2017–18 East Midlands Counties Football League

The 2017–18 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 10th in the history of East Midlands Counties Football League, a football competition in England at level 10 of the English football league system.

League

East Midlands Counties
Football League
Season2017–18
ChampionsDunkirk
PromotedDunkirk
RelegatedRadcliffe Olympic
Matches played420
Goals scored1,639 (3.9 per match)
Top goalscorerTyrell Shannon-Lewis (Clifton All Whites)
39 goals
Biggest home winRadford 10–0 Radcliffe Olympic
(22 August 2017)
Biggest away winArnold Town 1–10 Clifton All Whites
(1 May 2018)
Highest scoringArnold Town 8–3 Holwell Sports
(21 October 2017)
Arnold Town 1-10 Clifton All Whites
(1 May 2018)
Longest winning run9 matches
Dunkirk
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Dunkirk
Longest losing run11 matches
Radcliffe Olympic
Borrowash Victoria
Highest attendance342
Selston 3–0 West Bridgford
(21 April 2018)
Lowest attendance10
Radcliffe Olympic 2–3 Barrow Town
(28 October 2017)
Stapenhill 0-2 Clifton All Whites
(14 April 2018)
(Played at Clifton)
Radcliffe Olympic 1-2 Birstall United
(1 May 2018)
Average attendance51

The league featured 19 clubs from the previous season, along with three new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dunkirk 40 28 5 7 133 49 +84 89 Promoted to the Midland League
2 Anstey Nomads 40 29 2 9 116 56 +60 89 Transferred to the United Counties League
3 Teversal 40 28 3 9 93 51 +42 87
4 Selston 40 25 6 9 97 59 +38 81
5 Belper United 40 21 11 8 76 44 +32 74
6 Kimberley Miners Welfare 40 21 8 11 75 56 +19 71
7 Radford 40 21 7 12 104 57 +47 70
8 Birstall United 40 21 6 13 98 67 +31 69 Transferred to the United Counties League
9 Aylestone Park 40 21 3 16 90 67 +23 66
10 Gedling Miners Welfare 40 20 2 18 71 65 +6 62
11 Barrow Town 40 18 7 15 76 72 +4 61
12 Clifton All Whites 40 17 8 15 102 73 +29 59
13 Stapenhill 40 14 8 18 87 86 +1 50 Transferred to the Midland League Division One
14 Holbrook Sports 40 14 2 24 60 82 22 44 Resigned to the Central Midlands Football League
15 West Bridgford 40 14 2 24 56 96 40 44
16 Graham Street Prims 40 11 10 19 56 86 30 43
17 Ashby Ivanhoe 40 12 3 25 55 81 26 39
18 Holwell Sports 40 10 8 22 61 98 37 38 Transferred to the United Counties League
19 Borrowash Victoria 40 10 4 26 58 120 62 34
20 Arnold Town 40 7 1 32 48 131 83 19[lower-alpha 1]
21 Radcliffe Olympic 40 4 2 34 27 143 116 14 Relegated to the Nottinghamshire Senior League
22 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[lower-alpha 2] Resigned to the Leicestershire Senior League
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [1]
Notes:
  1. Arnold Town were deducted three points for failing to fulfil a fixture against Stapenhill on 18 November.
  2. Blaby & Whetstone Athletic were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Barrow Town on 16 December,
    and a further three points for failing to fulfill a fixture on 17 February.
    On 23 March they submitted their resignation to the league after playing 29 matches, 2 days later their playing record was expunged.

Stadia and locations

Club Stadium Seats[2]
Anstey NomadsCropston Road100
Arnold TownEagle Valley100
Ashby IvanhoeLower Packington Road50
Aylestone ParkSaffron Lane100
Barrow TownBarrow Road100
Belper UnitedBorrowash Road [lower-alpha 1]100
Birstall UnitedMeadow Lane
Blaby & Whetstone AthleticWarwick Road100
Borrowash VictoriaBorrowash Road100
Clifton All WhitesGreen Lane
DunkirkLenton Lane
Gedling Miners WelfarePlains Road100
Graham Street PrimsBorrowash Road
Holbrook SportsShaw Lane100
Holwell SportsWelby Road100
Kimberley Miners WelfareThe Stag Ground100
Radcliffe OlympicWharf Lane100
RadfordSelhurst Street100
SelstonMansfield Road54
StapenhillMaple Grove100
TeversalCarnarvon Street100
West BridgfordRegatta Way
  1. home of Borrowash Victoria (groundshare)

References

  1. "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. "Clubs - East Midlands Counties League | www.emc-fl.com". eastmidlandscountiesleague.pitchero.com. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
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