1977–78 Midland Football League

Midland Football League
Division One
Season	1977–78
Champions	Staveley Works
Matches played	272
Goals scored	906 (3.33 per match)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

Midland Football League
Premier Division
Season	1977–78
Champions	Brigg Town
Matches played	272
Goals scored	829 (3.05 per match)
	← 1976–77 1978–79 →

The 1977–78 Midland Football League was the 78th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brigg Town	32	26	5	1	70	23	+47	57
2	Eastwood Town	32	20	5	7	66	29	+37	45
3	Louth United	32	18	8	6	77	54	+23	44
4	Alfreton Town	32	20	2	10	52	37	+15	42
5	Mexborough Town Athletic	32	14	9	9	55	41	+14	37
6	Boston	32	15	5	12	50	37	+13	35
7	Skegness Town	32	12	9	11	52	48	+4	33
8	Long Eaton United	32	12	8	12	45	34	+11	32
9	Belper Town	32	9	13	10	39	42	−3	31
10	Arnold	32	11	8	13	42	51	−9	30
11	Sutton Town	32	10	9	13	43	50	−7	29
12	Heanor Town	32	8	11	13	40	50	−10	27
13	Bridlington Trinity	32	7	10	15	30	55	−25	24
14	Retford Town	32	8	6	18	49	74	−25	22
15	Ashby Institute	32	5	10	17	40	64	−24	20
16	Ilkeston Town	32	5	9	18	46	74	−28	19
17	Kimberley Town	32	5	7	20	33	66	−33	17
18	Clifton All Whites	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league, record expunged

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

Division One featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs:

Kimberley Town reserves
Ripley Town, joined from the East Midlands Regional League
TI Chesterfield

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Staveley Works	32	21	5	6	87	26	+61	47
2	Linby Colliery	32	21	4	7	78	29	+49	46
3	Long Eaton Grange	32	19	8	5	65	23	+42	46
4	Carrvale United	32	17	8	7	63	34	+29	42
5	Ripley Town	32	17	7	8	56	38	+18	41
6	TI Chesterfield	32	17	7	8	57	43	+14	41
7	Oakham United	32	17	3	12	50	43	+7	37
8	Clay Cross Works	32	15	5	12	52	47	+5	35
9	Arnold reserves	32	14	6	12	71	58	+13	34
10	Arnold Kingswell	32	12	8	12	47	42	+5	32
11	Long Eaton United reserves	32	14	4	14	42	40	+2	32
12	Attenborough	32	12	4	16	55	54	+1	28
13	Eastwood Town reserves	32	7	5	20	52	81	−29	19
14	Dinnington Colliery	32	7	5	20	34	65	−31	19	Resigned from the league
15	Ilkeston Town reserves	32	7	4	21	31	71	−40	18
16	Belper Town reserves	32	5	5	22	38	90	−52	15
17	Kimberley Town reserves	32	4	4	24	28	122	−94	12
18	Clifton All Whites reserves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league, record expunged

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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