The 2016–17 season was the 102nd season 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 eleventh season for the current incarnations of Division One North and Division One South. The league constitution was announced on 12 May 2016 and concluded on 1 May 2017.[1] [2]
| Competition: | Isthmian League Premier Division |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | Havant & Waterlooville |
| Promoted: | Havant & Waterlooville Bognor Regis Town |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1709 |
| League Topscorer: | 29 goals - Matthew Blake (Leiston) |
| Attendance: | 184,483 |
| Average Attendance: | 334 (+6.4% to previous season) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
Farnborough were required by the Isthmian League to pay their creditors in full before the league's 2016 AGM. As this was not fulfilled, the league relegated the club from the Premier Division to Step 4, and Burgess Hill Town were reprieved from relegation.[3]
The Premier Division consisted of 24 clubs: 18 clubs from the previous season, and six new clubs:
Havant & Waterlooville were pronounced champions of the Premier Division on 22 April 2017,[4] and returned to the National League at the first attempt along with play-off winners Bognor Regis Town, who spent eight years in the Isthmian League after relegation from Conference South in 2009. AFC Sudbury, who reached Premier Division for the first time in their history relegated back to Division One North along with Canvey Island and Grays Athletic. Harrow Borough were reprieved from relegation after Worcester City, who relegated from National League North took a further voluntary demotion to the Midland League for financial reasons.[5]
| Player | Club | Goals[6] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Blake | Leiston | 29 | |
| Ryan Moss | Kingstonian | 24 | |
| James Fraser | Bognor Regis Town | 23 | |
| Jake Reed | Lowestoft Town | 22 | |
| Lloyd Dawes | Worthing | 20 |
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's Marsh | 2,500 | ||
| New Lodge | 3,500 | ||
| Nyewood Lane | 4,500 | ||
| Leylands Park | 2,500 | ||
| Park Lane | 4,500 | ||
| 3,000 | |||
| Queen Elizabeth II Stadium | 2,500 | ||
| Cheriton Road | 4,000 | ||
| The Mill Field (groundshare with Aveley) | 1,100 | ||
| The Harlow Arena | 3,500 | ||
| 3,070 | |||
| West Leigh Park | 5,250 | ||
| Silver Jubilee Park | 1,990 | ||
| Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) | 4,850 | ||
| Fetcham Grove | 3,400 | ||
| Victory Road | 2,500 | ||
| Crown Meadow | 3,000 | ||
| Moatside | 2,000 | ||
| Imber Court | 3,000 | ||
| Bloomfields | 4,000 | ||
| Wheatsheaf Park | 3,009 | ||
| 3,000 | |||
| The Harry Abrahams Stadium | 1,500 | ||
| Woodside Road | 4,000 |
| Competition: | Isthmian League Division One North |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Promoted: | Brightlingsea Regent Thurrock |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 1766 |
| League Topscorer: | 34 goals - Liam Nash (Maldon & Tiptree) |
| Attendance: | 66,240 |
| Average Attendance: | 120 (-9.1% to previous season) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
Division One North consisted of 24 clubs: 19 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
Brightlingsea Regent were pronounced champions of Division One North on 8 April 2017,[7] and promoted with play-off Thurrock. Wroxham, who were reprieved from relegation twice in three previous seasons were finally relegated along with Great Wakering Rovers. Ware get a reprieve after Worcester City took a voluntary demotion from National League to Midland League.[5]
| Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Liam Nash | Maldon & Tiptree | 34 |
| Bradley Warner | Bowers & Pitsea | 31 |
| Aaron Condon | Brightlingsea Regent | 30 |
| Jason Hallett | Cheshunt | 29 |
| Leon McKenzie | AFC Hornchurch |
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,500 | |||
| The Mill Field | 1,100 | ||
| Crown Avenue | 2,000 | ||
| The Brentwood Centre Arena | 1,800 | ||
| North Road | 1,000 | ||
| Ram Meadow | 3,500 | ||
| Cheshunt Stadium | 3,000 | ||
| Aldiss Park | 3,000 | ||
| Burroughs Park | 2,500 | ||
| Coles Park | 1,500 | ||
| Scraley Road | 3,000 | ||
| Wallace Binder Ground | 2,000 | ||
| Plantation Park | 3,000 | ||
| Victory Road | 2,000 | ||
| Ship Lane (groundshare with Thurrock) | 3,500 | ||
| Julius Martin Lane | 2,000 | ||
| Bayliss Avenue | 6,000 | ||
| Ship Lane | 3,500 | ||
| Chadfields | 4,000 | ||
| Oakwood | 1,180 | ||
| Capershotts | 3,500 | ||
| Wodson Park | 3,300 | ||
| Spa Road | 2,500 | ||
| Trafford Park | 2,000 |
| Competition: | Isthmian League Division One South |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| Promoted: | Tooting & Mitcham United Dorking Wanderers |
| Matches: | 552 |
| Total Goals: | 2029 |
| League Topscorer: | 33 goals - Shaun Okojie (Corinthian-Casuals) |
| Attendance: | 111,438 |
| Average Attendance: | 202 (-1.4% to previous season) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
Division One South consisted of 24 clubs: 19 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
Tooting & Mitcham United were pronounced champions of Division One South on 22 April 2017,[8] and returned to the Premier Division after five seasons in Division One South along with play-off winners Dorking Wanderers who reached this level for the first time in their history.
| Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Okojie | Corinthian-Casuals | 33 | |
| Kieran Lavery | South Park | 32 | |
| Tommy Bradford | Carshalton Athletic | 29 | |
| Francis Collin | Hastings United | 28 | |
| Charlie MacDonald | Greenwich Borough | 27 |
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| War Memorial Sports Ground | 5,000 | ||
| The Sports Ground | 5,000 | ||
| High Road | 2,000 | ||
| King George's Field | 2,700 | ||
| Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) | 6,000 | ||
| Westhumble Community Ground | 1,500 | ||
| East Court | 1,000 | ||
| Shepherd Neame Stadium | 2,000 | ||
| Weycourt | 3,000 | ||
| Badgers Sports Ground (groundshare with Cray Valley PM) | 1,500 | ||
| 5,000 | |||
| The Pilot Field | 4,050 | ||
| Winch's Field | 4,000 | ||
| Gorings Mead | 1,500 | ||
| Reachfields Stadium | 3,000 | ||
| 3,000 | |||
| Walton Road Stadium | 1,000 | ||
| Southwood Stadium | 2,500 | ||
| Woodstock Park | 3,000 | ||
| King George's Field | 2,000 | ||
| Jubilee Field | 1,500 | ||
| 3,500 | |||
| Church Road (groundshare with Whyteleafe) | 2,000 | ||
| Church Road | 2,000 |
| Alan Turvey Trophy | |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Country: | England |
| Num Teams: | 62 |
| Champions: | Billericay Town |
| Runner-Up: | Tonbridge Angels |
| Matches: | 61 |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
The 2016–17 Alan Turvey Trophy sponsored by Robert Dyas (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) is the 43rd season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.
| Round | Dates | Matches | width=100 | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round | 5 September to 12 September | 30 | 62 → 32 | |
| Second round | 4 October to 13 December | 16 | 32 → 16 | |
| Third round | 6 December to 31 January | 8 | 16 → 8 | |
| Quarterfinals | 10 January to 14 February | 4 | 8 → 4 | |
| Semifinals | 21 February to 14 March | 2 | 4 → 2 | |
| Final | 12 April | 1 | 2 → 1 |
The Isthmian League Cup was voluntary this season, ten clubs decided not to take part in the competition:
Sixty clubs participated in the First round, while two clubs received a bye to the Second round:
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 1 | Aveley (N) | 1–2 | Greenwich Borough (S) | 44 | |
| 2 | Carshalton Athletic (S) | 1–0 | Molesey (S) | 99 | |
| 3 | Chatham Town (S) | 1–0 | VCD Athletic (N) | 61 | |
| 4 | Kingstonian (P) | 2–2 | Merstham (P) | 124 | |
| Merstham advance 5–4 on penalties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Burgess Hill Town (P) | 1–0 | Horsham (S) | 133 | |
| 6 | East Grinstead Town (S) | 2–2 | Godalming Town (S) | 62 | |
| Godalming Town advance 6–5 on penalties | |||||
| 7 | AFC Sudbury (P) | 2–1 | Lowestoft Town (P) | 125 | |
| 8 | Billericay Town (P) | 3–0 | Heybridge Swifts (N) | 117 | |
| 9 | Brightlingsea Regent (N) | 6–3 | Leiston (P) | 62 | |
| 10 | Canvey Island (P) | 6–1 | Great Wakering Rovers (N) | 90 | |
| 11 | Cheshunt (N) | 2–4 | Enfield Town (P) | 231 | |
| 12 | Dulwich Hamlet (P) | 4–0 | Grays Athletic (P) | 374 | |
| 13 | Folkestone Invicta (P) | 0–1 | Tonbridge Angels (P) | 224 | |
| 14 | Harrow Borough (P) | 4–4 | Wingate & Finchley (P) | 85 | |
| Wingate & Finchley advance 8–7 on penalties But later Wingate & Finchley removed, Harrow Borough reinstalled | |||||
| 15 | Soham Town Rangers (N) | 3–4 | Needham Market (P) | 103 | |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 16 | Tooting & Mitcham United (S) | 0–3 | Staines Town (P) | 111 | |
| 17 | Waltham Abbey (N) | 3–1 | Harlow Town (P) | 91 | |
| 18 | Worthing (P) | 5–0 | Three Bridges (S) | 227 | |
| 19 | Hendon (P) | 2–2 | Metropolitan Police (P) | 76 | |
| Metropolitan Police advance 4–3 on penalties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Brentwood Town (N) | 1–2 | Ware (N) | 45 | |
| 21 | Tilbury (N) | 0–0 | Maldon & Tiptree (N) | 51 | |
| Tilbury advance 8–7 on penalties | |||||
| 22 | AFC Hornchurch (N) | 4–1 | Haringey Borough (N) | 71 | |
| 23 | Bowers & Pitsea (N) | 3–0 | Witham Town (N) | 75 | |
| 24 | Chipstead (S) | 1–2 | South Park (S) | 53 | |
| 25 | Corinthian-Casuals (S) | 2–0 | Whyteleafe (S) | 74 | |
| 26 | Faversham Town (S) | 3–0 | Hythe Town (S) | 128 | |
| 27 | Herne Bay (S) | 1–1 | Hastings United (S) | 145 | |
| Hastings United advance 4–3 on penalties | |||||
| 28 | Sittingbourne (S) | 2–1 | Ramsgate (S) | 88 | |
| 29 | Thamesmead Town (N) | 4–3 | Romford (N) | 47 | |
| Thamesmead Town removed, Romford reinstalled | |||||
| 30 | Leatherhead (P) | 2–1 | Walton Casuals (N) | 65 | |
Thirty clubs to have made it through the First round were entered into the draw with two clubs who get a bye, making thirty-two teams.
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 31 | Waltham Abbey (N) | 2–5 | AFC Sudbury (P) | 62 | |
| 32 | Tilbury (N) | 1–1 | Billericay Town (P) | 112 | |
| Billericay Town advance 4–2 on penalties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | Canvey Island (P) | 0–0 | Ware (N) | 151 | |
| Ware advance 3–1 on penalties | |||||
| 34 | Staines Town (P) | 3–4 | Harrow Borough (P) | 123 | |
| 35 | Tonbridge Angels (P) | 2–0 | Sittingbourne (S) | 260 | |
| 36 | Romford (N) | 1–0 | Chatham Town (S) | 65 | |
| 37 | Enfield Town (P) | 1–4 | AFC Hornchurch (N) | 120 | |
| 38 | Greenwich Borough (S) | 1–2 | Dulwich Hamlet (P) | 213 | |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 39 | Merstham (P) | 4–3 | Leatherhead (P) | 154 | |
| 40 | Burgess Hill Town (P) | 2–3 | Godalming Town (S) | 148 | |
| Godalming Town removed, Burgess Hill Town reinstalled | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Bury Town (N) | 0–2 | Needham Market (P) | 230 | |
| 42 | Faversham Town (S) | 1–1 | Hastings United (S) | 101 | |
| Faversham Town advance 6–5 on penalties | |||||
| 43 | Metropolitan Police (P) | 0–1 | Corinthian-Casuals (S) | 103 | |
| 44 | South Park (S) | 2–1 | Carshalton Athletic (S) | 72 | |
| 45 | Worthing (P) | 2–1 | Dorking Wanderers (S) | 280 | |
| 46 | Brightlingsea Regent (N) | 2–1 | Bowers & Pitsea (N) | 54 | |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 47 | Tonbridge Angels (P) | 2–2 | Romford (N) | 133 | |
| Tonbridge Angels advance 4–2 on penalties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | AFC Hornchurch (N) | 1–0 | AFC Sudbury (P) | 76 | |
| 49 | Corinthian-Casuals (S) | 2–5 | Merstham (P) | 81 | |
| 50 | Ware (N) | 1–2 | Needham Market (P) | 60 | |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 51 | Worthing (P) | 2–1 | Burgess Hill Town (P) | 444 | |
| 52 | Billericay Town (P) | 2–1 | Brightlingsea Regent (N) | 126 | |
| 53 | Dulwich Hamlet (P) | 2–1 | Faversham Town (S) | 321 | |
| 54 | Harrow Borough (P) | 0–4 | South Park (S) | 53 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 55 | Needham Market (P) | 1–3 | Tonbridge Angels (P) | 148 | |
| 56 | Worthing (P) | 0–7 | Billericay Town (P) | 318 |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 57 | Merstham (P) | 1–1 | South Park (S) | 110 | |
| South Park advance 4–3 on penalties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | AFC Hornchurch (N) | 2–3 | Dulwich Hamlet (P) | 146 | |
| Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
| 59 | Billericay Town (P) | 4–3 | South Park (S) | 275 | |
| 60 | Tonbridge Angels (P) | 3–1 | Dulwich Hamlet (P) | 305 |