The 2004–05 season was the 90th in the history of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England.
Also, it was the first season after the creation of the Conference North and South, one step above the Isthmian League. Therefore, it was the inaugural season for the league in the seventh, eighth and ninth tiers of the English league system.
| Competition: | Isthmian League Premier Division |
| Season: | 2004–05 |
| Winners: | Yeading |
| Promoted: | Eastleigh Yeading |
| Relegated: | Dover Athletic Kingstonian Tonbridge Angels |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1302 |
| League Topscorer: | 29 goals – Carl Griffiths (Heybridge Swifts) |
| Highest Attendance: | 2,390 – Dover Athletic – Folkestone Invicta, (28 March) |
| Attendance: | 149,301 |
| Average Attendance: | 323 (-12.5% to previous season) |
| Prevseason: | 2003–04 |
| Nextseason: | 2005–06 |
After the creation of the Conference North and South, placed above the Isthmian League before the start of the season most of the Premier Division clubs were transferred to the newly created divisions.
The Premier Division featured seven clubs from the previous season and 15 new clubs:
Yeading won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners Eastleigh. Tonbridge Angels, Dover Athletic and Kingstonian finished bottom of the table and were relegated to Division One, while 19th-placed Cheshunt were reprieved as the club with a better record than the equivalent Northern Premier League and Southern League clubs after Conference South side Hornchurch folded.
| Club | Stadium | |
|---|---|---|
| New Lodge | ||
| Cressing Road | ||
| New Lodge (groundshare with Billericay Town) | ||
| Cheshunt Stadium | ||
| Crabble Athletic Ground | ||
| Ten Acres | ||
| Cheriton Road | ||
| Beveree Stadium | ||
| Earlsmead Stadium | ||
| Claremont Road | ||
| Scraley Road | ||
| Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) | ||
| Leyton Stadium | ||
| Chestnut Avenue | ||
| Raymond McEnhill Stadium | ||
| Stag Meadow (groundshare with Windsor & Eton) | ||
| Wheatsheaf Park | ||
| Longmead Stadium | ||
| White Lion (groundshare with Edgware Town) | ||
| Stag Meadow | ||
| Woodside Road | ||
| The Warren |
| Competition: | Isthmian League Division One |
| Season: | 2004–05 |
| Winners: | AFC Wimbledon |
| Promoted: | AFC Wimbledon Bromley Walton & Hersham |
| Relegated: | Croydon Dorking |
| Matches: | 462 |
| Total Goals: | 1410 |
| League Topscorer: | 29 goals – Stephen Harper (Burgess Hill Town) |
| Highest Attendance: | 3,358 – AFC Wimbledon – Cray Wanderers, (23 April) |
| Attendance: | 168,134 |
| Average Attendance: | 364 |
| Prevseason: | 2003–04 (North) 2003–04 (South) |
| Nextseason: | 2005–06 |
After the creation of the Conference North and South one step above the Isthmian League, most of the Premier Division clubs were transferred to the newly created divisions. Consequently, the best Division One clubs took up the empty spots in higher divisions. Remaining Division One North clubs were transferred to the Southern Football League. Two Isthmian League Division One sections were merged into single Division One.
Division One consisted of 13 clubs transferred from Division One South and nine new clubs:
AFC Wimbledon won the division to earn a second promotion in a row along with runners-up Walton & Hersham and play-off winners Bromley. Dorking returned to Division Two along with Croydon.
| Club | Stadium | |
|---|---|---|
| Kingsmeadow (groundshare with Kingstonian) | ||
| The Homelands | ||
| Merland Rise | ||
| Bashley Road | ||
| Hayes Lane | ||
| Leylands Park | ||
| King George's Field | ||
| Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) | ||
| Croydon Sports Arena | ||
| Keith Tuckey Stadium | ||
| Meadowbank Stadium | ||
| Champion Hill | ||
| Calthorpe Park | ||
| The Pilot Field | ||
| Queen Street | ||
| Fetcham Grove | ||
| Imber Court | ||
| Walton Road Stadium | ||
| St Georges Park | ||
| Imperial Fields | ||
| The Sports Ground | ||
| Church Road |
| Competition: | Isthmian League Division Two |
| Season: | 2004–05 |
| Winners: | Ilford |
| Promoted: | Enfield Ilford |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 788 |
| League Topscorer: | 26 goals – Kevin Cooper (Hertford Town) |
| Highest Attendance: | 428 – Enfield – Hertford Town, (23 April) |
| Attendance: | 17,292 |
| Average Attendance: | 72 |
| Prevseason: | 2003–04 |
| Nextseason: | 2005–06 |
Division Two consisted of 16 clubs, including 12 clubs from the previous season, and four new clubs:
Ilford won the division and were promoted to Southern League Eastern Division along with runners-up Enfield. There was no relegation from Division Two, though Abingdon Town resigned from the league at the end of the season.
| Club | Stadium | |
|---|---|---|
| Culham Road | ||
| Farm Park | ||
| Krooner Park | ||
| Mill Meadow | ||
| Alwyns Lane | ||
| The Old Spotted Dog Ground | ||
| White Lion | ||
| Wodson Park (groundshare with Ware) | ||
| Merland Rise (groundshare with Banstead Athletic) | ||
| Wilks Park | ||
| Hertingfordbury Park | ||
| Cricklefield Stadium | ||
| Avenue Park | ||
| Wodson Park | ||
| Vale Farm | ||
| Spa Road |
| Isthmian League Cup | |
| Year: | 2004–05 |
| Num Teams: | 60 |
| Winners: | Slough Town |
| Second: | Hampton & Richmond Borough |
| Prev Season: | 2003–04 |
| Next Season: | 2005–06 |
The Isthmian League Cup 2004–05 was the 31st season of the Isthmian League Cup, the league cup competition of the Isthmian League. Sixty clubs took part. The competition commenced on 26 October 2004 and finished on 28 April 2005.[1]
| Round | Main date | Matches | width=100 | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 26 October | 18 | 60 → 42 | |
| Second round | 16 November | 10 | 42 → 32 | |
| Third round | 3 January | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
| Fourth round | 1 February | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
| Quarterfinals | 22 February | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
| Semifinals | 15 March and 22 March | 4 | 4 → 2 | |
| Final | 28 April | 1 | 2 → 1 |
Fixtures are listed in alphabetical order, not that which they were drawn in.
In the first round, the thirty-six lowest ranked clubs in the Isthmian League played each other for a place in the second round.
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 1 | AFC Wimbledon (1) | 2–0 | Flackwell Heath (2) | 1,063 | |
| 2 | Bashley (1) | 4–0 | Abingdon Town (2) | 46 | |
| 3 | Brook House (2) | 3–2 | Molesey (1) | 80 | |
| 4 | Chalfont St. Peter (2) | 3–4 | Clapton (2) | 32 | |
| 5 | Chertsey Town (2) | 1–2 | Burgess Hill Town (1) | 78 | |
| 6 | Cray Wanderers (1) | 5–1 | Camberley Town (2) | 58 | |
| 7 | Croydon Athletic (1) | 4–1 | Dorking (1) | 61 | |
| 8 | Dulwich Hamlet (1) | 6–0 | Corinthian-Casuals (1) | 108 | |
| 9 | Edgware Town (2) | 3–4 | Horsham (1) | 80 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 10 | Epsom & Ewell (2) | 1–2 | Witham Town (2) | 45 | |
| 11 | Hertford Town (2) | 1–0 | Bromley (1) | 90 | |
| 12 | Ilford (2) | 1–2 | Kingsbury Town (2) | 50 | |
| 13 | Leatherhead (1) | 1–0 | Newport (Isle of Wight) (1) | 69 | |
| 14 | Metropolitan Police (1) | 5–1 | Hastings United (1) | 63 | |
| 15 | Tooting & Mitcham United (1) | 2–1 | Ashford Town (Kent) (1) | 100 | |
| 16 | Walton & Hersham (1) | 7–1 | Banstead Athletic (1) | 71 | |
| 17 | Ware (2) | 2–3 | Enfield (2) | 128 | |
| 18 | Wembley (2) | 0–2 | Croydon (1) | 64 |
The eighteen clubs to have made it through the first round were entered into the second-round draw with Fleet Town and Whyteleafe, making twenty teams.
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 19 | Burgess Hill Town (1) | 3–0 | Whyteleafe (1) | 95 | |
| 20 | Clapton (2) | 0–1 | Walton & Hersham (1) | 43 | |
| 21 | Cray Wanderers (1) | 2–1 | Croydon (1) | 66 | |
| 22 | Dulwich Hamlet (1) | 4–1 | Croydon Athletic (1) | 79 | |
| 23 | Fleet Town (1) | 3–0 | Brook House (2) | 72 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 24 | Horsham (1) | 1–2 | AFC Wimbledon (1) | 868 | |
| 25 | Kingsbury Town (2) | 3–4 | Enfield (2) | 12 | |
| 26 | Leatherhead (1) | 2–0 | Tooting & Mitcham United (1) | 124 | |
| 27 | Metropolitan Police (1) | 2–3 | Hertford Town (2) | 46 | |
| 28 | Witham Town (2) | 2–3 | Bashley (1) | 38 |
The ten clubs to have made it through the second round were entered into the third-round draw with the twenty-two Premier Division clubs, making thirty-two teams.
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 29 | Billericay Town (P) | 0–2 | Heybridge Swifts (P) | 221 | |
| 30 | Cray Wanderers (1) | 1–0 | Burgess Hill Town (1) | 68 | |
| 31 | Dover Athletic (P) | 1–2 | AFC Wimbledon (1) | 692 | |
| 32 | Enfield (2) | 1–4 | Bashley (1) | 86 | |
| 33 | Fleet Town (1) | 0–2 | Yeading (P) | 96 | |
| 34 | Folkestone Invicta (P) | 6–1 | Kingstonian (P) | 343 | |
| 35 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) | 2–1 | Dulwich Hamlet (1) | 230 | |
| 36 | Harrow Borough (P) | 0–1 | Braintree Town (P) | 130 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 37 | Hendon (P) | 3–6 | Leatherhead (1) | 83 | |
| 38 | Hertford Town (2) | 0–1 | Chelmsford City (P) | 252 | |
| 39 | Salisbury City (P) | 2–0 | Leyton (P) | 240 | |
| 40 | Slough Town (P) | 1–0 | Cheshunt (P) | 112 | |
| 41 | Walton & Hersham (1) | 2–1 | Northwood (P) | 152 | |
| 42 | Wealdstone (P) | 3–0 | Tonbridge Angels (P) | 156 | |
| 43 | Windsor & Eton (P) | 0–1 | Staines Town (P) | 147 | |
| 44 | Worthing (P) | 0–2 | Eastleigh (P) | 359 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 45 | AFC Wimbledon (1) | 3–2 | Cray Wanderers (1) | 772 | |
| 46 | Chelmsford City (P) | 2–1 | Wealdstone (P) | 229 | |
| 47 | Eastleigh (P) | 1–2 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) | 192 | |
| 48 | Folkestone Invicta (P) | 2–1 | Bashley (1) | 152 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 49 | Leatherhead (1) | 3–3 | Yeading (P) | 107 | |
| Leatherhead advance on penalties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Slough Town (P) | 3–0 | Salisbury City (P) | 193 | |
| 51 | Staines Town (P) | 0–1 | Heybridge Swifts (P) | 82 | |
| 52 | Walton & Hersham (1) | 0–2 | Braintree Town (P) | 102 | |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 53 | Chelmsford City (P) | 3–0 | Leatherhead (1) | 217 | |
| 54 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) | 1–0 | Braintree Town (P) | 138 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 55 | Heybridge Swifts (P) | 1–1 | Folkestone Invicta (P) | 116 | |
| Heybridge Swifts advance on penalties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | Slough Town (P) | 4–2 | AFC Wimbledon (1) | 564 | |
The semifinals fixtures were played over two legs.
| First leg | |||||
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 57 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) | 0–0 | Chelmsford City (P) | 207 | |
| 58 | Heybridge Swifts (P) | 1–2 | Slough Town (P) | 275 | |
| Second leg | |||||
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 59 | Chelmsford City (P) | 0–1 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (P) | 191 | |
| 60 | Slough Town (P) | 2–1 | Heybridge Swifts (P) | 305 | |
The only red card of the match came for Hampton & Richmond Borough's Dean Wells. There was also a yellow card for Slough Town's Josias Carbon.