2016–17 Hellenic Football League
# 2016–17 Hellenic Football League

The 2016–17 Hellenic Football League season was the 64th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.

## Premier Division

Premier Division featured 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

* Burnham, relegated from the Southern Football League
* Carterton, promoted from Division One West
* Henley Town, promoted from Division One East

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Thame United | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 118 | 39 | +79 | 84 | Promoted to the Southern Football League |
| 2 | Bracknell Town | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 113 | 37 | +76 | 81 | |
| 3 | Flackwell Heath | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 94 | 41 | +53 | 73 | |
| 4 | Thatcham Town | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 90 | 48 | +42 | 68 | |
| 5 | Ardley United | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 75 | 53 | +22 | 64 | Voluntarily demoted to Division One West |
| 6 | Highworth Town | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 87 | 59 | +28 | 61 | |
| 7 | Brimscombe & Thrupp | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 80 | 58 | +22 | 58 | |
| 8 | Binfield | 34 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 65 | 49 | +16 | 52 | |
| 9 | Lydney Town | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 65 | 64 | +1 | 51 | |
| 10 | Tuffley Rovers | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 61 | 57 | +4 | 50 | |
| 11 | Royal Wootton Bassett Town | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 45 | |
| 12 | Longlevens | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 67 | 83 | −16 | 36 | |
| 13 | Brackley Town Saints | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 48 | 97 | −49 | 34 | |
| 14 | Highmoor Ibis | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 52 | 82 | −30 | 32 | |
| 15 | Ascot United | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 49 | 80 | −31 | 28 | |
| 16 | Oxford City Nomads | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 45 | 87 | −42 | 24 | |
| 17 | Burnham | 34 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 42 | 129 | −87 | 19 | |
| 18 | Henley Town | 34 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 40 | 125 | −85 | 16 | Relegated to Division One East |
| 19 | Carterton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned to Division Two West, record expunged |

* ↑ Royal Wootton Bassett Town were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player in their win over Longlevens on 10 September.
* ↑ Carterton resigned from the league, having played three matches, and as a result their playing record (PL:3, W:1, L:2, GF:3, GA:9) was expunged.

**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:

* Bracknell Town
* Flackwell Heath
* Thame United
* Thatcham Town

## Division One East

Division One East featured eleven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

* AFC Aldermaston, promoted from the Thames Valley Premier League
* Sandhurst Town, transferred from the Combined Counties League
* Wokingham & Emmbrook, relegated from the Premier Division

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Penn & Tylers Green | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 87 | 22 | +65 | 63 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 2 | Woodley United | 26 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 17 | +38 | 63 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Headington Amateurs | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 85 | 38 | +47 | 55 | Transferred to Division One West |
| 4 | Finchampstead | 26 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 43 | Voluntarily relegated to the Thames Valley Premier League |
| 5 | Bicester Town | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 60 | 40 | +20 | 40 | |
| 6 | Chalfont Wasps | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 38 | +4 | 40 | |
| 7 | AFC Aldermaston | 26 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 37 | |
| 8 | Sandhurst Town | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 41 | −3 | 37 | |
| 9 | Didcot Town reserves | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 53 | 52 | +1 | 34 | |
| 10 | Chinnor | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 58 | −18 | 31 | |
| 11 | Rayners Lane | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 30 | Transferred to the Spartan South Midlands League |
| 12 | Wokingham & Emmbrook | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 28 | |
| 13 | Holyport | 26 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 45 | 66 | −21 | 20 | |
| 14 | Wantage Town reserves | 26 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 154 | −139 | 0 | Resigned from the league |

## Division One West

Division One West featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:

* Abingdon United, relegated from the Premier Division
* Milton United, relegated from the Premier Division
* Woodstock Town, transferred from Division One East, with a change of name from Old Woodstock Town

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fairford Town | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 131 | 26 | +105 | 75 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Abingdon United | 30 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 83 | 30 | +53 | 64 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Hook Norton | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 80 | 44 | +36 | 63 | Club folded |
| 4 | Easington Sports | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 56 | |
| 5 | Cirencester Town development | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 76 | 51 | +25 | 52 | |
| 6 | Purton | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 71 | 52 | +19 | 51 | Resigned from the league |
| 7 | Shrivenham | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 44 | |
| 8 | North Leigh United | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 64 | 67 | −3 | 44 | |
| 9 | Shortwood United reserves | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 51 | 44 | +7 | 42 | |
| 10 | Clanfield | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 44 | +2 | 39 | |
| 11 | Letcombe | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 37 | |
| 12 | Milton United | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 32 | Transferred to Division One East |
| 13 | New College Swindon | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 43 | 72 | −29 | 29 | |
| 14 | Cheltenham Saracens | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 139 | −105 | 26 | |
| 15 | Tytherington Rocks | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 68 | −43 | 14 | |
| 16 | Woodstock Town | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 99 | −75 | 13 | |

* ↑ North Leigh were deducted three points for an infringement in the game against Tytherington Rocks on 31 December 2016.

## Division Two East

Division Two East featured 7 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 7 new clubs:

* Aston Clinton development
* Chalfont Wasps reserves
* Chalvey Sports
* Henley Town reserves
* Lynch Pin
* Milton Keynes Academy
* Oxford City development

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chalvey Sports | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 13 | +64 | 59 | |
| 2 | Flackwell Heath reserves | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 77 | 34 | +43 | 49 | Resigned from the league |
| 3 | Oxford City development | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 43 | Resigned from the league |
| 4 | Milton Keynes Academy | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 38 | +31 | 40 | Resigned from the league |
| 5 | Lynch Pin | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 39 | Resigned from the league |
| 6 | Penn & Tylers Green reserves | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 28 | |
| 7 | Chalfont Wasps reserves | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 37 | 55 | −18 | 28 | |
| 8 | Sandhurst Town reserves | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 45 | 57 | −12 | 26 | Resigned from the league |
| 9 | Stokenchurch | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 44 | 83 | −39 | 23 | |
| 10 | Thame United reserves | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 20 | Resigned from the league |
| 11 | Wokingham & Emmbrook reserves | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 23 | 69 | −46 | 11 | Resigned from the league |
| 12 | Aston Clinton development | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 77 | −55 | 11 | |
| 13 | Henley Town reserves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew, records expunged |
| 14 | Holyport reserves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew, records expunged |

* ↑ Penn & Tylers Green reserves were deducted 3 points.

## Division Two West

Division Two West featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 5 new clubs:

* Abingdon United reserves
* Bourton Rovers, joined from the Witney and District League
* Easington Sports reserves
* Faringdon Town, joined from the North Berks Football League
* Shrivenham reserves, rejoined the League

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bourton Rovers | 22 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 72 | 29 | +43 | 49 | |
| 2 | Kidlington reserves | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 63 | 27 | +36 | 47 | Promoted to Division One West |
| 3 | Highworth Town reserves | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 46 | |
| 4 | Abingdon United reserves | 22 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 43 | Transferred to Division Two East |
| 5 | Moreton Rangers | 22 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 41 | |
| 6 | Oxford City Nomads development | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 68 | 61 | +7 | 31 | Resigned from the league |
| 7 | Fairford Town reserves | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 30 | Resigned from the league |
| 8 | Faringdon Town | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 65 | −31 | 24 | |
| 9 | Brimscombe & Thrupp reserves | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 23 | |
| 10 | Easington Sports reserves | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 22 | |
| 11 | Hook Norton reserves | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 70 | −49 | 16 | Resigned from the league |
| 12 | Shrivenham reserves | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 77 | −54 | 9 | |
| 13 | Clanfield reserves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew, record expunged |
| 14 | Purton reserves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew, record expunged |
