2019–20 Men's Hockey League season

Men's England Hockey League

Season	2019–20
Champions	Surbiton (3rd title)
Relegated	Reading
Euro Hockey League	Surbiton Hampstead & Westminster
Matches played	90
Goals scored	495 (5.5 per match)
Top goalscorer	Luke Taylor (28 goals)
Biggest home win	Wimbledon 12–0 University of Exeter
Biggest away win	Brooklands 0–12 Surbiton
Highest scoring	Wimbledon 12–0 University of Exeter Brooklands 0–12 Surbiton Surbiton 8–4 Hampstead & Westminster
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Men's England Hockey League season was the 2019–20 season of England's field hockey league structure. The season started on 14 September 2019 and was due to end in March 2020, but finished on 12 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[1]

The defending champions were Hampstead and Westminster.[2] Old Georgians, winners of the Hockey League Conference East replaced the relegated Sevenoaks.

On 17 March 2020, the play-offs were suspended due to COVID.[3] The play-offs were officially cancelled on 28 April 2020 and Surbiton were crowned champions.[4]

Beeston Hockey Club won the delayed Championship Cup on 12 September 2020, defeating Bowdon and Fareham respectively.[5]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Surbiton (C)	18	15	2	1	93	25	+68	47	Qualification for the Euro Hockey League
2	Hampstead & Westminster	18	13	2	3	64	38	+26	41
3	Wimbledon	18	12	3	3	73	29	+44	39
4	Old Georgians	18	11	4	3	63	40	+23	37
5	Holcombe	18	7	5	6	51	53	−2	26
6	Beeston	18	6	2	10	37	41	−4	20
7	East Grinstead	18	4	2	12	31	65	−34	14
8	Brooklands	18	4	1	13	28	64	−36	13
9	University of Exeter	18	3	2	13	28	77	−49	11
10	Reading (R)	18	2	3	13	29	65	−36	9	Relegation to Division One

Source: England Hockey
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BEE	BRO	EGS	H&W	HOL	OG	REA	SUR	UOE	WIM
Beeston	—	3–1	2–1	3–4	3–4	1–2	2–2	1–7	2–1	3–2
Brooklands	2–1	—	2–1	3–4	1–1	1–3	4–1	0–12	2–3	1–3
East Grinstead	1–5	5–3	—	1–6	4–3	0–5	2–1	0–5	2–2	3–4
Hampstead & Westminster	2–0	2–1	3–0	—	4–4	3–4	5–0	1–1	6–3	1–3
Holcombe	2–2	3–1	5–3	1–6	—	4–5	6–2	2–3	3–2	3–3
Old Georgians	2–1	3–1	5–0	1–3	3–3	—	5–2	3–4	5–1	3–3
Reading	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–4	2–3	4–4	—	1–10	0–3	1–3
Surbiton	4–2	7–0	4–1	8–4	3–1	3–3	4–0	—	7–0	1–3
University of Exeter	0–5	2–3	2–2	1–4	0–2	2–5	3–2	2–8	—	1–7
Wimbledon	2–0	7–1	7–2	1–2	6–1	4–2	2–2	1–2	12–0	—

Source: England Hockey
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 15 March 2020[6]

Rank	Player	Club	FG	PC	PS	Goals
1	Luke Taylor	Surbiton	0	27	1	28
2	Ed Horler	Wimbledon	15	9	0	24
3	Matthew Guise-Brown	Hampstead & Westminster	0	23	0	23
4	Alan Forsyth	Surbiton	19	0	1	20
5	Nick Bandurak	Holcombe	13	4	0	17
6	Sam Ward	Old Georgians	9	6	1	16
7	Ben Boon	Surbiton	14	1	0	15
	Tom Carson	Old Georgians	12	3	0
9	Ben Francis	Wimbledon	13	0	0	13
10	James Tindall	Old Georgians	8	4	0	12

Play-offs

The semi-finals were scheduled to be played on 29 March at the home club venues and the final was scheduled to be played on 5 April at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London. On 17 March 2020, the play-offs were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[3] The play-offs were officially cancelled on 28 April 2020[4]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 March – Long Ditton
	Surbiton
					5 April – London
	Old Georgians	cancelled
					N/A
	29 March – London
					N/A	cancelled
	Hampstead & Westminster
	Wimbledon	cancelled

England Hockey Men's Championship Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Beeston	Belper	12-2
Southgate	University of Birmingham	3-2
Bowdon	Timperley	0-0 (4-1 pens)
Fareham	Canterbury	w/o - conceded

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Bowdon	Beeston	2-2 (7-8p)[5]
Fareham	Southgate	4-3 [5]

Final

Team 1	Team 2	Score	Scorers
Beeston	Fareham	9-1 [5]	Dixon, Apoola (4), Griffiths (3), Alcalde / Boxall

Beeston
Simon Hujwan (gk), Joshua Pavis, Ollie Willars, Kyle Marshall, Robbie Gleeson, Gareth Griffiths, Tom Crowson, Nick Park, Henry Croft, Alex Blumfield, Adam Dixon, Lucas Alcalde, Chris Proctor, Sam Apoola, Matthew Crookshanks, James Hunt.
Fareham
Rory Kemp (gk), Sam Ratcliffe, Tom Larcombe, Christian McKenna, Shane Vincent, Niall Stott, Danny Rawlings, Fergus Jackson, Josh Steel, Alex Boxall, Phillip Larcombe; subs-Jamie Young, Neil West, Dylan Coleman, Christopher Tagg, Alex Beckett.

See also

• 2019–20 Women's England Hockey League season

References

1. "Men's Hockey League Premier Division". England Hockey. 20 October 2023.
2. "New Champions of Men's Hockey League are Hampstead & Westminster". England Hockey. 20 October 2023.
3. "England Hockey suspends national hockey activity". Retrieved 20 March 2020.
4. "Surbiton crowned double champions as England Hockey reconciles 2019/20 season". Retrieved 29 April 2020.
5. "Men's Tier 1 Championships". England Hockey. 20 October 2023.
6. "Individual Statistics - Goal Scorers". englandhockey.altiusrt.com. England Hockey.