2015–16 East Midlands Counties Football League

East Midlands Counties Football League

Season	2015–16
Champions	St Andrews
Promoted	St Andrews
Relegated	Greenwood Meadows
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 East Midlands Counties Football League season is the 8th in the history of East Midlands Counties Football League, a football competition in England.

East Midlands Counties League

The league consists of 20 clubs after Bardon Hill were promoted to the Midland League Premier Division, and Mickleover Royals joined the league, promoted from the Central Midlands League South Division.

Mickleover Royals subsequently resigned, having played and won four matches. Their record was expunged.^[1]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	St Andrews (C) (P)	36	28	2	6	115	29	+86	86	Promotion to Step 5
2	Radford	36	25	4	7	105	41	+64	79
3	Ashby Ivanhoe	36	24	5	7	86	33	+53	77
4	South Normanton Athletic	36	24	5	7	84	34	+50	77
5	Aylestone Park	36	21	5	10	84	54	+30	68
6	Anstey Nomads	36	18	10	8	63	52	+11	64
7	Blaby & Whetstone Athletic	36	18	5	13	85	57	+28	59
8	Holbrook Sports	36	17	6	13	67	53	+14	57
9	Borrowash Victoria	36	18	1	17	72	69	+3	55
10	Radcliffe Olympic	36	16	6	14	70	56	+14	54
11	Graham Street Prims	36	16	5	15	68	67	+1	53
12	Stapenhill	36	12	6	18	51	64	−13	42
13	Barrow Town	36	10	10	16	55	61	−6	40
14	Gedling Miners Welfare	36	9	8	19	51	65	−14	35
15	Kimberley Miners Welfare	36	9	6	21	43	83	−40	33
16	Holwell Sports	36	8	7	21	52	97	−45	31
17	Ellistown & Ibstock United	36	8	5	23	44	94	−50	29
18	Arnold Town	36	7	4	25	48	118	−70	022^a
19	Greenwood Meadows (R)	36	3	2	31	25	141	−116	010^b	Relegation to Step 7
20	Mickleover Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club resigned, record expunged

Updated to games played on 30 April 2016.
Source: East Midlands League website
^a Arnold Town were deducted 3 points for failing to fulfill a fixture
^b Greenwood Meadows were deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

References

1. "Around the Counties". East Midlands Counties Football League. September 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.