2021–22 Midland Football League

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Midland Football League
Season2021–22
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This article is about the English football league. For the Scottish football league, see 2021–22 Midlands Football League.

The 2021–22 Midland Football League season is the eighth in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England. The Midland League operates two divisions in the English football league system, the Premier Division at Step 5, and Division One at Step 6, and these two divisions are covered by this article.

The allocations for Steps 5 and 6 for this season were announced by The Football Association on 18 May 2021,[1] and were subject to appeal.

After the abandonment of the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England, numerous promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the previous two seasons.[2][3][4]

Premier Division[]

This division comprised 19 teams, same as the previous season.

Congleton Town's initial transfer to this division from the North West Counties League was reversed on appeal.

Premier Division table[]

Prior to the first match(es) being played the Pos column shows alphabetic sequence of teams rather than league position.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hanley Town 18 13 4 1 45 16 +29 43 Promotion to Step 4
2 Worcester City 18 11 3 4 38 17 +21 36 Promotion to Step 4 or qualification for inter-step play-offs[a]
3 Boldmere St Michaels 16 10 3 3 29 18 +11 33
4 Lichfield City 17 9 4 4 42 23 +19 31
5 Tividale 18 9 4 5 30 24 +6 31
6 Romulus 19 9 3 7 38 32 +6 30
7 AFC Wulfrunians 18 8 5 5 34 30 +4 29
8 Shifnal Town 16 8 4 4 41 21 +20 28
9 Lye Town 18 8 3 7 35 22 +13 27
10 Whitchurch Alport 16 8 3 5 36 32 +4 27
11 Stone Old Alleynians 18 7 3 8 33 36 −3 24
12 Highgate United 19 5 8 6 30 29 +1 23
13 Stourport Swifts 18 5 5 8 24 37 −13 20
14 Walsall Wood 15 4 7 4 26 19 +7 19
15 Uttoxeter Town 16 4 3 9 18 40 −22 15
16 Haughmond 19 3 4 12 33 45 −12 13
17 Wolverhampton Casuals 19 4 1 14 24 60 −36 13
18 Racing Club Warwick 16 3 2 11 19 33 −14 11 Possible relegation to Step 6[b]
19 Bewdley Town 18 2 3 13 29 70 −41 9 Relegation to Step 6
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2021. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[7]
Notes:
  1. ^ The 10 runners-up from Step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) will be automatically promoted at the end of the 2021–22 season. The remaining six runners-up will contest inter-step play-off matches with the six third-from-bottom clubs with the fewest PPG from the eight divisions at Step 4. The winner of each match will rise to or stay in Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will drop to or remain Step 5.[5]
  2. ^ Twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that are second-from-bottom in Step 5 will be reprieved.[6]

Results table[]

Home \ Away WUL BEW BSM HAN HAU HIG LIC LYE RCW ROM SHI SOA STO TIV UTT WAL WHI WVC WOR
AFC Wulfrunians — 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–2
Bewdley Town 0–5 — 5–5 2–5 0–2 3–8 1–2 1–4 3–0
Boldmere St Michaels — 1–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 0–2
Hanley Town 1–1 — 4–2 2–2 1–1 4–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 1–0 6–1
Haughmond 4–1 0–2 — 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–3 1–2 3–4
Highgate United 1–1 2–2 2–4 2–1 — 2–0 5–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–2
Lichfield City 1–1 3–2 — 2–0 3–2 4–0 9–0 3–0 2–0
Lye Town 2–0 5–1 2–0 — 2–1 1–3 3–0
Racing Club Warwick 0–4 1–2 4–0 — 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–5 3–0 0–1
Romulus 0–2 6–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 — 2–1 1–0 6–0 1–1 0–2
Shifnal Town 7–0 5–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 — 0–2 2–1 6–1
Stone Old Alleynians 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–2 — 3–3 4–1 2–1 3–3
Stourport Swifts 3–3 0–3 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–2 — 1–3 0–0
Tividale 4–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 — 3–0 3–3 5–1 0–0
Uttoxeter Town 3–0 0–1 3–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 —
Walsall Wood 6–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 — 1–2 4–0
Whitchurch Alport 2–0 1–1 0–5 3–2 2–1 0–2 3–3 4–0 — 1–2
Wolverhampton Casuals 4–3 1–2 1–3 1–7 2–1 4–0 2–3 3–2 — 0–1
Worcester City 3–3 6–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 5–1 4–1 4–1 1–2 4–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2021. Source: Midland League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations[]

Location of the clubs in the 2021–22 Midland League Premier Division
Club Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Wulfrunians Wolverhampton Castlecroft Stadium 2,000
Bewdley Town Bewdley Ribbesford Meadows
Boldmere St. Michaels Boldmere Trevor Brown Memorial Ground 2,000
Hanley Town Hanley Potteries Park
Haughmond Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Sports Village 1,000
Highgate United Shirley The Coppice 2,000
Lichfield City Lichfield City Ground 1,000
Lye Town Lye The Sports Ground 1,000
Racing Club Warwick Warwick Townsend Meadow 1, 80
Romulus Castle Vale Castle Vale Stadium 2,000
Shifnal Town Shifnal Phoenix Park
Stone Old Alleynians Stone Yarnfield Lane
Stourport Swifts Stourport-on-Severn Walshes Meadow 2,000
Tividale Tividale The Beeches 2,000
Uttoxeter Town Uttoxeter Oldfields
Walsall Wood Walsall Wood Oak Park 1,000
Whitchurch Alport Whitchurch Yockings Park
Wolverhampton Casuals Featherstone Brinsford Lane
Worcester City Worcester Claines Lane

Division One[]

This division comprises 19 teams, same as the previous season.

Division One table[]

Prior to the first match(es) being played the Pos column shows alphabetic sequence of teams rather than league position.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Atherstone Town 21 19 1 1 56 15 +41 58 Promotion to Step 5
2 Stapenhill 20 15 3 2 61 22 +39 48 Qualification for the play-offs
3 OJM Black Country 24 15 5 4 67 36 +31 47[a]
4 Dudley Town 19 15 0 4 44 16 +28 45
5 Darlaston Town (1874) 20 12 5 3 59 17 +42 41
6 Ashby Ivanhoe 20 12 4 4 66 35 +31 40
7 Wolverhampton Sporting 22 12 2 8 49 36 +13 32[b]
8 Bilston Town 20 9 3 8 47 43 +4 30
9 Nuneaton Griff 22 9 3 10 32 49 −17 30
10 Wednesfield 22 8 5 9 31 34 −3 29
11 Paget Rangers 21 8 3 10 30 39 −9 27
12 Heath Hayes 21 7 3 11 32 36 −4 24
13 Chelmsley Town 22 6 6 10 31 37 −6 24
14 Coventry Copsewood 24 6 3 15 37 59 −22 21
15 Cradley Town 21 6 2 13 25 48 −23 20
16 Shawbury United 21 5 2 14 32 54 −22 17
17 AFC Bridgnorth 21 3 5 13 22 61 −39 14 Possible relegation to feeder leagues
18 Dudley Sports 20 2 2 16 22 63 −41 8
19 Khalsa Football Federation 21 3 1 17 24 67 −43 7[c]
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2021. Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[7]
Notes:
  1. ^ Black Country Rangers were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligable player.
  2. ^ Wolverhampton Sporting were deducted 6 points for failing to fulfil a fixture on 4 October 2021 and for fielding an ineligible player.
  3. ^ Khalsa Football Federation were deducted 3 points for failing to fulfil a fixture on 5 November 2021.

Results table[]

Home \ Away BRI ASH ATH BIL BCR CHE CVC CRA DAR DLS DLT HEA NUN PAG SHA KHA STA WED WSC
AFC Bridgnorth — 2–2 2–2 0–5 0–2 5–0 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–4
Ashby Ivanhoe — 4–3 2–4 2–1 3–2 7–0 4–1 2–0 8–1 1–2
Atherstone Town 3–0 1–1 — 4–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 4–1 6–2 2–0 1–0
Bilston Town 1–5 — 4–2 0–0 4–3 1–0 6–0 0–1 3–2 1–3 1–4 1–2
OJM Black Country 4–1 5–2 3–3 — 1–1 5–1 4–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 3–1 2–0 2–3 3–1
Chelmsley Town 2–2 3–2 — 5–2 1–1 0–1 5–0 2–2 1–3 2–3
Coventry Copsewood 2–0 1–7 2–3 1–0 — 4–1 0–2 2–4 0–6 3–0 2–2
Cradley Town 2–3 1–3 1–2 0–0 2–3 — 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–4 3–2 1–3
Darlaston Town (1874) 7–1 0–2 6–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 — 7–0 5–0 7–0 5–0
Dudley Sports 1–6 1–1 — 2–5 0–2 2–3 3–1 0–1 0–4
Dudley Town 8–0 0–1 3–0 3–2 2–0 — 3–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 2–1
Heath Hayes 1–2 4–3 0–1 0–5 2–3 0–1 0–0 4��1 0–1 — 0–2 5–1 4–1 2–4 1–1
Nuneaton Griff 2–2 3–0 3–1 1–2 0–6 1–1 — 1–2 3–2 0–2
Paget Rangers 0–2 1–4 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 — 2–2 0–1
Shawbury United 4–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–3 — 2–0 1–3
Khalsa Football Federation 1–4 1–3 0–4 1–3 3–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 — 3–7 1–1 1–3
Stapenhill 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–2 5–1 1–3 1–2 7–1 — 4–1
Wednesfield 2–0 1–2 0–4 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 0–0 — 1–1
Wolverhampton Sporting 6–1 4–3 1–2 2–4 3–1 0–1 1–3 4–0 4–1 1–3 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2021. Source: Midland League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Stadia and locations[]

Location of the clubs in the 2021–22 Midland League Division One
Club Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Crown Meadow
Ashby Ivanhoe Ashby-de-la-Zouch Lower Packington Road
Atherstone Town Atherstone Sheepy Road 3,000
Bilston Town Bilston Queen Street
Black Country Rangers Lye The Sports Ground[a]
Chelmsley Town Coleshill Pack Meadow
Coventry Copsewood Coventry Allard Way 2,000
Cradley Town Cradley Beeches View
Darlaston Town (1874) Walsall Bentley Sports Pavilion 34
Dudley Sports Brierley Hill Hillcrest Avenue
Dudley Town Willenhall Aspray 24 Arena[b]
Heath Hayes Heath Hayes Coppice Colliery Ground
Nuneaton Griff Nuneaton Pingles Stadium 6,000
Paget Rangers Sutton Coldfield Coles Lane 2,000
Shawbury United Ludlow Ludlow Football Stadium 1,000
Smethwick Khalsa Football Federation Tividale The Beeches[c]
Stapenhill Stapenhill Edge Hill 1,000
Wednesfield Wednesfield Cottage Ground
Wolverhampton Sporting Great Wyrley Pride Park
  1. ^ Groundshare with Lye Town
  2. ^ Groundshare with Sporting Khalsa
  3. ^ Groundshare with Tividale

Notes[]

References[]

  1. ^ "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2021–22" (PDF). The FA. May 2021 – via The Non-League Paper.
  2. ^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  3. ^ "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ^ Bayliss, Ollie [@Ollie_Bayliss] (2 November 2021). "One of the other significant changes is promotion from Step 5 to Step 4. At Step 5, the best 10 second-placed teams now go up automatically. The other second-placed teams at Step 5 will play a play-off against a club third-bottom in Step 4" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 December 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Bayliss, Ollie [@Ollie_Bayliss] (2 November 2021). "As a result of gaps in the non-league pyramid, the FA has clarified its position on promotions & relegations this season: ♦ Just 1 club per division will be relegated from the National League North & South ♦ Just 9 [recte 8] Step 3 clubs will be relegated (rather than 16 [recte 15])" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 December 2021 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ a b "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.

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