1980–81 Midland Football League

The 1980–81 Midland Football League was the 81st in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Midland Football League
Premier Division

Season	1980–81
Champions	Boston
Relegated	Kimberley Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	922 (3.01 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

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

• Guisborough Town, joined from the Northern Football Alliance

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Boston	34	23	9	2	70	18	+52	55
2	Alfreton Town	34	16	10	8	73	40	+33	42
3	Eastwood Town	34	16	9	9	63	41	+22	41
4	Bridlington Trinity	34	15	10	9	63	40	+23	40
5	Guisborough Town	34	16	7	11	60	48	+12	39
6	Belper Town	34	15	8	11	44	43	+1	38
7	Arnold	34	14	8	12	55	47	+8	36
8	Heanor Town	34	13	10	11	57	52	+5	36
9	Skegness Town	34	12	11	11	49	52	−3	35
10	Long Eaton United	34	13	8	13	54	51	+3	34
11	Appleby Frodingham	34	12	10	12	56	56	0	34
12	Sutton Town	34	12	10	12	48	51	−3	34
13	Mexborough Town Athletic	34	12	5	17	42	67	−25	29
14	Spalding United	34	10	7	17	28	47	−19	27
15	Ashby Institute	34	12	3	19	40	60	−20	27
16	Ilkeston Town	34	7	9	18	44	65	−21	23
17	Brigg Town	34	6	10	18	42	63	−21	22
18	Kimberley Town	34	6	8	20	34	81	−47	20	Relegated to Division One

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.

Division One

Midland Football League
Division One

Season	1980–81
Champions	Borrowash Victoria
Matches played	240
Goals scored	744 (3.1 per match)
← 1979–80 1981–82 →

Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with one new club:

• Folk House Old Boys

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borrowash Victoria	30	22	6	2	79	32	+47	50
2	Staveley Works	30	20	6	4	67	24	+43	46
3	Arnold Kingswell	30	17	8	5	71	37	+34	42
4	Sutton Trinity	30	17	5	8	52	27	+25	39
5	Folk House Old Boys	30	15	6	9	42	28	+14	36
6	Long Eaton Grange	30	13	7	10	42	40	+2	33
7	Oakham United	30	11	10	9	43	45	−2	32
8	Linby Colliery	30	10	7	13	41	44	−3	27	Resigned from the league
9	Creswell Colliery	30	8	9	13	37	53	−16	25
10	Long Eaton United reserves	30	10	4	16	41	57	−16	24
11	Retford Rail	30	9	5	16	40	50	−10	23
12	Eastwood Town reserves	30	6	11	13	45	61	−16	23
13	Carrvale United	30	9	5	16	38	56	−18	23	Resigned from the league
14	Arnold reserves	30	7	7	16	42	58	−16	21
15	Rolls Royce (Hucknall)	30	8	4	18	39	60	−21	20
16	Attenborough	30	6	4	20	25	72	−47	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.