2017–18 East Midlands Counties Football League

The 2017–18 East Midlands Counties Football League season was the 10th in the history of East Midlands Counties Football League, a football competition in England at level 10 of the English football league system.

League

East Midlands Counties
Football League
Season2017–18
ChampionsDunkirk
PromotedDunkirk
RelegatedRadcliffe Olympic
Matches played420
Goals scored1,639 (3.9 per match)
Top goalscorerTyrell Shannon-Lewis (Clifton All Whites)
39 goals
Biggest home winRadford 10–0 Radcliffe Olympic
(22 August 2017)
Biggest away winArnold Town 1–10 Clifton All Whites
(1 May 2018)
Highest scoringArnold Town 8–3 Holwell Sports
(21 October 2017)
Arnold Town 1-10 Clifton All Whites
(1 May 2018)
Longest winning run9 matches
Dunkirk
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Dunkirk
Longest losing run11 matches
Radcliffe Olympic
Borrowash Victoria
Highest attendance342
Selston 3–0 West Bridgford
(21 April 2018)
Lowest attendance10
Radcliffe Olympic 2–3 Barrow Town
(28 October 2017)
Stapenhill 0-2 Clifton All Whites
(14 April 2018)
(Played at Clifton)
Radcliffe Olympic 1-2 Birstall United
(1 May 2018)
Average attendance51

The league featured 19 clubs from the previous season, along with three new clubs:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Dunkirk 40 28 5 7 133 49 +84 89 Promoted to the Midland League
2 Anstey Nomads 40 29 2 9 116 56 +60 89 Transferred to the United Counties League
3 Teversal 40 28 3 9 93 51 +42 87
4 Selston 40 25 6 9 97 59 +38 81
5 Belper United 40 21 11 8 76 44 +32 74
6 Kimberley Miners Welfare 40 21 8 11 75 56 +19 71
7 Radford 40 21 7 12 104 57 +47 70
8 Birstall United 40 21 6 13 98 67 +31 69 Transferred to the United Counties League
9 Aylestone Park 40 21 3 16 90 67 +23 66
10 Gedling Miners Welfare 40 20 2 18 71 65 +6 62
11 Barrow Town 40 18 7 15 76 72 +4 61
12 Clifton All Whites 40 17 8 15 102 73 +29 59
13 Stapenhill 40 14 8 18 87 86 +1 50 Transferred to the Midland League Division One
14 Holbrook Sports 40 14 2 24 60 82 −22 44 Resigned to the Central Midlands Football League
15 West Bridgford 40 14 2 24 56 96 −40 44
16 Graham Street Prims 40 11 10 19 56 86 −30 43
17 Ashby Ivanhoe 40 12 3 25 55 81 −26 39
18 Holwell Sports 40 10 8 22 61 98 −37 38 Transferred to the United Counties League
19 Borrowash Victoria 40 10 4 26 58 120 −62 34
20 Arnold Town 40 7 1 32 48 131 −83 19[a]
21 Radcliffe Olympic 40 4 2 34 27 143 −116 14 Relegated to the Nottinghamshire Senior League
22 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[b] Resigned 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 [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Arnold Town were deducted three points for failing to fulfil a fixture against Stapenhill on 18 November.
  2. ^ Blaby & Whetstone Athletic were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player against Barrow Town on 16 December,
    and a further three points for failing to fulfil a fixture on 17 February.
    On 23 March they submitted their resignation to the league after playing 29 matches, 2 days later their playing record was expunged.

Stadia and locations

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Location of the clubs in the 2017–18 East Midlands Counties League on a map of the East Midlands
Club Stadium Seats[2]
Anstey Nomads Cropston Road 100
Arnold Town Eagle Valley 100
Ashby Ivanhoe Lower Packington Road 50
Aylestone Park Saffron Lane 100
Barrow Town Barrow Road 100
Belper United Borrowash Road [a] 100
Birstall United Meadow Lane
Blaby & Whetstone Athletic Warwick Road 100
Borrowash Victoria Borrowash Road 100
Clifton All Whites Green Lane
Dunkirk Lenton Lane
Gedling Miners Welfare Plains Road 100
Graham Street Prims Borrowash Road
Holbrook Sports Shaw Lane 100
Holwell Sports Welby Road 100
Kimberley Miners Welfare The Stag Ground 100
Radcliffe Olympic Wharf Lane 100
Radford Selhurst Street 100
Selston Mansfield Road 54
Stapenhill Maple Grove 100
Teversal Carnarvon Street 100
West Bridgford Regatta Way
  1. ^ home of Borrowash Victoria (groundshare)

References

  1. ^ "The FA Handbook Standardised Rules 2017-2018 (page 539, section 12.2)". The FA. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Clubs - East Midlands Counties League | www.emc-fl.com". eastmidlandscountiesleague.pitchero.com. Retrieved 2017-05-26.