1973–74 Midland Football League

The 1973–74 Midland Football League season was the 74th in the history of the Midland Football League, a football competition in England.

Midland Football League

Season	1973–74
Champions	Alfreton Town
Promoted	Worksop Town
Matches played	272
Goals scored	782 (2.88 per match)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Clubs

The league featured 15 clubs which competed in the previous season, along with two new clubs:

• Clifton All Whites
• Ilkeston Town, relegated from the Southern Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alfreton Town	32	22	5	5	77	37	2.081	49
2	Worksop Town	32	21	4	7	90	29	3.103	46	Promoted to the Northern Premier League
3	Ashby Institute	32	19	7	6	52	28	1.857	45
4	Arnold	32	19	7	6	50	32	1.563	45
5	Frickley Colliery	32	15	6	11	72	61	1.180	36
6	Sutton Town	32	13	8	11	35	34	1.029	34
7	Boston	32	12	7	13	47	46	1.022	31
8	Kimberley Town	32	12	7	13	40	49	0.816	31
9	Long Eaton United	32	11	8	13	41	47	0.872	30
10	Belper Town	32	10	9	13	26	33	0.788	29
11	Eastwood Town	32	9	10	13	34	51	0.667	28
12	Retford Town	32	12	4	16	35	55	0.636	28
13	Bridlington Trinity	32	12	3	17	50	62	0.806	27
14	Ilkeston Town	32	9	9	14	41	54	0.759	27
15	Skegness Town	32	8	7	17	32	45	0.711	23
16	Clifton All Whites	32	8	6	18	30	55	0.545	22
17	Hednesford	32	4	5	23	30	64	0.469	13	Transferred to the West Midlands (Regional) League

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
The points system until the 1990–91 season: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.