2016–17 Hellenic Football League

Hellenic League
Season 2016-17

The 2016–17 Hellenic Football League season is the 64th in the history of Hellenic Football League a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Hellenic League Premier Division

The Premier Division consists of 18 clubs.[1]

The following 4 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

The following 3 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Thatcham Town 21 13 2 6 62 34 +28 41 Possible promotion to Step 4 (subject to criteria below)
2 Thame United 18 12 4 2 67 28 +39 40
3 Flackwell Heath 20 12 3 5 52 22 +30 39
4 Bracknell Town 17 12 2 3 57 19 +38 38
5 Highworth Town 19 11 3 5 48 32 +16 36
6 Ardley United 20 9 4 7 47 39 +8 31
7 Binfield 20 9 3 8 34 27 +7 30
8 Tuffley Rovers 19 9 3 7 37 32 +5 30
9 Royal Wootton Bassett Town[lower-alpha 1] 20 10 2 8 41 34 +7 29
10 Longlevens 20 8 3 9 42 41 +1 27
11 Lydney Town 17 8 2 7 30 32 −2 26
12 Brimscombe & Thrupp 16 7 3 6 26 24 +2 24
13 Ascot United 20 7 3 10 37 45 −8 24
14 Highmoor Ibis 17 6 3 8 29 38 −9 21
15 Brackley Town Saints 18 5 2 11 19 56 −37 17
16 Oxford City Nomads 20 3 5 12 24 47 −23 14
17 Henley Town 21 3 3 15 28 65 −37 12
18 Burnham 21 3 0 18 24 89 −65 9 Relegation to Division One East/West
19 Carterton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ↑ Royal Wootton Bassett Town were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Longlevens on 10 September.
  2. ↑ Carterton resigned from the league, having played three matches, and as a result their playing record (PL:3, W:1, L:2, GF:3, GA:9) was expunged.

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

  1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March
  3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
  4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions[3]

Division One East

Division One East consists of 14 clubs, including three newcomers:

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Penn & Tylers Green 12 9 2 1 43 8 +35 29 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Woodley United 9 8 0 1 21 6 +15 24
3 Bicester Town 13 7 2 4 24 17 +7 23
4 Headington Amateurs 10 7 0 3 35 16 +19 21
5 AFC Aldermaston 14 7 0 7 31 28 +3 21
6 Chalfont Wasps 14 6 3 5 22 22 0 21
7 Finchampstead 13 6 0 7 24 23 +1 18
8 Rayners Lane 13 5 2 6 18 26 −8 17
9 Wokingham & Emmbrook 14 4 4 6 26 29 −3 16
10 Chinnor 11 4 3 4 16 22 −6 15
11 Sandhurst Town 9 4 2 3 17 14 +3 14
12 Didcot Town Reserves 12 4 2 6 28 27 +1 14
13 Holyport 10 3 0 7 20 24 −4 9
14 Wantage Town Reserves 14 0 0 14 13 76 −63 0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: Hellenic League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Division One West

Division One West consists of 16 clubs, including three newcomers:

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hook Norton 13 11 0 2 40 15 +25 33 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Fairford Town 12 10 1 1 56 8 +48 31
3 Purton 15 8 4 3 34 21 +13 28
4 Easington Sports 13 8 3 2 29 13 +16 27
5 Cirencester Town Development 16 8 2 6 46 29 +17 26
6 Abingdon United 11 8 0 3 35 13 +22 24
7 Shrivenham 11 7 1 3 20 13 +7 22
8 Clanfield 14 6 2 6 27 19 +8 20
9 Milton United 14 5 3 6 37 25 +12 18
10 Shortwood United Reserves 13 5 3 5 26 20 +6 18
11 Letcombe 13 4 2 7 22 30 −8 14
12 North Leigh 13 4 2 7 27 38 −11 14
13 Cheltenham Saracens 16 3 1 12 14 95 −81 10
14 New College Swindon 10 2 1 7 13 35 −22 7
15 Tytherington Rocks 14 0 5 9 6 23 −17 5
16 Woodstock Town 14 1 2 11 10 45 −35 5
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: FA Full-Time Hellenic League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

References

  1. ↑ http://hellenicleague.co.uk/club_news/hellenic.html
  2. ↑ "Carterton withdraw from league". Hellenic League. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016–17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.

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