2021–22 Midlands Football League

Midlands Football League
Season2021–22
Dates17 July 2021 – 17 May 2022
ChampionsCarnoustie Panmure
Matches played342
Goals scored1,589 (4.65 per match)
Biggest home winBroughty Athletic 13–0 Kirriemuir Thistle
(30 October 2021)
Biggest away winLochee Harp 0–15 Carnoustie Panmure
(22 February 2022)
Highest scoringLochee Harp 0–15 Carnoustie Panmure
(22 February 2022)
Longest winning run17 matches:
Carnoustie Panmure
Longest unbeaten run25 matches:
East Craigie
Longest winless run33 matches:
Scone Thistle
Longest losing run15 matches:
Scone Thistle

The 2021–22 Midlands Football League was the inaugural season of the Midlands Football League, the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began with nine games on 17 July 2021.[1]

Carnoustie Panmure became the inaugural league champions, winning their last seventeen games of the season to overhaul East Craigie and ultimately win the league by five points.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2021–22 Midlands Football League

All 17 teams from the 2020–21 East Premiership North joined the league, along with Dundee St James (formerly Fintry AFC) from the Midlands Amateur Football Association and Letham from the Perthshire Amateur Football Association.

Stadia and locations

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Club Location Home Ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Arbroath Victoria Arbroath Ogilvy Park[2] 4,000 0 Yes
Blairgowrie Blairgowrie Davie Park[3] 2,500 0 Yes
Brechin Victoria Brechin Victoria Park[4] 600 100 Yes
Broughty Athletic Dundee Whitton Park[5] 2,500 0 Yes
Carnoustie Panmure Carnoustie Laing Park[6] 1,500 0 No
Coupar Angus Coupar Angus Foxhall Park[7] 1,800 0 Yes
Downfield Dundee Downfield Park[8] 2,500 13 Yes
Dundee North End Dundee North End Park[9] 2,000 0 Yes
Dundee St James Dundee Fairfield Park TBC 0 No
Dundee Violet Dundee Glenesk Park[10] 2,000 0 No
East Craigie Dundee Craigie Park[11] 3,300 0 No
Forfar United Forfar Guthrie Park[12] 2,500 0 No
Forfar West End Forfar Strathmore Park[13] 2,500 0 No
Kirriemuir Thistle Kirriemuir Westview Park[14] 2,000 32 Yes
Letham Perth Seven Acres Park TBC 0 Yes
Lochee Harp Dundee Lochee Community Sports Hub TBC 0 Yes
Lochee United Dundee Thomson Park[15] 3,200 0 Yes
Scone Thistle Scone Farquharson Park[16] 1,000 0 No
Tayport Tayport Canniepairt[17] 2,000 0 Yes

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Carnoustie Panmure (C) 36 32 2 2 153 30 +123 98 Ineligible for the Highland League play-off
2 East Craigie 36 30 3 3 146 31 +115 93
3 Lochee United 36 29 2 5 140 28 +112 89
4 Dundee North End 36 24 6 6 103 43 +60 78
5 Broughty Athletic 36 24 5 7 146 50 +96 77
6 Tayport 36 23 6 7 101 47 +54 75
7 Kirriemuir Thistle 36 17 4 15 81 81 0 55
8 Forfar West End 36 13 10 13 55 66 −11 49
9 Arbroath Victoria 36 14 6 16 80 85 −5 48
10 Brechin Victoria 36 14 3 19 70 97 −27 45
11 Dundee Violet 36 13 5 18 50 70 −20 44
12 Downfield 36 13 5 18 51 84 −33 44
13 Blairgowrie 36 13 2 21 68 92 −24 41
14 Lochee Harp 36 13 2 21 69 110 −41 41
15 Letham 36 11 4 21 76 102 −26 37
16 Dundee St James 36 9 5 22 68 106 −38 32
17 Forfar United 36 6 3 27 46 128 −82 21
18 Coupar Angus 36 4 3 29 47 148 −101 15
19 Scone Thistle 36 1 2 33 39 191 −152 5
Source: [18]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

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Each team will play each other twice, for a total of 36 fixtures.

Home \ Away ARB BLA BRE BRO CAR COU DOW DNE DSJ DUV ECR FWE FUN KIR LET LHA LOU SCO TAY
Arbroath Victoria 1–2 2–1 3–8 0–7 1–1 2–3 2–2 1–0 0–0 3–4 2–2 4–0 4–3 1–4 2–0 1–2 9–2 2–1
Blairgowrie 1–4 3–1 0–1 0–6 6–3 2–3 1–2 3–4 2–4 0–5 0–1 3–1 1–1 6–1 2–3 0–2[a] 3–1 0–6
Brechin Victoria 1–2 1–2 2–4 1–8 4–1 2–1 1–3 4–3 3–1 0–5 0–3 6–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 0–9 3–1 1–1
Broughty Athletic 3–1 5–2 6–0 1–4 2–2 9–0 1–3 10–0 6–0 2–2 3–3 7–0 13–0 6–5 6–1 1–0 10–1 0–1
Carnoustie Panmure 3–0 3–0 7–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–2 8–1 3–1 5–2 2–2 5–0 3–2 4–2 6–1 2–1 4–0 5–0
Coupar Angus 2–5 1–3 0–7 4–7 0–5 1–1 0–6 1–4 0–5 0–11 0–3 6–1 0–5 2–3 0–5 2–0 6–1 1–3
Downfield 2–1 4–2 1–3 0–2 0–5 1–0 0–5 2–2 0–1 0–4 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–3 4–0 0–5 4–0 3–2
Dundee North End 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–3 6–0 2–0 6–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 3–1 6–3 2–0 1–2 5–1 2–2
Dundee St James 1–1 2–3 0–2 2–1 1–5 6–0 2–4 1–2 0–0 2–3 1–3 3–2 2–3 5–4 7–0 0–7 4–1 1–3
Dundee Violet 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–5 1–4 2–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–5 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 2–0 2–2
East Craigie 5–1 2–0 5–1 4–0 2–1 7–1 8–0 0–1 7–1 3–0[b] 2–1 12–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 9–2 1–1
Forfar West End 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–5 2–1 1–1 1–4 3–0 0–1 0–3[c] 3–2 2–1 5–0 0–1 1–8 4–1 2–5
Forfar United 5–3 1–4 1–5 0–4 0–3 6–2 0–3 0–4 1–0 1–3 1–5 4–0 1–3 1–0 1–4 1–5 2–3 1–1
Kirriemuir Thistle 4–3 3–2 3–0 2–4 0–2 5–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–3 4–2 6–1 4–1 0–4 7–1 1–3
Letham 0–4 3–1 1–2 1–3 3–3 3–1 2–3 2–6 3–0 1–2 1–4 1–1 6–1 1–1 1–3 0–6 5–0 2–3
Lochee Harp 1–2 2–5 3–6 1–1 0–15 2–1 2–1 2–5 2–2 2–0 0–6 2–3 3–2 3–1 1–3 0–2 8–2 1–7
Lochee United 9–2 5–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 9–0 3–1 2–2 5–0 4–3 0–2 0–0 3–0 5–1 6–0 2–1 8–1 0–2
Scone Thistle 0–7 3–3 2–6 0–10 1–4 2–4 1–3 1–4 1–5 0–4 3–7 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–4 0–10 2–9 1–6
Tayport 3–1 4–0 6–1 0–2 1–2 6–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 5–2 4–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–4 6–1
Source: [22]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Match played at Strathmore Park, Forfar.[19]
  2. ^ Match played at Downfield Park.[20]
  3. ^ Match played at Station Park.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "MIDLAND LEAGUE FIXTURES RELEASED". Scottish Junior Football Association. 25 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. ^ Arbroath Victoria, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. ^ Blairgowrie, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ^ Brechin Victoria, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  5. ^ Broughty Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ^ Carnoustie Panmure, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ^ Coupar Angus, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  8. ^ Downfield, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  9. ^ Dundee North End, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  10. ^ Dundee Violet, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  11. ^ East Craigie, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  12. ^ Forfar United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  13. ^ Forfar West End, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  14. ^ Kirriemuir Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  15. ^ Lochee United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  16. ^ Scone Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  17. ^ Tayport, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  18. ^ "League Table". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Blairgowrie vs Lochee United – Match Preview". Lochee United F.C. Lochee United Junior Football Club. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  20. ^ Malone, Andy (4 August 2021). "Venue Reminder". East Craigie F.C. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  21. ^ EastCraigieFC [@EastCraigieFC] (29 October 2021). "Forfar West End V East Craigie McBookie Midlands league Station Park, Forfar Friday 29th October 7-30 ko @McBookie @ftsc0res" (Tweet). Retrieved 29 October 2021 – via Twitter.
  22. ^ "Results". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
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