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
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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.

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

• Irchester United, relegated to the Northamptonshire Combination League
• Kidlington Reserves, transferred to the Hellenic League
• Long Crendon, transferred to the Hellenic League
• Penn & Tylers Green, transferred to the Combined Counties League
• Shefford Town & Campton, promoted to the Premier Division
• Stotfold, promoted to the Premier Division

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

• Eaton Socon, promoted from the Cambridgshire County League
• Holmer Green, relegated from the Premier Division
• Lutterworth Athletic, transferred from the United Counties League
• Moulton, promoted from the Northamptonshire Combination League
• Northampton ON Chenecks, relegated from the United Counties League
• Rugby Borough, promoted from the Leicestershire Senior League

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

Play-offs

		Semi-finals				Final
	2	Northampton ON Chenecks	1 (5)
	5	Northampton Sileby Rangers	1 (4)
						2	Northampton ON Chenecks	0
						3	Rugby Borough	2
	3	Rugby Borough	4
	4	Amersham Town	0

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