2018–19 Highland Football League

Highland League
Season 2018–19
Dates 28 July 2018 – 13 April 2019
Matches played 104
Goals scored 455 (4.38 per match)
Biggest home win Cove Rangers 11–0 Fort William
(1 September 2018)
Biggest away win Fort William 1–11 Buckie Thistle
(4 August 2018)
Fort William 0–10 Turriff United
(11 August 2018)
Highest scoring Rothes 11–1 Fort William
(28 July 2018)
Fort William 1–11 Buckie Thistle
(4 August 2018)
Longest winning run 10 matches:
Cove Rangers
Longest unbeaten run 10 matches:
Cove Rangers
Longest winless run 11 matches:
Fort William
Longest losing run 10 matches:
Lossiemouth
2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 6 October 2018.

The 2018–19 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) is the 116th season of the Highland Football League, and the 5th season as the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 28 July 2018 and is scheduled end on 13 April 2019. Cove Rangers are the defending champions.

Teams

Fort William had given notice to withdraw from the league after years of struggling, but new investors came forward and the club opted to continue for at least another season. Champions Cove Rangers failed to gain promotion in the play-offs, so the league membership remains unchanged.

Team Location Stadium Capacity Seats Floodlit
Brora Rangers Brora Dudgeon Park 4,000 200 Yes
Buckie Thistle Buckie Victoria Park 5,000 400 Yes
Clachnacuddin Inverness Grant Street Park 3,000 154 Yes
Cove Rangers Aberdeen Balmoral Stadium TBC TBC Yes
Deveronvale Banff Princess Royal Park 2,600 360 Yes
Forres Mechanics Forres Mosset Park 2,700 502 Yes
Formartine United Pitmedden North Lodge Park 2,500 300 Yes
Fort William Fort William Claggan Park 4,000 400 Yes
Fraserburgh Fraserburgh Bellslea Park 3,000 480 Yes
Huntly Huntly Christie Park 2,200 270 Yes
Inverurie Loco Works Inverurie Harlaw Park 2,500 250 Yes
Keith Keith Kynoch Park 4,000 370 Yes
Lossiemouth Lossiemouth Grant Park 3,250 250 Yes
Nairn County Nairn Station Park 2,250 250 Yes
Rothes Rothes Mackessack Park 2,700 184 Yes
Strathspey Thistle Grantown-on-Spey Seafield Park 1,600 150 Yes
Turriff United Turriff The Haughs 2,135 135 Yes
Wick Academy Wick Harmsworth Park 2,412 102 Yes

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cove Rangers 10 10 0 0 36 4 +32 30 Qualification to League Two play-off semi-finals
2 Fraserburgh 12 9 0 3 38 13 +25 27
3 Brora Rangers 11 9 0 2 30 5 +25 27
4 Inverurie Loco Works 12 8 2 2 42 18 +24 26
5 Forres Mechanics 11 8 0 3 30 10 +20 24
6 Formartine United 11 7 1 3 32 16 +16 22
7 Buckie Thistle 11 7 0 4 37 13 +24 21
8 Rothes 12 6 1 5 27 17 +10 19
9 Wick Academy 12 5 2 5 26 24 +2 17
10 Nairn County 12 5 2 5 26 28 −2 17
11 Huntly 12 5 1 6 26 23 +3 16
12 Deveronvale 12 5 0 7 20 24 −4 15
13 Turriff United 12 4 2 6 30 28 +2 14
14 Keith 11 4 1 6 19 26 −7 13
15 Strathspey Thistle 12 2 2 8 12 34 −22 8
16 Clachnacuddin 10 1 1 8 8 28 −20 4
17 Lossiemouth 12 1 0 11 9 57 −48 3
18 Fort William[lower-alpha 1] 12 0 1 11 9 89 −80 −8
Updated to match(es) played on 6 October 2018. Source: Highland Football League BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ↑ Fort William were deducted nine points and fined £150 for fielding an ineligible player on three occasions.[1]

Results

Home \ Away[1] BRO BUC CLACOVDEVFORFOMFRTFRAHUNINVKEILOSNAIROTSTRTURWIC
Brora Rangers 3–0 2–1 9–0 1–0 5–0 2–0
Buckie Thistle 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 5–0 5–2
Clachnacuddin 0–3 0–4 2–5 1–0 1–4
Cove Rangers 2–0 2–0 11–0 2–0 2–0 3–0
Deveronvale 0–3 1–4 0–5 1–5 1–2 7–0 0–1 3–2
Formartine United 1–2 2–0 4–1 4–1 1–2
Forres Mechanics 0–2 1–2 4–1 4–0
Fort William 1–11 2–8 1–4 3–4 1–1 0–10
Fraserburgh 2–1 3–0 7–1 5–1 2–3
Huntly 0–1 0–4 0–1 6–0 2–3
Inverurie Loco Works 2–0 2–3 2–4 10–0 6–3 2–2
Keith 2–3 0–3 0–3 1–2 1–4 2–1 0–2
Lossiemouth 0–8 1–5 0–7 0–4 2–5 2–4
Nairn County 3–1 4–0 5–1 1–1 5–2 1–4
Rothes 0–4 0–2 5–1 11–1 1–2 1–0
Strathspey Thistle 0–4 2–3 0–4 0–3 1–2
Turriff United 2–2 2–2 4–0 4–0 0–2
Wick Academy 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–2 8–0 1–3

Updated to games played on 6 October 2018.
Source: highlandfootballleague.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion play-offs

For promotion to Scottish League Two, the league champions will play off against the Lowland Football League champions, with the winner then playing the team finishing bottom of Scottish League Two in a promotion and relegation playoff to determine the entrants for the 2019–20 League Two season.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Eligibility - Fort William FC". Highland Football League. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "The Rules of the SPFL" (PDF). Scottish Professional Football League. 7 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "The pyramid system and how it affects the SHFL". Scottish Highland Football League. 10 June 2014.
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