2017–18 Spartan South Midlands Football League

Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division Two
Season	2017–18
Champions	Park View
Promoted	Amersham Town; Park View
Matches played	272
Goals scored	1,164 (4.28 per match)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division One
Season	2017–18
Champions	Southall
Promoted	Southall; Baldock Town
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,508 (3.97 per match)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2017–18
Champions	Welwyn Garden City
Promoted	Welwyn Garden City; Berkhamsted
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,472 (3.5 per match)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Spartan South Midlands Football League season was the 21st in the history of Spartan South Midlands Football League, a football competition in England.

The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017.^[1] Following a few amendments, the constitution for the Spartan South Midlands League was ratified at the league's AGM on 24 June 2017.^[2]

Premier Division edit

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Welwyn Garden City	40	32	4	4	100	33	+67	100	Promoted to the Southern League
2	Berkhamsted	40	26	10	4	113	54	+59	88	Promoted to the Southern League^[a]
3	Harpenden Town	40	27	5	8	97	55	+42	86
4	Leighton Town	40	24	9	7	88	52	+36	81
5	Biggleswade	40	22	7	11	96	61	+35	73
6	Hadley	40	19	9	12	76	67	+9	66
7	Leverstock Green	40	17	8	15	84	83	+1	59
8	Biggleswade United	40	16	9	15	69	57	+12	57
9	Wembley	40	15	8	17	76	68	+8	53
10	Edgware Town	40	14	9	17	63	67	−4	51
11	Colney Heath	40	14	8	18	54	69	−15	50
12	Hoddesdon Town	40	14	6	20	64	72	−8	48	Transferred to the Essex Senior League
13	London Colney	40	14	6	20	55	72	−17	48
14	London Tigers	40	14	4	22	53	75	−22	46
15	Holmer Green	40	11	13	16	53	75	−22	46	Transferred to the Hellenic League
16	St Margaretsbury	40	12	7	21	54	84	−30	43	Transferred to the Essex Senior League
17	Tring Athletic	40	11	9	20	59	71	−12	42
18	Crawley Green	40	10	6	24	59	90	−31	36
19	Oxhey Jets	40	8	11	21	56	89	−33	35
20	Cockfosters	40	9	8	23	52	85	−33	35
21	Stotfold	40	9	8	23	51	93	−42	35
22	Sun Sports	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league^[b]

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 ^[4]
Notes:

^ 12 of the 14 runners-up at Step 5 were to have been promoted to Step 4.
However, with resignations and mergers in leagues above, all fourteen runners-up were promoted.
^ Sun Sports resigned from the league, having played six matches, and as a result their playing record (PL:6, W:1, D:1, L:4, GF:6, GA:15) was expunged.^[3]

Division One edit

Division One featured 20 clubs in the division for this season, of which there are five new clubs:

Enfield Borough, promoted from Division Two
FC Broxbourne Borough, relegated from the Premier Division
Maccabi London Lions, promoted from the Herts County League
Rayners Lane, transferred from the Hellenic League
St Neots Town reserves, promoted from Division Two

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Southall	38	30	4	4	116	36	+80	94	Promoted to the Combined Counties League
2	Baldock Town	38	26	10	2	99	27	+72	88	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Winslow United	38	27	2	9	127	60	+67	83
4	Broadfields United	38	23	6	9	94	59	+35	75
5	Wodson Park	38	22	7	9	68	48	+20	73
6	Maccabi London Lions	38	22	3	13	93	73	+20	69
7	Buckingham Athletic	38	18	11	9	77	51	+26	65
8	Risborough Rangers	38	17	10	11	89	49	+40	61
9	Harefield United	38	18	7	13	77	54	+23	61
10	Enfield Borough	38	19	3	16	95	84	+11	60
11	Brimsdown	38	13	9	16	80	84	−4	48
12	Bedford	38	14	6	18	55	90	−35	48
13	Rayners Lane	38	13	5	20	54	74	−20	44
14	Ampthill Town	38	11	8	19	70	77	−7	41
15	Hatfield Town	38	11	5	22	51	87	−36	38
16	Hillingdon Borough	38	11	4	23	60	106	−46	37
17	Langford	38	8	3	27	48	97	−49	27
18	Codicote	38	7	5	26	50	110	−60	26
19	FC Broxbourne Borough	38	7	2	29	58	104	−46	23
20	St Neots Town reserves	38	6	4	28	47	138	−91	22	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 ^[4]

Division Two edit

Division Two featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

AFC Southgate
Berkhamsted Raiders, joined from the Herts County League
Park View, joined from the Amateur Football Combination

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Park View	32	27	5	0	111	34	+77	86	Promoted to Division One
2	Aston Clinton	32	22	6	4	83	25	+58	72
3	AFC Southgate	32	24	0	8	106	59	+47	69^[a]	Resigned from the league
4	Totternhoe	32	22	2	8	95	48	+47	68
5	Old Bradwell United	32	18	6	8	77	42	+35	60
6	Amersham Town	32	18	5	9	84	49	+35	59	Promoted to Division One
7	Mursley United	32	16	6	10	71	56	+15	54
8	Loughton Manor	32	14	9	9	71	48	+23	51
9	Unite MK	32	15	1	16	77	69	+8	46
10	Pitstone & Ivinghoe United	32	13	7	12	87	80	+7	46
11	MK Gallacticos	31	13	6	12	87	85	+2	45^[b]
12	Clean Slate	32	7	5	20	35	101	−66	26
13	The 61	32	6	5	21	38	93	−55	23
14	Grendon Rangers	32	5	4	23	39	81	−42	19
15	Berkhamsted Raiders	32	5	4	23	41	96	−55	19
16	Tring Town	31	3	5	23	27	86	−59	14^[b]	Resigned from the league
17	Tring Corinthians	32	4	2	26	35	112	−77	14

Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ AFC Southgate were deducted three points.
^ ^a ^b One match left unplayed.

References edit

^ "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Spartan South Midlands League 2017/18". SSM Fixtures Officer. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
^ "Sun_Sports_no_more_as_league_accepts_club_s_resignation/". Watford Observer. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.

[table_note_res_PP0.78013371991931-3] 12 of the 14 runners-up at Step 5 were to have been promoted to Step 4.
However, with resignations and mergers in leagues above, all fourteen runners-up were promoted.

[table_note_res_SPS0.78013371991931-5] Sun Sports resigned from the league, having played six matches, and as a result their playing record (PL:6, W:1, D:1, L:4, GF:6, GA:15) was expunged.^[3]

[table_hth_SOU0.39737228974578-7] AFC Southgate were deducted three points.

[table_hth_GAL0.39737228974578-8] One match left unplayed.

[1] "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Spartan South Midlands League 2017/18". SSM Fixtures Officer. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.

[4] "Sun_Sports_no_more_as_league_accepts_club_s_resignation/". Watford Observer. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

[Standardised_rules_2017–18-6] "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.

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