1996–97_South_Midlands_League

South Midlands League
Division One
Season	1996–97
Champions	Biggleswade United
Promoted	Biggleswade United; Caddington
Relegated	None
	← 1995–96 1997–98 (Spartan South Midlands League) →

South Midlands League
Senior Division
Season	1996–97
Champions	Leverstock Green
Promoted	None
Relegated	None
	← 1995–96 1997–98 (Spartan South Midlands League) →

South Midlands League
Premier Division
Season	1996–97
Champions	Potters Bar Town
Promoted	None
Relegated	None
	← 1995–96 1997–98 (Spartan South Midlands League) →

1996–97 South Midlands League

Football league season

The 1996–97 South Midlands League season was 68th and the last in the history of South Midlands League.

At the end of the season the league was merged with Spartan League to form Spartan South Midlands Football League. For the first season of the new league clubs from the South Midlands League and the Spartan League were separated: all the South Midlands League Premier Division clubs formed Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division North, while clubs from South Midlands League Senior Division formed Spartan South Midlands League Senior Division and clubs from South Midlands League Division One formed Spartan South Midlands League Division One North. Following first season of the new league regional Premier divisions and divisions One were merged.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Potters Bar Town (C)	28	18	8	2	53	18	+35	62	Joined SSML Premier Division North
2	Brache Sparta	28	19	5	4	54	20	+34	62
3	Arlesey Town	28	16	7	5	49	20	+29	55
4	Toddington Rovers	28	14	4	10	45	29	+16	46
5	Buckingham Athletic	28	14	3	11	52	34	+18	45
6	Royston Town	28	13	6	9	47	42	+5	45
7	London Colney	28	12	8	8	47	41	+6	44
8	Bedford United	28	10	8	10	44	49	−5	38
9	Welwyn Garden City	28	9	9	10	45	44	+1	36
10	Harpenden Town	28	9	7	12	32	33	−1	34
11	Milton Keynes	28	7	10	11	25	36	−11	31
12	Letchworth	28	7	7	14	35	50	−15	28
13	Langford	28	6	6	16	22	56	−34	24
14	Hoddesdon Town	28	5	7	16	30	55	−25	22
15	Biggleswade Town	28	2	3	23	21	74	−53	9

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leverstock Green (C)	26	19	3	4	54	19	+35	60	Joined SSML Senior Division
2	Holmer Green	26	18	1	7	71	21	+50	55
3	Tring Athletic	26	17	3	6	62	29	+33	54
4	Stony Stratford Town	26	16	2	8	60	46	+14	50
5	New Bradwell St Peter	26	13	7	6	49	30	+19	46
6	Houghton Town	26	10	8	8	31	32	−1	38
7	Mercedes Benz	26	10	7	9	48	38	+10	37
8	Risborough Rangers	26	11	4	11	35	50	−15	37
9	Winslow United	26	10	5	11	40	51	−11	35
10	Kent Athletic	26	9	5	12	46	57	−11	32
11	Ampthill Town	26	6	5	15	33	57	−24	23
12	A C D Tridon	26	5	6	15	33	56	−23	21	Did not join Spartan South Midlands League
13	Totternhoe	26	2	9	15	27	62	−35	15	Joined SSML Senior Division
14	The 61 FC Luton	26	2	3	21	26	67	−41	9	Joined SSML Senior Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Biggleswade United (C, P)	34	26	4	4	116	35	+81	82	Promoted to the SSML Senior Division
2	Caddington (P)	34	22	7	5	89	45	+44	72^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promoted to the SSML Senior Division
3	De Havilland	34	22	5	7	88	52	+36	71	Joined SSML Division One North
4	Crawley Green Sports	34	19	7	8	77	51	+26	64
5	Old Bradwell United	34	19	6	9	69	49	+20	63
6	Emberton	34	19	5	10	67	46	+21	62
7	Bedford Eagles	34	18	6	10	79	48	+31	57^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8	Scot	34	16	4	14	49	57	−8	52
9	Walden Rangers	34	14	6	14	70	46	+24	48
10	Buckingham United	34	13	6	15	66	75	−9	45
11	Bridger Packaging	34	13	4	17	61	74	−13	43
12	Luton Old Boys	34	10	7	17	43	53	−10	37
13	Old Dunstablians	34	10	6	18	62	85	−23	36
14	Leighton Athletic	34	9	5	20	50	75	−25	32
15	Flamstead	34	8	6	20	44	80	−36	30
16	Abbey National	34	5	9	20	39	92	−53	24
17	Mursley United	34	6	8	20	53	91	−38	23^{[lower-alpha 2]}
18	Pitstone & Ivinghoe	34	5	3	26	26	94	−68	18

1996–97_South_Midlands_League

1996–97 South Midlands League

Premier Division

League table

Senior Division

League table

Division One

League table

References

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