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2024–25 Spartan South Midlands Football League

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The 2024–25 season is the 28th 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 17 May 2024.[1]

Premier Division

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Premier Division
Season2024–25

The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Milton Keynes Irish 13 11 2 0 44 8 +36 35 Promotion to the Southern League
2 Cockfosters 15 11 2 2 29 11 +18 35 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Potton United 14 9 1 4 36 25 +11 28
4 Arlesey Town 15 9 1 5 28 24 +4 28
5 London Lions 14 8 2 4 31 14 +17 26
6 Tring Athletic 13 7 3 3 28 20 +8 24
7 Winslow United 15 7 3 5 27 28 −1 24
8 Wormley Rovers 13 7 2 4 16 16 0 23
9 Biggleswade United 15 6 4 5 37 31 +6 22
10 FC Romania 15 5 4 6 27 25 +2 19
11 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 12 5 2 5 24 19 +5 17
12 Dunstable Town 15 5 2 8 18 27 −9 17
13 Colney Heath 14 4 3 7 23 20 +3 15
14 Harpenden Town 13 4 2 7 22 32 −10 14
15 Crawley Green 14 3 2 9 18 38 −20 11
16 Baldock Town 14 2 3 9 14 30 −16 9
17 Kempston Rovers 12 3 0 9 12 29 −17 9
18 Shefford Town & Campton 16 0 2 14 13 50 −37 2 Relegation to Division One
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 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[2]

Stadia and locations

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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
Kempston Rovers Hillgrounds Leisure 2,000
London Lions Rowley Lane
Milton Keynes Irish Manor Fields 1,500
Potton United The Hollow
Shefford Town & Campton Shefford Sports Club 1,000
Tring Athletic Grass Roots Stadium
Winslow United Elmfields Gate 2,000
Wormley Rovers Wormley Playing Fields 500

Division One

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division One
Season2024–25

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Eaton Socon 18 12 2 4 40 25 +15 38 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Irchester United 17 11 4 2 44 24 +20 37 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Desborough Town 13 10 2 1 48 15 +33 32
4 AFC Welwyn 15 9 4 2 36 15 +21 31
5 Moulton 14 9 2 3 35 26 +9 29
6 Cranfield United 15 9 1 5 32 18 +14 28
7 Ampthill Town 14 8 4 2 16 8 +8 28
8 Letchworth Garden City Eagles 17 8 2 7 38 43 −5 26
9 Langford 18 6 5 7 32 38 −6 23
10 Long Buckby 14 5 4 5 30 26 +4 19
11 Wellingborough Whitworth 15 6 1 8 30 31 −1 19
12 Rothwell Corinthians 15 5 3 7 21 22 −1 18
13 Stotfold development 14 5 3 6 32 35 −3 18
14 Royston Town U23 14 5 1 8 21 27 −6 16
15 Buckingham 12 4 3 5 15 17 −2 15
16 Leighton Town development 13 3 2 8 21 29 −8 11
17 London Colney 13 2 2 9 14 38 −24 8
18 Huntingdon Town 13 2 1 10 18 33 −15 7
19 Rushden & Higham United 13 2 1 10 15 39 −24 7
20 Raunds Town 15 1 1 13 14 43 −29 4 Relegation to Division Two
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 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[2]

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

Stadia and locations

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Team Stadium Capacity
AFC Welwyn Herns Way 3,000
Ampthill Town Ampthill Park 1,300
Buckingham Stratford Fields
Cranfield United Crawley Road
Desborough Town Waterworks Field 1,000
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
London Colney Cotlandswick Park 1,000
Long Buckby Station Road 1,000
Moulton Brunting Road
Raunds Town Kiln Park
Rushden & Higham United Hayden Road 1,500
Rothwell Corinthians Desborough Road
Royston Town U23 Garden Walk 5,000
Stotfold development The JSJ Stadium 1,500
Wellingborough Whitworth The Victoria Mill Ground 2,140

References

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  1. ^ "THE FA RELEASES NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1-6 IN 2024-25 TERM". The Football Association. 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.