The 2022–23 season was the 26th in the history of the Spartan South Midlands Football League, a football competition in England. The league operates three divisions, two of which are in covered in this article, the Premier Division, at Step 5 and Division One at Step 6 of the English football league system.
The league constitution for this season was based on allocations for Steps 5 and 6 that were announced by The Football Association on 12 May 2022, and were subject to appeals.
Leighton Town were champions, winning first Spartan South Midlands League title and returned to the Southern League after seven seasons in the Spartan South Midlands League. Runners-up Stotfold won inter-step play-off match and joined then achieving second straight promotion.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eight new clubs. Transferred from the Essex Senior League: Cockfosters Hoddesdon Town Transferred from the United Counties League: Biggleswade United Potton United Promoted from Division One: Shefford Town & Campton Stotfold Plus: Colney Heath, relegated from the Southern League St Panteleimon, transferred from the Combined Counties League
League table
Inter-step play-off
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium CapacityArdley United The Playing Fields 1,000Arlesey Town Hitchin Road 2,920Baldock TownAylesbury Vale Dynamos Haywood Way Biggleswade United Fairfield Road 2,000Cockfosters Chalk Lane 1,000Colney Heath Recreation Ground Crawley Green The Brache 4,000Dunstable Town Creasey Park 3,065Harpenden Town Rothamsted Park Hoddesdon Town Lowfield 3,000Leighton Town Bell Close 2,800Leverstock Green Pancake Lane London Colney Cotlandswick Park 1,000Potton United The Hollow Risborough Rangers The KAMTECH Stadium 1,500Shefford Town & Campton Shefford Sports Club 1,000St Panteleimon Hertingfordbury Park (groundshare with Hertford Town) Stotfold The JSJ Stadium 1,500Tring Athletic Grass Roots Stadium
Division One
Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs: Eaton Socon, promoted from the Cambridgeshire County League Holmer Green, relegated from the Premier Division Lutterworth Athletic, transferred from the United Counties League Moulton, promoted from the Northamptonshire Combination League Northampton ON Chenecks, relegated from the United Counties League Rugby Borough, promoted from the Leicestershire Senior League
Also, Bedford changed their name to Real Bedford.
League table
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadia and locations
Team Stadium CapacityAmersham Town Spratleys Meadow 1,500London TigersAmpthill Town Ampthill Park 1,300Buckingham Athletic Stratford Fields Burton Park Wanderers Latimer Park (groundshare with Kettering Town) Eaton Socon River Road Holmer Green Watchet Lane Langford Forde Park 2,800Letchworth Garden City Eagles Pixmore Pitches Lutterworth Athletic Canal Street (groundshare with Leicester St Andrews) 1,000Moulton Brunting Road Northampton ON Chenecks Old Northamptonians Sports Ground Northampton Sileby Rangers Fernie Fields Raunds Town Kiln Park Real Bedford McMullen Park Rugby Borough Kilsby Lane Rushden & Higham United Hayden Road 1,500 Thame Rangers Meadow View Park 2,000Wellingborough Whitworth The Victoria Mill Ground 2,140Winslow United Elmfields Gate 2,000
Division Two
Division Two featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs: AFC Caddington Leighton Town development
League table
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