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The 1980–81 season was the 66th season of the Isthmian League, an English football competition.

Slough Town were champions, winning their first Isthmian League title. Though, there was no promotion from the Isthmian League to the Alliance Premier League till 1985, at the end of the season two Premier Division clubs - Dagenham and Enfield were accepted to the APL. Billericay Town finished second in Division One achieving the second promotion in a row. Willesden folded at the end of the season.

Premier Division

Isthmian League
Premier Division
Season1980–81
ChampionsSlough Town
RelegatedNone
Matches played462
Goals scored1,326 (2.87 per match)

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

There was no relegation from the division this season after Dagenham and Enfield joined the Alliance Premier League.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Slough Town 42 23 13 6 73 34 +39 82
2 Enfield 42 23 11 8 81 43 +38 80 Joined the Alliance Premier League
3 Wycombe Wanderers 42 22 9 11 76 49 +27 75
4 Leytonstone & Ilford 42 19 12 11 78 57 +21 69
5 Sutton United 42 19 12 11 82 65 +17 69
6 Hendon 42 18 10 14 66 58 +8 64
7 Hayes 42 18 8 16 45 50 −5 62
8 Dagenham 42 17 11 14 79 66 +13 62 Joined the Alliance Premier League
9 Harrow Borough 42 16 11 15 57 52 +5 59
10 Bromley 42 16 9 17 63 69 −6 57
11 Staines Town 42 15 9 18 60 61 −1 54
12 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 15 8 19 49 53 −4 53
13 Hitchin Town 42 14 10 18 64 62 +2 52
14 Croydon 42 12 15 15 51 51 0 51
15 Dulwich Hamlet 42 13 12 17 62 67 −5 51
16 Leatherhead 42 12 14 16 36 50 −14 50
17 Carshalton Athletic 42 14 8 20 57 82 −25 50
18 Barking 42 13 12 17 58 72 −14 49[a]
19 Harlow Town 42 11 15 16 53 66 −13 48
20 Walthamstow Avenue 42 13 7 22 50 81 −31 46
21 Boreham Wood 42 10 13 19 46 69 −23 43
22 Woking 42 11 7 24 40 69 −29 37[b]
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Barking were deducted two points.
  2. ^ Woking were deducted three points.

Division One

Isthmian League
Division One
Season1980–81
ChampionsBishop's Stortford
PromotedBillericay Town
Bishop's Stortford
RelegatedCamberley Town
Finchley
Matches played462
Goals scored1,311 (2.84 per match)

Division One consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:

Two clubs relegated from the Premier Division:

Two clubs promoted from Division Two:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bishop's Stortford 42 30 6 6 84 28 +56 96 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Billericay Town 42 29 6 7 67 34 +33 93
3 Epsom & Ewell 42 24 12 6 80 36 +44 84
4 Farnborough Town 42 23 11 8 75 39 +36 80
5 St Albans City 42 24 5 13 85 61 +24 77
6 Kingstonian 42 20 9 13 63 51 +12 66[a]
7 Oxford City 42 18 9 15 71 48 +23 63
8 Wokingham Town 42 16 15 11 70 56 +14 63
9 Metropolitan Police 42 18 7 17 61 58 +3 61
10 Chesham United 42 17 7 18 64 64 0 58
11 Lewes 42 17 7 18 72 83 −11 58
12 Maidenhead United 42 16 7 19 58 62 −4 55
13 Walton & Hersham 42 12 15 15 46 53 −7 51
14 Hertford Town 42 13 11 18 46 65 −19 50
15 Hampton 42 12 13 17 46 53 −7 49
16 Aveley 42 13 9 20 54 55 −1 48
17 Wembley 42 13 8 21 47 61 −14 47
18 Clapton 42 12 8 22 53 86 −33 44
19 Ware 42 9 13 20 50 69 −19 40
20 Tilbury 42 10 8 24 42 84 −42 38[b]
21 Camberley Town 42 8 7 27 42 88 −46 31 Relegated to Division Two
22 Finchley 42 6 11 25 35 77 −42 29
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Kingstonian were deducted three points.
  2. ^ Discordance between sources: fchd states that Tilbury were deducted three points, while rsssf doesn't.

Division Two

Isthmian League
Division Two
Season1980–81
ChampionsFeltham
PromotedFeltham
Hornchurch
Matches played380
Goals scored1,042 (2.74 per match)

Second Division consisted of 20 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season and three new teams:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Feltham 38 24 10 4 65 30 +35 82 Promoted to Division One
2 Hornchurch 38 25 6 7 74 35 +39 81
3 Hungerford Town 38 23 10 5 84 29 +55 79
4 Barton Rovers 38 19 11 8 61 26 +35 68
5 Worthing 38 19 11 8 74 43 +31 68
6 Cheshunt 38 19 11 8 57 33 +24 68
7 Letchworth Garden City 38 18 7 13 49 40 +9 61
8 Southall 38 14 11 13 48 52 −4 53
9 Dorking Town 38 13 12 13 47 45 +2 51
10 Horsham 38 16 3 19 47 47 0 51
11 Hemel Hempstead 38 14 7 17 49 55 −6 49
12 Egham Town 38 13 9 16 45 62 −17 48
13 Harwich & Parkeston 38 12 11 15 57 58 −1 47
14 Rainham Town 38 11 13 14 44 45 −1 46
15 Epping Town 38 12 7 19 37 50 −13 43
16 Eastbourne United 38 11 10 17 59 75 −16 43
17 Willesden 38 11 8 19 57 68 −11 41 Folded at the end of the season
18 Tring Town 38 11 6 21 40 71 −31 39
19 Molesey 38 4 9 25 31 83 −52 21
20 Corinthian-Casuals 38 1 8 29 17 95 −78 11
Source: fchd.com rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980%E2%80%9381_Isthmian_League

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