Midland Football League
Season1965–66
ChampionsWorksop Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,955 (4.23 per match)

The 1965–66 Midland Football League season was the 66th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Clubs

The league featured 20 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs, joined from the North Regional League:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Worksop Town 42 28 7 7 155 71 2.183 63
2 Heanor Town 42 27 5 10 112 59 1.898 59
3 Grantham 42 26 7 9 115 63 1.825 59
4 Ilkeston Town 42 24 9 9 115 71 1.620 57
5 Lockheed Leamington 42 21 12 9 126 81 1.556 54
6 Gainsborough Trinity 42 23 5 14 80 64 1.250 51
7 Arnold 42 20 10 12 104 90 1.156 50
8 Retford Town 42 20 6 16 93 86 1.081 46
9 Goole Town 42 19 7 16 95 75 1.267 45
10 Alfreton Town 42 19 7 16 100 87 1.149 45
11 Scarborough 42 19 7 16 89 80 1.113 45
12 Scunthorpe United reserves 42 16 8 18 93 90 1.033 40
13 Belper Town 42 17 6 19 82 91 0.901 40
14 Matlock Town 42 14 11 17 63 81 0.778 39
15 Loughborough United 42 13 11 18 84 93 0.903 37
16 Lincoln City reserves 42 12 7 23 83 119 0.697 31
17 Ashton United 42 12 7 23 75 108 0.694 31 Transferred to the Lancashire Combination
18 Stamford 42 11 8 23 66 110 0.600 30
19 Long Eaton United 42 9 11 22 49 90 0.544 29
20 Spalding United 42 10 9 23 51 97 0.526 29
21 Sutton Town 42 10 8 24 61 97 0.629 28
22 Skegness Town 42 7 2 33 64 152 0.421 16
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.

References

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