Hellenic Football League

Hellenic Football League
Countries  England
Founded 1953
Divisions 3 (first teams)
2 (reserve teams)
3 (veteran teams)
Number of teams 54 (plus reserve and veteran teams)
Levels on pyramid Levels 9–10
Feeder to Southern League
Promotion to
Relegation to
Domestic cup(s)

FA Cup
FA Vase


League:
Challenge Cup
Supplementary Cup
Floodlit Challenge Cup
Premier Division Benevolent Challenge Cup
Division 1 Benevolent Challenge Cup
Current champions Wantage Town
(2010–11)
Website Official website
2011-12 Hellenic Football League

The Hellenic Football League is an English football league covering an area including the English counties of Berkshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, southern Buckinghamshire, southern Herefordshire, western Greater London, and northern Wiltshire. There is also one team from Hampshire.

The league was established in 1953. In the 2000–01 season the Hellenic League absorbed the Chiltonian League and now has a Premier Division, Division One East, Division One West and three divisions for reserve teams. In the 2006–07 the Hellenic League absorbed the Banbury District and Lord Jersey FA Veterans League with three Divisions now under the Hellenic Veterans League title.

Starting with the 2004–05 re-organisation the Hellenic League became a step 5 and 6 league in the National League System. Premier Division clubs play at Step 5 level, which offers progression to the Southern Football League Division One (Step 4) for Premier Division winners who have the required ground status.

Hellenic League Division One teams play at Step 6 level, promotion to the Step 5 Hellenic Premier League can be gained by clubs finishing in the top two of Division One East and West dependent on required ground facilities as specified by The Football Association. Acceptance to HL Division One is also offered to teams playing in the various Step 7 County Leagues of the related Hellenic League area, dependent on league table status.

54 teams play in the Hellenic Premier and Division Ones. 16 teams play at Veterans level (players aged 35 or over)

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