SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION - THE SEASON SO FAR

SPARTAN SOUTH MIDLANDS LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION
CURRENT TABLE - ALTERNATE VERSION
TOP EIGHT ONLY

PTS	TEAM (GAMES PLAYED)
37	LONDON COLNEY (14)
36
35
34
33
32
31
30
29
28
27
26
25	WEMBLEY (12)
24	HERTFORD (9), COCKFOSTERS (13)
23	BERKHAMSTED (12)
22	TRING (11)
21
20
19	WELWYN (11)
18
17	BIGGLESWADE UNITED (9)

LEADING THE WAY SO FAR - LONDON COLNEY

The above alternate table give a good indication as to how big the gap is between table topper's London Colney and the teams chasing them. Wembley are currently twelve points behind in second place but could reduce the gap to six if they win their two games in hand with Hertford Town in third (by GD to Cockfosters) able to overtake them if they win all five of their games in hand. 

Yesterday's results saw Leverstock Green defeat Welwyn Garden City 3-0 which was The Citizen's second league defeat of the season and their second in a row having lost to London Colney last weekend. Curtis Donaldson was the hero for Levvy scoring two of their three goals. 

Hertford Town and London Colney have the best points per game average at 2.66 and 2.64 respectively. 

POINTS PER GAME TABLE
FOR THE CURRENT TOP EIGHT 

TEAM	PPG
HERTFORD TOWN	2.66
LONDON COLNEY	2.64
WEMBLEY	2.08
TRING ATHLETIC	2.00
BERKHAMSTED	1.92
BIGGLESWADE UNITED	1.89
COCKFOSTERS	1.85
WELWYN GARDEN CITY	1.72

It's the games versus fellow title rivals which are the most important so as the below table shows it's both London Colney and Hertford Town who have a 100% record but they have only played three (21.42% of their fixtures so far) and two games (22.22%) against teams from the current top eight as opposed to Welwyn's six (54.55%) and  Tring Athletic's five (45.45%). The table shows that Cockfosters have let in only seven goals in their other eight games played - the 1-5 defeat against Berkhamsted and 5-4 win against Wembley has topped up their goal's against column. London Colney have only let in nine goals in all of their fourteen games played. 

CURRENT TOP EIGHT V TOP EIGHT TABLE 
shown in win percentage order

TEAM	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	PTS	WIN%
LONDON COLNEY	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	100%
HERTFORD TOWN	2	2	0	0	7	3	+4	6	100%
BIGGLESWADE UNITED	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	33.33%
WELWYN GARDEN CITY	6	2	3	1	8	7	+1	9	25.00%
BERKHAMSTED	4	1	1	2	8	7	+1	4	25.00%
TRING ATHLETIC	5	1	3	1	6	5	+1	4	20.00%
COCKFOSTERS	5	1	2	2	9	13	-4	5	20.00%
WEMBLEY	3	0	0	3	6	12	-6	0	0.00%

Here is a table showing the current top four's next scheduled league games over the next few weeks which could be pivotal especially on Saturday 5th November when Wembley welcome London Colney to Vale Farm.  

DATE	LONDON COLNEY	WEMBLEY	HERTFORD TOWN	COCKFOSTERS
18/10/2016	-	-	Edgware Town	HODDESDON TOWN
29/10/2016	Leighton Town	OXHEY JETS	Biggleswade United	Stotfold
1/11/2016	-	-	-	HOLMER GREEN
5/11/2016	Wembley	LONDON COLNEY	HADLEY	BIGGLESWADE UNITED
12/11/2016	-	Welwyn Garden City	ST MARGARETSBURY	Tring Athletic
15/11/2016	-		OXHEY JETS	-
19/11/2016	Tring Athletic	BERKHAMSTED	LEIGHTON TOWN	FC BROXBOURNE BOROUGH

Here is another table to look at which shows the amount of points dropped by the last five league champions and compares it to the top eight teams records so far this year. It shows the average points dropped for the Champions is 19.2 or 15.24% of those on offer. Looking at it this way it's London Colney or Hertford Town who are the clear favourites for the title.

SEASON	TEAM	PTS ON OFFER	DROPPED	PERCENTAGE
11/12	ROYSTON TOWN	126	22	17.46%
12/13	DUNSTABLE TOWN	126	12	9.52%
13/14	HANWELL TOWN	126	15	11.90%
14/15	KINGS LANGLEY	126	23	18.25%
15/16	AFC DUNSTABLE	126	24	19.05%
-	LONDON COLNEY	42	5	11.90%
-	WEMBLEY	36	11	30.56%
-	HERTFORD TOWN	27	3	11.11%
-	COCKFOSTERS	39	15	38.46%
-	BERKHAMSTED	36	12	33.33%
-	TRING ATHLETIC	33	11	33.33%
-	WELWYN GC	33	14	42.42%
-	BIGGLESWADE UTD	27	10	37.08%

SOME FACTS AND STATISTICS

STILL UNBEATEN - NO TEAMS 

WITHOUT A WIN - ST MARGARETSBURY (NO WINS IN TWELVE LEAGUE GAMES) 

NO HOMES WINS - COLNEY HEATH, STOTFOLD, HADLEY, FC BROXBOURNE BOROUGH, LONDON TIGERS and ST MARGARETSBURY 

NO AWAY WINS - ST MARGARETSBURY 

MOST GOALS SCORED - 41 - LONDON COLNEY AND WEMBLEY 

* note - Wembley have scored 3.42 goals per game which is slightly more then LCFC at 2.93 

LEAST GOALS SCORED - 9 - LONDON TIGERS are the only side still in single figures for goals scored. 

MOST GOAL LET IN - 34 - LONDON TIGERS 

UNBEATEN AT HOME - LONDON COLNEY, BERKHAMSTED AND TRING ATHLETIC 

UNBEATEN AWAY - HERTFORD TOWN 

LONDON TIGERS LET IN THE MOST LEAGUE GOALS SO FAR - THE TOTAL OF 34 DOES INCLUDE A 1-9 HOME DEFEAT TO LONDON COLNEY. 

THEY LIKE IT ON THEIR TRAVELS - Cockfosters have gained five from fifteen points available in their home games and nineteen from twenty-four away from home. Their goals per game at home stands at 1.2 in stark contrast to 2.25 away from Chalk Lane. 

THEY LIKE IT ON THEIR TRAVELS PART TWO - Hertford Town have a 100% winning record in their three away games played scoring eleven and letting in just one goal. 

IN FORM - Wembley have won their last six leagues games scoring twenty-three goals and letting in just four goals. 

OUT OF FORM - FC Broxbourne Borough have drawn two and lost four of their last six games with a goal difference of -11. St Mags have the same record but have scored six goals opposed to FCBB's three. 

OUT OF FORM PART TWO - Hoddesdon Town haven't won in six league games - Their last league win came against table topper's London Colney 2-1 on Saturday 10th September. 

FACT - Since the Premier Division was reduced to 22 teams from the 2011/12 campaign the most games a team has lost to finish top of the table is six by Royston Town in the same season. 

PROMOTED - The two teams promoted from Division One have struggled somewhat so far. Edgware Town have won three of their twelve games with Crawley Green winning four of their twelve games.

FORTHCOMING FIXTURES THIS WEEK 

Tuesday 18th October 
Berkhamsted v Oxhey Jets
Cockfosters v Hoddesdon Town
Edgware Town v Hertford Town
FC Broxbourne Borough v Hadley 
Holmer Green v Leverstock Green 
London Tigers v Sun Sports 

Saturday 22nd October 
There is not a full fixture list this weekend as most of the clubs are in FA Vase action
Edgware Town v Stotfold 
FC Broxbourne Borough v London Tigers 
Hadley v Berkhamsted