The 2020–21 Spartan South Midlands Football League season was the 24th in the history of

Spartan South Midlands Football League The Spartan South Midlands Football League is an English football league covering Hertfordshire, northwest Greater London, central Buckinghamshire and southern Bedfordshire. It is a feeder to the Southern Football League or the Isthmian League, ...

, a

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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 1 at Step 6 of the

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. The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for season 2020–21 were announced by the FA on 21 July, and were subject to appeal. The 2020–21 season started in September and was suspended in December a result of the

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. The league season was subsequently abandoned on 24 February 2021. The scheduled restructure of non-League took place at the end of the season, with new divisions added to the Combined Counties and

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s at Step 5 for 2021-22. Promotions from Steps 5 to 4 and 6 to 5 were based on points per game across all matches over the two cancelled seasons (2019–20 and 2020–21), while teams were promoted to Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.

Premier Division

The Premier Division comprises 21 teams, the same set of teams which competed in the previous season's aborted competition.

Premier Division table

Division One

Division One comprised 17 teams, two less than the number which were competing at the time the previous season's competition was aborted, the two teams leaving being: * FC Broxbourne Borough – resigned *

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– relocated to the

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In addition,

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were initially relocated from the

, but this relocation was reversed.

Division One table

Division Two

Division Two featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club: *Berkhamsted Comrades

Division Two table

References

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