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2023–24 Midlands Football League

This article is about the Scottish football league. For the English football league, see 2023–24 Midland Football League.

The 2023–24 Midlands Football League was the third season of the Midlands Football League, part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Carnoustie Panmure were the reigning champions for the second season in a row, but could only finish fifth in the table.

Midlands Football League
Season2023–24
Dates22 July 2023 – 3 June 2024
ChampionsDundee North End
Matches played380
Goals scored1,599 (4.21 per match)
Biggest home winLochee United 10–0 Letham
(30 September 2023)
Biggest away win
Highest scoring8 matches:
10 goals[A]
Longest winning run16 matches:
Dundee North End
Longest unbeaten run34 matches:
Dundee North End
Longest winless run22 matches:
Coupar Angus
Longest losing run13 matches:
Forfar West End
All statistics correct as of 3 June 2024.

Dundee North End won their first title following the culmination of a 34-match unbeaten run, overhauling Broughty Athletic's tally of 103 points by a point. Dundee North End had won their last thirteen games, seven of which were played after Broughty Athletic's final match.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2023-24 Midlands Football League
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Location of teams in 2023–24 Midlands Football League within Dundee
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Location of teams in 2023–24 Midlands Football League within Angus and Fife

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

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Transferred from North Region Premier League

Stadia and locations

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Club Location Home Ground Surface Capacity Seats Floodlit
Arbroath Victoria Arbroath Ogilvy Park[1] Grass 1,000 0 No
Blairgowrie Blairgowrie Davie Park[2] Artificial 1,200 0 Yes
Brechin Victoria Brechin Victoria Park[3] Grass 800 100 No
Broughty Athletic Dundee Whitton Park[4] Artificial 1000 0, Yes
Carnoustie Panmure Carnoustie Laing Park[5] Grass 1,500 0 No
Coupar Angus Coupar Angus Foxhall Park[6] Grass 800 0 No
Downfield Dundee Downfield Park[7] Grass 2,000 13 No
Dundee North End Dundee North End Park[8] Grass 2,000 0 No
Dundee St James Dundee Fairfield Park Grass 1,200 0 No
Dundee Violet Dundee Glenesk Park[9] Grass 1,500 0 No
East Craigie Dundee Craigie Park[10] Grass 2,000 0 No
Forfar United Forfar Guthrie Park[11] Grass 1,500 0 No
Forfar West End Forfar Strathmore Park[12] Grass 1,200 0 No
Kirriemuir Thistle Kirriemuir Westview Park[13] Grass 1,500 32 No
Letham Perth Seven Acres Park Artificial 300 0 Yes
Lochee Harp Dundee Lochee Community Sports Hub Artificial 500 0 Yes
Lochee United [SFA] Dundee Thomson Park[14] Grass 2,000 0 Yes
Montrose Roselea Montrose Links Park Artificial 4,936 1,338 Yes
Scone Thistle Scone Farquharson Park[15] Grass 800 0 No
Tayport [SFA] Tayport Canniepairt[16] Grass 2,500 0 Yes

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Dundee North End (C) 38 34 2 2 140 25 +115 104 Ineligible for the Highland League play-off
2 Broughty Athletic 38 34 1 3 148 34 +114 103
3 Lochee United 38 29 6 3 154 37 +117 93
4 Downfield 38 29 1 8 128 53 +75 88
5 Carnoustie Panmure 38 24 5 9 102 54 +48 77
6 Kirriemuir Thistle 38 22 5 11 84 72 +12 71
7 East Craigie 38 20 7 11 96 49 +47 67
8 Montrose Roselea 38 17 6 15 75 72 +3 57
9 Tayport 38 16 8 14 72 61 +11 56
10 Dundee St James 38 17 4 17 84 94 −10 55
11 Dundee Violet 38 14 6 18 53 62 −9 48
12 Letham 38 13 7 18 65 94 −29 46
13 Scone Thistle 38 12 5 21 62 89 −27 41
14 Blairgowrie 38 10 6 22 57 114 −57 36
15 Lochee Harp 38 9 3 26 49 108 −59 30
16 Brechin Victoria 38 8 5 25 31 86 −55 29
17 Arbroath Victoria 38 6 10 22 48 121 −73 28
18 Forfar West End 38 7 6 25 46 106 −60 27
19 Coupar Angus 38 4 5 29 52 122 −70 17
20 Forfar United 38 4 4 30 53 146 −93 16
Source: [17]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

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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 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–7 0–6 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–10 0–0 1–2 1–9 1–0 0–6 1–4
Blairgowrie 2–4 — 1–1 1–5 2–6 1–6 2–6 0–6 1–3 0–3[a] 2–2 6–2 3–0 4–3 0–6 3–2 0–9 0–1 0–3 1–1
Brechin Victoria 1–0 1–2 — 0–10 0–3 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–0 3–2 0–3 5–0[b] 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2[c]
Broughty Athletic 8–1 7–0 4–1 — 3–0 8–0 5–1 1–2 4–2 5–1 2–0 2–1 3–2 3–1 5–0 7–0 1–3 5–1 5–0 3–2
Carnoustie Panmure 3–0 6–1 2–1 1–1 — 3–0 1–5 4–0 2–4 4–1 0–1 3–2 4–0 1–2 6–0 3–2 1–1 3–2 4–1 2–1
Coupar Angus 3–2 2–2 1–2 3–6 0–1 — 1–3 1–2 2–3 0–5 2–3 4–4 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–6 2–4 1–3 1–4
Downfield 4–1 4–0 4–0 0–2 5–1 3–1 — 0–3 5–5 4–1 1–3 7–0 3–1 0–2[d] 3–1 5–1 3–2 3–1 3–1 4–1
Dundee North End 5–1 3–0 6–0 2–3 2–1 6–0 1–0 — 5–1 1–0 2–1 6–1 6–0 3–1 4–0 6–0 5–0 2–2 5–1 5–0
Dundee St James 2–3 2–5 3–1 4–3 3–5 4–1 1–2 1–3 — 1–2 0–8 4–1 4–4 0–3 1–2 3–2 0–3 5–2 4–1 2–0
Dundee Violet 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–5 0–3 0–1 — 2–3 2–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 6–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–1
East Craigie 3–2 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–5 4–0 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–1 — 5–1 2–1 5–0 1–3 3–0 2–2 3–0 0–2 0–1
Forfar United 4–2 1–5 2–0 0–5 1–6 2–4 3–5 0–6 1–1 1–0 0–8 — 0–2 3–5 2–4 0–1 1–5 3–5 3–1 2–5
Forfar West End 4–1 0–2 0–3 0–6 2–4 2–1[e] 2–4 0–10 1–5 1–2 0–4[f] 4–1 — 0–2 2–3 3–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–0
Kirriemuir Thistle 2–0 3–3 4–1 1–3 1–2 3–1 0–4 0–2 2–2 2–1 2–6 4–2 3–0 — 3–2 4–1 1–5 3–2 3–2 1–0
Letham 3–3 2–0 1–1 1–5 1–0 3–3 0–3 2–3 0–2 3–0 0–2 3–2 5–2 1–1 — 2–1 1–6 2–1 2–2 2–3
Lochee Harp 3–3 0–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 4–3 0–6 1–4 1–2 2–3 4–6 2–1 5–1 2–2 2–1 — 0–2 0–2 1–3 0–7
Lochee United 6–2 3–0 5–0 0–3 1–1 8–0 5–3 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–2 9–1 5–0 7–0 10–0 2–0 — 2–2 4–1 2–1
Montrose Roselea 2–2 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–1[g] 4–1 1–4 0–4 3–0 1–0[h] 1–7 1–1 4–1 1–3 4–0 6–1 2–4 — 2–1 2–1[i]
Scone Thistle 7–2 0–2 4–0 0–3 1–7 3–2 2–1 0–3 5–1 0–2 1–1 4–2 0–3[j] 1–2 1–3 0–3 0–7 0–2 — 2–2
Tayport 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–2 3–0 0–3 1–2 7–2 3–3 0–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–5 2–1 1–1 —
Source: [29]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match initially finished 2–0 to Blairgowrie,[18] but was later awarded 3–0 to Dundee Violet.[19]
  2. ^ Match played at Station Park, Forfar,[20] due to flooding caused by Storm Babet.
  3. ^ Match played at Links Park, Montrose.[21]
  4. ^ Match played at Station Park, Forfar.[22]
  5. ^ Match played at Station Park, Forfar.[23]
  6. ^ Match played at Station Park, Forfar.[24]
  7. ^ Match played at Broomfield Park,[25] due to a clashing Scottish League One fixture for Montrose at Links Park.
  8. ^ Match played at Broomfield Park,[26] due to a clashing Scottish League One fixture for Montrose at Links Park.
  9. ^ Match played at Broomfield Park,[27] due to a clashing Scottish Cup third round fixture for Montrose at Links Park.
  10. ^ Match awarded to Forfar West End,[28] following a protest of the original match result – which was an abandonment with 81 minutes played (1–2).

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SFA Club with an SFA licence[30] 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, Lochee United 10–0 Letham on 30 September 2023, Brechin Victoria 0–10 Broughty Athletic on 10 February 2024, Arbroath Victoria 0–10 Kirriemuir Thistle on 4 May 2024, Forfar West End 0–10 Dundee North End on 4 May 2024, and Downfield 5–5 Dundee St James on 22 May 2024.

References

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  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 3 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Blair 2 - 0 Dundee Violet". Blairgowrie F.C. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Blairgowrie F.C. v Dundee Violet F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Brechin Victoria F.C. v Forfar United JFC". Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Brechin Victoria F.C. v Tayport F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  22. ^ "Dundee Downfield F.C. v Kirriemuir Thistle F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  23. ^ Coupar Angus JFC [@CouparAngusJFC] (29 July 2023). "Todays [sic] starting team at a sunny Station Park 🏟️ #monthecoupar 🔴⚫️🔴" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 July 2023 – via Twitter.
  24. ^ "Forfar West End F.C. v Dundee East Craigie F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  25. ^ "Montrose Roselea F.C. v Carnoustie Panmure F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  26. ^ "Montrose Roselea F.C. v Dundee Violet F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
  27. ^ "Montrose Roselea F.C. v Tayport F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  28. ^ "Scone Thistle F.C. v Forfar West End F.C." Scottish Junior Football Association. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  29. ^ "Midlands League Results". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  30. ^ "Licensed Clubs - December 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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