1971–72 Midland Football League

Midland Football League

Season	1971–72
Champions	Grantham
Promoted	Grantham
Matches played	306
Goals scored	985 (3.22 per match)
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 Midland Football League season was the 72nd in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Clubs

The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with three new clubs:

• Eastwood Town
• Gateshead
• Kimberley Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Grantham	34	25	5	4	106	32	3.313	55	Promoted to the Southern Football League
2	Alfreton Town	34	22	5	7	85	39	2.179	49
3	Skegness Town	34	18	8	8	62	34	1.824	44
4	Long Eaton United	34	16	10	8	49	38	1.289	42
5	Belper Town	34	16	9	9	46	33	1.394	41
6	Worksop Town	34	17	7	10	70	53	1.321	41
7	Arnold	34	18	4	12	70	54	1.296	40
8	Gateshead	34	17	5	12	60	53	1.132	39
9	Frickley Colliery	34	13	8	13	46	43	1.070	34
10	Boston	34	13	7	14	44	48	0.917	33
11	Sutton Town	34	10	11	13	47	52	0.904	31
12	Retford Town	34	11	8	15	61	69	0.884	30
13	Eastwood Town	34	9	9	16	50	65	0.769	27
14	Ashby Institute	34	10	7	17	47	62	0.758	27
15	Heanor Town	34	11	5	18	51	68	0.750	27	Transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League
16	Kimberley Town	34	7	8	19	31	73	0.425	22
17	Stamford	34	5	9	20	33	71	0.465	19	Transferred to the United Counties League
18	Loughborough United	34	5	1	28	27	98	0.276	11

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.