Final Tables for seasons 1900-1901 to 1919-1920 are set out below.  There are also notes underneath each table giving details of changes to and ‘movements’ in and out of the competition.

In the league tables below, use of a single asterisk at the end of a team name indicates that this was the reserve side of a Football League team.

1900-1901

Coalville Town, Hinckley Town, Loughborough Town, Sheffield United Reserves and Worksop Town all joined the Midland League in 1900.

Final Table

 

1	Sheffield United *	26	21	3	2	78	23	45
2	Doncaster Rovers	26	17	2	7	87	32	36
3	Northampton	26	13	7	6	65	43	33
4	Derby County *	26	14	4	8	74	45	32
5	Hinckley Town	26	12	6	8	55	44	30
6	Newark	26	13	2	11	56	50	28
7	Wellingborough	26	12	4	10	44	46	28
8	Ilkeston Town	26	10	4	12	70	50	24
9	Leicester Fosse *	26	11	1	14	60	64	23
10	Lincoln City *	26	7	7	12	46	49	21
11	Rushden Town	26	8	5	13	35	61	21
12	Worksop Town	26	8	4	14	50	75	20
13	Coalville Town	26	5	2	19	30	102	12
14	Burton Wanderers	26	4	3	19	33	99	11
		364	155	54	155	783	783	364

Loughborough Town resigned before the start of the season.  Burton Wanderers amalgamated with Division 2 side Burton Swifts as ‘Burton United’, with the reserve team placed in the Midland League.  Northampton, Rushden Town and Wellingborough all resigned from the competition at the end of the season, while Doncaster Rovers were elected to the Football League following the resignation of New Brighton Tower from the 2^nd Division. 

Five clubs joined for the new season – the reserve sides of Barnsley, Grimsby Town and Sheffield Wednesday, plus Walsall, who had failed to be re-elected the Division Two, and Whitwick White Cross.  Barnsley Reserves in fact took over Doncaster’s fixtures as it appears that Rovers, who had only lost out to Stockport County in a 2^nd vote at the Football League A.G.M., had already played a Midland League fixture by the time the League approached the club to take New Brighton’s place after that club’s late withdrawal from Division 2.

1901-1902

Final Table

 

1	Barnsley *	28	19	4	5	72	46	42
2	Sheffield United *	28	18	3	7	92	31	39
3	Sheffield Wednesday *	28	13	11	4	82	32	37
4	Grimsby Town *	28	16	3	9	72	38	35
5	Walsall	28	14	7	7	51	37	35
6	Newark	28	13	5	10	58	45	31
7	Whitwick White Cross	28	14	3	11	71	56	31
8	Lincoln City *	28	12	5	11	53	57	29
9	Hinckley Town	28	11	4	13	59	55	26
10	Worksop Town	28	9	7	12	61	67	25
11	Derby County *	28	10	2	16	57	90	22
12	Ilkeston Town	28	9	1	18	48	80	19
13	Leicester Foss *	28	7	5	16	38	70	19
14	Burton United *	28	7	4	17	41	77	18
15	Coalville Town	28	5	2	21	32	106	12
		420	177	66	177	887	887	420

Coalville Town did not seek re-election and left the Midland League.  Chesterfield Town Reserves, Denaby United, Doncaster Rovers Reserves and Gainsborough Trinity Reserves all joined the competition.

1902-1903

Final Table

 

1	Sheffield Wednesday *	32	24	3	5	98	26	51
2	Derby County *	32	17	10	5	63	44	44
3	Worksop Town	32	19	5	8	69	51	43
4	Sheffield United *	32	16	7	9	56	48	39
5	Barnsley *	32	16	6	10	55	43	38
6	Hinckley Town	32	14	7	11	61	51	35
7	Whitwick White Cross	32	13	8	11	56	48	34
8	Doncaster Rovers *	32	13	5	14	52	46	31
9	Walsall	32	12	7	13	52	48	31
10	Newark	32	14	3	15	60	57	31
11	Chesterfield Town *	32	12	6	14	48	49	30
12	Grimsby Town *	32	12	4	16	51	47	28
13	Burton United *	32	11	6	15	54	72	28
14	Denaby United	32	9	8	15	40	59	26
15	Lincoln City*	32	9	2	21	44	73	20
16	Gainsborough Trinity*	32	6	7	19	38	78	19
17	Leicester Fosse*	32	6	4	22	30	87	16
		544	223	98	223	927	927	544

Ilkeston Town were expelled from the league during February for failing to fulfil their fixtures and the club’s record was deleted.  Burton United Reserves, Leicester Fosse Reserves and Walsall all resigned from the competition at the end of the season.  Doncaster Rovers returned from the Football League, with the first-team taking the place of the reserve section.  Four clubs joined the Midland League – Gresley Rovers, Nottingham Forest Reserves, Rotherham Town and Thornhill United.

1903-1904

Final Table

 

1	Sheffield United*	34	26	4	4	101	24	56
2	Sheffield Wednesday*	34	25	5	4	104	28	55
3	Newark	34	17	5	12	64	45	39
4	Nottingham Forest*	34	15	9	10	57	50	39
5	Rotherham Town	34	15	8	11	67	49	38
6	Chesterfield Town*	34	14	10	10	57	50	38
7	Derby County*	34	15	6	13	63	53	36
8	Barnsley*	34	16	2	16	66	70	34
9	Grimsby Town*	34	15	4	15	56	62	34
10	Hinckley Town	34	15	4	15	61	73	34
11	Doncaster Rovers	34	13	5	16	58	55	31
12	Thornhill United	34	10	9	15	49	59	29
13	Gresley Rovers	34	10	8	16	60	84	28
14	Denaby United	34	8	11	15	40	75	27
15	Whitwick White Cross	34	10	6	18	47	66	26
16	Worksop Town	34	10	6	18	57	83	26
17	Gainsborough Trinity*	34	7	9	18	52	89	23
18	Lincoln City*	34	7	5	22	48	92	19
		612	248	116	248	1107	1107	612

Grimsby Town Reserves, Hinckley Town and Whitwick White Cross all resigned from the Midland League at the end of the season.  Doncaster Rovers were elected to the Football League and so placed their reserve side in the competition, which was joined by Notts County Reserves and Stockport County, whose place Doncaster had taken in the League Division 2.

1904-1905

Final Table

 

1	Sheffield United*	32	22	4	6	107	33	48
2	Nottingham Forest*	32	20	5	7	85	49	45
3	Newark	32	16	12	4	61	30	44
4	Sheffield Wednesday*	32	18	6	8	80	43	42
5	Thornhill United	32	18	5	9	58	41	41
6	Rotherham Town	32	17	6	9	74	46	40
7	Notts County*	32	17	5	10	79	48	39
8	Gainsborough Trinity*	32	14	3	15	67	70	31
9	Worksop Town	32	11	8	13	63	62	30
10	Denaby United	32	12	5	15	45	50	29
11	Stockport County	32	12	4	16	47	83	28
12	Barnsley*	32	12	3	17	56	63	27
13	Chesterfield Town*	32	9	6	17	34	55	24
14	Derby County*	32	9	5	18	53	99	23
15	Gresley Rovers	32	8	6	18	46	73	22
16	Lincoln City*	32	7	7	18	38	72	21
17	Doncaster Rovers*	32	3	4	25	29	105	10
		544	225	94	225	1022	1022	544

Chesterfield Town Reserves and Derby County Reserves both resigned at the end of the season.  Stockport County also left the Midland League, after having been elected to the extended Football League Division 2, along with Chelsea, Clapton Orient, Hull City and Leeds City.  Doncaster Rovers lost their League status and the club’s first-team returned to the Midland League in place of their reserve side.  Three new clubs joined – Grantham Avenue, Leeds City Reserves and Mexborough.  Thornhill United became ‘Rotherham County’.

1905-1906

Final Table

 

1	Sheffield Wednesday*	34	25	5	4	111	28	55
2	Grimsby Town*	34	24	6	4	89	35	54
3	Sheffield United*	34	19	7	8	102	43	45
4	Rotherham Town	34	18	9	7	90	45	45
5	Mexborough	34	16	8	10	73	45	40
6	Barnsley*	34	18	4	12	61	60	40
7	Denaby United	34	16	7	11	76	47	39
8	Newark	34	13	9	12	46	45	35
9	Nottingham Forest*	34	15	4	15	78	72	34
10	Rotherham County	34	14	3	17	65	58	31
11	Lincoln City* 1	34	12	7	15	65	91	29
12	Leeds City*	34	10	8	16	60	81	28
13	Notts County*	34	9	9	16	51	73	27
14	Doncaster Rovers	34	10	6	18	47	78	26
15	Worksop Town	34	10	6	18	43	85	26
16	Gainsborough Trinity*	34	8	9	17	43	74	25
17	Gresley Rovers	34	7	4	23	42	114	18
18	Grantham Avenue	34	3	7	24	34	102	13
		612	247	118	247	1176	1176	610

¹ Lincoln City Reserves were deducted 2 points for fielding an ineligible player.  Gresley Rovers did not seek re-election and left the competition.  Chesterfield Town Reserves re-joined and the Midland League’s membership increased to 20 clubs with the election of Bradford City Reserves and Hull City Reserves.

1906-1907

Final Table

 

1	Sheffield United*	38	31	2	5	126	41	64
2	Grimsby Town*	38	25	7	6	92	46	57
3	Sheffield Wednesday*	38	25	5	8	84	44	55
4	Rotherham Town	38	24	4	10	110	43	52
5	Denaby United	38	19	10	9	78	46	48
6	Mexborough	38	20	7	11	71	51	47
7	Newark	38	17	10	11	61	71	44
8	Leeds City*	38	16	10	12	67	64	42
9	Bradford City*	38	17	7	14	98	74	41
10	Rotherham County	38	13	8	17	57	63	34
11	Hull City*	38	15	4	19	66	75	34
12	Lincoln City*	38	10	12	16	46	81	32
13	Barnsley*	38	12	7	19	72	77	31
14	Worksop Town	38	14	2	22	66	91	30
15	Grantham Avenue	38	10	10	18	58	86	30
16	Chesterfield Town*	38	10	7	21	68	93	27
17	Doncaster Rovers	38	10	7	21	52	82	27
18	Gainsborough Trinity*	38	10	6	22	53	104	26
19	Nottingham Forest*	38	6	9	23	59	103	21
20	Notts County*	38	6	6	26	43	92	18
		760	310	140	310	1427	1427	760

Notts County Reserves did not seek re-election and their place was taken by Leicester Fosse Reserves.

1907-1908

Final Table

 

1	Sheffield Wednesday*	38	27	2	9	106	37	56
2	Denaby United	38	23	8	7	90	51	54
3	Rotherham Town	38	21	8	9	74	50	50
4	Sheffield United*	38	23	3	12	89	44	49
5	Grimsby Town*	38	19	7	12	69	56	45
6	Newark	38	16	10	12	62	59	42
7	Hull City*	38	15	9	14	56	48	39
8	Leicester Fosse*	38	17	5	16	72	70	39
9	Worksop Town	38	15	8	15	74	85	38
10	Barnsley*	38	15	7	16	62	65	37
11	Leeds City*	38	14	9	15	61	72	37
12	Nottingham Forest*	38	14	8	16	70	70	36
13	Bradford City*	38	13	6	19	65	67	32
14	Chesterfield Town*	38	12	8	18	63	70	32
15	Doncaster Rovers	38	14	4	20	48	65	32
16	Gainsborough Trinity*	38	12	7	19	64	85	31
17	Mexborough	38	12	7	19	57	78	31
18	Lincoln City*	38	8	12	18	55	82	28
19	Rotherham County	38	9	8	21	46	88	26
20	Grantham Avenue	38	8	10	20	36	77	26
		760	307	146	307	1319	1319	760

Grantham Avenue were not re-elected, their place being taken by Notts County Reserves.  Lincoln City were voted out of the Football League and the club’s first-team replaced its reserve side in the Midland League.

1908-1909

Final Table

 

1	Lincoln City	38	29	5	4	86	38	63
2	Rotherham Town	38	22	6	10	78	53	50
3	Bradford City*	38	20	7	11	76	51	47
4	Barnsley*	38	16	12	10	68	53	44
5	Denaby United	38	18	8	12	59	49	44
6	Sheffield Wednesday*	38	17	8	13	80	45	42
7	Hull City*	38	17	7	14	79	66	41
8	Sheffield United*	38	16	8	14	76	63	40
9	Rotherham County	38	19	2	17	77	67	40
10	Grimsby Town*	38	17	5	16	69	66	39
11	Doncaster Rovers	38	18	3	17	50	58	39
12	Mexborough	38	13	8	17	57	88	34
13	Leicester Fosse*	38	13	7	18	87	70	33
14	Nottingham Forest*	38	15	2	21	66	92	32
15	Newark	38	10	11	17	51	79	31
16	Notts County*	38	12	6	20	64	74	30
17	Gainsborough Trinity*	38	10	9	19	54	62	29
18	Leeds City*	38	12	4	22	56	90	28
19	Chesterfield Town*	38	9	10	19	55	101	28
20	Worksop Town	38	10	6	22	73	96	26
		760	313	134	313	1361	1361	760

The Midland League was extended to 22 clubs by the election of Bradford Park Avenue Reserves and Huddersfield Town.  Lincoln City were elected to the Football League in place of Chesterfield Town.  Lincoln’s reserve side took the first-team’s place in the Midland League, while Chesterfield’s first-team replaced their reserves.

1909-1910

Before the beginning of the season Newark resigned.  Castleford Town took their place.

Final Table

 

1	Chesterfield Town	42	27	7	8	102	44	61
2	Hull City*	42	27	3	12	113	65	57
3	Bradford Park Avenue*	42	23	8	11	117	64	54
4	Sheffield Wednesday*	42	20	11	11	110	66	51
5	Huddersfield Town	42	22	6	14	92	76	50
6	Nottingham Forest*	42	20	9	13	96	79	49
7	Sheffield United*	42	17	10	15	77	56	44
8	Grimsby Town*	42	20	4	18	105	85	44
9	Barnsley*	42	20	3	19	90	71	43
10	Notts County*	42	17	8	17	78	74	42
11	Rotherham County	42	17	8	17	68	80	42
12	Leeds City*	42	18	6	18	60	75	42
13	Denaby United	42	16	7	19	74	67	39
14	Doncaster Rovers	42	14	11	17	51	66	39
15	Worksop Town	42	14	10	18	68	88	38
16	Lincoln City*	42	16	5	21	74	96	37
17	Rotherham Town	42	14	8	20	82	97	36
18	Leicester Fosse*	42	13	10	19	76	93	36
19	Bradford City*	42	13	7	22	63	89	33
20	Mexborough	42	15	3	24	67	101	33
21	Castleford Town	42	9	12	21	46	101	30
22	Gainsborough Trinity*	42	10	4	28	65	141	24
		924	382	160	382	1774	1774	924

Bradford City Reserves and Bradford Park Avenue Reserves both resigned from the Midland league to join the new Yorkshire Combination.  Huddersfield Town were elected to the Football League in place of Grimsby Town, whose first-team replaced the club’s reserve side in the Midland League, into which Huddersfield now put their reserves.

1910-1911

Final Table

 

1	Grimsby Town	38	25	7	6	93	32	57
2	Sheffield Wednesday*	38	24	8	6	86	41	56
3	Doncaster Rovers	38	23	4	11	106	63	50
4	Hull City*	38	20	9	9	105	63	49
5	Chesterfield Town	38	20	5	13	80	61	45
6	Rotherham County	38	19	7	12	81	72	45
7	Huddersfield Town*	38	18	5	15	81	65	41
8	Barnsley*	38	15	8	15	82	70	38
9	Notts County*	38	18	2	18	88	81	38
10	Mexborough	38	13	10	15	70	65	36
11	Gainsborough Trinity*	38	15	6	17	49	65	36
12	Leeds City*	38	13	9	16	66	68	35
13	Lincoln City*	38	15	5	18	60	89	35
14	Sheffield United*	38	14	4	20	76	89	32
15	Castleford Town	38	14	3	21	72	110	31
16	Rotherham Town	38	11	7	20	57	72	29
17	Denaby United	38	13	3	22	60	92	29
18	Leicester Fosse*	38	11	7	20	62	100	29
19	Nottingham Forest*	38	10	7	21	56	83	27
20	Worksop Town	38	10	2	26	55	104	22
		760	321	118	321	1485	1485	760

Nottingham Forest Reserves resigned from the competition.  Grimsby Town replaced Lincoln City in Football League Division 2, resulting in Lincoln’s first team taking the place of the club’s reserve side and Grimsby’s reserve team taking their first-team’s berth in the Midland League.

1911-1912

Final Table

 

1	Rotherham County	36	23	5	8	92	56	51
2	Rotherham Town	36	19	11	6	75	49	49
3	Doncaster Rovers	36	21	6	9	79	42	48
4	Leicester Fosse*	36	17	8	11	90	54	42
5	Leeds City*	36	18	6	12	57	49	42
6	Grimsby Town*	36	17	5	14	69	84	39
7	Barnsley*	36	16	6	14	72	62	38
8	Sheffield Wednesday*	36	15	8	13	68	64	38
9	Mexborough	36	15	8	13	54	66	38
10	Castleford Town	36	15	7	14	66	58	37
11	Notts County*	36	15	6	15	63	58	36
12	Chesterfield Town	36	14	8	14	63	62	36
13	Lincoln City	36	13	6	17	62	67	32
14	Huddersfield Town*	36	13	6	17	53	66	32
15	Sheffield United*	36	11	8	17	64	57	30
16	Gainsborough Trinity*	36	10	9	17	52	46	29
17	Hull City*	36	9	7	20	53	66	25
18	Worksop Town	36	9	6	21	47	88	24
19	Denaby United	36	7	4	25	38	123	18
		684	277	130	277	1217	1217	684

Barnsley, Huddersfield Town and Leicester Fosse all withdrew their reserve sides from the Midland League.  Lincoln City were elected to the Football League in place of Gainsborough Trinity, whose first-team moved to the Midland League.  Lincoln’s reserve side replaced the club’s first-team in the competition.  Goole Town, Halifax Town, Scunthorpe United and York City were all elected to the Midland League.

1912-1913

Final Table

 

1	Rotherham County	38	28	5	5	111	37	61
2	Chesterfield Town	38	20	11	7	78	41	51
3	Gainsborough Trinity	38	22	6	10	84	40	50
4	Doncaster Rovers	38	21	7	10	67	43	49
5	Leeds City*	38	18	7	13	68	52	43
6	Goole Town	38	14	14	10	52	49	42
7	Sheffield Wednesday*	38	16	7	15	78	69	39
8	Grimsby Town*	38	15	9	14	65	67	39
9	Sheffield United	38	15	8	15	68	57	38
10	York City	38	16	6	16	69	80	38
11	Rotherham Town	38	17	4	17	55	67	38
12	Hull City*	38	17	3	18	65	73	37
13	Lincoln City*	38	16	3	19	81	73	35
14	Halifax Town	38	14	7	17	68	67	35
15	Scunthorpe United	38	13	8	17	55	78	34
16	Castleford Town	38	12	9	17	55	56	33
17	Worksop Town	38	12	5	21	47	91	29
18	Notts County*	38	10	6	22	67	85	26
19	Mexborough	38	11	3	24	42	77	25
20	Denaby United	38	7	4	27	39	112	18
		760	314	132	314	1314	1314	760

Denaby United did not seek re-election and Notts County Reserves resigned at the end of the season.

1913-1914

Final Table

 

1	Rotherham County	34	25	2	7	92	38	52
2	Gainsborough Trinity	34	22	6	6	76	36	50
3	Chesterfield Town	34	19	4	11	80	43	42
4	Sheffield Wednesday*	34	17	6	11	68	50	40
5	Goole Town	34	16	6	12	52	39	38
6	Grimsby Town*	34	16	6	12	68	56	38
7	Scunthorpe United	34	16	4	14	55	55	36
8	Castleford Town	34	15	4	15	54	51	34
9	Rotherham Town	34	13	8	13	46	62	34
10	Sheffield United*	34	11	10	13	60	62	32
11	Lincoln City*	34	11	9	14	49	60	31
12	York City	34	13	5	16	48	60	31
13	Worksop Town	34	13	3	18	51	61	29
14	Halifax Town	34	11	6	17	38	51	28
15	Hull City*	34	11	5	18	37	55	27
16	Doncaster Rovers	34	12	2	20	30	51	26
17	Mexborough	34	10	4	20	41	85	24
18	Leeds City*	34	8	4	22	45	75	20
		612	259	94	259	990	990	612

Bradford Park Avenue Reserves and Heckmondwike were elected to the Midland League.

1914-1915

Final Table

 

1	Rotherham County	38	23	8	7	104	42	54
2	Leeds City*	38	24	5	9	99	42	53
3	Chesterfield Town	38	20	10	8	76	41	50
4	Goole Town	38	20	7	11	103	58	47
5	Sheffield Wednesday*	38	20	7	11	92	56	47
6	Gainsborough Trinity	38	19	8	11	78	46	46
7	Grimsby Town*	38	21	3	14	73	54	45
8	Worksop Town	38	17	11	10	70	55	45
9	Rotherham Town	38	20	4	14	112	65	44
10	Halifax Town	38	16	9	13	49	57	41
11	Bradford Park Avenue*	38	16	6	16	83	66	38
12	Sheffield United*	38	15	6	17	57	46	36
13	Scunthorpe United	38	13	9	16	70	79	35
14	Lincoln City*	38	12	9	17	76	74	33
15	Doncaster Rovers	38	14	3	21	58	82	31
16	York City	38	12	7	19	45	72	31
17	Mexborough	38	10	8	20	37	89	28
18	Castleford Town	38	9	9	20	50	103	27
19	Hull City*	38	8	2	28	39	105	18
20	Heckmondwike	38	5	1	32	30	169	11
		760	314	132	314	1401	1401	760

Heckmondwike appear to have flouted League rules repeatedly, including failing to fulfil a number of fixtures on the dates arranged.  Although the club does seem to have completed the season, it was expelled from the Midland League.  Leeds City Reserves were withdrawn from the competition, with Barnsley Reserves being elected.  The Midland League was then suspended because of the Great War.

1919-1920

By the time organised football was ready to resume after the War, nine more clubs had resigned from the Midland League – Chesterfield Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Doncaster Rovers, Goole Town, Halifax Town, Mexborough, York City and the reserve sides of both Bradford Park Avenue and Hull City.  Rotherham County were elected to the newly-extended Division 2 for the first Football League post-war season, so their reserves took over the place in the Midland League.

League membership was increased from 10 to 17 clubs in 1919 by the re-election of Gainsborough Trinity and Mexborough, and the acceptance into the competition of Chesterfield Municipal, Halifax Town, Leeds City Reserves, Notts County Reserves and Silverwood Colliery.  Shortly after the season had started, Hull City Reserves were admitted to even up the numbers.  Early in October, however, the Leeds City club was closed down by the F.A. and the Football League, meaning the reserve side was withdrawn from the Midland League.  When a new club, Leeds United, was set up, the banned club’s fixtures were taken over by the new tenants at Elland Road.

Final Table

 

1	Chesterfield Municipal	34	24	5	5	78	35	53
2	Sheffield United*	34	20	11	3	73	28	51
3	Scunthorpe United	34	18	7	9	71	39	43
4	Worksop Town	34	20	3	11	71	52	43
5	Mexborough	34	18	6	10	60	45	42
6	Sheffield Wednesday*	34	16	6	12	50	44	38
7	Rotherham Town	34	14	8	12	83	71	36
8	Castleford Town	34	14	8	12	53	46	36
9	Hull City*	34	16	2	16	74	59	34
10	Grimsby Town*	34	14	5	15	66	64	33
11	Rotherham County*	34	13	5	16	60	57	31
12	Leeds United	34	11	9	14	56	56	31
13	Notts County*	34	10	11	13	50	56	31
14	Halifax Town	34	13	4	17	52	70	30
15	Lincoln City*	34	8	7	19	43	83	23
16	Barnsley*	34	6	9	19	46	72	21
17	Silverwood Colliery	34	6	7	21	38	89	19
18	Gainsborough Trinity	34	7	3	24	37	95	17
		612	248	116	248	1061	1061	612

Silverwood Colliery were not re-elected.  Lincoln City replaced their reserve side with their first-team after losing their Football League status at the end of the season, while Leeds United’s reserve side took over from their first-team after the club was elected to the Football League 2^nd Division.  Chesterfield Municipal became simply ‘Chesterfield’.  League membership was increased to 20 clubs through the election of Denaby United, Doncaster Rovers and Nottingham Forest Reserves.