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The 2017–18 Spartan South Midlands Football League season was the 21st in the history of Spartan South Midlands Football League, a football competition in England.

The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017.[1] Following a few amendments, the constitution for the Spartan South Midlands League was ratified at the league's AGM on 24 June 2017.[2]

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Welwyn Garden City 40 32 4 4 100 33 +67 100 Promoted to the Southern League
2 Berkhamsted 40 26 10 4 113 54 +59 88 Promoted to the Southern League[a]
3 Harpenden Town 40 27 5 8 97 55 +42 86
4 Leighton Town 40 24 9 7 88 52 +36 81
5 Biggleswade 40 22 7 11 96 61 +35 73
6 Hadley 40 19 9 12 76 67 +9 66
7 Leverstock Green 40 17 8 15 84 83 +1 59
8 Biggleswade United 40 16 9 15 69 57 +12 57
9 Wembley 40 15 8 17 76 68 +8 53
10 Edgware Town 40 14 9 17 63 67 −4 51
11 Colney Heath 40 14 8 18 54 69 −15 50
12 Hoddesdon Town 40 14 6 20 64 72 −8 48 Transferred to the Essex Senior League
13 London Colney 40 14 6 20 55 72 −17 48
14 London Tigers 40 14 4 22 53 75 −22 46
15 Holmer Green 40 11 13 16 53 75 −22 46 Transferred to the Hellenic League
16 St Margaretsbury 40 12 7 21 54 84 −30 43 Transferred to the Essex Senior League
17 Tring Athletic 40 11 9 20 59 71 −12 42
18 Crawley Green 40 10 6 24 59 90 −31 36
19 Oxhey Jets 40 8 11 21 56 89 −33 35
20 Cockfosters 40 9 8 23 52 85 −33 35
21 Stotfold 40 9 8 23 51 93 −42 35
22 Sun Sports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned from the league[b]
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:
  1. ^ 12 of the 14 runners-up at Step 5 were to have been promoted to Step 4.
    However, with resignations and mergers in leagues above, all fourteen runners-up were promoted.
  2. ^ Sun Sports resigned from the league, having played six matches, and as a result their playing record (PL:6, W:1, D:1, L:4, GF:6, GA:15) was expunged.[3]

Division One

Division One featured 20 clubs in the division for this season, of which there are five new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Southall 38 30 4 4 116 36 +80 94 Promoted to the Combined Counties League
2 Baldock Town 38 26 10 2 99 27 +72 88 Promoted to the Premier Division
3 Winslow United 38 27 2 9 127 60 +67 83
4 Broadfields United 38 23 6 9 94 59 +35 75
5 Wodson Park 38 22 7 9 68 48 +20 73
6 Maccabi London Lions 38 22 3 13 93 73 +20 69
7 Buckingham Athletic 38 18 11 9 77 51 +26 65
8 Risborough Rangers 38 17 10 11 89 49 +40 61
9 Harefield United 38 18 7 13 77 54 +23 61
10 Enfield Borough 38 19 3 16 95 84 +11 60
11 Brimsdown 38 13 9 16 80 84 −4 48
12 Bedford 38 14 6 18 55 90 −35 48
13 Rayners Lane 38 13 5 20 54 74 −20 44
14 Ampthill Town 38 11 8 19 70 77 −7 41
15 Hatfield Town 38 11 5 22 51 87 −36 38
16 Hillingdon Borough 38 11 4 23 60 106 −46 37
17 Langford 38 8 3 27 48 97 −49 27
18 Codicote 38 7 5 26 50 110 −60 26
19 FC Broxbourne Borough 38 7 2 29 58 104 −46 23
20 St Neots Town reserves 38 6 4 28 47 138 −91 22 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 [4]

Division Two

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Park View 32 27 5 0 111 34 +77 86 Promoted to Division One
2 Aston Clinton 32 22 6 4 83 25 +58 72
3 AFC Southgate 32 24 0 8 106 59 +47 69[a] Resigned from the league
4 Totternhoe 32 22 2 8 95 48 +47 68
5 Old Bradwell United 32 18 6 8 77 42 +35 60
6 Amersham Town 32 18 5 9 84 49 +35 59 Promoted to Division One
7 Mursley United 32 16 6 10 71 56 +15 54
8 Loughton Manor 32 14 9 9 71 48 +23 51
9 Unite MK 32 15 1 16 77 69 +8 46
10 Pitstone & Ivinghoe United 32 13 7 12 87 80 +7 46
11 MK Gallacticos 31 13 6 12 87 85 +2 45[b]
12 Clean Slate 32 7 5 20 35 101 −66 26
13 The 61 32 6 5 21 38 93 −55 23
14 Grendon Rangers 32 5 4 23 39 81 −42 19
15 Berkhamsted Raiders 32 5 4 23 41 96 −55 19
16 Tring Town 31 3 5 23 27 86 −59 14[b] Resigned from the league
17 Tring Corinthians 32 4 2 26 35 112 −77 14
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ AFC Southgate were deducted three points.
  2. ^ a b One match left unplayed.

References

  1. ^ "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Spartan South Midlands League 2017/18". SSM Fixtures Officer. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Sun_Sports_no_more_as_league_accepts_club_s_resignation/". Watford Observer. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
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