1969–70 Midland Football League

Football league season

Midland Football LeagueSeason| 1969–70

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Champions| Alfreton Town
Matches played| 306
Goals scored| 1,100 (3.59 per match)

← 1968–69

1970–71 →

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

## Clubs

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

* Worksop Town, relegated from the Northern Premier League

## League table

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

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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.

## References

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## External links

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* Member clubs

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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 Trophy (Final)
* 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
* Anglo-Italian Cup

Club seasons

First Division|

* Arsenal
* Burnley
* Chelsea
* Coventry City
* Crystal Palace
* Derby County
* Everton
* Ipswich Town
* Leeds United
* Liverpool
* Manchester City
* Manchester United
* Newcastle United
* Nottingham Forest
* 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
* Cardiff City
* Carlisle United
* Charlton Athletic
* Huddersfield Town
* Hull City
* Leicester City
* Middlesbrough
* Millwall
* Norwich City
* Oxford United
* Portsmouth
* Preston North End
* Queens Park Rangers
* Sheffield Wednesday
* Sheffield United
* Swindon Town
* Watford

Third Division|

* Barnsley
* Barrow
* Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic
* Bradford City
* Brighton & Hove Albion
* Bristol Rovers
* Bury
* Doncaster Rovers
* Fulham
* Gillingham
* Halifax Town
* Leyton Orient
* Luton Town
* Mansfield Town
* Plymouth Argyle
* Reading
* Rochdale
* Rotherham United
* Shrewsbury Town
* Southport
* Stockport County
* Torquay United
* Tranmere Rovers
* Walsall

Fourth Division|

* Aldershot
* Bradford Park Avenue
* Brentford
* Chester
* Chesterfield
* Colchester United
* Crewe Alexandra
* Darlington
* Exeter City
* Grimsby Town
* Hartlepool United
* Lincoln City
* Newport County
* Northampton Town
* Notts County
* Oldham Athletic
* Peterborough United
* Port Vale
* 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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