1961–62 Midland Football League

The 1961–62 Midland Football League season was the 62nd in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Midland Football League
Season1961–62
ChampionsMatlock Town
Matches played306
Goals scored1,187 (3.88 per match)
← 1959–60

Due to financial problems the league folded and no matches were played in the previous season.

Clubs

The league featured six clubs which competed in the previous season, along with twelve new clubs.

  • Club spent previous season without league football:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Matlock Town 34 23 5 6 99 52 1.904 51
2 Retford Town 34 20 6 8 88 66 1.333 46
3 Worksop Town 34 20 3 11 88 60 1.467 43
4 Ilkeston Town 34 18 7 9 65 38 1.711 43
5 Denaby United 34 17 7 10 60 48 1.250 41
6 Sutton Town 34 18 4 12 71 53 1.340 40
7 Belper Town 34 15 8 11 78 50 1.560 38
8 Grantham 34 14 7 13 71 58 1.224 35
9 Loughborough United 34 13 7 14 61 61 1.000 33
10 Gainsborough Trinity 34 14 5 15 65 64 1.016 33
11 Goole Town 34 13 7 14 68 63 1.079 33
12 Long Eaton United 34 12 5 17 53 75 0.707 29
13 Heanor Town 34 11 7 16 54 66 0.818 29
14 Bourne Town 34 10 9 15 59 71 0.831 29
15 Skegness Town 34 10 6 18 55 82 0.671 26
16 Stamford 34 10 6 18 57 97 0.588 26
17 Spalding United 34 9 3 22 47 83 0.566 21
18 Alfreton Town 34 6 4 24 48 100 0.480 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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