2021–22 Midland 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.

Midland Football League
Season2021–22
ChampionsHanley Town
RelegatedDudley Sports
2022–23 →
This article is about the English football league. For the Scottish football league, see 2021–22 Midlands Football League.

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
Midland League Premier Division
Season2021–22
ChampionsHanley Town (1st title)
PromotedHanley Town
Boldmere St Michaels
RelegatedHaughmond
Matches played342
Biggest home winLichfield City 9–0 Uttoxeter Town (13 November 2021)
Biggest away winWolverhampton Casuals 1–7 Lye Town (30 October 2021)
Bewdley Town 0–6 Stourport Swifts (27 December 2021)
Wolverhampton Casuals 1–7 Hanley Town (18 January 2022)
Highest scoringBewdley Town 3–8 Shifnal Town (9 November 2021)
2022–23 →

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.[5]

Premier Division table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hanley Town (C) 36 25 8 3 82 26 +56 83 Promotion to Step 4
2 Boldmere St Michaels (O, P) 36 22 8 6 71 35 +36 74 Qualification for an inter-step play-off[lower-alpha 1]
3 Lichfield City 36 20 8 8 82 42 +40 68
4 Worcester City 36 20 5 11 70 37 +33 65
5 AFC Wulfrunians 36 17 9 10 57 48 +9 60
6 Walsall Wood 36 15 12 9 69 43 +26 57
7 Shifnal Town 36 16 8 12 69 45 +24 56
8 Lye Town 36 16 7 13 58 38 +20 55
9 Romulus 36 16 6 14 59 57 +2 54
10 Stone Old Alleynians 36 14 10 12 59 63 −4 52
11 Tividale 36 14 9 13 50 55 −5 51
12 Whitchurch Alport 36 15 3 18 64 73 −9 48
13 Stourport Swifts 36 11 13 12 58 57 +1 46
14 Racing Club Warwick 36 12 6 18 51 61 −10 42
15 Highgate United 36 6 12 18 44 65 −21 30
16 Uttoxeter Town 36 7 9 20 38 76 −38 30
17 Wolverhampton Casuals 36 9 4 23 46 101 −55 30[lower-alpha 2]
18 Bewdley Town 36 6 8 22 42 110 −68 26 Reprieve from relegation[lower-alpha 3]
19 Haughmond (R) 36 6 5 25 53 90 −37 23 Relegation to Division One
Source: The 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[8]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Contested an inter-step play-off match as one of bottom six runners-up from Step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) at the end of the 2021–22 season against one of the seven third-from-bottom clubs with the fewest PPG from the eight divisions at Step 4. The winner rose to Step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while the loser dropped to Step 5.[6]
  2. Wolverhampton Casuals were deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.
  3. Reprieved as one of twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that were second-from-bottom at Step 5.[7]

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 — 0–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 5–2 3–1
Bewdley Town 0–5 — 0–3 2–1 5–5 1–0 2–5 0–2 0–0 1–1 3–8 1–2 0–6 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 3–0 0–3
Boldmere St Michaels 1–0 6–1 — 1–2 3–1 1–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 0–2
Hanley Town 1–1 6–0 2–1 — 4–2 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 6–1 1–0
Haughmond 4–1 0–1 0–2 1–5 — 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 0–3 1–3 1–2 1–0 2–4 3–4 3–0 0–1
Highgate United 1–1 2–2 2–4 2–2 2–1 — 0–0 2–3 2–0 5–3 2–1 3–4 3–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–2
Lichfield City 3–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 4–0 — 2–0 4–1 3–0 1–2 3–2 1–4 4–0 9–0 4–2 1–4 3–0 2–0
Lye Town 1–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 5–1 2–0 0–0 — 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–0
Racing Club Warwick 4–0 0–4 2–4 1–2 3–2 2–1 4–0 1–0 — 0–1 2–3 3–3 0–1 1–0 6–3 0–3 1–5 3–0 0–1
Romulus 0–2 6–1 0–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–4 3–1 2–0 — 2–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 6–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–2
Shifnal Town 7–0 5–0 1–2 1–0 4–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–3 — 0–2 1–0 3–0 4–0 2–1 3–1 6–1 2–0
Stone Old Alleynians 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 — 3–3 4–1 2–1 3–3 3–2 1–1 1–0
Stourport Swifts 2–1 3–3 1–1 0–3 4–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 — 4–2 1–3 0–0 2–0 5–0 1–1
Tividale 1–3 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–2 2–3 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 3–0 0–2 3–3 5–1 0–0
Uttoxeter Town 0–1 3–0 0–2 0–1 3–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–2 — 0–3 3–0 1–2 0–1
Walsall Wood 1–1 6–1 3–0 1–2 4–3 6–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 — 1–2 4–0 1–1
Whitchurch Alport 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–5 2–1 3–2 1–4 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 3–3 2–1 2–3 4–0 1–2 — 3–1 1–2
Wolverhampton Casuals 0–1 4–3 1–2 1–7 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–7 0–2 2–1 2–2 4–0 5–1 4–1 2–3 2–1 3–2 — 0–1
Worcester City 3–3 6–0 0–2 0–1 6–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 5–1 2–1 4–1 4–1 1–2 5–0 3–4 4–0 4–0 —
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 WulfruniansWolverhamptonCastlecroft Stadium2,000
Bewdley TownBewdleyRibbesford Meadows1,000
Boldmere St. MichaelsBoldmereTrevor Brown Memorial Ground2,000
Hanley TownHanleyPotteries Park
HaughmondShrewsburyShrewsbury Sports Village1,000
Highgate UnitedShirleyThe Coppice2,000
Lichfield CityLichfieldCity Ground1,000
Lye TownLyeThe Sports Ground1,000
Racing Club WarwickWarwickTownsend Meadow1,280
RomulusBirmingham (Castle Vale)Castle Vale Stadium2,000
Shifnal TownShifnalPhoenix Park
Stone Old AlleyniansStoneYarnfield Lane
Stourport SwiftsStourport-on-SevernWalshes Meadow2,000
TividaleTividaleThe Beeches2,000
Uttoxeter TownUttoxeterOldfields
Walsall WoodWalsall WoodOak Park1,000
Whitchurch AlportWhitchurchYockings Park
Wolverhampton CasualsFeatherstoneBrinsford Lane
Worcester CityWorcesterClaines Lane1,000

Division One

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

Division One table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Atherstone Town (C, P) 36 30 5 1 93 26 +67 95 Promotion to Step 5
2 Darlaston Town (1874) (Q) 36 23 9 4 98 27 +71 78 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Stapenhill (Q) 36 24 6 6 97 43 +54 78
4 Ashby Ivanhoe (Q) 36 23 5 8 99 58 +41 74
5 Dudley Town (Q) 36 22 6 8 76 38 +38 72
6 OJM Black Country 35 18 10 7 90 58 +32 61[lower-alpha 1]
7 Bilston Town 36 17 4 15 75 67 +8 55
8 Nuneaton Griff 36 16 5 15 51 64 −13 53
9 Heath Hayes 36 15 6 15 58 55 +3 51
10 Wolverhampton Sporting 35 17 3 15 63 58 +5 48[lower-alpha 2]
11 Wednesfield 36 12 9 15 44 53 −9 45
12 Paget Rangers 36 12 5 19 49 71 −22 41
13 Khalsa Football Federation 36 11 5 20 48 83 −35 35[lower-alpha 3]
14 AFC Bridgnorth 36 9 8 19 39 84 −45 35
15 Cradley Town 36 10 4 22 41 82 −41 34
16 Chelmsley Town 36 8 9 19 42 57 −15 33
17 Coventry Copsewood 36 9 5 22 57 83 −26 32 Reprieve from relegation[lower-alpha 4]
18 Shawbury United 36 7 4 25 44 80 −36 25
19 Dudley Sports (R) 36 2 4 30 32 109 −77 10 Relegation to feeder leagues
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. Source: The 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[8]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Black Country Rangers were deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible 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.
  4. All third-from-bottom clubs at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation. Nine second-from-bottom sides below were also reprieved on a PPG basis.[9]

Results table
Home \ Away BRI ASH ATH BIL BCR CHE CVC CRA DAR DLS DLT HEA KFF NUN PAG SHA STA WED WSC
AFC Bridgnorth — 2–2 2–2 2–2 0–5 0–2 1–5 5–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4
Ashby Ivanhoe 4–0 — 1–1 4–3 2–4 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 4–3 8–1 7–0 4–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 3–1
Atherstone Town 3–0 1–1 — 3–1 4–1 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 2–0 4–1 4–1 6–2 3–1 4–0 1–0
Bilston Town 0–1 1–2 1–5 — 4–2 0–0 4–3 2–3 1–0 6–0 3–0 1–3 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–3 1–4 1–2
OJM Black Country 4–1 5–2 2–3 3–3 — 0–1 1–1 5–1 4–4 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–3 3–1
Chelmsley Town 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–1 3–2 — 5–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 5–0 2–2 1–3 1–3 0–1 2–3
Coventry Copsewood 2–0 1–7 1–3 1–2 2–3 1–0 — 2–3 0–3 4–1 2–2 1–2 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–4 0–6 3–0 2–2
Cradley Town 0–1 2–3 1–3 1–2 1–3 0–0 2–3 — 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–4 1–3 0–4 3–2 1–0 1–5 0–0 2–3
Darlaston Town (1874) 7–1 0–1 0–2 6–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 5–1 — 7–0 0–0 3–0 7–0 5–0 4–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 5–0
Dudley Sports 0–2 1–6 1–2 1–4 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–5 — 2–5 0–2 0–3 2–3 1–3 3–1 0–5 0–1 0–4
Dudley Town 8–0 4–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 3–0 3–2 4–0 2–0 6–1 — 0–3 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–0
Heath Hayes 1–2 4–3 0–1 0–5 2–3 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 — 4–1 0–1 0–2 5–1 2–4 1–1 3–0
Khalsa Football Federation 2–1 1–4 1–3 0–4 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 0–0 — 2–1 1–2 3–1 3–7 1–1 1–3
Nuneaton Griff 2–2 3–1 0–1 4–2 3–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 0–6 1–1 3–2 — 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–2
Paget Rangers 1–4 1–4 0–2 3–0 1–4 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 — 2–1 1–5 2–2 0–1
Shawbury United 4–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–3 — 0–0 1–3 0–1
Stapenhill 1–1 4–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–2 5–1 1–3 1–2 0–3 2–0 2–0 7–1 — 4–1 3–1
Wednesfield 2–0 1–2 0–4 0–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–0 5–1 0–2 — 1–1
Wolverhampton Sporting 6–1 1–2 0–3 5–3 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–4 3–1 0–1 1–2 4–1 1–3 1–0 4–0 1–3 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2022. 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 BridgnorthBridgnorthCrown Meadow
Ashby IvanhoeAshby-de-la-ZouchLower Packington Road
Atherstone TownAtherstoneSheepy Road3,000
Bilston TownBilstonQueen Street
Black Country RangersLyeThe Sports Ground[lower-alpha 1]
Chelmsley TownColeshillPack Meadow
Coventry CopsewoodCoventryAllard Way2,000
Cradley TownCradleyBeeches View
Darlaston Town (1874)WalsallBentley Sports Pavilion
Dudley SportsBrierley HillHillcrest Avenue
Dudley TownWillenhallAspray 24 Arena[lower-alpha 2]
Heath HayesHeath HayesCoppice Colliery Ground
Nuneaton GriffNuneatonPingles Stadium6,000
Paget RangersSutton ColdfieldColes Lane2,000
Shawbury UnitedLudlowLudlow Football Stadium1,000
Smethwick Khalsa Football FederationTividaleThe Beeches[lower-alpha 3]
StapenhillStapenhillEdge Hill1,000
WednesfieldWednesfieldCottage Ground
Wolverhampton SportingGreat WyrleyPride Park
  1. Groundshare with Lye Town
  2. Groundshare with Sporting Khalsa
  3. Groundshare with Tividale

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. "Congleton Town Win Appeal". nwcfl.com. North West Counties Football League. 24 June 2021.
  6. Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation: Step 5 Promotion". Google Docs.
  7. The FA: "12 clubs across Step 5 to be reprieved. Reprieves are based on those with the highest PPG, starting with 2nd from bottom Clubs first, then bottom. As it stands, this would be 12 of the 16 2nd from bottom Clubs."
  8. "The FA Handbook 2020/2021 Part 29 Standardised Rules Section 12.2". The FA.
  9. Miller, Pete. "Non League 21/22 Promotion and Relegation: Step 6 Relegation". Google Docs.
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