2021–22 Wessex Football League

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The 2021–22 Wessex Football League season (known as the Sydenhams Football League (Wessex) for sponsorship reasons) will be the 36th in the history of the Wessex Football League since its establishment in 1986. The league consists of two divisions: the Premier Division and Division One.

The constitution was announced on 18 May 2021.[1]

After the abandonment of the previous two seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2][3] a number of promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.

Premier Division[]

The Premier Division was increased from 20 clubs to 21, after Lymington Town were promoted to the Southern League, and Fleet Town and Tadley Calleva were transferred to the Combined Counties League.

Four new teams joined the division:

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hamworthy United 28 19 8 1 73 18 +55 65 Promotion to
2 Horndean 30 20 4 6 93 33 +60 64 Promotion to Southern League or qualification for the inter-step play-offs[a]
3 Brockenhurst 29 20 4 5 80 32 +48 64
4 Baffins Milton Rovers 29 18 5 6 75 39 +36 59
5 Bashley 27 19 2 6 73 39 +34 59
6 Shaftesbury 27 16 7 4 83 32 +51 55
7 AFC Stoneham 28 15 8 5 68 37 +31 53
8 AFC Portchester 29 14 7 8 71 37 +34 49
9 Moneyfields 26 13 5 8 68 45 +23 44
10 Alton 30 12 6 12 50 63 −13 42
11 Blackfield & Langley 28 12 4 12 59 47 +12 40
12 Fareham Town 29 11 6 12 85 71 +14 39
13 Hamble Club 30 10 6 14 46 58 −12 36
14 United Services Portsmouth 30 10 5 15 46 70 −24 35
15 Alresford Town 28 8 6 14 50 66 −16 30
16 Cowes Sports 29 8 6 15 41 82 −41 30
17 Portland United 29 7 8 14 49 67 −18 29
18 Christchurch 31 6 5 20 37 101 −64 23
19 Bournemouth 29 5 5 19 47 73 −26 20
20 Hythe & Dibden 31 3 2 26 23 112 −89 11 Possible relegation to step 6[b]
21 Amesbury Town 29 1 3 25 21 116 −95 6 Relegation to step 6
Updated to match(es) played on 22:29, 8 February 2022 (UTC). Source: Wessex League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ At the end of the 2021–22 season, the 10 runners-up from step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) will be automatically promoted. The remaining six runners-up will contest inter-step play-off matches with the six third-from-bottom clubs with the fewest PPG from the eight divisions at step 4. The winner of each match will rise to or stay at step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will drop to or remain at step 5.[4]
  2. ^ Twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that are second-from-bottom at step 5 will be reprieved.[4]

Division One[]

Division One was increased from 19 clubs to 20 after Alton, Hythe & Dibden and US Portsmouth were promoted to the Premier Division.

Four new teams joined the division:

Infinity withdrew from the league on 6 February 2022 after their groundshare agreement with Hythe & Dibden was terminated by Hythe. This followed an incident in which an Infinity player was sent off during a match for using racist language. Subsequent attempts to find another ground at which Infinity could play were unsuccessful.[5] Infinity's playing record has not yet been expunged from the league table.

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 28 20 5 3 88 23 +65 65 Promotion to
2 Newport (IOW) 27 19 4 4 96 44 +52 61 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Andover Town 26 19 3 4 80 37 +43 60
4 Folland Sports 28 18 6 4 76 39 +37 60
5 Andover New Street 25 18 4 3 84 34 +50 58
6 Laverstock & Ford 28 16 6 6 72 45 +27 54
7 Romsey Town 28 17 2 9 66 46 +20 53
8 Downton 29 14 9 6 65 50 +15 51
9 New Milton Town 27 14 4 9 56 44 +12 46
10 Verwood Town 28 13 2 13 62 61 +1 41
11 Millbrook 28 13 2 13 65 80 −15 41
12 Whitchurch United 28 8 4 16 33 53 −20 28
13 Petersfield Town 27 8 3 16 35 55 −20 27
14 Ash United 26 8 1 17 35 57 −22 25
15 Ringwood Town 28 7 4 17 44 68 −24 25
16 Fawley 28 5 6 17 40 64 −24 21
17 East Cowes Victoria Athletic 26 4 6 16 36 77 −41 18
18 Infinity 23 5 1 17 34 77 −43 16 Possible relegation to
county feeder leagues
19 Fleet Spurs 28 3 4 21 26 76 −50 13
20 Totton & Eling 28 3 4 21 31 94 −63 13
Updated to match(es) played on 22:31, 8 February 2022 (UTC). Source: Wessex Leagues
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References[]

  1. ^ "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2021–22". The Football Association. 18 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  3. ^ "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Changes to promotion and relegation at Step 5". North East Counties Football League. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Infinity forced to withdraw from the Wessex League after losing home ground following racist language". Portsmouth News. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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