2025–26 Midlands Football League
Football league season
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The 2025–26 Midlands Football League was the 5th season of the Midlands Football League, part of the Scottish football pyramid system. Dundee North End won the league for the third successive season, finishing eighteen points clear of their closest competitors.
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 August 2025 – 3 June 2026 |
← 2024–25 | |
Background
A new league format for 2025–26 saw the league split into two divisions of ten clubs – named the Midlands Premier Division and Midland First Division – from the previous league set up of one singular division of 20 clubs.
From the 2026–27 season, a new Lowland Football League structure was announced to be introduced with two divisions each of 16 member clubs (plus any B teams) running concurrently known as Lowland League East and Lowland League West.[1] As a result, the Midlands League moves to become a feeder of the Lowland League East; the 2025–26 season was a transitional season with up to three teams from the Premier Division promoted to the Lowland League East. Ultimately, only Lochee United were promoted, with Broughty Athletic and Tayport remaining in the Midlands League.
Premier Division
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 August 2025 – 3 June 2026 |
| Champions | Dundee North End |
| Promoted | Lochee United |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 800 (4.44 per match) |
| Biggest home win |
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| Biggest away win |
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| Highest scoring | Letham 3–10 Tayport (11 March 2026) |
| Longest winning run | 15 matches: Dundee North End |
| Longest unbeaten run | 23 matches: Broughty Athletic |
| Longest winless run | 31 matches: Letham |
| Longest losing run | 24 matches: Letham |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 3 June 2026. | |
The Premier Division was formed from the 10 clubs that finished in the top half of the 2024–25 Midlands Football League. Dundee North End won the title for the third successive season, sealing the title on 6 May 2026 with a 2–0 win over Tayport; they were ineligible for promotion to the Lowland League East as they do not hold an SFA club licence.
Stadia and locations
| Club | Location | Home Ground | Capacity | Floodlit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broughty Athletic [SFA] | Broughty Ferry, Dundee | Whitton Park | 1,000 | Yes |
| Carnoustie Panmure | Carnoustie | Laing Park | 1,500 | No |
| Downfield | Downfield, Dundee | Downfield Park | 2,000 | No |
| Dundee North End | Fairfield, Dundee | North End Park | 2,000 | No |
| East Craigie | Craigie, Dundee | Craigie Park | 2,000 | No |
| Kirriemuir Thistle | Kirriemuir | Westview Park | 1,500 | No |
| Letham | Perth | Seven Acres | 300 | Yes |
| Lochee Harp | Lochee, Dundee | New Beechwood Park | 500 | Yes |
| Lochee United [SFA] | Dryburgh, Dundee | Thomson Park | 2,000 | Yes |
| Tayport [SFA] | Tayport | The Canniepairt | 2,500 | Yes |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundee North End (C) | 36 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 135 | 32 | +103 | 92 | |
| 2 | Broughty Athletic | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 104 | 52 | +52 | 74 | Declined promotion to Lowland League East |
| 3 | Downfield | 36 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 102 | 62 | +40 | 72 | |
| 4 | Tayport | 36 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 106 | 59 | +47 | 71 | Declined promotion to Lowland League East |
| 5 | Lochee United (P) | 36 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 106 | 49 | +57 | 69 | Promotion to Lowland League East |
| 6 | Carnoustie Panmure | 36 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 72 | 72 | 0 | 55 | |
| 7 | East Craigie | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 58 | 108 | −50 | 32 | |
| 8 | Kirriemuir Thistle | 36 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 47 | 91 | −44 | 30 | |
| 9 | Lochee Harp | 36 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 33 | 113 | −80 | 22 | |
| 10 | Letham | 36 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 37 | 162 | −125 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
First Division
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 9 August 2025 – 9 May 2026 |
| Champions | Dundee Violet |
| Matches | 180 |
| Goals | 662 (3.68 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Blairgowrie 9–0 Scone Thistle (2 August 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Forfar West End 2–8 Dundee Violet (8 November 2025) |
| Highest scoring |
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| Longest winning run | 8 matches: Blairgowrie |
| Longest unbeaten run | 20 matches: Dundee Violet |
| Longest winless run | 11 matches: Forfar West End |
| Longest losing run | 6 matches: Brechin Victoria |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 9 May 2026. | |
The First Division was formed from the 10 clubs that finished in the bottom half of the 2024–25 Midlands Football League. Dundee Violet won the division, sealing the title with a 3–2 victory at home to Forfar United on 27 April 2026, which gave them an unassailable four-point lead over Blairgowrie, who had one game to play at the time.
Stadia and locations
| Club | Location | Home Ground | Capacity | Floodlit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbroath Victoria | Arbroath | Ogilvy Park | 1,000 | No |
| Blairgowrie | Blairgowrie | Davie Park[3] | 1,200 | Yes |
| Brechin Victoria | Brechin | Victoria Park[4] | 800 | No |
| Coupar Angus | Coupar Angus | Foxhall Park[5] | 800 | No |
| Dundee St James | Douglas, Dundee | Fairfield Park[6] | 1,200 | No |
| Dundee Violet | Lochee, Dundee | Glenesk Park | 1,500 | No |
| Forfar United | Forfar | Guthrie Park[7] | 1,500 | No |
| Forfar West End | Forfar | Strathmore Park[8] | 1,200 | No |
| Montrose Roselea | Montrose | Links Park | 4,936 | Yes |
| Scone Thistle | Scone | Farquharson Park[9] | 800 | No |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundee Violet (C) | 36 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 92 | 46 | +46 | 82 |
| 2 | Blairgowrie | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 65 | 46 | +19 | 68 |
| 3 | Forfar United | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 73 | 51 | +22 | 59 |
| 4 | Montrose Roselea | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 77 | 76 | +1 | 53 |
| 5 | Arbroath Victoria | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 68 | 65 | +3 | 51 |
| 6 | Dundee St James | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 64 | 69 | −5 | 43 |
| 7 | Coupar Angus | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 61 | 75 | −14 | 42 |
| 8 | Forfar West End | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 58 | 72 | −14 | 42 |
| 9 | Scone Thistle | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 61 | 93 | −32 | 34 |
| 10 | Brechin Victoria | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 43 | 69 | −26 | 31 |
Notes
SFA Club with an SFA licence[11] eligible for promotion to the Lowland League East, and also compete in the Scottish Cup.