis Town Burgess Hill Town Canvey Island Dulwich Hamlet Enfield Town Folkestone Invicta Grays Athletic Harlow Town Harrow Borough Havant & Waterlooville Hendon Kingstonian Leatherhead Leiston Lowestoft Town Merstham Metropolitan Police Needham Market Staines Town Tonbridge Angels Wingate & Finchley Worthing

Division One North	AFC Hornchurch Aveley Bowers & Pitsea Brentwood Town Brightlingsea Regent Bury Town Cheshunt Dereham Town Great Wakering Rovers Haringey Borough Heybridge Swifts Maldon & Tiptree Norwich United Phoenix Sports Romford Soham Town Rangers Thamesmead Town Thurrock Tilbury VCD Athletic Waltham Abbey Ware Witham Town Wroxham

Division One South	Carshalton Athletic Chatham Town Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals Cray Wanderers Dorking Wanderers East Grinstead Town Faversham Town Godalming Town Greenwich Borough Guernsey Hastings United Herne Bay Horsham Hythe Town Lewes Molesey Ramsgate Sittingbourne South Park Three Bridges Tooting & Mitcham United Walton Casuals Whyteleafe

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Bristol City Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hereford United Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Southampton West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Chester Chesterfield Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Newport County Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Watford Workington

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