2022 Mercury League

The 2022 Mercury League was the twelfth season of the Mercury League. It was contested over four divisions.

2022 Changes

• Promoted to Premier League:
  • Made in Heaven
  • Mercury Armed Forces FC
  • The Red Specials (via play-offs)
• Relegated from Premier League:
  • A Night at the Football
  • Flash FC
  • One Vision
• Promoted to Second League:
  • Fenhouse United (via play-offs)
  • Railminster Robins
  • Show Must Go On
• Relegated from Second League:
  • Fulditch United
  • Holham Park FC
  • Yorkwell Town
• Promoted to Third League:
  • Kincester City
  • Settington Rovers
  • Upton FC (via play-offs)
• Relegated from Third League:
  • Besford Town
  • FC Henscar
  • Mercury City Messengers
• Promoted to Fourth League:
  • Erdethorne FC
  • Sinningham FC
• Relegated from Fourth League:
  • Compton Motors FC
  • Gyeongju FC

In addition, 18 new clubs were added to the Fourth League, all 16 teams from the West division, and two teams from the East division, Port Harlby FC and Whitby Voyagers.

Premier League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Tow Law FC (C, Q)	34	21	10	3	66	25	+41	73	Qualification to FMF Champions' League
Cook Island FC (Q)	34	22	6	6	61	28	+33	72
Mercury City (Q)	34	21	4	9	63	31	+32	67	Qualification to EMUFA Champions' League
Bohemian Rhapsodies (Q)	34	20	4	10	51	26	+25	64
Dynamo Deacon (Q)	34	17	8	9	53	42	+11	59
Taylor Sporting Club	34	16	9	9	52	43	+9	57
Port Barret FC	34	15	9	10	38	33	+5	54
May Wanderers	34	14	10	10	44	35	+9	52
West Grinstead FC	34	13	8	13	31	28	+3	47
Queen Athletic	34	12	6	16	36	33	+3	42
AFC Heartpool	34	12	6	16	28	39	−11	42
Kuiper Town FC	34	12	4	18	36	48	−12	40
The Red Specials	34	10	6	18	33	49	−16	36
Mercury Armed Forces FC	34	9	7	18	27	44	−17	34
Mullen Albion	34	9	7	18	29	49	−20	34
Made in Heaven (R)	34	9	4	21	20	51	−31	31	Relegation to Second League
Breakthru FC (R)	34	7	7	20	22	57	−35	28
St John's FC (R)	34	4	11	19	25	54	−29	23
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (R) – Relegated Qualification for the 2022–23 EMUFA Champions' League is determined at the commencement of the 2022–23 season. The qualification berths indicated are based on the predicted allocations for the 2021–22 season and are subject to change. An additional EMUFA Champions' League berth is awarded to the winners of the 2022 Mercury FA Cup, Dynamo Deacon.

Results

	HEA	BRH	BRK	CKI	DEA	KUI	MIH	MAY	MAF	MRC	MUL	PBA	QUE	STJ	TAY	TRS	TOW	WGR
AFC Heartpool	–	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–0
Bohemian Rhapsodies	1–0	–	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1
Breakthru FC	0–5	1–6	–	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–4	0–2
Cook Island FC	4–0	0–1	2–1	–	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	1–0
Dynamo Deacon	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	–	3–3	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	4–3	1–1	3–5	2–2	0–3	1–0
Kuiper Town FC	3–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	–	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	0–1	2–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–2
Made in Heaven	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	–	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–3	0–3	0–3
May Wanderers	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	4–2	2–0	–	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	2–3	3–1
Mercury Armed Forces FC	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	–	0–1	3–3	0–2	1–0	0–4	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2
Mercury City	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–3	2–0	4–1	7–1	0–1	2–0	–	1–4	1–2	1–0	2–0	5–0	1–2	0–1	1–0
Mullen Albion	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	–	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–5	0–1
Port Barret FC	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–4	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	–	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–2
Queen Athletic	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	5–1	1–4	0–1	1–0	–	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0
St John's FC	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–0	2–2	1–2	–	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–1
Taylor Sporting Club	0–2	2–2	1–2	4–4	2–0	4–0	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	–	1–0	0–0	0–0
The Red Specials	0–1	0–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	–	0–2	0–0
Tow Law FC	1–1	0–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	5–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	–	3–1
West Grinstead FC	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	–

Second League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
A Kind of Magic (C, P)	26	15	4	7	30	22	+8	49	Promotion to Premier League
Soxceter FC (P)	26	15	3	8	36	21	+15	48
Flash FC	26	13	8	5	27	17	+10	47	Qualification to play-offs
Innuendo FC (P)	26	12	6	8	30	19	+11	42
Mercury Phoenix	26	11	7	8	27	22	+5	40
Break Free Athletic	26	11	6	9	33	25	+8	39
Fenhouse United	26	10	9	7	37	35	+2	39
Ponthorne Town	26	9	8	9	23	22	+1	35
A Night at the Football	26	9	8	9	24	25	−1	35
One Vision	26	7	8	11	27	35	−8	29
Show Must Go On	26	6	10	10	18	30	−12	28
Hammond Rangers	26	6	8	12	22	29	−7	26
Penbury Electric FC (R)	26	7	5	14	24	37	−13	26	Relegation to Third League
Railminster Robins (R)	26	3	6	17	16	35	−19	15
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (R) – Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Break Free Athletic v Flash FC

27 April 2022

Break Free Athletic	0 – 1	Flash FC

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Flash FC v Break Free Athletic

30 April 2022

Flash FC	1 – 0	Break Free Athletic

Flash FC win 2–0 on aggregate

Mercury Phoenix v Innuendo FC

27 April 2022

Mercury Phoenix	0 – 2	Innuendo FC

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Innuendo FC v Mercury Phoenix

30 April 2022

Innuendo FC	0 – 1	Mercury Phoenix

Innuendo FC win 2–1 on aggregate

Final

Flash FC v Innuendo FC

7 May 2022

Flash FC	0 – 1	Innuendo FC

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

Third League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Holham Park FC (C, P)	26	12	8	6	29	22	+7	44	Promotion to Second League
Halley Comets (P)	26	13	5	8	28	21	+7	44
Nafferton Town (P)	26	12	7	7	31	21	+10	43
Kincester City	26	13	4	9	27	23	+4	43	Qualification to play-offs
Bisminster Harriers	26	10	10	6	27	18	+9	40
Fulditch United	26	10	9	7	28	22	+6	39
Yorkwell Town (P)	26	11	5	10	21	21	0	38
Dunleigh Eagles	26	10	6	10	37	31	+6	36
Hawking Black Holes	26	8	10	8	23	25	−2	34
Cunston Rovers	26	7	11	8	28	32	−4	32
Settington Rovers	26	10	2	14	28	34	−6	32
Olbers Paradoxes	26	7	10	9	32	40	−8	31
Arleness FC (R)	26	8	5	13	23	31	−8	29	Relegation to Fourth League
Upton FC (R)	26	3	4	19	25	46	−21	13
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (R) – Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Yorkwell Town v Kincester City

27 April 2022

Yorkwell Town	1 – 0	Kincester City

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Kincester City v Yorkwell Town

30 April 2022

Kincester City	2 – 3	Yorkwell Town

Yorkwell Town win 4–2 on aggregate

Fulditch United v Bisminster Harriers

27 April 2022

Fulditch United	2 – 0	Bisminster Harriers

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Bisminster Harriers v Fulditch United

30 April 2022

Bisminster Harriers	0 – 1	Fulditch United

Fulditch United win 3–0 on aggregate

Final

Yorkwell Town v Fulditch United

7 May 2022

Yorkwell Town	1 – 0	Fulditch United

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

Fourth League

East

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Whitby Voyagers (C, P)	30	21	4	5	40	16	+24	67	Promotion to Third League
Mercury City Messengers (P)	30	14	9	7	37	23	+14	51
Port Harlby FC (P)	30	14	5	11	34	28	+6	47	Qualification to play-offs
FC Henscar	30	13	8	9	29	27	+2	47
Sinningham FC	30	13	6	11	31	29	+2	45
Bybridge Town FC	30	14	3	13	28	29	−1	45
Dissingham Town	30	12	8	10	35	28	+7	44
Besford Town	30	12	6	12	31	28	+3	42
Longstoke City	30	12	5	13	33	34	−1	41
Erdethorne FC	30	10	8	12	26	33	−7	38
Lowhouse FC	30	9	8	13	31	33	−2	35
Keyfoss Knights	30	10	5	15	18	27	−9	35
Enderby Town Rockets	30	8	10	12	29	35	−6	34
Coulomb Chargers	30	8	9	13	23	33	−10	33
Torburn Miracles	30	8	9	13	21	32	−11	33
Castleton Lions (R)	30	9	3	18	28	39	−11	30	Relegation to National League Championship
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (R) – Relegated

West

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Oxair City FC (C, P)	30	16	7	7	38	21	+17	55	Promotion to Third League
Hull Metropolitan (P)	30	14	9	7	23	19	+4	51
Hull Athletic (P)	30	13	11	6	30	21	+9	50	Qualification to play-offs
Carran Town	30	12	11	7	24	24	0	47
Haselruir Keltian	30	12	10	8	36	21	+15	46
Fereby United	30	13	7	10	26	22	+4	46
Rothbrey Mountainside	30	11	10	9	21	19	+2	43
Kinverton Bridge Athletic	30	10	12	8	32	24	+8	42
Rippen Rovers	30	10	9	11	29	25	+4	39
Hayfield City	30	9	10	11	25	25	0	37
Høgmårkians Alfheim	30	10	7	13	29	31	−2	37
Haselruir Rangers	30	9	10	11	20	24	−4	37
Stonebourg Forest	30	8	10	12	26	33	−7	34
Eastmoor County	30	7	11	12	22	33	−11	32
North Eastmoor United	30	9	5	16	18	36	−18	32
Bandine FC	30	2	11	17	18	39	−21	17
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated

Play-offs

East

Semi-finals

Bybridge Town FC v Port Harlby FC

27 April 2022

Bybridge Town FC	0 – 1	Port Harlby FC

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Port Harlby FC v Bybridge Town FC

30 April 2022

Port Harlby FC	1 – 0	Bybridge Town FC

Port Harlby FC win 2–0 on aggregate

Sinningham FC v FC Henscar

27 April 2022

Sinningham FC	0 – 1	FC Henscar

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FC Henscar v Sinningham FC

30 April 2022

FC Henscar	1 – 0	Sinningham FC

FC Henscar win 2–0 on aggregate

Final

Port Harlby FC v FC Henscar

8 May 2022

Port Harlby FC	2 – 1	FC Henscar

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

West

Semi-finals

Fereby United v Hull Athletic

27 April 2022

Fereby United	1 – 1	Hull Athletic

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Hull Athletic v Fereby United

30 April 2022

Hull Athletic	1 – 0	Fereby United

Hull Athletic win 2–1 on aggregate

Haselruir Keltian v Carran Town

27 April 2022

Haselruir Keltian	1 – 1	Carran Town

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Carran Town v Haselruir Keltian

30 April 2022

Carran Town	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Haselruir Keltian

Carran Town win 3–2 on aggregate

Final

Hull Athletic v Carran Town

8 May 2022

Hull Athletic	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Carran Town
	Penalties
	4–3

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury