2023 Mercury League

The 2023 Mercury League will be the thirteenth season of the Mercury League. It will be contested over four divisions.

2023 Changes

• Promoted to Premier League:
• Relegated from Premier League:
• Promoted to Second League:
• Relegated from Second League:
• Promoted to Third League:
• Relegated from Third League:
• Promoted to Fourth League:
• Relegated from Fourth League:

Premier League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
May Wanderers (C, Q)	34	18	13	3	59	26	+33	67	Qualification to FMF Champions' League
Mercury City (Q)	34	17	12	5	46	23	+23	63
Dynamo Deacon (Q)	34	18	8	8	55	35	+20	62
Tow Law FC (Q)	34	18	7	9	52	25	+27	61	Qualification to EMUFA Champions' League
Taylor Sporting Club (Q)	34	18	6	10	49	29	+20	60
Bohemian Rhapsodies	34	16	7	11	44	31	+13	55
Cook Island FC	34	13	12	9	49	32	+17	51
AFC Heartpool	34	14	8	12	33	34	−1	50
Mullen Albion	34	13	8	13	42	38	+4	47
Port Barret FC	34	13	8	13	39	43	−4	47
Queen Athletic	34	14	4	16	36	36	0	46
Kuiper Town FC	34	11	12	11	35	40	−5	45
Mercury Armed Forces FC	34	12	6	16	26	47	−21	42
West Grinstead FC	34	10	7	17	32	54	−22	37
The Red Specials	34	9	7	18	29	46	−17	34
Innuendo FC (R)	34	7	12	15	29	40	−11	33	Relegation to Second League
Soxceter FC (R)	34	5	8	21	26	57	−31	23
A Kind of Magic (R)	34	2	11	21	14	59	−45	17
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (R) – Relegated Qualification for the 2023–24 EMUFA Champions' League is determined at the commencement of the 2023–24 season. The qualification berths indicated are based on the predicted allocations for the 2022–23 season and are subject to change. As the winners of the 2023 Mercury FA Cup, Mercury City had already qualified for the FMF Champions' League by virtue of league position, their EMUFA Champions' League berth was allocated to the team finishing in fourth place, Tow Law FC. As the winners of the 2022–23 EMUFA Champions' League, Dynamo Deacon qualified for the FMF Champions' League, resulting in their EMUFA Champions' League berth for finishing in third place being allocated to the next-highest positioned team, fifth-placed Taylor Sporting Club.

Results

	AKM	HEA	BRH	CKI	DEA	INN	KUI	MAY	MAF	MRC	MUL	PBA	QUE	SOX	TAY	TRS	TOW	WGR
A Kind of Magic	–	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–2	2–2	1–4	0–1	0–4	0–2	0–3	0–1
AFC Heartpool	1–0	–	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	0–0
Bohemian Rhapsodies	2–0	4–1	–	2–0	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–3	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1
Cook Island FC	2–0	2–2	2–1	–	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	6–0	1–2	4–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0
Dynamo Deacon	2–0	1–3	1–3	2–2	–	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	4–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–2	7–1
Innuendo FC	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	–	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–3	0–2	0–2	2–2
Kuiper Town FC	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–4	1–1	0–0	–	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–6	0–1
May Wanderers	3–1	6–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	–	4–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0
Mercury Armed Forces FC	1–0	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	–	1–2	1–0	0–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1
Mercury City	6–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	–	0–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2
Mullen Albion	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	–	1–2	1–1	5–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	5–2
Port Barret FC	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	2–4	4–3	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	–	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–1
Queen Athletic	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–2	5–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	–	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1
Soxceter FC	0–1	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–3	1–2	–	1–1	1–1	0–3	4–2
Taylor Sporting Club	4–0	1–1	3–0	3–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	–	3–0	1–2	3–2
The Red Specials	0–1	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–2	0–0	2–2	2–4	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	0–1	–	0–3	0–1
Tow Law FC	4–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	4–1	–	1–0
West Grinstead FC	0–0	0–1	0–3	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–2	1–0	0–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	1–4	–

Second League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Halley Comets (C, P)	30	17	7	6	35	20	+15	58	Promotion to Premier League
St John's FC (P)	30	17	6	7	37	16	+21	57
Made in Heaven (Q)	30	12	13	5	31	22	+9	49	Qualification to play-offs
Breakthru FC (Q)	30	12	9	9	31	24	+7	45
Break Free Athletic (Q)	30	12	7	11	31	34	−3	43
Show Must Go On (Q)	30	10	12	8	32	30	+2	42
Fenhouse United	30	10	10	10	31	34	−3	40
Flash FC	30	11	6	13	30	30	0	39
One Vision	30	11	6	13	29	31	−2	39
Nafferton Town	30	9	11	10	24	26	−2	38
Yorkwell Town	30	10	7	13	29	35	−6	37
Hammond Rangers	30	10	6	14	30	30	0	36
Ponthorne Town	30	10	6	14	26	34	−8	36
A Night at the Football (R)	30	9	7	14	26	31	−5	34	Relegation to Third League
Hawking Black Holes (R)	30	9	7	14	27	40	−13	34
Mercury Phoenix (R)	30	8	6	16	24	36	−12	30
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (R) – Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Show Must Go On v Made in Heaven

Show Must Go On	–	Made in Heaven

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Made in Heaven v Show Must Go On

Made in Heaven	–	Show Must Go On

Break Free Athletic v Breakthru FC

Break Free Athletic	–	Breakthru FC

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Breakthru FC v Break Free Athletic

Breakthru FC	–	Break Free Athletic

Final

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Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

Third League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Penbury Electric FC (C, P)	30	15	9	6	36	21	+15	54	Promotion to Second League
Railminster Robins (P)	30	16	5	9	29	19	+10	53
Dunleigh Eagles (Q)	30	15	6	9	27	24	+3	51	Qualification to play-offs
Bisminster Harriers (Q)	30	13	9	8	47	39	+8	48
Holham Park FC (Q)	30	13	7	10	33	24	+9	46
Whitby Voyagers (Q)	30	12	9	9	39	25	+14	45
Kincester City	30	13	5	12	31	29	+2	44
Mercury City Messengers	30	11	8	11	19	18	+1	41
Fulditch United	30	11	7	12	29	30	−1	40
Oxair City FC	30	11	6	13	30	33	−3	39
Port Harlby FC	30	11	6	13	28	33	−5	39
Settington Rovers	30	9	11	10	30	33	−3	38
Cunston Rovers (R)	30	9	10	11	26	27	−1	37	Relegation to Fourth League
Hull Metropolitan (R)	30	8	12	10	19	24	−5	36
Olbers Paradoxes (R)	30	5	12	13	22	34	−12	27
Hull Athletic (R)	30	5	4	21	28	60	−32	19
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (R) – Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Whitby Voyagers v Dunleigh Eagles

Whitby Voyagers	–	Dunleigh Eagles

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Dunleigh Eagles v Whitby Voyagers

Dunleigh Eagles	–	Whitby Voyagers

Holham Park FC v Bisminster Harriers

Holham Park FC	–	Bisminster Harriers

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Bisminster Harriers v Holham Park FC

Bisminster Harriers	–	Holham Park FC

Final

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Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

Fourth League

East

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Bybridge Town FC (X)	28	17	5	6	36	16	+20	56	Promotion to Third League
Arleness FC (X)	28	14	11	3	45	21	+24	53	Qualification to play-offs
Erdethorne FC (Q)	28	14	6	8	25	22	+3	48
Coulomb Chargers	28	14	4	10	33	31	+2	46
Longstoke City	28	13	5	10	32	28	+4	44
Besford Town	28	10	11	7	34	30	+4	41
Eastport Raiders	28	10	9	9	21	18	+3	39
Torburn Miracles	28	11	4	13	31	27	+4	37
FC Henscar	28	9	10	9	29	27	+2	37
Keyfoss Knights	28	10	6	12	29	30	−1	36
Enderby Town Rockets	28	10	5	13	31	35	−4	35
Upton FC	28	9	7	12	21	20	+1	34
Ingleton Town	28	8	7	13	25	41	−16	31
Gyeongju FC	28	7	7	14	20	27	−7	28
Steadham Rangers	28	7	7	14	31	44	−13	28	Relegation to Conference
Lowhouse FC	28	7	4	17	16	42	−26	25
Status notes: (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (X) – Qualified at least for play-offs, but may still be promoted automatically

West

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Eastmoor County (X)	28	16	5	7	35	24	+11	53	Promotion to Third League
Carran Town (X)	28	14	10	4	42	23	+19	52	Qualification to play-offs
Kinverton Bridge Athletic (X)	28	13	8	7	29	20	+9	47
Haselruir Keltian	28	13	4	11	37	31	+6	43
Dissingham Town	28	11	7	10	22	20	+2	40
Haselruir Rangers	28	11	6	11	36	32	+4	39
Clarkson Albion	28	11	6	11	27	27	0	39
Hayfield City	28	10	9	9	22	25	−3	39
Sinningham FC	28	11	4	13	32	32	0	37
Stonebourg Forest	28	11	4	13	29	29	0	37
Høgmårkians Alfheim	28	10	7	11	22	29	−7	37
Rothbrey Mountainside	28	9	8	11	39	35	+4	35
Rippen Rovers	28	9	8	11	24	26	−2	35
Bandine FC	28	7	10	11	28	36	−8	31
North Eastmoor United	28	7	8	13	24	37	−13	29
Fereby United	28	5	8	15	18	40	−22	23
Status notes: (X) – Qualified at least for play-offs, but may still be promoted automatically

Play-offs

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Final

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Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

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