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The 2022–23 Spartan South Midlands Football League season was the 26th 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 league constitution for this season was based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 that were announced by The Football Association on 12 May 2022, and are subject to appeals.

Premier Division[]

Main article: 2022–23 Spartan South Midlands Football League Premier Division
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Midlands League

Premier Division
2022–23
Season information
Winners Leighton Town
Promoted Leighton Town
Stotfold
Relegated Hoddesdon Town
London Colney
Season statistics

At the end of the previous season, eight teams left the Premier Division:

The remaining 12 teams, together with the following, formed the Premier Division for 2022–23:

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Leighton Town (C, P) 38 29 4 5 97 31 +66 91 Promotion to the Southern League
2 Stotfold (O, P) 38 22 11 5 69 33 +36 77 Qualification for an inter-step play-off
3 Risborough Rangers 38 23 5 10 100 56 +44 74 Transfer to the Combined Counties League
4 Dunstable Town 38 21 11 6 75 37 +38 74
5 St Panteleimon 38 19 7 12 65 55 +10 64
6 Cockfosters 38 17 13 8 74 47 +27 64
7 Leverstock Green 38 15 12 11 60 51 +9 57
8 Biggleswade United 38 16 8 14 64 70 −6 56
9 Tring Athletic 38 15 9 14 59 60 −1 54
10 Potton United 38 14 11 13 51 47 +4 53
11 Harpenden Town 38 15 8 15 56 59 −3 53
12 Crawley Green 38 16 4 18 71 65 +6 52
13 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 38 15 4 19 67 75 −8 49
14 Ardley United 38 13 9 16 70 69 +1 48
15 Shefford Town & Campton 38 14 5 19 73 81 −8 47
16 Baldock Town 38 11 8 19 56 75 −19 41
17 Arlesey Town 38 8 9 21 39 66 −27 33
18 Colney Heath 38 8 6 24 34 76 −42 30
19 Hoddesdon Town (R) 38 6 10 22 39 87 −48 28 Relegation to the Eastern Counties League
20 London Colney (R) 38 4 4 30 30 109 −79 16 Relegation to the Combined Counties League
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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-off[]

Inter-step play-off

29 April 2023 [Dereham Town F.C. 0–2 Stotfold Dereham  
15:00 Report Alleyne Goal 5'31' Stadium: Aldiss Park
Attendance: 287


Division One[]

Main article: 2022–23 Spartan South Midlands Football League Division One
Spartan South
Midlands League

Division One
2022–23
Season information
Winners Real Bedford
Promoted Real Bedford
Rugby Borough
Relegated London Tigers
Thame United Reserves
Season statistics

At the end of the previous season, six teams left Division One:

The remaining 14 teams, together with the following, will form Division One for 2022–23:

Bedford changed their name to Real Bedford.

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Real Bedford (C, P) 38 32 3 3 123 29 +94 99 Promotion to Premier Division
2 Northampton ON Chenecks 38 28 6 4 102 37 +65 90 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Rugby Borough (O, P) 38 26 2 10 129 53 +76 80 Promotion to the United Counties League
4 Amersham Town 38 22 10 6 100 52 +48 76 Transfer to the Combined Counties League
5 Northampton Sileby Rangers 38 25 1 12 109 71 +38 76 Qualification for the play-offs
6 Ampthill Town 38 21 7 10 80 47 +33 70
7 Lutterworth Athletic 38 21 4 13 82 63 +19 67 Transfer to the United Counties League
8 Moulton 38 19 4 15 97 77 +20 61
9 Winslow United 38 16 6 16 70 62 +8 54
10 Eaton Socon 38 15 9 14 60 64 −4 54
11 Burton Park Wanderers 38 13 7 18 60 75 −15 46
12 Letchworth Garden City Eagles 38 12 6 20 52 69 −17 42
13 Wellingborough Whitworth 38 11 7 20 65 92 −27 40
14 Rushden & Higham United 38 10 7 21 57 102 −45 37
15 Raunds Town 38 11 4 23 43 94 −51 37
16 Holmer Green 38 10 6 22 55 111 −56 36 Transfer to the Combined Counties League
17 Buckingham Athletic 38 7 13 18 51 97 −46 34 Merged into Buckingham FC
18 Langford 38 10 3 25 54 82 −28 33
19 London Tigers (R) 38 7 6 25 57 106 −49 27 Relegation to the Middlesex County League
20 Thame United Reserves (R) 38 7 3 28 50 113 −63 24 Relegation to Division Two
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
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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National League South

Bath City · Braintree Town · Chelmsford City · Cheshunt · Chippenham Town · Concord Rangers · Dartford · Dover Athletic · Dulwich Hamlet · Eastbourne Borough · Ebbsfleet United · Farnborough · Hampton & Richmond Borough · Havant & Waterlooville · Hemel Hempstead Town · Hungerford Town · Oxford City · Slough Town · St Albans City · Taunton Town · Tonbridge Angels · Welling United · Weymouth · Worthing

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