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1967–68 Midland Football League

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Midland Football League
Season1967–68
ChampionsIlkeston Town
PromotedGainsborough Trinity
Goole Town
Scarborough
Worksop Town
Matches played420
Goals scored1,409 (3.35 per match)

The 1967–68 Midland Football League season was the 68th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Clubs

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The league featured 21 clubs which competed in the previous season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Ilkeston Town 40 22 11 7 66 35 1.886 55
2 Heanor Town 40 25 5 10 90 51 1.765 55
3 Arnold 40 20 12 8 100 62 1.613 52
4 Gainsborough Trinity 40 21 9 10 80 47 1.702 51 Founder members of the Northern Premier League
5 Goole Town 40 19 10 11 71 61 1.164 48
6 Grantham 40 19 10 11 79 68 1.162 48
7 Scarborough 40 21 4 15 67 52 1.288 46 Founder members of the Northern Premier League
8 Long Eaton United 40 17 11 12 48 36 1.333 45
9 Worksop Town 40 16 13 11 76 68 1.118 45 Founder members of the Northern Premier League
10 Alfreton Town 40 18 6 16 84 71 1.183 42
11 Matlock Town 40 18 6 16 74 71 1.042 42
12 Sutton Town 40 15 11 14 64 60 1.067 41
13 Lockheed Leamington 40 16 6 18 66 69 0.957 38
14 Retford Town 40 14 7 19 70 64 1.094 35
15 Belper Town 40 13 9 18 70 69 1.014 35
16 Grimsby Town reserves 40 10 11 19 53 61 0.869 31 Resigned from the league
17 Stamford 40 11 9 20 53 89 0.596 31
18 Scunthorpe United reserves 40 10 10 20 49 90 0.544 30 Resigned from the league
19 Skegness Town 40 9 9 22 56 94 0.596 27
20 Loughborough United 40 6 13 21 43 78 0.551 25
21 Spalding United 40 6 6 28 50 113 0.442 18 Transferred to the United Counties League
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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