1976–77 Isthmian League

The 1976–77 season was the 62nd season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.

It was the first Isthmian League season to use goal difference as a tie-breaker.

Enfield won Division One, while Tilbury won Division Two.

At the end of the season the league divisions were renamed: Division One was renamed the Premier Division and Division Two was renamed Division One. Also, seventeen new clubs were newly admitted to the league, they were placed to new Division Two, as the league expanded to three divisions.

Division One

Isthmian League
Division One

Season	1976–77
Champions	Enfield
Relegated	Dulwich Hamlet Ilford
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,229 (2.66 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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

• Croydon
• Tilbury

League table

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

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two

Isthmian League
Division Two

Season	1976–77
Champions	Boreham Wood
Promoted	Boreham Wood Carshalton Athletic
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,330 (2.88 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Division Two consisted of 22 clubs, including 20 clubs from the previous season and two new clubs, relegated from Division One:

• Clapton
• Oxford City

League table

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

Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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