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2016–17 Midland Football League

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2016–17

2016–17 Midland Football League

The 2016–17 Midland Football League season is the 3rd in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Contents

Premier Division

The Premier Division consists of 22 clubs.

The following 4 clubs left the Premier Division before the season -

  • Bardon Hill – resigned (joined Leicestershire Senior League)
  • Continental Star – relegated to Division Two
  • Dunkirk – relegated to East Midlands Counties League
  • Hereford – promoted to Southern League Division One South & West

    • The following 4 clubs joined the Premier Division before the season -

  • Coventry United – promoted from Division One
  • Shawbury United – promoted from West Midlands (Regional) League Premier Division
  • St Andrews – promoted from East Midlands Counties League
  • Tividale – relegated from Northern Premier League Division One South

    • Promotion criteria

    To be promoted at the end of the season a team must:

    1. Have applied to be considered for promotion by the end of November
    2. Pass a ground grading examination by the end of March
    3. Finish the season in a position higher than that of any other team also achieving criteria 1 and 2
    4. Finish the season in one of the top three positions

    The following six teams have achieved criterion one:

  • Alvechurch
  • Coleshill Town
  • Coventry United
  • Heanor Town
  • Sporting Khalsa
  • Westfields

    • Results

    Updated to games played on 19 November 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

    Division One consists of 20 clubs.

    The following 2 clubs left Division One before the season -

  • Coventry United – promoted to Premier Division
  • Pilkington XXX – resigned

    • The following 2 clubs joined Division One before the season -

  • Chelmsley Town – promoted from Division Two
  • Uttoxeter Town – promoted from Staffordshire County Senior League

    • Results

    Updated to games played on 17 November 2016.
    Source: MFL Division One results
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Division Two

    Division Two consists of 16 clubs.

    The following 3 clubs left Division Two before the season -

  • Austrey Rangers – resigned
  • Chelmsley Town – promoted to Division One
  • Rostance Edwards – resigned

    • The following 5 clubs joined Division Two before the season -

  • Bloxwich Town – new club
  • Continental Star – relegated from Premier Division
  • Leamington Hibernian – promoted from Division Three
  • Redditch Borough – promoted from Division Three
  • Smithswood Firs – promoted from Division Three

    • Results

    Updated to games played on 16 November 2016.
    Source: MFL Division Two results
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Division Three

    Division Three consists of 14 clubs.

    The following 5 clubs left Division Three before the season -

  • Leamington Hibernian – promoted to Division Two
  • Redditch Borough – promoted to Division Two
  • Smithswood Firs – promoted to Division Two
  • Burntwood Town – resigned
  • Perrywood – resigned

    • The following 4 clubs joined Division Three before the season -

  • NKF Burbage – transferred from Leicestershire Senior League Division One
  • Montpellier – new club
  • Moors Academy – new club (replaces the Solihull Moors F.C. Reserve team)
  • Castle Vale Town – first team refounded

    • Results

    Updated to games played on 24 November 2016.
    Source: MFL Division Three results
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    References

    2016–17 Midland Football League Wikipedia
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