2011–12 Isthmian League
The 2011–12 season was the 97th 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 allocations were released on 20 May 2011.[1]
Premier Division
Season | 2011–12 |
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Champions | Billericay Town |
Promoted | AFC Hornchurch Billericay Town |
Relegated | Aveley Horsham Leatherhead Tooting & Mitcham United |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,363 (2.95 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 32 goals - Richard Jolly (Wealdstone) |
Highest attendance | 1,145 - Billericay Town – Lowestoft Town, (28 April) |
Total attendance | 146,064 |
Average attendance | 316 (-7.3% to previous season) |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
- East Thurrock United, promoted as champions of Division One North
- Leatherhead, promoted as play-off winners in Division One South
- Lewes, relegated from the Conference South
- Metropolitan Police, promoted as champions of Division One South
- Wingate & Finchley, promoted as play-off winners in Division One North
Billericay Town won the division and were promoted to the Conference South along with play-off winners AFC Hornchurch, while Lowestoft Town lost their second consecutive play-off final. Four clubs were relegated and there were no reprieves from relegation for the first time since the creation of North and South divisions in 2006.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Billericay Town | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 82 | 38 | +44 | 85 | Promoted to the Conference South |
2 | AFC Hornchurch | 42 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 68 | 35 | +33 | 82 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Conference South |
3 | Lowestoft Town | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 80 | 53 | +27 | 82 | Qualified for the play-offs |
4 | Wealdstone | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 76 | 39 | +37 | 75 | |
5 | Bury Town | 42 | 22 | 9 | 11 | 85 | 55 | +30 | 75 | |
6 | Lewes | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 47 | +8 | 73 | |
7 | Hendon | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 69 | 44 | +25 | 72 | |
8 | Canvey Island | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 71 | |
9 | Cray Wanderers | 42 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 74 | 55 | +19 | 68 | |
10 | East Thurrock United | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 70 | 65 | +5 | 62 | |
11 | Kingstonian | 42 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 58 | 64 | −6 | 61 | |
12 | Metropolitan Police | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 63 | 46 | +17 | 60 | |
13 | Wingate & Finchley | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 79 | −16 | 59 | |
14 | Concord Rangers | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 72 | 66 | +6 | 57 | |
15 | Margate | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 54 | |
16 | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 48 | 55 | −7 | 52 | |
17 | Harrow Borough | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 53 | 70 | −17 | 47 | |
18 | Hastings United | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 43 | 61 | −18 | 47 | |
19 | Leatherhead | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 46 | 62 | −16 | 41 | Relegated to Division One South |
20 | Aveley | 42 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 88 | −47 | 27 | Relegated to Division One North |
21 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 47 | 116 | −69 | 27 | Relegated to Division One South |
22 | Horsham | 42 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 38 | 105 | −67 | 14[lower-alpha 1] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- Horsham were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Billericay Town on 10 March (2–2).[2]
Top scorers
Player | Club | Goals[5] |
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Richard Jolly | Wealdstone | 32 |
Sam Higgins | East Thurrock United | 31 |
Martin Tuohy | AFC Hornchurch | 27 |
Tony Stokes | Concord Rangers | 26 |
Leon Smith | Wingate & Finchley | 23 |
Kwesi Appiah | Margate | 22 |
Tommy Whitnell | Cray Wanderers | 19 |
Paul Vines | Carshalton Athletic | 18 |
Bobby Traynor | Kingstonian | 16 |
Lewis Smith | AFC Hornchurch |
Semi-finals
2 May 2012 | AFC Hornchurch | 3–1 | Bury Town | Hornchurch Stadium, Hornchurch |
19:45 | Smith 49' Tuohy 55' Rook 72' |
Clark 63' | Attendance: 646 |
2 May 2012 | Lowestoft Town | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Wealdstone | Crown Meadow, Lowestoft |
19:45 | Henderson 21' Sinclair 90+5' (pen) |
Fitzgerald 63' O'Leary Cronin |
Attendance: 1,158 |
Final
7 May 2012 | AFC Hornchurch | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Lowestoft Town | Hornchurch Stadium |
15:00 | McKenzie 94' Spencer 119' |
Sinclair 104' (pen) | Attendance: 1,411 Referee: L Venamore |
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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AFC Hornchurch | Hornchurch Stadium | 3,500 |
Aveley | The Mill Field | 1,100 |
Billericay Town | New Lodge | 3,500 |
Bury Town | Ram Meadow | 3,500 |
Canvey Island | Brockwell Stadium | 4,308 |
Carshalton Athletic | War Memorial Sports Ground | 5,000 |
Concord Rangers | Thames Road | 1,500 |
Cray Wanderers | Hayes Lane (groundshare with Bromley) | 6,000 |
East Thurrock United | Rookery Hill | 4,000 |
Harrow Borough | Earlsmead Stadium | 3,070 |
Hastings United | The Pilot Field | 4,050 |
Hendon | Vale Farm (groundshare with Wembley) | 3,000 |
Horsham | Gorings Mead (groundshare with Horsham YMCA) | 1,500 |
Kingstonian | Kingsmeadow (groundshare with AFC Wimbledon) | 5,194 |
Leatherhead | Fetcham Grove | 3,400 |
Lewes | The Dripping Pan | 3,000 |
Lowestoft Town | Crown Meadow | 2,250 |
Margate | Hartsdown Park | 2,100 |
Metropolitan Police | Imber Court | 3,000 |
Tooting & Mitcham United | Imperial Fields | 3,500 |
Wealdstone | Grosvenor Vale | 2,640 |
Wingate & Finchley | The Harry Abrahams Stadium | 1,500 |
Division One North
Season | 2011–12 |
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Champions | Leiston |
Promoted | Enfield Town Leiston |
Relegated | Great Wakering Rovers |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,473 (3.19 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 26 goals – Liam Hope (Enfield Town) |
Highest attendance | 602 – Enfield Town – Leiston, (21 April) |
Total attendance | 64,052 |
Average attendance | 139 (+3.7% to previous season) |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
Division One North consisted of 22 clubs, including 19 clubs from the previous season, and three new clubs:
- Chatham Town, transferred from Division One South
- Leiston, promoted as champions of the Eastern Counties League
- Soham Town Rangers, transferred from Southern Football League Division One Central
Leiston won the division and were promoted for the second time in a row along with play-off winners Enfield Town. Great Wakering Rovers finished bottom of the table and were the only relegated club, while Ware were reprieved due to clubs folding higher up in the pyramid.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Leiston | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 99 | 41 | +58 | 91 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Enfield Town | 42 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 96 | 46 | +50 | 90 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
3 | Tilbury | 42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 82 | 62 | +20 | 80 | Qualified for the play-offs |
4 | Needham Market | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 104 | 56 | +48 | 77 | |
5 | Grays Athletic | 42 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 80 | 47 | +33 | 77[lower-alpha 1] | |
6 | Redbridge | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 80 | 59 | +21 | 73 | |
7 | Harlow Town | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 71 | |
8 | AFC Sudbury | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 65 | 57 | +8 | 69 | |
9 | Brentwood Town | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 42 | +16 | 62 | |
10 | Thamesmead Town | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 68 | 71 | −3 | 58 | |
11 | Maldon & Tiptree | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 58 | |
12 | Potters Bar Town | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 67 | 76 | −9 | 57 | |
13 | Romford | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 64 | 73 | −9 | 57 | |
14 | Waltham Abbey | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 79 | 76 | +3 | 55 | |
15 | Chatham Town | 42 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 54 | 63 | −9 | 54 | |
16 | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 59 | 64 | −5 | 52 | |
17 | Waltham Forest | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 59 | 95 | −36 | 43 | |
18 | Cheshunt | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 42 | 83 | −41 | 39 | |
19 | Soham Town Rangers | 42 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 55 | 93 | −38 | 34 | |
20 | Ilford | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 47 | 85 | −38 | 30 | |
21 | Ware | 42 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 40 | 78 | −38 | 30 | Reprieved from relegation |
22 | Great Wakering Rovers | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 43 | 91 | −48 | 29 | Relegated to the Essex Senior League |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- Grays Athletic were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Leiston on 26 October (1–0).[6]
Top scorers
Player | Club | Goals[5] |
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Liam Hope | Enfield Town | 26 |
Alex Read | Tilbury | 24 |
James Baker | AFC Sudbury | |
Sam Newson | Needham Market | 22 |
James Gershfield | Potters Bar Town | 21 |
Semi-finals
3 May 2012 | Enfield Town | 2–2 (3–1 p) | Grays Athletic | Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, Enfield Town |
19:45 | Wallace 1' Kirby 49' Barber 120' |
Agombar 79' (pen) Baker 88' |
Attendance: 627 |
4 May 2012 | Tilbury | 3–4 (a.e.t.) | Needham Market | Chadfields, Tilbury |
19:45 | Henty 6' Worrell 90+13' West 95' |
Newson 41' (pen), 103', 120' Wright 72' |
Attendance: 243 |
Final
6 May 2012 | Enfield Town | 1–0 | Needham Market | Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, Enfield Town |
15:00 | Matata 18' | Attendance: 817 |
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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AFC Sudbury | King's Marsh | 3,800 |
Brentwood Town | The Brentwood Centre Arena | 1,800 |
Chatham Town | The Sports Ground | 5,000 |
Cheshunt | Cheshunt Stadium | 3,000 |
Enfield Town | Queen Elizabeth II Stadium | 2,500 |
Grays Athletic | Rookery Hill (groundshare with East Thurrock United) | 4,000 |
Great Wakering Rovers | Burroughs Park | 3,500 |
Harlow Town | Barrows Farm | 3,500 |
Heybridge Swifts | Scraley Road | 3,000 |
Ilford | Cricklefield Stadium | 3,500 |
Leiston | Victory Road | 2,500 |
Maldon & Tiptree | Wallace Binder Ground | 2,000 |
Needham Market | Bloomfields | 4,000 |
Potters Bar Town | Parkfield | 2,000 |
Redbridge | Oakside | 3,000 |
Romford | Mill Field | 1,100 |
Soham Town Rangers | Julius Martin Lane | 2,000 |
Thamesmead Town | Bayliss Avenue | 6,000 |
Tilbury | Chadfields | 4,000 |
Waltham Abbey | Capershotts | 3,500 |
Waltham Forest | Cricklefield Stadium (groundshare with Ilford) | 3,500 |
Ware | Wodson Park | 3,300 |
Notes
- 1.^ Enfield spent start of the season groundsharing with Cheshunt before moving to Queen Elizabeth II Stadium at November.
Division One South
Season | 2011–12 |
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Champions | Whitehawk |
Promoted | Bognor Regis Town Whitehawk |
Relegated | Whyteleafe |
Matches played | 420 |
Goals scored | 1,271 (3.03 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 24 goals – Jason Prior (Bognor Regis Town) and Stuart King (Folkestone Invicta) |
Highest attendance | 1,279 – Bognor Regis Town – Worthing, (26 December) |
Total attendance | 84,520 |
Average attendance | 201 (+24.1% to previous season) |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
Division One South consisted of 22 clubs, including 17 clubs from the previous season, and five new clubs:
- Crawley Down, promoted as champions of the Sussex County League
- Croydon Athletic, relegated from the Premier Division
- Folkestone Invicta, relegated from the Premier Division
- Hythe Town, promoted as champions of the Kent League
- Maidstone United, relegated from the Premier Division
Croydon Athletic were deducted ten points for financial irregularities,[7] and resigned from the league on 18 January 2012.[8] Croydon's record of P19 W3 D3 L13 GF23 GA44 Pts2 was subsequently expunged.
Whitehawk won Division One South and were promoted to the Premier Division for the first time in their history. Bognor Regis Town finished second for the second season in a row. After defeating Godalming Town in the semi-final, Bognor Regis Town gained revenge on their semifinal rivals from the previous year, Dulwich Hamlet, 1–0 and joined Whitehawk in the Premier Division. Dulwich Hamlet lost their second consecutive play-off final. Croydon Athletic resigned from the league in the middle of the season, so there was only one relegation place, taken by Whyteleafe.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Whitehawk | 40 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 82 | 26 | +56 | 90[lower-alpha 1] | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Bognor Regis Town | 40 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 105 | 37 | +68 | 88 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
3 | Dulwich Hamlet | 40 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 86 | Qualified for the play-offs |
4 | Folkestone Invicta | 40 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 82 | 53 | +29 | 76 | |
5 | Godalming Town | 40 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 77 | 53 | +24 | 73 | Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to SFL Division One Central |
6 | Maidstone United | 40 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 67 | |
7 | Worthing | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 64 | |
8 | Hythe Town | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 62 | 62 | 0 | 59 | |
9 | Merstham | 40 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 63 | 69 | −6 | 59 | |
10 | Chipstead | 40 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 57 | +2 | 56 | |
11 | Ramsgate | 40 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 61 | 72 | −11 | 55 | |
12 | Walton & Hersham | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 54 | 52 | +2 | 50 | |
13 | Corinthian-Casuals | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 48 | |
14 | Eastbourne Town | 40 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 63 | −14 | 46 | |
15 | Walton Casuals | 40 | 12 | 6 | 22 | 51 | 74 | −23 | 42 | |
16 | Crawley Down | 40 | 12 | 5 | 23 | 65 | 81 | −16 | 41 | |
17 | Faversham Town | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 43 | 67 | −24 | 40 | |
18 | Whitstable Town | 40 | 12 | 4 | 24 | 46 | 87 | −41 | 40 | |
19 | Sittingbourne | 40 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 36 | 75 | −39 | 30 | |
20 | Burgess Hill Town | 40 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 39 | 90 | −51 | 30[lower-alpha 2] | |
21 | Whyteleafe | 40 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 67 | −29 | 28 | Relegated to the Kent League |
22 | Croydon Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned, record expunged |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Top scorers
Player | Club | Goals[5] |
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Jason Prior | Bognor Regis Town | 24 |
Stuart King | Folkestone Invicta | |
Shaun Welford | Maidstone United | 23 |
Ryan McBride | Worthing | 19 |
Terry Dodd | Bognor Regis Town |
Semi-finals
1 May 2012 | Bognor Regis Town | 4–4 (5–3 p) | Godalming Town | Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis |
19:45 | Robinson 33' 76' 102' (pen) Dodd 75' |
Harris 63' 97' Cooper 73' Foulser 90+1' |
Attendance: 866 |
1 May 2012 | Dulwich Hamlet | 2–1 | Folkestone Invicta | Champion Hill, East Dulwich |
19:45 | Powell 28' 82' | King 85' | Attendance: 632 |
Final
6 May 2012 | Bognor Regis Town | 1–0 | Dulwich Hamlet | Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis |
15:00 | Axten 17' | Attendance: 2,011 |
Results grid
Stadia and locations
Club | Stadium | Capacity |
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Bognor Regis Town | Nyewood Lane | 4,000 |
Burgess Hill Town | Leylands Park | 2,000 |
Chipstead | High Road | 2,000 |
Corinthian-Casuals | King George's Field | 2,700 |
Crawley Down Gatwick | The Haven Sportsfield | 1,000 |
Croydon Athletic | Keith Tuckey Stadium | 3,000 |
Dulwich Hamlet | Champion Hill | 3,000 |
Eastbourne Town | The Saffrons | 3,000 |
Faversham Town | Shepherd Neame Stadium | 2,000 |
Folkestone Invicta | Cheriton Road | 4,000 |
Godalming Town | Weycourt | 3,000 |
Hythe Town | Reachfields Stadium | 3,000 |
Maidstone United | Bourne Park (groundshare with Sittingbourne) | 3,000 |
Merstham | Moatside | 2,000 |
Ramsgate | Southwood Stadium | 2,500 |
Sittingbourne | Bourne Park | 3,000 |
Walton & Hersham | The Sports Ground | 2,000 |
Walton Casuals | Waterside Stadium | 2,000 |
Whitehawk | The Enclosed Ground | 2,000 |
Whitstable Town | The Belmont Ground | 3,000 |
Whyteleafe | Church Road | 2,000 |
Worthing | Worthing Stadium | 4,000 |
League Cup
Country | England |
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Teams | 66 |
Champions | Bury Town |
Runners-up | East Thurrock United |
Matches played | 65 |
Goals scored | 202 (3.11 per match) |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → |
The Isthmian League Cup 2011–12 (billed as the Championship Manager Cup 2011–12 for sponsorship reasons) is the 38th season of the Isthmian League Cup, the cup competition of the whole Isthmian League.[11]
Calendar
Round | Dates | Matches | Clubs |
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First round | 8 October to 18 October | 2 | 66 → 64 |
Second round | 18 October to 15 November | 32 | 64 → 32 |
Third round | 5 November to 6 December | 16 | 32 → 16 |
Fourth round | 6 December to 13 December | 8 | 16 → 8 |
Quarterfinals | 17 January to 15 February | 4 | 8 → 4 |
Semifinals | 21 February | 2 | 4 → 2 |
Final | 28 March | 1 | 2 → 1 |
First round
Four clubs from Division Ones participated in the first round, while all other clubs received a bye to the second round.
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
1 | Dulwich Hamlet (S) | 2–2 | Godalming Town (S) | 178 |
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2 | Great Wakering Rovers (N) | 2–2 | Maldon & Tiptree (N) | 55 |
Maldon & Tiptree advance 4–2 on penalties |
Second round
The two clubs to have made it through the first round were entered into the draw with every other Isthmian League club, making sixty-four teams.
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Third round
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Fourth round
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
63 | Bury Town (P) | 2–0 | Lowestoft Town (P) | 574 |
64 | East Thurrock United (P) | 1–0 | Lewes (P) | 110 |
Final
28 March 2012 65 | Bury Town (P) | 1–0 | East Thurrock United (P) | Wheatsheaf Park, Staines-upon-Thames |
19:30 | Attendance: 313 |
References
- "NON LEAGUE RESTRUCTURING 2011/12 ‐ PROPOSED CLUB ALLOCATIONS" (PDF). The FA. Pitchero. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2010.
- "Horsham FC suffer points deduction". West Sussex County Times. 5 April 2012. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- 2011–12 Isthmian League
- nonleaguefooty website
- "Isthmian League 2011/12 Bulletin No39" (PDF).
- "Club Statement". Grays Athletic F.C. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- "Croydon Athletic fined and docked ten points by FA". thisiscroydontoday. 8 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
- "Croydon Athletic quit from Isthmian League". BBC. 18 January 2012.
- "Own-goal double helps Folkestone move up". rymanleague.com. 16 October 2011. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- "Points blow for Hillians". rymanleague.com. 28 February 2012.
- The Isthmian archive