2021–22 Midlands Football League
Appearance
Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 17 July 2021 – 17 May 2022 |
Champions | Carnoustie Panmure |
Matches played | 342 |
Goals scored | 1,589 (4.65 per match) |
Biggest home win | Broughty Athletic 13–0 Kirriemuir Thistle (30 October 2021) |
Biggest away win | Lochee Harp 0–15 Carnoustie Panmure (22 February 2022) |
Highest scoring | Lochee Harp 0–15 Carnoustie Panmure (22 February 2022) |
Longest winning run | 17 matches: Carnoustie Panmure |
Longest unbeaten run | 25 matches: East Craigie |
Longest winless run | 33 matches: Scone Thistle |
Longest losing run | 15 matches: Scone Thistle |
2022–23 → |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Club | Location | Home Ground | Capacity | Seats | Floodlit |
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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
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Results
[edit]Each team will play each other twice, for a total of 36 fixtures.
References
[edit]- ^ "MIDLAND LEAGUE FIXTURES RELEASED". Scottish Junior Football Association. 25 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ Arbroath Victoria, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Blairgowrie, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Brechin Victoria, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Broughty Athletic, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Carnoustie Panmure, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Coupar Angus, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Downfield, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Dundee North End, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Dundee Violet, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ East Craigie, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Forfar United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Forfar West End, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Kirriemuir Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Lochee United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Scone Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Tayport, nonleaguescotland.org.uk, Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "League Table". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "Blairgowrie vs Lochee United – Match Preview". Lochee United F.C. Lochee United Junior Football Club. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Malone, Andy (4 August 2021). "Venue Reminder". East Craigie F.C. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Results". Scottish Junior FA. Retrieved 19 May 2022.