The 2023–24 Hellenic Football League season was the 71st in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England. 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 15 May 2023.[1]
Beginning from this season, a four team play-off system was introduced at Step 5 (Premier Division) to guarantee a second promotion place to Step 4, replacing the inter-step play-off.[2]
Premier Division edit
Season | 2023–24 |
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Champions | Worcester City |
Promoted | Worcester City Cinderford Town |
Relegated | Wantage Town |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
Team changes edit
Promoted from Division One Relegated from the Southern League Division One Central Relegated from the Southern League Division One South Transferred from the Midland Football League Premier Division |
Promoted to the Southern League Division One South Relegated to Division One Relegated to the Western League First Division Resigned to the Wiltshire League Premier Division
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Premier Division table edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Worcester City (C, P) | 38 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 120 | 31 | +89 | 101 | Promotion to the Southern League Division One |
2 | Corsham Town | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 80 | 33 | +47 | 82 | Qualification for the play-offs[a] |
3 | Highworth Town | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 40 | +33 | 73 | |
4 | Royal Wootton Bassett Town | 38 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 73 | |
5 | Cinderford Town (O, P) | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 65 | 57 | +8 | 66 | Promotion to the Southern League Division One |
6 | Slimbridge | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 81 | 62 | +19 | 65 | |
7 | Roman Glass St George | 38 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 62 | |
8 | Fairford Town | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 59 | 49 | +10 | 61 | |
9 | Hereford Pegasus | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 77 | 73 | +4 | 55 | |
10 | Worcester Raiders | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 58 | 61 | −3 | 53 | |
11 | Pershore Town | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 79 | 69 | +10 | 50 | |
12 | Westfields | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 49 | |
13 | Mangotsfield United | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 59 | 0 | 48 | |
14 | Tuffley Rovers | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 48 | |
15 | Brimscombe & Thrupp | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 56 | 92 | −36 | 38 | |
16 | Longlevens | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 47 | 78 | −31 | 36 | |
17 | Hereford Lads Club | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 43 | 65 | −22 | 32 | |
18 | Thornbury Town | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 43 | 79 | −36 | 29 | |
19 | Lydney Town | 38 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 63 | 103 | −40 | 29 | |
20 | Wantage Town (R) | 38 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 34 | 105 | −71 | 23 | Relegation to Division One |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Promotion playoffs edit
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
3 | Highworth Town | 0 | |||||||
4 | Royal Wootton Bassett Town | 1 | |||||||
4 | Royal Wootton Bassett Town | 0 | |||||||
5 | Cinderford Town | 4 | |||||||
2 | Corsham Town | 0 | |||||||
5 | Cinderford Town | 1 |
Semifinals edit
17 April | Corsham Town | 0–1 | Cinderford Town | Corsham |
19:45 | Report | Stadium: Southbank Ground Attendance: 230 |
17 April | Highworth Town | 0–1 | Royal Wootton Bassett Town | Highworth |
19:45 | Report |
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Stadium: The Elms Recreation Ground Attendance: 280 |
Final edit
30 April | Royal Wootton Bassett Town | 0–4 | Cinderford Town | Royal Wootton Bassett |
19:45 | Report | Stadium: New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground Attendance: 934 |
Stadiums and locations edit
Division One edit
Season | 2023–24 |
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Champions | Hartpury University |
Promoted | Hartpury University Malmesbury Victoria |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → |
Team changes edit
Promoted from the Wiltshire League Premier Division Promoted from the Herefordshire FA County League Premier Division Relegated from the Premier Division Transferred from the Western League First Division |
Promoted to the Premier Division Promoted to the Combined Counties League Premier Division North Relegated to the Midland League Division Two Folded or withdrew
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Division One table edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Hartpury University (C, P) | 36 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 116 | 20 | +96 | 92 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
2 | Malmesbury Victoria (O, P) | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 87 | 32 | +55 | 83 | Qualification for the play-offs[a] |
3 | Clanfield 85 | 36 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 87 | 38 | +49 | 81 | |
4 | Sporting Club Inkberrow | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 79 | 41 | +38 | 66 | |
5 | Devizes Town | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 87 | 54 | +33 | 63 | |
6 | FC Bristol | 36 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 91 | 71 | +20 | 63 | |
7 | FC Stratford | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 58 | |
8 | Calne Town | 36 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 74 | 61 | +13 | 58 | |
9 | Shortwood United | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 68 | 59 | +9 | 53 | |
10 | Abingdon United | 36 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 64 | 62 | +2 | 52 | |
11 | Tytherington Rocks | 36 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 58 | 69 | −11 | 47 | |
12 | Cheltenham Saracens | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 64 | −13 | 46 | |
13 | Stonehouse Town | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 63 | 73 | −10 | 44 | |
14 | Southam United | 36 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 57 | 92 | −35 | 42 | |
15 | Newent Town | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 60 | 83 | −23 | 37 | |
16 | Kidlington Reserves | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 44 | 87 | −43 | 29 | |
17 | Long Crendon | 36 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 44 | 93 | −49 | 24 | Possible relegation to regional feeder leagues |
18 | Chipping Sodbury Town | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 103 | −75 | 21 | |
19 | Moreton Rangers | 36 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 35 | 113 | −78 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
Promotion playoffs edit
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 | Malmesbury Victoria | 2 | |||||||
5 | Devizes Town | 0 | |||||||
2 | Malmesbury Victoria | 2 | |||||||
4 | Sporting Club Inkberrow | 1 | |||||||
3 | Clanfield 85 | 0 | |||||||
4 | Sporting Club Inkberrow | 3 |
Semifinals edit
16 April | Malmesbury Victoria | 2–0 | Devizes Town | Malmesbury |
19:45 | Report | Stadium: The Flying Monk Ground Attendance: 286 |
16 April | Clanfield 85 | 0–3 | Sporting Club Inkberrow | Clanfield |
19:45 | Report | Stadium: Radcot Road Attendance: 203 |
Final edit
26 April | Malmesbury Victoria | 2–1 | Sporting Club Inkberrow | Malmesbury |
19:45 | Report | Stadium: The Flying Monk Ground Attendance: 504 |
Stadiums and locations edit
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Abingdon United | Abingdon-on-Thames | The Northcourt | 2,000 |
Calne Town | Calne | Bremhill View | 2,500 |
Cheltenham Saracens | Cheltenham | Petersfield Park | 1,000 |
Chipping Sodbury Town | Chipping Sodbury | The Ridings | 1,000 |
Clanfield 85 | Clanfield | Radcot Road | 2,000 |
Devizes Town | Devizes | Nursteed Road | 2,500 |
FC Bristol | Almondsbury | Oaklands Park | 2,000 |
FC Stratford | Tiddington | Knights Lane | 3,000 |
Hartpury University | Hartpury | Hartpury College | — |
Kidlington Reserves | Kidlington | Yarnton Road | 1,500 |
Long Crendon | Oxford (Marston) | Court Place Farm | 2,500 |
Malmesbury Victoria | Malmesbury | The Flying Monk Ground | 1,000 |
Moreton Rangers | Moreton-in-Marsh | London Road | 1,000 |
Newent Town | Newent | Wildsmith Meadow | 1,000 |
Shortwood United | Nailsworth | Meadowbank Ground | 2,000 |
Southam United | Southam | Bobby Hancocks Park | 1,000 |
Sporting Club Inkberrow | Inkberrow | Recreation Ground | 500 |
Stonehouse Town | Stonehouse | Oldends Lane | 3,000 |
Tytherington Rocks | Tytherington | Hardwicke Playing Field | 1,000 |
References edit
- ^ "NLS Step 1-6 allocations". The FA. The Football Association. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Step 5 to 4 promotion/relegation update". The FA. The Football Association. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2023/2024 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
- ^ "Development side or U18s Football – what is best for young players and their progression?". Severn Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ @WiltsLeague (4 June 2023). "Updated Breaking News" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 August 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Bourton Rovers and Old Bradwell United Dev". Uhlsport Hellenic League. Retrieved 9 August 2023.