MIDLAND LEAGUE  1908/09
      P W D L F A Pts
      1 Lincoln City 38 29 5 4 86 38 63 Promoted
      2 Rotherham Town 38 22 6 10 78 53 50
      3 Bradford City Reserves 38 20 7 11 76 51 47
      4 Barnsley Reserves 38 16 12 10 68 53 44
      5 Denaby United 38 18 8 12 59 49 44
      6 The Wednesday Reserves 38 17 8 13 80 45 42
      7 Hull City Reserves 38 17 7 14 79 66 41
      8 Sheffield United Reserves 38 16 8 14 76 63 40
      9 Rotherham County 38 19 2 17 77 67 40
      10 Grimsby Town Reserves 38 17 5 16 69 66 39
      11 Doncaster Rovers 38 18 3 17 50 58 39
      12 Mexborough Town 38 13 8 17 57 88 34
      13 Leicester Fosse Reserves 38 13 7 18 87 70 33
      14 Nottingham Forest Res. 38 15 2 21 66 92 32
      15 Newark 38 10 11 17 51 79 31
      16 Notts County Reserves 38 12 6 20 64 74 30
      17 Gainsborough Trinity Res. 38 10 9 19 54 62 29
      18 Leeds City Reserves 38 12 4 22 56 90 28
      19 Chesterfield Town Res. 38 9 10 19 55 101 28
      20 Worksop Town 38 10 6 22 73 96 26
     
      The bottom two clubs in the Football League Division 2 - Blackpool and Chesterfield Town - were required to seek re-election to the League. They were joined in the vote for League membership by three non-league sides who included two from the Midland League - champions Lincoln City and runners-up Rotherham Town. Voting -
     
     
27 votes Blackpool Re-elected to the Football League
24 Lincoln City Elected to the Football League Promoted
21 Chesterfield Town Not re-elected to the Football League
6 Stoke Not elected to the Football League
0 Rotherham Town Not elected to the Football League