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 (C, Q)	22	12	7	3	39	26	+13	43	Qualification to Champions' League group stage
Dynamo Deacon (Q)	22	13	4	5	26	15	+11	43
Tow Law FC (Q)	22	11	7	4	34	19	+15	40	Qualification to Champions' League third qualifying round
AFC Heartpool	22	11	5	6	28	25	+3	38
Mercury City (Q)	22	11	4	7	36	20	+16	37	Qualification to EMUFA Cup third qualifying round
May Wanderers	22	11	2	9	36	29	+7	35
Bohemian Rhapsodies	22	8	5	9	26	26	0	29
West Grinstead FC	22	7	5	10	18	22	−4	26
Taylor Sporting Club	22	5	6	11	11	23	−12	21
Port Barret FC (R)	22	5	5	12	17	31	−14	20	Qualification to Second League play-offs
Mullen Albion (R)	22	5	3	14	18	36	−18	18	Relegation to Second League
Queen Athletic (R)	22	4	5	13	16	33	−17	17

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 second 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	0–1	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	3–2	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	1–0
Dynamo Deacon	1–0	0–1	1–1	–	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–2
May Wanderers	4–0	5–5	3–5	0–1	–	0–1	4–1	2–0	2–4	0–0	1–0	0–2
Mercury City	0–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–0	–	1–0	6–0	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	0–1	1–3	0–1
Port Barret FC	1–2	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–1	–	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–4
Queen Athletic	1–2	1–3	0–4	1–4	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	–	0–2	0–2	0–0
Taylor Sporting Club	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–3	0–4	0–1	1–0	1–0	–	0–0	0–1
Tow Law FC	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	–	3–1
West Grinstead FC	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–2	0–3	–

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Addey Hanbury	Cook Island FC	17
2	Jan-Morteņ Juliaĵsen	Mercury City	16
	Andrew Miller	Tow Law FC	16
4	Phillip Sherman	May Wanderers	11
	Álexis Carrasco	May Wanderers	11
6	Wilmont Fizeau-Blake	Cook Island FC	9
	Fabris Balbîn	Mercury City	9
8	Michael Manning	AFC Heartpool	8
	Jonathan Fiorentino	Bohemian Rhapsodies	8
	Ĵulian Ólsen	Dynamo Deacon	8
	Sezer Özker	Dynamo Deacon	8
	Jonathan Webber	Queen Athletic	8
	Matt Fitzgerald	Tow Law FC	8

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 (C, P)	26	15	5	6	25	20	+5	50	Promotion to Premier League
Kuiper Town FC (P)	26	14	5	7	32	21	+11	47
A Kind of Magic	26	13	7	6	39	30	+9	46	Qualification for Second League play-offs
Innuendo FC	26	13	5	8	40	23	+17	44
Breakthru FC (P)	26	11	6	9	21	20	+1	39
Mercury Phoenix	26	9	10	7	24	21	+3	37
Break Free Athletic	26	9	10	7	25	24	+1	37
St John's FC	26	10	5	11	28	22	+6	35
Flash FC	26	8	10	8	22	24	−2	34
Soxceter FC	26	8	6	12	20	25	−5	30
Penbury Electric FC	26	8	5	13	19	31	−12	29
Nafferton Town (R)	26	7	5	14	20	36	−16	26	Qualification for Third League play-offs
Mercury Armed Forces FC (R)	26	6	6	14	23	29	−6	24	Relegation to Third League
Dunleigh Eagles (R)	26	4	9	13	20	32	−12	21

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Innuendo FC v A Kind of Magic

Innuendo FC	2 – 2	A Kind of Magic

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A Kind of Magic v Innuendo FC

A Kind of Magic	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Innuendo FC

Innuendo FC win 4–3 on aggregate.

Breakthru FC v Port Barret FC

Breakthru FC	0 – 2	Port Barret FC

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Port Barret FC v Breakthru FC

Port Barret FC	3 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Breakthru FC

		Penalties
		1–2

Scores level at 5–5 on aggregate. Breakthru FC win on penalties.

Final

Innuendo FC v Breakthru FC

Innuendo FC	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Breakthru FC

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

		Penalties
		2–4

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)	26	18	5	3	42	16	+26	59	Promotion to Second League
Made in Heaven (P)	26	12	7	7	27	17	+10	43
Fulditch United (P)	26	12	6	8	33	25	+8	42	Qualification for Third League play-offs
The Red Specials	26	12	5	9	34	32	+2	41
Ponthorne Town	26	11	7	8	31	28	+3	40
Railminster Robins	26	10	7	9	17	18	−1	37
Arleness FC	26	8	11	7	27	24	+3	35
Hammond Rangers	26	10	5	11	20	26	−6	35
Bisminster Harriers	26	9	8	9	24	31	−7	35
Holham Park FC	26	9	5	12	26	24	+2	32
Show Must Go On	26	8	8	10	26	35	−9	32
Halley Comets (Q)	26	7	10	9	32	29	+3	31	Qualification for Fourth League play-offs
Olbers' Paradoxes (R)	26	5	6	15	22	36	−14	21	Relegation to Fourth League
FC Henscar (R)	26	1	10	15	17	37	−20	13

Play-offs

Semi-finals

The Red Specials v Fulditch United

The Red Specials	1 – 1	Fulditch United

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Fulditch United v The Red Specials

Fulditch United	4 – 0	The Red Specials

Fulditch United win 5–1 on aggregate.

Ponthorne Town v Nafferton Town

Ponthorne Town	1 – 1	Nafferton Town

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Nafferton Town v Ponthorne Town

Nafferton Town	3 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Ponthorne Town

Nafferton Town win 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

Fulditch United v Nafferton Town

Fulditch United	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Nafferton Town

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 (C, P)	25	14	6	5	39	17	+22	48	Promotion to Third League
Fenhouse United	25	12	7	6	33	17	+16	43
Bybridge Town FC (T)	25	12	5	8	32	24	+8	41	Qualification for Fourth League play-offs
Settington Rovers	25	11	6	8	27	19	+8	39
Kincester City	25	9	9	7	29	22	+7	36
Keyfoss Knights	25	9	9	7	21	26	−5	36
Torburn Miracles	25	10	3	12	24	26	−2	33
Longstoke City	25	8	9	8	16	23	−7	33
Hawking Black Holes	25	9	5	11	28	35	−7	32
Lowhouse FC	25	8	7	10	26	35	−9	31
Dissingham Town	25	7	9	9	21	22	−2	30
Cunston Rovers	25	8	5	12	20	26	−6	29	Relegation to Conference
Compton Motors FC	25	6	9	10	28	36	−8	27
Ashridge AFC (R)	25	4	7	14	18	34	−16	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