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, 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
Play-off Inter-Step Playoff
Results table
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAFC Wulfrunians Wolverhampton Castlecroft Stadium 2,000Atherstone Town Atherstone Sheepy Road Bewdley Town Bewdley Ribbesford Meadows 1,000Darlaston Town (1874) Walsall Bentley Sports Pavilion Highgate United Shirley The Coppice 2,000Lichfield City Lichfield City Ground 1,000Lye Town Lye Lye Sports Ground 1,000Market Drayton Town Market Drayton Greenfields Sports Ground Racing Club Warwick Warwick Townsend Meadow 1,280Romulus Birmingham Castle Vale Stadium 2,000Shifnal Town Shifnal Phoenix Park Stone Old Alleynians Meir Heath King's Park Stourport Swifts Stourport-on-Severn Walshes Meadow 2,000Studley Studley The Beehive Tividale Tividale The Beeches 2,000Uttoxeter 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
Play-offs
Semifinals
Final
Stadia and locations
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityAFC Bridgnorth Bridgnorth Crown Meadow Ashby Ivanhoe Ashby-de-la-Zouch NFU Sports Ground Bilston Town Bilston Queen Street 4,000Black Country Rangers Lye Lye Sports Ground 1,000Chelmsley Town Coleshill Pack Meadow Coton Green Fazeley New Mill Lane Coventry Copsewood Coventry Allard Way 2,000Cradley Town Cradley Beeches View Droitwich Spa Droitwich Spa Walshes Meadow, Stourport Dudley Town Willenhall Noose Lane Haughmond Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Sports Village 1,000Heath Hayes Heath Hayes Coppice Colliery Ground Hinckley Barwell Kirkby Road 2,500 Ingles Thringstone Homestead Road 2,050Nuneaton Griff Nuneaton Pingles Stadium 4,000Paget Rangers Sutton Coldfield Central Ground 2,000Shawbury United Ludlow Ludlow Football Stadium 1,000Smethwick Rangers Tividale The Beeches 2,000Stapenhill Stapenhill Edge Hill 1,500Wednesfield Wednesfield Cottage Ground Wolverhampton Sporting Great Wyrley Pride Park
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 Sutton United, promoted from Division Three
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