2021–22 Hellenic Football League

The 2021–22 Hellenic Football League season was the 69th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England. For the first time since the 1999–2000 season, the league operates two divisions, the Premier Division at Step 5 and Division One at Step 6.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 this season were announced by The Football Association on 18 May 2021.^[1]

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.^[2][3][4]

Premier Division

Hellenic Football League
Premier Division

Season	2021–22
Champions	Bishop's Cleeve
Promoted	Bishop's Cleeve Westbury United
Relegated	Calne Town Hallen
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,329 (3.5 per match)
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The Premier Division featured nine clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eleven new clubs.

• Clubs, transferred from the Western League:
  • Bradford Town
  • Chipping Sodbury Town
  • Cribbs
  • Hallen
  • Roman Glass St George
  • Westbury United
• Clubs, promoted from Division One West:
  • Hereford Lads Club
  • Malvern Town
  • Thorbury Town
• Clubs, promoted from Western League First Division:
  • Calne Town
  • Corsham Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bishop's Cleeve	38	28	8	2	108	46	+62	92	Promoted to the Southern League
2	Westbury United	38	25	9	4	94	41	+53	84	Promoted to the Southern League[a]
3	Malvern Town	38	23	8	7	98	59	+39	77
4	Cribbs	38	23	6	9	86	45	+41	75
5	Corsham Town	38	21	9	8	67	35	+32	72
6	Bradford Town	38	21	7	10	77	43	+34	70
7	Westfields	38	19	9	10	67	49	+18	66
8	Longlevens	38	20	4	14	80	66	+14	64
9	Brimscombe & Thrupp	38	19	6	13	81	55	+26	63
10	Roman Glass St George	38	20	3	15	67	49	+18	63
11	Fairford Town	38	17	5	16	60	51	+9	56
12	Royal Wootton Bassett Town	38	16	6	16	58	66	−8	54
13	Hereford Lads Club	38	14	4	20	73	80	−7	46
14	Thornbury Town	38	10	8	20	46	73	−27	38
15	Shrivenham	38	9	6	23	49	106	−57	33
16	Lydney Town	38	8	7	23	49	82	−33	31
17	Tuffley Rovers	38	8	5	25	40	92	−52	29
18	Chipping Sodbury Town	38	8	4	26	43	91	−48	28
19	Calne Town	38	5	4	29	37	105	−68	19	Relegated to Division One[b]
20	Hallen	38	4	6	28	49	95	−46	18	Relegated to the Western League

Source: Hellenic League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[6]
Notes:

1. Automatically promoted as one of 10 runners-up from Step 5 with the most points per game (PPG).^[5]
2. Relegated as one of four clubs with the fewest PPG out of 16 that were second-from-bottom at Step 5.^[5]

Results table

Home \ Away	BIS	BRA	BTH	CAL	CHP	COR	CRB	FRF	HAL	HLC	LON	LYD	MAL	ROM	RWB	SHR	THO	TUF	WTB	WFD
Bishop's Cleeve	—	2–1	5–3	2–0	8–0	1–0	4–3	1–0	4–1	7–1	2–1	4–2	3–5	2–1	2–2	11–2	2–0	0–0	5–2	0–0
Bradford Town	1–2	—	0–1	5–1	1–0	0–2	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–3	0–2	3–1	4–0	4–0	4–1	7–1	0–2	1–1
Brimscombe & Thrupp	0–1	3–1	—	3–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1	2–5	1–2	3–0	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	9–0	2–1	5–1	2–2	2–0
Calne Town	0–2	2–3	0–2	—	0–2	0–6	1–1	0–3	3–2	0–2	2–2	2–1	1–4	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–5
Chipping Sodbury Town	0–2	0–4	3–4	1–2	—	1–2	0–3	2–3	3–0	0–2	1–4	2–1	3–2	1–2	0–1	1–0	3–1	2–3	1–6	0–4
Corsham Town	1–1	0–3	1–4	4–0	1–0	—	0–0	0–1	3–2	2–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–0
Cribbs	3–3	0–0	1–0	7–1	1–0	0–2	—	1–0	3–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	0–3	3–1	2–2	5–0	3–0	3–0	0–2	3–2
Fairford Town	3–3	1–3	2–0	1–0	4–1	2–3	0–1	—	3–0	2–4	0–2	0–0	3–3	1–0	0–2	5–3	5–1	3–0	0–1	2–0
Hallen	1–3	2–3	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–4	0–1	0–1	—	1–2	0–3	3–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	2–3	1–3	1–2	0–6	1–1
Hereford Lads Club	1–3	2–3	2–2	6–2	3–1	2–2	1–5	2–0	3–1	—	2–4	3–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–3	9–1	0–2	1–2
Longlevens	0–2	1–3	3–2	2–0	4–1	3–3	4–2	1–0	5–1	2–1	—	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–2	6–3	1–0	2–2	0–2	3–0
Lydney Town	1–2	2–4	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–2	3–2	0–4	1–1	3–1	2–4	—	1–1	2–4	1–3	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–5	3–3
Malvern Town	1–3	2–0	4–3	4–1	2–1	3–0	4–5	1–1	4–3	3–1	1–2	3–0	—	3–1	5–2	3–2	3–2	3–3	2–0	2–3
Roman Glass St George	1–3	0–0	2–0	3–1	5–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–2	—	4–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–4
Royal Wootton Bassett Town	1–3	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–4	0–1	1–0	3–1	4–3	1–1	2–1	0–2	—	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–3	1–3
Shrivenham	0–4	0–1	0–2	2–3	0–1	1–5	0–5	3–1	1–1	3–4	2–0	3–2	1–7	3–2	0–1	—	1–3	3–2	0–0	2–2
Thornbury Town	1–1	0–2	2–0	4–0	3–3	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–6	4–3	0–1	0–3	0–5	0–0	—	2–1	0–0	1–1
Tuffley Rovers	2–2	1–0	2–6	1–1	3–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–2	3–1	0–1	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–1	3–2	1–3	—	0–3	0–1
Westbury United	5–2	1–1	2–1	5–0	3–2	3–2	0–4	0–0	3–3	5–2	2–2	4–1	4–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	—	5–0
Westfields	0–1	1–1	1–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	3–1	5–4	5–2	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–2	—

Source: Hellenic League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadiums and locations

Bishop's Cleeve

Bradford Town

Brimscombe

Calne Town

Chipping Sodbury

Corsham Town

Cribbs

Fairford Town

Hallen

Hereford Lads Club

Longlevens

Lydney Town

Malvern Town

Roman Glass St George

Wootton Bassett

Shrivenham

Thornbury Town

Tuffley Rovers

Westbury United

Westfields

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Map showing the location of teams in Hellenic Football League, Premier Division in 2021–22

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bishop's Cleeve	Bishop's Cleeve	Kayte Lane	1,500
Bradford Town	Bradford on Avon	Trowbridge Road	1,800
Brimscombe & Thrupp	Brimscombe	The Meadow
Calne Town	Calne	Bremhill View	2,500
Chipping Sodbury Town	Chipping Sodbury	The Ridings
Corsham Town	Corsham	Southbank	1,200
Cribbs	Bristol	The Lawns	1,000
Fairford Town	Fairford	Cinder Lane	2,000
Hallen	Hallen	The Hallen Centre	2,000
Hereford Lads Club	Hereford	County Ground
Longlevens	Gloucester	Saw Mills End
Lydney Town	Lydney	Lydney Recreation Ground	700
Malvern Town	Malvern	Langland Stadium	2,500
Roman Glass St George	Almondsbury	Oaklands Park	2,000
Royal Wootton Bassett Town	Royal Wootton Bassett	New Gerard Buxton Sports Ground
Shrivenham	Shrivenham	Barrington Park
Thornbury Town	Thornbury	Mundy Playing Fields
Tuffley Rovers	Tuffley	Glevum Park	1,000
Westbury United	Westbury	Meadow Lane
Westfields	Hereford	allpay.park	2,000

Division One

Hellenic Football League
Division One

Season	2021–22
Champions	Studley
Promoted	Studley Hereford Pegasus Worcester Raiders
Matches played	272
Goals scored	1,091 (4.01 per match)
← 2020–21 (Division One East) 2020–21 (Division One West) 2022–23 →

Division One featured twelve clubs which competed in East and West divisions last season, along with five new clubs.

• Clubs, transferred from the West Midlands (Regional) League:
  • Littleton
  • Pershore Town
  • Worcester Raiders
• Plus:
  • Studley, transferred from Midland League Division One
  • FC Stratford, promoted from Midland League Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Studley	32	24	2	6	88	29	+59	74	Promoted to the Midland League Premier Division
2	Worcester Raiders	32	22	3	7	99	38	+61	69	Qualified for the play-offs, later promoted to the Premier Division[a]
3	Clanfield 85	32	20	4	8	84	42	+42	64	Qualified for the play-offs
4	Hereford Pegasus	32	18	6	8	89	46	+43	60	Qualified for the play-offs, then promoted to the Premier Division
5	Pershore Town	32	19	3	10	75	44	+31	60	Qualified for the play-offs
6	Cheltenham Saracens	32	17	6	9	68	51	+17	57
7	Milton United	32	15	8	9	73	56	+17	53
8	FC Stratford	32	15	6	11	74	55	+19	51
9	Stonehouse Town	32	14	4	14	61	50	+11	46
10	Littleton	32	14	1	17	60	63	−3	43
11	Malmesbury Victoria	32	11	8	13	62	75	−13	41
12	Shortwood United	32	11	8	13	56	72	−16	41
13	Newent Town	32	9	4	19	54	81	−27	31
14	Cirencester Town development	32	9	2	21	49	85	−36	29
15	Abingdon United	32	7	4	21	33	74	−41	25	Reprieved from relegation[b]
16	Moreton Rangers	32	7	3	22	41	96	−55	24
17	Bourton Rovers	32	3	2	27	25	134	−109	11	Reprieved from relegation

Source: The FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results^[6]
Notes:

1. Despite losing the play-off final, Worcester Raiders were promoted to the Premier Division following the withdrawal of Walton Casuals from the Southern Football League in June 2022. This meant that Cinderford Town were not relegated to the Hellenic League. Worcester Raiders were therefore promoted to fill the space in the Premier Division which would have been taken by Cinderford Town.
2. All third-from-bottom clubs at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. The top 15 second-from-bottom sides were also reprieved on a PPG basis.^[7]

Play-offs

	Semi-finals					Final
	2	Worcester Raiders	3
	5	Pershore Town	0
						2	Worcester Raiders	0
						4	Hereford Pegasus	3
	3	Clanfield 85	0
	4	Hereford Pegasus	4

Results table

Home \ Away	ABI	BOU	CHL	CIR	CLA	FCS	HPG	LIT	MLM	MIL	MOR	NEW	PER	SHO	STO	STU	WOR
Abingdon United	—	0–3	1–3	2–3	0–3	0–8	1–3	4–2	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–5	0–2
Bourton Rovers	0–1	—	1–5	0–1	0–6	0–3	3–3	0–2	1–3	0–4	1–1	0–1	2–4	1–4	0–4	1–6	0–6
Cheltenham Saracens	3–1	5–2	—	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	6–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–3	0–2	0–1	0–3
Cirencester Town Development	1–1	1–2	4–0	—	0–4	1–2	1–5	3–0	1–4	2–6	8–2	2–5	1–3	0–2	3–0	0–2	1–5
Clanfield 85	4–0	7–0	1–2	3–1	—	0–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–3	5–1
FC Stratford	0–0	6–0	0–2	5–1	3–3	—	4–1	2–4	2–2	1–4	5–1	2–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	1–1
Hereford Pegasus	3–1	8–0	1–0	6–2	7–0	3–1	—	6–1	2–2	5–1	3–1	6–4	1–1	3–3	3–1	1–2	2–1
Littleton	2–1	7–0	3–4	2–0	2–3	3–2	1–2	—	1–2	4–0	3–1	1–0	0–3	4–2	1–3	0–1	0–1
Malmesbury Victoria	2–3	5–0	2–3	1–0	0–6	4–2	0–4	2–2	—	1–3	2–2	3–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–6
Milton United	4–0	8–1	5–3	2–2	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–2	3–1	—	4–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2
Moreton Rangers	2–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–4	4–2	1–4	1–3	—	4–1	1–5	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–5
Newent Town	0–4	2–3	0–2	1–3	2–3	4–1	0–0	3–2	3–1	4–3	3–1	—	2–2	0–5	2–1	0–4	1–3
Pershore Town	1–0	5–0	4–3	4–1	2–3	0–1	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–3	5–1	4–2	—	4–1	2–2	0–4	1–2
Shortwood United	2–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–5	1–3	2–1	1–3	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	0–4	—	1–5	2–0	0–7
Stonehouse Town	1–3	6–0	2–2	5–0	0–3	2–4	1–2	1–0	5–4	4–0	4–1	4–2	0–2	1–0	—	0–2	0–2
Studley	2–1	8–0	2–1	5–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–3	1–4	3–2	7–1	5–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	—	2–2
Worcester Raiders	1–2	6–1	2–5	2–3	2–1	4–2	3–0	2–1	7–0	+/-[a]	7–0	2–0	2–3	6–0	2–0	1–4	—

Source: Hellenic League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:

1. Worcester Raiders v. Milton United (18 April 2022) was declared a home walkover three days earlier after Milton failed to raise a team.^[8]

Stadiums and locations

Abingdon United

Bourton Rovers

Cheltenham Saracens

Cirencester Town

Clanfield

Stratford

Hereford Pegasus

Littleton

Malmesbury Victoria

Milton United

Moreton Rangers

Newent
Town

Pershore

Shortwood
United

Studley

Worcester Raiders

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Location of the clubs in the 2021–22 Hellenic League Division One

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Abingdon United	Abingdon-on-Thames	The Northcourt	2,000
Bourton Rovers	Bourton-on-the-Water	Rissington Road
Cheltenham Saracens	Cheltenham	Petersfield Park
Cirencester Town Development	Cirencester	Corinium Stadium	4,500
Clanfield 85	Clanfield	Radcot Road	2,000
FC Stratford	Tiddington	Knights Lane
Hereford Pegasus	Hereford	Old School Lane	2,000
Littleton	North and Middle Littleton	Five Acres
Malmesbury Victoria	Malmesbury	The Flying Monk Ground
Milton United	Milton	Potash Lane
Moreton Rangers	Moreton-in-Marsh	London Road
Newent Town	Newent	Wildsmith Meadow
Pershore Town	Pershore	Community Stadium	4,000
Shortwood United	Nailsworth	Meadowbank Ground	2,000
Stonehouse Town	Stonehouse	Magpies Stadium
Studley	Studley	The Beehive
Worcester Raiders	Worcester	Sixways Stadium	11,499

Division Two East

Hellenic Football League
Division Two East

Season	2021–22
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Division Two East featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 6 new clubs:

• AFC Aldermaston reserves, transferred from Division Two South
• Woodcote & Stoke Rows, transferred from Division Two South, also changed name to Woodcote
• Aston Clinton reserves, transferred from Division Two North
• Thame United "A"
• Procision
• Eversley & California reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Woodcote	28	24	1	3	105	36	+69	73
2	Aston Clinton reserves	28	20	2	6	92	43	+49	62	Transferred to Division Two North
3	Thame United "A"	28	19	1	8	58	39	+19	58
4	Procision	28	16	5	7	86	46	+40	53	Resigned from the league
5	FC Beaconsfield	28	15	4	9	89	56	+33	49
6	Penn & Tylers Green reserves	28	16	1	11	78	58	+20	49	Resigned from the league
7	Chalfont Wasps	28	13	6	9	55	51	+4	45
8	Watlington Town	28	14	3	11	61	59	+2	45
9	Hazlemere Sports Crusaders	28	14	3	11	67	71	−4	45
10	Holmer Green development	28	11	2	15	52	54	−2	35
11	Eversley & California reserves	28	10	1	17	61	81	−20	31	Resigned from the league
12	Chalvey Sports reserves	28	7	3	18	39	63	−24	24
13	AFC Aldermaston reserves	28	5	5	18	31	76	−45	20
14	Taplow United	28	3	3	22	36	120	−84	12
15	Stokenchurch	28	2	2	24	33	90	−57	8	Resigned from the league

Source: Fa Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two North

Hellenic Football League
Division Two North

Season	2021–22
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Division Two North featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:

• Chinnor, transferred from Division Two East
• Abingdon United development, transferred from Division Two South
• Woodstock Town, transferred from Division Two South
• New Bradwell St Peter development

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Easington Sports development	20	15	0	5	75	28	+47	45
2	Buckingham Athletic development	20	13	1	6	61	33	+28	40
3	Adderbury Park	20	12	3	5	42	22	+20	39	Resigned to the Oxfordshire Senior League
4	Heyford Athletic	20	11	3	6	49	38	+11	36	Resigned to the Witney & District League
5	Chinnor	20	10	1	9	57	45	+12	31	Transferred to Division Two East
6	Headington Amateurs	20	8	4	8	46	46	0	28
7	Banbury United development	20	8	4	8	38	39	−1	28	Resigned from the league
8	Woodstock Town	20	8	3	9	35	43	−8	27
9	Old Bradwell United development	20	7	0	13	33	43	−10	21
10	Long Crendon reserves	20	4	4	12	29	71	−42	16
11	Kidlington development	20	1	3	16	18	75	−57	6
12	Abingdon United development	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew, record expunged
13	New Bradwell St Peter development	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Fa Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two South

Hellenic Football League
Division Two South

Season	2021–22
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Division Two South featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 5 new clubs:

• Fairford Town reserves, transferred from Division Two West
• Newbury, joined from the Thames Valley Premier Football League
• Carterton
• Marlborough Town development
• Cricklade Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Highworth Town reserves	26	21	1	4	100	32	+68	64
2	Kintbury Rangers	26	20	2	4	93	29	+64	62	Resigned to the Wiltshire League
3	Swindon Supermarine development	26	19	2	5	83	34	+49	59
4	Newbury	26	15	4	7	75	39	+36	49	Transferred to Division Two East
5	Hungerford Town Swifts	26	13	6	7	59	33	+26	45
6	Wantage Town development	26	12	7	7	78	40	+38	43
7	Fairford Town reserves	26	11	5	10	61	51	+10	38
8	Shrivenham reserves	26	11	4	11	48	56	−8	37
9	Letcombe	26	10	5	11	65	55	+10	35
10	Clanfield reserves	26	8	6	12	46	47	−1	30
11	Carterton	26	8	3	15	45	62	−17	27	Resigned to the Oxfordshire Senior League
12	Faringdon Town	26	6	4	16	33	52	−19	22
13	Marlborough Town development	26	1	3	22	24	157	−133	6
14	Cricklade Town	26	1	0	25	19	142	−123	3	Resigned to the Swindon & District League

Source: Fa Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Two West

Hellenic Football League
Division Two West

Season	2021–22
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Division Two West featured 9 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 3 new clubs:

• New Dales Vale
• Longlevens development
• Cheltenham Saracens development

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SC Inkberrow	22	21	0	1	98	10	+88	63	Resigned to the Herefordshire County FA League
2	New Dales Vale	22	15	3	4	69	29	+40	48
3	Malvern Town development	22	14	2	6	77	30	+47	44
4	Evesham United development	22	13	3	6	56	39	+17	42
5	Kington Town	22	13	2	7	71	32	+39	41	Resigned to the Herefordshire County FA League
6	Slimbridge reserves	22	10	4	8	46	38	+8	34	Resigned from the league
7	Tuffley Rovers development	22	10	2	10	46	44	+2	32
8	Longlevens development	22	8	4	10	35	58	−23	28
9	Shortwood United reserves	22	5	4	13	37	54	−17	19
10	Cheltenham Saracens development	22	4	2	16	25	88	−63	14
11	Newent Town reserves	22	3	2	17	26	92	−66	11
12	Bourton Rovers reserves	22	1	2	19	15	87	−72	5	Transferred to Division Two South

Source: Fa Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

1. "NLS Step 5-6 Allocations". uhlSport Hellenic League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
2. "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
3. "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
5. "Changes to promotion and relegation at Step 5". North East Counties Football League. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
6. "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
7. Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation: Step 6 Relegation". Google Docs.
8. "Worcester Raiders' final league game cancelled as Milton United pull out". Worcester News. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

External links

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