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2022–23 Spartan South Midlands Football League

The 2022–23 season was the 26th in the history of the Spartan South Midlands Football League, a football competition in England. The league operates three divisions, two of which are in covered in this article, the Premier Division, at Step 5 and Division One at Step 6 of the English football league system.

The league constitution for this season was based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 that were announced by The Football Association on 12 May 2022, and were subject to appeals.[1]

Leighton Town were champions, winning first Spartan South Midlands League title and returned to the Southern League after seven seasons in the Spartan South Midlands League. Runners-up Stotfold won inter-step play-off match and joined then achieving second straight promotion.

Premier Division

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Premier Division
Season2022–23
ChampionsLeighton Town
PromotedLeighton Town
Stotfold
RelegatedHoddesdon Town
London Colney
Matches played380
Goals scored1,249 (3.29 per match)

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Leighton Town 38 29 4 5 97 31 +66 91 Promoted to the Southern League
2 Stotfold 38 22 11 5 69 33 +36 77 Qualified for an inter-step play-off, then promoted to the Southern League
3 Risborough Rangers 38 23 5 10 100 56 +44 74 Transferred to the Combined Counties League
4 Dunstable Town 38 21 11 6 75 37 +38 74
5 St Panteleimon 38 19 7 12 65 55 +10 64
6 Cockfosters 38 17 13 8 74 47 +27 64
7 Leverstock Green 38 15 12 11 60 51 +9 57
8 Biggleswade United 38 16 8 14 64 70 −6 56
9 Tring Athletic 38 15 9 14 59 60 −1 54
10 Potton United 38 14 11 13 51 47 +4 53
11 Harpenden Town 38 15 8 15 56 59 −3 53
12 Crawley Green 38 16 4 18 71 65 +6 52
13 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 38 15 4 19 67 75 −8 49
14 Ardley United 38 13 9 16 70 69 +1 48 Transferred to the Combined Counties League
15 Shefford Town & Campton 38 14 5 19 73 81 −8 47
16 Baldock Town 38 11 8 19 56 75 −19 41
17 Arlesey Town 38 8 9 21 39 66 −27 33
18 Colney Heath 38 8 6 24 34 76 −42 30
19 Hoddesdon Town 38 6 10 22 39 87 −48 28 Relegated to the Eastern Counties League
20 London Colney 38 4 4 30 30 109 −79 16 Relegated to the Combined Counties League
Source: The 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[2]

Inter-step play-off

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29 April 2023 Dereham Town0–2 Stotfold Dereham
15:00 Report
  • Alleyne   5', 31'
 Stadium: Aldiss Park
Attendance: 287

Division One

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division One
Season2022–23
ChampionsReal Bedford
PromotedReal Bedford
Rugby Borough
RelegatedLondon Tigers
Thame Rangers
Matches played380
Goals scored1,496 (3.94 per match)

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

Also, Bedford changed their name to Real Bedford.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Real Bedford 38 32 3 3 123 29 +94 99 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Northampton ON Chenecks 38 28 6 4 102 37 +65 90 Qualified for the play-offs
3 Rugby Borough 38 26 2 10 129 53 +76 80 Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the United Counties League
4 Amersham Town 38 22 10 6 100 52 +48 76 Qualified for the play-offs, then transferred to the Combined Counties League
5 Northampton Sileby Rangers 38 25 1 12 109 71 +38 76 Qualified for the play-offs
6 Ampthill Town 38 21 7 10 80 47 +33 70
7 Lutterworth Athletic 38 21 4 13 82 63 +19 67 Transferred to the United Counties League
8 Moulton 38 19 4 15 97 77 +20 61
9 Winslow United 38 16 6 16 70 62 +8 54
10 Eaton Socon 38 15 9 14 60 64 −4 54
11 Burton Park Wanderers 38 13 7 18 60 75 −15 46
12 Letchworth Garden City Eagles 38 12 6 20 52 69 −17 42
13 Wellingborough Whitworth 38 11 7 20 65 92 −27 40
14 Rushden & Higham United 38 10 7 21 57 102 −45 37
15 Raunds Town 38 11 4 23 43 94 −51 37
16 Holmer Green 38 10 6 22 55 111 −56 36 Transferred to the Combined Counties League
17 Buckingham Athletic 38 7 13 18 51 97 −46 34 Merged into Buckingham
18 Langford 38 10 3 25 54 82 −28 33
19 London Tigers 38 7 6 25 57 106 −49 27 Relegated to the Middlesex County League
20 Thame Rangers 38 7 3 28 50 113 −63 24 Relegated to the Oxfordshire Senior League
Source: The 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[2]

Play-offs

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Semi-finals Final
      
2 Northampton ON Chenecks 1 (5)
5 Northampton Sileby Rangers 1 (4)
2 Northampton ON Chenecks 0
3 Rugby Borough 2
3 Rugby Borough 4
4 Amersham Town 0

Division Two

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division Two
Season2022–23
ChampionsOld Bradwell United
PromotedLeighton Town development
Matches played272
Goals scored1,175 (4.32 per match)

Division Two featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Old Bradwell United 32 27 0 5 135 28 +107 81
2 New Bradwell St Peter 32 24 1 7 96 39 +57 73
3 Leighton Town development 32 23 4 5 89 37 +52 73 Promoted to Division One
4 Totternhoe 32 21 7 4 90 41 +49 70
5 Aston Clinton 32 20 2 10 69 44 +25 62
6 Milton Keynes College Football Academy 32 16 6 10 77 59 +18 54
7 Eynesbury United 32 17 3 12 83 69 +14 54
8 Sarratt 32 14 5 13 49 54 −5 47
9 Codicote 32 13 7 12 76 60 +16 46
10 Bovingdon 32 12 6 14 64 63 +1 42
11 Berkhamsted Raiders 32 10 9 13 67 65 +2 39
12 Pitstone & Ivinghoe 32 11 5 16 74 73 +1 38
13 AFC Caddington 32 7 5 20 55 79 −24 26
14 Risborough Rangers development 32 8 2 22 48 86 −38 26 Resigned from the league
15 Tring Corinthians 32 7 4 21 37 83 −46 25
16 Buckingham United 32 6 1 25 49 114 −65 19 Merged into Buckingham
17 The 61 32 2 1 29 17 181 −164 7
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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  1. ^ "The FA provides update on National League System club allocations at Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 12 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
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