Midlands Football League
Season2023–24
Dates22 July 2023 – 13 April 2024
Matches played207
Goals scored894 (4.32 per match)
Biggest home winLochee United 10–0 Letham
(30 September 2023)
Biggest away winBlairgowrie 0–9 Lochee United
(16 December 2023)
Highest scoring4 matches:
10 goals[upper-alpha 1]
Longest winning run12 matches:
Broughty Athletic & Dundee North End
Longest unbeaten run20 matches:
Lochee United
Longest winless run22 matches:
Coupar Angus
Longest losing run13 matches:
Forfar West End
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 13 January 2024.

The 2023–24 Midlands Football League is the third season of the Midlands Football League, part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Carnoustie Panmure are the reigning champions for the second season in a row.

Teams

Location of teams in 2023-24 Midlands Football League

Montrose Roselea rejoined the SJFA East Region to increase the league's membership to 20 teams, having spent six seasons playing in the North Region.

To Midlands League

Transferred from North Region Premier League

Stadia and locations

Club Location Home Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Arbroath Victoria Arbroath Ogilvy Park[1] 4,000 0 Yes
Blairgowrie Blairgowrie Davie Park[2] 2,500 0 Yes
Brechin Victoria Brechin Victoria Park[3] 600 100 Yes
Broughty Athletic Dundee Whitton Park[4] 2,500 0 Yes
Carnoustie Panmure Carnoustie Laing Park[5] 1,500 0 No
Coupar Angus Coupar Angus Foxhall Park[6] 1,800 0 Yes
Downfield Dundee Downfield Park[7] 2,500 13 Yes
Dundee North End Dundee North End Park[8] 2,000 0 Yes
Dundee St James Dundee Fairfield Park TBC 0 No
Dundee Violet Dundee Glenesk Park[9] 2,000 0 No
East Craigie Dundee Craigie Park[10] 3,300 0 No
Forfar United Forfar Guthrie Park[11] 2,500 0 No
Forfar West End Forfar Strathmore Park[12] 2,500 0 No
Kirriemuir Thistle Kirriemuir Westview Park[13] 2,000 32 Yes
Letham Perth Seven Acres Park TBC 0 Yes
Lochee Harp Dundee Lochee Community Sports Hub TBC 0 Yes
Lochee United [SFA] Dundee Thomson Park[14] 3,200 0 Yes
Montrose Roselea Montrose Links Park 4,936 1,338 Yes
Scone Thistle Scone Farquharson Park[15] 1,000 0 No
Tayport [SFA] Tayport Canniepairt[16] 2,000 0 Yes

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Broughty Athletic 22 20 0 2 86 20 +66 60 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
2 Lochee United 20 17 3 0 95 12 +83 54
3 Dundee North End 20 17 1 2 64 19 +45 52
4 Montrose Roselea 23 13 2 8 55 38 +17 41
5 Downfield 18 13 0 5 60 29 +31 39
6 East Craigie 21 11 5 5 57 26 +31 38
7 Kirriemuir Thistle 21 11 2 8 40 44 −4 35
8 Carnoustie Panmure 18 11 0 7 47 26 +21 33
9 Letham 22 9 4 9 37 55 −18 31
10 Tayport 20 9 3 8 38 32 +6 30
11 Dundee St James 20 9 1 10 44 49 −5 28
12 Dundee Violet 17 7 2 8 28 30 −2 23
13 Brechin Victoria 22 6 4 12 25 40 −15 22
14 Blairgowrie 24 6 4 14 40 75 −35 22
15 Scone Thistle 18 6 3 9 31 46 −15 21
16 Lochee Harp 22 6 3 13 35 59 −24 21
17 Arbroath Victoria 20 5 3 12 28 61 −33 18
18 Forfar West End 22 4 2 16 23 64 −41 14
19 Forfar United 21 2 2 17 31 88 −57 8
20 Coupar Angus 23 1 4 18 30 81 −51 7
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: [17]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Home \ Away ARB BLA BRE BRO CAR COU DOW DNE DSJ DUV ECR FUN FWE KIR LET LHA LOU MON SCO TAY
Arbroath Victoria — 2–1 0–1 30 Mar 3–0 1–7 13 Apr 1–4 27 Jan 2–2 20 Jan 0–0 9 Mar 1–9 1–0 0–6 24 Feb
Blairgowrie 2–4 — 1–1 24 Feb 2–6 1–6 2–6 0–6 1–3 30 Mar 2–2 6–2 3–0 4–3 27 Jan 3–2 0–9 0–1 1–1
Brechin Victoria 1–2 — 0–3 2–1 1–4 0–1 23 Mar 3–2 6 Apr 5–0[lower-alpha 1] 2 Mar 0–1 2–1 1–1 3 Feb 0–1 0–2[lower-alpha 2]
Broughty Athletic 6 Apr 7–0 4–1 — 3–0 8–0 5–1 1–2 4–2 5–1 23 Mar 2–1 3 Feb 3–1 5–0 7–0 20 Jan 5–0 3–2
Carnoustie Panmure 3–0 3 Feb — 2 Mar 4–0 2–4 20 Jan 0–1 6 Apr 4–0 1–2 3–2 23 Mar
Coupar Angus 2 Mar 2–2 1–2 — 1–3 20 Jan 0–5 3 Feb 4–4 1–1 6 Apr 13 Apr 23 Mar 2–4 1–3 1–4
Downfield 4–1 30 Mar 9 Mar 5–1 27 Jan — 0–3 13 Apr 1–3 7–0 0–2[lower-alpha 3] 24 Feb 5–1 3–1 3–1 4–1
Dundee North End 5–1 2 Mar 20 Jan 2–3 2–1 6–0 23 Mar — 5–1 3 Feb 2–1 6–0 3–1 4–0 2–2 6 Apr
Dundee St James 2–3 3–1 4–3 24 Feb 4–1 9 Mar — 1–2 4–1 13 Apr 1–2 27 Jan 0–3 30 Mar
Dundee Violet 2–1 24 Feb 27 Jan 0–2 1–0 0–3 6 Apr — 23 Mar 2–2 6–0 1–1 1–2 28 Oct 0–1
East Craigie 3–2 1–1 0–1 9 Mar 4–0 0–1 30 Mar — 2–1 5–0 1–3 24 Feb 2–2 13 Apr 0–2 27 Jan
Forfar United 4–2 1–5 13 Apr 1–6 9 Mar 1–1 0–8 — 0–2 3 Feb 30 Mar 0–1 24 Feb 3–5 3–1 2–5
Forfar West End 6 Apr 0–3 0–6 27 Jan 2–1[lower-alpha 4] 24 Feb 1–5 1–2 0–4[lower-alpha 5] 4–1 — 0–2 2–3 0–3 9 Mar
Kirriemuir Thistle 2–0 13 Apr 27 Jan 1–3 1–2 3–1 9 Mar 2–6 4–2 30 Mar — 3–2 1–5 24 Feb 3–2 1–0
Letham 23 Mar 2–0 1–1 1–5 3–3 0–3 2–3 3 Feb 3–0 2 Mar 3–2 5–2 — 2–1 6 Apr 2–1 2–2
Lochee Harp 3–3 20 Jan 1–0 0–1 4–3 3 Feb 1–4 1–2 2–3 4–6 23 Mar 5–1 2–2 — 0–2 0–2 2 Mar 6 Apr
Lochee United 3 Feb 3–0 5–0 13 Apr 8–0 5–3 2–0 3–0 20 Jan 9–1 2 Mar 10–0 30 Mar — 2–2 27 Jan 2–1
Montrose Roselea 23 Mar 4–0 1–2 2–1[lower-alpha 6] 4–1 6 Apr 27 Jan 3–0 2 Mar 1–7 4–1 1–3 4–0 6–1 — 2–1[lower-alpha 7]
Scone Thistle 13 Apr 30 Mar 1–7 24 Feb 0–3 5–1 1–1 4–2 0–3[lower-alpha 8] 9 Mar 0–3 0–7 — 2–2
Tayport 3–1 3–1 30 Mar 20 Jan 1–2 7–2 0–0 2 Mar 2–0 23 Mar 13 Apr 0–2 0–5 2–1 3 Feb —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 January 2024. Source: [26]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Match played at Station Park, Forfar,[18] due to flooding caused by Storm Babet.
  2. ↑ Match played at Links Park, Montrose.[19]
  3. ↑ Match played at Station Park, Forfar.[20]
  4. ↑ Match played at Station Park, Forfar.[21]
  5. ↑ Match played at Station Park, Forfar.[22]
  6. ↑ Match played at Broomfield Park,[23] due to a clashing Scottish League One fixture for Montrose at Links Park.
  7. ↑ Match played at Broomfield Park,[24] due to a clashing Scottish Cup third round fixture for Montrose at Links Park.
  8. ↑ Match awarded to Forfar West End,[25] following a protest of the original match result – which was an abandonment with 81 minutes played (1–2).

Notes

SFA Club with an SFA licence[27] eligible to participate in the Highland League promotion play-off should they win the league.

  1. ↑ The matches were Arbroath Victoria 1–9 Lochee United on 12 August 2023, Lochee Harp 4–6 East Craigie on 23 August 2023, Lochee United 9–1 Forfar United on 23 August 2023, and Lochee United 10–0 Letham on 30 September 2023.

References

  1. ↑ "Arbroath Victoria". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "Blairgowrie". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Brechin Victoria". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Broughty Athletic". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Carnoustie Panmure". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Coupar Angus". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Downfield". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Dundee North End". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Dundee Violet". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "East Craigie". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  11. ↑ "Forfar United". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  12. ↑ "Forfar West End". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  13. ↑ "Kirriemuir Thistle". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "Lochee United". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  15. ↑ "Scone Thistle". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  16. ↑ "Tayport". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  17. ↑ "League Table". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "Brechin Victoria F.C. v Forfar United JFC". Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "Brechin Victoria F.C. v Tayport F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Dundee Downfield F.C. v Kirriemuir Thistle F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  21. ↑ Coupar Angus JFC [@CouparAngusJFC] (July 29, 2023). "Todays [sic] starting team at a sunny Station Park 🏟️ #monthecoupar 🔴⚫️🔴" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 July 2023 – via Twitter.
  22. ↑ "Forfar West End F.C. v Dundee East Craigie F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  23. ↑ "Montrose Roselea F.C. v Carnoustie Panmure F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  24. ↑ "Montrose Roselea F.C. v Tayport F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  25. ↑ "Scone Thistle F.C. v Forfar West End F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  26. ↑ "Midlands League Results". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  27. ↑ "Licensed Clubs - December 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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