1975–76 Isthmian League

The 1975–76 season was the 61st in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.

It was the last Isthmian League season to use goal average as a tie-breaker.

Enfield won Division One, while Tilbury won Division Two.

Division One

Isthmian League
Division One

Season	1975–76
Champions	Enfield
Relegated	Clapton Oxford City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,239 (2.68 per match)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Division One featured 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two clubs, promoted from Division Two:

• Southall & Ealing Borough, who also changed name from Southall at the end of the previous season.
• Staines Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Relegation
1	Enfield	42	26	9	7	83	38	2.184	87
2	Wycombe Wanderers	42	24	10	8	71	41	1.732	82
3	Dagenham	42	25	6	11	89	55	1.618	81
4	Ilford	42	22	10	10	58	39	1.487	76
5	Dulwich Hamlet	42	22	5	15	67	41	1.634	71
6	Hendon	42	20	11	11	60	41	1.463	71
7	Tooting & Mitcham United	42	19	11	12	73	49	1.490	68
8	Leatherhead	42	19	10	13	63	53	1.189	67
9	Staines Town	42	19	9	14	46	37	1.243	66
10	Slough Town	42	17	12	13	58	45	1.289	63
11	Sutton United	42	17	11	14	71	60	1.183	62
12	Bishop's Stortford	42	15	12	15	51	47	1.085	57
13	Walthamstow Avenue	42	14	11	17	47	60	0.783	53
14	Woking	42	14	9	19	58	62	0.935	51
15	Barking	42	15	6	21	57	70	0.814	51
16	Hitchin Town	42	13	11	18	45	57	0.789	50
17	Hayes	42	10	19	13	44	48	0.917	49
18	Kingstonian	42	13	8	21	53	87	0.609	47
19	Southall & Ealing Borough	42	11	9	22	56	69	0.812	42
20	Leytonstone	42	10	10	22	41	63	0.651	40
21	Oxford City	42	9	8	25	29	65	0.446	35	Relegated to Division Two
22	Clapton	42	3	3	36	19	112	0.170	12

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Division Two

Isthmian League
Division Two

Season	1975–76
Champions	Tilbury
Promoted	Croydon Tilbury
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,326 (2.87 per match)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

Division Two expanded up to 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:

• Two clubs relegated from Division One:
  • Bromley
  • Walton & Hersham

• Four clubs transferred from the Athenian League:
  • Harrow Borough
  • Hornchurch
  • Ware
  • Wembley

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion
1	Tilbury	42	32	6	4	97	30	3.233	102	Promoted to the Division One
2	Croydon	42	28	14	0	81	27	3.000	98
3	Carshalton Athletic	42	28	6	8	75	37	2.027	90
4	Chesham United	42	21	12	9	91	51	1.784	75
5	Harwich & Parkeston	42	21	11	10	78	56	1.393	74
6	Hampton	42	21	9	12	72	52	1.385	72
7	St Albans City	42	18	12	12	59	48	1.229	66
8	Boreham Wood	42	17	12	13	68	50	1.360	63
9	Harrow Borough	42	15	12	15	71	74	0.959	57
10	Hornchurch	42	15	11	16	61	61	1.000	56
11	Horsham	42	14	13	15	60	55	1.091	55
12	Wembley	42	14	13	15	51	54	0.944	55
13	Wokingham Town	42	13	16	13	45	52	0.865	55
14	Walton & Hersham	42	14	12	16	61	56	1.089	54
15	Finchley	42	14	11	17	52	53	0.981	53
16	Bromley	42	11	11	20	64	86	0.744	44
17	Harlow Town	42	11	9	22	50	73	0.685	42
18	Aveley	42	11	9	22	34	51	0.667	42
19	Maidenhead United	42	6	17	19	32	65	0.492	35
20	Ware	42	7	12	23	50	95	0.526	33
21	Hertford Town	42	5	9	28	32	87	0.368	24
22	Corinthian-Casuals	42	4	7	31	42	113	0.372	19

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

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