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{{Infobox football league
{{Infobox football league
|name          = '''Mercury League'''
|name          = '''Mercury League'''
|image          =  
|image          = Mercury premier league logo.png
|pixels        =  
|pixels        = 200px
|country        = [[File:Mercury flag.png|25px|border|Mercury]] [[Mercury]]
|country        = [[File:Mercury flag.png|25px|border|Mercury]] [[Mercury]]
|confed        = [[EMUFA]]
|confed        = [[EMUFA]]
|founded        = 2010
|founded        = 2010
|first          = [[2011 Mercury League|2011]]
|first          = [[2011 Mercury League|2011]]
|teams          = 32
|teams          = 60
|relegation    = [[MeFA Football Conference]]
|relegation    = [[MeFA Conference]]
|levels        = 1-3
|levels        = 1-4
|domest_cup    = [[Mercury FA Cup]]<br>[[MeFA Minor Cup]]
|domest_cup    = [[Mercury FA Cup]]<br>[[MeFA Minor Cup]]
|league_cup    =  
|league_cup    =  
|confed_cup    = [[EMUFA Champions' League]]
|confed_cup    = [[EMUFA Champions' League]]
|champions      = [[May Wanderers]]
|champions      = [[Tow Law FC]]
|season        = [[2013 Mercury League|2013]]
|season        = [[2022 Mercury League|2022]]
|most_champs    = [[May Wanderers]]<br>[[Mercury Armed Forces FC]]<br>[[Tow Law FC]] (1)
|most_champs    = [[Tow Law FC]] (6)
|website        = http://mercuryfa.webs.com
|website        = http://mercuryfa.webs.com
|current        = [[2013 Mercury League]]
|current        = [[2022 Mercury League]]
}}
}}


The '''Mercury League''' was the only [[wikipedia:Association football|football]] league in [[Mercury]] between 2010 and 2011, run by the [[MeFA]]. The league involved six teams, each scheduled to play 20 games (four times against each team), however, after the third fixture was played, the fixture list was lost, meaning the league had to be cancelled. In 2011, it was announced that the league would be reformed as Mercury's second division, containing six teams playing ten games, with the top two teams being promoted to the Four Nations league.
The '''Mercury League''' is the highest level football competition system in [[Mercury football league system|Mercury]], consisting of four divisions. It was the only [[wikipedia:Association football|football]] league in [[Mercury]] between 2010 and 2011, run by the [[MeFA]]. The league involved six teams, each scheduled to play 20 games (four times against each team), however, after the third fixture was played, the fixture list was lost, meaning the league had to be cancelled. In 2011, it was announced that the league would be reformed as Mercury's second division, containing six teams playing ten games, with the top two teams being promoted to the Four Nations league.


==History==
==History==
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In the [[2011 Mercury League|second season]], the clubs competing in the original Mercury League moved into the [[Four Nations]] league system, and were replaced by six new teams in the Mercury League. The competition was won by [[Mercury Armed Forces FC]]. In [[2012 Mercury League|2012]], the league format underwent further changes. The teams that had broken off to join the Four Nations rejoined the Mercury League, forming the [[Mercury Premier League|Premier League]], with the remaining teams forming the [[Mercury Second League|Second League]].
In the [[2011 Mercury League|second season]], the clubs competing in the original Mercury League moved into the [[Four Nations]] league system, and were replaced by six new teams in the Mercury League. The competition was won by [[Mercury Armed Forces FC]]. In [[2012 Mercury League|2012]], the league format underwent further changes. The teams that had broken off to join the Four Nations rejoined the Mercury League, forming the [[Mercury Premier League|Premier League]], with the remaining teams forming the [[Mercury Second League|Second League]].


==2013 Changes==
===Inclusion of Nova English clubs===
The Mercury FA has announced further changes to the Mercury League system for 2013, to accommodate the incoming [[Nova England|Nova English]] clubs. The [[Mercury League#Premier League|Premier League]] will be expanded to 12 teams, by promoting the top four teams from the [[2012 Mercury League#Second League|2012 Second League]]. The [[Mercury League#Second League|Second League]] will expand to 10 teams, taking the top two Nova English teams, and the top four teams from the 2012 Amateur League, and the Amateur League will be renamed the Third League, also expanding to 10 teams.
In 2013, the Mercury FA announced that the four highest ranked [[Nova England|Nova English]] clubs would gain entry to the Mercury League. The [[Mercury League#Premier League|Premier League]] was expanded to 12 teams, with the top four teams from the [[2012 Mercury League#Second League|2012 Second League]] being promoted. The [[Mercury League#Second League|Second League]] was expanded to 10 teams, with top two Nova English teams, and the top four teams from the 2012 Amateur League being promoted, and the Amateur League was rebraned as the Third League, also expanding to 10 teams.
 
===2017 expansion===
The Mercury League expanded once again for the [[2017 Mercury League|2017 season]], adding in a new fourth division, as well as increasing the number of teams in each division except the [[Mercury Premier League]] from 10 to 14 teams.
 
==Financial Fair Play regulations==
The financial affairs of clubs within the Mercury League are regulated by law. Clubs must not overspend in the pursuit of success, and must not enter into unsustainable or dangerous levels of debt which might threaten their long-term survival. Club directors are legally considered to be personally accountable for any breaches of these regulations, however the Mercury League imposes its own sanctions on clubs that are found guilty of any financial misconduct.
 
===Penalties===
The penalties for entering administration vary from league to league. All instances incur a points deduction, with subsequent breaches resulting in relegation and eventually expulsion from the league. Clubs in divisions below the Premier League are given the option of accepting a survival package from the central Premier League funding pot. Acceptance of the package disqualifies the club from promotion for a minimum of three seasons. This also incurs a points deduction and counts towards a club's count of insolvency events, so may not be used as a means of avoiding the penalty of entering administration. A separate category of penalty exists for "unsafe financial conduct", which covers other situations that don't specifically result in insolvency, but that do create an unnecessary financial risk for the club.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:30%"
|-
!width=40% rowspan=2|League
!width=60% colspan=3|Points deduction
|-
!width=20%|Administration
!width=20%|Accepting a survival package
!Unsafe financial conduct
|-
!Premier League
|15
|&ndash;
|Up to 8
|-
!Second League
|10
|10
|Up to 6
|-
!Third League
|10
|10
|Up to 6
|-
!Fourth League
|12
|12
|Up to 6
|}


==Results==
==Results==
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! Second League
! Second League
! Third League
! Third League
! Fourth League
|-
|-
| [[2011 Mercury League|2011]]
| [[2011 Mercury League|2011]]
| [[Mercury Armed Forces FC]]
| [[Mercury Armed Forces FC]]
| [[IJSC FC]]
| [[IJSC FC]]
! -
! -
! -
! -
! -
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| [[Dynamo Deacon]]
| [[Dynamo Deacon]]
| [[Mercury City]]
| [[Mercury City]]
! -
! -
! -
|-
|-
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| [[West Grinstead FC]]
| [[West Grinstead FC]]
| [[Port Barret FC]]
| [[Port Barret FC]]
! -
|-
|-
| [[2014 Mercury League|2014]]
| [[2014 Mercury League|2014]]
| ''TBD''
| [[Tow Law FC]]
| ''TBD''
| [[May Wanderers]]
| ''TBD''
| [[AFC Heartpool]]
| ''TBD''
| [[Made in Heaven]]
! -
|-
| [[2015 Mercury League|2015]]
| [[Tow Law FC]]
| [[Bohemian Rhapsodies]]
| [[Innuendo FC]]
| [[Breakthru FC]]
! -
|-
| [[2016 Mercury League|2016]]
| [[Tow Law FC]]
| [[Bohemian Rhapsodies]]
| [[Mullen Albion]]
| [[The Red Specials]]
! -
|-
| [[2017 Mercury League|2017]]
| [[Port Barret FC]]
| [[Tow Law FC]]
| [[Breakthru FC]]
| [[A Night at the Football]]
| [[Penbury Electric FC]]
|-
| [[2018 Mercury League|2018]]
| [[Tow Law FC]]
| [[Dynamo Deacon]]
| [[Taylor Sporting Club]]
| [[A Kind of Magic]]
| [[FC Henscar]]
|-
| [[2019 Mercury League|2019]]
| [[Cook Island FC]]
| [[Dynamo Deacon]]
| [[A Night at the Football]]
| [[One Vision]]
| [[Yorkwell Town]]
|-
| [[2020 Mercury League|2020]]
| [[Dynamo Deacon]]
| [[May Wanderers]]
| [[Port Barret FC]]
| [[The Red Specials]]
| [[Hawking Black Holes]]
|-
| [[2021 Mercury League|2021]]
| [[Mercury City]]
| [[Dynamo Deacon]]
| [[Made in Heaven]]
| [[Show Must Go On]]
| [[Settington Rovers]]
|-
| [[2022 Mercury League|2022]]
| [[Tow Law FC]]
| [[Cook Island FC]]
| [[A Kind of Magic]]
| [[Holham Park FC]]
| East: [[Whitby Voyagers]]<br>West: [[Oxair City FC]]
|}
|}


==2014 Teams==
==2021 Teams==
===Premier League===
===Premier League===
*[[A Kind of Magic]]
*[[A Night at the Football]]
*[[AFC Heartpool]]
*[[Bohemian Rhapsodies]]
*[[Bohemian Rhapsodies]]
*[[Cook Island]]
*[[Breakthru FC]]
*[[Cook Island FC]]
*[[Dynamo Deacon]]
*[[Dynamo Deacon]]
*[[Flash FC]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Kuiper Town FC]]
*[[May Wanderers]]
*[[May Wanderers]]
*[[Mercury Armed Forces FC]]
*[[Mercury City]]
*[[Mercury City]]
*[[Mullen Albion]]
*[[Mullen Albion]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Queen Athletic]]
*[[One Vision]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Port Barret FC]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Queen Athletic]] ''(promoted)''
*[[St John's FC]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Taylor Sporting Club]]
*[[Taylor Sporting Club]]
*[[Tow Law FC]]
*[[Tow Law FC]]
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===Second League===
===Second League===
*[[A Night at the Football]]
*[[A Kind of Magic]]
*[[AFC Heartpool]]
*[[Break Free Athletic]]
*[[Flash FC]]
*[[Fulditch United]]
*[[Kuiper Town FC]]
*[[Hammond Rangers]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Holham Park FC]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Innuendo FC]]
*[[Innuendo FC]]
*[[Made in Heaven]]
*[[Mercury Armed Forces FC]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Mercury Phoenix]]
*[[Mercury Phoenix]]
*[[Port Barret FC]]
*[[Penbury Electric FC]]
*[[Show Must Go On]]
*[[Ponthorne Town]] ''(promoted)''
*[[St John's FC]]
*[[Soxceter FC]]
*[[The Red Specials]]
*[[The Red Specials]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Yorkwell Town]] ''(promoted)''


===Third League===
===Third League===
*[[Break Free Athletic]]
*[[Arleness FC]]
*[[Breakthru FC]]
*[[Besford Town]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Coulomb Chargers]]
*[[Bisminster Harriers]]
*[[Cunston Rovers]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Dunleigh Eagles]]
*[[FC Henscar]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Fenhouse United]]
*[[Halley Comets]]
*[[Halley Comets]]
*[[Hammond Rangers]]
*[[Hawking Black Holes]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Hawking Black Holes]]
*[[Mercury City Messengers]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Made in Heaven]]
*[[Nafferton Town]]
*[[Nafferton Town]]
*[[Olbers' Paradoxes]]
*[[Olbers' Paradoxes]] ''(promoted)''
*[[One Vision]]
*[[Railminster Robins]]
*[[Show Must Go On]]
 
===Fourth League===
*[[Bybridge Town FC]]
*[[Castleton Lions]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Compton Motors FC]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Coulomb Chargers]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Dissingham Town]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Enderby Town Rockets]]
*[[Gyeongju FC]] ''(promoted)''
*[[Keyfoss Knights]]
*[[Kincester City]]
*[[Longstoke City]]
*[[Lowhouse FC]]
*[[Settington Rovers]]
*[[Torburn Miracles]]
*[[Upton FC]] ''(promoted)''
 
 




Latest revision as of 08:34, 7 May 2022

Mercury League
Countries Mercury Mercury
Confederation EMUFA
Founded 2010
First season 2011
Number of teams 60
Levels on pyramid 1-4
Relegation to MeFA Conference
Domestic cup(s) Mercury FA Cup
MeFA Minor Cup
International cup(s) EMUFA Champions' League
Current champions Tow Law FC
(2022)
Most championships Tow Law FC (6)
Website http://mercuryfa.webs.com
2022 Mercury League

The Mercury League is the highest level football competition system in Mercury, consisting of four divisions. It was the only football league in Mercury between 2010 and 2011, run by the MeFA. The league involved six teams, each scheduled to play 20 games (four times against each team), however, after the third fixture was played, the fixture list was lost, meaning the league had to be cancelled. In 2011, it was announced that the league would be reformed as Mercury's second division, containing six teams playing ten games, with the top two teams being promoted to the Four Nations league.

History

The Mercury League was founded in 2010 with six teams. The season continued for three rounds of fixtures, before the fixture list was lost. The competition was replaced by a knockout cup for the remainder of the season.

In the second season, the clubs competing in the original Mercury League moved into the Four Nations league system, and were replaced by six new teams in the Mercury League. The competition was won by Mercury Armed Forces FC. In 2012, the league format underwent further changes. The teams that had broken off to join the Four Nations rejoined the Mercury League, forming the Premier League, with the remaining teams forming the Second League.

Inclusion of Nova English clubs

In 2013, the Mercury FA announced that the four highest ranked Nova English clubs would gain entry to the Mercury League. The Premier League was expanded to 12 teams, with the top four teams from the 2012 Second League being promoted. The Second League was expanded to 10 teams, with top two Nova English teams, and the top four teams from the 2012 Amateur League being promoted, and the Amateur League was rebraned as the Third League, also expanding to 10 teams.

2017 expansion

The Mercury League expanded once again for the 2017 season, adding in a new fourth division, as well as increasing the number of teams in each division except the Mercury Premier League from 10 to 14 teams.

Financial Fair Play regulations

The financial affairs of clubs within the Mercury League are regulated by law. Clubs must not overspend in the pursuit of success, and must not enter into unsustainable or dangerous levels of debt which might threaten their long-term survival. Club directors are legally considered to be personally accountable for any breaches of these regulations, however the Mercury League imposes its own sanctions on clubs that are found guilty of any financial misconduct.

Penalties

The penalties for entering administration vary from league to league. All instances incur a points deduction, with subsequent breaches resulting in relegation and eventually expulsion from the league. Clubs in divisions below the Premier League are given the option of accepting a survival package from the central Premier League funding pot. Acceptance of the package disqualifies the club from promotion for a minimum of three seasons. This also incurs a points deduction and counts towards a club's count of insolvency events, so may not be used as a means of avoiding the penalty of entering administration. A separate category of penalty exists for "unsafe financial conduct", which covers other situations that don't specifically result in insolvency, but that do create an unnecessary financial risk for the club.

League Points deduction
Administration Accepting a survival package Unsafe financial conduct
Premier League 15 – Up to 8
Second League 10 10 Up to 6
Third League 10 10 Up to 6
Fourth League 12 12 Up to 6

Results

Year Winners Runners-up Second League Third League Fourth League
2011 Mercury Armed Forces FC IJSC FC - - -
2012 Tow Law FC Dynamo Deacon Mercury City - -
2013 May Wanderers Tow Law FC West Grinstead FC Port Barret FC -
2014 Tow Law FC May Wanderers AFC Heartpool Made in Heaven -
2015 Tow Law FC Bohemian Rhapsodies Innuendo FC Breakthru FC -
2016 Tow Law FC Bohemian Rhapsodies Mullen Albion The Red Specials -
2017 Port Barret FC Tow Law FC Breakthru FC A Night at the Football Penbury Electric FC
2018 Tow Law FC Dynamo Deacon Taylor Sporting Club A Kind of Magic FC Henscar
2019 Cook Island FC Dynamo Deacon A Night at the Football One Vision Yorkwell Town
2020 Dynamo Deacon May Wanderers Port Barret FC The Red Specials Hawking Black Holes
2021 Mercury City Dynamo Deacon Made in Heaven Show Must Go On Settington Rovers
2022 Tow Law FC Cook Island FC A Kind of Magic Holham Park FC East: Whitby Voyagers
West: Oxair City FC

2021 Teams

Premier League

Second League

Third League

Fourth League



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