1980–81 Midland Football League

The 1980–81 Midland Football League was the 81st in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Football league season

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Season	1980–81
Champions	Boston
Relegated	Kimberley Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	922 (3.01 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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

Guisborough Town, joined from the Northern Football Alliance

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boston	34	23	9	2	70	18	+52	55
2	Alfreton Town	34	16	10	8	73	40	+33	42
3	Eastwood Town	34	16	9	9	63	41	+22	41
4	Bridlington Trinity	34	15	10	9	63	40	+23	40
5	Guisborough Town	34	16	7	11	60	48	+12	39
6	Belper Town	34	15	8	11	44	43	+1	38
7	Arnold	34	14	8	12	55	47	+8	36
8	Heanor Town	34	13	10	11	57	52	+5	36
9	Skegness Town	34	12	11	11	49	52	−3	35
10	Long Eaton United	34	13	8	13	54	51	+3	34
11	Appleby Frodingham	34	12	10	12	56	56	0	34
12	Sutton Town	34	12	10	12	48	51	−3	34
13	Mexborough Town Athletic	34	12	5	17	42	67	−25	29
14	Spalding United	34	10	7	17	28	47	−19	27
15	Ashby Institute	34	12	3	19	40	60	−20	27
16	Ilkeston Town	34	7	9	18	44	65	−21	23
17	Brigg Town	34	6	10	18	42	63	−21	22
18	Kimberley Town	34	6	8	20	34	81	−47	20	Relegated to Division One

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	1980–81
Champions	Borrowash Victoria
Matches played	240
Goals scored	744 (3.1 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:

Folk House Old Boys

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borrowash Victoria	30	22	6	2	79	32	+47	50
2	Staveley Works	30	20	6	4	67	24	+43	46
3	Arnold Kingswell	30	17	8	5	71	37	+34	42
4	Sutton Trinity	30	17	5	8	52	27	+25	39
5	Folk House Old Boys	30	15	6	9	42	28	+14	36
6	Long Eaton Grange	30	13	7	10	42	40	+2	33
7	Oakham United	30	11	10	9	43	45	−2	32
8	Linby Colliery	30	10	7	13	41	44	−3	27	Resigned from the league
9	Creswell Colliery	30	8	9	13	37	53	−16	25
10	Long Eaton United reserves	30	10	4	16	41	57	−16	24
11	Retford Rail	30	9	5	16	40	50	−10	23
12	Eastwood Town reserves	30	6	11	13	45	61	−16	23
13	Carrvale United	30	9	5	16	38	56	−18	23	Resigned from the league
14	Arnold reserves	30	7	7	16	42	58	−16	21
15	Rolls Royce (Hucknall)	30	8	4	18	39	60	−21	20
16	Attenborough	30	6	4	20	25	72	−47	16

References

v t e Midland Football League
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Member clubs

1980–81 in English football

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National teams

League competitions

Levels 1–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)
Level 5	Alliance Premier League
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (level 6 only) Southern League (Midland, Southern) (level 6 only)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Athenian League (level 8 only) Cheshire County League (One, Two) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Town & Country League (level 8 only) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Lancashire Combination (level 8 only) London Spartan League (Premier, Senior) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) Midland League (Premier, One) Northern League (level 8 only) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One) Yorkshire League (One, Two)

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

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