1976–77 London Spartan League

Football league season

London Spartan League
Season	1976–77
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 London Spartan League season was the 59th in the history of Spartan League, and the 2nd as London Spartan League. The league consisted of 31 teams.

Division One

Football league season

London Spartan League
Division One
Season	1976–77
Champions	Cray Wanderers
Promoted	Hoddesdon Town
Relegated	Highfield Hatfield Town Virginia Water

The division featured 16 teams, 12 from last season and 4 new teams, all promoted from last season's Division Two:

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cray Wanderers (C)	30	23	3	4	66	21	3.143	49
2	Alma Swanley	30	19	7	4	71	35	2.029	45
3	East Ham United	30	15	8	7	62	35	1.771	38
4	Chingford	30	16	5	9	67	39	1.718	37
5	Bracknell Town	30	14	7	9	36	26	1.385	35
6	Berkhamsted Town	30	12	9	9	48	48	1.000	33
7	Frimley Green	30	11	8	11	42	38	1.105	30
8	Farnham Town	30	11	7	12	63	62	1.016	29
9	Highfield (R)	30	11	7	12	48	64	0.750	29	Relegation to Senior Division
10	Swanley Town	30	11	6	13	53	66	0.803	28
11	Hoddesdon Town (P)	30	11	5	14	42	50	0.840	27	Promotion to Athenian League
12	Heathside Sports	30	8	10	12	35	39	0.897	26
13	Banstead Athletic	30	9	6	15	39	40	0.975	24
14	BROB Barnet	30	9	6	15	38	58	0.655	24
15	Hatfield Town (R)	30	5	11	14	33	44	0.750	21	Relegation to Senior Division
16	Virginia Water (R)	30	1	3	26	20	98	0.204	5	Relegation to Senior Division

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division Two

Football league season

London Spartan League
Division Two
Season	1976–77
Champions	Ulysses
Promoted	Ulysses Whyteleafe Barkingside Welling United

The division featured 15 teams, 11 from last season and 4 new teams:

Penhill Standard, relegated from last season's Division One
Fisher Athletic
Welling United
Policrom

Finishing positions only is known.

League table

Pos	Team	Promotion or relegation
1	Ulysses (C, P)	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Fisher Athletic
3	Whyteleafe (P)	Promotion to Premier Division
4	Barkingside (P)	Promotion to Premier Division
5	Beckenham Town
6	Welling United (P)	Promotion to Premier Division
7	Crown & Manor
8	East Thurrock United
9	Policrom
10	Thames Polytechnic
11	Bexley
12	Amersham Town
13	Penhill Standard
14	Brent
15	Royal Arsenal S & R A

Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

"Spartan League 1955-1983". nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
"London Spartan League 1975-1987". www.nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
"London Spartan League 1975-1987". www.nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

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Successor league: Spartan South Midlands Football League

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (One, Two) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) London Spartan League (One, Two) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One, Two) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (Premier, One) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Vase
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

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Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Bristol City Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hereford United Hull City Luton Town Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Southampton Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Chester Chesterfield Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Newport County Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Watford Workington

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