1975–76 Midland Football League

The 1975–76 Midland Football League was the 76th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Also this season the league introduced Division One.

Premier Division

Football league season

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Season	1975–76
Champions	Eastwood Town
Promoted	Frickley Colliery
Matches played	306
Goals scored	905 (2.96 per match)
← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Eastwood Town	34	23	6	5	70	36	+34	52
2	Arnold	34	20	9	5	74	44	+30	49
3	Long Eaton United	34	17	12	5	47	31	+16	46
4	Alfreton Town	34	19	6	9	76	41	+35	44
5	Bridlington Trinity	34	18	6	10	56	36	+20	42
6	Mexborough Town Athletic	34	15	10	9	71	45	+26	40
7	Boston	34	14	8	12	54	47	+7	36
8	Frickley Colliery	34	10	16	8	50	45	+5	36	Promoted to the Northern Premier League
9	Belper Town	34	14	8	12	36	32	+4	36
10	Kimberley Town	34	14	6	14	47	56	−9	34
11	Ilkeston Town	34	12	8	14	52	61	−9	32
12	Skegness Town	34	11	9	14	41	40	+1	31
13	Louth United	34	10	10	14	57	60	−3	30
14	Sutton Town	34	9	12	13	39	46	−7	30
15	Clifton All Whites	34	5	12	17	37	63	−26	22
16	Retford Town	34	6	7	21	37	79	−42	19
17	Heanor Town	34	4	9	21	33	69	−36	17
18	Ashby Institute	34	4	8	22	28	74	−46	16

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.

Division One

Football league season

Midland Football League
Division One
Season	1975–76
Champions	Brimington
Matches played	210
Goals scored	714 (3.4 per match)
1976–77 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brimington	28	20	4	4	63	18	+45	44
2	Arnold Kingswell	28	18	6	4	81	26	+55	42
3	Long Eaton Grange	28	17	8	3	56	22	+34	42
4	Linby Colliery	28	17	5	6	61	37	+24	39
5	Staveley Works	28	12	11	5	63	32	+31	35
6	Oakham United	28	11	5	12	49	45	+4	27
7	Clifton All Whites reserves	28	11	5	12	43	52	−9	27
8	Clay Cross Works	28	9	9	10	45	57	−12	27
9	Eastwood Town reserves	28	9	6	13	29	46	−17	24
10	Arnold reserves	28	9	5	14	40	54	−14	23
11	Long Eaton United reserves	28	7	7	14	37	47	−10	21
12	Sutton Town reserves	28	7	7	14	42	55	−13	21
13	Belper Town reserves	28	8	5	15	37	62	−25	21
14	Retford Town reserves	28	7	3	18	39	76	−37	17	Resigned from the league
15	Kimberley Town reserves	28	4	2	22	29	85	−56	10	Resigned from the league

References

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Member clubs

1975–76 in English football

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Levels 5–6	Isthmian League (One, Two) Northern Premier League (level 5 only) Southern League (Premier, One North, One South)
Levels 7–9	Athenian League (One, Two) Cheshire County League (level 7 only) Eastern Counties League (level 7 only) Essex Senior League (level 7 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 7 only) Lancashire Combination (level 7 only) London Spartan League (One, Two) Midland Football Combination (level 7 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 7 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) 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 Vase
Football League cups	League Cup (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Burnley Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hull City Luton Town Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Southampton Sunderland West Bromwich Albion York City
Third Division	Aldershot Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Cardiff City Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Mansfield Town Millwall Peterborough United Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall Wrexham
Fourth Division	Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington

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