2022–23 Spartan South Midlands Football League

The 2022–23 Spartan South Midlands Football League 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]

Premier Division
Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Premier Division
Season2022–23

At the end of the previous season, eight teams left the Premier Division:

The remaining 12 teams, together with the following, formed the Premier Division for 2022–23:

Premier Division table

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
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 Division One North
20 London Colney 38 4 4 30 30 109 −79 16 Relegated to the Combined Counties League Division One
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-off

Inter-step play-off

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

Division One
Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division One
Season2022–23

At the end of the previous season, six teams left Division One:

The remaining 14 teams, together with the following, formed Division One for 2022–23:

Bedford changed their name to Real Bedford.

Division One table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Real Bedford (C, P) 38 32 3 3 123 29 +94 99 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Northampton ON Chenecks 38 28 6 4 102 37 +65 90 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Rugby Borough (O, P) 38 26 2 10 129 53 +76 80 Promotion to the United Counties League
4 Amersham Town 38 22 10 6 100 52 +48 76 Transfer to the Combined Counties League
5 Northampton Sileby Rangers 38 25 1 12 109 71 +38 76 Qualification 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 Transfer 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 Transfer to the Combined Counties League
17 Buckingham Athletic 38 7 13 18 51 97 −46 34 Merged into Buckingham FC
18 Langford 38 10 3 25 54 82 −28 33
19 London Tigers (R) 38 7 6 25 57 106 −49 27 Relegation to the Middlesex County League
20 Thame Rangers (R) 38 7 3 28 50 113 −63 24 Relegation to Division Two
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]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs
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

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