1965–66 Midland Football League

Midland Football League

Season	1965–66
Champions	Worksop Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,955 (4.23 per match)
←1964–65 1966–67→

The1965–66 Midland Football Leagueseason was the 66th in the history of theMidland Football League,afootballcompetition inEngland.

Clubs

The league featured 20 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs, joined from theNorth Regional League:

• Lincoln Cityreserves
• Scunthorpe Unitedreserves

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Worksop Town	42	28	7	7	155	71	2.183	63
2	Heanor Town	42	27	5	10	112	59	1.898	59
3	Grantham	42	26	7	9	115	63	1.825	59
4	Ilkeston Town	42	24	9	9	115	71	1.620	57
5	Lockheed Leamington	42	21	12	9	126	81	1.556	54
6	Gainsborough Trinity	42	23	5	14	80	64	1.250	51
7	Arnold	42	20	10	12	104	90	1.156	50
8	Retford Town	42	20	6	16	93	86	1.081	46
9	Goole Town	42	19	7	16	95	75	1.267	45
10	Alfreton Town	42	19	7	16	100	87	1.149	45
11	Scarborough	42	19	7	16	89	80	1.113	45
12	Scunthorpe Unitedreserves	42	16	8	18	93	90	1.033	40
13	Belper Town	42	17	6	19	82	91	0.901	40
14	Matlock Town	42	14	11	17	63	81	0.778	39
15	Loughborough United	42	13	11	18	84	93	0.903	37
16	Lincoln Cityreserves	42	12	7	23	83	119	0.697	31
17	Ashton United	42	12	7	23	75	108	0.694	31	Transferred to theLancashire Combination
18	Stamford	42	11	8	23	66	110	0.600	30
19	Long Eaton United	42	9	11	22	49	90	0.544	29
20	Spalding United	42	10	9	23	51	97	0.526	29
21	Sutton Town	42	10	8	24	61	97	0.629	28
22	Skegness Town	42	7	2	33	64	152	0.421	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.