The 2022–23 season was the 26th in the history of the

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 One at Step 6 of the

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. The league constitution for this season was based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 that were announced by

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on 12 May 2022, and were subject to appeals. Leighton Town were champions, winning first Spartan South Midlands League title and returned to the Southern League after seven seasons in the Spartan South Midlands League. Runners-up Stotfold won inter-step play-off match and joined then achieving second straight promotion.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eight new clubs. * Transferred from the Essex Senior League: **

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** Hoddesdon Town * Transferred from the

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: ** Biggleswade United ** Potton United * Promoted from Division One: ** Shefford Town & Campton **

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* Plus: ** Colney Heath, relegated from the Southern League ** St Panteleimon, transferred from the

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League table

Inter-step play-off

Division One

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs: *

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, promoted from the Cambridgeshire County League * Holmer Green, relegated from the Premier Division * Lutterworth Athletic, transferred from the

* Moulton, promoted from the Northamptonshire Combination League * Northampton ON Chenecks, relegated from the

* Rugby Borough, promoted from the

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Also, Bedford changed their name to Real Bedford.

League table

Play-offs

Division Two

Division Two featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs: * AFC Caddington * Leighton Town development

League table

References

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