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in 1909. For the next two seasons the competition was largely unfinished with a backlog of outstanding fixtures and was eventually cancelled at the end of the 1910–11 season.
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of representatives from eight football clubs there was a discussion about forming a new league. A month later an official meeting was held in
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Midland Football League was founded. There were ten clubs that competed in the inaugural season:
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This article is about the defunct
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was established in 1891 and was contested by teams from the
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