1996–97 South Midlands League

The 1996–97 South Midlands League season was 68th and the last in the history of South Midlands League.

At the end of the season the league was merged with Spartan League to form Spartan South Midlands Football League. For the first season of the new league clubs from the South Midlands League and the Spartan League were separated: all the South Midlands League Premier Division clubs formed Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division North, while clubs from South Midlands League Senior Division formed Spartan South Midlands League Senior Division and clubs from South Midlands League Division One formed Spartan South Midlands League Division One North. Following first season of the new league regional Premier divisions and divisions One were merged.

Premier Division
South Midlands League
Premier Division
Season1996–97
ChampionsPotters Bar Town
← 1995–96
1997–98 (Spartan South Midlands League) →

The Premier Division featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club, promoted from the Senior Division:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Potters Bar Town (C) 28 18 8 2 53 18 +35 62 Joined SSML Premier Division North
2 Brache Sparta 28 19 5 4 54 20 +34 62
3 Arlesey Town 28 16 7 5 49 20 +29 55
4 Toddington Rovers 28 14 4 10 45 29 +16 46
5 Buckingham Athletic 28 14 3 11 52 34 +18 45
6 Royston Town 28 13 6 9 47 42 +5 45
7 London Colney 28 12 8 8 47 41 +6 44
8 Bedford United 28 10 8 10 44 49 −5 38
9 Welwyn Garden City 28 9 9 10 45 44 +1 36
10 Harpenden Town 28 9 7 12 32 33 −1 34
11 Milton Keynes 28 7 10 11 25 36 −11 31
12 Letchworth 28 7 7 14 35 50 −15 28
13 Langford 28 6 6 16 22 56 −34 24
14 Hoddesdon Town 28 5 7 16 30 55 −25 22
15 Biggleswade Town 28 2 3 23 21 74 −53 9
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Senior Division
South Midlands League
Senior Division
Season1996–97
ChampionsLeverstock Green
← 1995–96
1997–98 (Spartan South Midlands League) →

The Senior Division featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club, promoted from Division One:

Also, ACD changed name to A C D Tridon.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Leverstock Green (C) 26 19 3 4 54 19 +35 60 Joined SSML Senior Division
2 Holmer Green 26 18 1 7 71 21 +50 55
3 Tring Athletic 26 17 3 6 62 29 +33 54
4 Stony Stratford Town 26 16 2 8 60 46 +14 50
5 New Bradwell St Peter 26 13 7 6 49 30 +19 46
6 Houghton Town 26 10 8 8 31 32 −1 38
7 Mercedes Benz 26 10 7 9 48 38 +10 37
8 Risborough Rangers 26 11 4 11 35 50 −15 37
9 Winslow United 26 10 5 11 40 51 −11 35
10 Kent Athletic 26 9 5 12 46 57 −11 32
11 Ampthill Town 26 6 5 15 33 57 −24 23
12 A C D Tridon 26 5 6 15 33 56 −23 21 Did not join Spartan South Midlands League
13 Totternhoe 26 2 9 15 27 62 −35 15 Joined SSML Senior Division
14 The 61 FC Luton 26 2 3 21 26 67 −41 9
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Division One
South Midlands League
Division One
Season1996–97
ChampionsBiggleswade United
PromotedBiggleswade United
Caddington
← 1995–96
1997–98 (Spartan South Midlands League) →

Division One featured 14 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
1 Biggleswade United (C, P) 34 26 4 4 116 35 +81 82 Promoted to the SSML Senior Division
2 Caddington (P) 34 22 7 5 89 45 +44 72[lower-alpha 1]
3 De Havilland 34 22 5 7 88 52 +36 71 Joined SSML Division One North
4 Crawley Green Sports 34 19 7 8 77 51 +26 64
5 Old Bradwell United 34 19 6 9 69 49 +20 63
6 Emberton 34 19 5 10 67 46 +21 62
7 Bedford Eagles 34 18 6 10 79 48 +31 57[lower-alpha 2]
8 Scot 34 16 4 14 49 57 −8 52
9 Walden Rangers 34 14 6 14 70 46 +24 48
10 Buckingham United 34 13 6 15 66 75 −9 45
11 Bridger Packaging 34 13 4 17 61 74 −13 43
12 Luton Old Boys 34 10 7 17 43 53 −10 37
13 Old Dunstablians 34 10 6 18 62 85 −23 36
14 Leighton Athletic 34 9 5 20 50 75 −25 32
15 Flamstead 34 8 6 20 44 80 −36 30
16 Abbey National 34 5 9 20 39 92 −53 24
17 Mursley United 34 6 8 20 53 91 −38 23[lower-alpha 2]
18 Pitstone & Ivinghoe 34 5 3 26 26 94 −68 18
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
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