Talk:Isthmian League
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but why is it called "Isthmian"??????????? Cutler 00:20, 16 May 2004 (UTC)
I've added a note referring to the ancient Isthmian Games, so called because they were celebrated near the isthmus of Corinth. --rossb 23:14, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
Correct explanation added Martyn Smith 08:48, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
I spent some time trying to find out how many teams each year are promoted, relegated and play-off in each league at each level up as far as the National Conference. Can anyone clarify this in this article or related articles on the English football league structure? In the box at the foot of the page, it looks like the blue bar entitled "Women's" is a heading for the detail below. Blue bars higher up contain headings. FA Cup and Women's FA Cup should be on separate lines. JMcC 14:27, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
- Re promotion/relegation - try English football league system and ask there or check some of the external links.
- I've tried to do change the template but for some reason its not coming up on the page anymore. I'll keep working on it. --Robdurbar 15:01, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
- Fixed it, there was a noinclude tag in the table that I hadn't noticed. --Robdurbar 15:08, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
The current explanation of the name seems extremely unconvincing. I've never heard of South-East England being referred to as and ishthmus. Can you substantiate this? --rossb 15:48, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Servowarm Isthmian League
I also remember the League being known as the Servowarm Isthmian League. A quick "google" confirms this. But I am not sure that I have added this detail in the correct chronological order. Honuswagner 03:48, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
The name is derived from the fact that the geographical location of most of the clubs participating describe an isthmus of land around London and South-East England. [citation needed] - this is surely a joke and has therefore been removed. League most likely named after the Isthmian games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isthmian_Games - but I haven't added it because I can't find proof.
