2022–23 Wessex Football League

Wessex Football League

Season	2022–23
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The 2022–23 Wessex Football League season was the 37th in the history of the Wessex Football League since its establishment in 1986. The league consists of two divisions: the Premier Division and Division One.

The constitution was announced on 12 May 2022.

Premier Division

The Premier Division was reduced from 21 clubs to 20, after Bashley and Hamworthy United were promoted to the Southern League South Division; Alton were transferred to the Combined Counties League, and Amesbury Town were relegated to Division One.

Three new teams joined the division:

• Two promoted from Division One:
  • Bemerton Heath Harlequins
  • Laverstock & Ford
• One transferred from Southern Combination League Premier Division:
  • Pagham

• The club finishing the season in second position was initially required to play in an inter-step playoff with a team from step 4. Due to ground grading failures higher up the pyramid, three step 4 clubs were reprieved, and the three step 5 runners-up with the highest PPG (points per game) were automatically promoted. Bemerton Heath Harlequins were one of those three.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Horndean (C, P)	38	32	2	4	126	21	+105	98	Promoted to the Isthmian League
2	Bemerton Heath Harlequins (P)	38	30	5	3	123	33	+90	95	Promoted to the Southern League
3	AFC Stoneham	38	31	2	5	111	37	+74	95
4	AFC Portchester	38	30	4	4	115	49	+66	94
5	Moneyfields	38	19	8	11	76	47	+29	65
6	Hamble Club	38	20	5	13	88	65	+23	65
7	Baffins Milton Rovers	38	19	6	13	68	52	+16	63
8	Laverstock & Ford	38	17	4	17	66	67	−1	55
9	Fareham Town	38	14	7	17	64	71	−7	49
10	Christchurch	38	15	3	20	62	77	−15	48
11	Portland United	38	13	8	17	64	76	−12	47
12	Hythe & Dibden	38	13	8	17	63	76	−13	47
13	Shaftesbury	38	14	4	20	73	80	−7	46
14	Brockenhurst	38	11	5	22	54	91	−37	38
15	Blackfield & Langley	38	11	5	22	53	90	−37	38
16	Cowes Sports	38	10	7	21	42	83	−41	37
17	Bournemouth	38	11	4	23	48	97	−49	37
18	United Services Portsmouth	38	10	5	23	61	90	−29	35
19	Pagham	38	10	4	24	51	93	−42	34	Reprieved and transferred to the Southern Combination
20	Alresford Town (R)	38	1	2	35	25	138	−113	5	Relegated to Division One

Source: Wessex League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division One

Division One remained at 20 clubs after Bemerton Heath Harlequins and Laverstock & Ford were promoted to the Premier Division, and Infinity resigned from the league during last season.

Three new teams joined the division:

• One relegated from the Premier Division:
  • Amesbury Town
• One promoted from the Hampshire Premier League:
  • Fleetlands
• One promoted from the Dorset Premier League:
  • Hamworthy Recreation

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Andover New Street (C, P)	38	29	6	3	104	39	+65	93	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Newport (IOW)	38	27	5	6	97	38	+59	86	Qualification for the play-offs
3	New Milton Town	38	27	3	8	116	50	+66	84
4	Hamworthy Recreation	38	27	3	8	101	46	+55	84
5	Petersfield Town (O, P)	38	23	7	8	86	36	+50	76
6	Downton	38	22	6	10	103	49	+54	72
7	Andover Town	38	18	5	15	90	74	+16	59
8	Fleetlands	38	18	5	15	58	62	−4	59
9	Totton & Eling	38	15	10	13	56	57	−1	55
10	Millbrook	38	16	6	16	90	99	−9	54
11	Folland Sports	38	15	8	15	68	65	+3	53
12	Romsey Town	38	13	8	17	67	77	−10	47
13	Fawley	38	13	6	19	62	71	−9	45
14	Verwood Town	38	13	5	20	68	75	−7	44
15	East Cowes Victoria Athletic	38	9	12	17	38	74	−36	39
16	Whitchurch United	38	11	3	24	61	85	−24	36
17	Ringwood Town	38	9	4	25	60	97	−37	31
18	Ash United	38	6	10	22	56	106	−50	28	Reprieved from relegation
19	Amesbury Town (R)	38	6	8	24	42	117	−75	26	Relegated to the Wiltshire League
20	Fleet Spurs (R)	38	3	0	35	26	132	−106	9	Relegated to the Hampshire Premier League

Source: Wessex Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion playoffs

	Semi-finals					Final
	2	Newport (IOW)	0 (8)
	5	Petersfield Town (pens)	0 (9)
						3	New Milton Town	1 (1)
						5	Petersfield Town (pens)	1 (4)
	3	New Milton Town (pens)	0 (3)
	4	Hamworthy Recreation	0 (1)

External links

• Wessex Football League official site