1973–74 Isthmian League

The 1973–74 Isthmian League season was the 59th season, and the first in which the league was split into two divisions, with sixteen clubs joining a new second division. Wycombe Wanderers won Division One, whilst Dagenham won Division Two.^[1] It was also the first season in which the Isthmian League used three points for a win.

Final tables

Division One

Isthmian League Division One
Season	1973–74
Champions	Wycombe Wanderers
Promoted	None
Relegated	Corinthian-Casuals St Albans City
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1263 (2.73 per match)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Notes
1	Wycombe Wanderers (C)	42	27	9	6	96	34	90
2	Hendon	42	25	13	4	63	20	88
3	Bishop's Stortford	42	26	9	7	78	26	87
4	Dulwich Hamlet	42	22	11	9	71	38	77
5	Leatherhead	42	23	6	13	81	44	75
6	Walton & Hersham	42	20	12	10	68	50	72
7	Woking	42	22	6	14	63	55	72
8	Leytonstone	42	20	9	13	63	44	69
9	Ilford	42	20	8	14	60	44	68
10	Hayes	42	17	14	11	65	43	65
11	Oxford City	42	15	16	11	45	47	61
12	Sutton United	42	13	16	13	51	52	55
13	Hitchin Town	42	15	10	17	68	73	55
14	Barking	42	14	12	16	57	58	54
15	Kingstonian	42	12	15	15	47	46	51
16	Tooting & Mitcham	42	14	9	19	57	62	51
17	Enfield	42	13	11	18	50	57	50
18	Walthamstow Avenue	42	11	13	18	46	62	46
19	Bromley	42	7	9	26	37	81	30
20	Clapton	42	8	3	31	36	128	27
21	St Albans City	42	4	7	31	30	92	19	Relegated to Division Two
22	Corinthian Casuals	42	3	4	35	31	107	13	Relegated to Division Two

Division Two

Isthmian League Division Two
Season	1973–74
Champions	Dagenham
Promoted	Dagenham Slough Town
Relegated	None
Matches played	240
Goals scored	657 (2.74 per match)
1974–75 →

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Notes
1	Dagenham (C)	30	22	4	4	68	23	70	Promoted to Division One
2	Slough Town	30	18	6	6	46	23	60	Promoted to Division One
3	Hertford Town	30	17	5	8	46	29	56
4	Chesham United	30	16	6	8	61	43	54
5	Aveley	30	16	5	9	50	28	53
6	Tilbury	30	14	5	11	47	36	47
7	Maidenhead United	30	12	11	7	36	30	47
8	Horsham	30	12	9	9	47	35	45
9	Harwich & Parkeston	30	11	9	10	46	41	42
10	Staines Town	30	10	8	12	34	41	38
11	Carshalton Athletic	30	8	8	14	34	51	32
12	Hampton	30	6	10	14	33	51	28
13	Harlow Town	30	6	9	15	33	48	27
14	Finchley	30	6	7	17	29	52	25
15	Southall	30	3	10	17	17	52	19
16	Wokingham Town	30	3	8	19	30	74	17

The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.
The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

References

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Isthmian League

Premier Division	AFC Sudbury Billericay Town Bognor Regis Town Burgess Hill Town Canvey Island Dulwich Hamlet Enfield Town Folkestone Invicta Grays Athletic Harlow Town Harrow Borough Havant & Waterlooville Hendon Kingstonian Leatherhead Leiston Lowestoft Town Merstham Metropolitan Police Needham Market Staines Town Tonbridge Angels Wingate & Finchley Worthing

Division One North	AFC Hornchurch Aveley Bowers & Pitsea Brentwood Town Brightlingsea Regent Bury Town Cheshunt Dereham Town Great Wakering Rovers Haringey Borough Heybridge Swifts Maldon & Tiptree Norwich United Phoenix Sports Romford Soham Town Rangers Thamesmead Town Thurrock Tilbury VCD Athletic Waltham Abbey Ware Witham Town Wroxham

Division One South	Carshalton Athletic Chatham Town Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals Cray Wanderers Dorking Wanderers East Grinstead Town Faversham Town Godalming Town Greenwich Borough Guernsey Hastings United Herne Bay Horsham Hythe Town Lewes Molesey Ramsgate Sittingbourne South Park Three Bridges Tooting & Mitcham United Walton Casuals Whyteleafe

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First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Crystal Palace Fulham Hull City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sunderland Swindon Town West Bromwich Albion

Third Division	Aldershot Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Huddersfield Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southend United Southport Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Barnsley Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepool United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Workington

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