The 2021–22 Hellenic Football League season was the 69th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England. For the first time since the 1999–2000 season, the league operates two divisions, the Premier Division at Step 5 and Division One at Step 6.
The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 18 May 2021.[1]
After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.[2][3][4]
Premier Division
[edit]Season | 2021–22 |
---|---|
Champions | Bishop's Cleeve |
Promoted | Bishop's Cleeve Westbury United |
Relegated | Calne Town Hallen |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,329 (3.5 per match) |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
The Premier Division featured nine clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eleven new clubs.
- Clubs, transferred from the Western League:
- Clubs, promoted from Division One West:
- Clubs, promoted from Western League First Division:
League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bishop's Cleeve | 38 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 108 | 46 | +62 | 92 | Promoted to the Southern League |
2 | Westbury United | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 94 | 41 | +53 | 84 | Promoted to the Southern League[a] |
3 | Malvern Town | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 98 | 59 | +39 | 77 | |
4 | Cribbs | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 86 | 45 | +41 | 75 | |
5 | Corsham Town | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 35 | +32 | 72 | |
6 | Bradford Town | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 77 | 43 | +34 | 70 | |
7 | Westfields | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 66 | |
8 | Longlevens | 38 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 80 | 66 | +14 | 64 | |
9 | Brimscombe & Thrupp | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 81 | 55 | +26 | 63 | |
10 | Roman Glass St George | 38 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 63 | |
11 | Fairford Town | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 56 | |
12 | Royal Wootton Bassett Town | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 66 | −8 | 54 | |
13 | Hereford Lads Club | 38 | 14 | 4 | 20 | 73 | 80 | −7 | 46 | |
14 | Thornbury Town | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 46 | 73 | −27 | 38 | |
15 | Shrivenham | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 49 | 106 | −57 | 33 | |
16 | Lydney Town | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 49 | 82 | −33 | 31 | |
17 | Tuffley Rovers | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 40 | 92 | −52 | 29 | |
18 | Chipping Sodbury Town | 38 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 43 | 91 | −48 | 28 | |
19 | Calne Town | 38 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 37 | 105 | −68 | 19 | Relegated to Division One[b] |
20 | Hallen | 38 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 49 | 95 | −46 | 18 | Relegated to the Western League |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[6]
Notes:
Results table
[edit]Stadiums and locations
[edit]![2021–22 Hellenic Football League is located in Southwest England](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/England_southwest_location_map.svg/800px-England_southwest_location_map.svg.png)
![Bishop's Cleeve](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Bradford Town](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Brimscombe](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Calne Town](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Chipping Sodbury](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Corsham Town](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Cribbs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Fairford Town](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Hallen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Hereford Lads Club](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Longlevens](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
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![Wootton Bassett](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Shrivenham](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Thornbury Town](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Tuffley Rovers](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Westbury United](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
![Westfields](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Blue_000080_pog.svg/8px-Blue_000080_pog.svg.png)
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Bishop's Cleeve | Bishop's Cleeve | Kayte Lane | 1,500 |
Bradford Town | Bradford on Avon | Trowbridge Road | 1,800 |
Brimscombe & Thrupp | Brimscombe | The Meadow | |
Calne Town | Calne | Bremhill View | 2,500 |
Chipping Sodbury Town | Chipping Sodbury | The Ridings | |
Corsham Town | Corsham | Southbank | 1,200 |
Cribbs | Bristol | The Lawns | 1,000 |
Fairford Town | Fairford | Cinder Lane | 2,000 |
Hallen | Hallen | The Hallen Centre | 2,000 |
Hereford Lads Club | Hereford | County Ground | |
Longlevens | Gloucester | Saw Mills End | |
Lydney Town | Lydney | Lydney Recreation Ground | 700 |
Malvern Town | Malvern | Langland Stadium | 2,500 |
Roman Glass St George | Almondsbury | Oaklands Park | 2,000 |
Royal Wootton Bassett Town | Royal Wootton Bassett | New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground | |
Shrivenham | Shrivenham | Barrington Park | |
Thornbury Town | Thornbury | Mundy Playing Fields | |
Tuffley Rovers | Tuffley | Glevum Park | 1,000 |
Westbury United | Westbury | Meadow Lane | |
Westfields | Hereford | allpay.park | 2,000 |
Division One
[edit]Season | 2021–22 |
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Champions | Studley |
Promoted | Studley Hereford Pegasus Worcester Raiders |
Matches played | 272 |
Goals scored | 1,091 (4.01 per match) |
2022–23 → |
Division One featured twelve clubs which competed in East and West divisions last season, along with five new clubs.
- Clubs, transferred from the West Midlands (Regional) League:
- Plus:
- Studley, transferred from Midland League Division One
- FC Stratford, promoted from Midland League Division Two
League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Studley | 32 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 88 | 29 | +59 | 74 | Promoted to the Midland League Premier Division |
2 | Worcester Raiders | 32 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 99 | 38 | +61 | 69 | Qualified for the play-offs, later promoted to the Premier Division[a] |
3 | Clanfield 85 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 84 | 42 | +42 | 64 | Qualified for the play-offs |
4 | Hereford Pegasus | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 89 | 46 | +43 | 60 | Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division |
5 | Pershore Town | 32 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 75 | 44 | +31 | 60 | Qualified for the play-offs |
6 | Cheltenham Saracens | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 57 | |
7 | Milton United | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 73 | 56 | +17 | 53 | |
8 | FC Stratford | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 74 | 55 | +19 | 51 | |
9 | Stonehouse Town | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 61 | 50 | +11 | 46 | |
10 | Littleton | 32 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 60 | 63 | −3 | 43 | |
11 | Malmesbury Victoria | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 62 | 75 | −13 | 41 | |
12 | Shortwood United | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 72 | −16 | 41 | |
13 | Newent Town | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 54 | 81 | −27 | 31 | |
14 | Cirencester Town development | 32 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 49 | 85 | −36 | 29 | |
15 | Abingdon United | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 33 | 74 | −41 | 25 | Reprieved from relegation[b] |
16 | Moreton Rangers | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 41 | 96 | −55 | 24 | |
17 | Bourton Rovers | 32 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 25 | 134 | −109 | 11 | Reprieved from relegation |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[6]
Notes:
- ^ Despite losing the play-off final, Worcester Raiders were promoted to the Premier Division following the withdrawal of Walton Casuals from the Southern Football League in June 2022. This meant that Cinderford Town were not relegated to the Hellenic League. Worcester Raiders were therefore promoted to fill the space in the Premier Division which would have been taken by Cinderford Town.
- ^ All third-from-bottom clubs at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. The top 15 second-from-bottom sides were also reprieved on a PPG basis.[7]
Play-offs
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 | Worcester Raiders | 3 | |||||||
5 | Pershore Town | 0 | |||||||
2 | Worcester Raiders | 0 | |||||||
4 | Hereford Pegasus | 3 | |||||||
3 | Clanfield 85 | 0 | |||||||
4 | Hereford Pegasus | 4 |
Results table
[edit]Stadiums and locations
[edit]Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Abingdon United | Abingdon-on-Thames | The Northcourt | 2,000 |
Bourton Rovers | Bourton-on-the-Water | Rissington Road | |
Cheltenham Saracens | Cheltenham | Petersfield Park | |
Cirencester Town Development | Cirencester | Corinium Stadium | 4,500 |
Clanfield 85 | Clanfield | Radcot Road | 2,000 |
FC Stratford | Tiddington | Knights Lane | |
Hereford Pegasus | Hereford | Old School Lane | 2,000 |
Littleton | North and Middle Littleton | Five Acres | |
Malmesbury Victoria | Malmesbury | The Flying Monk Ground | |
Milton United | Milton | Potash Lane | |
Moreton Rangers | Moreton-in-Marsh | London Road | |
Newent Town | Newent | Wildsmith Meadow | |
Pershore Town | Pershore | Community Stadium | 4,000 |
Shortwood United | Nailsworth | Meadowbank Ground | 2,000 |
Stonehouse Town | Stonehouse | Magpies Stadium | |
Studley | Studley | The Beehive | |
Worcester Raiders | Worcester | Sixways Stadium | 11,499 |
Division Two East
[edit]Season | 2021–22 |
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← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
Division Two East featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 6 new clubs:
- AFC Aldermaston reserves, transferred from Division Two South
- Woodcote & Stoke Rows, transferred from Division Two South, also changed name to Woodcote
- Aston Clinton reserves, transferred from Division Two North
- Thame United "A"
- Procision
- Eversley & California reserves
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Woodcote | 28 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 105 | 36 | +69 | 73 | |
2 | Aston Clinton reserves | 28 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 92 | 43 | +49 | 62 | Transferred to Division Two North |
3 | Thame United "A" | 28 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 58 | 39 | +19 | 58 | |
4 | Procision | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 86 | 46 | +40 | 53 | Resigned from the league |
5 | FC Beaconsfield | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 89 | 56 | +33 | 49 | |
6 | Penn & Tylers Green reserves | 28 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 78 | 58 | +20 | 49 | Resigned from the league |
7 | Chalfont Wasps | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 45 | |
8 | Watlington Town | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 45 | |
9 | Hazlemere Sports Crusaders | 28 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 67 | 71 | −4 | 45 | |
10 | Holmer Green development | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 35 | |
11 | Eversley & California reserves | 28 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 61 | 81 | −20 | 31 | Resigned from the league |
12 | Chalvey Sports reserves | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 39 | 63 | −24 | 24 | |
13 | AFC Aldermaston reserves | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 76 | −45 | 20 | |
14 | Taplow United | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 36 | 120 | −84 | 12 | |
15 | Stokenchurch | 28 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 33 | 90 | −57 | 8 | Resigned from the league |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division Two North
[edit]Season | 2021–22 |
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← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
Division Two North featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:
- Chinnor, transferred from Division Two East
- Abingdon United development, transferred from Division Two South
- Woodstock Town, transferred from Division Two South
- New Bradwell St Peter development
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Easington Sports development | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 28 | +47 | 45 | |
2 | Buckingham Athletic development | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 40 | |
3 | Adderbury Park | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 42 | 22 | +20 | 39 | Resigned to the Oxfordshire Senior League |
4 | Heyford Athletic | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 36 | Resigned to the Witney & District League |
5 | Chinnor | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 31 | Transferred to Division Two East |
6 | Headington Amateurs | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 28 | |
7 | Banbury United development | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 28 | Resigned from the league |
8 | Woodstock Town | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 27 | |
9 | Old Bradwell United development | 20 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 21 | |
10 | Long Crendon reserves | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 71 | −42 | 16 | |
11 | Kidlington development | 20 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 75 | −57 | 6 | |
12 | Abingdon United development | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew, record expunged |
13 | New Bradwell St Peter development | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division Two South
[edit]Season | 2021–22 |
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← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
Division Two South featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 5 new clubs:
- Fairford Town reserves, transferred from Division Two West
- Newbury, joined from the Thames Valley Premier Football League
- Carterton
- Marlborough Town development
- Cricklade Town
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Highworth Town reserves | 26 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 100 | 32 | +68 | 64 | |
2 | Kintbury Rangers | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 93 | 29 | +64 | 62 | Resigned to the Wiltshire League |
3 | Swindon Supermarine development | 26 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 83 | 34 | +49 | 59 | |
4 | Newbury | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 49 | Transferred to Division Two East |
5 | Hungerford Town Swifts | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 45 | |
6 | Wantage Town development | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 78 | 40 | +38 | 43 | |
7 | Fairford Town reserves | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 61 | 51 | +10 | 38 | |
8 | Shrivenham reserves | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 37 | |
9 | Letcombe | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 65 | 55 | +10 | 35 | |
10 | Clanfield reserves | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 30 | |
11 | Carterton | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 45 | 62 | −17 | 27 | Resigned to the Oxfordshire Senior League |
12 | Faringdon Town | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 22 | |
13 | Marlborough Town development | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 157 | −133 | 6 | |
14 | Cricklade Town | 26 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 19 | 142 | −123 | 3 | Resigned to the Swindon & District League |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division Two West
[edit]Season | 2021–22 |
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← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
Division Two West featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 3 new clubs:
- New Dales Vale
- Longlevens development
- Cheltenham Saracens development
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SC Inkberrow | 22 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 10 | +88 | 63 | Resigned to the Herefordshire County FA League |
2 | New Dales Vale | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 69 | 29 | +40 | 48 | |
3 | Malvern Town development | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 77 | 30 | +47 | 44 | |
4 | Evesham United development | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 42 | |
5 | Kington Town | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 41 | Resigned to the Herefordshire County FA League |
6 | Slimbridge reserves | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 34 | Resigned from the league |
7 | Tuffley Rovers development | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 32 | |
8 | Longlevens development | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 28 | |
9 | Shortwood United reserves | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 19 | |
10 | Cheltenham Saracens development | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 88 | −63 | 14 | |
11 | Newent Town reserves | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 92 | −66 | 11 | |
12 | Bourton Rovers reserves | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 87 | −72 | 5 | Transferred to Division Two South |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
References
[edit]- ^ "NLS Step 5-6 Allocations". uhlSport Hellenic League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Changes to promotion and relegation at Step 5". North East Counties Football League. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation: Step 6 Relegation". Google Docs.
- ^ "Worcester Raiders' final league game cancelled as Milton United pull out". Worcester News. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.