2012–13 Highland Football League

The 2012–13 Highland Football League (known as the Press & Journal Highland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th season of the Highland Football League. The season began on 4 August 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013. Forres Mechanics were the defending champions.

Press & Journal Highland League
Season2012–13
ChampionsCove Rangers
Matches played306
Goals scored1,192 (3.9 per match)
Biggest home winBrora Rangers 12–2 Fort William
Biggest away winRothes 1–9 Inverurie Loco Works
Rothes 1–9 Brora Rangers
Highest scoringBrora Rangers 12–2 Fort William

The league was won by Cove Rangers, their fourth Highland League title.

Teams
Location of teams in 2012–13 Scottish Highland Football League
Team Location Home ground Capacity Ref.
Brora RangersBroraDudgeon Park3,000[1]
Buckie ThistleBuckieVictoria Park4,000[2]
ClachnacuddinInvernessGrant Street Park3,000[3]
Cove RangersCove Bay, AberdeenAllan Park1,400[4]
DeveronvaleBanffPrincess Royal Park2,600[5]
Formartine UnitedPitmeddenNorth Lodge Park1,800[6]
Forres MechanicsForresMosset Park4,500[7]
Fort WilliamFort WilliamClaggan Park1,800[8]
FraserburghFraserburghBellslea Park3,000[9]
HuntlyHuntlyChristie Park3,500[10]
Inverurie Loco WorksInverurieHarlaw Park1,400[11]
KeithKeithKynoch Park4,500[12]
LossiemouthLossiemouthGrant Park3,000[13]
Nairn CountyNairnStation Park2,250[14]
RothesRothesMackessack Park2,800[15]
Strathspey ThistleGrantown-on-SpeySeafield Park1,600[16]
Turriff UnitedTurriffThe Haughs2,135[17]
Wick AcademyWickHarmsworth Park2,414[18]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cove Rangers (C) 34 25 5 4 101 26 +75 80 Qualification for 2013–14 Scottish Cup Second round
2 Formartine United 34 25 3 6 106 39 +67 78
3 Wick Academy 34 25 1 8 101 48 +53 76
4 Nairn County 34 22 5 7 80 43 +37 71
5 Clachnacuddin 34 21 3 10 68 49 +19 66
6 Fraserburgh 34 18 5 11 83 47 +36 59
7 Deveronvale 34 17 7 10 66 45 +21 58
8 Brora Rangers 34 17 4 13 83 52 +31 55
9 Forres Mechanics 34 16 7 11 78 49 +29 55
10 Inverurie Loco Works 34 16 5 13 71 60 +11 53
11 Turriff United 34 16 4 14 68 67 +1 52
12 Buckie Thistle 34 13 7 14 58 62 −4 46
13 Huntly 34 14 3 17 66 68 −2 45
14 Keith 34 12 7 15 56 65 −9 43
15 Strathspey Thistle 34 5 0 29 23 112 −89 15
16 Rothes 34 4 2 28 29 126 −97 14
17 Lossiemouth 34 3 1 30 35 108 −73 10
18 Fort William 34 1 3 30 20 126 −106 6
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Results
Home \ Away BRO BUC CLA COV DEV FRM FRR FRT FRA HUN LOC KEI LOS NAI ROT STR TUR WIC
Brora Rangers 1–3 1–2 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–1 12–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 4–1 6–0 3–4 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0
Buckie Thistle 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 0–3 3–3 1–3 0–3 1–1 1–3 6–0 1–1 2–1 7–1 2–0 0–7
Clachnacuddin 1–0 2–3 0–1 1–2 1–3 3–1 4–0 1–4 3–1 3–3 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–1 5–0 1–2 1–0
Cove Rangers 2–2 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–1 3–1 6–0 4–1 1–0 7–0 2–2 4–0 3–1 5–0 9–0 7–0 3–1
Deveronvale 5–0 2–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–3 6–0
Formartine United 2–1 3–0 5–1 0–2 4–0 2–2 4–1 3–1 6–0 3–2 4–1 3–1 1–3 5–0 9–1 2–1 3–3
Forres Mechanics 1–2 3–2 1–3 0–2 2–2 2–1 5–0 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 5–2 0–1 8–1 6–1 1–2 4–1
Fort William 1–5 1–5 0–2 0–6 1–7 1–5 1–3 0–7 0–1 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–5 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–3
Fraserburgh 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 4–0 2–3 2–2 6–0 3–2 3–1 1–3 5–0 2–4 5–1 4–1 4–2 1–3
Huntly 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 1–6 0–1 3–0 2–1 4–4 1–3 3–1 3–2 7–0 7–1 2–1 2–3
Inverurie Loco Works 0–1 2–2 1–3 0–5 0–1 1–3 0–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 2–0
Keith 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–4 3–4 1–2 4–2 5–1 1–1 1–6
Lossiemouth 1–3 0–4 0–1 2–3 0–4 1–2 0–3 3–1 0–4 0–4 1–4 2–4 1–3 7–0 0–0 1–3 0–4
Nairn County 6–0 2–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 1–4 1–0 5–1 1–1 1–3 3–3 1–1 6–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 3–2
Rothes 1–9 2–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–7 0–3 5–0 0–2 0–5 1–9 0–3 3–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 0–4
Strathspey Thistle 1–5 1–3 0–3 0–2 0–3 0–3 2–4 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–3 0–1 3–1 0–3 3–1 0–2 1–4
Turriff United 4–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–5 2–0 0–1 7–3 3–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 7–1 1–2 4–3
Wick Academy 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 1–0 5–1 5–3 1–0 5–0 4–0 6–2
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2013. Source: Highland Football League
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References
  1. Brora Rangers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. Buckie Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. Clachnacuddin, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. Cove Rangers, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  5. Deveronvale, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  6. Formartine United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. Forres Mechanics, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  8. Fort William, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  9. Fraserburgh, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  10. Huntly, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  11. Inverurie Loco Works, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  12. Keith, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  13. Lossiemouth, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  14. Nairn County, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  15. Rothes, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  16. Strathspey Thistle, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  17. Turriff United, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  18. Wick Academy, nonleaguescotland.org.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
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