2023–24 Midlands Football League

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.

This article is about the Scottish football league. For the English football league, see 2023–24 Midland Football League.
Midlands Football League
Season2023–24
Dates22 July 2023 – 13 April 2024
Matches played151
Goals scored657 (4.35 per match)
Biggest home winLochee United 10–0 Letham
(30 September 2023)
Biggest away win
Highest scoring4 matches:
10 goals[upper-alpha 1]
Longest winning run9 matches:
Lochee United
Longest unbeaten run15 matches:
Lochee United
Longest winless run16 matches:
Coupar Angus
Longest losing run12 matches:
Forfar West End
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 21 October 2023.

Teams
Location of teams in 2023-24 Midlands Football League
Location of teams in 2023–24 Midlands Football League within Dundee
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

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 Lochee United 15 14 1 0 76 9 +67 43 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
2 Broughty Athletic 15 14 0 1 55 13 +42 42
3 Dundee North End 15 12 1 2 49 14 +35 37
4 Downfield 14 11 0 3 49 21 +28 33
5 Kirriemuir Thistle 15 9 1 5 31 30 +1 28
6 Carnoustie Panmure 14 9 0 5 42 21 +21 27
7 East Craigie 16 7 5 4 43 22 +21 26
8 Montrose Roselea 15 8 1 6 33 25 +8 25
9 Tayport 15 7 3 5 29 24 +5 24
10 Letham 15 6 4 5 23 38 −15 22
11 Dundee St James 15 6 1 8 31 40 −9 19
12 Scone Thistle 16 5 3 8 29 43 −14 18
13 Blairgowrie 16 5 3 8 27 42 −15 18
14 Lochee Harp 15 5 2 8 28 38 −10 17
15 Dundee Violet 14 5 1 8 23 27 −4 16
16 Brechin Victoria 15 3 3 9 15 29 −14 12
17 Arbroath Victoria 15 3 2 10 19 49 −30 11
18 Forfar United 16 2 2 12 25 65 −40 8
19 Forfar West End 15 2 0 13 10 49 −39 6
20 Coupar Angus 16 0 3 13 20 58 −38 3
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. 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 9 Dec 11 Nov 6 Jan 27 Jan 20 Jan 0–0 9 Mar 1–9 0–6 24 Feb
Blairgowrie 25 Nov — 9 Mar 24 Feb 2–6 13 Jan 28 Oct 0–6 30 Mar 2–2 6–2 3–0 4–3 27 Jan 3–2 16 Dec 0–1 18 Nov 1–1
Brechin Victoria 1–2 — 13 Jan 0–3 25 Nov 1–4 0–1 23 Mar 3–2 6 Apr 28 Oct 2 Mar 0–1 16 Dec 1–1 3 Feb 0–1 18 Nov
Broughty Athletic 6 Apr 7–0 4–1 — 3–0 5–1 6 Jan 2 Mar 5–1 23 Mar 2–1 3 Feb 3–1 25 Nov 18 Nov 20 Jan 5–0 28 Oct
Carnoustie Panmure 3–0 3 Feb 6 Jan 9 Dec — 28 Oct 2 Mar 4–0 2–4 20 Jan 0–1 6 Apr 4–0 1–2 18 Nov 3–2 23 Mar
Coupar Angus 2 Mar 2–2 1–2 11 Nov — 1–3 20 Jan 0–5 3 Feb 4–4 6 Jan 6 Apr 13 Apr 23 Mar 9 Dec 1–3 1–4
Downfield 16 Dec 30 Mar 9 Mar 5–1 27 Jan — 0–3 11 Nov 13 Apr 25 Nov 7–0 18 Nov 24 Feb 5–1 13 Jan 3–1 3–1 4–1
Dundee North End 5–1 2 Mar 20 Jan 2–3 16 Dec 18 Nov 23 Mar — 5–1 3 Feb 2–1 6–0 3–1 4–0 25 Nov 28 Oct 2–2 6 Apr
Dundee St James 2–3 3–1 4–3 24 Feb 4–1 9 Mar — 1–2 18 Nov 16 Dec 13 Apr 28 Oct 1–2 27 Jan 0–3 30 Mar 25 Nov 13 Jan
Dundee Violet 2–1 24 Feb 27 Jan 0–2 16 Dec 0–3 6 Apr — 18 Nov 23 Mar 2–2 13 Jan 6–0 25 Nov 1–2 28 Oct 0–1
East Craigie 3–2 11 Nov 1–1 0–1 9 Mar 4–0 0–1 30 Mar — 13 Jan 9 Dec 1–3 24 Feb 2–2 13 Apr 16 Dec 27 Jan
Forfar United 4–2 9 Dec 13 Apr 1–6 9 Mar 6 Jan 1–1 0–8 — 0–2 3 Feb 30 Mar 0–1 24 Feb 11 Nov 3–1 2–5
Forfar West End 18 Nov 6 Apr 0–3 0–6 27 Jan 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 24 Feb 1–5 1–2 28 Oct 25 Nov — 0–2 2–3 13 Jan 0–3 9 Mar 16 Dec
Kirriemuir Thistle 2–0 13 Apr 27 Jan 16 Dec 25 Nov 3–1 13 Jan 9 Mar 2–6 4–2 30 Mar — 11 Nov 1–5 24 Feb 3–2 1–0
Letham 23 Mar 2–0 1–1 1–5 3–3 0–3 9 Dec 3 Feb 3–0 2 Mar 3–2 20 Jan — 28 Oct 6 Apr 6 Jan 2–2
Lochee Harp 3–3 20 Jan 9 Dec 11 Nov 4–3 3 Feb 1–4 1–2 6 Jan 4–6 23 Mar 5–1 — 0–2 0–2 2 Mar 6 Apr
Lochee United 3 Feb 3–0 11 Nov 13 Apr 8–0 5–3 6 Jan 3–0 20 Jan 9–1 9 Dec 2 Mar 10–0 30 Mar — 27 Jan 2–1
Montrose Roselea 28 Oct 23 Mar 4–0 1–2 13 Jan 4–1 6 Apr 27 Jan 3–0 2 Mar 1–7 4–1 1–3 4–0 16 Dec 18 Nov — 25 Nov
Scone Thistle 13 Jan 13 Apr 30 Mar 1–7 24 Feb 9 Dec 0–3 5–1 1–1 4–2 11 Nov 6 Jan 9 Mar 0–3 0–7 — 2–2
Tayport 3–1 6 Jan 30 Mar 20 Jan 11 Nov 7–2 9 Dec 0–0 2 Mar 2–0 23 Mar 13 Apr 0–2 0–5 2–1 3 Feb —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: [19]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match played at Station Park, Forfar.[18]

Notes

SFA Club with an SFA licence[20] 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 21 October 2023.
  18. Coupar Angus JFC [@CouparAngusJFC] (29 July 2023). "Todays [sic] starting team at a sunny Station Park 🏟️ #monthecoupar 🔴⚫️🔴" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 July 2023 – via Twitter.
  19. "Midlands League Results". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  20. "Licensed Clubs - December 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
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