1968–69 Midland Football League

Football league season

Midland Football LeagueSeason| 1968–69

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Champions| Matlock Town
Promoted| Matlock Town
Matches played| 306
Goals scored| 986 (3.22 per match)

← 1967–68

1969–70 →

The 1968–69 Midland Football League season was the 69th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

## Clubs

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The league featured 14 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs:

* Ashby Institute, joined from the Lincolnshire League
* Barton Town, transferred from the Yorkshire Football League
* Boston, joined from the Eastern Counties League
* Warley, promoted from the West Midlands (Regional) League Division One

## League table

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation

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1  | Matlock Town | 34  | 22  | 7  | 5  | 84  | 33  | 2.545  | 51  | Promoted to the Northern Premier League
2  | Sutton Town | 34  | 21  | 9  | 4  | 61  | 33  | 1.848  | 51  |
3  | Arnold | 34  | 18  | 9  | 7  | 73  | 52  | 1.404  | 45
4  | Grantham | 34  | 16  | 10  | 8  | 78  | 47  | 1.660  | 42
5  | Skegness Town | 34  | 17  | 8  | 9  | 57  | 40  | 1.425  | 42
6  | Ilkeston Town | 34  | 17  | 6  | 11  | 61  | 35  | 1.743  | 40
7  | Alfreton Town | 34  | 13  | 13  | 8  | 62  | 46  | 1.348  | 39
8  | Long Eaton United | 34  | 15  | 8  | 11  | 49  | 56  | 0.875  | 38
9  | Warley | 34  | 13  | 8  | 13  | 51  | 42  | 1.214  | 34
10  | Lockheed Leamington | 34  | 12  | 8  | 14  | 53  | 64  | 0.828  | 32
11  | Heanor Town | 34  | 12  | 7  | 15  | 67  | 51  | 1.314  | 31
12  | Stamford | 34  | 11  | 8  | 15  | 50  | 57  | 0.877  | 30
13  | Ashby Institute | 34  | 10  | 6  | 18  | 44  | 69  | 0.638  | 26
14  | Boston | 34  | 7  | 11  | 16  | 38  | 53  | 0.717  | 25
15  | Retford Town | 34  | 9  | 6  | 19  | 39  | 69  | 0.565  | 24
16  | Loughborough United | 34  | 9  | 6  | 19  | 44  | 82  | 0.537  | 24
17  | Barton Town | 34  | 7  | 7  | 20  | 35  | 78  | 0.449  | 21
18  | Belper Town | 34  | 5  | 7  | 22  | 40  | 79  | 0.506  | 17

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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## External links

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National teams|

* Alf Ramsey
* Home Championship
* 1970 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

League competitions|

| Levels 1–4|

* Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Fourth Division)

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Levels 5–6|

* Isthmian League (level 5 only)
* Northern Premier League (level 5 only)
* Southern League (Premier, One)

Levels 7–9|

* Athenian League (Premier, One, Two)
* Cheshire County League (level 7 only)
* Eastern Counties League (level 7 only)
* Hellenic League (Premier, One)
* Kent League (level 7 only)
* Lancashire Combination (level 7 only)
* Midland Football Combination (level 7 only)
* Midland League (level 7 only)
* Northern League (level 7 only)
* South Midlands League (Premier, One)
* Spartan League (level 7 only)
* Sussex County League (One, Two)
* United Counties League (One, Two)
* West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only)
* Western League (level 7 only)
* Yorkshire League (One, Two)

Cup competitions|

| FA cups|

* FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final)
* Charity Shield
* FA Amateur Cup

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Football League cups|

* League Cup (Final)

European competitions|

* European Cup
* Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
* European Cup Winners' Cup

Club seasons

First Division|

* Arsenal
* Burnley
* Chelsea
* Coventry City
* Everton
* Ipswich Town
* Leeds United
* Leicester City
* Liverpool
* Manchester City
* Manchester United
* Newcastle United
* Nottingham Forest
* Queens Park Rangers
* Sheffield Wednesday
* Southampton
* Stoke City
* Sunderland
* Tottenham Hotspur
* West Bromwich Albion
* West Ham United
* Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division|

* Aston Villa
* Birmingham City
* Blackburn Rovers
* Blackpool
* Bolton Wanderers
* Bristol City
* Bury
* Cardiff City
* Carlisle United
* Charlton Athletic
* Crystal Palace
* Derby County
* Fulham
* Huddersfield Town
* Hull City
* Middlesbrough
* Millwall
* Norwich City
* Oxford United
* Portsmouth
* Preston North End
* Sheffield United

Third Division|

* Barnsley
* Barrow
* Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
* Brighton & Hove Albion
* Bristol Rovers
* Crewe Alexandra
* Gillingham
* Hartlepool United
* Leyton Orient
* Luton Town
* Mansfield Town
* Northampton Town
* Oldham Athletic
* Plymouth Argyle
* Reading
* Rotherham United
* Shrewsbury Town
* Southport
* Stockport County
* Swindon Town
* Torquay United
* Tranmere Rovers
* Walsall
* Watford

Fourth Division|

* Aldershot
* Bradford City
* Bradford Park Avenue
* Brentford
* Chester
* Chesterfield
* Colchester United
* Darlington
* Doncaster Rovers
* Exeter City
* Grimsby Town
* Halifax Town
* Lincoln City
* Newport County
* Notts County
* Peterborough United
* Port Vale
* Rochdale
* Scunthorpe United
* Southend United
* Swansea Town
* Workington
* Wrexham
* York City

*[Pos]: Position
*[Pld]: Played
*[W]: Won
*[D]: Drawn
*[L]: Lost
*[GF]: Goals for
*[GA]: Goals against
*[GR]: Goal ratio
*[Pts]: Points
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