2023–24 Men's England Hockey League season

The 2023–24 Men's England Hockey League season was the 2023–24 season of England's field hockey league structure and England Hockey Men's Championship Cup for men.^[1][2] The season started on 16 September 2023.^[3] Old Georgians were the defending league and cup champions, having won the league and cup double twice during the last two seasons.^[4]

Men's England Hockey League

Champions	Old Georgians (league) Beeston (cup)
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

Old Georgians secured a third successive league championship defeating Surbiton 3-1 in the play off final.^[5] Beeston regained the England Hockey Men's Championship Cup that they last won in 2020.^[6][7]

Format

The Premier Division changed the system of phases and matches, whereby it was possible for a team finishing eighth after phase 2 to still win the title.

• Phase 1 - 11 matches per club determining the top six and bottom six clubs for phase 2.
• Phase 2 - 5 additional matches per club determining the top eight and bottom four clubs for phase 3.
• Phase 3 - 3 additional matches per club determining the top four to progress to league finals weekend and the bottom two to be relegated.

2023-24 teams

Premier Division

Beeston

Cardiff & Met

East Grinstead

Holcombe

Old Georgians

Oxted

Reading

Uni Nottingham

Locations of the 2023–24 Premier Division teams

Hampstead & Westminster

Southgate

Surbiton

Wimbledon

Oxted

Greater London Premier Division hockey teams

Team	City/town	Home pitch
Beeston	Beeston	Nottingham Hockey Centre
Cardiff & Met	Cardiff	Sophia Gardens
East Grinstead	East Grinstead	East Grinstead Sports Club, Saint Hill Rd
Hampstead & Westminster	Paddington	Paddington Recreation Ground
Holcombe	Rochester	Holcombe Park, Curtis Way
Old Georgians	Addlestone	St George's College
Oxted	Oxted	Caterham School
Reading	Reading	Sonning Lane
Southgate	Trent Park	Southgate Hockey Centre
Surbiton	Long Ditton	Sugden Road
University of Nottingham	Nottingham	University of Nottingham
Wimbledon	Wimbledon	King's College School

Division One South

Brighton

Canterbury

Havant

Sevenoaks

Buccaneers

Uni Exeter

Bowdon

Brooklands

Cambridge City

Deeside Ramblers

Uni Durham

Harborne

Leeds

Loughborough

Olton

Uni Birmingham

Locations of the 2023–24 Division One teams; red = South, blue = north

Old Cranleighans

Old Loughtonians

Richmond

Sevenoaks

Teddington

Greater London Division One hockey teams

Team	City/town	Home pitch
Brighton & Hove	Brighton & Hove	Blatchington Mill
Canterbury	Canterbury	Polo Farm
Havant	Havant	Havant Park
Old Cranleighans	Thames Ditton	Portsmouth Road
Old Loughtonians	Chigwell	Roding Sports Centre, Luxborough Lane
Richmond	Chiswick	Quintin Hogg Memorial Sports
Sevenoaks	Sevenoaks	Vine Cricket Ground, Hollybush Lane
Team Bath Buccaneers	Bath	University of Bath
Teddington	Teddington	Teddington School
University of Exeter	Exeter	Streatham Campus

Division One North

Team	City/town	Home pitch
Bowdon	Bowdon	The Bowdon Club
Brooklands Manchester University	Sale	Brooklands Sports Club
Cambridge City	Cambridge	University Sports Ground
Deeside Ramblers	Tiverton	Whitchurch Road
Durham University	Durham	The Graham Sports Centre
Harborne	Harborne	Eastern Road, King Edward School
Leeds	Leeds	Sports Park Weetwood
Loughborough Students	Loughborough	Loughborough University
Olton & West Warwicks	Olton	West Warwickshire Sports Club
University of Birmingham	Birmingham	Bournbrook

Final tables

Premier Division

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts	Section
1	Old Georgians	16	15	0	1	45	Top 6-top 8
2	Surbiton	16	13	0	3	39	Top 6-top 8
3	Wimbledon	16	12	0	4	36	Top 6-top 8
4	Holcombe	16	11	0	5	33	Top 6-top 8
5	Hampstead and Westminster	16	8	0	7	24	Top 6-top 8
6	Southgate	16	5	1	10	16	Top 6-top 8
7	Oxted	16	7	2	7	23	Bottom 6-top 8
8	Beeston	16	7	1	8	22	Bottom 6-top 8
9	East Grinstead	19	8	1	10	25	Bottom 6-bottom 4
10	Cardiff & Met	19	3	5	11	14	Bottom 6-bottom 4
11	Reading (R)	19	3	2	14	11	Bottom 6-bottom 4
12	University of Nottingham (R)	19	2	4	13	10	Bottom 6-bottom 4

Top 8 - Phase 3

Pool A Pos Team Pts 1 Old Georgians 9 2 Hampstead & W 6 3 Holcombe 3 4 Beeston 0

Pool B Pos Team Pts 1 Surbiton 7 2 Wimbledon 7 3 Southgate 4 4 Oxted 0

Finals weekend

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 Apr – Sugden Road, Long Ditton
	Surbiton	4
					14 Apr – Sugden Road, Long Ditton
	Hampstead	1
					Surbiton	1
	13 Apr – Sugden Road, Long Ditton
					Old Georgians	3
	Old Georgians	4
	Wimbledon	3

Old Georgians
George Pinner (gk), Henry Weir, Liam Sanford, Thabang Modise, Tom Carson, James Carson (fg 57th minute), Ashley Jackson, Dan Shingles (c) (pc 45th minute), Josh Pavis, Lee Morton (fg 22nd minute), Edward Carson, Chris Griffiths, Chris Proctor, Sam Hiha, Matthew Brown, Alan Forsyth

Surbiton
James Mazarelo (gk), Luke Naylor, Rob Farrington, Jonny Gall, Tim Nurse (c), Nick Park, Struan Walker (fg 2nd minute), Louis Gittens, Stuart Rushmere, Brendan Creed, Adam Buckle, Alex Williams, Sam Corney, Conor Williamson, Gareth Furlong, Jack Hobkirk

Division One South

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Richmond	18	14	1	3	43
2	Teddington	18	11	3	4	36
3	University of Exeter	18	10	4	4	34
4	Old Loughtonians	18	9	3	6	30
5	Canterbury	18	7	5	6	26
6	Team Bath Buccaneers	18	6	4	8	22
7	Sevenoaks	18	5	6	7	21
8	Havant	18	5	5	8	20
9	Old Cranleighans	18	5	3	10	18
10	Brighton & Hove	18	1	0	17	3

Division One North

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	Bowdon	18	15	2	1	47
2	Loughborough Students	18	12	3	3	39
3	Brooklands Manchester University	18	11	2	5	35
4	Durham University	18	10	2	6	32
5	Olton & West Warwicks	18	8	2	8	26
6	Harborne	18	6	5	7	23
7	University of Birmingham	18	6	4	8	22
8	Deeside Ramblers	18	4	3	11	15
9	Leeds	18	3	2	13	11
10	Cambridge City	18	1	3	14	6

England Hockey Men's Championship Cup

Semi-finals

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score
7 Apr	Beeston	Norwich City	5–3
7 Apr	Old Georgians	Banbury	3–5

Final

• Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre

Date	Team 1	Team 2	Score
6 May	Beeston	Banbury	4–2

Beeston
Toby Jackson (gk), Toby Stanley, Alasdair Richmond, Robbie Gleeson, Gareth Griffiths (c), Ben Collinson, Ollie Ashdown, Henry Croft (pc 51st minute, fg 66th minute), Brendan Andrews, Owen Sutton, Joe Paul, William Prentice (fg 40th minute), Max Sowter (fg 58th minute), Dylan Lim, Jack Stamp, Ryan Day

Banbury
Fergus Dunleavy (gk), Charlie Camp, Pete Lamb, Josh Nunneley (pc 55th minute), Sam Pick, Joe Allen, Tyson Nunneley (pc 30th minute), Connor Roberts, Jacob Buckner-Rowley, George Brooker (c), Jamie Boardman, Will Kellett, Jonty Duffy, Tom Crowfoot, James Long, Will Crowfoot

See also

• 2023–24 Women's England Hockey League season