FINAL LEAGUE TABLE
Home Away Total
P W D L GF GA P W D L GF GA P W D L GD PTS
1. Chalfont St Peter 22 18 2 2 49 13 22 15 2 5 50 21 44 33 4 7 +65 103
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2. Tring Athletic 22 16 4 2 51 20 22 12 3 7 44 25 44 28 7 9 +50 91
3. Royston Town 22 14 3 5 46 27 22 14 3 5 56 25 44 28 6 10 +50 90
4. Leverstock Green 22 17 2 3 50 20 22 10 5 7 50 37 44 27 7 10 +43 88
5. Colney Heath 22 17 2 3 52 27 22 11 2 9 41 43 44 28 4 12 +23 88
6. Aylesbury United 22 13 5 4 50 27 22 10 3 9 44 44 44 23 8 13 +23 77
7. Dunstable Town 22 12 2 8 46 34 22 10 2 10 36 41 44 22 4 18 + 7 70
8. Haringey Borough 22 10 4 8 41 33 22 9 6 7 39 34 44 19 10 15 +13 67
9. Hertford Town 22 11 2 9 43 42 22 8 5 9 45 45 44 19 7 18 + 1 64
10.Broxbourne Borough 22 9 3 10 41 35 22 9 3 10 44 49 44 18 6 20 + 1 60
11.Hatfield Town 22 11 2 9 48 47 22 8 1 13 27 44 44 19 3 22 -16 60
12.Kingsbury London 22 6 5 11 41 50 22 11 3 8 49 43 44 17 8 19 - 3 59
13.Stotfold 22 6 7 9 36 35 22 9 5 8 36 33 44 15 12 17 + 4 57
14.Hadley 22 9 5 8 36 30 22 7 4 11 22 36 44 16 9 19 - 8 57
15.Hanwell Town 22 9 1 12 37 38 22 7 7 8 40 41 44 16 8 20 - 2 56
16.Hillingdon Borough 22 7 5 10 43 40 22 8 5 9 41 40 44 15 10 19 + 4 55
17.Holmer Green 22 9 5 8 46 33 22 5 6 11 28 42 44 14 11 19 - 1 53
18.St Margaretsbury 22 12 4 6 39 26 22 3 2 17 14 39 44 15 6 23 -12 51
19.Oxhey Jets 22 7 4 11 44 47 22 6 5 11 32 44 44 13 9 22 -15 48
20.Biggleswade United 22 7 5 10 34 44 22 4 6 12 22 52 44 11 11 22 -40 44
21.Harefield United 22 6 5 11 32 53 22 4 3 15 29 56 44 10 8 26 -48 30
22.Kentish Town 22 5 6 11 33 53 22 2 2 18 18 64 44 7 8 29 -66 29
23.Langford 22 6 3 13 33 53 22 1 3 18 20 73 44 7 6 31 -73 27
Since joining the Spartan South Midlands League in the summer of 2006, after the demise of the Ryman League Division Two, Chalfont St Peter have been the most consistent club in the Premier Division. The Saint's finished in 6th place, runners-up, 3rd, and runners-up prior to this season's Championship win so nobody can argue they fully deserve the success they've gained.
Opening their campaign with a 1-3 win at Hatfield Town few people would of thought they'd win the next 16 league games before Kingsbury London Tigers put a dent in their 100% perfect record with a 1-2 win at Mill Meadow on the 11th December. Amassing a total of 103 league points the club fully deserve the title and with it promotion to the Southern League Central Division. Charlie Strutton once again top scored for The Saints hitting the back of the net 36 times in 47 league and cup appearances.
Ironically Chalfont's final game in the Spartan South Midlands League was against bottom of the table Langford. It was a terrible season for the Forde Park outfit who only recorded 7 wins in their 44 league games and will next season be competing in Division One.
Tring Athletic and Royston Town had, once again, very impressive years finishing in runners-up and third place positions which was an improvement by both clubs of one place on last season. In 2009/10 both Tring and Royston finished on a points total of 84 from 42 games which with the two extra games this season is near enough the same points per game average.
Following closely behind are Leverstock Green and Colney Heath. Green have a number of up and coming young players who helped them on a good FA Vase run detailed further below.
Behind them came Aylesbury United making their debut in the league with many people tipping them to have a awful season following their relegation from the Zamaretto League. Thankfully, for fan's of The Ducks, this wasn't to be and it was a season of consolidation for the ground sharers at Leighton Town's Bell Close ground.
The two club's promoted from Division One (Hadley and Holmer Green) both avoided relegation and will look to improve next season.
CROWDS
Highest - 212 - Royston Town v Chalfont St Peter - Saturday 18th September
Lowest - 10 - Kentish Town v Biggleswade United - Saturday 26th September
Highest Average - 142 - Royston Town
Lowest Average - 26 - Kingsbury London Tigers
Eighteenth placed St Mags had a very good home record winning 12, drawing 4 and losing 6 of their games. If only they could of taken some of this form on the road it would given them a much higher finish in the table. They only won three times on their travels losing 17 times. Only the bottom two in the table lost more (18). The three away wins came at local rivals Hertford Town (0-1 on 7th September), Oxhey Jets (1-2 on 30th October) and Hanwell Town (0-1 on 19th April). Their away goals total of just 14 was the lowest in the league with bottom of the table Langford and Kentish Town following on 20 and 18 respectively. The Saints goals per game was 0.64 per game away from home compared to 1.77 at The Recreation Ground.
Champions Chalfont St Peter's goals per game stood at 2.22 at home and 2.27 away.
Top scorers at home were Colney Heath on 56 goals in 22 games and Royston Town on 56 goals away from home.
The champions took both home and away defensive records conceding just 13 and 21. A fantastic achievement by any standards.
Bottom of the table Langford only picked up six of the 66 league points available on their travels. Their solitary win came at the eighteenth time of asking against second bottom Kentish Town (2-3 on 30th March). The three draws came against Hillingdon Borough, Harefield Town and Hertford Town. Their record against the top four makes grim reading for their supporters - P 8 W 0 D 0 L 8 GF 4 GA 34 PTS 0
Stotfold, in their first season following transfer from the United Counties League, were king of the draws. Twelve of their games finished all square, of which only two finished 0-0. Both games without goals came in quick succession on the 2nd April (away at Hadley) and the 9th April (home to Chalfont St Peter).
In contrast Hatfield Town only drew three of their league matches. Finishing in a respectable 11th place Town lost as many games (22) as 19th and 20th placed Oxhey Jets and Biggleswade United.
Previous Champions since 2000/2001
P PTS GF GA BEST WIN PPG GPG GAPG
2000/01 - Beaconsfield SYCOB 36 88 80 36 4-0 v MK City 2.44 2.22 1.00
2001/02 - London Colney 38 92 119 32 8-0 v Brache Sparta 2.42 3.13 0.84
2002/03 - Dunstable Town '98 36 84 104 32 11-0 v Biggleswade Town 2.33 2.88 0.89
2003/04 - Beaconfield SYCOB 36 88 95 21 7-0 v Holmer Green 2.44 2.64 0.58
2004/05 - Potters Bar Town 38 92 95 32 5-0 v Tring Athletic (A) 2.42 2.50 0.84
2005/06 - Oxford City 38 88 91 41 6-0 v Harpenden Town (A) 2.32 2.39 1.08
2006/07 - Edgware Town 40 102 118 35 7-0 v Holmer Green 2.55 2.95 0.88
2007/08 - Beaconsfield SYCOB 42 98 102 36 8-0 v Welwyn Garden City 2.33 2.43 0.86
2008/09 - Biggleswade Town 40 85 100 41 7-0 v WGC & Kentish Town (A) 2.13 2.50 1.03
2009/10 - Aylesbury 42 92 109 41 10-0 v Biggleswage United 2.19 2.60 0.98
2010/11 - Chalfont St Peter 44 103 99 34 6-0 v Hillingdon Borough (A) 2.34 2.25 0.77
AVERAGE - 2.35
As you can see from the above table Chalfont St Peter won the league title on a points per game average of 2.34 which is the best since Steve Newing and Del Deanus's Edgware Town team of 2006/07. Their goals per game average was the lowest since Beaconsfield SYCOB in 2000/01 but their defence had a tremendous record, only bettered by the SYCOB team of 2003/04, conceding only 0.77 goals per game.
The cold end has deducted that a blueprint to win the league sees a team will need to get an average of 2.35 points per game!! That's the average for the last eleven seasons. However, this is of course easier said than done.
Harefield United's finish in 21st position seems along way from the end of the 2008/09 season The Hares lost out on the league title on the final day of the season by just one goal with Biggleswade Town gaining promotion by the shortest of margins.
Hertford Town's 2006/07 goal haul of 122 (they only finished in third place) is still the highest in the league since 2000. It included 0-9 and 0-7 away victories at Haringey Borough and Royston Town, both of whom were relegated that season. It's followed very closely by Chalfont's total from 2009/10 of 121 where The Saint's finished in the runners up spot.
Best and Worst Attacking and Defensive records since 2000/01 Best SCORED GAMES POS 06/07 Hertford Town 122 40 3rd 09/10 Chalfont St Peter 121 42 2nd Worst LET IN GAMES POS 01/02 New Bradwell St Peter 143 38 Bottom 09/10 Welwyn GC 130 42 Bottom
Langford's defensive record of letting in 126 goals in 44 league games is bad but no where near as bad as New Bradwell St Peter's record of 143 in 38 league games in the season of 2001/02.
Leverstock Green and Dunstable Town had fantastic FA Vase runs. Green beat Welwyn Garden City (6-0 at home), Enfield 1893 FC in an amazing game (5-4 H), Hullbridge Sports (1-5 A), Tunbridge Wells (3-1 H), Bemerton Heath Harlequins (5-1 H) before being knocked out by Surrey County League side Rye United in a 1-2 defeat at Pancake Lane.
Dunstable Town started their run with a 4-2 defeat of Hanwell Town at home and then beat Cranfield United (2-1 H), AFC Wallingford (5-0 H), CRC (2-1 H), Tring Athletic (1-6 A), Willand Rovers (2-0 H) before being drawn away to Vase giant's Whitley Bay. The trip up North in front of a crowd of 1,110 saw Town leading 0-1 at half time only for Bay to score 5 times in the second period (including two right at the end of the game which put some gloss on the scoreline for the home side) to knock Town out of the competition.
Both clubs done the league very proud in their cup runs. Hopefully another team or teams get another good run in the competition next season and maybe even all the way to Wembley!!!
The 2011/2012 league season is due to start on Saturday 13th August.
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