2019–20 Spartan South Midlands Football League

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The 2019–20 season was the 23rd in the history of Spartan South Midlands Football League, a football competition in England.

The allocations for Steps 1 to 6 for season 2019–20 were announced by the FA on 19 May.[1] These were subject to appeal, and the Spartan South Midlands' constitution was ratified at the league's AGM on 22 June.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was formally cancelled on 26 March 2020, with all results from the being expunged, and no promotion or relegation taking place to, from, or within the competition.[2] On 30 March 2020, sixty-six non-league clubs sent an open letter to the Football Association requesting that they reconsider their decision.[3]

Premier Division[edit]

Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Premier Division
Season2019–20
Matches played301
Goals scored1,005 (3.34 per match)

The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs.

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Colney Heath 30 22 2 6 58 18 +40 68
2 Tring Athletic 31 20 2 9 80 34 +46 62
3 Biggleswade United 31 18 5 8 69 44 +25 59
4 Newport Pagnell Town 29 15 9 5 67 39 +28 54
5 Oxhey Jets 29 14 8 7 50 42 +8 50
6 Harpenden Town 29 15 4 10 56 46 +10 49
7 Leighton Town 26 15 3 8 63 39 +24 45[a]
8 Crawley Green 32 11 11 10 62 52 +10 44
9 Eynesbury Rovers 29 12 7 10 51 37 +14 43
10 Edgware Town 33 12 6 15 50 63 −13 42
11 Leverstock Green 28 12 2 14 31 48 −17 38
12 Baldock Town 29 11 3 15 42 54 −12 36
13 Potton United 28 10 5 13 41 53 −12 35
14 Dunstable Town 27 9 5 13 35 47 −12 32
15 Harefield United 27 8 7 12 41 48 −7 31
16 Arlesey Town 28 7 12 9 44 48 −4 30[b]
17 Broadfields United 29 8 6 15 38 65 −27 30
18 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 26 8 5 13 36 54 −18 29
19 Wembley 29 6 9 14 33 46 −13 27
20 North Greenford United 24 5 4 15 30 57 −27 19
21 London Colney 28 3 5 20 28 71 −43 14
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. 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:
  1. ^ Leighton had a three points deduction for fielding a player whilst under suspension.
  2. ^ Arlesey Town had a three points deduction for fielding an unregistered player.

Division One[edit]

Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division One
Season2019–20
Matches played262
Goals scored1,107 (4.23 per match)

Division One featured 15 clubs in the division for this season, of which there are five new clubs:

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New Salamis 29 20 5 4 117 41 +76 65
2 St Panteleimon 27 20 5 2 88 33 +55 65
3 Winslow United 27 18 1 8 81 50 +31 55
4 Rayners Lane 28 16 7 5 78 56 +22 55
5 Stotfold 26 17 3 6 68 25 +43 54
6 Milton Keynes Robins 28 16 4 8 61 56 +5 52
7 Shefford Town & Campton 31 16 1 14 73 66 +7 49
8 Maccabi London Lions 27 11 6 10 45 40 +5 39
9 F.C. Broxbourne Borough 26 9 10 7 44 45 −1 37 Resigned from the league
10 Ampthill Town 28 9 8 11 56 75 −19 35
11 Amersham Town 27 10 2 15 47 76 −29 32
12 Buckingham Athletic 26 9 4 13 53 59 −6 31
13 Bedford 28 9 3 16 39 59 −20 30
14 Enfield Borough 29 9 3 17 49 71 −22 30
15 London Tigers 29 7 9 13 44 58 −14 29[a]
16 Langford 27 7 5 15 49 70 −21 26
17 Hillingdon Borough 27 6 6 15 38 72 −34 24
18 Park View 26 5 3 18 38 69 −31 18
19 Brimsdown 28 2 7 19 39 86 −47 13 Transferred to the Eastern Counties League
20 Wodson Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[b] Club folded, record expunged
Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. 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:
  1. ^ London Tigers had a one point deduction for fielding an unregistered player.
  2. ^ Wodson Park withdrew from the league in October 2019, all results expunged[5]

Division Two[edit]

Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division Two
Season2019–20
Matches played125
Goals scored494 (3.95 per match)

Division Two featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Old Bradwell United 15 13 0 2 49 11 +38 39
2 Pitstone & Ivinghoe 20 13 3 4 55 27 +28 39[a]
3 Codicote 19 10 4 5 29 24 +5 34
4 MK Gallacticos 16 8 3 5 49 34 +15 27
5 Aston Clinton 15 8 3 4 38 26 +12 27
6 Berkhamsted Raiders 17 8 1 8 43 35 +8 25
7 Sarratt 18 6 6 6 29 30 −1 23[b]
8 Mursley United 13 7 1 5 30 32 −2 22
9 New Bradwell St Peter 16 5 6 5 26 26 0 21
10 Tring Corinthians 18 7 2 9 34 29 +5 20[c]
11 Bovingdon 17 5 3 9 27 26 +1 18
12 Unite MK 16 5 3 8 30 49 −19 18 Merged with Milton Keynes Robins
13 Buckingham United 16 5 2 9 17 34 −17 17
14 Totternhoe 16 4 4 8 20 30 −10 16
15 The 61 18 0 1 17 18 81 −63 1
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Pitstone & Ivinghoe were deducted three points.
  2. ^ Sarratt were deducted one point.
  3. ^ Tring Corinthians were deducted three points.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "REVEALED: The provisional Step 1 to 6 Club Allocations for 2019-20". The Non League Football Paper. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Sixty-six non-league clubs send open letter to FA over expunging season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2019/20 (part 30 Standardised Rules section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Breaking News – Wodson Park". Karen Browne. Spartan South Midlands League. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.