# 1978–79 Hellenic Football League

The 1978–79 Hellenic Football League season was the 26th in the history of the Hellenic Football League, a football competition in England. From this season the Hellenic League used again two points for a win.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured twelve clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One:
* Bicester Town
* Garrard Athletic

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Newbury Town | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 31 | 1.677 | 36 | |
| 2 | Fairford Town | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 39 | 1.359 | 35 | |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 35 | 1.486 | 34 | |
| 4 | Thame United | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 26 | 1.423 | 33 | |
| 5 | Bicester Town | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 38 | 1.237 | 33 | |
| 6 | Chipping Norton Town | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 51 | 27 | 1.889 | 32 | Transferred to the Midland Combination |
| 7 | Moreton Town | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 1.355 | 31 | |
| 8 | Flackwell Heath | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 33 | 1.121 | 28 | |
| 9 | Clanfield | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 47 | 0.766 | 22 | |
| 10 | Wallingford Town | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 48 | 0.854 | 20 | |
| 11 | Abingdon Town | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 51 | 0.667 | 19 | |
| 12 | Didcot Town | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 52 | 0.635 | 17 | |
| 13 | Garrard Athletic | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 35 | 51 | 0.686 | 16 | Resigned from the league |
| 14 | Abingdon United | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 65 | 0.369 | 8 | |

## Division One

The Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:
* Thatcham Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Cirencester Town, relegated from the Premier Division
* Northwood, joined from the Middlesex County Senior League
* Rayners Lane

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Northwood | 34 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 110 | 24 | 4.583 | 56 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Kidlington | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 87 | 35 | 2.486 | 52 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 3 | Morris Motors | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 86 | 34 | 2.529 | 50 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Maidenhead Town | 34 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 72 | 36 | 2.000 | 48 | |
| 5 | Rivet Sports | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 53 | 38 | 1.395 | 44 | |
| 6 | Lambourn Sports | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 86 | 58 | 1.483 | 42 | |
| 7 | Hazells | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 62 | 45 | 1.378 | 40 | |
| 8 | Thatcham Town | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 67 | 56 | 1.196 | 37 | |
| 9 | Rayners Lane | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 63 | 67 | 0.940 | 33 | |
| 10 | Easington Sports | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 60 | 66 | 0.909 | 31 | |
| 11 | Cirencester Town | 33 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 45 | 66 | 0.682 | 31 | |
| 12 | Brackley Town | 34 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 36 | 1.167 | 30 | |
| 13 | Ruislip Town | 33 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 51 | 64 | 0.797 | 26 | |
| 14 | Pressed Steel | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 57 | 76 | 0.750 | 26 | |
| 15 | Dowty Staverton | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 34 | 84 | 0.405 | 20 | |
| 16 | Aston Clinton | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 47 | 90 | 0.522 | 18 | |
| 17 | Wantage Town | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 45 | 94 | 0.479 | 17 | |
| 18 | Buckingham Athletic | 34 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 28 | 126 | 0.222 | 9 | Resigned from the league |