SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE CONSTITUTION FOR 2012/13

The Spartan South Midlands League constitution for 2012/13 has been released with Hanwell Town supporters breathing a big sigh of relief as they have not been relegated. The Premier Division has not received a relegated team from Step 4 (because of other reprieves further up the pyramid) so therefore to keep the numbers in the division up Hanwell stay up. Also joining the Premier Division are London Colney (Division One champions) and Ampthill Town (runners up).

Premier Division
AFC Dunstable
Ampthill Town (promoted from Division One)
Aylesbury United
Berkhamsted
Biggleswade United
Broxbourne Borough V&E
Colney Heath
Dunstable Town
Hadley
Hanwell Town
Harefield United
Haringey Borough
Hertford Town
Hillingdon Borough
Holmer Green
Leverstock Green
London Colney (promoted from Division One)
London Tigers
Oxhey Jets
St Margaretsbury
Stotfold
Tring Athletic

In Division One there are four new clubs. Hatfield Town are relegated from the Premier Division with their local rival's Codicote joining from the Herts Senior County League and Southall from the Middlesex County League. Also moving up from Division Two are Winslow United who were promoted following a vote at the league's AGM.  It's a welcome return to Step 6 football for Southall whom left the Combined Counties League in March 2006. They have spent the last six seasons in the Middx County League...Could this be the start of a rise back up to the Isthmian League the club left in 2000? The club currently ground share at Hanwell Town's Reynold's Field Stadium but there are apparently plans for a new ground in the Town.

For Winslow it is a very welcome return to the level of football they left in 2009 when their first team withdrew from the league prior to the start of the season. There is no room for Tokyngton Manor whom have failed to find an adequate groundshare for the season.

Division One
Amersham Town
Bedford
Buckingham Athletic
Chesham United Reserves
Cockfosters
Codicote (promoted from the Hertfordshire Senior County Premier Division)
Cranfield United
Crawley Green
Harpenden Town
Hatfield Town (relegated from Premier Division)
Hoddesdon Town
Kentish Town
Kings Langley
Langford
London Lions
New Bradwell St Peter
Southall (promoted from the Middlesex County League)
Stony Stratford Town
Sun Postal Sports
Welwyn Garden City
Winslow United (promoted from Division One)
Wodson Park        

Division Two see's two new teams with the reserve side of Aylesbury FC. The Swans first team were champions of the Premier Division in 2009/10 . It's also great to see a famous name from non-league football's past in Wolverton Town re-joining the SSMFL from the North Bucks and District League. The club which folded after a few names changes (AFC Wolverton and MK Wolverton Town) in 1992 but were re-formed in 2004 competing in the North Bucks League from 2005.

They recently moved to a new ground named The New Park in Field Lane, Greenleys which is a stone's throw from Wolverton Park where the club's fantastic and well loved old ground once stood. The main stand which had stood since 1899 and was worshipped by many fans from far and wide has since been redeveloped as shown in this article. I never visited the ground but from looking at the pictures I know which of the two I prefer.

Bletchley Town have withdrawn their first team from Division Two for 2012/13.

Division Two
Aston Clinton
Aylesbury Reserves (played last season in the Capital League Western Division)
Caddington
Hale Leys United
Kent Athletic
MK Wanderers
Mursley United
Old Bradwell United
Pitstone & Ivinghoe
Risborough Rangers
The 61FC (Luton)
Totternhoe
Tring Corinthians
Wolverton Town (from the North Bucks League) 

HAPPY TIMES AHEAD FOR SOUTHALL AND WOLVERTON TOWN?