2016–17 Midland Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alvechurch	21	13	5	3	46	16	+30	44	Possible promotion to Step 4 (subject to criteria, see below)
2	Lye Town	19	12	6	1	39	15	+24	42
3	Coleshill Town	19	11	3	5	45	27	+18	36
4	Westfields	14	11	1	2	39	16	+23	34
5	Heanor Town	18	9	5	4	34	30	+4	32
6	Sporting Khalsa	18	9	4	5	39	24	+15	31
7	St Andrews	19	10	1	8	38	31	+7	31
8	Coventry United	18	9	3	6	29	21	+8	30
9	Shepshed Dynamo	17	8	3	6	33	29	+4	27
10	Quorn	19	8	3	8	26	32	−6	27
11	Walsall Wood	19	8	1	10	28	33	−5	25
12	Coventry Sphinx	19	6	6	7	36	40	−4	24
13	AFC Wulfrunians	18	7	2	9	20	33	−13	23
14	Loughborough University	18	6	4	8	33	31	+2	22
15	Long Eaton United	17	6	4	7	29	33	−4	22
16	Rocester	18	6	4	8	36	42	−6	22
17	Highgate United	18	6	3	9	31	41	−10	21
18	Stourport Swifts	18	4	5	9	22	32	−10	17
19	Shawbury United	20	5	1	14	36	55	−19	16
20	Boldmere St Michaels	17	3	6	8	22	24	−2	15	Relegation to Division One / East Midlands Counties League / West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division
21	Tividale	19	4	2	13	24	47	−23	14
22	Brocton	17	2	2	13	17	50	−33	8

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2016. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Promotion criteria

To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November
Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March
Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
Finish the season in one of the top three positions^[1]

Results

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

Updated to games played on 19 November 2016.
Source: MFL Premier Division results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

Heather St John's & Hinckley

Locations of the Division One teams

Division One consists of 20 clubs.

The following 2 clubs left Division One before the season -

Coventry United – promoted to Premier Division
Pilkington XXX – resigned

The following 2 clubs joined Division One before the season -

Chelmsley Town – promoted from Division Two
Uttoxeter Town – promoted from Staffordshire County Senior League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Leicester Road	15	12	1	2	49	15	+34	37	Promotion to Premier Division
2	Atherstone Town	16	11	2	3	41	24	+17	35
3	Bromsgrove Sporting	14	10	4	0	38	10	+28	34
4	Hinckley	14	10	3	1	59	19	+40	33
5	Racing Club Warwick	16	9	4	3	37	28	+9	31
6	Lichfield City	15	9	1	5	27	19	+8	28
7	Bolehall Swifts	16	9	1	6	38	33	+5	28
8	Heather St John's	15	7	3	5	38	29	+9	24
9	Nuneaton Griff	16	7	3	6	34	28	+6	24
10	Cadbury Athletic	16	5	8	3	31	23	+8	23
11	Littleton	16	7	2	7	26	31	−5	23
12	Uttoxeter Town	15	6	2	7	25	35	−10	20
13	Heath Hayes	16	5	2	9	26	31	−5	17
14	Pershore Town	15	5	2	8	23	31	−8	17
15	Coventry Copsewood	16	4	4	8	30	40	−10	16
16	Chelmsley Town	15	4	2	9	24	31	−7	14
17	Pelsall Villa	16	3	3	10	24	45	−21	12
18	Studley	18	3	2	13	26	56	−30	11
19	Stafford Town	15	1	5	9	20	33	−13	8
20	Southam United	15	0	2	13	6	61	−55	2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2016. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

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

Updated to games played on 17 November 2016.
Source: MFL Division One results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division Two

Droitwich Spa

Fairfield Villa

Leamington Hibernian

Smithswood Firs

Locations of the Division Two teams

Division Two consists of 16 clubs.

The following 3 clubs left Division One before the season -

Austrey Rangers – resigned
Chelmsley Town – promoted to Division One
Rostance Edwards – resigned

The following 5 clubs joined Division One before the season -

Bloxwich Town – new club
Continental Star – relegated from Premier Division
Leamington Hibernian – promoted from Division Three
Redditch Borough – promoted from Division Three
Smithswood Firs – promoted from Division Three

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Alvis Sporting Club	10	8	2	0	21	6	+15	26	Promotion to Division One^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Droitwich Spa	12	7	2	3	28	14	+14	23	Promotion to Division One^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Paget Rangers	9	7	1	1	28	10	+18	22
4	Fairfield Villa	11	6	2	3	23	19	+4	20
5	Knowle	11	5	3	3	25	15	+10	18
6	Redditch Borough	12	6	3	3	23	14	+9	18^{[lower-alpha 2]}
7	Barnt Green Spartak	12	5	2	5	26	23	+3	17
8	Sutton United	10	5	2	3	21	20	+1	16^{[lower-alpha 3]}
9	Bloxwich Town	12	4	2	6	15	23	−8	14
10	Coton Green	9	3	4	2	20	14	+6	13
11	Feckenham	13	2	6	5	19	32	−13	12
12	Smithswood Firs	12	2	4	6	23	36	−13	10
13	Hampton	13	2	4	7	12	28	−16	10
14	Leamington Hibernian	11	2	2	7	17	24	−7	8
15	Continental Star	11	1	5	5	12	22	−10	8	Relegation to Division Three
16	Earlswood Town	12	2	2	8	14	27	−13	8	Relegation to Division Three

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2016. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Automatic promotion is subject to satisfactory ground grading.^[2]
↑ Redditch Borough were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Paget Rangers on 13 August 2016.^[3]
↑ Sutton United were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Coton Green on 29 August 2016.^[4]

Results

Home ╲ Away	Alvis Sporting Club !ALV	Barnt Green Spartak !BGS	Bloxwich Town !BLX	Continental Star !COS	Coton Green !CTG	Droitwich Spa !DRO	Earlswood Town !EAR	Fairfield Villa !FFV	Feckenham !FEC	Hampton !HAM	Knowle !KNO	Leamington Hibernian !LHI	Paget Rangers !PAG	Redditch Borough !RBO	Smithswood Firs !SMI	Sutton United !SUT
Alvis Sporting Club !Alvis Sporting Club		4–0	1–0	3–2		1–0			0–0		1–0			3–1	4–0
Barnt Green Spartak !Barnt Green Spartak						0–2	3–3		6–0			5–3				5–2
Bloxwich Town !Bloxwich Town							1–0	0–1		3–1		1–4	1–5		3–3
Continental Star !Continental Star		0–2	3–2						1–1					0–5
Coton Green !Coton Green		4–1		1–1				1–2		3–0				0–1	5–3	2–2
Droitwich Spa !Droitwich Spa			0–1		1–1		5–0	3–2	3–3			1–0
Earlswood Town !Earlswood Town	1–2		0–2	2–0				0–2		1–2			0–3	2–2
Fairfield Villa !Fairfield Villa	2–2	2–1		1–1									2–4		4–1
Feckenham !Feckenham						2–7	4–3				3–4	1–1	1–1			0–1
Hampton !Hampton		1–1		2–2		0–2			1–2		1–0		0–6	0–0	2–2
Knowle !Knowle				1–1	3–3	2–0		5–2				4–1	1–2
Leamington Hibernian !Leamington Hibernian			0–0				1–2	1–3		3–1				0–2
Paget Rangers !Paget Rangers
Redditch Borough !Redditch Borough		0–1				2–4				3–1			3–2
Smithswood Firs !Smithswood Firs		2–1							2–2		0–4	4–3	1–2	1–1		4–5
Sutton United !Sutton United			5–1	2–1					2–0		1–1		1–3	0–3

Updated to games played on 16 November 2016.
Source: MFL Division Two results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division Three

Division Three consists of 14 clubs.

The following 5 clubs left Division One before the season -

Leamington Hibernian – promoted to Division Two
Redditch Borough – promoted to Division Two
Smithswood Firs – promoted to Division Two
Burntwood Town – resigned
Perrywood – resigned

The following 4 clubs joined Division One before the season -

NKF Burbage – transferred from Leicestershire Senior League Division One
Montpellier – new club
Moors Academy – new club (replaces the Solihull Moors F.C. Reserve team)
Castle Vale Town – first team refounded

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	NKF Burbage	12	11	1	0	36	5	+31	34	Promotion to Division Two^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Shipston Excelsior	11	7	2	2	28	21	+7	23	Promotion to Division Two^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Montpellier	10	7	1	2	29	13	+16	22
4	Northfield Town	10	7	1	2	30	15	+15	22
5	Moors Academy	9	6	0	3	22	18	+4	18
6	Alcester Town	12	6	0	6	17	13	+4	18
7	FC Stratford	11	5	1	5	23	22	+1	16
8	Inkberrow	10	5	0	5	23	18	+5	15
9	Barton United	10	3	3	4	17	19	−2	12
10	Enville Athletic	11	4	0	7	7	17	−10	12
11	Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons	13	2	3	8	13	29	−16	9
12	Castle Vale Town	13	2	2	9	14	39	−25	8
13	Coventrians	9	2	1	6	14	27	−13	7
14	AFC Solihull	11	1	1	9	11	28	−17	4

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2016. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:

↑ Automatic promotion is subject to satisfactory ground grading.^[5]

Results

Home ╲ Away	AFC Solihull !ASO	Alcester Town !ALC	Barton United !BAR	Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons !BFA	Castle Vale Town !CVT	Coventrians !COV	Enville Athletic !ENV	FC Stratford !FCS	Inkberrow !INK	Montpellier FC !MON	Moors Academy !MOA	NKF Burbage !NKF	Northfield Town !NFT	Shipston Excelsior !SHI
AFC Solihull !AFC Solihull		0–3			1–5				3–1		0–1	2–5	2–3
Alcester Town !Alcester Town				1–0		2–0				0–1	2–1	1–3		0–1
Barton United !Barton United	2–0	0–1					2–0	1–2		2–2			2–3	3–3
Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons !Boldmere Sports & Social Falcons	2–0				2–2		0–1	1–4			2–3	0–3		0–1
Castle Vale Town !Castle Vale Town		0–5	1–1			0–2		4–1	0–5	0–6		0–4		2–3
Coventrians !Coventrians			2–4	3–3	2–0				1–4				2–5
Enville Athletic !Enville Athletic	1–0			0–2	2–0			2–0		0–3		0–1
FC Stratford !FC Stratford		2–1			5–0					0–4
Inkberrow !Inkberrow		3–0					2–0	0–2				0–4
Montpellier FC !Montpellier FC								4–3	0–2		3–2	1–3	5–1
Moors Academy !Moors Academy						5–2	3–1	1–0	4–3
NKF Burbage !NKF Burbage			5–0	1–1		4–0								2–0
Northfield Town !Northfield Town	1–1	2–1		8–0			4–0					0–1		3–1
Shipston Excelsior !Shipston Excelsior	4–2			2–0				4–4	4–3		5–2

Updated to games played on 24 November 2016.
Source: MFL Division Three results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

↑ "Promotion criteria for Step 5 to Step 4 for 2016–17 season". FA. 26 Oct 2015.
↑ "League rules" (PDF). Midland Football League. 23 November 2016.
↑ "League Statement: Points Deduction". Midland Football League. 9 November 2016.
↑ "League Statement: Points Deduction". Midland Football League. 28 September 2016.
↑ "League rules" (PDF). Midland Football League. 23 November 2016.

External links

Midland Football League

Midland Football League

Premier Division	AFC Wulfrunians Alvechurch Boldmere St. Michaels Brocton Coleshill Town Coventry Sphinx Coventry United Heanor Town Highgate United Long Eaton United Loughborough University Lye Town Quorn Rocester Shawbury United Shepshed Dynamo Sporting Khalsa St Andrews Stourport Swifts Tividale Walsall Wood Westfields

Division One	Atherstone Town Bolehall Swifts Bromsgrove Sporting Cadbury Athletic Chelmsley Town Coventry Copsewood Heath Hayes Heather St John's Hinckley AFC Leicester Road Lichfield City Littleton Nuneaton Griff Pelsall Villa Pershore Town Racing Club Warwick Southam United Stafford Town Studley Uttoxeter Town

Division Two	Alvis Sporting Club Barnt Green Spartak Bloxwich Town Continental Star Coton Green Droitwich Spa Earlswood Town Fairfield Villa Feckenham Hampton Knowle Leamington Hibernian Paget Rangers Redditch Borough Smithswood Firs Sutton United

Division Three	AFC Solihull Alcester Town Barton United Boldmere Sports & Social Castle Vale Town Coventrians Enville Athletic FC Stratford Inkberrow Montpellier Moors Academy NKF Burbage Northfield Town Perrywood Shipston Excelsior

Seasons	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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National teams

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League competitions

Level 1	Premier League

Levels 2–4	English Football League (Championship, League 1, League 2)

Levels 5–6	National League

Levels 7–8	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern League

Levels 9–10	Combined Counties League East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only) Eastern Counties League Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League Midland League Northern Counties East League Northern League North West Counties League Southern Combination League Southern Counties East League South West Peninsula League (level 10 only) Spartan South Midlands League United Counties League Wessex League Western League West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only)

Cup competitions

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EFL cups	EFL Cup (Final) EFL Trophy (Final)

Youth competitions

Under 23	Professional U23 Development League Premier League Cup

Under 18	Professional U18 Development League FA Youth Cup

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Bournemouth Burnley Chelsea Crystal Palace Everton Hull City Leicester City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Championship	Aston Villa Barnsley Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Burton Albion Cardiff City Derby County Fulham Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Leeds United Newcastle United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Reading Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	AFC Wimbledon Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Bristol Rovers Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Coventry City Fleetwood Town Gillingham Millwall Milton Keynes Dons Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Oxford United Peterbrough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swindon Town Walsall

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Blackpool Cambridge United Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Colchester United Crawley Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Morecambe Newport County Notts County Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Stevenage Wycombe Wanderers Yeovil Town

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