1969–70 Midland Football League

The 1969–70 Midland Football League season was the 70th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Midland Football League
Season1969–70
ChampionsAlfreton Town
Matches played306
Goals scored1,100 (3.59 per match)

Clubs

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

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alfreton Town 34 30 3 1 119 19 6.263 63
2 Grantham 34 21 7 6 81 40 2.025 49
3 Arnold 34 18 9 7 80 48 1.667 45
4 Ashby Institute 34 17 11 6 59 42 1.405 45
5 Sutton Town 34 18 7 9 66 34 1.941 43
6 Worksop Town 34 17 6 11 76 45 1.689 40
7 Ilkeston Town 34 17 5 12 65 51 1.275 39
8 Heanor Town 34 17 3 14 73 53 1.377 37
9 Lockheed Leamington 34 16 4 14 65 59 1.102 36
10 Retford Town 34 16 3 15 65 65 1.000 35
11 Skegness Town 34 13 8 13 54 44 1.227 34
12 Stamford 34 13 4 17 63 79 0.797 30
13 Warley 34 8 7 19 37 81 0.457 23
14 Boston 34 8 6 20 32 72 0.444 22
15 Loughborough United 34 9 3 22 51 93 0.548 21
16 Long Eaton United 34 5 10 19 45 79 0.570 20
17 Barton Town 34 7 4 23 38 92 0.413 18 Transferred to the Yorkshire Football League
18 Belper Town 34 4 4 26 31 104 0.298 12
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.

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