Isthmian League Tables
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Isthmian League Premier Division 1986/87
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Wycombe Wanderers | 42 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 103 | 32 | +71 | 101 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Yeovil Town | 42 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 71 | 27 | +44 | 92 | Runners Up |
| 3rd | Slough Town | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 77 | - |
| 4th | Hendon | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 53 | +14 | 73 | - |
| 5th | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 85 | 61 | +24 | 70 | - |
| 6th | Harrow Borough | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 68 | 44 | +24 | 70 | - |
| 7th | Croydon | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 64 | - |
| 8th | Barking | 42 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 76 | 56 | +20 | 62 | - |
| 9th | Farnborough Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 66 | 72 | -6 | 62 | - |
| 10th | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 62 | 57 | +5 | 60 | - |
| 11th | Bromley | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 63 | 72 | -9 | 59 | - |
| 12th | Kingstonian | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 57 | - |
| 13th | Windsor & Eton | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 47 | 52 | -5 | 54 | - |
| 14th | St Albans City | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 61 | 70 | -9 | 51 | - |
| 15th | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 55 | 68 | -13 | 48 | - |
| 16th | Wokingham Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 47 | 61 | -14 | 48 | - |
| 17th | Hayes | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 68 | -23 | 48 | - |
| 18th | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 62 | 71 | -9 | 46 | - |
| 19th | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 41 | 53 | -12 | 45 | - |
| 20th | Hitchin Town | 42 | 13 | 5 | 24 | 56 | 69 | -13 | 44 | - |
| 21st | Worthing | 42 | 8 | 9 | 25 | 58 | 107 | -49 | 33 | ▼Relegated |
| 22nd | Walthamstow Avenue | 42 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 36 | 113 | -77 | 18 | ▼Relegated |
Isthmian League Division 1 1986/87
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Leytonstone/Ilford | 42 | 30 | 5 | 7 | 78 | 29 | +49 | 95 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Leyton-Wingate | 42 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 68 | 31 | +37 | 82 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Bracknall Town | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 92 | 48 | +44 | 81 | - |
| 4th | Southwick | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 80 | 66 | +14 | 76 | - |
| 5th | Wembley | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 72 | - |
| 6th | Grays Athletic | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 76 | 64 | +12 | 67 | - |
| 7th | Kingsbury Town | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 69 | 67 | +2 | 67 | - |
| 8th | Boreham Wood | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 59 | 52 | +7 | 66 | - |
| 9th | Uxbridge | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 60 | 59 | +1 | 63 | - |
| 10th | Leatherhead | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 48 | -3 | 62 | - |
| 11th | Hampton | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 57 | 55 | +2 | 59 | - |
| 12th | Basildon United | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 58 | 60 | -2 | 58 | - |
| 13th | Billericay Town | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 57 | 52 | +5 | 54 | - |
| 14th | Staines Town | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 40 | 51 | -11 | 52 | - |
| 15th | Lewes | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 55 | 65 | -10 | 51 | - |
| 16th | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 61 | 67 | -6 | 47 | - |
| 17th | Oxford City | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 64 | 72 | -8 | 43 | - |
| 18th | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 53 | 74 | -21 | 43 | - |
| 19th | Tilbury | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 46 | 70 | -24 | 43 | ▼Div 2 North |
| 20th | Epsom & Ewell | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 44 | 68 | -24 | 43 | ▼Div 2 South |
| 21st | Maidenhead United | 42 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 44 | 76 | -32 | 37 | ▼Div 2 South |
| 22nd | Finchley | 42 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 44 | 90 | -46 | 29 | ▼Div 2 North |
Isthmian League Division 2 North 1986/87
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Chesham United | 42 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 90 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Wolverton Town | 42 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 74 | 32 | +42 | 83 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Haringey Borough | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 86 | 40 | +46 | 79 | - |
| 4th | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 81 | 54 | +27 | 74 | - |
| 5th | Aveley | 42 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 68 | 50 | +18 | 70 | - |
| 6th | Letchworth Garden City | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 77 | 62 | +15 | 68 | - |
| 7th | Barton Rovers | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 65 | - |
| 8th | Tring Town | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 69 | 49 | +20 | 64 | - |
| 9th | Collier Row | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 67 | 65 | +2 | 62 | - |
| 10th | Ware | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 50 | +1 | 59 | - |
| 11th | Saffron Walden Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 56 | - |
| 12th | Wivenhoe Town | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 56 | - |
| 13th | Vauxhall Motors | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 61 | 57 | +4 | 55 | - |
| 14th | Hornchurch | 42 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 55 | - |
| 15th | Hertford Town | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 52 | 53 | -1 | 55 | - |
| 16th | Berkhamsted Town | 42 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 62 | 64 | -2 | 52 | - |
| 17th | Harlow Town | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 45 | 55 | -10 | 50 | - |
| 18th | Rainham Town | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 53 | 70 | -17 | 47 | - |
| 19th | Clapton | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 45 | 63 | -18 | 41 | - |
| 20th | Hemel Hempstead | 42 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 48 | 77 | -29 | 39 | - |
| 21st | Royston Town | 42 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 109 | -72 | 24 | - |
| 22nd | Cheshunt | 42 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 43 | 114 | -71 | 21 | Resigned |
Isthmian League Division 2 South 1986/87
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Woking | 40 | 27 | 7 | 6 | 110 | 32 | +78 | 88 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Marlow | 40 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 78 | 36 | +42 | 88 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Dorking | 40 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 78 | 30 | +48 | 84 | - |
| 4th | Feltham | 40 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 79 | 34 | +45 | 78 | - |
| 5th | Ruislip Manor | 40 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 85 | 47 | +38 | 76 | - |
| 6th | Chertsey Town | 40 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 65 | - |
| 7th | Metropolitan Police | 40 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 70 | 61 | +9 | 61 | - |
| 8th | Chalfont St Peter | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 61 | - |
| 9th | Hungerford Town | 40 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 55 | 48 | +7 | 56 | - |
| 10th | Harefield United | 40 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 56 | - |
| 11th | Eastbourne United | 40 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 55 | - |
| 12th | Whyteleafe | 40 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 52 | 63 | -11 | 51 | - |
| 13th | Horsham | 40 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 54 | 61 | -7 | 50 | - |
| 14th | Egham Town | 40 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 45 | 77 | -32 | 48 | - |
| 15th | Camberley Town | 40 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 62 | 89 | -27 | 42 | - |
| 16th | Flackwell Heath | 40 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 34 | 63 | -29 | 38 | - |
| 17th | Banstead Athletic | 40 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 44 | 61 | -17 | 36 | - |
| 18th | Petersfield United | 40 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 45 | 84 | -39 | 35 | - |
| 19th | Molesey | 40 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 37 | 89 | -52 | 33 | - |
| 20th | Newbury Town | 40 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 51 | 83 | -32 | 32 | - |
| 21st | Southall | 40 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 85 | -57 | 24 | - |
Isthmian League - End of Season Notes
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Teams Leaving the Isthmian League |
| ▲Wycombe Wanderers were Promoted to the 1987/88 Football Conference |
| ▼Cheshunt Resigned from the League and joined the Spartan League |
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Teams Joining the Isthmian League |
| ►Basingstoke Town Transferred from the Southern League Premier Division |
| ▲Witham Town were Promoted from the Essex Senior League |
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