The 2022–23 Midland Football League season was the ninth in the history of the

Midland Football League The Midland Football League, officially known as the Capelli Sport Midland Football League since January 2025 for sponsorship reasons, is an England, English association football, football league that was founded in 2014 by the merger of the form ...

, a

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

competition in

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

. The Midland League operates two divisions in the

English football league system The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the ...

, 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 The Football Association (the FA) is the Sports governing body, governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest footb ...

on 12 May 2022, 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 The Northern Premier League is an English Association football, football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern Football League, Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English footba ...

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

Play-off

Inter-Step Playoff

Results table

Stadia and locations

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 The West Midlands (Regional) League is an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Worcestershire, southern Staffordshire and northern Herefordshire. It has tw ...

Division One The following five clubs joined the division: * Coton Green - promoted from Division Two *

Droitwich Spa Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester. T ...

- promoted from West Midlands (Regional) League Division One * Haughmond - relegated from Premier Division *

Hinckley Hinckley is a market town in south-west Leicestershire, England, administered by Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council. Hinckley is the third largest settlement in Leicestershire, after Leicester and Loughborough, and is about halfway between L ...

- transferred from United Counties League Division One *

Ingles Ingles Markets, Inc. (stylized as ingles) is an American supermarket chain based in Black Mountain, North Carolina. As of September 2021, the company operates 198 supermarkets in the Appalachian region of the Southeastern United States. The c ...

- 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 The United Counties League (also known after its sponsor as the ''GCE Hire Fleet Ltd. United Counties League'') is an England, English association football, football league covering an area including the English Counties of the United Kingdom, ...

Division One, but requested relegation to the

Central Midlands Football League The Central Midlands Alliance is an English football league covering the northeast-central part of England. Formed in 1971 as the South Derbyshire League, changing name initially to the Derbyshire League before changing to the Central Midlands L ...

Division One table

Play-offs

Stadia and locations

Division Two

Division Two featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 2 new clubs: *AFC Coventry Rangers, promoted from

Division Three The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 and again from 1958 until 1992. When the FA Premier League was formed, the Third Division become the fourth tier of English football. In 2 ...

*Sutton United, promoted from

Also, Barnt Green Spartak changed name to Birmingham United.

League table

Division Three

Division Three featured 11 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new club: *Wake Green Amateur, joined from the Birmingham & District League *Solihull Sporting *Coventry Dunlop, joined from the Coventry Alliance *Sutton Rangers

League table

References

External links

Midland Football League
{{DEFAULTSORT:Midland Football League 2022-23 2022-23 9