2016–17 Midland Football League

The 2016–17 Midland Football League season was the third in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Season2016–17
ChampionsAlvechurch
PromotedAlvechurch
RelegatedBrocton
Tividale
Walsall Wood
Matches played462
Goals scored1,621 (3.51 per match)

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Alvechurch 42 28 8 6 91 33 +58 92 Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One South
2 Coleshill Town 42 27 5 10 109 59 +50 86
3 Sporting Khalsa 42 24 10 8 92 50 +42 82
4 Lye Town 42 22 10 10 73 45 +28 76
5 Westfields 42 20 10 12 98 75 +23 70
6 Heanor Town 42 20 9 13 87 65 +22 69
7 Highgate United 42 18 9 15 84 71 +13 63
8 Coventry United 42 18 8 16 63 57 +6 62
9 St Andrews 42 18 8 16 86 88 −2 62 Transferred to the United Counties League
10 Coventry Sphinx 42 16 9 17 78 79 −1 57
11 Quorn 42 16 9 17 58 74 −16 57
12 Boldmere St Michaels 42 15 10 17 73 63 +10 55
13 Stourport Swifts 42 14 11 17 73 83 −10 53
14 Long Eaton United 42 15 8 19 74 87 −13 53
15 Shepshed Dynamo 42 14 10 18 65 68 −3 52
16 Rocester 42 13 13 16 71 86 −15 52
17 AFC Wulfrunians 42 14 8 20 55 72 −17 50
18 Loughborough University 42 11 15 16 67 66 +1 48
19 Shawbury United 42 14 5 23 69 91 −22 47
20 Walsall Wood 42 14 5 23 57 86 −29 47 Relegated to Division One
21 Brocton 42 10 4 28 50 112 −62 34
22 Tividale 42 6 6 30 48 111 −63 24 Relegated to the West Midlands 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]

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:[2]

  1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November
  2. Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March
  3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
  4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

The following six teams achieved criterion one:[3]

Results

Home \ Away AWU ALV BOS BRO COL COV CVU HEA HIG LOE LOU LYE QON ROC SHA SPD SPK STA SPS TIV WAW WES
AFC Wulfrunians 0–2 2–0 2–3 0–0 1–4 4–1 2–0 2–2 4–3 3–2 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–4 0–3 0–0 1–0 0–1
Alvechurch 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 0–1 5–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 5–1 1–1 4–0 4–1 2–0
Boldmere St. Michaels 1–0 3–0 5–1 4–2 1–1 4–3 0–2 0–4 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 8–0 1–3 3–0 1–2 1–5
Brocton 0–5 0–3 2–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–6 1–4 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–6 1–3 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2
Coleshill Town 2–1 2–0 4–1 3–2 3–4 4–0 2–3 2–1 2–3 0–2 2–3 1–0 5–2 6–1 2–0 3–3 5–1 4–3 4–2 5–2 3–1
Coventry Sphinx 3–0 0–2 0–0 8–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 4–4 3–1 2–1 0–5 0–5 1–3 1–1 4–0 2–3
Coventry United 0–1 0–1 0–2 4–1 1–3 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–4 5–0 5–1 2–0 1–1
Heanor Town 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 4–2
Highgate United 2–0 0–3 0–6 1–2 0–1 4–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 0–0 0–3 2–1 3–0 4–2 5–1 2–2 3–5 4–0 2–1 3–2 4–0
Long Eaton United 2–3 2–5 3–1 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 4–6 2–0 5–1 2–0 0–2 3–3
Loughborough University 3–2 0–2 1–1 2–4 2–4 4–1 1–3 2–4 1–0 3–1 3–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 4–2 1–1 1–1
Lye Town 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 0–1 5–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 4–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Quorn 2–0 0–5 0–4 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 4–3 1–2 1–1 2–1
Rocester 0–0 0–3 3–0 5–4 0–4 1–4 1–0 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 2–2 4–4 0–0 4–1 3–2 2–4
Shawbury United 2–1 1–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 4–3 1–1 0–3 2–4 5–1 0–5 0–3 1–2 4–3 2–1 0–1 2–6 3–0 2–0 1–2 5–1
Shepshed Dynamo 5–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 2–3 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–2 3–3 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 4–5
Sporting Khalsa 1–0 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 3–2 5–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 5–1 3–0 0–2 1–1
St Andrews 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 4–3 0–0 5–1 4–3 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 0–2 3–6 1–4 5–2 0–4
Stourport Swifts 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 1–6 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–2 0–5
Tividale 3–1 1–4 0–3 1–3 1–5 1–3 0–2 1–4 2–2 2–4 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–3 2–4 1–5 0–2 2–2
Walsall Wood 3–5 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–3 4–0 2–5 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 3–4
Westfields 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–4 2–2 6–1 5–1 7–1 1–0 0–3 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 3–2 3–3 3–1 4–0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2017. Source: MFL Premier Division results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

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Locations of the Premier Division clubs

Division One

Midland Football League
Division One
Season2016–17
ChampionsBromsgrove Sporting
PromotedBromsgrove Sporting
RelegatedPelsall Villa
Southam United
Matches played380
Goals scored1,521 (4 per match)

Division One featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bromsgrove Sporting 38 33 5 0 132 23 +109 104 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Hinckley 38 27 4 7 133 47 +86 85
3 Leicester Road 38 25 4 9 117 36 +81 79
4 Atherstone Town 38 24 5 9 99 58 +41 77
5 Cadbury Athletic 38 19 13 6 78 45 +33 70
6 Racing Club Warwick 38 19 9 10 92 72 +20 66
7 Lichfield City 38 17 7 14 66 61 +5 58
8 Heather St John's 38 17 4 17 67 69 −2 55
9 Littleton 38 16 4 18 64 64 0 52
10 Nuneaton Griff 38 15 6 17 71 76 −5 51
11 Uttoxeter Town 38 14 7 17 68 82 −14 49
12 Coventry Copsewood 38 14 5 19 74 90 −16 47
13 Bolehall Swifts 38 15 1 22 80 97 −17 46
14 Heath Hayes 38 12 8 18 67 69 −2 44
15 Studley 38 12 5 21 69 97 −28 41
16 Stafford Town 38 10 9 19 69 79 −10 39
17 Chelmsley Town 38 10 8 20 62 81 −19 38
18 Pershore Town 38 10 8 20 48 81 −33 38
19 Pelsall Villa 38 9 7 22 53 99 −46 34 Relegated to Division Two
20 Southam United 38 0 5 33 12 195 −183 5 Resigned from the 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]

Results

Home \ Away ATH BOS BRS CAD CHL COV HEA HEJ HIN LRD LIC LIT NUN PEL PER RCW SOU STA STU UTT
Atherstone Town 1–0 0–4 1–3 4–1 5–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–5 5–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 4–1 1–2 0–3
Bolehall Swifts 1–2 0–8 4–3 4–2 1–2 4–0 5–2 3–7 0–8 1–2 1–2 2–4 0–4 3–1 1–2 7–0 4–2 1–2 6–2
Bromsgrove Sporting 2–2 3–0 3–2 3–2 5–2 2–1 5–0 3–0 1–0 5–0 2–0 4–2 10–0 5–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
Cadbury Athletic 1–1 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 0–3 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 6–0 3–0 2–2 4–0
Chelmsley Town 0–5 2–3 1–4 0–2 4–2 1–6 1–2 3–6 0–2 3–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 3–1 8–0 0–0 6–1 0–1
Coventry Copsewood 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–4 3–1 2–3 1–3 2–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–0 1–3 8–0 3–2 0–4 1–5
Heath Hayes 3–4 1–2 0–4 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 2–3 5–0 0–0 3–4 4–0 0–2 3–0 3–3
Heather St. John's 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 4–0 4–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–4 10–0 1–2 4–3 4–3
Hinckley 2–3 4–1 1–2 5–3 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 6–0 4–1 4–1 12–0 2–1 5–1 6–2
Leicester Road 2–2 4–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 4–2 1–1 5–1 2–1 4–1 7–2 3–1 5–1 1–2 1–1 11–0 3–1 3–1 5–0
Lichfield City 5–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–4 2–1 3–0 0–4 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–3 3–0 2–2 5–0 1–1 0–3 1–1
Littleton 1–2 3–2 0–4 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–1 4–2 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–2
Nuneaton Griff 3–5 0–3 0–5 3–0 2–1 2–4 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–4 3–7 7–0 1–0 6–0 2–0
Pelsall Villa 1–6 4–1 1–5 1–2 0–0 2–3 2–3 2–1 1–6 2–1 0–0 1–5 4–0 1–4 2–2 4–0 3–1 2–4 0–0
Pershore Town 2–0 0–6 0–3 0–3 2–2 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 1–4 0–6 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–0
Racing Club Warwick 2–5 1–1 0–3 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 1–7 1–0 3–5 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–3 15–0 3–1 2–0 3–1
Southam United 0–8 0–3 0–6 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–6 1–2 0–10 0–7 2–2 0–4 0–4 2–2 0–4 1–2 0–3 1–6 1–2
Stafford Town 2–4 6–1 0–4 3–3 1–1 2–0 4–4 4–2 1–2 2–6 4–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–4 3–4 7–0 2–5 0–2
Studley 1–5 1–4 2–7 1–1 0–1 2–4 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–6 1–2 4–3 3–2 4–0 1–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 1–3
Uttoxeter Town 1–3 4–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 4–4 3–1 1–2 1–6 1–5 1–2 2–1 1–4 3–2 2–1 1–2 4–0 1–3 1–2
Source: MFL Division One results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

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Locations of the Division One clubs

Division Two

Midland Football League
Division Two
Season2016–17
ChampionsPaget Rangers
PromotedPaget Rangers
Alvis Sporting Club
RelegatedLeamington Hibernian
Continental Star

Division Two featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Paget Rangers 30 20 4 6 93 40 +53 64 Promoted to Division One
2 Alvis Sporting Club 30 19 6 5 59 29 +30 63
3 Droitwich Spa 30 20 5 5 80 31 +49 62[a]
4 Redditch Borough 30 20 4 6 87 30 +57 61[b]
5 Fairfield Villa 30 17 4 9 75 51 +24 55
6 Knowle 30 13 8 9 60 41 +19 47
7 Coton Green 30 13 8 9 56 44 +12 47
8 Sutton United 30 12 5 13 62 72 −10 40[c] Resigned from the league
9 Earlswood Town 30 11 5 14 49 53 −4 38
10 Feckenham 30 9 8 13 45 64 −19 35
11 Smithswood Firs 30 8 9 13 63 70 −7 33
12 Barnt Green Spartak 30 9 3 18 45 80 −35 30
13 Bloxwich Town 30 8 6 16 32 67 −35 30
14 Hampton 30 6 5 19 33 77 −44 23
15 Leamington Hibernian 30 6 4 20 38 79 −41 22 Relegated to Division Three
16 Continental Star 30 3 8 19 32 81 −49 17
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Droitwich Spa were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player[4]
  2. ^ Redditch Borough were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Paget Rangers on 13 August 2016.[5]
  3. ^ Sutton United were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Coton Green on 29 August 2016.[6]

Division Three

Midland Football Combination
Division Three
Season2016–17
ChampionsNKF Burbage
PromotedNKF Burbage
Montpellier
Northfield Town
Moors Academy

Division Three featured 10 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:

  • Castle Vale Town
  • Montpellier
  • Moors Academy
  • NKF Burbage, from Leicestershire Senior League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 NKF Burbage 26 22 4 0 76 14 +62 70 Promoted to Division Two
2 Montpellier 26 19 4 3 88 34 +54 61
3 Northfield Town 26 17 3 6 69 36 +33 54
4 Moors Academy 25 17 3 5 68 38 +30 54
5 Shipston Excelsior 26 12 5 9 52 53 −1 41
6 FC Stratford 26 11 3 12 64 47 +17 36
7 Alcester Town 26 10 5 11 34 32 +2 35
8 Inkberrow 26 9 5 12 45 57 −12 32
9 Coventrians 26 9 3 14 50 72 −22 30
10 Barton United 25 7 7 11 43 41 +2 28 Resigned from the league
11 Enville Athletic 26 8 2 16 23 50 −27 26
12 AFC Solihull 26 5 3 18 30 73 −43 18
13 Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons 26 4 5 17 23 63 −40 17
14 Castle Vale Town 26 3 4 19 34 89 −55 13
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

References

  1. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016–17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.
  3. ^ "Step 4 Applications". FA. 12 Dec 2016. Retrieved 15 Dec 2016.
  4. ^ "Droitwich Spa footballers denied promotion and league title after three-point deduction by Midland League". Droitwich Spar Advertiser. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  5. ^ "League Statement: Points Deduction". Midland Football League. 9 November 2016.
  6. ^ "League Statement: Points Deduction". Midland Football League. 28 September 2016.