2015–16 Midland Football League

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

Premier Division

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Season2015–16
ChampionsHereford
PromotedHereford
RelegatedDunkirk
Matches played462
Goals scored1,677 (3.63 per match)

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

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 Promotion or relegation
1 Hereford 42 35 3 4 138 33 +105 108 Promoted to the Southern Football League
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 64[a]
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 42 13 12 17 69 68 +1 51
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 Dunkirk 42 8 6 28 49 121 −72 30 Relegated to the East Midlands Counties League
21 Bardon Hill 42 7 9 26 56 120 −64 27[b] Resigned to the Leicestershire Senior League
22 Continental Star 42 2 4 36 26 138 −112 10 Demoted to Division Two
Source: Full-time FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Highgate United were deducted 3 points for failing to fulfil their fixture against Stourport Swifts on 7 April.[2]
  2. ^ Bardon Hill were deducted 3 points for failing to fulfil their fixture against Alvechurch on 23 April.[2]

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 0–1
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
Source: MFL Premier Division results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

Division One

Midland Football League
Division One
Season2015–16
ChampionsCoventry United
PromotedCoventry United
Matches played380
Goals scored1,444 (3.8 per match)

Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Coventry United 38 33 1 4 123 33 +90 100 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Bromsgrove Sporting 38 29 4 5 102 41 +61 91
3 Nuneaton Griff 38 27 5 6 119 41 +78 86
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 Club folded
7 Lichfield City 38 19 7 12 87 60 +27 64
8 Heath Hayes 38 20 4 14 57 43 +14 64
9 Littleton 38 19 4 15 61 58 +3 61
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 38 11 8 19 55 71 −16 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 38 7 6 25 46 122 −76 27
20 Southam United 38 4 5 29 28 129 −101 17
Source: Full-time FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ATH BOS BRS CAD COV CVU HEA HEJ HIN LRD LIC LIT NUN PEL PER PIL RCW SOU STA STU
Atherstone Town 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–4 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 4–1 1–3
Bolehall Swifts 2–2 2–6 0–5 2–3 1–5 1–3 3–1 0–5 1–4 4–0 0–2 3–7 4–2 0–4 1–8 3–3 11–0 1–0 0–3
Bromsgrove Sporting 3–1 4–1 4–0 5–2 4–2 2–0 7–2 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 3–1
Cadbury Athletic 2–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–3 4–2 4–0 2–3 0–2
Coventry Copsewood 0–2 0–3 1–4 2–1 0–5 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 4–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 7–1 3–2 4–2
Coventry United 6–1 2–0 3–2 2–1 10–0 2–0 6–2 2–2 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–2 11–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–0
Heath Hayes 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–0
Heather St. John's 3–1 3–1 0–4 1–0 1–5 1–4 0–4 2–3 0–2 3–4 2–2 0–3 3–2 1–0 0–5 2–5 5–0 1–0 0–2
Hinckley 2–2 3–2 1–3 2–0 1–4 0–4 3–4 4–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 3–1 4–1 0–1 4–0 9–0 8–2
Leicester Road 3–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 5–1 1–2 2–0 4–2 4–0 2–2 5–0 2–2 7–3 5–0 1–1 5–0
Lichfield City 2–2 4–1 0–2 3–0 4–1 1–2 2–4 5–1 0–4 3–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 5–1 3–2 3–1 3–1 5–1
Littleton 2–1 0–3 0–3 3–2 3–0 0–2 4–2 2–1 1–5 0–1 3–4 1–4 3–0 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–4
Nuneaton Griff 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 10–0 3–0 2–2 2–1 4–3 3–1 4–1 4–1 4–3 7–0 2–0 3–0
Pelsall Villa 2–1 2–1 2–2 2–6 2–1 0–3 3–4 4–2 0–2 1–2 0–8 0–0 0–7 1–7 2–4 0–5 1–3 1–0 1–5
Pershore Town 0–2 4–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–5 0–1 3–1 1–4 1–3 0–1 0–1 3–2 3–0 1–2 1–4 2–0 2–1 2–0
Pilkington XXX 2–3 1–0 0–5 2–0 1–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 0–1 5–0 3–1 3–2
Racing Club Warwick 2–3 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–2 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–9 4–2 3–2 0–0 0–1 3–1 0–1
Southam United 2–0 0–4 1–3 1–3 1–5 0–4 1–4 3–2 0–13 0–6 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–2 4–4
Stafford Town 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 0–5 0–5 0–1 3–4 2–3 2–3 0–7 1–4 0–4 3–1 0–1 1–1 6–4 1–0 1–3
Studley 3–2 3–1 3–3 0–1 3–7 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–8 0–1 2–2 0–2 3–3 3–0 2–2 0–3 3–0 1–1 2–4
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2016. Source: MFL Division One results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

Division Two

Midland Football League
Division Two
Season2015–16
ChampionsAlvis Sporting Club
PromotedChelmsley Town

Division Two featured 11 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 3 new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Alvis Sporting Club 26 23 3 0 93 21 +72 72
2 Chelmsley Town 26 20 3 3 71 27 +44 63 Promoted to Division One
3 Droitwich Spa 26 16 5 5 65 23 +42 53
4 Paget Rangers 26 16 4 6 64 33 +31 52
5 Rostance Edwards 26 15 2 9 44 34 +10 47
6 Sutton United 26 11 1 14 50 54 −4 34
7 Coton Green 26 7 7 12 33 54 −21 28
8 Hampton 26 8 4 14 37 63 −26 28
9 Knowle 26 6 9 11 36 49 −13 27
10 Barnt Green Spartak 26 7 4 15 35 49 −14 25
11 Austrey Rangers 26 5 9 12 36 53 −17 24 Resigned from the league
12 Feckenham 26 6 6 14 47 74 −27 24
13 Fairfield Villa 26 6 5 15 40 64 −24 23
14 Earlswood Town 26 3 4 19 19 72 −53 13
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division Three

Midland Football Combination
Division Three
Season2015–16
ChampionsLeamington Hibs
PromotedLeamington Hibs
Redditch Borough
Smithswood Firs

Division Three featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 3 new clubs:

  • AFC Solihull, from Stratford Alliance
  • Coventrians
  • Shipston Excelsior, from Stratford Alliance

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Leamington Hibs 28 21 3 4 88 38 +50 66 Promoted to Division Two
2 Redditch Borough 28 20 2 6 90 34 +56 62
3 Smithswood Firs 28 21 2 5 95 44 +51 53[a]
4 FC Stratford 28 15 4 9 73 44 +29 49
5 Alcester Town 28 16 0 12 74 53 +21 48
6 Barton United 28 14 6 8 56 43 +13 48
7 Shipston Excelsior 28 15 1 12 59 57 +2 46
8 Northfield Town 28 14 4 10 62 61 +1 46
9 Inkberrow 27 12 4 11 57 61 −4 40
10 Coventrians 27 9 3 15 42 53 −11 30
11 Burntwood Town 28 7 6 15 40 66 −26 27 Resigned from the league
12 Boldmere Sports & Social 28 8 2 18 42 60 −18 26
13 Enville Athletic 27 7 3 17 40 69 −29 24
14 Perrywood 27 3 6 18 37 99 −62 15 Resigned from the league
15 AFC Solihull 28 2 2 24 32 105 −73 5[b]
16 Badsey Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Club folded, record expunged
Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Smithswood Firs 12 points deducted.
  2. ^ AFC Solihull 3 points deducted.

References

  1. ^ "Promotion applications for clubs aiming for Step 4". The FA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "News/Press". Midland Football League. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016.