2023–24 Spartan South Midlands Football League

The 2023–24 season is the 27th 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 constitution was announced on 15 May 2023.[1] Starting this season, the two step 5 divisions in the league will each promote two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaces the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there will be only one club relegated from each of the two step 5 divisions.[2]

Premier Division

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Season2023–24
2024–25 →

The Premier Division featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Real Bedford 31 24 5 2 102 25 +77 77 Promotion to step 4
2 Milton Keynes Irish 28 22 5 1 86 19 +67 71 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Leverstock Green 29 17 5 7 64 46 +18 56
4 FC Romania 28 16 5 7 69 47 +22 53
5 St Panteleimon 28 14 8 6 54 36 +18 50
6 Harpenden Town 30 15 4 11 57 50 +7 49
7 Tring Athletic 30 12 6 12 48 51 −3 42
8 Biggleswade United 29 12 5 12 63 70 −7 41
9 London Lions 30 10 9 11 63 62 +1 39
10 Colney Heath 28 12 3 13 41 42 −1 39
11 Cockfosters 26 10 7 9 53 41 +12 37
12 Potton United 30 10 7 13 36 49 −13 37
13 Dunstable Town 30 9 9 12 46 53 −7 36
14 Stansted 29 10 5 14 43 57 −14 35
15 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 26 10 3 13 48 61 −13 33
16 Arlesey Town 31 8 6 17 33 63 −30 30
17 Baldock Town 30 9 3 18 55 75 −20 27[a]
18 Shefford Town & Campton 25 6 5 14 36 69 −33 23
19 Crawley Green 29 5 6 18 39 74 −35 21
20 Sawbridgeworth Town 29 1 6 22 24 70 −46 9 Relegation to step 6
Updated to match(es) played on 19 March 2024. 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[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ Baldock Town were deducted 3 points.

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Arlesey Town Hitchin Road 2,920
Baldock Town
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Haywood Way
Biggleswade United Fairfield Road 2,000
Cockfosters Chalk Lane 1,000
Colney Heath Recreation Ground
Crawley Green The Brache 4,000
Dunstable Town Creasey Park 3,065
FC Romania Theobalds Lane (groundshare with Cheshunt) 3,000
Harpenden Town Rothamsted Park
Leverstock Green Pancake Lane
London Lions Rowley Lane
Milton Keynes Irish Manor Fields
Potton United The Hollow
Real Bedford McMullen Park
Sawbridgeworth Town Crofters End 2,500
Shefford Town & Campton Shefford Sports Club 1,000
St Panteleimon Hertingfordbury Park (groundshare with Hertford Town)
Stansted Hargrave Park 2,000
Tring Athletic Grass Roots Stadium

Division One

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division One
Season2023–24
2024–25 →

Division One featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eight new clubs:

Also, Buckingham Athletic merged with Division Two club Buckingham United to form new club Buckingham.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Northampton ON Chenecks 27 20 6 1 80 19 +61 66 Promotion to step 5
2 Wellingborough Whitworth 25 16 6 3 68 38 +30 54 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Moulton 25 15 5 5 61 29 +32 50
4 Winslow United 24 14 5 5 55 36 +19 47
5 Northampton Sileby Rangers 22 14 4 4 61 26 +35 46
6 Langford 28 14 3 11 70 46 +24 45
7 Leighton Town development 23 14 3 6 54 38 +16 45
8 Royston Town U23 24 14 2 8 63 40 +23 44
9 Ampthill Town 23 12 6 5 64 36 +28 41[a]
10 Cranfield United 25 11 5 9 49 34 +15 38
11 Buckingham 26 8 8 10 47 60 −13 32
12 Rothwell Corinthians 24 7 8 9 56 51 +5 29
13 Long Buckby 26 9 2 15 58 58 0 29
14 Huntingdon Town 25 8 4 13 39 63 −24 28
15 Raunds Town 25 6 8 11 34 50 −16 26
16 Eaton Socon 28 5 6 17 32 66 −34 21
17 Rushden & Higham United 22 4 6 12 32 61 −29 18
18 Letchworth Garden City Eagles 24 4 5 15 32 61 −29 17
19 Irchester United 27 3 6 18 26 92 −66 15
20 Burton Park Wanderers 27 2 2 23 32 109 −77 8 Possible relegation to feeder leagues
Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2024. 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[3]
Notes:
  1. ^ Ampthill Town were deducted 1 point.

Reserve and U23 sides ineligible for Promotion to Step 5 or higher.

Stadia and locations

Team Stadium Capacity
Ampthill Town Ampthill Park 1,300
Buckingham Stratford Fields
Burton Park Wanderers Latimer Park (groundshare with Kettering Town)
Cranfield United Crawley Road
Eaton Socon River Road
Huntingdon Town Jubilee Park
Irchester United Alfred Street 1,800
Langford Forde Park 2,800
Leighton Town development Bell Close 2,800
Letchworth Garden City Eagles Pixmore Pitches
Long Buckby Station Road 1,000
Moulton Brunting Road
Northampton ON Chenecks Old Northamptonians Sports Ground
Northampton Sileby Rangers Fernie Fields
Raunds Town Kiln Park
Rushden & Higham United Hayden Road 1,500
Rothwell Corinthians Desborough Road
Royston Town U23 Garden Walk 5,000
Wellingborough Whitworth The Victoria Mill Ground 2,140
Winslow United Elmfields Gate 2,000

References

  1. ^ "REVEALED: Club allocations 2023-24 announced by The FA". The Non-League Football Paper. 15 May 2023.
  2. ^ "STEP 5 TO 4 PROMOTION/RELEGATION UPDATE". The FA. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
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