The 2021–22 Wessex Football League season (known as the
Sydenhams Football League (Wessex) for sponsorship reasons) was 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.
After the abandonment of the previous two seasons due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, 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
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Four new teams joined the division:
*Three promoted from Division One:
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Alton
Alton may refer to:
People
*Alton (given name)
* Alton (surname)
Places Australia
* Alton National Park, Queensland
* Alton, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Balonne
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* Alton, Ontario
* Alton, Nova Scotia
New Zealand
* Alton, New Zeala ...
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Hythe & Dibden
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United Services Portsmouth
*One resigned from
Southern League Division One South:
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Moneyfields
League table
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:
*Two transferred from the
Combined Counties League
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Division One:
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Ash United
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Fleet Spurs
*Two promoted from the
Hampshire Premier League
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Infinity
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Millbrook, changing their name from Bush Hill F.C. prior to this season
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.
Infinity's playing record was later expunged from the league table.
League table
Promotion playoffs
References
External links
Wessex Football League official site
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Wessex Football League seasons
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