2019–20_Spartan_South_Midlands_Football_League

2019–20 Spartan South Midlands Football League

Football league season

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

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Premier Division
Season	2019–20
Matches played	301
Goals scored	1,005 (3.34 per match)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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

Relegated from Southern League Division One Central:
- Aylesbury Vale Dynamos, with a name change from Aylesbury
- Dunstable Town
Transferred from the United Counties League:
- Eynesbury Rovers
- Newport Pagnell Town
Promoted from Division One:
- Broadfields United
- Harefield United

League table

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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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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:

Leighton had a three points deduction for fielding a player whilst under suspension.
Arlesey Town had a three points deduction for fielding an unregistered player.

Division One

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division One
Season	2019–20
Matches played	262
Goals scored	1,107 (4.23 per match)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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

London Tigers, relegated from the Premier Division
New Salamis, promoted from the Hertfordshire Senior County League
Shefford Town & Campton, promoted from the Bedfordshire County League
St Panteleimon, promoted from the Middlesex County League
Stotfold, relegated from the Premier Division

League table

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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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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:

London Tigers had a one point deduction for fielding an unregistered player.
Wodson Park withdrew from the league in October 2019, all results expunged^[5]

Division Two

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division Two
Season	2019–20
Matches played	125
Goals scored	494 (3.95 per match)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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

Buckingham United, joined from the North Bucks & District League
Codicote, relegated from Division One

League table

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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^{[lower-alpha 1]}
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^{[lower-alpha 2]}
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^{[lower-alpha 3]}
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:

Pitstone & Ivinghoe were deducted three points.
Sarratt were deducted one point.
Tring Corinthians were deducted three points.

References

[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]
"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.

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