The 2016–17 Hellenic Football League season was the 64th in the history of the
Hellenic Football League, a
football
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competition in England.
Premier Division
Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
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, relegated from the
Southern Football League
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Carterton, promoted from Division One West
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Henley Town, promoted from Division One East
League table
Promotion criteria
To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:
# Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November
# Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March
# Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
# Finish the season in one of the top three positions
The following four teams have achieved criterion one:
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Bracknell Town
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Flackwell Heath
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Thame United
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Thatcham Town
Division One East
Division One East featured eleven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
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AFC Aldermaston, promoted from the
Thames Valley Premier League
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Sandhurst Town, transferred from the
Combined Counties League
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Wokingham & Emmbrook, relegated from the
Premier Division
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League table
Division One West
Division One West featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:
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Abingdon United, relegated from the
Premier Division
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Milton United, relegated from the
Premier Division
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Woodstock Town, transferred from
Division One East, with a change of name from Old Woodstock Town
League table
Division Two East
Division Two East featured 7 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 7 new clubs:
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Aston Clinton development
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Chalfont Wasps reserves
* Chalvey Sports
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Henley Town reserves
* Lynch Pin
* Milton Keynes Academy
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Oxford City development
League table
Division Two West
Division Two West featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 5 new clubs:
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Abingdon United reserves
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Bourton Rovers, joined from the Witney and District League
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Easington Sports reserves
*Faringdon Town, joined from the
North Berks Football League
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Shrivenham reserves, rejoined the League
League table
References
External links
Official Site
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