1969–70 Midland Football League

Midland Football League
Season1969–70
ChampionsAlfreton Town
Matches played306
Goals scored1,100 (3.59 per match)

The 1969–70 Midland Football League season was the 70th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Clubs

The league featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alfreton Town 34 30 3 1 119 19 6.263 63
2 Grantham 34 21 7 6 81 40 2.025 49
3 Arnold 34 18 9 7 80 48 1.667 45
4 Ashby Institute 34 17 11 6 59 42 1.405 45
5 Sutton Town 34 18 7 9 66 34 1.941 43
6 Worksop Town 34 17 6 11 76 45 1.689 40
7 Ilkeston Town 34 17 5 12 65 51 1.275 39
8 Heanor Town 34 17 3 14 73 53 1.377 37
9 Lockheed Leamington 34 16 4 14 65 59 1.102 36
10 Retford Town 34 16 3 15 65 65 1.000 35
11 Skegness Town 34 13 8 13 54 44 1.227 34
12 Stamford 34 13 4 17 63 79 0.797 30
13 Warley 34 8 7 19 37 81 0.457 23
14 Boston 34 8 6 20 32 72 0.444 22
15 Loughborough United 34 9 3 22 51 93 0.548 21
16 Long Eaton United 34 5 10 19 45 79 0.570 20
17 Barton Town 34 7 4 23 38 92 0.413 18 Transferred to the Yorkshire Football League
18 Belper Town 34 4 4 26 31 104 0.298 12
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.

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