2019 Mercury League

The 2019 Mercury League will be the tenth season of the Mercury League. It will be contested over four divisions.

2019 Changes

• Promoted to Premier League:
  • AFC Heartpool
  • Queen Athletic (via play-offs)
  • Taylor Sporting Club
• Relegated from Premier League:
  • Breakthru FC
  • Innuendo FC
  • St John's FC (via play-offs)
• Promoted to Second League:
  • A Kind of Magic
  • Penbury Electric FC (via play-offs)
  • Soxceter FC
• Relegated from Second League:
  • Hammond Rangers (via play-offs)
  • Made in Heaven
  • Ponthorne Town
• Promoted to Third League:
  • FC Henscar
  • Railminster Robins
  • Show Must Go On (via play-offs)
• Relegated from Third League:
  • Fenhouse United
  • Hawking Black Holes
  • Yorkwell Town (via play-offs)
• Promoted to Fourth League:
  • Ashridge AFC
  • Compton Motors FC
  • Lowhouse FC (via play-offs)
• Relegated from Fourth League:
  • Besford Town
  • Clarkson Albion
  • Mercury City Messengers

Premier League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Cook Island FC	19	12	4	3	37	25	+12	38	Qualification to Champions' League group stage
Dynamo Deacon	19	11	3	5	23	14	+9	36
Mercury City	19	10	4	5	28	16	+12	34	Qualification to Champions' League third qualifying round
AFC Heartpool	19	9	5	5	24	22	+2	32
Tow Law FC	19	8	7	4	26	17	+9	31	Qualification to EMUFA Cup group stage
May Wanderers	19	9	2	8	27	24	+3	29	Qualification to EMUFA Cup third qualifying round
West Grinstead FC	19	7	5	7	17	18	−1	26
Bohemian Rhapsodies	19	6	5	8	19	20	−1	23
Port Barret FC	19	5	5	9	15	20	−5	20
Taylor Sporting Club	19	4	5	10	10	20	−10	17	Qualification to Second League play-offs
Mullen Albion	19	4	3	12	16	31	−15	15	Relegation to Second League
Queen Athletic	19	3	5	11	11	26	−15	13

Note: Qualification to EMUFA competitions is based on the allocations for 2018–19 and may be subject to change depending on the performance of Mercurian clubs in that year's competitions. In addition to the places indicated, a third EMUFA Cup place is reserved for the winner of the 2019 Mercury FA Cup.

Results

	HEA	BRH	CKI	DEA	MAY	MEC	MUL	PBA	QAT	TAY	TOW	WGR
AFC Heartpool	–	0–0	4–1		3–4	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–2	1–0
Bohemian Rhapsodies	1–2	–	0–1	0–1	1–0	–	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1
Cook Island FC	3–3	2–0	–	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–2
Dynamo Deacon	1–0	0–1		–	2–0		1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–2
May Wanderers	4–0	5–5	3–5	0–1	–	0–1		2–0		0–0	1–0	0–2
Mercury City	0–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	–	1–0		0–1	0–1	4–2	1–0
Mullen Albion	0–1	0–4	3–2	0–2	1–3	1–1	–	4–3	0–0		1–3	0–1
Port Barret FC		0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	–	1–1	1–0		2–4
Queen Athletic	1–2		0–4	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	–	0–2		0–0
Taylor Sporting Club	1–2	1–1		0–2		0–4	0–1	1–0	1–0	–	0–0	0–1
Tow Law FC	1–1		1–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	–	3–1
West Grinstead FC		0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2		0–0	0–1	3–2	0–3	–

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Addey Hanbury	Cook Island FC	15
2	Jan-Morteņ Juliaĵsen	Mercury City	12
	Andrew Miller	Tow Law FC	12
4	Wilmont Fizeau-Blake	Cook Island FC	9
	Phillip Sherman	May Wanderers	9
6	Sezer Özker	Dynamo Deacon	8
	Álexis Carrasco	May Wanderers	8
	Fabris Balbîn	Mercury City	8
9	Michael Manning	AFC Heartpool	7
	Ĵulian Ólsen	Dynamo Deacon	7
	Matt Fitzgerald	Tow Law FC	7

Second League

The top two teams in the Second League will gain automatic promotion to the Premier League. The next three teams will compete in the play-offs along with the 10th-placed team from the Premier League to determine the third promotion spot. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Third League, with the 12th-placed team competing in the Third League play-offs.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
A Night at the Football	23	13	5	5	23	19	+4	44	Promotion to Premier League
Kuiper Town FC	23	13	3	7	30	21	+9	42
A Kind of Magic	23	11	6	6	33	26	+7	39	Qualification for Second League play-offs
Innuendo FC	23	11	4	8	33	21	+21	37
Break Free Athletic	23	9	8	6	24	20	+4	35
Breakthru FC	23	9	6	8	19	17	+2	33
Flash FC	23	8	9	6	22	22	0	33
Mercury Phoenix	23	8	8	7	18	20	−2	32
St John's FC	23	8	4	11	21	21	0	28
Soxceter FC	23	7	6	10	15	18	−3	27
Penbury Electric FC	23	7	5	11	16	24	−8	26
Nafferton Town	23	7	5	11	19	28	−9	26	Qualification for Third League play-offs
Mercury Armed Forces FC	23	6	5	12	22	26	−4	23	Relegation to Third League
Dunleigh Eagles	23	3	8	12	17	29	−12	17

Play-offs

Semi-finals

4th Second League v 3rd Second League

4th Second League	–	3rd Second League

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3rd Second League v 4th Second League

3rd Second League	–	4th Second League

5th Second League v 10th Premier League

5th Second League	–	10th Premier League

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10th Premier League v 5th Second League

10th Premier League	–	5th Second League

Final

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Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

Third League

The top two teams in the Third League will gain automatic promotion to the Second League. The next three teams will compete in the play-offs along with the 12th-placed team from the Second League to determine the third promotion spot. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the Fourth League, with the 12th-placed team competing in the Fourth League play-offs.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
One Vision (C, P)	23	16	5	2	32	12	+20	53	Promotion to Second League
Made in Heaven	23	11	5	7	25	17	+8	38
Fulditch United	23	10	5	8	28	22	+6	35	Qualification for Third League play-offs
The Red Specials	23	10	5	8	29	25	+4	35
Railminster Robins	23	9	7	7	15	14	+1	34
Ponthorne Town	23	9	6	8	28	27	+1	33
Hammond Rangers	23	9	5	9	19	24	−5	32
Arleness FC	23	7	10	6	26	23	+3	31
Bisminster Harriers	23	8	6	9	22	30	−8	30
Holham Park FC	23	8	5	10	22	20	+2	29
Show Must Go On	23	7	7	9	24	33	−9	28
Halley Comets	23	6	9	8	28	26	+2	27	Qualification for Fourth League play-offs
Olbers' Paradoxes	23	5	6	12	21	29	−8	21	Relegation to Fourth League
FC Henscar (R)	23	1	9	13	17	34	−17	12

Play-offs

Semi-finals

4th Third League v 3rd Third League

4th Third League	–	3rd Third League

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3rd Third League v 4th Third League

3rd Third League	–	4th Third League

5th Third League v 12th Second League

5th Third League	–	12th Second League

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12th Second League v 5th Third League

12th Second League	–	5th Third League

Final

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Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

Fourth League

The top two teams in the Fourth League will gain automatic promotion to the Third League. The next three teams will compete in the play-offs along with the 12th-placed team from the Third League to determine the third promotion spot. The bottom three teams will be relegated to the Conference.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Yorkwell Town	23	12	6	5	36	17	+19	42	Promotion to Third League
Bybridge Town FC	23	12	4	7	31	22	+9	40
Fenhouse United	23	10	7	6	29	16	+13	37	Qualification for Fourth League play-offs
Kincester City	23	9	9	5	27	17	+10	36
Settington Rovers	23	9	6	8	21	18	+3	33
Torburn Miracles	23	10	2	11	24	24	0	32
Keyfoss Knights	23	8	8	7	20	26	−6	32
Hawking Black Holes	23	9	4	10	28	34	−6	31
Longstoke City	23	7	9	7	14	20	−6	30
Lowhouse FC	23	7	7	9	24	31	−7	28
Compton Motors FC	23	6	9	8	27	32	−5	27
Cunston Rovers	23	7	5	11	19	24	−5	26	Relegation to Conference
Dissingham Town	23	5	9	9	15	20	−5	24
Ashridge AFC	23	4	7	12	18	32	−14	19

Play-offs

Semi-finals

4th Fourth League v 3rd Fourth League

4th Fourth League	–	3rd Fourth League

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3rd Fourth League v 4th Third League

3rd Fourth League	–	4th Third League

5th Fourth League v 12th Third League

5th Fourth League	–	12th Third League

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12th Third League v 5th Fourth League

12th Third League	–	5th Fourth League

Final

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Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury