2024–25 Midlands Football League

The 2024–25 Midlands Football League is the 4th season of the Midlands Football League, part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Dundee North End are the reigning champions.

Midlands Football League
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – TBC May 2025
Matches played135
Goals scored556 (4.12 per match)
Biggest home winBroughty Athletic 10–0 Forfar West End
(31 August 2024)
Biggest away winForfar United 0–12 Dundee North End
(2 August 2024)
Highest scoringForfar United 0–12 Dundee North End
(2 August 2024)
Longest winning run10 matches:
Downfield & Dundee North End
Longest unbeaten run12 matches:
Broughty Athletic
Longest winless run14 matches:
Scone Thistle
Longest losing run9 matches:
Scone Thistle
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 27 November 2024.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2024–25 Midlands Football 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[9] Grass 1,200 0 No
Dundee Violet Dundee Glenesk Park[10] Grass 1,500 0 No
East Craigie Dundee Craigie Park[11] Grass 2,000 0 No
Forfar United Forfar Guthrie Park[12] Grass 1,500 0 No
Forfar West End Forfar Strathmore Park[13] Grass 1,200 0 No
Kirriemuir Thistle Kirriemuir Westview Park[14] Grass 1,500 32 No
Letham Perth Seven Acres Park[15] Artificial 300 0 Yes
Lochee Harp Dundee New Beechwood Park[16] Artificial 500 0 Yes
Lochee United [SFA] Dundee Thomson Park[17] Grass 2,000 0 Yes
Montrose Roselea Montrose Links Park Artificial 4,936 1,338 Yes
Scone Thistle Scone Farquharson Park[18] Grass 800 0 No
Tayport [SFA] Tayport Canniepairt[19] Grass 2,500 0 Yes

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Broughty Athletic 14 12 1 1 55 12 +43 37 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
2 Dundee North End 12 11 0 1 56 5 +51 33
3 Lochee United 13 11 0 2 45 9 +36 33
4 Tayport 13 11 0 2 45 11 +34 33
5 Downfield 14 11 0 3 39 15 +24 33
6 Carnoustie Panmure 14 8 2 4 39 27 +12 26
7 Dundee St James 15 6 4 5 28 28 0 22
8 Kirriemuir Thistle 13 6 1 6 21 24 −3 19
9 Letham 13 6 1 6 21 30 −9 19
10 East Craigie 14 6 1 7 19 30 −11 19
11 Lochee Harp 13 6 0 7 17 32 −15 18
12 Montrose Roselea 14 5 2 7 27 29 −2 17
13 Arbroath Victoria 14 5 1 8 23 30 −7 16
14 Coupar Angus 13 4 1 8 23 21 +2 13
15 Dundee Violet 13 4 1 8 10 27 −17 13
16 Blairgowrie 12 3 3 6 24 31 −7 12
17 Forfar United 14 3 2 9 20 51 −31 11
18 Brechin Victoria 14 3 1 10 11 32 −21 10
19 Forfar West End 14 3 0 11 20 52 −32 9
20 Scone Thistle 14 0 1 13 13 60 −47 1
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2024. Source: [20]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

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In a change for the 2024–25 season, each team will play every other team once before the league splits into two groups of ten teams after nineteen games. In these groups, each team will play every other team once, for a total of 28 games.

Round-robin

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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 1–1 0–1 7 Dec 2–7 21 Dec 2–1 4–1 4–0 4–1
Blairgowrie 3–3 21 Dec 14 Dec 1–1[a] 2–1 1–2 1–2
Brechin Victoria 1–4 2–4 14 Dec 0–4 1–2[b] 1–2 0–2 2–0 7 Dec
Broughty Athletic 6–0 14 Dec 1–0 30 Nov 8–1 10–0 3–1 2–0 5–1
Carnoustie Panmure 2–1 1–1 4–0 21 Dec 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–4
Coupar Angus 3–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 7 Dec 3–2 30 Nov
Downfield 30 Nov 3–1 2–0 5–1 2–1 6–2 2–0 2–3 21 Dec 2–1
Dundee North End 7 Dec 3–0 3–0 5–1 7–0 7–0 9–0 3–1
Dundee St James 2–0 7 Dec 4–0 2–2 1–4 14 Dec 4–1 30 Nov 0–4 1–7
Dundee Violet 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–3 1–2 21 Dec 7 Dec
East Craigie 5–1 30 Nov 1–0 1–0 7 Dec 1–0 21 Dec 1–4
Forfar United 30 Nov 1–4 1–7 0–12 0–1 2–3 2–1 14 Dec 1–1
Forfar West End 1–2 21 Dec 0–3 3–2 4–1 14 Dec 8–2 0–2 1–7 0–5
Kirriemuir Thistle 2–0 3–1 0–4 21 Dec 0–1 4–4 14 Dec
Letham 14 Dec 1–3 4–3 2–1 2–1 7 Dec 1–2 4 Dec 2–2 1–3
Lochee Harp 4–2 2–0 0–4 2–1 7 Dec 0–4 3–1 2–1 0–4 0–3
Lochee United 4–0 30 Nov 3–1 1–2 3–1 7 Dec 5–0 3–0
Montrose Roselea 2–0 3–2 0–1 1–3 2–4 14 Dec 1–1 1–3[c] 21 Dec 30 Nov
Scone Thistle 2–7 2–5 2–3 0–3 1–3 30 Nov 14 Dec 0–4 0–5
Tayport 6–1 21 Dec 2–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 7–1 3–2 5–0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2024. Source: [23]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Foxhall Park, Coupar Angus.[21]
  2. ^ Match played at Station Park, Forfar.
  3. ^ Match played at Gill Park.[22]

Notes

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SFA Club with an SFA licence[24] eligible to participate in the Highland League promotion play-off, and also compete in the Scottish Cup.

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 St James". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Dundee Violet". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  11. ^ "East Craigie". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  12. ^ "Forfar United". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Forfar West End". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Kirriemuir Thistle". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Letham". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Lochee Harp". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Lochee United". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Scone Thistle". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  19. ^ "Tayport". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  20. ^ "League Table". Scottish Junior Football Association, East Region. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  21. ^ East Craigie FC [@EastCraigieFC] (3 October 2024). "Next match ⚓️⚽️ Game now at Foxhall Park, Coupar Angus" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ Gill, Roy (8 September 2024). "Next Match:- Kirriemuir Thistle (H) - Sat 14th September 2024, Gill Park, KO 2.30". Pitchero. Pitch Hero Ltd. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Midlands League – 24-25". Scottish Football Fixtures. Scottish Football Fixtures. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  24. ^ "Licensed Clubs – 2024" (PDF). Retrieved 28 June 2024.
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