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The 2024–25 season is the 28th 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 constitution was announced on 17 May 2024.[1]

Premier Division

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Premier Division
Season2024–25

The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Milton Keynes Irish 26 21 4 1 84 27 +57 67 Promotion to the Southern League
2 Tring Athletic 25 15 6 4 55 35 +20 51 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Cockfosters 25 15 4 6 44 24 +20 49
4 Biggleswade United 26 13 6 7 59 44 +15 45
5 London Lions 24 13 3 8 48 28 +20 42
6 Arlesey Town 26 13 3 10 46 41 +5 42
7 Wormley Rovers 22 12 4 6 41 33 +8 40
8 Harpenden Town 26 11 5 10 59 55 +4 38
9 Potton United 26 11 3 12 46 45 +1 36
10 Winslow United 27 9 7 11 44 47 −3 34
11 Dunstable Town 26 9 7 10 29 42 −13 34
12 Colney Heath 26 7 7 12 35 36 −1 28
13 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 20 8 2 10 36 31 +5 26
14 Crawley Green 25 6 6 13 36 60 −24 24
15 Baldock Town 24 6 4 14 30 52 −22 22
16 FC Romania 25 5 5 15 32 49 −17 20
17 Kempston Rovers 24 4 5 15 25 57 −32 17 Relegation to Division One
18 Shefford Town & Campton 25 4 3 18 28 71 −43 15
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2025. 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[2]

Results table

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Home \ Away ARL AVD BAL BGU COC COL CRA DUN ROM HPT KEM LOL MKI POT STC TRI WIN WOR
Arlesey Town — 1–2 1–1 1–6 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–1 1–4 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos 0–5 — 5–0 2–0 4–2 0–2 0–1 2–3
Baldock Town 1–0 — 1–3 3–0 2–2 1–6 0–5 0–1 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–2 1–3
Biggleswade United 3–1 2–1 — 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 5–5 5–0 1–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 1–2
Cockfosters 0–2 2–1 2–0 — 2–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–4
Colney Heath 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 — 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–2 2–2 1–2
Crawley Green 3–4 3–2 2–0 1–6 1–1 — 1–4 3–2 1–2 1–4 1–3
Dunstable Town 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 — 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 2–0
FC Romania 1–6 0–2 1–3 1–4 0–0 0–1 0–2 — 0–4 0–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 4–0
Harpenden Town 0–1 1–4 5–3 5–4 0–1 1–1 7–1 1–1 — 5–0 2–1 3–3 4–5 0–4 3–2 0–0
Kempston Rovers 1–0 2–3 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–3 2–2 — 0–4 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–1
London Lions 2–0 0–0 6–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–1 5–1 — 2–0 4–2 0–1 1–1
Milton Keynes Irish 5–2 2–1 6–2 3–1 2–0 4–3 6–0 8–0 — 3–1 3–0 3–0 2–2 3–0
Potton United 0–3 3–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–3 1–2 1–0 4–2 3–1 1–2 — 3–0 0–1 4–1
Shefford Town & Campton 2–1 2–1 1–3 2–4 0–6 2–2 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–4 0–3 —
Tring Athletic 2–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–4 2–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 5–2 — 1–2
Winslow United 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–0 4–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 6–0 2–6 4–2 3–3 — 2–1
Wormley Rovers 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 7–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 3–6 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2025. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the Premier Division clubs
Team Stadium Capacity
Arlesey Town Hitchin Road 2,920
Baldock Town
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos Haywood Way
Biggleswade United Fairfield Road 2,000
Cockfosters Chalk Lane 1,000
Colney Heath Recreation Ground
Crawley Green The Brache 4,000
Dunstable Town Creasey Park 3,065
FC Romania Theobalds Lane (groundshare with Cheshunt) 3,000
Harpenden Town Rothamsted Park
Kempston Rovers Hillgrounds Leisure 2,000
London Lions Rowley Lane
Milton Keynes Irish Manor Fields 1,500
Potton United The Hollow
Shefford Town & Campton Shefford Sports Club 1,000
Tring Athletic Grass Roots Stadium
Winslow United Elmfields Gate 2,000
Wormley Rovers Wormley Playing Fields 500

Division One

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Spartan South Midlands
Football League
Division One
Season2024–25

Division One featured sixteen clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 AFC Welwyn 27 20 5 2 68 19 +49 65 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Moulton 28 19 4 5 73 41 +32 61 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Eaton Socon 29 19 4 6 66 42 +24 61
4 Irchester United 28 17 7 4 71 32 +39 58
5 Desborough Town 24 18 3 3 85 24 +61 57
6 Wellingborough Whitworth 28 16 3 9 62 45 +17 51
7 Ampthill Town 27 14 7 6 37 27 +10 49
8 Stotfold development 28 12 6 10 55 56 −1 42
9 Cranfield United 26 12 5 9 46 32 +14 41
10 Buckingham 27 11 6 10 41 38 +3 39
11 Letchworth Garden City Eagles 28 10 4 14 53 62 −9 34
12 Rothwell Corinthians 27 9 6 12 40 44 −4 33
13 Long Buckby 26 8 6 12 47 46 +1 30
14 Leighton Town development 27 8 6 13 43 44 −1 30
15 Langford 29 6 7 16 43 69 −26 25
16 Royston Town U23 25 5 5 15 27 49 −22 20
17 Rushden & Higham United 25 6 1 18 29 65 −36 19
18 Huntingdon Town 27 6 1 20 31 91 −60 19 Relegation to a feeder league
19 Raunds Town 28 5 2 21 31 74 −43 17
20 London Colney 24 3 2 19 18 66 −48 11
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2025. 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[2]

Reserve and U23 sides are ineligible for promotion to Step 5 or higher.

Results table

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Home \ Away WLW AMP BUC CRA DES EAT HUN IRC LAN LEI LET LOC LON MOU RAU ROT ROY R&H STO WEL
AFC Welwyn — 0–0 2–1 1–3 11–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 3–2 2–0
Ampthill Town — 3–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 5–1 1–0 1–1
Buckingham 1–1 0–2 — 0–4 0–0 4–0 5–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2
Cranfield United 1–2 0–2 — 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–2 4–1 2–0 0–1 3–0
Desborough Town 0–1 2–1 — 2–3 7–1 3–3 4–2 5–1 1–1 7–0 5–2 6–1 2–0
Eaton Socon 1–0 1–1 — 6–1 2–7 4–2 1–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 4–0 4–0 3–1 1–4
Huntingdon Town 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–4 1–8 — 1–1 0–3 3–4 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 1–2
Irchester United 0–0 5–1 2–0 2–2 5–1 — 2–1 4–1 2–0 2–4 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–3
Langford 0–3 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–2 0–4 — 3–4 2–3 4–2 3–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–5
Leighton Town development 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 — 5–3 1–0 3–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–3 1–3
Letchworth Garden City Eagles 0–4 1–3 2–4 4–2 2–4 1–1 2–1 — 3–0 2–3 2–2 4–1 3–1 0–0 4–1
London Colney 0–0 1–6 0–3 3–2 2–4 1–4 2–1 — 0–1 3–1 0–3 0–3
Long Buckby 1–2 1–4 1–2 3–5 1–1 4–4 0–0 3–1 — 1–1 5–1 4–4 0–0
Moulton 4–0 4–1 3–1 3–2 2–1 6–1 5–2 2–1 4–0 — 6–2 2–1 2–1 5–4
Raunds Town 0–1 1–4 3–1 0–5 1–2 5–0 0–4 0–0 0–2 2–0 — 0–2 3–3 2–5
Rothwell Corinthians 1–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–4 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 3–2 — 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–1
Royston Town U23 2–6 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 6–0 0–3 0–4 1–2 — 0–4 4–3 1–1
Rushden & Higham United 3–1 0–2 0–1 4–2 0–5 1–2 4–3 0–1 0–1 1–3 — 2–1
Stotfold development 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–4 3–1 2–1 0–5 3–3 1–4 2–1 2–2 1–0 5–1 —
Wellingborough Whitworth 2–6 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 4–3 3–0 1–2 5–1 0–2 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 5–1 3–4 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 March 2025. Source: FA Full-Time Grid
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of Division One clubs
Team Stadium Capacity
AFC Welwyn Herns Way 3,000
Ampthill Town Ampthill Park 1,300
Buckingham Stratford Fields
Cranfield United Crawley Road
Desborough Town Waterworks Field 1,000
Eaton Socon River Road
Huntingdon Town Jubilee Park
Irchester United Alfred Street 1,800
Langford Forde Park 2,800
Leighton Town development Bell Close 2,800
Letchworth Garden City Eagles Pixmore Pitches
London Colney Cotlandswick Park 1,000
Long Buckby Station Road 1,000
Moulton Brunting Road
Raunds Town Kiln Park
Rushden & Higham United Hayden Road 1,500
Rothwell Corinthians Desborough Road
Royston Town U23 Garden Walk 5,000
Stotfold development The JSJ Stadium 1,500
Wellingborough Whitworth The Victoria Mill Ground 2,140

References

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  1. ^ "THE FA RELEASES NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1-6 IN 2024-25 TERM". The Football Association. 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2022/2023 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
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