1961–62 Midland Football League

Midland Football League
Season	1961–62
Champions	Matlock Town
Matches played	306
Goals scored	1,187 (3.88 per match)
	← 1959–60 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 Midland Football League season was the 62nd in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Due to financial problems the league folded and no matches were played in the previous season.

Clubs

The league featured six clubs which competed in the previous season, along with twelve new clubs.

Club spent previous season without league football:
- Skegness Town

Returned to the league after one season in the Central Alliance:

Returned to the league after one season in both the Central Alliance and the Yorkshire League:
- Gainsborough Trinity

Joined from the Central Alliance:

Joined from the Yorkshire League:
- Retford Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Matlock Town	34	23	5	6	99	52	1.904	51
2	Retford Town	34	20	6	8	88	66	1.333	46
3	Worksop Town	34	20	3	11	88	60	1.467	43
4	Ilkeston Town	34	18	7	9	65	38	1.711	43
5	Denaby United	34	17	7	10	60	48	1.250	41
6	Sutton Town	34	18	4	12	71	53	1.340	40
7	Belper Town	34	15	8	11	78	50	1.560	38
8	Grantham	34	14	7	13	71	58	1.224	35
9	Loughborough United	34	13	7	14	61	61	1.000	33
10	Gainsborough Trinity	34	14	5	15	65	64	1.016	33
11	Goole Town	34	13	7	14	68	63	1.079	33
12	Long Eaton United	34	12	5	17	53	75	0.707	29
13	Heanor Town	34	11	7	16	54	66	0.818	29
14	Bourne Town	34	10	9	15	59	71	0.831	29
15	Skegness Town	34	10	6	18	55	82	0.671	26
16	Stamford	34	10	6	18	57	97	0.588	26
17	Spalding United	34	9	3	22	47	83	0.566	21
18	Alfreton Town	34	6	4	24	48	100	0.480	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.

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