2017–18 Florian Premier League

Florian Premier League

Season	2017–18
Champions	TBC
Relegated	TBC
AEFA Champions' League	Northcliff United
AEFA Cup	Dragonmoor FC Meadowedge Red Star
2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Florian Premier League will be the first season of the Florian Premier League. The teams play each other four times on a home and away basis.

Teams

At the start of the season, two teams which did not compete in the Summer Series, Havenbarrow Town and Celtic FC Oldhaven were added to the league. The teams which did were included.

Stadiums and locations

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Blackoak Town	Blackoak	City of Black Stadium	55,097
Celtic FC Oldhaven	Oldhaven	Celtic Park	3,000
Havenbarrow Town	Havenbarrow	Memorial Stadium	12,300
Meadowedge Red Star	Meadowedge	Speedo Arena	32,609
Newmarsh Rangers	Newmarsh	Olympic Stadium	40,000
Northcliff United	Northcliff	Northcliff Arena	75,000
Northsilver Galaxy	Northsilver	Panthers Arena	25,586
RB Dragonmoor	Dragonmoor	Red Bear Park	60,000
Stonehall Hotspur	Stonehall	The Jungle	26,500
Westlake Town	Westlake	'Wild' Park	5,333

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment	Table
Celtic FC Oldhaven	Jack Smith	Sacked	1st October 2017	Wayne Gray	15th October 2017	9th
Havenbarrow Town	Wayne Gray	Signed by Celtic FC Oldhaven	15th October 2017	Zoe Lee	20th October 2017	10th
RB Dragonmoor	Russel Jordan	Sacked	17th October 2017	Draža Mihajlovic	17th October 2017	2nd
RB Dragonmoor	Draža Mihajlovic	other	20th November 2017	Jack Spencer	2nd December 2017	2nd
Havenbarrow Town	Zoe Lee	Sacked	11th January 2018	Érico Luz	11th January 2018 (will start managing next season)	9th

League Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Northcliff United (C)	36	27	7	2	64	26	+38	88	Qualification for Champions' League
Red Bear Dragonmoor (Q)1	36	20	8	8	72	33	+39	68
Meadowedge Red Star (Q)	36	17	7	12	46	33	+13	58	Qualification for AEFA Cup
Westlake Town	36	16	8	12	44	41	+3	56
Blackoak Town	36	10	12	14	40	50	-10	42
Havenbarrow Town	36	10	9	17	49	60	-11	39
Stonehall Hotspur	36	9	11	16	43	50	-7	38
Newmarsh Rangers	36	10	7	19	34	39	-15	37
Northsilver Galaxy (R)	36	10	7	19	37	57	-20	37	Relegation to Florian Championship
Celtic FC Oldhaven (R)	36	7	12	17	28	58	-30	33

¹RB Dragonmoor will qualify as its successor, Dragonmoor FC.

Results

1st Half

	BLK	CEL	HAV	MRS	NEW	NOR	NSG	RBD	STO	WES
BLK	–	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	4-4	3-0	0-0	4-5
CEL	0-0	–	1-1	0-2	0-1	0-0	1-0	0-8		1-5
HAV	2-1	0-2	–	0-2	2-2	1-4	0-1		1-0	0-0
MRS	0-1	1-1	2-0	–	3-1	1-2		1-5	0-2	0-0
NEW	2-1	2-0	5-1	0-0	–	1-3	6-2	1-3	1-3	0-1
NOR	1-1	1-0	0-0		3-0	–	2-1	1-1	4-0	1-0
NSG	1-1	0-4		1-3		1-2	–	1-0	1-1	2-1
RBD	5-0		5-1		1-0	2-4	1-0	–	2-2	6-0
STO		1-0		0-2	2-1	0-1	0-0	1-4	–	1-2
WES	5-2	1-5	5-5	1-0	1-2		1-0	0-2	1-1	–

Second Half

	BLK	CEL	HAV	MRS	NEW	NOR	NSG	RBD	STO	WES
BLK	–
CEL		–
HAV			–
MRS				–
NEW					–
NOR						–
NSG							–
RBD								–
STO									–
WES										–

Relegation table

Pos.	Team	2015-16 Position	2016-17 Position	2017-18 Position	Total positional points over three seasons	Outcome
1	Northcliff United (S)	5(a)	5(a)	1	11	Safe from relegation
2	RB Dragonmoor (S)	5(a)	5(a)	2	12
3	Meadowedge Red Star (S)	5(a)	5(a)	3	13
4	Westlake Town (S)	5(a)	5(a)	4	14
5	Blackoak Town (S)	5(a)	5(a)	5	15
6	Havenbarrow Town (S)	5(a)	5(a)	6	16
7	Stonehall Hotspur (S)	5(a)	5(a)	7	17
8	Newmarsh Rangers (S)	5(a)	5(a)	8	18
9	Northsilver Galaxy (R)	5(a)	5(a)	9	19	Relegated
10	Celtic FC Oldhaven (R)	5(a)	5(a)	10	20

• (a)=Average.