The 1967–68 Midland Football League season was the 68th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.
Season | 1967–68 |
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Champions | Ilkeston Town |
Promoted | Gainsborough Trinity Goole Town Scarborough Worksop Town |
Matches played | 420 |
Goals scored | 1,409 (3.35 per match) |
← 1966–67 1968–69 → |
Clubs
editThe league featured 21 clubs which competed in the previous season, no new clubs joined the division this season.
League table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ilkeston Town | 40 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 66 | 35 | 1.886 | 55 | |
2 | Heanor Town | 40 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 90 | 51 | 1.765 | 55 | |
3 | Arnold | 40 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 100 | 62 | 1.613 | 52 | |
4 | Gainsborough Trinity | 40 | 21 | 9 | 10 | 80 | 47 | 1.702 | 51 | Founder members of the Northern Premier League |
5 | Goole Town | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 71 | 61 | 1.164 | 48 | |
6 | Grantham | 40 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 79 | 68 | 1.162 | 48 | |
7 | Scarborough | 40 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 67 | 52 | 1.288 | 46 | Founder members of the Northern Premier League |
8 | Long Eaton United | 40 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 36 | 1.333 | 45 | |
9 | Worksop Town | 40 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 76 | 68 | 1.118 | 45 | Founder members of the Northern Premier League |
10 | Alfreton Town | 40 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 84 | 71 | 1.183 | 42 | |
11 | Matlock Town | 40 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 74 | 71 | 1.042 | 42 | |
12 | Sutton Town | 40 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 60 | 1.067 | 41 | |
13 | Lockheed Leamington | 40 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 66 | 69 | 0.957 | 38 | |
14 | Retford Town | 40 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 70 | 64 | 1.094 | 35 | |
15 | Belper Town | 40 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 70 | 69 | 1.014 | 35 | |
16 | Grimsby Town reserves | 40 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 53 | 61 | 0.869 | 31 | Resigned from the league |
17 | Stamford | 40 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 53 | 89 | 0.596 | 31 | |
18 | Scunthorpe United reserves | 40 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 49 | 90 | 0.544 | 30 | Resigned from the league |
19 | Skegness Town | 40 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 56 | 94 | 0.596 | 27 | |
20 | Loughborough United | 40 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 43 | 78 | 0.551 | 25 | |
21 | Spalding United | 40 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 50 | 113 | 0.442 | 18 | Transferred to the United Counties League |
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.
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.