2018 Mercury League

The 2018 Mercury League will be the ninth season of the Mercury League. It will be contested over four divisions.

2018 Changes

• Promoted to Premier League:
  • Breakthru FC
  • Innuendo FC
• Relegated from Premier League:
  • AFC Heartpool
  • Taylor Sporting Club
• Promoted to Second League:
  • A Night at the Football
  • Dunleigh Eagles
  • Hammond Rangers (via play-offs)
• Relegated from Second League:
  • A Kind of Magic (via play-offs)
  • Soxceter FC
  • The Red Specials
• Promoted to Third League:
  • Bisminster Harriers (via play-offs)
  • Penbury Electric FC
  • Yorkwell Town
• Relegated from Third League:
  • Besford Town
  • Dissingham Town
  • Show Must Go On (via play-offs)
• Promoted to Fourth League:
  • Clarkson Albion
  • Keyfoss Knights (via play-offs)
  • Torburn Miracles
• Relegated from Fourth League:
  • Coulomb Chargers
  • Lislemouth FC
  • Tow Law FC Reserves

Premier League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Tow Law FC (C, Q)	22	16	3	3	52	20	+32	51	Qualification to Champions' League group stage
Dynamo Deacon (Q)	22	13	4	5	43	15	+28	43
Cook Island (Q)	22	13	3	6	28	25	+3	42	Qualification to Champions' League third qualifying round
Mercury City (Q)	22	10	6	6	20	15	+5	36	Qualification to EMUFA Cup group stage
Mullen Albion (Q)	22	10	5	7	32	26	+6	35	Qualification to EMUFA Cup third qualifying round
May Wanderers	22	8	7	7	30	24	+6	31
West Grinstead FC	22	9	4	9	26	26	0	31
Port Barret FC	22	6	8	8	30	38	−8	26
Bohemian Rhapsodies	22	5	5	12	17	34	−17	20
St John's FC (R)	22	5	5	12	10	32	−22	20	Qualification to Second League play-offs
Innuendo FC (R)	22	4	5	13	20	38	−18	17	Relegation to Second League
Breakthru FC (R)	22	1	9	12	14	29	−15	12

Note: Qualification to EMUFA competitions is based on the allocations for 2017–18 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 2018 Mercury FA Cup.

Results

	BRH	BRK	CKI	DEA	INN	MAY	MEC	MUL	PBA	STJ	TOW	WGR
Bohemian Rhapsodies	–	1–0	1–0	0–4	1–3	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–1
Breakthru FC	1–1	–	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	3–4	0–0	1–1	0–1
Cook Island FC	1–0	1–0	–	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–1
Dynamo Deacon	3–0	2–0	1–2	–	0–0	4–1	2–0	5–1	1–2	4–0	0–2	2–0
Innuendo FC	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	–	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–3
May Wanderers	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–3	4–1	–	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	4–2
Mercury City	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	–	1–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0
Mullen Albion	0–0	5–3	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–0	0–1	–	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–0
Port Barret FC	0–2	2–2	6–3	0–0	3–1	1–5	1–1	2–1	–	0–1	0–5	0–1
St John's FC	2–0	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–3	1–1	–	0–2	0–2
Tow Law FC	3–1	0–0	5–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	5–0	–	3–6
West Grinstead FC	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–3	–

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
Taylor Sporting Club (C, P)	26	16	4	6	36	21	+15	52	Promotion to Premier League
AFC Heartpool (P)	26	15	3	8	41	23	+18	48
A Night at the Football	26	12	7	7	36	30	+6	43	Qualification for Second League play-offs
Flash FC (Q)	26	11	8	7	39	29	+10	41
Queen Athletic (Q)	26	10	9	7	30	18	+12	39
Mercury Armed Forces FC	26	10	7	9	28	23	+5	37
Mercury Phoenix	26	10	7	9	35	34	+1	37
Kuiper Town FC	26	9	9	8	26	25	+1	36
Nafferton Town	26	7	9	10	24	32	−8	30
Break Free Athletic	26	7	9	10	25	35	−10	30
Dunleigh Eagles	26	6	9	11	19	31	−12	27
Hammond Rangers (R)	26	6	9	11	33	46	−13	27	Qualification for Third League play-offs
Made in Heaven (R)	26	5	9	12	19	26	−7	24	Relegation to Third League
Ponthorne Town (R)	26	5	7	14	18	35	−17	22

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Flash FC v A Night at the Football

Flash FC	1 – 0	A Night at the Football

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A Night at the Football v Flash FC

A Night at the Football	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Flash FC

Flash FC win 3–2 on aggregate

Queen Athletic v St John's FC

Queen Athletic	0 – 0	St John's FC

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St John's FC v Queen Athletic

St John's FC	0 – 1	Queen Athletic

Queen Athletic win 1–0 on aggregate

Final

Flash FC v Queen Athletic

Flash FC	–	Queen Athletic

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
A Kind of Magic (C, P)	26	18	2	6	39	18	+21	56	Promotion to Second League
Soxceter FC (P)	26	13	5	8	25	18	+7	44
Penbury Electric FC (Q)	26	12	7	7	29	20	+9	43	Qualification for Third League play-offs
Fulditch United	26	12	6	8	24	19	+5	42
Halley Comets (Q)	26	11	6	9	28	25	+3	39
Bisminster Harriers	26	11	6	9	26	27	−1	39
The Red Specials	26	10	7	9	33	32	+1	37
Arleness FC	26	9	9	8	30	26	+4	36
One Vision	26	9	8	9	28	28	0	35
Olbers' Paradoxes	26	9	7	10	20	21	−1	34
Holham Park FC	26	8	3	15	21	25	−4	27
Yorkwell Town (R)	26	6	8	12	20	34	−14	26	Qualification for Fourth League play-offs
Fenhouse United (R)	26	6	5	15	17	31	−14	23	Relegation to Fourth League
Hawking Black Holes (R)	26	5	7	14	22	38	−16	22

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Fulditch United v Penbury Electric FC

Fulditch United	0 – 1	Penbury Electric FC

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Penbury Electric FC v Fulditch United

Penbury Electric FC	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Fulditch United

		Penalties
		6–5

Scores level at 1–1 on aggregate, Penbury Electric FC win 6–5 on penalties.

Halley Comets v Hammond Rangers

Halley Comets	2 – 0	Hammond Rangers

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Hammond Rangers v Halley Comets

Hammond Rangers	2 – 3	Halley Comets

Halley Comets win 5–2 on aggregate.

Final

Penbury Electric FC v Halley Comets

Penbury Electric FC	–	Halley Comets

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
FC Henscar (C, P)	26	15	2	9	37	26	+11	47	Promotion to Third League
Railminster Robins (P)	26	13	7	6	32	26	+6	46
Show Must Go On (Q)	26	12	7	7	32	22	+10	43	Qualification for Fourth League play-offs
Keyfoss Knights	26	12	6	8	31	25	+6	42
Kincester City (Q)	26	11	9	6	30	26	+4	42
Bybridge Town FC	26	11	6	9	23	16	+7	39
Cunston Rovers	26	10	7	9	32	31	+1	37
Dissingham Town	26	11	4	11	25	24	+1	37
Settington Rovers	26	9	6	11	21	24	−3	33
Longstoke City	26	9	5	12	25	29	−4	32
Torburn Miracles	26	6	10	10	26	29	−3	28
Mercury City Messengers (R)	26	6	8	12	24	29	−5	26	Relegation to Conference
Clarkson Albion (R)	26	7	5	14	15	29	−14	26
Besford Town (R)	26	7	4	15	20	37	−17	25

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Keyfoss Knights v Show Must Go On

Keyfoss Knights	0 – 2	Show Must Go On

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Show Must Go On v Keyfoss Knights

Show Must Go On	2 – 3	Keyfoss Knights

Show Must Go On win 4–3 on aggregate.

Kincester City v Yorkwell Town

Kincester City	0 – 0	Yorkwell Town

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Yorkwell Town v Kincester City

Yorkwell Town	0 – 1	Kincester City

Kincester City win 1–0 on aggregate.

Final

Show Must Go On v Kincester City

Show Must Go On	–	Kincester City

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury