1970–71 Midland Football League

Football league season

Midland Football League
Season	1970–71
Champions	Grantham
Promoted	Ilkeston Town Lockheed Leamington
Matches played	306
Goals scored	977 (3.19 per match)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 Midland Football League season was the 71st 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:

Frickley Colliery, joined from the Cheshire County League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grantham	34	26	6	2	100	28	3.571	58
2	Arnold	34	21	8	5	78	45	1.733	50
3	Frickley Colliery	34	19	11	4	68	38	1.789	49
4	Ilkeston Town	34	18	10	6	53	31	1.710	46	Promoted to the Southern Football League
5	Alfreton Town	34	18	6	10	83	39	2.128	42
6	Lockheed Leamington	34	18	6	10	64	41	1.561	42	Promoted to the Southern Football League
7	Worksop Town	34	13	10	11	65	72	0.903	36
8	Skegness Town	34	9	14	11	39	44	0.886	32
9	Sutton Town	34	13	5	16	52	52	1.000	31
10	Retford Town	34	13	5	16	65	88	0.739	31
11	Belper Town	34	10	9	15	38	44	0.864	29
12	Long Eaton United	34	11	6	17	50	63	0.794	28
13	Heanor Town	34	7	13	14	46	60	0.767	27
14	Loughborough United	34	7	13	14	37	53	0.698	27
15	Ashby Institute	34	7	12	15	39	60	0.650	26
16	Boston	34	7	11	16	36	54	0.667	25
17	Stamford	34	3	12	19	31	72	0.431	18
18	Warley	34	5	5	24	33	93	0.355	15	Transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League

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

External links

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League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (level 5 only) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (Premier, One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (level 7 only) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (level 7 only) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (One, Two, Three) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only) Western League (level 7 only) Yorkshire League (One, Two, Three)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final) FA Amateur Cup
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Watney Cup

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Club seasons
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Second Division	Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Hull City Leicester City Leyton Orient Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United Sunderland Swindon Town Watford
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