List of Midland Football League (1889) clubs explained

The following is a list of clubs who played in the original Midland Football League from its formation in 1889 until it closed in 1982.^[1]

Clubs

• Alfreton Town
• Appleby Frodingham
• Arnold (first team and reserves)
• Arnold Kingswell
• Ashby Institute
• Ashington
• Ashton United
• Attenborough
• Barnsley (first team and reserves)
• Barton Town
• Belper Town (first team and reserves)
• Blyth Spartans
• Borrowash Victoria
• Boston
• Boston Town
• Boston United
• Bourne Town
• Bradford City (reserves only)
• Bradford Park Avenue (reserves only)
• Bridlington Trinity
• Brigg Town
• Brimington
• Burslem Port Vale
• Burton Town
• Burton United (reserves only)
• Carrvale United
• Castleford Town
• Chesterfield (first team and reserves)
• Clay Cross Works
• Clifton All Whites (first team and reserves)
• Coalville Town
• Consett
• Corby Town
• Creswell Colliery
• Denaby United
• Derby County (reserves only)
• Derby Junction
• Derby Midland
• Dinnington Colliery
• Doncaster Rovers (first team and reserves)
• Dresden United
• Eastwood Town (first team and reserves)
• Folk House Old Boys
• Frickley Colliery
• Gainsborough Trinity (first team and reserves)
• Gateshead
• Glossop North End
• Goole Town
• Graham Street Prims
• Grantham
• Greenhalgh's
• Grimsby Town (first team and reserves)
• Guisborough Town
• Halifax Town (first team and reserves)
• Harrogate
• Heanor Town
• Heckmondwike
• Hednesford
• Hinckley Town
• Holbeach United
• Horden Colliery Welfare
• Huddersfield Town (first team and reserves)
• Hull City (reserves only)
• Ilkeston Town (first team and reserves)
• Kettering
• Kidderminster
• Kimberley Town (first team and reserves)
• King's Lynn
• Leeds City (reserves only)
• Leeds United (first team and reserves)
• Leek
• Leicester Fosse (first team and reserves)
• Linby Colliery Welfare
• Lincoln City (first team and reserves)
• Lockheed Leamington
• Long Eaton
• Long Eaton Grange
• Long Eaton Rangers
• Long Eaton United (first team and reserves)
• Loughborough Corinthians
• Loughborough
• Loughborough United
• Louth United
• Mansfield
• Mansfield Town
• Matlock
• Matlock Town
• Mexborough
• Mexborough Athletic
• Mexborough Town
• Newark
• North Shields
• Northampton Town
• Norwich City (reserves only)
• Nottingham Forest (reserves only)
• Notts County
• Notts Rangers
• Oakham United
• Ollerton Colliery
• Peterborough United
• Ransome & Marles
• Retford Rail
• Retford Town (first team and reserves)
• Ripley Town
• Rolls Royce Hucknall
• Rotherham County (first team and reserves)
• Rotherham Town [I]
• Rotherham Town [II]
• Rotherham United (reserves only)
• Rushden Town
• Scarborough
• Scunthorpe United (first team and reserves)
• Sheffield
• Sheffield United
• Shepshed Charterhouse
• Shirebrook
• Shrewsbury Town
• Silverwood Colliery
• Skegness Town
• South Shields
• Spalding United
• Spennymoor United
• Stamford
• Staveley
• Staveley Welfare
• Staveley Works
• Stockport County
• Stockton
• Stoke Swifts
• Sutton Town (first team and reserves)
• Sutton Trinity
• The Wednesday (reserves only)
• TI Chesterfield
• Wakefield City
• Walsall
• Warley
• Warwick County
• Wath Athletic
• Wednesbury Old Athletic
• Wellingborough
• Whitwick White Cross
• Wisbech Town
• Wombwell
• Worksop Town
• York City [I]
• York City [II]

Notes and References

1. Web site: England – Midland League.