2016–17 East Midlands Counties Football League
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The 2016–17 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 9th in the history of East Midlands Counties Football League, a football competition in England.
League
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | West Bridgford |
Promoted | South Normanton Athletic |
Relegated | Greenwood Meadows Ellistown & Ibstock United |
Matches played | 462 |
Goals scored | 1,841 (3.98 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 41 goals Steven Hart Stapenhill |
Biggest home win | Dunkirk 13–0 Graham Street Prims (25 April 2017) |
Biggest away win | Ellistown & Ibstock United 0-11 Birstall United (19 November 2016) |
Highest scoring | Dunkirk 13–0 Graham Street Prims (25 April 2017) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches South Normanton Athletic |
Longest unbeaten run | 18 matches Dunkirk |
Longest losing run | 10 matches Ellistown & Ibstock United |
Highest attendance | 152[1] Gedling Miners Welfare 0–3 Arnold Town (18 April 2017) |
Lowest attendance | 14[2] Greenwood Meadows 0–1 Graham Street Prims (20 August 2016) |
Average attendance | 50 |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
The league featured 18 clubs from the previous season, along with four new clubs:
- Belper United, promoted from the Central Midlands Football League
- Birstall United, promoted from the Leicestershire Senior League
- Dunkirk, relegated from the Midland Football League
- West Bridgford, promoted from the Nottinghamshire Senior League
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | West Bridgford | 42 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 115 | 52 | +63 | 94 | |
2 | South Normanton Athletic | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 94 | 46 | +48 | 86 | Promoted to the Midland League |
3 | Birstall United | 42 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 105 | 48 | +57 | 85 | |
4 | Aylestone Park | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 104 | 59 | +45 | 81 | |
5 | Dunkirk | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 106 | 70 | +36 | 76 | |
6 | Blaby & Whetstone Athletic | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 105 | 71 | +34 | 76 | |
7 | Radford | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 100 | 57 | +43 | 74 | |
8 | Kimberley Miners Welfare | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 85 | 62 | +23 | 74 | |
9 | Radcliffe Olympic | 42 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 101 | 97 | +4 | 71 | |
10 | Ashby Ivanhoe | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 97 | 66 | +31 | 70 | |
11 | Stapenhill | 42 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 104 | 88 | +16 | 67 | |
12 | Borrowash Victoria | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 98 | 87 | +11 | 58 | |
13 | Belper United | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 78 | 73 | +5 | 58 | |
14 | Barrow Town | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 86 | 82 | +4 | 58 | |
15 | Arnold Town | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 88 | 101 | −13 | 57 | |
16 | Holwell Sports | 42 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 78 | 86 | −8 | 55 | |
17 | Anstey Nomads | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 70 | 97 | −27 | 45 | |
18 | Holbrook Sports | 42 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 55 | 110 | −55 | 33 | |
19 | Graham Street Prims | 42 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 52 | 120 | −68 | 31 | |
20 | Gedling Miners Welfare | 42 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 40 | 132 | −92 | 24 | |
21 | Greenwood Meadows | 42 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 57 | 79 | −22 | 18[a] | Relegated to the Central Midlands League and folded |
22 | Ellistown & Ibstock United | 42 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 158 | −135 | 3 | Relegated to the Leicestershire Senior League |
Source: 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 [3]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [3]
Notes:
- ^ Greenwood Meadows have been deducted 18 points for failing to fulfil fixtures against:
- Gedling Miners Welfare on 8 April
- Holwell Sports on 12 April
- Borrowash Victoria on 15 April
- Dunkirk on 17 April
- Radford on 29 April
- Ashby Ivanhoe on 3 May
References
- ^ "Gedling Miners Welfare v Arnold Town". FA Full Time. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Greenwood Meadows v Graham Street Prims". FA Full Time. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.