The 2024–25 season was the 110th season of the Isthmian League, which is an English football competition featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs from London, East and South East England. The league operates four divisions, the Premier Division at Step 3 and three divisions, North, South Central and South East at Step 4 of the National League System. This was the sixth season since the former South Division was subdivided into the South Central and South East divisions. The league is also known as the Pitching In League under a sponsorship deal with Entain, formerly GVC Holdings.
The allocations for steps 3 and 4 were announced by The Football Association (FA) on 17 May 2024.
Premier Division
The Premier Division comprised sixteen teams from the previous season, as well as six clubs who newly joined the division.
Team changes
To the Premier Division Promoted from the North Division Bowers & Pitsea
Promoted from the South East Division Chichester City Cray Valley Paper Mills
Relegated from the National League South Dartford Dover Athletic
Transferred from the Southern Football League Premier Division South Hendon
From the Premier Division Promoted to the National League South Enfield Town Hornchurch
Relegated to the North Division Concord Rangers Haringey Borough
Relegated to the South Central Division Kingstonian
Relegated to the South East Division Margate
Premier Division table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityBillericay Town Billericay New Lodge 3,500Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Nyewood Lane 4,500Bowers & Pitsea Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium 3,500Canvey Island Canvey Island Park Lane 4,500Carshalton Athletic London War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000Chatham Town Chatham, Kent The Bauvil Stadium 5,000CheshuntCheshunt Theobalds Lane 3,000Chichester City Chichester Oaklands Park 2,000Cray Valley Paper Mills London Badgers Sports Ground 1,000Cray Wanderers London Flamingo Park 2,500Dartford Dartford Princes Park 4,100Dover Athletic Dover Crabble Athletic Ground 6,500Dulwich Hamlet London Champion Hill 3,334Folkestone Invicta Folkestone Cheriton Road 4,000Hashtag United Aveley Parkside 3,500Hastings United Hastings The Pilot Field 4,050 Hendon London Silver Jubilee Park 2,000Horsham Horsham The Camping World Community Stadium 3,000Lewes Lewes The Dripping Pan 3,000Potters Bar Town Potters Bar Parkfield 2,000Whitehawk Brighton The Enclosed Ground 3,126Wingate & Finchley London The Maurice Rebak Stadium 1,500
North Division
The North Division comprises 22 teams for the first time following the introduction of play-offs at step five the previous season. Fourteen teams competed in the previous season in the division.
Team changes
To the North Division Promoted from the Eastern Counties League Mildenhall Town Newmarket Town
Promoted from the Essex Senior League Sporting Bengal United Tilbury
Relegated from the Premier Division Concord Rangers Haringey Borough
Transferred from the Northern Premier Division One Midlands Cambridge City
Transferred from the Southern League Division One Central Waltham Abbey
From the North Division Promoted to the Premier Division Bowers & Pitsea
Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central Lowestoft Town
Relegated to the Eastern Counties League Stowmarket Town
Transferred to the Southern League Division One Central Enfield
Resigned from league East Thurrock United New Salamis
North Division table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityBasildon United Basildon Gardiners Close 2,000Brentwood Town Brentwood The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,800Brightlingsea Regent Brightlingsea North Road 2,000Bury Town Bury St Edmunds Ram Meadow 3,500 Cambridge City Sawston West Way 3,000Concord Rangers Canvey Island Thames Road 3,300Felixstowe & Walton United Felixstowe Dellwood Avenue 2,000Gorleston Gorleston-on-Sea Wellesley Recreation Ground (groundshare with Great Yarmouth Town) 3,600 (500 seated)Grays Athletic Tilbury Chadfields (groundshare with Tilbury) 4,000Haringey Borough Tottenham Coles Park 2,500Heybridge Swifts Heybridge Scraley Road 3,000Ipswich Wanderers Rushmere Humber Doucy Lane 550Maldon & Tiptree Maldon Wallace Binder Ground 2,000 Mildenhall Town Mildenhall Recreation Way 2,000 Newmarket Town Newmarket Cricket Field Road 2,750Redbridge Barkingside Oakside Stadium 3,000 (316 seated) Sporting Bengal United Mile End Mile End Stadium 2,000 Tilbury Tilbury Chadfields 4,000 Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey Capershotts 3,500 Walthamstow London Wadham Lodge 3,500Witham Town Witham Spa Road 2,500Wroxham Wroxham Trafford Park 2,500
South Central Division
The South Central Division consists of 22 teams, 15 of which competed in the previous campaign.
Team changes
To the South Central Division Promoted from the Combined Counties Premier Division North Rayners Lane
Promoted from the Combined Counties Premier Division South Farnham Town
Promoted from the Wessex Football League Moneyfields
Relegated from the Premier Division Kingstonian
Relegated from the Southern League Premier Division South Harrow Borough Hayes & Yeading United
Transferred from the South East Division Horndean
From the South Central Division Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division South Chertsey Town Marlow
Relegated to the Combined Counties Premier Division South Chipstead Corinthian-Casuals
Transferred to the Southern League Division One Central Northwood
Transferred to the Southern League Division One South Thatcham Town
South Central Division table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAscot United Ascot The Racecourse Ground 1,150Ashford Town Ashford, Surrey Robert Parker Stadium 2,550Badshot Lea Wrecclesham Westfield Lane 1,200Binfield Binfield Hill Farm Lane 1,000Farnham Town Farnham The Memorial Ground 1,500Guernsey Saint Peter Port Footes Lane 5,000Hanworth Villa Hanworth Rectory Meadow 1,000 Harrow Borough Harrow Earlsmead Stadium 3,000Hartley Wintney Hartley Wintney The Memorial Playing Fields 2,000 Hayes & Yeading United Hayes, Hillingdon SkyEx Community Stadium 3,000Horndean Horndean Five Heads Park 2,000Kingstonian Kingston upon Thames Imperial Fields (groundshare with Tooting & Mitcham United) 2,700Leatherhead Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 3,400Metropolitan Police East Molesey Imber Court 3,000Moneyfields Portsmouth John Jenkins Stadium 1,180Rayners Lane Rayners Lane The Tithe Farm Social Club 1,000Raynes Park Vale Raynes Park Grand Drive 1,500South Park Reigate King George's Field 2,000Southall Stanwell Robert Parker Stadium (groundshare with Ashford Town) 2,550Sutton Common Rovers Tandridge, Surrey Church Road (groundshare with AFC Whyteleafe) 2,000Uxbridge West Drayton Honeycroft 3,770Westfield Woking Woking Park 1,000
South East Division
The South East Division will consist of 22 teams for the first time, sixteen of which competed in the previous season.
Team changes
To the South East Division Promoted from the Southern Combination League Eastbourne Town Steyning Town
Promoted from the Southern Counties East League Deal Town Erith Town
Promoted from the Combined Counties League AFC Croydon Athletic
Relegated from the Premier Division Margate
From the South East Division Promoted to the Premier Division Chichester City Cray Valley Paper Mills
Relegated to the Southern Counties East League Erith & Belvedere
Transferred to the South Central Division Horndean
South East Division table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAFC Croydon Athletic Thornton Heath Mayfield Stadium 3,000Ashford United Ashford, Kent The Homelands 3,200Beckenham Town Beckenham Eden Park Avenue 4,000Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath High Wood Hill Sports Ground Burgess Hill Town Burgess Hill Leylands Park 2,500Deal Town Deal Charles Sports Ground 2,000East Grinstead Town East Grinstead East Court 1,500Eastbourne Town Eastbourne The Saffrons 3,000Erith Town Thamesmead Bayliss Avenue 1,000Herne Bay Herne Bay Winch's Field 4,000Hythe Town Hythe Reachfields Stadium 3,000Lancing Lancing Culver Road 1,500Littlehampton Town Littlehampton The Sportsfield 4,000Margate Margate Hartsdown Park 3,000Merstham Merstham Moatside 2,500Phoenix Sports Barnehurst The Mayplace Ground 2,000Ramsgate Ramsgate Southwood Stadium 3,500Sevenoaks Town Sevenoaks Greatness Park 1,000Sheppey United Isle of Sheppey Holm Park 1,900Sittingbourne Sittingbourne Woodstock Park 3,000Steyning Town Steyning The Shooting Field 2,000Three Bridges Crawley Jubilee Field 1,500
League Cup The 2024–25 Velocity Trophy (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) was the 51st season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.
Chatham Town were defending champions, having beaten Hashtag United in the 2023–24 season.
First round Four clubs participated in the first round.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1Sevenoaks Town (SE)3–0Phoenix Sports (SE)632Steyning Town (SE)1–4Broadbridge Heath (SE)131
Second round The two clubs who progressed from the first round, were joined by thirty-four clubs who received a bye to the second round.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier) 1 AFC Croydon Athletic (SE)4–1Rayners Lane (SC)692Badshot Lea (SC)1–3Binfield (SC)903Concord Rangers (N)4–5Basildon United (N)1404East Grinstead Town (SE)0–1Merstham (SE)1155Walthamstow (N)1–1Grays Athletic (N)78Grays Athletic advanced 4–2 on penalties6Ascot United (SC)2–1Sutton Common Rovers (SC)807Deal Town (SE)2–0Hythe Town (SE)2508Erith Town (SE)4–1Sittingbourne (SE)1159Hayes & Yeading United (SC)5–3Moneyfields (SC)8110Leatherhead (SC)1–0South Park (SC)18511Newmarket Town (N)5–2Sporting Bengal United (N)9612Ramsgate (SE)1–1Sevenoaks Town (SE)355Sevenoaks Town advanced 7–6 on penalties13Sheppey United (SE)0–0Herne Bay (SE)222Sheppey United advanced 5–4 on penalties14Harrow Borough (SC)2–2Southall (SC)78Harrow Borough advanced 5–4 on penalties15Westfield (SC)2–0Hanworth Villa (SC)9116Ashford United (SE)0–6Margate (SE)20817Witham Town (N)1–2Brightlingsea Regent (N)10518Burgess Hill Town (SE)1–1Broadbridge Heath (SE)207Burgess Hill Town advanced 4–3 on penalties19Haringey Borough (N)4–4Tilbury (N)109Tilbury advanced 5–3 on penalties
Third round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1Billericay Town (P)4–1Basildon United (N)4112Dulwich Hamlet (P)1–4Binfield (SC)4213Bowers & Pitsea (P)2–2Brightlingsea Regent (N)72Brightlingsea Regent advanced 5–4 on penalties4Cheshunt (P)1–1Potters Bar Town (P)175Cheshunt advanced 4–2 on penalties5Sevenoaks Town (SE)2–4Cray Valley Paper Mills (P)966Ascot United (SC)0–1Chatham Town (P)1017Erith Town (SE)0–1Dartford (P)1878Hashtag United (P)6–1Grays Athletic (N)1739Hayes & Yeading United (SC)0–2Harrow Borough (SC)13610Hendon (P)5–1Newmarket Town (N)9711Carshalton Athletic (P)2–1AFC Croydon Athletic (SE)18712Hastings United (P)2–0Deal Town (SE)31113Leatherhead (SC)2–1Westfield (SC)23014Wingate & Finchley (P)1–2Tilbury (N)10115Margate (SE)2–4Sheppey United (SE)21516Merstham (SE)2–4Burgess Hill Town (SE)141
Fourth round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1Billericay Town (P)3–0Cheshunt (P)2872Brightlingsea Regent (N)1–1Hashtag United (P)149Hashtag United advanced 4–3 on penalties3Hastings United (P)1–1Cray Valley Paper Mills (P)252Hastings United advanced 5–4 on penalties4Hendon (P)2–1Tilbury (N)965Sheppey United (SE)3–0Dartford (P)2346Carshalton Athletic (P)1–1Leatherhead (SC)221Leatherhead advanced 10–9 on penalties7Chatham Town (P)2–0Burgess Hill Town (SE)3368Harrow Borough (N)0–2Binfield (SC)75
Quarter Final
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1Leatherhead (SC)2–2Hendon (P)222Hendon advanced 4–3 on penalties2Billericay Town (P)1–0Sheppey United (SE)2273Hastings United (P)1–2Binfield (SC)2494Hashtag United (P)2–3Chatham Town (P)144
Semi Final