1965–66 Midland Football League

{{Infobox football league season

|competition= Midland Football League

|season=1965–66

|winners= Worksop Town

|promoted=

|relegated=

|matches= 462

|total goals= 1955

|prevseason= 1964–65

|nextseason= 1966–67

}}

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:

League table

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|res_col_header=QR

|use_goal_ratio=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=WOR|name_WOR=Worksop Town

|team2=HEA|name_HEA=Heanor Town

|team3=GRA|name_GRA=Grantham

|team4=ILK|name_ILK=Ilkeston Town

|team5=LOC|name_LOC=Lockheed Leamington

|team6=GAI|name_GAI=Gainsborough Trinity

|team7=ARN|name_ARN=Arnold

|team8=RET|name_RET=Retford Town

|team9=GOO|name_GOO=Goole Town

|team10=ALF|name_ALF=Alfreton Town

|team11=SCA|name_SCA=Scarborough

|team12=SUR|name_SUR=Scunthorpe United reserves

|team13=BEL|name_BEL=Belper Town

|team14=MAT|name_MAT=Matlock Town

|team15=LOU|name_LOU=Loughborough United

|team16=LIN|name_LIN=Lincoln City reserves

|team17=ASH|name_ASH=Ashton United

|team18=STA|name_STA=Stamford

|team19=LEU|name_LEU=Long Eaton United

|team20=SPA|name_SPA=Spalding United

|team21=SUT|name_SUT=Sutton Town

|team22=SKE|name_SKE=Skegness Town

|win_ILK=24|draw_ILK=9|loss_ILK=9|gf_ILK=115|ga_ILK=71

|win_HEA=27|draw_HEA=5|loss_HEA=10|gf_HEA=112|ga_HEA=59

|win_ARN=20|draw_ARN=10|loss_ARN=12|gf_ARN=104|ga_ARN=90

|win_GAI=23|draw_GAI=5|loss_GAI=14|gf_GAI=80|ga_GAI=64

|win_GOO=19|draw_GOO=7|loss_GOO=16|gf_GOO=95|ga_GOO=75

|win_GRA=26|draw_GRA=7|loss_GRA=9|gf_GRA=115|ga_GRA=63

|win_SCA=19|draw_SCA=7|loss_SCA=16|gf_SCA=89|ga_SCA=80

|win_LEU=9|draw_LEU=11|loss_LEU=22|gf_LEU=49|ga_LEU=90

|win_WOR=28|draw_WOR=7|loss_WOR=7|gf_WOR=155|ga_WOR=71

|win_ALF=19|draw_ALF=7|loss_ALF=16|gf_ALF=100|ga_ALF=87

|win_MAT=14|draw_MAT=11|loss_MAT=17|gf_MAT=63|ga_MAT=81

|win_SUT=10|draw_SUT=8|loss_SUT=24|gf_SUT=61|ga_SUT=97

|win_LOC=21|draw_LOC=12|loss_LOC=9|gf_LOC=126|ga_LOC=81

|win_RET=20|draw_RET=6|loss_RET=16|gf_RET=93|ga_RET=86

|win_BEL=17|draw_BEL=6|loss_BEL=19|gf_BEL=82|ga_BEL=91

|win_ASH=12|draw_ASH=7|loss_ASH=23|gf_ASH=75|ga_ASH=108

|win_STA=11|draw_STA=8|loss_STA=23|gf_STA=66|ga_STA=110

|win_SUR=16|draw_SUR=8|loss_SUR=18|gf_SUR=93|ga_SUR=90

|win_SKE=7|draw_SKE=2|loss_SKE=33|gf_SKE=64|ga_SKE=152

|win_LIN=12|draw_LIN=7|loss_LIN=23|gf_LIN=83|ga_LIN=119

|win_LOU=13|draw_LOU=11|loss_LOU=18|gf_LOU=84|ga_LOU=93

|win_SPA=10|draw_SPA=9|loss_SPA=23|gf_SPA=51|ga_SPA=97

|col_T=#CCCCFF|text_T=Transferred to the Lancashire Combination

|result17=T

|class_rules=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.

|update=complete

|source=[https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Regs1Df/MCL58.html nonleaguematters]

}}

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