1981–82 Midland Football League

The 1981–82 Midland Football League was the 82nd and the last in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

At the end of the season the league merged with Yorkshire Football League and formed new Northern Counties East Football League. Most of the Midland League clubs were transferred to the Northern Counties East League divisions.

Premier Division
Midland Football League
Premier Division
Season1981–82
ChampionsShepshed Charterhouse
Matches played306
Goals scored818 (2.67 per match)

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

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shepshed Charterhouse 34 22 7 5 78 26 +52 51 Joined Northern Counties East League Premier Division
2 Alfreton Town 34 20 7 7 64 24 +40 47
3 Eastwood Town 34 19 8 7 62 34 +28 46
4 Spalding United 34 14 14 6 49 34 +15 42
5 Guisborough Town 34 16 9 9 49 37 +12 41
6 Appleby Frodingham 34 16 8 10 53 50 +3 40
7 Heanor Town 34 12 15 7 40 32 +8 39
8 Mexborough Town Athletic 34 14 8 12 45 41 +4 36
9 Boston 34 12 11 11 45 35 +10 35
10 Skegness Town 34 12 11 11 32 37 −5 35
11 Long Eaton United 34 11 12 11 44 50 −6 34 Joined Northern Counties East League Division One South
12 Belper Town 34 10 13 11 47 49 −2 33 Joined Northern Counties East League Premier Division
13 Bridlington Trinity 34 10 9 15 48 56 −8 29
14 Ilkeston Town 34 8 9 17 35 46 −11 25
15 Brigg Town 34 6 11 17 30 61 −31 23 Joined Northern Counties East League Division One South
16 Arnold 34 9 4 21 46 74 −28 22 Joined Northern Counties East League Premier Division
17 Sutton Town 34 5 8 21 27 67 −40 18
18 Ashby Institute 34 4 8 22 24 65 −41 16 Resigned to the Scunthorpe & District Football League
Source: rsssf
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.

Division One
Midland Football League
Division One
Season1981–82
ChampionsStaveley Works
Matches played240
Goals scored740 (3.08 per match)

Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Staveley Works 30 21 7 2 70 18 +52 49 Joined Northern Counties East League Division One South
2 Arnold Kingswell 30 22 5 3 66 22 +44 49
3 Kimberley Town 30 19 7 4 72 38 +34 45
4 Rolls Royce (Hucknall) 30 15 7 8 55 38 +17 37 Joined Northern Counties East League Division Two South
5 Oakham United 30 14 5 11 46 37 +9 33
6 Sutton Trinity 30 12 9 9 34 30 +4 33
7 Graham Street Prims 30 13 6 11 52 41 +11 32
8 Creswell Colliery 30 14 3 13 48 50 −2 31
9 Arnold reserves 30 12 6 12 50 47 +3 30
10 Borrowash Victoria 30 10 10 10 41 38 +3 30 Joined Northern Counties East League Division Two South
11 Folk House Old Boys 30 10 8 12 37 51 −14 28
12 Attenborough 30 7 5 18 30 57 −27 19
13 Eastwood Town reserves 30 6 6 18 37 79 −42 18
14 Long Eaton Grange 30 5 7 18 34 57 −23 17 Joined Northern Counties East League Division Two South
15 Retford Rail 30 4 8 18 35 66 −31 16
16 Long Eaton United reserves 30 3 7 20 33 71 −38 13
Source: rsssf
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.
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