1965–66 Midland Football League
# 1965–66 Midland Football League

The 1965–66 Midland Football League season was the 66th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

## Clubs

The league featured 20 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs, joined from the North Regional League:

* Lincoln City reserves
* Scunthorpe United reserves

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Worksop Town | 42 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 155 | 71 | 2.183 | 63 | |
| 2 | Heanor Town | 42 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 112 | 59 | 1.898 | 59 | |
| 3 | Grantham | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 115 | 63 | 1.825 | 59 | |
| 4 | Ilkeston Town | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 115 | 71 | 1.620 | 57 | |
| 5 | Lockheed Leamington | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 126 | 81 | 1.556 | 54 | |
| 6 | Gainsborough Trinity | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 80 | 64 | 1.250 | 51 | |
| 7 | Arnold | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 104 | 90 | 1.156 | 50 | |
| 8 | Retford Town | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 93 | 86 | 1.081 | 46 | |
| 9 | Goole Town | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 95 | 75 | 1.267 | 45 | |
| 10 | Alfreton Town | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 100 | 87 | 1.149 | 45 | |
| 11 | Scarborough | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 89 | 80 | 1.113 | 45 | |
| 12 | Scunthorpe United reserves | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 93 | 90 | 1.033 | 40 | |
| 13 | Belper Town | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 82 | 91 | 0.901 | 40 | |
| 14 | Matlock Town | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 63 | 81 | 0.778 | 39 | |
| 15 | Loughborough United | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 84 | 93 | 0.903 | 37 | |
| 16 | Lincoln City reserves | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 83 | 119 | 0.697 | 31 | |
| 17 | Ashton United | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 75 | 108 | 0.694 | 31 | Transferred to the Lancashire Combination |
| 18 | Stamford | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 66 | 110 | 0.600 | 30 | |
| 19 | Long Eaton United | 42 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 49 | 90 | 0.544 | 29 | |
| 20 | Spalding United | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 51 | 97 | 0.526 | 29 | |
| 21 | Sutton Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 61 | 97 | 0.629 | 28 | |
| 22 | Skegness Town | 42 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 64 | 152 | 0.421 | 16 | |
