2015–16 Midland Football League

Midland Football League

Season	2015–16
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 Midland Football League season is the 2nd in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Midland Football League Premier Division

Champions	Hereford
Promoted	Hereford
Relegated	Continental Star Dunkirk Bardon Hill
Matches played	461
Goals scored	1676 (3.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	John Mills Hereford (40 goals)
Biggest home win	Coleshill Town 10–1 Dunkirk (9 January 2016)
Biggest away win	Dunkirk 0–10 Heanor Town (3 November 2015)

The Premier Division consists of 22 clubs.

The following 5 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

• Basford United – promoted to Northern Premier League Division One South
• Causeway United – resigned
• Heath Hayes – relegated to Division One
• Kirby Muxloe – transferred to United Counties League
• Tipton Town – relegated to West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division

The following 5 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

• Highgate United – promoted from Division One
• Sporting Khalsa – promoted from West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division
• Hereford – new club
• Bardon Hill – promoted from East Midlands Counties League
• Heanor Town – transferred from Northern Counties East League Premier Division

Four clubs have applied for promotion to Step 4: Alvechurch, Heanor Town, Hereford and Sporting Khalsa.^[1]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hereford (C) (P)	42	35	3	4	138	33	+105	108	Promotion to SFL Division One South/West Or NPL Division One South
2	Alvechurch	42	32	5	5	99	30	+69	101
3	Sporting Khalsa	42	25	8	9	90	49	+41	83
4	Shepshed Dynamo	42	24	5	13	86	58	+28	77
5	Coleshill Town	42	23	5	14	108	73	+35	74
6	Heanor Town	42	22	7	13	99	77	+22	73
7	Walsall Wood	42	21	7	14	76	66	+10	70
8	Lye Town	42	22	3	17	86	58	+28	69
9	Highgate United	42	19	10	13	75	60	+15	67
10	Stourport Swifts	42	17	8	17	57	57	0	59
11	Boldmere St. Michaels	42	18	5	19	70	81	−11	59
12	Rocester	42	17	7	18	67	82	−15	58
13	AFC Wulfrunians	42	16	9	17	70	74	−4	57
14	Loughborough University	42	16	6	20	79	83	−4	54
15	Brocton	42	15	8	19	75	88	−13	53
16	Westfields	41	12	12	17	68	68	0	48
17	Quorn	42	12	9	21	71	78	−7	45
18	Long Eaton United	42	12	9	21	63	85	−22	45
19	Coventry Sphinx	42	12	3	27	68	98	−30	39
20	Bardon Hill (R)	42	7	9	26	56	120	−64	30	Relegation to Division One
21	Dunkirk (R)	41	8	6	27	49	120	−71	30
22	Continental Star (R)	42	2	4	36	26	138	−112	10

Updated to games played on 5 May 2016.
Source: Midland Football League
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.

Results

Home ╲ Away

AWU

ALV

BAH

BOS

BRO

COL

COS

COV

DUN

HEA

HER

HIG

LOE

LOU

LYE

QON

ROC

SPD

SPK

SPS

WAW

WES

AFC Wulfrunians

0–4

2–2

3–2

2–1

1–4

2–1

3–1

3–0

1–1

1–2

0–3

4–1

3–1

0–1

4–4

1–1

1–0

2–2

1–2

2–3

3–2

Alvechurch

0–3

2–1

2–2

2–0

3–0

8–0

3–1

4–0

1–0

1–2

3–1

3–1

4–1

2–1

1–1

4–1

4–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

3–0

Bardon Hill

3–3

0–3

0–2

1–3

2–2

3–1

1–5

2–2

3–5

0–2

1–4

1–1

0–7

1–0

2–1

0–1

0–3

0–2

0–3

2–4

0–4

Boldmere St. Michaels

1–0

1–0

3–2

2–3

1–6

5–0

2–1

3–2

1–2

0–3

0–2

2–1

0–2

2–1

2–1

1–3

1–2

0–0

3–0

2–2

2–1

Brocton

1–4

0–2

1–2

3–1

0–3

2–1

4–2

2–4

5–5

0–4

3–1

1–2

3–4

0–5

2–2

3–0

1–2

1–4

3–2

1–1

1–1

Coleshill Town

2–1

2–0

3–2

1–1

0–2

0–1

6–3

10–1

1–4

1–4

0–3

6–0

5–1

0–3

3–1

4–1

1–3

1–1

4–2

1–0

1–1

Continental Star

1–4

1–2

1–0

1–5

0–2

1–4

1–1

1–4

0–3

1–5

0–1

0–2

0–0

0–4

0–0

0–2

1–3

2–4

1–2

1–2

0–7

Coventry Sphinx

2–3

0–3

2–3

3–0

0–3

2–3

5–2

2–1

2–4

0–4

0–2

5–0

1–2

0–2

2–0

6–0

0–6

0–3

1–0

3–2

3–0

Dunkirk

0–1

1–4

3–3

0–1

2–1

0–7

3–0

1–0

0–10

2–3

1–6

1–1

0–2

1–3

0–4

3–3

0–4

3–1

0–0

2–3

Heanor Town

0–0

0–4

1–0

7–2

2–2

1–0

7–0

4–1

3–0

2–7

3–1

2–0

3–1

0–3

0–4

2–0

2–3

1–2

2–0

2–2

1–3

Hereford

1–1

1–1

7–0

2–1

4–1

4–5

6–0

6–1

4–1

8–0

0–2

1–0

1–0

4–1

2–0

4–0

2–1

4–0

6–0

2–1

3–0

Highgate United

1–0

0–2

3–3

0–1

2–3

1–2

2–0

2–2

2–1

1–2

2–1

4–3

1–0

3–2

4–0

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–1

0–2

Long Eaton United

5–1

0–2

1–4

3–3

2–4

4–3

6–1

2–0

2–0

1–2

0–4

1–1

2–1

0–0

2–2

1–3

0–4

0–2

3–0

1–2

1–1

Loughborough University

5–1

2–1

7–2

4–1

1–2

3–1

6–1

3–2

4–3

2–2

0–5

3–3

0–4

4–1

1–3

1–2

3–2

1–1

1–1

1–2

0–2

Lye Town

1–0

1–2

5–1

1–2

3–0

3–1

5–1

2–0

2–2

2–1

1–2

7–3

1–1

6–1

1–0

0–1

1–2

1–0

0–4

2–3

1–2

Quorn

1–0

0–0

6–1

1–3

5–2

0–3

2–2

3–4

4–0

1–2

0–2

0–3

3–1

3–2

1–2

2–4

1–4

2–3

1–1

1–2

2–1

Rocester

0–1

0–3

0–2

1–3

2–2

1–3

2–1

1–0

4–1

2–1

3–4

1–1

1–2

2–0

1–2

3–2

1–0

4–2

0–2

5–0

4–4

Shepshed Dynamo

4–2

0–3

3–2

3–2

1–4

2–2

3–1

0–0

0–1

3–2

1–3

0–0

2–0

1–0

4–1

2–0

2–1

1–3

2–0

0–3

2–2

Sporting Khalsa

2–3

2–3

6–1

2–1

2–2

5–2

3–0

4–1

4–0

1–3

0–3

5–2

2–1

2–0

1–0

1–1

4–0

2–1

2–0

3–0

2–0

Stourport Swifts

3–1

2–2

4–1

3–0

1–0

0–1

3–0

1–2

1–0

1–2

2–0

1–0

3–1

0–2

2–3

0–3

2–2

1–2

0–0

1–1

4–2

Walsall Wood

1–0

0–1

1–1

3–2

2–1

3–2

5–0

2–1

5–1

3–0

0–6

0–1

2–3

0–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

3–2

0–3

0–1

4–0

Westfields

2–2

0–3

1–1

4–1

0–0

1–2

3–0

4–1

1–2

3–3

0–0

1–1

1–1

4–0

1–4

1–2

4–1

0–4

0–1

0–1

2–1

Updated to games played on 5 May 2016.
Source: MFL Premier Division results
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Division One

Midland Football League Division One

Champions	Coventry United
Promoted	Coventry United
Relegated	Southam United

Division One consists of 20 clubs.

The following 3 clubs left Division One before the season -

• Alvis Sporting Club – relegated to Division Two
• Highgate United – promoted to Premier Division
• Uttoxeter Town – resigned

The following 3 clubs joined Division One before the season -

• Coventry United – promoted from Division Two
• Heath Hayes – relegated from Premier Division
• Leicester Road – promoted from Division Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Coventry United (C) (P)	38	33	1	4	123	33	+90	100	Promotion to Midland Football League Premier Division
2	Bromsgrove Sporting	38	29	4	5	102	41	+61	91
3	Nuneaton Griff	37	26	5	6	112	41	+71	83
4	Leicester Road	38	23	8	7	98	41	+57	77
5	Hinckley	38	23	6	9	116	53	+63	75
6	Pilkington XXX	38	20	7	11	73	57	+16	67
7	Lichfield City	38	19	7	12	87	60	+27	64
8	Heath Hayes	38	20	4	14	57	43	+14	64
9	Littleton	37	18	4	15	59	57	+2	58
10	Racing Club Warwick	38	16	7	15	71	76	−5	55
11	Coventry Copsewood	38	15	9	14	75	78	−3	54
12	Studley	38	13	7	18	67	89	−22	46
13	Atherstone Town	37	11	8	18	54	69	−15	41
14	Pershore Town	38	11	5	22	51	69	−18	38
15	Cadbury Athletic	38	10	4	24	48	69	−21	34
16	Heather St. John's	38	10	3	25	56	115	−59	33
17	Bolehall Swifts	38	9	3	26	65	103	−38	30
18	Stafford Town	38	8	3	27	46	96	−50	27
19	Pelsall Villa	37	7	6	24	46	115	−69	27	Relegation to Division Two
20	Southam United (R)	38	4	5	29	28	129	−101	17

Updated to games played on 5 May 2016.
Source: Midland Football League
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. "Promotion applications for clubs aiming for Step 4". The FA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.

External links

• Midland Football League