2016–17 East Midlands Counties Football League
The 2016–17 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 9th in the history of East Midlands Counties Football League, a football competition in England.
League
{{Infobox football league season
|competition = East Midlands Counties
Football League
|season=2016–17
|winners=West Bridgford
|promoted=South Normanton Athletic
|relegated=Greenwood Meadows
Ellistown & Ibstock United
|league topscorer= 41 goals Steven Hart Stapenhill
|biggest home win={{nobreak|Dunkirk 13–0 Graham Street Prims}}
(25 April 2017)
|biggest away win={{nobreak|Ellistown & Ibstock United 0-11 Birstall United}}
(19 November 2016)
|highest scoring={{nobreak|Dunkirk 13–0 Graham Street Prims}}
(25 April 2017)
|matches= 462
|total goals= 1841
|longest wins= 9 matches South Normanton Athletic
|longest unbeaten= 18 matches Dunkirk
|longest losses= 10 matches Ellistown & Ibstock United
|highest attendance= 152{{cite web|url=http://full-time.thefa.com/DisplayFixture.do?id=15912740|publisher=FA Full Time|title=Gedling Miners Welfare v Arnold Town|access-date=28 April 2017}}
{{nobreak|Gedling Miners Welfare 0–3 Arnold Town}}
(18 April 2017)
|lowest attendance= 14{{cite web|url=http://full-time.thefa.com/DisplayFixture.do?id=15938527|publisher=FA Full Time|title=Greenwood Meadows v Graham Street Prims|access-date=28 April 2017}}
{{nobreak|Greenwood Meadows 0–1 Graham Street Prims}}
(20 August 2016)
|average attendance= 50
|prevseason= 2015–16
|nextseason= 2017–18
}}
The league featured 18 clubs from the previous season, along with four new clubs:
- Belper United, promoted from the Central Midlands Football League
- Birstall United, promoted from the Leicestershire Senior League
- Dunkirk, relegated from the Midland Football League
- West Bridgford, promoted from the Nottinghamshire Senior League
=League table=
|update=complete
|source=[http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do?divisionseason=750369388&league=9775425 FA Full-Time]
|team17=ANS |team15=ARN |team10=ASH |team4=AYL |team14=BAR |team13=BEL |team3=BIR |team6=BLA |team12=BOR |team5=DUN |team22=ELL |team20=GMW |team19=GSP |team21=GRM |team18=HLB |team16=HLW |team8=KIM |team9=RDC |team7=RDF |team2=SNA |team11=STA |team1=WBR
|result2=PL
|result21=REL1
|result22=REL2
|win_ANS=12|draw_ANS=9 |loss_ANS=21|gf_ANS=70 |ga_ANS=97
|win_ARN=17|draw_ARN=6 |loss_ARN=19|gf_ARN=88 |ga_ARN=101
|win_ASH=20|draw_ASH=10|loss_ASH=12|gf_ASH=97 |ga_ASH=66
|win_AYL=25|draw_AYL=6 |loss_AYL=11|gf_AYL=104|ga_AYL=59
|win_BAR=15|draw_BAR=13|loss_BAR=14|gf_BAR=86 |ga_BAR=82
|win_BEL=17|draw_BEL=7 |loss_BEL=18|gf_BEL=78 |ga_BEL=73
|win_BIR=27|draw_BIR=4 |loss_BIR=11|gf_BIR=105|ga_BIR=48
|win_BLA=23|draw_BLA=7 |loss_BLA=12|gf_BLA=105|ga_BLA=71
|win_BOR=16|draw_BOR=10|loss_BOR=16|gf_BOR=98 |ga_BOR=87
|win_DUN=23|draw_DUN=7 |loss_DUN=12|gf_DUN=106|ga_DUN=70
|win_ELL=0 |draw_ELL=3 |loss_ELL=39|gf_ELL=23 |ga_ELL=158
|win_GMW=7 |draw_GMW=3 |loss_GMW=32|gf_GMW=40 |ga_GMW=132
|win_GSP=9 |draw_GSP=4 |loss_GSP=29|gf_GSP=52 |ga_GSP=120
|win_GRM=10|draw_GRM=6 |loss_GRM=26|gf_GRM=57 |ga_GRM=79
|win_HLB=9 |draw_HLB=6 |loss_HLB=27|gf_HLB=55 |ga_HLB=110
|win_HLW=17|draw_HLW=4 |loss_HLW=21|gf_HLW=78 |ga_HLW=86
|win_KIM=23|draw_KIM=5 |loss_KIM=14|gf_KIM=85 |ga_KIM=62
|win_RDC=22|draw_RDC=5 |loss_RDC=15|gf_RDC=101|ga_RDC=97
|win_RDF=21|draw_RDF=11|loss_RDF=10|gf_RDF=100|ga_RDF=57
|win_SNA=26|draw_SNA=8 |loss_SNA=8 |gf_SNA=94 |ga_SNA=46
|win_STA=20|draw_STA=7 |loss_STA=15|gf_STA=104|ga_STA=88
|win_WBR=29|draw_WBR=7 |loss_WBR=6 |gf_WBR=115|ga_WBR=52
|adjust_points_GRM=-18
|hth_GRM=Greenwood Meadows have been deducted 18 points for failing to fulfil fixtures against:
- Gedling Miners Welfare on 8 April
- Holwell Sports on 12 April
- Borrowash Victoria on 15 April
- Dunkirk on 17 April
- Radford on 29 April
- Ashby Ivanhoe on 3 May
|name_ANS = Anstey Nomads
|name_ARN = Arnold Town
|name_ASH = Ashby Ivanhoe
|name_AYL = Aylestone Park
|name_BAR = Barrow Town
|name_BEL = Belper United
|name_BIR = Birstall United
|name_BLA = Blaby & Whetstone Athletic
|name_BOR = Borrowash Victoria
|name_DUN = Dunkirk
|name_ELL = Ellistown & Ibstock United
|name_GMW = Gedling Miners Welfare
|name_GSP = Graham Street Prims
|name_GRM = Greenwood Meadows
|name_HLB = Holbrook Sports
|name_HLW = Holwell Sports
|name_KIM = Kimberley Miners Welfare
|name_RDC = Radcliffe Olympic
|name_RDF = Radford
|name_SNA = South Normanton Athletic
|name_STA = Stapenhill
|name_WBR = West Bridgford
|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results {{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/lawsandrules/rules-of-the-association/|title=The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2) |access-date=17 March 2017 |publisher=The FA}}
|res_col_header=PR
|col_PL=#D0F0C0 |text_PL=Promoted to the Midland League
|col_REL1=#FFCCCC |text_REL1=Relegated to the Central Midlands League and folded
|col_REL2=#FFCCCC |text_REL2=Relegated to the Leicestershire Senior League
}}
References
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