1973–74 Isthmian League
The 1973–74 season was the 59th in the history of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.
It was the first season in which the league was split into two divisions after sixteen new clubs joined the new Division Two. It was also the first season in which the Isthmian League used three points for a win.
Wycombe Wanderers won Division One, whilst Dagenham won Division Two.
Division One
Football league season
Season | 1973–74 |
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Champions | Wycombe Wanderers |
Relegated | Corinthian-Casuals St Albans City |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,263 (2.73 per match) |
← 1972–73 1974–75 → |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 96 | 34 | 2.824 | 90 | |
2 | Hendon | 42 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 63 | 20 | 3.150 | 88 | |
3 | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 78 | 26 | 3.000 | 87 | |
4 | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 71 | 38 | 1.868 | 77 | |
5 | Leatherhead | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 81 | 44 | 1.841 | 75 | |
6 | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 68 | 50 | 1.360 | 72 | |
7 | Woking | 42 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 63 | 55 | 1.145 | 72 | |
8 | Leytonstone | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 63 | 44 | 1.432 | 69 | |
9 | Ilford | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 44 | 1.364 | 68 | |
10 | Hayes | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 65 | 43 | 1.512 | 65 | |
11 | Oxford City | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 45 | 47 | 0.957 | 61 | |
12 | Sutton United | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 51 | 52 | 0.981 | 55 | |
13 | Hitchin Town | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 68 | 73 | 0.932 | 55 | |
14 | Barking | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 57 | 58 | 0.983 | 54 | |
15 | Kingstonian | 42 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 46 | 1.022 | 51 | |
16 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 57 | 62 | 0.919 | 51 | |
17 | Enfield | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 50 | 57 | 0.877 | 50 | |
18 | Walthamstow Avenue | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 46 | 62 | 0.742 | 46 | |
19 | Bromley | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 37 | 81 | 0.457 | 30 | |
20 | Clapton | 42 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 36 | 128 | 0.281 | 27 | |
21 | St Albans City | 42 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 92 | 0.326 | 19 | Relegated to Division Two |
22 | Corinthian-Casuals | 42 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 31 | 107 | 0.290 | 13 |
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
Division Two
Football league season
Season | 1973–74 |
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Champions | Dagenham |
Promoted | Dagenham Slough Town |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 657 (2.74 per match) |
1974–75 → |
It was the first season of Division Two, fifteen clubs joined the Isthmian League from different divisions of the Athenian League, while Hertford Town were transferred from the Eastern Counties League.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Dagenham | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 23 | 2.957 | 70 | Promoted to Division One |
2 | Slough Town | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 23 | 2.000 | 60 | |
3 | Hertford Town | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 29 | 1.586 | 56 | |
4 | Chesham United | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 43 | 1.419 | 54 | |
5 | Aveley | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 50 | 28 | 1.786 | 53 | |
6 | Tilbury | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 36 | 1.306 | 47 | |
7 | Maidenhead United | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 1.200 | 47 | |
8 | Horsham | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 35 | 1.343 | 45 | |
9 | Harwich & Parkeston | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 46 | 41 | 1.122 | 42 | |
10 | Staines Town | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 41 | 0.829 | 38 | |
11 | Carshalton Athletic | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 51 | 0.667 | 32 | |
12 | Hampton | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 33 | 51 | 0.647 | 28 | |
13 | Harlow Town | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 0.688 | 27 | |
14 | Finchley | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 52 | 0.558 | 25 | |
15 | Southall | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 52 | 0.327 | 19 | |
16 | Wokingham Town | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 30 | 74 | 0.405 | 17 |
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
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