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    1979–80 Midland Football League

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    The 1979–80 Midland Football League was the 80th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

    Premier Division

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    Midland Football League
    Premier Division
    Season1979–80
    ChampionsBelper Town
    RelegatedRetford Town
    Matches played306
    Goals scored822 (2.69 per match)
    ← 1978–79
    1980–81 →

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

    League table

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    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Belper Town 34 18 11 5 50 25 +25 47
    2 Bridlington Trinity 34 19 9 6 56 34 +22 47
    3 Boston 34 18 8 8 60 28 +32 44
    4 Long Eaton United 34 17 9 8 50 32 +18 43
    5 Mexborough Town Athletic 34 13 13 8 46 38 +8 39
    6 Eastwood Town 34 16 6 12 57 43 +14 38
    7 Arnold 34 13 11 10 54 42 +12 37
    8 Heanor Town 34 14 9 11 53 49 +4 37
    9 Brigg Town 34 13 10 11 45 45 0 36
    10 Alfreton Town 34 11 13 10 45 46 −1 35
    11 Skegness Town 34 11 11 12 46 45 +1 33
    12 Ashby Institute 34 12 7 15 43 52 −9 31
    13 Ilkeston Town 34 9 12 13 36 37 −1 30
    14 Kimberley Town 34 11 8 15 38 53 −15 30
    15 Appleby Frodingham 34 9 10 15 55 61 −6 28
    16 Spalding United 34 5 13 16 32 51 −19 23
    17 Sutton Town 34 6 10 18 33 58 −25 22
    18 Retford Town 34 3 6 25 23 83 −60 12 Not re-elected, relegated to the Retford & District League
    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

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    Midland Football League
    Division One
    Season1979–80
    ChampionsArnold Kingswell
    Matches played240
    Goals scored744 (3.1 per match)
    ← 1978–79
    1980–81 →

    Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs:

    • Borrowash Victoria, joined from the East Midlands Regional League
    • Retford Rail
    • Rolls Royce (Hucknall)
    • Sutton Trinity

    League table

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    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Arnold Kingswell 30 17 11 2 76 37 +39 45
    2 Oakham United 30 19 5 6 63 34 +29 43
    3 Staveley Works 30 15 9 6 51 30 +21 39
    4 Borrowash Victoria 30 14 10 6 53 26 +27 38
    5 Long Eaton Grange 30 13 11 6 55 31 +24 37
    6 Linby Colliery 30 14 8 8 59 51 +8 36
    7 Creswell Colliery 30 13 8 9 51 43 +8 34
    8 Sutton Trinity 30 14 5 11 60 51 +9 33
    9 Eastwood Town reserves 30 11 6 13 49 49 0 28
    10 Arnold reserves 30 10 8 12 34 39 −5 28
    11 Grantham reserves 30 11 4 15 31 39 −8 26 Resigned from the league
    12 Carrvale United 30 7 8 15 39 60 −21 22
    13 Attenborough 30 9 2 19 39 60 −21 20
    14 Long Eaton United reserves 30 6 7 17 48 95 −47 19
    15 Retford Rail 30 6 5 19 27 65 −38 17
    16 Rolls Royce (Hucknall) 30 5 5 20 52 77 −25 15
    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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