# 2016–17 Midland Football League

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

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

### League table

| 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 |

#### 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
The following six teams achieved criterion one:
* Alvechurch
* Coleshill Town
* Coventry United
* Heanor Town
* Sporting Khalsa
* Westfields

### Results

| 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 | |

### Locations
## Division One

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

### League table

| 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 |

### Results

| 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 | |

### Locations
## Division Two

Division Two featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:
* Continental Star, demoted 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 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 | |
| 4 | Redditch Borough | 30 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 87 | 30 | +57 | 61 | |
| 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 | 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 |
* ↑ Droitwich Spa were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player
* ↑ Redditch Borough were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Paget Rangers on 13 August 2016.
* ↑ Sutton United were deducted one point for fielding an ineligible player against Coton Green on 29 August 2016.

## Division Three

Division Three featured 10 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:
* Castle Vale Town
* Montpellier
* Moors Academy
* NKF Burbage, from Leicestershire Senior League

### League table

| 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 | Promoted to Division Two |
| 3 | Northfield Town | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 36 | +33 | 54 | Promoted to Division Two |
| 4 | Moors Academy | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 68 | 38 | +30 | 54 | Promoted to Division Two |
| 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 | |