1987–88 Hellenic Football League

The 1987–88 Hellenic Football League season was the 35th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Hellenic Football League
Premier Division
Season1987–88
ChampionsYate Town
Matches played306
Goals scored913 (2.98 per match)

The Premier Division featured 16 clubs that competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Yate Town 34 25 7 2 73 20 +53 82
2 Abingdon Town 34 22 8 4 76 31 +45 74 Transferred to the Spartan League
3 Shortwood United 34 20 8 6 78 45 +33 68
4 Abingdon United 34 17 11 6 58 36 +22 62
5 Didcot Town 34 13 12 9 55 47 +8 51
6 Penhill 34 14 9 11 47 44 +3 51
7 Sharpness 34 13 11 10 63 48 +15 50
8 Fairford Town 34 12 10 12 44 38 +6 46
9 Thame United 34 11 13 10 54 54 0 46 Transferred to the South Midlands League
10 Bicester Town 34 12 8 14 42 43 −1 44
11 Viking Sports 34 11 8 15 44 64 −20 41
12 Moreton Town 34 11 5 18 41 57 −16 38
13 Rayners Lane 34 9 8 17 42 64 −22 35
14 Morris Motors 34 8 11 15 36 63 −27 35 Resigned from the league
15 Supermarine 34 8 9 17 46 58 −12 33
16 Bishop's Cleeve 34 7 11 16 42 70 −28 32
17 Pegasus Juniors 34 9 3 22 46 61 −15 30
18 Wallingford Town 34 5 6 23 26 69 −43 21
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division One

Hellenic Football League
Division One
Season1987–88
ChampionsWantage Town
PromotedWantage Town
Kintbury Rangers
Matches played240
Goals scored738 (3.08 per match)

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:

Also, Almondsbury Greenway changed name to Almondsbury Picksons.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Cheltenham Town reserves 30 20 6 4 70 23 +47 66
2 Wantage Town 30 17 7 6 55 29 +26 58 Promoted to the Premier Division
3 Kintbury Rangers 30 16 9 5 48 26 +22 57
4 Almondsbury Picksons 30 16 7 7 51 33 +18 55
5 Lambourn Sports 30 15 5 10 53 52 +1 50
6 Kidlington 30 13 7 10 51 45 +6 46
7 Highworth Town 30 12 6 12 52 57 −5 42
8 Clanfield 30 13 2 15 51 59 −8 41
9 Cirencester Town 30 11 7 12 43 51 −8 40
10 Carterton Town 30 10 9 11 46 54 −8 39
11 Chipping Norton Town 30 8 11 11 49 45 +4 35
12 Purton 30 9 8 13 40 39 +1 35
13 The Herd 30 9 7 14 47 47 0 34
14 Cheltenham Saracens 30 7 4 19 22 54 −32 25
15 Easington Sports 30 5 10 15 26 60 −34 25
16 Avon Bradford 30 3 7 20 34 64 −30 16 Resigned from the league
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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