1971–72 Midland Football League

The 1971–72 Midland Football League season was the 72nd in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Midland Football League
Season1971–72
ChampionsGrantham
PromotedGrantham
Matches played306
Goals scored985 (3.22 per match)

Clubs

The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Grantham 34 25 5 4 106 32 3.313 55 Promoted to the Southern Football League
2 Alfreton Town 34 22 5 7 85 39 2.179 49
3 Skegness Town 34 18 8 8 62 34 1.824 44
4 Long Eaton United 34 16 10 8 49 38 1.289 42
5 Belper Town 34 16 9 9 46 33 1.394 41
6 Worksop Town 34 17 7 10 70 53 1.321 41
7 Arnold 34 18 4 12 70 54 1.296 40
8 Gateshead 34 17 5 12 60 53 1.132 39
9 Frickley Colliery 34 13 8 13 46 43 1.070 34
10 Boston 34 13 7 14 44 48 0.917 33
11 Sutton Town 34 10 11 13 47 52 0.904 31
12 Retford Town 34 11 8 15 61 69 0.884 30
13 Eastwood Town 34 9 9 16 50 65 0.769 27
14 Ashby Institute 34 10 7 17 47 62 0.758 27
15 Heanor Town 34 11 5 18 51 68 0.750 27 Transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League
16 Kimberley Town 34 7 8 19 31 73 0.425 22
17 Stamford 34 5 9 20 33 71 0.465 19 Transferred to the United Counties League
18 Loughborough United 34 5 1 28 27 98 0.276 11
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

References
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