There have been at least two different football competitions in England which used the name Midland Football League.

One existed until 1982 before merging with the Yorkshire League to form the Northern Counties (East) League. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The Yorkshire Football League was a former football competition in England that existed prior to 1982. ... The Northern Counties East League is an English association football league that was founded in 1982 by the merger of the former Yorkshire League and Midland Counties League. ...

Another changed its name from the Staffordshire Senior League in 1989 and lasted until 2005 when it merged with the Staffordshire County League to form the Staffordshire County Senior League. Staffordshire County Senior League badge The Staffordshire County Senior League is a football competition based in Staffordshire, England. ...

Midland League 1889-1960

Founded in 1889, only one year after the Football League, the Midland League was the second league for professional clubs to be formed. Eleven clubs participated in the first season, 1889-90, four of whom (including the first Champions, Lincoln City) would go on to achieve Football League status. The eleven founder members came from no less than six different counties. The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... Lincoln City F.C. are an English football team currently playing in Football League Two (the fourth tier of the English football league system). ...

In the early days of the Midland League, a number of the Champion clubs were elected to the Football League, and in return, League clubs who failed to be re-elected were often placed in the Midland League. Lincoln City and Doncaster Rovers both had a number of spells in both the Football League and Midland League. Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or Donny as they are more commonly known) are an English professional football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. ...

With the larger professional clubs becoming stronger, they looked to place their reserve side in the Midland League, Derby County being the first in 1894-95. Within less than a decade, more than half of the membership of the Midland League was made up of reserve teams. Derby County Football Club are an English football club based in Derby, who play in the Premier League. ... The Reserve team is what many european football clubs have as a backup behind their regular first team, its main purpose is to give young talented players a chance to prove themselves without risking them in more high profile matches with the main squad. ...

Along with most other leagues, the Midland League closed down for the duration of World War I. When football resumed in 1919-20, the Midland League began to take on a different look. Three clubs (Chesterfield, Halifax Town and Lincoln City) joined the Football League when that organisation expanded to form a Third Division North, and the reserve sides of Football League clubs gradually left. More Midland League clubs progressed to the Football League, e.g. York City in 1929, and Mansfield Town in 1932. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. ... Halifax Town A.F.C. are an English football team currently playing in the Nationwide Conference. ... York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. ... Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club who currently play in League Two of the Football League. ...

Again, on the outbreak of World War II, the Midland League closed down, and resumed again in peacetime in 1945. After reaching a constitution of 24 clubs in 1946-47, the league entered a decade of stability. Peterborough United won the title for five consecutive seasons from 1955-56 to 1959-60. With most of the remaining Football League clubs reserve sides leaving in 1958, the league was reduced to a rump of just 9 clubs, but was saved when the North Eastern League, a competition which had also suffered from the withdrawal of reserve sides, decided to disband, and the Midland League accepted into membership a number of north eastern sides, well to the north of its usual catchment area. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Peterborough United Football Club are an English football team currently playing in League Two for the 2007-08 season. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

However, this lifeline was to prove short lived. A new league, the Northern Counties League, was formed in 1960 and all the former North Eastern League clubs moved to the new competition. Peterborough United were elected to the Football League (the last Midland League club to achieve this feat), and the Midland League closed down through lack of numbers. Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Champions

The champion clubs during this era were as follows:^[1]

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Mexborough Town F.C. is an English football club from Mexborough, South Yorkshire founded prior to 1892. ... Doncaster Rovers Football Club (or Donny as they are more commonly known) are an English professional football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in the town of Doncaster, South Yorkshire. ... Kettering Town Football Club are an English football club based in Kettering, Northamptonshire. ... Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. ... Barnsley Football Club are an English football league team, based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire and nicknamed the Tykes (a Tyke is a traditional Yorkshire character rugged, hardworking and with great pride in their roots). ... Sheffield Wednesday Football Club (abbreviated as SWFC, nicknamed The Owls) is one of the oldest football clubs in England and play in The Football League. ... 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Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club who currently play in League Two of the Football League. ... Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club who currently play in League Two of the Football League. ... Mexborough Town F.C. is an English football club from Mexborough, South Yorkshire founded prior to 1892. ... Scunthorpe United F.C. are an English football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. ... Gainsborough Trinity are an English football club, based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. ... Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club who currently play in League Two of the Football League. ... Scarborough Football Club were an English football team based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. ... “GTFC” redirects here. ... 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Midland Counties League 1961-1982

After a single year without a Midland League, a re-formed competition entitled the Midland Counties League was formed, although common practice was still to refer to it as the "Midland League" and it is usually treated as a continuation of the former competition in reference sources. A few of the previous member clubs re-joined, with a number of new members, principally from the Central Alliance. With the formation of the Northern Premier League in 1968, the Midland League lost four of its most successful clubs, but by now the competition was a strong league again and more clubs were looking to join than the league had vacancies. To cater for this, the league formed a second division in 1975-76. This division became "Division One" while the previous clubs formed the "Premier Division". Clubs had to achieve a high level of facilities to join the Premier Division, and so very few clubs were able to move from the lower to the upper tier. The Northern Premier League logo. ...

When senior football in the north of England was rationalised in 1982, the Midland League was one of those affected. The league closed down, merging with the Yorkshire League to form the Northern Counties East League as a feeder league to the Northern Premier League. Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... The Yorkshire Football League was a former football competition in England that existed prior to 1982. ... The Northern Counties East League is an English association football league that was founded in 1982 by the merger of the former Yorkshire League and Midland Counties League. ...

Champions

The champion clubs during this era were as follows:^[1]

Premier Division

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Division One

• 1976 Brimington
• 1977 Long Eaton Grange
• 1978 Staveley Works
• 1979 Long Eaton Grange
• 1980 Arnold Kingswell
• 1981 Borrowash Victoria
• 1982 Staveley Works

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Midland League 1994-2005

The Staffordshire Senior League was formed in 1984 and was a true County league, taking its clubs from Staffordshire and the areas immediately adjacent. When the league wanted to raise its profile, and attract clubs from a wider area, the decision was made to rename the league as the "Midland League" with effect from the 1994-95 season. There is no direct connection to the earlier league of the same name, and the level of football was much lower, with the competition being a feeder to the North West Counties League in the pyramid. The Midland Football League is a football competition based in England. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the north west of England. ...

The "new" Midland League consisted of two divisions for the first three seasons, and from 1997 a single grouping. With a merger with the Staffordshire County League in 2005, the new competition became known as the Staffordshire County Senior League, and the Midland League title again fell into disuse. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Staffordshire County Senior League is a football competition based in Staffordshire, England. ...

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