1971–72 Hellenic Football League
The 1971–72 Hellenic Football League season was the 19th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.
Premier Division
Football league season
| Season | 1971–72 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Witney Town |
| Relegated | Buckingham Athletic Cirencester Town |
| Matches played | 272 |
| Goals scored | 886 (3.26 per match) |
← 1970–71 1972–73 → | |
The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
- Hungerford Town
- Pressed Steel
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Witney Town | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 78 | 27 | 2.889 | 51 | |
| 2 | Abingdon Town | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 69 | 29 | 2.379 | 46 | |
| 3 | Clanfield | 32 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 85 | 45 | 1.889 | 46 | |
| 4 | Pinehurst | 32 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 51 | 32 | 1.594 | 41 | |
| 5 | Chippenham Town | 32 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 49 | 1.102 | 37 | |
| 6 | Moreton Town | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 66 | 52 | 1.269 | 35 | |
| 7 | Didcot Town | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 44 | 39 | 1.128 | 34 | |
| 8 | Wallingford Town | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 39 | 1.051 | 34 | |
| 9 | Pressed Steel | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 41 | 43 | 0.953 | 30 | |
| 10 | Newbury Town | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 51 | 0.784 | 28 | |
| 11 | Thame United | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 47 | 63 | 0.746 | 27 | |
| 12 | Wantage Town | 32 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 52 | 66 | 0.788 | 25 | |
| 13 | Bicester Town | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 47 | 51 | 0.922 | 24 | |
| 14 | Morris Motors | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 41 | 64 | 0.641 | 24 | |
| 15 | Hungerford Town | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 60 | 0.717 | 22 | |
| 16 | Cirencester Town | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 50 | 82 | 0.610 | 22 | Relegated to Division One |
| 17 | Buckingham Athletic | 32 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 37 | 94 | 0.394 | 18 |
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.
Division One A
Football league season
| Season | 1971–72 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Fairford Town |
| Promoted | Fairford Town |
| Relegated | Abingdon United Marston United Easington Sports |
← 1970–71 1972–73 → | |
The Division One A featured 8 clubs which competed in the Division One last season, along with 5 new clubs:
- Swindon Town 'A', relegated from the Premier Division
- Burnham, joined from the Reading Combination
- Easington Sports, joined from the Oxfordshire Senior League
- Long Wittenham
- MG Athletic
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairford Town | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 67 | 28 | 2.393 | 37 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Burnham | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 68 | 26 | 2.615 | 34 | |
| 3 | Ernest Turner Sports | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 35 | 1.886 | 34 | |
| 4 | Thatcham | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 37 | 1.595 | 30 | |
| 5 | Long Wittenham | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 39 | 1.308 | 30 | |
| 6 | Swindon Town 'A' | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 39 | 1.641 | 28 | |
| 7 | Hazells | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 30 | 1.200 | 25 | |
| 8 | Abingdon United | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 43 | 45 | 0.956 | 23 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 9 | MG Athletic | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 0.976 | 22 | |
| 10 | Marston United | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 53 | 0.774 | 21 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 11 | Easington Sports | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 59 | 0.678 | 20 | |
| 12 | Lambourn Sports | 24 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 28 | 83 | 0.337 | 5 | Resigned from the league |
| 13 | Aylesbury Town Corinthians | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 109 | 0.193 | 3 |
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.
Division One B
Football league season
| Season | 1971–72 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Chipping Norton Town |
| Promoted | Chipping Norton Town |
| Relegated | Watlington Maidenhead Social Aston Clinton Stokenchurch A G R G Harwell |
← 1970–71 1972–73 → | |
The Division One B featured 10 clubs which competed in the Division One last season, along with 4 new clubs:
- Amersham Town, relegated from the Premier Division
- Garsington
- Maidenhead Social
- Oxford University Press
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chipping Norton Town | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 34 | 2.088 | 39 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Rivet Works (Aylesbury) | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 82 | 29 | 2.828 | 38 | |
| 3 | Waddesdon | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 72 | 31 | 2.323 | 38 | |
| 4 | Princes Risborough Town | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 36 | 1.639 | 32 | |
| 5 | Amersham Town | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 60 | 37 | 1.622 | 32 | Transferred to the Spartan League |
| 6 | Kidlington | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 35 | 1.429 | 31 | |
| 7 | Garsington | 26 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 62 | 66 | 0.939 | 26 | |
| 8 | Oxford University Press | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 56 | 0.804 | 25 | |
| 9 | Watlington | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 0.634 | 22 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 10 | AC Delco | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 55 | 0.764 | 20 | |
| 11 | Maidenhead Social | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 60 | 0.750 | 20 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 12 | Aston Clinton | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | 46 | 0.565 | 18 | |
| 13 | Stokenchurch | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 35 | 71 | 0.493 | 14 | |
| 14 | A G R G Harwell | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 101 | 0.228 | 9 |
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.
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