The 2022–23 Wessex Football League season was the 37th 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 12 May 2022.
Premier Division
The Premier Division was reduced from 21 clubs to 20, after
Bashley and
Hamworthy United were promoted to the
Southern League South Division;
Alton
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were transferred to the
Combined Counties League
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, and
Amesbury Town were relegated to Division One.
Three new teams joined the division:
*Two promoted from Division One:
**
Bemerton Heath Harlequins
**
Laverstock & Ford
*One transferred from
Southern Combination League Premier Division:
**
Pagham
Pagham is a coastal village and civil parish in the Arun district of West Sussex, England, with a population of around 6,100. It lies about two miles to the west of Bognor Regis.
Governance
Pagham is part of the electoral ward called Pagham a ...
*The club finishing the season in second position was initially required to play in an inter-step playoff with a team from step 4. Due to ground grading failures higher up the pyramid, three step 4 clubs were reprieved, and the three step 5 runners-up with the highest PPG (points per game) were automatically promoted.
Bemerton Heath Harlequins were one of those three.
League table
Division One
Division One remained at 20 clubs after
Bemerton Heath Harlequins and
Laverstock & Ford were promoted to the Premier Division, and
Infinity
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resigned from the league during last season.
Three new teams joined the division:
*One relegated from the Premier Division:
**
Amesbury Town
*One promoted from the
Hampshire Premier League
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:
**
Fleetlands
*One promoted from the
Dorset Premier League
The Dorset Premier Football League is a football league based in Dorset, England, which sits at Step 7 of the National League System, or level 11 of the overall English football league system.
History
The league was formed in 1957 under the na ...
:
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Hamworthy Recreation
League table
Promotion playoffs
References
External links
Wessex Football League official site
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