1965–66 Midland Football League

The 1965–66 Midland Football League season was the 66th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Midland Football League
Season1965–66
ChampionsWorksop Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,955 (4.23 per match)

Clubs

The league featured 20 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs, joined from the North Regional League:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Worksop Town 42 28 7 7 155 71 2.183 63
2 Heanor Town 42 27 5 10 112 59 1.898 59
3 Grantham 42 26 7 9 115 63 1.825 59
4 Ilkeston Town 42 24 9 9 115 71 1.620 57
5 Lockheed Leamington 42 21 12 9 126 81 1.556 54
6 Gainsborough Trinity 42 23 5 14 80 64 1.250 51
7 Arnold 42 20 10 12 104 90 1.156 50
8 Retford Town 42 20 6 16 93 86 1.081 46
9 Goole Town 42 19 7 16 95 75 1.267 45
10 Alfreton Town 42 19 7 16 100 87 1.149 45
11 Scarborough 42 19 7 16 89 80 1.113 45
12 Scunthorpe United reserves 42 16 8 18 93 90 1.033 40
13 Belper Town 42 17 6 19 82 91 0.901 40
14 Matlock Town 42 14 11 17 63 81 0.778 39
15 Loughborough United 42 13 11 18 84 93 0.903 37
16 Lincoln City reserves 42 12 7 23 83 119 0.697 31
17 Ashton United 42 12 7 23 75 108 0.694 31 Transferred to the Lancashire Combination
18 Stamford 42 11 8 23 66 110 0.600 30
19 Long Eaton United 42 9 11 22 49 90 0.544 29
20 Spalding United 42 10 9 23 51 97 0.526 29
21 Sutton Town 42 10 8 24 61 97 0.629 28
22 Skegness Town 42 7 2 33 64 152 0.421 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.

References

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