2023 Mercury League

The 2023 Mercury League will be the thirteenth season of the Mercury League. It will be contested over four divisions.

2023 Changes

• Promoted to Premier League:
• Relegated from Premier League:
• Promoted to Second League:
• Relegated from Second League:
• Promoted to Third League:
• Relegated from Third League:
• Promoted to Fourth League:
• Relegated from Fourth League:

Premier League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
May Wanderers (C, Q)	34	18	13	3	59	26	+33	67	Qualification to FMF Champions' League
Mercury City (Q)	34	17	12	5	46	23	+23	63
Dynamo Deacon (Q)	34	18	8	8	55	35	+20	62
Tow Law FC (Q)	34	18	7	9	52	25	+27	61	Qualification to EMUFA Champions' League
Taylor Sporting Club (Q)	34	18	6	10	49	29	+20	60
Bohemian Rhapsodies	34	16	7	11	44	31	+13	55
Cook Island FC	34	13	12	9	49	32	+17	51
AFC Heartpool	34	14	8	12	33	34	−1	50
Mullen Albion (Q)	34	13	8	13	42	38	+4	47	Qualification to EMUFA Champions' League
Port Barret FC	34	13	8	13	39	43	−4	47
Queen Athletic	34	14	4	16	36	36	0	46
Kuiper Town FC	34	11	12	11	35	40	−5	45
Mercury Armed Forces FC	34	12	6	16	26	47	−21	42
West Grinstead FC	34	10	7	17	32	54	−22	37
The Red Specials	34	9	7	18	29	46	−17	34
Innuendo FC (R)	34	7	12	15	29	40	−11	33	Relegation to Second League
Soxceter FC (R)	34	5	8	21	26	57	−31	23
A Kind of Magic (R)	34	2	11	21	14	59	−45	17
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (R) – Relegated As per the FMF participation rules, the top two teams qualify automatically for the 2023–24 FMF Champions' League along with 2022–23 EMUFA Champions' League winners Dynamo Deacon. Discounting teams already qualified for the FMF Champions' League, the order of priority for qualification for the 2023–24 EMUFA Champions' League is the fourth-placed team, Tow Law FC, the FA Cup runners-up, Mullen Albion and the fifth-placed team, Taylor Sporting Club.

Results

	AKM	HEA	BRH	CKI	DEA	INN	KUI	MAY	MAF	MRC	MUL	PBA	QUE	SOX	TAY	TRS	TOW	WGR
A Kind of Magic	–	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–1	0–4	0–2	0–3	0–1
AFC Heartpool	1–0	–	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0
Bohemian Rhapsodies	2–0	4–1	–	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1
Cook Island FC	2–0	2–2	2–1	–	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	6–0	1–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0
Dynamo Deacon	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	–	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	7–1
Innuendo FC	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	–	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	2–2
Kuiper Town FC	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	–	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–6	0–1
May Wanderers	3–1	6–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	–	4–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0
Mercury Armed Forces FC	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	–	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1
Mercury City	6–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	–	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2
Mullen Albion	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	–	1–2	1–1	5–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	5–2
Port Barret FC	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	2–4	4–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	–	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1
Queen Athletic	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	–	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1
Soxceter FC	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–3	1–2	–	1–1	1–1	0–3	4–2
Taylor Sporting Club	4–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	–	3–0	1–2	3–2
The Red Specials	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–4	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	–	0–3	0–1
Tow Law FC	4–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	–	1–0
West Grinstead FC	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–4	–

Second League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Halley Comets (C, P)	30	17	7	6	35	20	+15	58	Promotion to Premier League
St John's FC (P)	30	17	6	7	37	16	+21	57
Made in Heaven (P)	30	12	13	5	31	22	+9	49	Qualification to play-offs
Breakthru FC	30	12	9	9	31	24	+7	45
Break Free Athletic	30	12	7	11	31	34	−3	43
Show Must Go On	30	10	12	8	32	30	+2	42
Fenhouse United	30	10	10	10	31	34	−3	40
Flash FC	30	11	6	13	30	30	0	39
One Vision	30	11	6	13	29	31	−2	39
Nafferton Town	30	9	11	10	24	26	−2	38
Yorkwell Town	30	10	7	13	29	35	−6	37
Hammond Rangers	30	10	6	14	30	30	0	36
Ponthorne Town	30	10	6	14	26	34	−8	36
A Night at the Football (R)	30	9	7	14	26	31	−5	34	Relegation to Third League
Hawking Black Holes (R)	30	9	7	14	27	40	−13	34
Mercury Phoenix (R)	30	8	6	16	24	36	−12	30
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (R) – Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Show Must Go On v Made in Heaven

Show Must Go On	0 – 2	Made in Heaven

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Made in Heaven v Show Must Go On

Made in Heaven	0 – 0	Show Must Go On

Made in Heaven win 2–0 on aggregate

Break Free Athletic v Breakthru FC

Break Free Athletic	0 – 1	Breakthru FC

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Breakthru FC v Break Free Athletic

Breakthru FC	0 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Break Free Athletic

Break Free Athletic win 2–1 on aggregate

Final

Made in Heaven v Break Free Athletic

Made in Heaven	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Break Free Athletic
	Penalties
	3 – 1

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

Third League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Penbury Electric FC (C, P)	30	15	9	6	36	21	+15	54	Promotion to Second League
Railminster Robins (P)	30	16	5	9	29	19	+10	53
Dunleigh Eagles	30	15	6	9	27	24	+3	51	Qualification to play-offs
Bisminster Harriers	30	13	9	8	47	39	+8	48
Holham Park FC (P)	30	13	7	10	33	24	+9	46
Whitby Voyagers	30	12	9	9	39	25	+14	45
Kincester City	30	13	5	12	31	29	+2	44
Mercury City Messengers	30	11	8	11	19	18	+1	41
Fulditch United	30	11	7	12	29	30	−1	40
Oxair City FC	30	11	6	13	30	33	−3	39
Port Harlby FC	30	11	6	13	28	33	−5	39
Settington Rovers	30	9	11	10	30	33	−3	38
Cunston Rovers (R)	30	9	10	11	26	27	−1	37	Relegation to Fourth League
Hull Metropolitan (R)	30	8	12	10	19	24	−5	36
Olbers Paradoxes (R)	30	5	12	13	22	34	−12	27
Hull Athletic (R)	30	5	4	21	28	60	−32	19
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (R) – Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Whitby Voyagers v Dunleigh Eagles

Whitby Voyagers	2 – 3	Dunleigh Eagles

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Dunleigh Eagles v Whitby Voyagers

Dunleigh Eagles	0 – 0	Whitby Voyagers

Dunleigh Eagles win 3–2 on aggregate

Holham Park FC v Bisminster Harriers

Holham Park FC	3 – 1	Bisminster Harriers

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Bisminster Harriers v Holham Park FC

Bisminster Harriers	2 – 3	Holham Park FC

Holham Park FC win 6–3 on aggregate

Final

Dunleigh Eagles v Holham Park FC

Dunleigh Eagles	0 – 3	Holham Park FC

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

Fourth League

East

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Bybridge Town FC (C, P)	30	18	5	7	38	18	+20	59	Promotion to Third League
Arleness FC	30	15	11	4	46	23	+23	56	Qualification to play-offs
Longstoke City (P)	30	14	6	10	37	30	+7	48
Erdethorne FC	30	14	6	10	26	25	+1	48
Besford Town	30	12	11	7	37	31	+6	47
Coulomb Chargers	30	14	5	11	33	32	+1	47
FC Henscar	30	11	10	9	32	28	+4	43
Enderby Town Rockets	30	12	5	13	34	35	−1	41
Torburn Miracles	30	12	4	14	32	30	+2	40
Eastport Raiders	30	10	9	11	21	20	+1	39
Keyfoss Knights	30	10	8	12	32	33	−1	38
Upton FC	30	9	9	12	22	21	+1	36
Ingleton Town	30	9	8	13	27	42	−15	35
Steadham Rangers	30	8	7	15	33	46	−13	31
Gyeongju FC (R)	30	7	7	16	20	29	−9	28	Relegation to National League Championship
Lowhouse FC (R)	30	7	5	18	18	45	−27	26
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (R) – Relegated

West

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Eastmoor County (C, P)	30	16	6	8	37	27	+10	54	Promotion to Third League
Carran Town	30	14	11	5	42	24	+18	53	Qualification to play-offs
Kinverton Bridge Athletic (P)	30	14	9	7	30	20	+10	51
Haselruir Keltian	30	15	4	11	45	32	+13	49
Stonebourg Forest	30	13	4	13	35	32	+3	43
Hayfield City	30	11	9	10	24	26	−2	42
Rothbrey Mountainside	30	11	8	11	42	35	+7	41
Clarkson Albion	30	11	8	11	27	27	0	41
Dissingham Town	30	11	8	11	23	23	0	41
Haselruir Rangers	30	11	7	12	36	37	−1	40
Høgmårkians Alfheim	30	11	7	12	24	32	−8	40
Sinningham FC	30	11	4	15	32	36	−4	37
Rippen Rovers	30	9	9	12	24	27	−3	36
Bandine FC	30	8	10	12	31	38	−7	34
North Eastmoor United	30	7	8	15	26	42	−16	29
Fereby United	30	7	8	15	20	40	−20	29
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated

Play-offs

East

Semi-finals

Arleness FC v Besford Town

Arleness FC	1 – 2	Besford Town

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Besford Town v Arleness FC

Besford Town	2 – 1	Arleness FC

Besford Town win 4–2 on aggregate

Longstoke City v Erdethorne FC

Longstoke City	1 – 0	Erdethorne FC

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Erdethorne FC v Longstoke City

Erdethorne FC	0 – 0	Longstoke City

Longstoke City win 1–0 on aggregate

Final

Besford Town v Longstoke City

Besford Town	1 – 2	Longstoke City

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

West

Semi-finals

Carran Town v Stonebourg Forest

Carran Town	0 – 0	Stonebourg Forest

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Stonebourg Forest v Carran Town

Stonebourg Forest	3 – 1	Carran Town

Stonebourg Forest win 3–1 on aggregate

Kinverton Bridge Athletic v Haselruir Keltian

Kinverton Bridge Athletic	2 – 1	Haselruir Keltian

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Haselruir Keltian v Kinverton Bridge Athletic

Haselruir Keltian	1 – 2	Kinverton Bridge Athletic

Kinverton Bridge Athletic win 4–2 on aggregate

Final

Stonebourg Forest v Kinverton Bridge Athletic

Stonebourg Forest	0 – 1	Kinverton Bridge Athletic

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury