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2024–25 Midland Football League

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Midland Football League
Season2024–25

The2024–25 Midland Football League seasonis the eleventh in the history of theMidland Football League,afootballcompetition inEngland.The Midland League operates two divisions in theEnglish football league system,the Premier Division at Step 5 and Division One at Step 6; these two divisions are covered by this article.

The allocations for Steps 3 to 6 for this season were announced byThe Football Associationon 17 May 2024.[1]

Premier Division

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This division comprises 18 teams, the same amount as the previous season.

Premier Division table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Lichfield City 17 12 2 3 44 25 +19 38 Promotion to theNorthern Premier League
2 Brocton 17 12 1 4 51 18 +33 37 Qualification for the play-offs[a]
3 Shifnal Town 17 12 1 4 31 14 +17 37
4 1874 Northwich 15 9 4 2 29 18 +11 31
5 Whitchurch Alport 17 9 2 6 37 19 +18 29
6 Atherstone Town 14 8 3 3 29 15 +14 27
7 Stone Old Alleynians 17 8 3 6 25 20 +5 27
8 Stourport Swifts 18 7 5 6 24 26 −2 26
9 Studley 17 7 3 7 22 23 −1 24
10 OJM CFC 16 6 5 5 29 25 +4 23
11 Romulus 17 6 2 9 30 37 −7 20
12 AFC Wulfrunians 16 5 4 7 22 30 −8 19
13 Northwich Victoria 15 4 6 5 22 29 −7 18
14 Dudley Town 15 5 1 9 15 28 −13 16
15 Uttoxeter Town 16 2 5 9 22 34 −12 11
16 Tividale 17 2 5 10 20 39 −19 11
17 Highgate United 15 2 4 9 13 36 −23 10 Relegation toDivision One
18 Wolverhampton Casuals 18 2 2 14 17 46 −29 8
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2024. Source:The FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[2]
Notes:
  1. ^Four teams play for one spot and promotion toStep 4

Stadia and locations

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Location of the clubs in the 2023–24 Midland League Premier Division from Cheshire


Club Location Stadium Capacity
1874 Northwich Barnton The Offside Trust Stadium 3,000
AFC Wulfrunians Wolverhampton Castlecroft Stadium 2,000
Atherstone Town Atherstone Sheepy Road
Brocton Brocton Silkmore Lane 1,500
Dudley Town Willenhall Asprey Arena
Highgate United Shirley The Coppice 2,000
Lichfield City Lichfield City Ground 1,000
Northwich Victoria Northwich Wincham Park 4,813
OJM CFC Birmingham(Kings Norton) Triplex Sports Ground
Romulus Birmingham(Castle Vale) Castle Vale Stadium 2,000
Shifnal Town Shifnal Phoenix Park
Stone Old Alleynians Meir Heath King's Park
Stourport Swifts Stourport-on-Severn Walshes Meadow 2,000
Studley Studley The Beehive
Tividale Tividale The Beeches 2,000
Uttoxeter Town Uttoxeter Oldfields
Whitchurch Alport Whitchurch Yockings Park
Wolverhampton Casuals Featherstone Brinsford Lane

Division One

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This division comprises 22 teams, two more than the previous season.

Division One table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Nuneaton Town 23 15 6 2 63 20 +43 51 Promotion to thePremier Division
2 Heather St John's 23 16 1 6 69 28 +41 49 Qualification for the play-offs[a]
3 Coton Green 20 15 3 2 46 16 +30 48
4 Smethwick Rangers 22 14 5 3 44 22 +22 47
5 Bilston Town 22 14 4 4 52 28 +24 46
6 Leicester St Andrews 22 14 3 5 46 28 +18 45
7 Kirby Muxloe 22 14 2 6 59 32 +27 44
8 Cradley Town 22 14 1 7 63 34 +29 43
9 Coventry Copsewood 21 10 5 6 46 37 +9 35
10 Ingles 21 10 4 7 41 27 +14 34
11 Gornal Athletic 22 10 4 8 46 33 +13 34
12 Sutton United 22 10 3 9 40 41 −1 33
13 Saffron Dynamo 22 9 5 8 49 41 +8 32
14 Nuneaton Griff 22 7 8 7 42 43 −1 29
15 Stapenhill 22 7 5 10 41 41 0 26
16 Birstall United 22 6 5 11 47 50 −3 23
17 Allexton & New Parks 22 3 5 14 22 64 −42 14
18 AFC Bridgnorth 21 3 4 14 22 46 −24 13
19 Lutterworth Athletic 22 3 4 15 28 59 −31 13
20 Chelmsley Town 24 3 3 18 32 73 −41 12 Relegation to a feeder league
21 Wednesfield 22 3 2 17 18 65 −47 11
22 Paget Rangers 23 1 0 22 17 105 −88 3
Updated to match(es) played on 7 December 2024. Source:The FA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) number of matches won; 5) head-to-head results[2]
Notes:
  1. ^Four teams play for one spot and promotion toStep 5

Stadia and locations

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Club Location Stadium Capacity
AFC Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Crown Meadow
Allexton & New Parks Leicester New College Leicester
Bilston Town Bilston Queen Street 4,000
Birstall United Birstall Meadow Lane
Chelmsley Town Coleshill Pack Meadow
Coton Green Fazeley New Mill Lane
Coventry Copsewood Coventry Allard Way 2,000
Cradley Town Cradley Beeches View
Gornal Athletic Lower Gornal Garden Walk Stadium 2,000
Heather St John's Heather St John's Park 2,050
Ingles Thringstone Homestead Road 2,050
Kirby Muxloe Kirby Muxloe Ratby Lane 3,000
Leicester St Andrews Leicester Canal Street 1,000
Lutterworth Athletic Lutterworth Hall Park
Nuneaton Griff Nuneaton Pingles Stadium 4,000
Nuneaton Town Nuneaton The Oval 4,614
Paget Rangers Sutton Coldfield Central Ground 2,000
Saffron Dynamo Cosby Cambridge Road
Smethwick Rangers Boldmere Trevor Brown Memorial Ground 2,500
Stapenhill Stapenhill Edge Hill 1,500
Sutton United Sutton Coldfield Coleshill Road
Wednesfield Wednesfield Cottage Ground

References

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  1. ^"THE FA RELEASES NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1-6 IN 2024-25 TERM".The Football Association. 17 May 2024.
  2. ^ab"The FA Handbook 2023/2024 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2".The FA.
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