2016–17 Spartan South Midlands Football League

Spartan South Midlands League
Season 2016–17
← 2015–16
2017–18 β†’

The 2016–17 Spartan South Midlands Football League season was the 18th in the history of Spartan South Midlands Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division
Champions London Colney
Promoted Hertford Town
Relegated London Tigers
Broxbourne Borough

The Premier Division consists of 22 clubs.

The following 3 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

The following 3 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 London Colney (C) 42 31 4 7 110 45 +65 97
2 Hertford Town (P) 42 28 8 6 91 35 +56 92 Promoted to IL Division One North
3 Cockfosters 42 27 7 8 90 48 +42 88
4 Wembley 42 23 6 13 115 73 +42 75
5 Tring Athletic 42 23 6 13 78 54 +24 75
6 Welwyn Garden City 42 21 10 11 87 66 +21 73
7 Hoddesdon Town 42 20 9 13 93 69 +24 69
8 Berkhamsted 42 21 6 15 77 56 +21 69
9 Biggleswade United 42 19 11 12 57 47 +10 68
10 Sun Sports 42 18 10 14 77 73 +4 64
11 Crawley Green 42 18 6 18 63 76 βˆ’13 60
12 Leverstock Green 42 16 10 16 85 76 +9 58
13 Stotfold 42 14 10 18 66 77 βˆ’11 52
14 Holmer Green 42 13 10 19 56 60 βˆ’4 49
15 Oxhey Jets 42 13 10 19 68 84 βˆ’16 49
16 Leighton Town 42 14 5 23 68 82 βˆ’14 47
17 Edgware Town 42 11 10 21 61 88 βˆ’27 43
18 Colney Heath 42 12 7 23 62 100 βˆ’38 43
19 Hadley 42 9 12 21 57 79 βˆ’22 39
20 St Margaretsbury 42 9 11 22 60 92 βˆ’32 38
21 London Tigers 42 8 7 27 46 109 βˆ’63 31
22 Broxbourne Borough (R) 42 4 5 33 47 125 βˆ’78 17 Relegated to Division One
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [1]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:[2]

  1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March
  3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
  4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following eight teams achieved criterion one:[3]

Division One

Spartan South Midlands League Division One
Champions Biggleswade
Promoted Biggleswade
Harpenden Town
Relegated None

Division One consists of 21 clubs.

The following 4 clubs left the division before the season -

The following 5 clubs joined the division before the season -

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Biggleswade (C, P) 40 32 3 5 140 45 +95 99 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Harpenden Town (P) 40 29 6 5 108 37 +71 93
3 Baldock Town 40 29 5 6 109 45 +64 92
4 Langford 40 24 5 11 109 72 +37 77
5 Southall 40 24 4 12 110 64 +46 76
6 Risborough Rangers 40 21 8 11 93 58 +35 71
7 Wodson Park 40 21 7 12 71 49 +22 70
8 Harefield United 40 20 8 12 82 47 +35 68
9 Hillingdon Borough 40 21 4 15 114 66 +48 67
10 Buckingham Athletic 40 21 3 16 76 68 +8 66
11 Broadfields United 40 20 4 16 102 74 +28 64
12 Kensington Borough 40 16 8 16 93 83 +10 56 Transferred to the Combined Counties League
13 Codicote 40 13 4 23 65 88 βˆ’23 43
14 Ampthill Town 40 13 3 24 73 109 βˆ’36 42
15 Chesham United Reserves 40 12 4 24 70 101 βˆ’31 40 Resigned from the league
16 Winslow United 40 11 5 24 53 111 βˆ’58 38
17 Brimsdown 40 10 7 23 84 133 βˆ’49 37
18 Hadley Wood & Wingate 40 12 4 24 60 116 βˆ’56 37[lower-alpha 1] Resigned from the league
19 Bedford 40 10 2 28 42 105 βˆ’63 32
20 Hatfield Town 40 9 4 27 57 115 βˆ’58 31
21 Arlesey Town Reserves 40 2 2 36 39 164 βˆ’125 8 Resigned from the league
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [1]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Hadley Wood & Wingate were deducted three points on 14 December for an infringement of league rules.

References

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