2022–23 Midland Football League

Midland Football League
Season	2022–23
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The 2022–23 Midland Football League season was the ninth 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.

The allocations for Steps 3 to 6 for this season were announced by The Football Association on 12 May 2022,^[1] and were subject to appeals.

Premier Division

This division comprises 20 teams, one more than the previous season.

The following 3 clubs left the division before the season:

Boldmere St Michaels - promoted to Northern Premier League Division One Midlands
Hanley Town - promoted to Northern Premier League Division One West
Haughmond - relegated to Division One

The following 4 clubs joined the division:

Atherstone Town - promoted from Division One
Darlaston Town (1874) - promoted from Division One
Market Drayton Town - relegated from Northern Premier League Division One West
Studley - promoted from Hellenic League Division One

Premier Division table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Walsall Wood (C, P)	38	26	7	5	73	35	+38	85	Promotion to the Northern Premier League
2	Lye Town (O, P)	38	25	3	10	85	52	+33	78	Qualification for the inter-step play-off
3	Highgate United	38	23	5	10	86	45	+41	74
4	Darlaston Town (1874)	38	21	8	9	70	38	+32	71
5	Racing Club Warwick	38	21	7	10	84	47	+37	70	Transfer to the United Counties League
6	Romulus	38	21	5	12	81	55	+26	68
7	Stourport Swifts	38	22	2	14	61	41	+20	68
8	Shifnal Town	38	18	10	10	65	43	+22	64
9	Whitchurch Alport	38	18	4	16	66	62	+4	58
10	Atherstone Town	38	17	6	15	63	56	+7	57
11	Lichfield City	38	14	12	12	65	60	+5	54
12	AFC Wulfrunians	38	14	7	17	56	57	−1	49
13	Stone Old Alleynians	38	14	5	19	51	71	−20	47
14	Studley	38	13	10	15	55	58	−3	46^[a]
15	Tividale	38	13	7	18	45	58	−13	46
16	Bewdley Town	38	13	5	20	58	85	−27	44
17	Worcester City	38	9	5	24	35	69	−34	32	Transfer to the Hellenic League
18	Wolverhampton Casuals	38	7	7	24	31	79	−48	28
19	Uttoxeter Town	38	6	6	26	32	84	−52	24	Reprieve from relegation
20	Market Drayton Town (R)	38	3	3	32	27	94	−67	12	Relegation to the North West Counties League Division One South

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^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Studley were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.

Play-off

Inter-Step Playoff

29 April 2023	St Neots Town	1–6	Lye Town	St Neots
15:00	Anderson 78'	Report	Meacham 2' Hesson 20', 53', 88' Palmer 62', 74'	Stadium: New Rowley Park Attendance: 548

Results table

Home \ Away	WUL	ATH	BEW	DAR	HIG	LIC	LYE	MDT	RCW	ROM	SHI	SOA	STO	STU	TIV	UTT	WLW	WHI	WVC	WOR
AFC Wulfrunians	—	0–2	1–0	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–3	3–0	1–1	2–2	5–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–0	2–5	2–1	1–0	4–1
Atherstone Town	3–1	—	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	6–1	0–3	1–0	1–4	3–2	0–1	5–3	3–2	0–1	1–1	5–1	2–1	0–0
Bewdley Town	0–1	2–1	—	1–3	1–4	6–4	3–4	3–2	2–2	0–3	0–4	3–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	4–4	0–3	1–3	1–3	0–1
Darlaston Town (1874)	0–2	1–0	0–1	—	1–1	4–2	7–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	3–2	3–1	2–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0
Highgate United	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–2	—	8–0	4–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	1–3	1–6	2–0	6–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	3–1
Lichfield City	1–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	—	0–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–2	6–1	3–1
Lye Town	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	—	2–0	3–1	5–1	0–3	4–0	2–0	0–0	6–0	4–0	0–1	0–1	5–1	3–1
Market Drayton Town	2–4	0–4	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–0	3–4	—	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–4	2–5	2–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–2
Racing Club Warwick	6–3	3–0	5–1	3–0	0–1	0–4	3–3	7–0	—	0–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	4–2	1–2	5–0	2–3	2–0	2–0	4–1
Romulus	1–2	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	2–0	3–3	4–1	2–0	—	2–1	4–0	3–5	1–0	0–2	8–0	4–3	2–1	5–0	2–1
Shifnal Town	0–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	3–3	—	0–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	3–3	1–2	2–0	2–0
Stone Old Alleynians	1–3	1–1	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	1–0	0–4	3–2	0–4	—	3–1	2–4	1–0	3–0	2–2	0–5	1–1	1–1
Stourport Swifts	0–1	4–2	5–2	2–1	2–3	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	—	2–1	3–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	3–0
Studley	2–0	0–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–3	1–0	3–1	1–1
Tividale	2–2	4–0	2–2	0–0	1–5	2–0	0–3	2–1	4–1	1–0	1–1	0–3	0–0	3–0	—	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1
Uttoxeter Town	3–0	1–3	2–0	0–4	1–5	2–3	0–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	0–1	4–3	0–0	1–1	1–3	—	0–1	1–2	3–1	1–2
Walsall Wood	0–0	3–2	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–0	3–0	2–1	—	3–2	0–1	2–0
Whitchurch Alport	1–5	0–3	0–1	2–2	0–2	2–2	4–1	6–2	5–2	2–1	3–3	1–0	0–3	1–3	H/W	3–0	2–1	—	1–0	5–4
Wolverhampton Casuals	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–4	2–1	0–3	1–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–4	0–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–5	0–4	—	2–1
Worcester City	2–1	1–3	0–3	0–4	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–3	3–1	0–3	0–1	1–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	—

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

Wolverhampton
Casuals

Worcester City

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Location of the clubs in the 2022–23 Midland League Premier Division

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Wulfrunians	Wolverhampton	Castlecroft Stadium	2,000
Atherstone Town	Atherstone	Sheepy Road
Bewdley Town	Bewdley	Ribbesford Meadows	1,000
Darlaston Town (1874)	Walsall	Bentley Sports Pavilion
Highgate United	Shirley	The Coppice	2,000
Lichfield City	Lichfield	City Ground	1,000
Lye Town	Lye	Lye Sports Ground	1,000
Market Drayton Town	Market Drayton	Greenfields Sports Ground
Racing Club Warwick	Warwick	Townsend Meadow	1,280
Romulus	Birmingham (Castle Vale)	Castle Vale Stadium	2,000
Shifnal Town	Shifnal	Phoenix Park
Stone Old Alleynians	Meir Heath	King's Park
Stourport Swifts	Stourport-on-Severn	Walshes Meadow	2,000
Studley	Studley	The Beehive
Tividale	Tividale	The Beeches	2,000
Uttoxeter Town	Uttoxeter	Oldfields
Walsall Wood	Walsall Wood	Oak Park	1,000
Whitchurch Alport	Whitchurch	Yockings Park
Wolverhampton Casuals	Featherstone	Brinsford Lane
Worcester City	Worcester	Claines Lane	1,000

Division One

This division comprises 21 teams, two more than the previous season.

The following three clubs left the division before the season:

Atherstone Town - promoted to Premier Division
Darlaston Town (1874) - promoted to Premier Division
Dudley Sports - relegated to West Midlands (Regional) League Division One

The following five clubs joined the division:

Coton Green - promoted from Division Two
Droitwich Spa - promoted from West Midlands (Regional) League Division One

Haughmond - relegated from Premier Division
Hinckley - transferred from United Counties League Division One
Ingles - transferred from United Counties League Division One

Smethwick Khalsa Football Federation were renamed back to Smethwick Rangers before the season began.
Graham Street Prims - were to be transferred from United Counties League Division One, but requested relegation to the Central Midlands Football League.

Division One table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dudley Town (C, P)	40	32	4	4	101	37	+64	100	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Ashby Ivanhoe (O, P)	40	28	7	5	93	40	+53	91	Promotion to the United Counties League Premier Division North
3	Hinckley	40	28	3	9	122	51	+71	87	Qualification for the play-offs
4	Droitwich Spa	40	26	5	9	109	65	+44	83
5	Black Country Rangers	40	26	4	10	95	46	+49	82
6	Bilston Town	40	22	6	12	79	73	+6	72
7	Stapenhill	40	20	6	14	67	63	+4	66
8	Nuneaton Griff	40	16	10	14	60	55	+5	58
9	Coton Green	40	16	10	14	62	61	+1	58
10	Shawbury United	40	16	4	20	73	83	−10	52
11	Wolverhampton Sporting	40	14	8	18	61	79	−18	50
12	Coventry Copsewood	40	14	7	19	68	73	−5	49
13	Ingles	40	15	4	21	62	83	−21	49
14	Chelmsley Town	40	14	4	22	54	84	−30	46
15	Wednesfield	40	11	12	17	61	71	−10	45
16	Cradley Town	40	11	9	20	55	65	−10	42
17	Smethwick Rangers	40	10	8	22	51	91	−40	38
18	Paget Rangers	40	9	9	22	59	82	−23	36
19	Heath Hayes	40	7	11	22	58	85	−27	32	Club folded
20	AFC Bridgnorth	40	8	6	26	47	90	−43	30	Reprieve from relegation
21	Haughmond (R)	40	4	9	27	40	100	−60	21	Relegation to the Shropshire County League Premier Division

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^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals			Final

2	Ashby Ivanhoe	1

5	Black Country Rangers	0
			2	Ashby Ivanhoe	2

			4	Droitwich Spa	1
3	Hinckley	3 (2)

4	Droitwich Spa	3 (4)

Stadia and locations

AFC Bridgnorth

Ashby Ivanhoe

Bilston Town

Black Country Rangers

Wolverhampton Sporting

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Location of the clubs in the 2022–23 Midland League Division One

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AFC Bridgnorth	Bridgnorth	Crown Meadow
Ashby Ivanhoe	Ashby-de-la-Zouch	NFU Sports Ground
Bilston Town	Bilston	Queen Street	4,000
Black Country Rangers	Lye	Lye Sports Ground	1,000
Chelmsley Town	Coleshill	Pack Meadow
Coton Green	Fazeley	New Mill Lane
Coventry Copsewood	Coventry	Allard Way	2,000
Cradley Town	Cradley	Beeches View
Droitwich Spa	Droitwich Spa	Walshes Meadow, Stourport (groundshare with Stourport Swifts)
Dudley Town	Willenhall	Noose Lane
Haughmond	Shrewsbury	Shrewsbury Sports Village	1,000
Heath Hayes	Heath Hayes	Coppice Colliery Ground
Hinckley	Barwell	Kirkby Road	2,500
Ingles	Thringstone	Homestead Road	2,050
Nuneaton Griff	Nuneaton	Pingles Stadium	4,000
Paget Rangers	Sutton Coldfield	Central Ground	2,000
Shawbury United	Ludlow	Ludlow Football Stadium	1,000
Smethwick Rangers	Tividale	The Beeches	2,000
Stapenhill	Stapenhill	Edge Hill	1,500
Wednesfield	Wednesfield	Cottage Ground
Wolverhampton Sporting	Great Wyrley	Pride Park