2016–17 Spartan South Midlands Football League

The 2016–17 Spartan South Midlands Football League season was the 20th in the history of Spartan South Midlands Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Premier Division

Season	2016–17
Champions	London Colney
Promoted	Hertford Town
Relegated	Broxbourne Borough
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,614 (3.49 per match)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

• Crawley Green, promoted from Division One
• Edgware Town, promoted from Division One
• Leighton Town, relegated from the Southern Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	London Colney	42	31	4	7	110	45	+65	97
2	Hertford Town	42	28	8	6	91	35	+56	92	Promoted to the Isthmian League North Division
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	−13	60
12	Leverstock Green	42	16	10	16	85	76	+9	58
13	Stotfold	42	14	10	18	66	77	−11	52
14	Holmer Green	42	13	10	19	56	60	−4	49
15	Oxhey Jets	42	13	10	19	68	84	−16	49
16	Leighton Town	42	14	5	23	68	82	−14	47
17	Edgware Town	42	11	10	21	61	88	−27	43
18	Colney Heath	42	12	7	23	62	100	−38	43
19	Hadley	42	9	12	21	57	79	−22	39
20	St Margaretsbury	42	9	11	22	60	92	−32	38
21	London Tigers	42	8	7	27	46	109	−63	31
22	Broxbourne Borough	42	4	5	33	47	125	−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]

Division One

Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division One

Season	2016–17
Champions	Biggleswade
Promoted	Biggleswade Harpenden Town
Matches played	420
Goals scored	1,750 (4.17 per match)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Division One featured 21 club in the division for this season, of which there are five new clubs:

• Bedford, relegated from the Premier Division
• Biggleswade, new club
• Hadley Wood & Wingate, joined from the Herts County League
• Harefield United, relegated from the Premier Division
• Kensington Borough, promoted from Division Two, with a name change from AFC Hillgate

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Biggleswade	40	32	3	5	140	45	+95	99	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Harpenden Town	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	−23	43
14	Ampthill Town	40	13	3	24	73	109	−36	42
15	Chesham United reserves	40	12	4	24	70	101	−31	40	Resigned from the league
16	Winslow United	40	11	5	24	53	111	−58	38
17	Brimsdown	40	10	7	23	84	133	−49	37
18	Hadley Wood & Wingate	40	12	4	24	60	116	−56	37^[a]	Resigned from the league
19	Bedford	40	10	2	28	42	105	−63	32
20	Hatfield Town	40	9	4	27	57	115	−58	31
21	Arlesey Town reserves	40	2	2	36	39	164	−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]
Notes:

1. Hadley Wood & Wingate were deducted three points on 14 December for an infringement of league rules.

Division Two

Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division Two

Season	2016–17
Champions	Thame Rangers
Promoted	Enfield Borough St Neots Town reserves Thame Rangers
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,321 (4.32 per match)
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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

• Enfield Borough, new club
• MK Gallacticos, joined from the North Bucks & District League
• New Bradwell St Peter, demoted from Division One
• St Neots Town reserves
• Thame Rangers, joined from the Wycombe & District League
• Tring Town, new club

Also, Wolverton Town changed name to Unite MK.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Thame Rangers	34	28	2	4	127	38	+89	86	Promoted to Hellenic League Division One East
2	Totternhoe	34	26	0	8	108	45	+63	78
3	Enfield Borough	34	19	7	8	85	37	+48	64	Promoted to Division One
4	Aston Clinton	34	21	4	9	81	45	+36	64^[a]
5	Old Bradwell United	34	19	4	11	85	63	+22	61
6	MK Gallacticos	34	20	3	11	101	70	+31	60^[b]
7	New Bradwell St Peter	34	17	8	9	85	48	+37	59	Resigned from the league
8	Loughton Manor	34	18	5	11	64	57	+7	59
9	St Neots Town reserves	34	17	6	11	80	62	+18	57	Promoted to Division One
10	Pitstone & Ivinghoe United	34	16	4	14	87	85	+2	52
11	The 61	34	13	8	13	67	64	+3	47
12	Unite MK	34	14	3	17	64	85	−21	45
13	Mursley United	34	11	3	20	64	88	−24	36
14	Grendon Rangers	34	9	3	22	46	96	−50	30
15	Tring Corinthians	34	7	8	19	56	96	−40	29
16	Amersham Town	34	6	5	23	49	99	−50	23
17	Tring Town	34	4	2	28	33	110	−77	14
18	Clean Slate	34	2	3	29	39	133	−94	9

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

1. Aston Clinton were deducted 3 points.
2. MK Gallacticos were deducted 3 points.

References

1. "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.