2019–20 Spartan South Midlands Football League

The 2019–20 Spartan South Midlands Football League 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
Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Premier Division
Season2019–20

At the end of the season 2018–19, five teams left the Premier Division:

The remaining 15 teams, together with the following, will form the Premier Division for 2019–20:

Premier Division table

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

Results
Home \ Away ARL AVD BAL BGU BRO COL CRA DUN EDG EYN HFU HPT LEI LEV LOC NPT NGR OXJ POT TRI WEM
Arlesey Town — 1–1 3–0
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos — 2–0 1–0
Baldock Town — 4–2
Biggleswade United — 0–5
Broadfields United — 0–5
Colney Heath — 3–0 2–1
Crawley Green — 1–2
Dunstable Town 2–1 0–3 —
Edgware Town — 4–2
Eynesbury Rovers — 1–1
Harefield United — 2–1
Harpenden Town — 2–1
Leighton Town 1–2 —
Leverstock Green 0–0 — 3–1
London Colney — 1–3
Newport Pagnell Town 2–4 — 3–1 6–0
North Greenford United 0–3 —
Oxhey Jets 3–3 —
Potton United —
Tring Athletic 1–2 4–1 —
Wembley 2–0 3–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One
Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division One
Season2019–20

At the end of the season 2018–19, five teams left Division One:

The remaining 15 teams, together with the following, will form Division One for 2019–20:

Division One table

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
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
20 Wodson Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 2] Resigned
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:
  1. London Tigers had a one point deduction for fielding an unregistered player
  2. Wodson Park withdrew from the league in October 2019, all results expunged[5]

Results
Home \ Away
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division Two
Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division Two
Season2019–20

Division Two featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

  • Codicote, relegated from Division One
  • Tring Corinthians, re-appeared in Division Two
  • Buckingham United

Division Two table

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:
  1. Pitstone & Ivinghoe were deducted three points.
  2. Sarratt were deducted one point.
  3. 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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