2017–18 Hellenic Football League

The 2017–18 Hellenic Football League season was the 65th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.

The constitution for Step 5 and Step 6 divisions for 2017–18 was announced on 26 May 2017.[1] Following some adjustments, the constitution for the Hellenic League was ratified at the league's AGM on 2 July.

Premier Division
Hellenic Football League
Premier Division
Season2017–18
ChampionsThatcham Town
PromotedThatcham Town
Bracknell Town
Highworth Town
RelegatedWoodley United
Burnham
Matches played380
Goals scored1,419 (3.73 per match)

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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Thatcham Town 38 31 5 2 129 25 +104 98 Promoted to the Southern League Division One South
2 Bracknell Town 38 32 2 4 129 27 +102 98 Promoted to the Isthmian League South Central Division
3 Highworth Town 38 28 4 6 113 50 +63 88 Promoted to the Southern League Division One South
4 Wantage Town 38 27 5 6 90 40 +50 86
5 Flackwell Heath 38 22 8 8 88 55 +33 74
6 Brimscombe & Thrupp 38 22 4 12 74 57 +17 70
7 Binfield 38 19 7 12 82 76 +6 64
8 Windsor 38 15 7 16 75 74 +1 52
9 Longlevens 38 14 8 16 63 77 −14 50
10 Tuffley Rovers 38 14 7 17 50 72 −22 49
11 Oxford City Nomads 38 14 2 22 73 83 −10 44 Club folded
12 Brackley Town Saints 38 12 7 19 71 63 +8 43
13 Abingdon United 38 11 10 17 62 77 −15 43
14 Ascot United 38 12 4 22 54 82 −28 40
15 Royal Wootton Bassett Town 38 11 6 21 44 85 −41 39
16 Lydney Town 38 9 6 23 45 87 −42 33
17 Highmoor Ibis 38 7 8 23 52 100 −48 29
18 Fairford Town 38 6 10 22 59 98 −39 28
19 Woodley United 38 6 8 24 32 80 −48 26 Relegated to Division One East
20 Burnham 38 6 6 26 34 111 −77 21[lower-alpha 1]
Source: 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]
Notes:
  1. Burnham were deducted three points on 2 December for a fielding an ineligible player in a match.

Division One East
Hellenic Football League
Division One East
Season2017–18
ChampionsVirginia Water
PromotedVirginia Water
Matches played156
Goals scored601 (3.85 per match)

Division One East featured nine clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Virginia Water 24 18 4 2 65 26 +39 58 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Bicester Town 24 17 3 4 61 31 +30 54
3 Penn & Tylers Green 24 15 3 6 59 34 +25 48
4 Sandhurst Town 24 14 3 7 66 37 +29 45 Transferred to the Combined Counties League
5 Holyport 24 13 3 8 61 46 +15 42
6 Wokingham & Emmbrook 24 13 2 9 61 38 +23 41
7 Wallingford Town 24 10 6 8 39 38 +1 36
8 Thame Rangers 24 9 2 13 43 69 −26 29
9 Chalfont Wasps 24 6 3 15 30 54 −24 21 Demoted to Division Two
10 Didcot Town reserves 24 3 11 10 36 42 −6 20
11 AFC Aldermaston 24 5 5 14 32 63 −31 20
12 Chinnor 24 5 4 15 26 57 −31 19
13 Milton United 24 2 3 19 22 66 −44 9
14 Henley Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned from the league, record expunged[lower-alpha 1]
Source: 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]
Notes:
  1. Henley Town resigned from the league, having played thirteen matches, and as a result their playing record (PL:13, W:1, D:0, L:12, GF:3, GA:57) was expunged.[3]

Division One West
Hellenic Football League
Division One West
Season2017–18
ChampionsArdley United
PromotedArdley United
Shrivenham
Matches played182
Goals scored796 (4.37 per match)

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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ardley United 26 19 2 5 102 33 +69 59 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Shrivenham 26 17 3 6 74 38 +36 54
3 Easington Sports 26 16 3 7 77 36 +41 51
4 Pewsey Vale 26 15 4 7 71 38 +33 49
5 Cirencester Town development 26 14 4 8 64 41 +23 46
6 North Leigh United 26 13 5 8 48 31 +17 44
7 Letcombe 26 13 4 9 60 54 +6 43 Demoted to Division Two
8 Clanfield 26 12 4 10 62 38 +24 40
9 Headington Amateurs 26 13 1 12 55 44 +11 40 Demoted to Division Two
10 Cheltenham Saracens 26 10 5 11 51 60 −9 32[lower-alpha 1]
11 Kidlington reserves 26 8 6 12 47 45 +2 30
12 Woodstock Town 26 6 4 16 41 83 −42 22 Demoted to Division Two
13 New College Swindon 26 3 1 22 26 104 −78 10
14 Tytherington Rocks 26 0 0 26 18 151 −133 0
15 Shortwood United reserves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned from the league, record expunged[lower-alpha 2]
Source: 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]
Notes:
  1. Cheltenham Saracens were deducted three points on 2 December for a fielding an illegible player in a match.
  2. Shortwood United Reserves left the league at the end of March having played 20 matches. All results expunged.[4]

References
  1. "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  3. "HENLEY TOWN WITHDRAW FROM HELLENIC LEAGUE". Henley Town FC. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. "Shortwood Resign from Southern League". 29 March 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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