1972–73 Midland Football League

Football league season

Midland Football League
Season	1972–73
Champions	Worksop Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,053 (3.44 per match)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The 1972–73 Midland Football League season was the 73rd in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Clubs

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

Bridlington Trinity, transferred from the Yorkshire League
Hednesford, transferred from the West Midlands (Regional) League
Stockton

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Worksop Town	34	26	3	5	101	35	2.886	55
2	Frickley Colliery	34	22	6	6	75	26	2.885	50
3	Kimberley Town	34	20	5	9	66	38	1.737	45
4	Alfreton Town	34	17	10	7	80	44	1.818	44
5	Sutton Town	34	16	12	6	55	33	1.667	44
6	Belper Town	34	17	9	8	52	31	1.677	43
7	Boston	34	16	10	8	62	30	2.067	42
8	Long Eaton United	34	14	7	13	51	56	0.911	35
9	Gateshead	34	14	6	14	72	68	1.059	34	Club folded
10	Arnold	34	12	10	12	57	57	1.000	34
11	Skegness Town	34	13	6	15	67	52	1.288	32
12	Ashby Institute	34	11	8	15	54	52	1.038	30
13	Eastwood Town	34	10	9	15	51	56	0.911	29
14	Bridlington Trinity	34	9	5	20	58	74	0.784	23
15	Hednesford	34	11	1	22	49	93	0.527	23
16	Stockton	34	6	10	18	43	60	0.717	22	Resigned from the league
17	Retford Town	34	7	8	19	36	81	0.444	22
18	Loughborough United	34	2	1	31	24	167	0.144	5	Resigned from the 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 North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (Premier, One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One, Two) 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 (Premier, One, Two) 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

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers
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