1976–77 Midland Football League

The 1976–77 Midland Football League was the 77th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Midland Football League
Premier Division

Season	1976–77
Champions	Alfreton Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	834 (2.73 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

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

• Brigg Town, joined from the Lincolnshire Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Alfreton Town	34	24	5	5	79	33	+46	53
2	Long Eaton United	34	20	6	8	66	36	+30	46
3	Brigg Town	34	16	13	5	54	32	+22	45
4	Arnold	34	18	6	10	63	38	+25	42
5	Eastwood Town	34	14	11	9	57	41	+16	39
6	Mexborough Town Athletic	34	14	11	9	50	37	+13	39
7	Boston	34	14	10	10	42	26	+16	38
8	Louth United	34	14	8	12	61	55	+6	36
9	Sutton Town	34	12	11	11	39	45	−6	35
10	Bridlington Trinity	34	12	8	14	43	51	−8	32
11	Kimberley Town	34	12	6	16	40	54	−14	30
12	Heanor Town	34	10	9	15	38	59	−21	29
13	Skegness Town	34	10	7	17	29	42	−13	27
14	Belper Town	34	8	10	16	31	48	−17	26
15	Ilkeston Town	34	9	8	17	41	66	−25	26
16	Clifton All Whites	34	6	13	15	28	51	−23	25
17	Retford Town	34	7	8	19	39	59	−20	22
18	Ashby Institute	34	6	10	18	34	61	−27	22

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	1976–77
Champions	Long Eaton Grange
Matches played	272
Goals scored	881 (3.24 per match)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

Division One featured 13 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs:

• Attenborough, joined from the Central Alliance
• Carrvale United
• Dinnington Colliery
• Ilkeston Town reserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Long Eaton Grange	32	22	6	4	77	18	+59	50
2	Staveley Works	32	21	7	4	64	31	+33	49
3	Arnold Kingswell	32	19	9	4	69	24	+45	47
4	Linby Colliery	32	20	6	6	72	35	+37	46
5	Clay Cross Works	32	16	8	8	66	48	+18	40
6	Carrvale United	32	16	7	9	60	49	+11	39
7	Brimington	32	13	11	8	44	31	+13	37	Resigned from the league
8	Attenborough	32	12	9	11	59	54	+5	33
9	Clifton All Whites reserves	32	13	6	13	61	67	−6	32
10	Dinnington Colliery	32	10	8	14	45	43	+2	28
11	Oakham United	32	11	5	16	64	66	−2	27
12	Arnold reserves	32	9	7	16	42	66	−24	25
13	Eastwood Town reserves	32	6	11	15	35	67	−32	23
14	Long Eaton United reserves	32	8	5	19	39	66	−27	21
15	Ilkeston Town reserves	32	7	4	21	34	68	−34	18
16	Sutton Town reserves	32	6	3	23	27	86	−59	15	Resigned from the league
17	Belper Town reserves	32	4	6	22	23	62	−39	14

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.

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