Isthmian League Tables
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Isthmian League Premier Division 1987/88
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Yeovil Town | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 34 | +32 | 81 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Bromley | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 40 | +28 | 76 | Runners Up |
| 3rd | Slough Town | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 72 | - |
| 4th | Leytonstone/Ilford | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 71 | Merged |
| 5th | Wokingham Town | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 62 | 52 | +10 | 70 | - |
| 6th | Hayes | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 62 | 48 | +14 | 69 | - |
| 7th | Windsor & Eton | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 65 | - |
| 8th | Farnborough Town | 42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 63 | 60 | +3 | 62 | - |
| 9th | Carshalton Athletic | 42 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 61 | - |
| 10th | Hendon | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 62 | 58 | +4 | 60 | - |
| 11th | Tooting & Mitcham United | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 57 | 59 | -2 | 59 | - |
| 12th | Harrow Borough | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 53 | 58 | -5 | 56 | - |
| 13th | Bishop's Stortford | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 55 | 58 | -3 | 55 | - |
| 14th | Kingstonian | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 53 | -6 | 54 | - |
| 15th | St Albans City | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 60 | 69 | -9 | 51 | - |
| 16th | Bognor Regis Town | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 41 | 57 | -16 | 51 | - |
| 17th | Leyton-Wingate | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 64 | -6 | 50 | - |
| 18th | Croydon | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 52 | -12 | 46 | - |
| 19th | Barking | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 44 | 57 | -13 | 45 | - |
| 20th | Dulwich Hamlet | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 46 | 64 | -18 | 41 | - |
| 21st | Hitchin Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 46 | 79 | -33 | 38 | ▼Relegated |
| 22nd | Basingstoke Town | 42 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 37 | 71 | -34 | 35 | ▼Relegated |
Isthmian League Division 1 1987/88
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Marlow | 42 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 100 | 44 | +56 | 101 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Grays Athletic | 42 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 74 | 25 | +49 | 100 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Woking | 42 | 25 | 7 | 10 | 91 | 52 | +39 | 82 | - |
| 4th | Boreham Wood | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 64 | 45 | +19 | 72 | - |
| 5th | Staines Town | 42 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 71 | 48 | +23 | 68 | - |
| 6th | Wembley | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 65 | - |
| 7th | Basildon United | 42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 58 | +7 | 63 | - |
| 8th | Walton & Hersham | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 61 | - |
| 9th | Hampton | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 59 | 54 | +5 | 61 | - |
| 10th | Leatherhead | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 59 | - |
| 11th | Southwick | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 59 | 63 | -4 | 51 | - |
| 12th | Oxford City | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 70 | 77 | -7 | 51 | Resigned |
| 13th | Worthing | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 67 | 73 | -6 | 50 | - |
| 14th | Kingsbury Town | 42 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 62 | 69 | -7 | 50 | - |
| 15th | Walthamstow Avenue | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 53 | 63 | -10 | 50 | Merged |
| 16th | Lewes | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 83 | 77 | +6 | 49 | - |
| 17th | Uxbridge | 42 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 41 | 47 | -6 | 49 | - |
| 18th | Chesham United | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 69 | 77 | -8 | 46 | - |
| 19th | Bracknall Town | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 54 | 80 | -26 | 45 | - |
| 20th | Billericay Town | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 58 | 88 | -30 | 44 | ▼Div 2 North |
| 21st | Stevenage Borough | 42 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 36 | 64 | -28 | 42 | ▼Div 2 North |
| 22nd | Wolverton Town | 42 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 124 | -101 | 12 | ▼Div 2 North |
Isthmian League Division 2 North 1987/88
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Wivenhoe Town | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 105 | 42 | +63 | 88 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Collier Row | 42 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 71 | 39 | +32 | 79 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Tilbury | 42 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 69 | - |
| 4th | Berkhamsted Town | 42 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 71 | 53 | +18 | 69 | - |
| 5th | Harlow Town | 42 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 67 | 36 | +31 | 67 | - |
| 6th | Ware | 42 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 63 | 58 | +5 | 66 | - |
| 7th | Witham Town | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 69 | 47 | +22 | 65 | - |
| 8th | Vauxhall Motors | 42 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 65 | - |
| 9th | Heybridge Swifts | 42 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 56 | 50 | +6 | 64 | - |
| 10th | Tring Town | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 69 | 67 | +2 | 60 | - |
| 11th | Letchworth Garden City | 42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 59 | 64 | -5 | 59 | - |
| 12th | Finchley | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 67 | 54 | +13 | 58 | ►Div 2 South |
| 13th | Clapton | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 50 | 62 | -12 | 57 | - |
| 14th | Hornchurch | 42 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 56 | 65 | -9 | 54 | - |
| 15th | Barton Rovers | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 60 | -17 | 49 | - |
| 16th | Rainham Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 63 | 66 | -3 | 48 | - |
| 17th | Royston Town | 42 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 49 | 70 | -21 | 47 | - |
| 18th | Saffron Walden Town | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 34 | 67 | -33 | 46 | - |
| 19th | Hemel Hempstead | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 71 | -33 | 45 | - |
| 20th | Haringey Borough | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 54 | 78 | -24 | 41 | Resigned |
| 21st | Aveley | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 42 | 65 | -23 | 37 | - |
| 22nd | Hertford Town | 42 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 45 | 92 | -47 | 28 | - |
Isthmian League Division 2 South 1987/88
| Pos | Club | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Notes |
| 1st | Chalfont St Peter | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 81 | 35 | +46 | 87 | ▲Champions |
| 2nd | Metropolitan Police | 42 | 23 | 17 | 2 | 80 | 32 | +48 | 86 | ▲Runners Up |
| 3rd | Dorking | 42 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 86 | 39 | +47 | 86 | - |
| 4th | Feltham | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 75 | - |
| 5th | Epsom & Ewell | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 71 | 49 | +22 | 74 | - |
| 6th | Chertsey Town | 42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 73 | - |
| 7th | Whyteleafe | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 84 | 55 | +29 | 71 | - |
| 8th | Hungerford Town | 42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 66 | 54 | +12 | 70 | - |
| 9th | Ruislip Manor | 42 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 74 | 57 | +17 | 68 | - |
| 10th | Yeading | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 83 | 56 | +27 | 67 | - |
| 11th | Maidenhead United | 42 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 69 | 54 | +15 | 66 | - |
| 12th | Eastbourne United | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 67 | 57 | +10 | 64 | - |
| 13th | Harefield United | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 59 | 60 | -1 | 60 | - |
| 14th | Egham Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 55 | -10 | 48 | - |
| 15th | Horsham | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 45 | 66 | -21 | 46 | - |
| 16th | Southall | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 45 | 72 | -27 | 46 | - |
| 17th | Molesey | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 42 | 63 | -21 | 44 | - |
| 18th | Newbury Town | 42 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 40 | 81 | -41 | 37 | - |
| 19th | Camberley Town | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 51 | 94 | -43 | 36 | - |
| 20th | Flackwell Heath | 42 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 42 | 96 | -54 | 26 | - |
| 21st | Banstead Athletic | 42 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 34 | 81 | -47 | 25 | - |
| 22nd | Petersfield United | 42 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 45 | 102 | -57 | 25 | - |
Isthmian League - End of Season Notes
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Teams Leaving the Isthmian League |
| ▲Yeovil Town were Promoted to the 1988/89 Football Conference |
| - Walthamstow Avenue merged with Premier Division side Leytonstone/Ilford |
| ▼Haringey Borough Resigned from the League and spent a season inactive |
| ▼Oxford City Resigned from the League due to loss of ground and remained inactive till 1990 |
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Teams Joining the Isthmian League |
| ▼Dagenham were Relegated from the 1987/88 Football Conference |
| ▲Purfleet were Promoted from the Essex Senior League |
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