1979–80 Midland Football League
# 1979–80 Midland Football League

The 1979–80 Midland Football League was the 80th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the previous season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Belper Town | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 50 | 25 | +25 | 47 | |
| 2 | Bridlington Trinity | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 56 | 34 | +22 | 47 | |
| 3 | Boston | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 60 | 28 | +32 | 44 | |
| 4 | Long Eaton United | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 43 | |
| 5 | Mexborough Town Athletic | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 46 | 38 | +8 | 39 | |
| 6 | Eastwood Town | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 57 | 43 | +14 | 38 | |
| 7 | Arnold | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 37 | |
| 8 | Heanor Town | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 49 | +4 | 37 | |
| 9 | Brigg Town | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 36 | |
| 10 | Alfreton Town | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 35 | |
| 11 | Skegness Town | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 45 | +1 | 33 | |
| 12 | Ashby Institute | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 31 | |
| 13 | Ilkeston Town | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 30 | |
| 14 | Kimberley Town | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 30 | |
| 15 | Appleby Frodingham | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 55 | 61 | −6 | 28 | |
| 16 | Spalding United | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 23 | |
| 17 | Sutton Town | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 33 | 58 | −25 | 22 | |
| 18 | Retford Town | 34 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 23 | 83 | −60 | 12 | Not re-elected, relegated to the Retford & District League |

## Division One

Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with four new clubs:

* Borrowash Victoria, joined from the East Midlands Regional League
* Retford Rail
* Rolls Royce (Hucknall)
* Sutton Trinity

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Arnold Kingswell | 30 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 76 | 37 | +39 | 45 | |
| 2 | Oakham United | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 43 | |
| 3 | Staveley Works | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 51 | 30 | +21 | 39 | |
| 4 | Borrowash Victoria | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 38 | |
| 5 | Long Eaton Grange | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 37 | |
| 6 | Linby Colliery | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 36 | |
| 7 | Creswell Colliery | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 43 | +8 | 34 | |
| 8 | Sutton Trinity | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 33 | |
| 9 | Eastwood Town reserves | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 28 | |
| 10 | Arnold reserves | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 28 | |
| 11 | Grantham reserves | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 26 | Resigned from the league |
| 12 | Carrvale United | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 22 | |
| 13 | Attenborough | 30 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 39 | 60 | −21 | 20 | |
| 14 | Long Eaton United reserves | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 48 | 95 | −47 | 19 | |
| 15 | Retford Rail | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 27 | 65 | −38 | 17 | |
| 16 | Rolls Royce (Hucknall) | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 52 | 77 | −25 | 15 | |
