SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION - THE BATTLE TO BEAT THE DROP

SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE 
PREMIER DIVISION 
CURRENT TABLE - BOTTOM SEVEN ONLY 

POS	TEAM	P	GD	PTS	POSS
16	OXHEY JETS	33	-14	32	59
17	EDGWARE TOWN	32	-23	32	62
18	LEIGHTON TOWN	33	-25	31	58
19	LONDON TIGERS	34	-45	28	52
20	ST MARGARETSBURY	32	-22	27	57
21	HADLEY	29	-20	26	65
22	FC BROXBOURNE BOROUGH	34	-67	14	38

With only 24 points to play for and a gap of 13 between themselves and safety it looks like it'll be Division One football for FC Broxbourne Borough next season. They have just three wins in their thirty-four played - they would probably need at least seven victories from their last eight which would put them on 35 points. Roy Bleau who has recently stepped up from the highly successful under 18 side faces that tough task but there will be no pressure on him as the club build for a more succesful 2017/18 campaign. 

Hadley currently occupy the other relegation spot on 26 points from 29 played which is on a points per game basis (0.90) much better than St Mags in 20th on (0.84) - the games in hand they have may prove crucial to their chances of staying up. 

The London Tigers have had a campaign they will want to forget as not only have they struggled near the foot of the table they have also lost the use of their Avenue Park ground due to a group of people fly-tipping and dumping a huge amount of rubbish there. One positive is their form improving in the second half of the season which has lifted them off the bottom of the table and given them a real chance. In their first seventeen games played they got just one victory and three draws equating to 0.35 ppg compared to 1.29 (6 wins and four draws) over their last seventeen games. 

Leighton Town are in danger of suffering two relegations in as many seasons - they along with Edgware Town and Oxhey Jets need a few more wins to keep themselves above the dreaded dotted line. 

KEY FIXTURES OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS 

Saturday 18th March 
Leighton Town v Edgware Town 

Wednesday 22nd March 
London Tigers v Edgware Town 

Saturday 25th March 
FC Broxbourne Borough v Oxhey Jets 

Wednesday 29th March 
Hadley v St Margaretsbury 

Saturday 1st April 
Hadley v FC Broxbourne Borough 

Saturday 8th April
Edgware Town v Hadley 
St Margaretsbury V Oxhey Jets