2022 Mercury League

The 2022 Mercury League will be the twelfth season of the Mercury League. It will be contested over four divisions.

2022 Changes

• Promoted to Premier League:
  • Made in Heaven
  • Mercury Armed Forces FC
  • The Red Specials (via play-offs)
• Relegated from Premier League:
  • A Night at the Football
  • Flash FC
  • One Vision
• Promoted to Second League:
  • Fenhouse United (via play-offs)
  • Railminster Robins
  • Show Must Go On
• Relegated from Second League:
  • Fulditch United
  • Holham Park FC
  • Yorkwell Town
• Promoted to Third League:
  • Kincester City
  • Settington Rovers
  • Upton FC (via play-offs)
• Relegated from Third League:
  • Besford Town
  • FC Henscar
  • Mercury City Messengers
• Promoted to Fourth League:
  • Erdethorne FC
  • Sinningham FC
• Relegated from Fourth League:
  • Compton Motors FC
  • Gyeongju FC

In addition, 18 new clubs were added to the Fourth League, all 16 teams from the West division, and two teams from the East division, Port Harlby FC and Whitby Voyagers.

Premier League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Cook Island FC (Q)	33	22	6	5	58	24	+34	72	Qualification to FMF Champions' League
Tow Law FC (Q)	33	20	10	3	64	24	+40	70
Mercury City	33	20	4	9	59	28	+31	64	Qualification to EMUFA Champions' League
Bohemian Rhapsodies	33	20	4	9	50	24	+26	64
Dynamo Deacon	33	17	7	9	51	40	+11	58
Taylor Sporting Club	33	16	9	8	52	41	+11	57
Port Barret FC	33	15	8	10	36	31	+5	53
May Wanderers	33	13	10	10	42	34	+8	49
West Grinstead FC	33	13	8	12	31	27	+4	47
Queen Athletic	33	11	6	16	34	33	+1	39
AFC Heartpool	33	11	6	16	27	39	−12	39
Kuiper Town FC	33	11	4	18	33	47	−14	37
The Red Specials	33	10	5	18	31	47	−16	35
Mercury Armed Forces FC	33	9	7	17	26	42	−16	34
Mullen Albion	33	9	7	17	28	46	−18	34
Made in Heaven	33	9	4	20	20	50	−30	31	Relegation to Second League
Breakthru FC (R)	33	6	7	20	21	57	−36	25
St John's FC (R)	33	4	10	19	23	52	−29	22
Status notes: (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (R) – Relegated Qualification for the 2022–23 EMUFA Champions' League is determined at the commencement of the 2022–23 season. The qualification berths indicated are based on the predicted allocations for the 2021–22 season and are subject to change. An additional EMUFA Champions' League berth is awarded to the winners of the 2022 Mercury FA Cup.

Results

	HEA	BRH	BRK	CKI	DEA	KUI	MIH	MAY	MAF	MRC	MUL	PBA	QUE	STJ	TAY	TRS	TOW	WGR
AFC Heartpool	–	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–3	2–0	0–2
Bohemian Rhapsodies	1–0	–	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	2–0		0–1
Breakthru FC	0–5	1–6	–	0–3	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–3	0–0	1–4	0–2
Cook Island FC	4–0	0–1	2–1	–	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	3–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–0	1–0
Dynamo Deacon	4–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	–	3–3	1–0	3–1	0–2	1–3	0–0	1–0	4–3	1–1	3–5		0–3	1–0
Kuiper Town FC	3–1	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–1	–	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–3		0–1	2–1	2–3	0–2	2–0	0–1	0–2
Made in Heaven	1–0	1–1		2–1	0–1	0–0	–	0–2	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	2–3	0–3	0–3
May Wanderers	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	4–2	2–0	–	0–0	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	2–3	2–3	3–1
Mercury Armed Forces FC	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–1	2–0	1–0		–	0–1	3–3	0–2	1–0	0–4	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2
Mercury City	3–0	2–1	2–1		2–0	4–1	7–1	0–1	2–0	–	1–4	1–2	1–0	2–0	5–0	1–2	0–1	1–0
Mullen Albion	1–0	1–3	2–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	–	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–5	0–1
Port Barret FC	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–4	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	–	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–2
Queen Athletic	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	5–1	1–4	0–1	1–0	–	0–0		3–0	0–1	0–0
St John's FC	0–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–0		1–2	–	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–1
Taylor Sporting Club	0–2	2–2	1–2	4–4	2–0	4–0	4–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	–	1–0	0–0	0–0
The Red Specials	0–1	0–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	–	0–2	0–0
Tow Law FC	1–1	0–2	5–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	5–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	5–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–1	1–0	–	3–1
West Grinstead FC	1–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	–

Second League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
A Kind of Magic (C, P)	26	15	4	7	30	22	+8	49	Promotion to Premier League
Soxceter FC (P)	26	15	3	8	36	21	+15	48
Flash FC (Q)	26	13	8	5	27	17	+10	47	Qualification to play-offs
Innuendo FC (Q)	26	12	6	8	30	19	+11	42
Mercury Phoenix (Q)	26	11	7	8	27	22	+5	40
Break Free Athletic (Q)	26	11	6	9	33	25	+8	39
Fenhouse United	26	10	9	7	37	35	+2	39
Ponthorne Town	26	9	8	9	23	22	+1	35
A Night at the Football	26	9	8	9	24	25	−1	35
One Vision	26	7	8	11	27	35	−8	29
Show Must Go On	26	6	10	10	18	30	−12	28
Hammond Rangers	26	6	8	12	22	29	−7	26
Penbury Electric FC (R)	26	7	5	14	24	37	−13	26	Relegation to Third League
Railminster Robins (R)	26	3	6	17	16	35	−19	15
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (R) – Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Break Free Athletic v Flash FC

27 April 2022

Break Free Athletic	–	Flash FC

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Flash FC v Break Free Athletic

30 April 2022

Flash FC	–	Break Free Athletic

Mercury Phoenix v Innuendo FC

27 April 2022

Mercury Phoenix	–	Innuendo FC

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Innuendo FC v Mercury Phoenix

30 April 2022

Innuendo FC	–	Mercury Phoenix

Final

v

7 May 2022

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Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

Third League

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Holham Park FC (C, P)	26	12	8	6	29	22	+7	44	Promotion to Second League
Halley Comets (P)	26	13	5	8	28	21	+7	44
Nafferton Town (P)	26	12	7	7	31	21	+10	43
Kincester City (Q)	26	13	4	9	27	23	+4	43	Qualification to play-offs
Bisminster Harriers (Q)	26	10	10	6	27	18	+9	40
Fulditch United (Q)	26	10	9	7	28	22	+6	39
Yorkwell Town (Q)	26	11	5	10	21	21	0	38
Dunleigh Eagles	26	10	6	10	37	31	+6	36
Hawking Black Holes	26	8	10	8	23	25	−2	34
Cunston Rovers	26	7	11	8	28	32	−4	32
Settington Rovers	26	10	2	14	28	34	−6	32
Olbers Paradoxes	26	7	10	9	32	40	−8	31
Arleness FC (R)	26	8	5	13	23	31	−8	29	Relegation to Fourth League
Upton FC (R)	26	3	4	19	25	46	−21	13
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (R) – Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Yorkwell Town v Kincester City

27 April 2022

Yorkwell Town	–	Kincester City

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Kincester City v Yorkwell Town

30 April 2022

Kincester City	–	Yorkwell Town

Fulditch United v Bisminster Harriers

27 April 2022

Fulditch United	–	Bisminster Harriers

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Bisminster Harriers v Fulditch United

30 April 2022

Bisminster Harriers	–	Fulditch United

Final

v

7 May 2022

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Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

Fourth League

East

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Whitby Voyagers (C, P)	30	21	4	5	40	16	+24	67	Promotion to Third League
Mercury City Messengers (P)	30	14	9	7	37	23	+14	51
Port Harlby FC (Q)	30	14	5	11	34	28	+6	47	Qualification to play-offs
FC Henscar (Q)	30	13	8	9	29	27	+2	47
Sinningham FC (Q)	30	13	6	11	31	29	+2	45
Bybridge Town FC (Q)	30	14	3	13	28	29	−1	45
Dissingham Town	30	12	8	10	35	28	+7	44
Besford Town	30	12	6	12	31	28	+3	42
Longstoke City	30	12	5	13	33	34	−1	41
Erdethorne FC	30	10	8	12	26	33	−7	38
Lowhouse FC	30	9	8	13	31	33	−2	35
Keyfoss Knights	30	10	5	15	18	27	−9	35
Enderby Town Rockets	30	8	10	12	29	35	−6	34
Coulomb Chargers	30	8	9	13	23	33	−10	33
Torburn Miracles	30	8	9	13	21	32	−11	33
Castleton Lions (R)	30	9	3	18	28	39	−11	30	Relegation to Conference
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated;  (R) – Relegated

West

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Oxair City FC (C, P)	30	16	7	7	38	21	+17	55	Promotion to Third League
Hull Metropolitan (P)	30	14	9	7	23	19	+4	51
Hull Athletic (Q)	30	13	11	6	30	21	+9	50	Qualification to play-offs
Carran Town (Q)	30	12	11	7	24	24	0	47
Haselruir Keltian (Q)	30	12	10	8	36	21	+15	46
Fereby United (Q)	30	13	7	10	26	22	+4	46
Rothbrey Mountainside	30	11	10	9	21	19	+2	43
Kinverton Bridge Athletic	30	10	12	8	32	24	+8	42
Rippen Rovers	30	10	9	11	29	25	+4	39
Hayfield City	30	9	10	11	25	25	0	37
Høgmårkians Alfheim	30	10	7	13	29	31	−2	37
Haselruir Rangers	30	9	10	11	20	24	−4	37
Stonebourg Forest	30	8	10	12	26	33	−7	34
Eastmoor County	30	7	11	12	22	33	−11	32
North Eastmoor United	30	9	5	16	18	36	−18	32
Bandine FC	30	2	11	17	18	39	−21	17
Status notes: (C) – Champions;  (P) – Promoted;  (Q) – Qualified to the competition/stage indicated

Play-offs

East

Semi-finals

Bybridge Town FC v Port Harlby FC

27 April 2022

Bybridge Town FC	–	Port Harlby FC

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Port Harlby FC v Bybridge Town FC

30 April 2022

Port Harlby FC	–	Bybridge Town FC

Sinningham FC v FC Henscar

27 April 2022

Sinningham FC	–	FC Henscar

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FC Henscar v Sinningham FC

30 April 2022

FC Henscar	–	Sinningham FC

Final

v

8 May 2022

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Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury

West

Semi-finals

Fereby United v Hull Athletic

27 April 2022

Fereby United	–	Hull Athletic

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Hull Athletic v Fereby United

30 April 2022

Hull Athletic	–	Fereby United

Haselruir Keltian v Carran Town

27 April 2022

Haselruir Keltian	–	Carran Town

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Carran Town v Haselruir Keltian

30 April 2022

Carran Town	–	Haselruir Keltian

Final

v

8 May 2022

	–

Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena, Mercury