The 2017–18 Men's England Hockey League season ran from 23 September 2017 until 25 March 2018 with a winter break in December and January for the Indoor season.
Structure The League consists of 4 different competitions with 10 teams in each competition. The leaders, at the end of the season, from the Premier League compete in a Champions Tournament, whilst the 10th placed top flight team gets relegated and the 9th placed team competes for their place with the winners of the regional conferences.
Premier Division Conference East Conference North Conference West Beeston Brighton & Hove Bowdon Cardiff & Met Brooklands MU Cambridge City Cannock Cheltenham Canterbury Chichester Deeside Ramblers Clifton Robinsons East Grinstead Old Georgians Doncaster Fareham Hampstead & Westminster Old Loughtonians Leeds Havant Holcombe Oxted Loughborough Students Isca Reading Richmond Preston Olton & West Warwickshire Sevenoaks Southgate Sheffield Hallam Team Bath Buccaneers Surbiton Teddington University of Durham University of Birmingham Wimbledon West Herts University of Nottingham University of Exeter
Premier League TeamStadiumCity/AreaPrevious season Beeston Nottingham Hockey Centre Beeston, Nottingham 5th Brooklands MU 'The Firs' Manchester Univ Playing Fields Manchester 8th Canterbury Polo Farm Canterbury, Kent 9th East Grinstead East Grinstead Sports Club East Grinstead, West Sussex 6th Hampstead & Westminster Paddington Recreation Ground London 4th Holcombe Holcombe Park Gillingham, Medway 2nd Reading Sonning Lane Reading, Berkshire 7th Sevenoaks Hollybush Lane Sevenoaks, Kent Promoted from East Conference Surbiton Sugden Road Surbiton, Kingston upon Thames 3rd Wimbledon King's College School Wimbledon 1st
Final standings Premier League Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts1 Wimbledon 18 12 3 3 50 24 26 392 Surbiton 18 12 2 4 69 41 28 383 Beeston 18 12 1 5 55 34 21 374 Hampstead and Westminster 18 11 2 5 63 37 26 355 Reading 18 11 0 7 61 36 25 336 East Grinstead 18 9 1 8 51 50 1 287 Holcombe 18 8 2 8 48 40 8 268 Brooklands Manchester University 18 5 2 11 45 52 -7 179 Sevenoaks 18 1 2 15 29 83 -54 510 Canterbury 18 1 1 16 20 94 -74 4 = Qualified for League finals weekend = Playoff Position = Relegated
Results
League Finals Weekend Semi-finals Date Team 1 Team 2 Score Apr 28Wimbledon Hampstead and Westminster 1-2 Apr 28Surbiton Beeston 2-1 Final Date Team 1 Team 2 Score Apr 29Surbiton Hampstead and Westminster 3-3 (3-2 pens) Final details Surbiton Scorers: Alan Forsyth 14-F, 16-PS, Gareth Furlong 58-PC / Shootout Scorers: Forsyth 2, Goodfield Squad: Harry Gibson (GK); Luke Taylor, Luke Noblett, Jonny Gall, Chris Grassick (Capt.), Arjan Drayton Chana, Zachary Wallace, Alan Forsyth, Brendan Creed, David Goodfield, James Gall. Subs: Sam Spencer, Lewis Prosser, Gareth Furlong, Rob Farrington, Nicky Parkes, Scott Evans. not used: Taylor Seager-Green (GK) Hampstead & W Scorers: Chris Cargo (PC22), Will Calnan (FG28), Matt Guise Brown (PC42) / Shootout Scorers: Calnan, Martin Squad: Jamie Legg (gk), Richard Smith, Geoff McCabe, Marc Edwards, Toby Roche (c), Michael Watt, Sam French, Matt Guise-Brown, Harry Martin, Kwan Browne, Will Calnan. Subs: Steve Kelly, Chris Cargo, Rupert Shipperley, Will Byas, Stephen Dowds, Joe Crame. not used: George Ratcliffe (GK)
East Conference Conference East Brighton & Hove Cambridge City Chichester Old Georgians Old Loughtonians Oxted Richmond Southgate Teddington West Herts
West Conference Conference West Cardiff & Met Cheltenham Clifton Robinsons Fareham Havant Isca Olton & West Warwickshire Team Bath Buccaneers University of Birmingham University of Exeter
North Conference Conference North Bowdon Cannock Deeside Ramblers Doncaster Leeds Loughborough Students Preston Sheffield Hallam University of Durham University of Nottingham
EH Men's Championship Cup Quarter-finals Team 1 Team 2 Score Beeston University of Birmingham 5-3 Reading Fareham 7-1 Bowdon Sheffield Hallam 4-1 Old Loughtonians Oxted 5-1 Semi-finals Team 1 Team 2 Score Beeston Bowdon 2-1 Reading Oxted 3-2 Final (Held at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on 7 May) Team 1 Team 2 Score Scorers Reading Beeston 2-2 (4-2 pens)Morton, Boon / Hibell, R Lawrence Reading Tommy Alexander, Daniel Kyriakides, Adam Miller, Richard Mantell, Ben Boon, Edward Carson, Dan Shingles, Ben Francis, Dale Hutchinson, Tim Atkins, James Royce, Nick Park, Owain Dolan-Gray, Lee Morton, Tom Carson, Stuart Loughrey, James Carson, Ciaran O'Connell
Beeston Elliot Hibell, Simon Hujwan, Mark Wadsley, Kyle Marshall, Robbie Gleeson, Gareth Griffiths, Joe Sharp, Gareth Andrew, Lucas Garcia Alcalde, Stephen Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, Marius Gemmel, Chris Proctor, Matthew Crookshank, Simon Claris, Navraj Degun
See also 2017–18 Investec Women's Hockey Premier Division season
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