1976–77 Midland Football League

The 1976–77 Midland Football League was the 77th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Football league season

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Season	1976–77
Champions	Alfreton Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	834 (2.73 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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

Brigg Town, joined from the Lincolnshire Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Alfreton Town	34	24	5	5	79	33	+46	53
2	Long Eaton United	34	20	6	8	66	36	+30	46
3	Brigg Town	34	16	13	5	54	32	+22	45
4	Arnold	34	18	6	10	63	38	+25	42
5	Eastwood Town	34	14	11	9	57	41	+16	39
6	Mexborough Town Athletic	34	14	11	9	50	37	+13	39
7	Boston	34	14	10	10	42	26	+16	38
8	Louth United	34	14	8	12	61	55	+6	36
9	Sutton Town	34	12	11	11	39	45	−6	35
10	Bridlington Trinity	34	12	8	14	43	51	−8	32
11	Kimberley Town	34	12	6	16	40	54	−14	30
12	Heanor Town	34	10	9	15	38	59	−21	29
13	Skegness Town	34	10	7	17	29	42	−13	27
14	Belper Town	34	8	10	16	31	48	−17	26
15	Ilkeston Town	34	9	8	17	41	66	−25	26
16	Clifton All Whites	34	6	13	15	28	51	−23	25
17	Retford Town	34	7	8	19	39	59	−20	22
18	Ashby Institute	34	6	10	18	34	61	−27	22

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	1976–77
Champions	Long Eaton Grange
Matches played	272
Goals scored	881 (3.24 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Division One featured 13 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs:

Attenborough, joined from the Central Alliance
Carrvale United
Dinnington Colliery
Ilkeston Town reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Long Eaton Grange	32	22	6	4	77	18	+59	50
2	Staveley Works	32	21	7	4	64	31	+33	49
3	Arnold Kingswell	32	19	9	4	69	24	+45	47
4	Linby Colliery	32	20	6	6	72	35	+37	46
5	Clay Cross Works	32	16	8	8	66	48	+18	40
6	Carrvale United	32	16	7	9	60	49	+11	39
7	Brimington	32	13	11	8	44	31	+13	37	Resigned from the league
8	Attenborough	32	12	9	11	59	54	+5	33
9	Clifton All Whites reserves	32	13	6	13	61	67	−6	32
10	Dinnington Colliery	32	10	8	14	45	43	+2	28
11	Oakham United	32	11	5	16	64	66	−2	27
12	Arnold reserves	32	9	7	16	42	66	−24	25
13	Eastwood Town reserves	32	6	11	15	35	67	−32	23
14	Long Eaton United reserves	32	8	5	19	39	66	−27	21
15	Ilkeston Town reserves	32	7	4	21	34	68	−34	18
16	Sutton Town reserves	32	6	3	23	27	86	−59	15	Resigned from the league
17	Belper Town reserves	32	4	6	22	23	62	−39	14

References

v t e Midland Football League
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Member clubs

1976–77 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 (Premier, One) 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 Bristol City Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
Second Division	Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Fulham Hereford United Hull City Luton Town Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Orient Plymouth Argyle Sheffield United Southampton Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Chester Chesterfield Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Oxford United Peterborough United Port Vale Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Wrexham York City
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnsley Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Halifax Town Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Newport County Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southend United Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Watford Workington

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