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

East Midlands Counties
Football League
Season2016–17
ChampionsWest Bridgford
PromotedSouth Normanton Athletic
RelegatedGreenwood Meadows
Ellistown & Ibstock United
Matches played462
Goals scored1,841 (3.98 per match)
Top goalscorer41 goals Steven Hart Stapenhill
Biggest home winDunkirk 13–0 Graham Street Prims
(25 April 2017)
Biggest away winEllistown & Ibstock United 0-11 Birstall United
(19 November 2016)
Highest scoringDunkirk 13–0 Graham Street Prims
(25 April 2017)
Longest winning run9 matches South Normanton Athletic
Longest unbeaten run18 matches Dunkirk
Longest losing run10 matches Ellistown & Ibstock United
Highest attendance152[1]
Gedling Miners Welfare 0–3 Arnold Town
(18 April 2017)
Lowest attendance14[2]
Greenwood Meadows 0–1 Graham Street Prims
(20 August 2016)
Average attendance50

The league featured 18 clubs from the previous season, along with four new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 West Bridgford 42 29 7 6 115 52 +63 94
2 South Normanton Athletic 42 26 8 8 94 46 +48 86 Promoted to the Midland League
3 Birstall United 42 27 4 11 105 48 +57 85
4 Aylestone Park 42 25 6 11 104 59 +45 81
5 Dunkirk 42 23 7 12 106 70 +36 76
6 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic 42 23 7 12 105 71 +34 76
7 Radford 42 21 11 10 100 57 +43 74
8 Kimberley Miners Welfare 42 23 5 14 85 62 +23 74
9 Radcliffe Olympic 42 22 5 15 101 97 +4 71
10 Ashby Ivanhoe 42 20 10 12 97 66 +31 70
11 Stapenhill 42 20 7 15 104 88 +16 67
12 Borrowash Victoria 42 16 10 16 98 87 +11 58
13 Belper United 42 17 7 18 78 73 +5 58
14 Barrow Town 42 15 13 14 86 82 +4 58
15 Arnold Town 42 17 6 19 88 101 −13 57
16 Holwell Sports 42 17 4 21 78 86 −8 55
17 Anstey Nomads 42 12 9 21 70 97 −27 45
18 Holbrook Sports 42 9 6 27 55 110 −55 33
19 Graham Street Prims 42 9 4 29 52 120 −68 31
20 Gedling Miners Welfare 42 7 3 32 40 132 −92 24
21 Greenwood Meadows 42 10 6 26 57 79 −22 18[lower-alpha 1] Relegated to the Central Midlands League and folded
22 Ellistown & Ibstock United 42 0 3 39 23 158 −135 3 Relegated to the Leicestershire Senior League
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [3]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Greenwood Meadows have been deducted 18 points for failing to fulfil fixtures against:

References

  1. ↑ "Gedling Miners Welfare v Arnold Town". FA Full Time. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Greenwood Meadows v Graham Street Prims". FA Full Time. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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