2021–22 Men's England Hockey League season

The 2021–22 Men's England Hockey League season is the 2021–22 season of England's field hockey league structure and England Hockey Men's Championship Cup. The 2021–22 season returned to normality following two seasons of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The 2021-22 Premier Division saw the same teams competing from the following season, which had been cancelled. Therefore Surbiton were the defending champions, having won the league during the 2019–20 season.

Men's England Hockey League

The season started on 19 September 2021, with the Premier Division using a new system of two phases. The first phase would consist of 10 matches per club and would be completed by the end of 2021, determining the top six clubs (irrespective of home and away advantage) for phase 2. The other divisions would use the traditional format.[1][2]

Old Georgians secured their first ever Premier division title with two games to spare. The success continued a remarkable rise in English hockey because the team had only been promoted into the league at the start of the 2019-20 season.[3] Six times champions Reading won Division One South and therefore sealed promotion back to the Premier Division following their 2019 relegation (their first in 30 years). University of Nottingham won Division One North to also gain promotion.

Old Georgians went on to secure a league and cup double after winning the 2022 England Hockey Men's Championship Cup.[4]

Final Tables

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Premier Division

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Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts Section
1 Old Georgians 20 17 1 2 89 20 52 Top 6
2 Wimbledon 20 14 2 4 72 34 44
3 Surbiton 20 13 3 4 82 38 42
4 Hampstead and Westminster 20 10 2 8 54 46 32
5 Holcombe 20 10 2 8 61 60 32
6 East Grinstead 20 3 2 15 32 80 11
7 Oxted 18 8 2 8 44 51 26 Bottom 5
8 Brooklands Manchester University 18 6 4 8 39 73 22
9 Beeston 18 5 3 10 34 48 18
10 University of Exeter 18 4 2 12 46 57 14
11 Durham University 18 3 1 14 19 65 10 relegated

Division One South

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Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1 Reading 18 13 0 5 63 30 39
2 Canterbury 18 11 3 4 52 26 36
3 Team Bath Buccaneers 18 9 5 4 39 26 32
4 Sevenoaks 18 9 3 6 36 29 30
5 Old Cranleighans 18 7 6 5 36 41 27
6 Teddington 18 7 3 8 45 48 24
7 Southgate 18 7 1 10 29 36 22
8 Oxford Hawks 18 6 3 9 28 37 21
9 Brighton & Hove 18 4 3 11 31 62 15
10 Havant 18 3 1 14 25 49 10

Division One North

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Pos Team P W D L GF GA Pts
1 University of Nottingham 18 17 0 1 67 19 51
2 Loughborough Students 18 15 12 1 83 21 47
3 Cardiff & Met 18 11 4 3 69 30 37
4 Olton & West Warwicks 18 8 1 9 40 46 25
5 Bowdon 18 8 0 10 48 42 24
6 University of Birmingham 18 5 3 10 39 54 18
7 Cambridge City 18 5 2 11 33 61 17
8 Deeside Ramblers 18 3 5 10 36 77 14
9 Sheffield Hallam 18 3 4 11 30 51 13
10 City of Peterborough 18 3 3 12 33 77 12

Quarter-finals

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Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
10 Apr Timperley Brooklands w/o
10 Apr Oxford Hawks Oxted w/o
24 Apr City of Peterborough Old Georgians 0–5
24 Apr Bowdon Beeston 0–2

Semi-finals

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Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
30 Apr Brooklands Old Georgians 1–8
15 May Oxted Beeston 1–0

Final

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Date Team 1 Team 2 Score Scorers
28 May Old Georgians Oxted 3–0 Shingles, Tindall, Carson

Old Georgians
George Pinner (gk), Andy Bull, Henry Weir, Nick Page, Kyle Marshall, James Carson, James Tindall, Dan Shingles (capt), Lee Morton, Edward Carson, Ashley Jackson; reps: Tom Carson, Thomas Doran, Elliott Messem, Dan Boden, Ben Jansen; dnp:Chris Proctor, James Cunningham; coach: Mike Hughes; manager:Jonny Stephens.
Oxted
Sam Williams (gk), Owen Williamson (capt), Lewis Fraser, Alex Blumfield, Lucas Ward, Sam Driver, Nick Giles, Chris Webster, Chris Porter, Jamie Batten, Cameron Heald; reps: Edward Carr, Ryan Kavanagh, Adam Miller, Oliver Bennett, Oscar Loft; coach: James Simpson; manager: Peter Crook.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Matches, Fixtures, Results, Tables". England Hockey. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Five-Star Old Georgians Secure First Ever Men's Premier Division Title". England Hockey. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Old Georgians Complete Domestic Double With Tier 1 Cup Final Victory". England Hockey. Retrieved 29 May 2022.