2016–17_Midland_Football_League

Midland Football League
Division Two
Season	2016–17
Champions	Paget Rangers
Promoted	Paget Rangers; Alvis Sporting Club
Relegated	Leamington Hibernian; Continental Star
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Midland Football League
Division One
Season	2016–17
Champions	Bromsgrove Sporting
Promoted	Bromsgrove Sporting
Relegated	Pelsall Villa; Southam United
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,521 (4 per match)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Season	2016–17
Champions	Alvechurch
Promoted	Alvechurch
Relegated	Brocton; Tividale; Walsall Wood
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,621 (3.51 per match)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Midland Football League

Football league season

The 2016–17 Midland Football League season was the third in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs:

Coventry United, promoted from Division One
Shawbury United, promoted from the West Midlands (Regional) League
St Andrews, promoted from the East Midlands Counties League
Tividale, relegated from the Northern Premier League

Results

More information Home \ Away, AWU ...

Home \ Away	AWU	ALV	BOS	BRO	COL	COV	CVU	HEA	HIG	LOE	LOU	LYE	QON	ROC	SHA	SPD	SPK	STA	SPS	TIV	WAW	WES
AFC Wulfrunians		0–2	2–0	2–3	0–0	1–4	4–1	2–0	2–2	4–3	3–2	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–4	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–1
Alvechurch	3–1		2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	5–0	3–0	3–0	2–2	2–2	5–1	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–0
Boldmere St. Michaels	1–0	3–0		5–1	4–2	1–1	4–3	0–2	0–4	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–0	2–0	8–0	1–3	3–0	1–2	1–5
Brocton	0–5	0–3	2–1		0–4	1–0	1–1	3–2	2–6	1–4	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–6	1–3	1–3	1–0	1–1	1–2
Coleshill Town	2–1	2–0	4–1	3–2		3–4	4–0	2–3	2–1	2–3	0–2	2–3	1–0	5–2	6–1	2–0	3–3	5–1	4–3	4–2	5–2	3–1
Coventry Sphinx	3–0	0–2	0–0	8–0	1–1		1–2	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	4–4	3–1	2–1	0–5	0–5	1–3	1–1	4–0	2–3
Coventry United	0–1	0–1	0–2	4–1	1–3	1–0		2–1	1–3	3–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	2–4	5–0	5–1	2–0	1–1
Heanor Town	1–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–2	2–1		2–0	0–0	2–1	4–0	2–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	4–2
Highgate United	2–0	0–3	0–6	1–2	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–3		1–2	0–0	0–3	2–1	3–0	4–2	5–1	2–2	3–5	4–0	2–1	3–2	4–0
Long Eaton United	2–3	2–5	3–1	3–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1		2–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	4–6	2–0	5–1	2–0	0–2	3–3
Loughborough University	3–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	4–1	1–3	2–4	1–0	3–1		3–3	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	4–2	1–1	1–1
Lye Town	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	5–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	4–0	1–0		3–0	0–0	4–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	2–1
Quorn	2–0	0–5	0–4	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–2	0–2	1–1	1–1		0–3	1–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	4–3	1–2	1–1	2–1
Rocester	0–0	0–3	3–0	5–4	0–4	1–4	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–2		2–2	1–2	2–2	4–4	0–0	4–1	3–2	2–4
Shawbury United	2–1	1–1	4–0	2–0	2–1	4–3	1–1	0–3	2–4	5–1	0–5	0–3	1–2	4–3		2–1	0–1	2–6	3–0	2–0	1–2	5–1
Shepshed Dynamo	5–1	0–1	3–1	3–0	1–3	2–3	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	3–3	2–1	2–1		1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–0	4–5
Sporting Khalsa	1–0	0–1	2–2	4–0	1–1	4–2	0–1	2–1	1–1	5–0	2–1	3–0	3–2	5–3	1–0	3–2		2–0	5–1	3–0	0–2	1–1
St Andrews	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	4–3	0–0	5–1	4–3	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–0	0–2		3–6	1–4	5–2	0–4
Stourport Swifts	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–3	1–2	1–1	1–6	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	3–0	1–1	2–2		4–0	1–2	0–5
Tividale	3–1	1–4	0–3	1–3	1–5	1–3	0–2	1–4	2–2	2–4	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	2–3	2–4	1–5		0–2	2–2
Walsall Wood	3–5	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–4	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–3	4–0	2–5	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–3		3–4
Westfields	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–4	2–2	6–1	5–1	7–1	1–0	0–3	2–2	3–2	1–2	2–2	3–2	2–0	3–2	3–3	3–1	4–0

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2017. Source: MFL Premier Division results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Division One featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:

Chelmsley Town, promoted from Division Two
Uttoxeter Town, joined from the Staffordshire County Senior League

Results

More information Home \ Away, ATH ...

Home \ Away	ATH	BOS	BRS	CAD	CHL	COV	HEA	HEJ	HIN	LRD	LIC	LIT	NUN	PEL	PER	RCW	SOU	STA	STU	UTT
Atherstone Town		1–0	0–4	1–3	4–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–5	5–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	4–1	1–2	0–3
Bolehall Swifts	1–2		0–8	4–3	4–2	1–2	4–0	5–2	3–7	0–8	1–2	1–2	2–4	0–4	3–1	1–2	7–0	4–2	1–2	6–2
Bromsgrove Sporting	2–2	3–0		3–2	3–2	5–2	2–1	5–0	3–0	1–0	5–0	2–0	4–2	10–0	5–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–1
Cadbury Athletic	1–1	3–0	1–1		2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	6–0	3–0	2–2	4–0
Chelmsley Town	0–5	2–3	1–4	0–2		4–2	1–6	1–2	3–6	0–2	3–3	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–1	3–1	8–0	0–0	6–1	0–1
Coventry Copsewood	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–4	3–1		2–3	1–3	2–2	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–2	3–3	1–0	1–3	8–0	3–2	0–4	1–5
Heath Hayes	3–4	1–2	0–4	0–2	0–2	2–1		2–1	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–3	5–0	0–0	3–4	4–0	0–2	3–0	3–3
Heather St. John's	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	4–0	4–1	0–1		1–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–4	10–0	1–2	4–3	4–3
Hinckley	2–3	4–1	1–2	5–3	1–2	2–0	1–2	2–0		2–0	2–0	2–2	4–0	6–0	4–1	4–1	12–0	2–1	5–1	6–2
Leicester Road	2–2	4–0	0–1	0–1	4–1	4–2	1–1	5–1	2–1		4–1	7–2	3–1	5–1	1–2	1–1	11–0	3–1	3–1	5–0
Lichfield City	5–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	2–4	2–1	3–0	0–4	1–0		3–0	3–1	1–3	3–0	2–2	5–0	1–1	0–3	1–1
Littleton	1–2	3–2	0–4	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–1	4–2	2–1	1–3	2–1		1–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–2
Nuneaton Griff	3–5	0–3	0–5	3–0	2–1	2–4	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–1	0–0		2–1	3–4	3–7	7–0	1–0	6–0	2–0
Pelsall Villa	1–6	4–1	1–5	1–2	0–0	2–3	2–3	2–1	1–6	2–1	0–0	1–5	4–0		1–4	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–4	0–0
Pershore Town	2–0	0–6	0–3	0–3	2–2	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	3–2	1–4	0–6	0–3	0–1		0–2	2–0	1–1	4–0	0–0
Racing Club Warwick	2–5	1–1	0–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–0	1–7	1–0	3–5	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–3		15–0	3–1	2–0	3–1
Southam United	0–8	0–3	0–6	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–6	1–2	0–10	0–7	2–2	0–4	0–4	2–2	0–4	1–2		0–3	1–6	1–2
Stafford Town	2–4	6–1	0–4	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–4	4–2	1–2	2–6	4–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–4	3–4	7–0		2–5	0–2
Studley	1–5	1–4	2–7	1–1	0–1	2–4	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–6	1–2	4–3	3–2	4–0	1–2	1–2	4–0	1–1		1–3
Uttoxeter Town	1–3	4–1	2–2	2–2	2–0	4–4	3–1	1–2	1–6	1–5	1–2	2–1	1–4	3–2	2–1	1–2	4–0	1–3	1–2

Source: MFL Division One results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alvechurch	42	28	8	6	91	33	+58	92	Promoted to the Northern Premier League Division One South
2	Coleshill Town	42	27	5	10	109	59	+50	86
3	Sporting Khalsa	42	24	10	8	92	50	+42	82
4	Lye Town	42	22	10	10	73	45	+28	76
5	Westfields	42	20	10	12	98	75	+23	70
6	Heanor Town	42	20	9	13	87	65	+22	69
7	Highgate United	42	18	9	15	84	71	+13	63
8	Coventry United	42	18	8	16	63	57	+6	62
9	St Andrews	42	18	8	16	86	88	−2	62	Transferred to the United Counties League
10	Coventry Sphinx	42	16	9	17	78	79	−1	57
11	Quorn	42	16	9	17	58	74	−16	57
12	Boldmere St Michaels	42	15	10	17	73	63	+10	55
13	Stourport Swifts	42	14	11	17	73	83	−10	53
14	Long Eaton United	42	15	8	19	74	87	−13	53
15	Shepshed Dynamo	42	14	10	18	65	68	−3	52
16	Rocester	42	13	13	16	71	86	−15	52
17	AFC Wulfrunians	42	14	8	20	55	72	−17	50
18	Loughborough University	42	11	15	16	67	66	+1	48
19	Shawbury United	42	14	5	23	69	91	−22	47
20	Walsall Wood	42	14	5	23	57	86	−29	47	Relegated to Division One
21	Brocton	42	10	4	28	50	112	−62	34	Relegated to Division One
22	Tividale	42	6	6	30	48	111	−63	24	Relegated to the West Midlands League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bromsgrove Sporting	38	33	5	0	132	23	+109	104	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Hinckley	38	27	4	7	133	47	+86	85
3	Leicester Road	38	25	4	9	117	36	+81	79
4	Atherstone Town	38	24	5	9	99	58	+41	77
5	Cadbury Athletic	38	19	13	6	78	45	+33	70
6	Racing Club Warwick	38	19	9	10	92	72	+20	66
7	Lichfield City	38	17	7	14	66	61	+5	58
8	Heather St John's	38	17	4	17	67	69	−2	55
9	Littleton	38	16	4	18	64	64	0	52
10	Nuneaton Griff	38	15	6	17	71	76	−5	51
11	Uttoxeter Town	38	14	7	17	68	82	−14	49
12	Coventry Copsewood	38	14	5	19	74	90	−16	47
13	Bolehall Swifts	38	15	1	22	80	97	−17	46
14	Heath Hayes	38	12	8	18	67	69	−2	44
15	Studley	38	12	5	21	69	97	−28	41
16	Stafford Town	38	10	9	19	69	79	−10	39
17	Chelmsley Town	38	10	8	20	62	81	−19	38
18	Pershore Town	38	10	8	20	48	81	−33	38
19	Pelsall Villa	38	9	7	22	53	99	−46	34	Relegated to Division Two
20	Southam United	38	0	5	33	12	195	−183	5	Resigned from the league

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Paget Rangers	30	20	4	6	93	40	+53	64	Promoted to Division One
2	Alvis Sporting Club	30	19	6	5	59	29	+30	63	Promoted to Division One
3	Droitwich Spa	30	20	5	5	80	31	+49	62^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Redditch Borough	30	20	4	6	87	30	+57	61^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Fairfield Villa	30	17	4	9	75	51	+24	55
6	Knowle	30	13	8	9	60	41	+19	47
7	Coton Green	30	13	8	9	56	44	+12	47
8	Sutton United	30	12	5	13	62	72	−10	40^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Resigned from the league
9	Earlswood Town	30	11	5	14	49	53	−4	38
10	Feckenham	30	9	8	13	45	64	−19	35
11	Smithswood Firs	30	8	9	13	63	70	−7	33
12	Barnt Green Spartak	30	9	3	18	45	80	−35	30
13	Bloxwich Town	30	8	6	16	32	67	−35	30
14	Hampton	30	6	5	19	33	77	−44	23
15	Leamington Hibernian	30	6	4	20	38	79	−41	22	Relegated to Division Three
16	Continental Star	30	3	8	19	32	81	−49	17	Relegated to Division Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	NKF Burbage	26	22	4	0	76	14	+62	70	Promoted to Division Two
2	Montpellier	26	19	4	3	88	34	+54	61
3	Northfield Town	26	17	3	6	69	36	+33	54
4	Moors Academy	25	17	3	5	68	38	+30	54
5	Shipston Excelsior	26	12	5	9	52	53	−1	41
6	FC Stratford	26	11	3	12	64	47	+17	36
7	Alcester Town	26	10	5	11	34	32	+2	35
8	Inkberrow	26	9	5	12	45	57	−12	32
9	Coventrians	26	9	3	14	50	72	−22	30
10	Barton United	25	7	7	11	43	41	+2	28	Resigned from the league
11	Enville Athletic	26	8	2	16	23	50	−27	26
12	AFC Solihull	26	5	3	18	30	73	−43	18
13	Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons	26	4	5	17	23	63	−40	17
14	Castle Vale Town	26	3	4	19	34	89	−55	13

2016–17_Midland_Football_League

2016–17 Midland Football League

Premier Division

League table

Promotion criteria

Results

Locations

Division One

League table

Results

Locations

Division Two

League table

Division Three

League table

References

External links

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