2013 Mercury League: Difference between revisions

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The 2013 Mercury League was the fourth season of the Mercury League. It was contested over three divisions.

2013 Changes

Promoted to Premier League:
Promoted to Second League:
- AFC Heartpool (qualified via 2012 Nova England Cup)
- West Grinstead FC (qualified via 2012 Nova England Cup)
- The Red Specials
- Mercury Phoenix
- Break Free Athletic
- Show Must Go On
Added to Third League:
- Coulomb Chargers
- Halley Comets
- Hawking Black Holes
- Olbers' Paradoxes
- Port Barret FC (qualified via 2012 Nova England Cup)
- St John's FC (qualified via 2012 Nova England Cup)

Changes to League Structure

The Premier League has been expanded to 12 teams for the 2013 season. The Second League has expanded to 10 teams, and the Amateur League, now renamed the Third League, has also expanded to 10 teams. A playoff system has been added to the Second and Third Leagues.

Premier League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
May Wanderers	22	16	4	2	46	16	+30	52	Qualification to Champions' League group stage
Tow Law FC	22	15	6	1	44	14	+30	51	Qualification to Champions' League group stage
Taylor Sporting Club	22	14	5	3	42	16	+26	47	Qualification to Champions' League third qualifying round
Bohemian Rhapsodies	22	14	5	3	40	16	+24	47	Qualification to EMUFA Cup group stage
Dynamo Deacon	22	11	8	3	36	21	+15	41
Mercury City	22	9	8	5	28	21	+7	35
Cook Island FC	22	7	6	9	24	31	−7	27	Qualification to EMUFA Cup group stage
Queen Athletic	22	4	7	11	23	35	−12	19
Mullen Albion	22	3	4	15	19	44	−25	13
Mercury Armed Forces FC	22	3	4	15	11	41	−30	13
Kuiper Town FC	22	3	3	16	21	49	−28	12	Relegation to Second League
Flash FC	22	1	4	17	12	42	−30	7	Relegation to Second League

Second League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
West Grinstead FC (C, P)	18	15	1	2	54	11	+43	46	Promotion to Premier League
A Kind of Magic (P)	18	12	3	3	35	16	+19	39	Qualification to play-offs
AFC Heartpool	18	11	5	2	50	22	+28	38	Qualification to play-offs
Innuendo FC	18	11	2	5	31	25	+6	35
Mercury Phoenix	18	7	5	6	25	21	+4	26
A Night at the Football	18	5	5	8	20	31	−11	20
The Red Specials	18	3	5	10	18	30	−12	14
Show Must Go On	18	3	4	11	13	32	−19	13
Break Free Athletic (R)	18	3	4	11	15	41	−26	13	Qualification to play-offs
Nafferton Town (R)	18	1	4	13	7	39	−32	7	Relegation to Third League

Second League play-offs

The second and third placed sides will play-off for the second promotion place to the 2014 Premier League. The first leg is played at the home ground of the second placed team, with the second leg being played at a neutral venue.

A Kind of Magic v AFC Heartpool

22 May 2013

A Kind of Magic	1 – 1	AFC Heartpool

Highlander Stadium

A Kind of Magic v AFC Heartpool

25 May 2013

A Kind of Magic	2 – 1	AFC Heartpool

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena

A Kind of Magic win 3–2 on aggregate

Third League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Port Barret FC (C, P)	18	16	1	1	87	14	+73	49	Promotion to Second League
St John's FC (P)	18	12	3	3	59	16	+43	39	Qualification to Third League play-offs
Breakthru FC	18	11	3	4	52	22	+30	36
One Vision	18	9	3	6	43	17	+26	30
Made in Heaven	18	8	5	5	35	25	+10	29
Halley Comets	18	8	3	7	50	31	+19	27
Olbers' Paradoxes	18	7	3	8	43	30	+13	24
Coulomb Chargers	18	3	4	11	34	37	−3	13
Hawking Black Holes	18	3	1	14	11	60	−49	10
The World's Worst Club (R)	18	0	0	18	7	169	−162	0	Relegation to MeFA Football Conference

Third League play-offs

The Third League play-offs will determine which teams play in the 2014 Second League. The second placed Third League team will play against the 9th placed Second League team.

Break Free Athletic v St John's FC

25 May 2013

Break Free Athletic	0 – 1	St John's FC

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena

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-|Relegation to [[2014 Mercury League#Third League|Third League]]
-|}
 ===Second League play-offs===

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