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.
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. 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
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 ClubLocationHome GroundCapacityFloodlitBroughty Athletic Broughty Ferry, DundeeWhitton Park1,000YesCarnoustie PanmureCarnoustieLaing Park1,500NoDownfieldDownfield, DundeeDownfield Park2,000NoDundee North EndFairfield, DundeeNorth End Park2,000NoEast CraigieCraigie, DundeeCraigie Park2,000NoKirriemuir ThistleKirriemuirWestview Park1,500NoLethamPerthSeven Acres300YesLochee HarpLochee, DundeeNew Beechwood Park500YesLochee United Dryburgh, DundeeThomson Park2,000YesTayport TayportThe Canniepairt2,500Yes
League table
First Division
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 ClubLocationHome GroundCapacityFloodlitArbroath VictoriaArbroathOgilvy Park1,000NoBlairgowrieBlairgowrieDavie Park1,200YesBrechin VictoriaBrechinVictoria Park800NoCoupar AngusCoupar AngusFoxhall Park800NoDundee St JamesDouglas, DundeeFairfield Park1,200NoDundee VioletLochee, DundeeGlenesk Park1,500NoForfar UnitedForfarGuthrie Park1,500NoForfar West EndForfarStrathmore Park1,200NoMontrose RoseleaMontroseLinks Park4,936YesScone ThistleSconeFarquharson Park800No
League table
Notes Club with an SFA licence eligible for promotion to the Lowland League East, and also compete in the Scottish Cup.
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