The 2025–26 season is the 111th 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 15 May 2025.
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 Brentwood Town
Promoted from the South East Division Burgess Hill Town Ramsgate
Relegated from the National League South Aveley St Albans City Welling United
From the Premier Division Promoted to the National League South Dover Athletic Horsham
Relegated to the North Division Bowers & Pitsea
Relegated to the South Central Division Bognor Regis Town Hendon
Relegated to the South East Division Hastings United
Premier Division table
Play-offs
Semi-finals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAveley Aveley Parkside 3,500Billericay Town Billericay New Lodge 4,800Brentwood Town Brentwood The Brentwood Centre Arena 1,500Burgess Hill Town Burgess Hill Leylands Park 2,500Canvey Island Canvey Island Park Lane 4,100Carshalton Athletic London War Memorial Sports Ground 5,000Chatham Town Chatham, Kent The Bauvill Stadium 5,000CheshuntCheshunt Theobalds Lane 3,174Chichester City Chichester Oaklands Park 2,000Cray Valley Paper Mills London Badgers Sports Ground 1,550Cray Wanderers London Flamingo Park 2,500Dartford Dartford Princes Park 4,100Dulwich Hamlet London Champion Hill 3,334Folkestone Invicta Folkestone Cheriton Road 4,000Hashtag United Aveley Parkside (groundshare with Aveley) 3,500Lewes Lewes The Dripping Pan 3,000Potters Bar Town Potters Bar Parkfield 2,000Ramsgate Ramsgate Southwood Stadium 3,500St Albans City St Albans Clarence Park 5,007Welling United London Park View Road 4,000Whitehawk Brighton The Enclosed Ground 3,126Wingate & Finchley London The Maurice Rebak Stadium 2,638
Statistics +Top GoalscorerRankPlayerTeamGoals1. Jake HutchinsonFolkestone Invicta242. Alex HernandezCray Wanderers213. Daniel OgunleyeBrentwood Town204. Leo SerySt Albans City175. Olly BoxDartford16 Max FiddesCanvey Island/Burgess Hill Town/Cray Wanderers16
Attendances +RankTeamAverageHighestLowest1.Dulwich Hamlet2,2263,334 vs St Albans City628 vs Whitehawk2.Chatham Town1,4433,049 vs Dartford723 vs Chichester City3.Folkestone Invicta1,3282,592 vs Ramsgate304 vs St Albans City 4.Ramsgate1,2362,268 vs Folkestone Invicta812 vs Potters Bar Town5.St Albans City1,2122,314 vs Folkestone Invicta375 vs Burgess Hill Town6.Dartford1,0671,525 vs Welling United704 vs Burgess Hill Town7.Billericay Town1,0391,897 vs Brentwood Town455 vs Chatham Town8.Lewes8461,580 vs Whitehawk351 vs Billericay Town9.Burgess Hill Town8251,492 vs Wingate & Finchley448 vs Canvey Island10.Welling United7161,479 vs Dartford329 vs Folkestone Invicta11.Cray Wanderers6721,254 vs Cray Valley Paper Mills351 vs Canvey Island12.Brentwood Town6331,574 vs Billericay Town250 vs Cheshunt 13.Carshalton Athletic5711,125 vs St Albans City295 vs Cheshunt14.Aveley459733 vs Brentwood Town324 vs Wingate & Finchley15.Cheshunt368493 vs Potters Bar Town207 vs Canvey Island16.Chichester City350521 vs Dartford133 vs Cheshunt17.Potters Bar Town336723 vs St Albans City178 vs Chichester City18.Canvey Island322702 vs Billericay Town157 vs Chichester City19.Whitehawk320580 vs Dulwich Hamlet133 vs Brentwood Town20.Cray Valley Paper Mills316580 vs Dartford178 vs Canvey Island21.Wingate & Finchley230391 vs Welling United101 vs Burgess Hill Town22.Hashtag United212479 vs Aveley107 vs Whitehawk
North Division
The North Division comprises 22 teams. Sixteen teams competed in the previous season in the division.
Team changes
To the North Division Promoted from the Eastern Counties League Premier Division Brantham Athletic Downham Town
Promoted from the Essex Senior League Stanway Rovers Takeley
Relegated from the Premier Division Bowers & Pitsea
Relegated from the Southern League Premier Division Central Lowestoft Town
From the North Division Promoted to the Premier Division Brentwood Town
Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division Central Bury Town
Relegated to the Eastern Counties League Premier Division Ipswich Wanderers
Relegated to the Essex Senior League Basildon United Sporting Bengal United
Relegated to the Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Haringey Borough
North Division table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityBowers & Pitsea Pitsea Len Salmon Stadium 3,500Brantham Athletic Brantham Brantham Leisure Centre 1,200Brightlingsea Regent Brightlingsea North Road 2,000 Cambridge City Sawston West Way 3,000Concord Rangers Canvey Island Thames Road 3,300Downham Town Downham Market Memorial Field 1,000Felixstowe & Walton United Felixstowe Dellwood Avenue 2,160Gorleston Gorleston-on-Sea Wellesley Recreation Ground (groundshare with Great Yarmouth Town) 3,600Grays Athletic Tilbury Chadfields (groundshare with Tilbury) 4,000Heybridge Swifts Heybridge Scraley Road 3,000 Lowestoft Town Lowestoft Crown Meadow 3,000Maldon & Tiptree Maldon Wallace Binder Ground 2,800 Mildenhall Town Mildenhall Recreation Way 2,000 Newmarket Town Newmarket Cricket Field Road 2,750Redbridge Barkingside Oakside Stadium 3,000 Stanway Rovers Stanway Hawthorns 1,500 Takeley Takeley Station Road 2,000 Tilbury Tilbury Chadfields 4,000 Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey Capershotts 550 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 League Premier Division North Bedfont Sports Egham Town
Promoted from the Wessex League Premier Division AFC Portchester Fareham Town
Relegated from the Premier Division Bognor Regis Town Hendon
Transferred from the South East Division Littlehampton Town
From the South Central Division Promoted to the Southern League Premier Division South Farnham Town Uxbridge
Transferred to the Southern League Division One Central Rayners Lane
Relegated to the Combined Counties League Premier Division North Ashford Town (Middlesex)
Relegated to the Combined Counties League Premier Division South Badshot Lea Sutton Common Rovers
Relegated to the Southern Combination League Premier Division Guernsey
South Central Division table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAFC Portchester Portchester Onsite Group Stadium 1,500Ascot United Ascot The Racecourse Ground 1,150Bedfont Sports Bedfont Bedfont Recreation Ground 3,000Binfield Binfield Hill Farm Lane 1,000Bognor Regis Town Bognor Regis Nyewood Lane 4,500Egham Town Egham Runnymede Stadium 5,500Fareham Town Fareham Cams Alders Football Stadium 4,500Hanworth Villa Hanworth Rectory Meadow 1,000 Harrow Borough Harrow Earlsmead Stadium 3,070Hartley Wintney Hartley Wintney The Memorial Playing Fields 2,000 Hayes & Yeading United Hayes, Hillingdon SkyEx Community Stadium 3,000 Hendon London Silver Jubilee Park 1,990Horndean Horndean Five Heads Park 2,000Kingstonian Kingston upon Thames Imperial Fields (groundshare with Tooting & Mitcham United) 3,500Leatherhead Leatherhead Fetcham Grove 2,000Littlehampton Town Littlehampton The Sportsfield 4,000Metropolitan Police East Molesey Imber Court 3,000Moneyfields Portsmouth John Jenkins Stadium 1,180Raynes Park Vale Raynes Park Grand Drive 1,900South Park Reigate King George's Field 2,000Southall Stanwell Skyex Community Stadium (groundshare with Hayes & Yeading United) 3,000Westfield Woking Woking Park 1,500
South East Division
The South East Division will consist of 22 teams for the first time, fifteen of which competed in the previous season.
Team changes
To the South East Division Promoted from the Combined Counties League Premier Division South AFC Whyteleafe Jersey Bulls
Promoted from the Southern Combination League Premier Division Crowborough Athletic Hassocks
Promoted from the Southern Counties East League Premier Division Faversham Town VCD Athletic
Relegated from the Premier Division Hastings United
From the South East Division Promoted to the Premier Division Burgess Hill Town Ramsgate
Relegated to the Southern Combination League Premier Division Lancing Steyning Town
Relegated to the Southern Counties East League Premier Division Hythe Town Phoenix Sports
Transferred to the South Central Division Littlehampton Town
South East Division table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Results table
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium CapacityAFC Croydon Athletic Thornton Heath Mayfield Stadium 3,000AFC Whyteleafe Whyteleafe Church Road 2,000Ashford United Ashford, Kent The Homelands 3,200Beckenham Town Beckenham Eden Park Avenue 4,000Broadbridge Heath Broadbridge Heath High Wood Hill Sports Ground 2,000Crowborough Athletic Crowborough Crowborough Community Stadium 2,000Deal Town Deal Charles Sports Ground 2,000East Grinstead Town East Grinstead East Court 3,000Eastbourne Town Eastbourne The Saffrons 3,000Erith Town Thamesmead Bayliss Avenue 1,000Faversham Town Faversham Salters Lane 2,000Hassocks Hassocks The Beacon Ground 1,000Hastings United Hastings The Pilot Field 4,050Herne Bay Herne Bay Winch's Field 3,000Jersey Bulls St Helier, Jersey Springfield Stadium 2,000Margate Margate Hartsdown Park 2,100Merstham Merstham Moatside 2,500Sevenoaks Town Sevenoaks Greatness Park 1,500Sheppey United Isle of Sheppey Holm Park 1,530Sittingbourne Sittingbourne Woodstock Park 1,930Three Bridges Crawley Jubilee Field 1,500VCD Athletic Crayford Oakwood 1,180
League Cup The 2025–26 Velocity Trophy (formerly the Isthmian League Cup) is the 52nd season of the Alan Turvey Trophy, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.
Billericay Town were the defending champions, having beaten Chatham Town in the 2024–25 season.
First round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1Hassocks (SE)2–3Broadbridge Heath (SE)2302Newmarket Town (N)3–0Wroxham (N)1223Sheppey United (SE)1–1 Margate (SE)1824AFC Whyteleafe (SE)5–3Leatherhead (SC)1845Concord Rangers (N)1–3Grays Athletic (N)906Fareham Town (SC)1–2AFC Portcheser (SC)3097Crowborough Athletic (SE)2–1Hastings United (SE)3618Kingstonian (SC)4–2Merstham (SE)1399Brightlingsea Regent (N)3–0Brantham Athletic (N)13810South Park (SC)2–4Three Bridges (SE)87
Second round
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)1VCD Athletic (SE)2–5Walthamstow (N)1102Ascot United (SC)4–2Raynes Park Vale (SC)3Hayes & Yeading United (SC)5–2Southall (SC)1034Herne Bay (SE)0–1Sheppey United (SE)2895Binfield (SC)2–1Hartley Wintney (SC)686Broadbridge Heath (SE)4–2East Grinstead Town (SE)917Erith Town (SE)3–2Deal Town (SE)608Faversham Town (SE)5–5 Ashford United (SE)2149Bowers & Pitsea (N)3–4Newmarket Town (N)9910Harrow Borough (SC)4–1Hendon (SC)17511Stanway Rovers (N)1–0Takeley (N)7012Brightlingsea Regent (N)2–4Witham Town (N)11613Redbridge (N)2–2 Grays Athletic (N)10414AFC Croydon Athletic (SE)3–4AFC Whyteleafe (SE)15415AFC Portchester (SC)0–2Egham Town (SC)15116Crowborough Athletic (SE)4–0Sittingbourne (SE)24317Kingstonian (SC)4–1Three Bridges (SE)138
Third round