Spartan South Midlands Football League

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Spartan South Midlands Football League
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Country  England
Founded 1997
Divisions 3
Number of teams 57
Level on pyramid Levels 9–11
Feeder to Southern Football League
Isthmian League
Domestic cup(s) Challenge Trophy
Premier Division Cup
Division One Cup
Division Two Cup
Current champions Kings Langley (Premier Division)
Welwyn Garden City (Division One)
Hale Leys United (Division Two)
(2014–15)
Website Official
2015–16 Spartan South Midlands Football League

The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering Hertfordshire, northwestern Greater London, central Buckinghamshire and southern Bedfordshire. It is a feeder to the Southern Football League or the Isthmian League, and consists of five divisions – three for first teams (Premier Division, Division One and Division Two), and two for reserve teams (Reserve Division One and Reserve Division Two).

The league was formed in 1997 by the merger of the London Spartan League and the South Midlands League. It is also known as the Molten Spartan South Midlands Football League after its sponsors.

The Premier Division is at step 5 (or level 9) of the National League System, divisions One and Two at step 6/level 10 and step 7/level 11 of the National League System respectively. The reserve divisions are not part of the National League system.

Divisional champions

1997–98

For the league's first "transitional" season, the members of the amalgamating leagues were split into three tiers, "Premier", "Senior" and "Division One". The top and bottom tier were split geographically into North and South Sections.

Season Premier North Premier South Senior One North One South
1997–98 Brache Sparta Brook House New Bradwell St Peter Luton Old Boys Old Roan

1998–2001

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The area covered by the Spartan South Midlands League is coloured in mauve.

In 1998, the geographic sections were abolished, and a simple three-tier structure with promotion and relegation between the divisions was introduced.

Season Premier Senior Division One
1998–99 Barkingside Holmer Green Bridger Packaging
1999–2000 Arlesey Town Tring Athletic Dunstable Town
2000–01 Beaconsfield SYCOB Letchworth Pitstone & Ivinghoe

2001–date

In 2001, the Senior Division and Division One were renamed Divisions One and Two respectively.

Season Premier Division One Division Two
2001–02 London Colney Greenacres Mursley United
2002–03 Dunstable Town Pitstone & Ivinghoe Buckingham Athletic
2003–04 Beaconsfield SYCOB Haywood United Old Dunstablians
2004–05 Potters Bar Town Oxhey Jets Crawley Green Sports
2005–06 Oxford City Colney Heath Aston Clinton
2006–07 Edgware Town Brimsdown Rovers AFC Dunstable
2007–08 Beaconsfield SYCOB Kentish Town Kings Langley
2008–09 Biggleswade Town Royston Town The 61 F.C. (Luton)
2009–10 Aylesbury Holmer Green Berkhamsted
2010–11 Chalfont St. Peter Berkhamsted Padbury United
2011–12 Royston Town London Colney Aston Clinton
2012–13 Dunstable Town London Lions Kent Athletic
2013–14 Hanwell Town Sun Postal Sports Hale Leys United
2014–15 Kings Langley Welwyn Garden City Hale Leys United

External links

  1. REDIRECT Template:Men's football in England