Midland Football League
First version 1891-1897
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See
also Midland League
overview |
Formed in 1891 by ten clubs, research by
Gordon Baird reveals that Cowdenbeath left in March 1892 after completing
just six fixtures. After Raith Rovers
had won the first championship, the league was officially dissolved, and
reconstituted as a new league, but without the champions. Clackmannan also
left but King’s Park, formerly of the Scottish Alliance, joined, and promptly
won, the eight team league. The
collapse of the Scottish Federation in 1893 saw East Stirlingshire and
Falkirk enter and both were to win the title in the following two seasons.
They, and Stenhousemuir who won the league in 1896, then moved on to help
form the stronger Scottish Combination. The Midland League lasted for
six seasons in total, but was superseded by the creation of the Central
Combination which included four of the Midland League clubs. |
Champions
1891-92 Raith Rovers 1892-93 King's Park 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 Stenhousemuir 1896-97 Clackmannan |
Membership
Alloa Alva Camelon Clackmannan Cowdenbeath Dunblane Dunipace Gairdoch Grangemouth Kilsyth Wanderers King's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir |
Seasons
1891-1897 1891-1895 1891-1894 1891-1897 1891-92, 1896-97 1891-92 1891-1897 1891-1893 1896-97 1893-1896 1893-1896 1894-1896 1891-1893 1895-1897 1892-1897 1891-92 1893-1896 |
Came from
Scottish Federation Scottish Federation Scottish |
Left for
Central League Disbanded
Central Combination Central Combination Scottish Combination Scottish Combination Central Combination Central Combination Scottish Combination |
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1891-92 |
1892-93 |
Raith Rovers
Alloa Alva Camelon Clackmannan Cowdenbeath (resigned March 1892) Dunblane Grangemouth |
King’s Park
Alloa Alva Camelon Dunblane Grangemouth |
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1893-94 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
East Stirlingshire King’s Park Falkirk Stenhousemuir Dunblane Camelon Alloa Athletic Alva Bridge of Allan |
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 |
13 10 11 9 6 5 5 3 1 |
1 3 0 4 2 3 3 3 1 |
2 3 5 3 8 8 8 10 14 |
79 63 61 65 59 37 31 39 12 |
29 41 29 33 54 48 62 64 85 |
27 23 22 22 14 13 13 9 3 |
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1894-95 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
Falkirk Stenhousemuir East Stirlingshire King’s Park Dunblane Camelon Alva Alloa Athletic Gairdoch |
16 16 16 16 15 16 15 16 14 |
13 12 9 7 6 5 5 3 2 |
2 4 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 |
1 1 6 8 7 8 8 11 12 |
79 74 64 43 34 33 28 31 19 |
20 25 36 34 58 58 60 57 51 |
28 27 19 15 14 13 12 8 4 |
Gairdoch v Alva & Dunblane were never
played.
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1895-96 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
Stenhousemuir Falkirk East Stirlingshire Dunblane Kilsyth Wanderers Camelon Alloa Athletic King’s Park Gairdoch |
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 |
13 12 7 9 7 5 4 2 1 |
2 1 6 2 3 2 4 5 1 |
1 3 3 5 6 9 8 9 14 |
73 53 49 43 45 27 43 23 20 |
23 30 36 39 33 39 50 50 57 |
28 25 20 20 17 12 12 9 3 |
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1896-97 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
Clackmannan Camelon Kilsyth Wanderers King’s Park Dunipace Dunblane Alloa |
10 12 12 12 12 10 12 |
7 5 6 6 4 5 3 |
0 3 1 0 2 0 2 |
3 4 5 6 6 5 7 |
32 40 27 33 21 27 17 |
21 25 22 30 37 23 33 |
14 13 13 12 10 10 8 |
Clackmannan and Dunblane didn’t
play each other
Sources for final tables: John Meffen and Stewart Davidson
