2024–25 Highland Football League

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2024–25 Highland Football League - Wikipedia

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Breedon Highland League
Season	2024–25
Dates	27 July 2024 – 19 April 2025
Matches played	223
Goals scored	819 (3.67 per match)
Biggest home win	4 matches: 7 goals^[A]
Biggest away win	Rothes 2–10 Formartine United (3 August 2024)
Highest scoring	Rothes 2–10 Formartine United (3 August 2024)
Longest winning run	9 matches: Brechin City
Longest unbeaten run	14 matches: Brechin City
Longest winless run	12 matches: Wick Academy
Longest losing run	12 matches: Wick Academy
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 26 February 2025.

The 2024–25 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) is the 122nd season of the Highland Football League, and the 11th season as part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Buckie Thistle are the reigning champions.

Teams

Location of teams in 2024–25 Highland Football League

Stadia and locations

All grounds are equipped with floodlights as required by league regulations.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Seats
Banks o' Dee	Aberdeen	Spain Park	876	122
Brechin City	Brechin	Glebe Park	4,083	1,519
Brora Rangers	Brora	Dudgeon Park	2,000	250
Buckie Thistle	Buckie	Victoria Park	3,000	400
Clachnacuddin	Inverness	Grant Street Park	2,074	154
Deveronvale	Banff	Princess Royal Park	2,651	360
Formartine United	Pitmedden	North Lodge Park	1,800	300
Forres Mechanics	Forres	Mosset Park	2,700	502
Fraserburgh	Fraserburgh	Bellslea Park	1,865	480
Huntly	Huntly	Christie Park	2,200	270
Inverurie Loco Works	Inverurie	Harlaw Park	2,500	250
Keith	Keith	Kynoch Park	2,362	370
Lossiemouth	Lossiemouth	Grant Park	2,050	250
Nairn County	Nairn	Station Park	2,250	250
Rothes	Rothes	Mackessack Park	1,731	167
Strathspey Thistle	Grantown-on-Spey	Seafield Park	1,600	150
Turriff United	Turriff	The Haughs	2,135	135
Wick Academy	Wick	Harmsworth Park	2,412	300

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Brora Rangers	25	20	1	4	91	23	+68	61	Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2	Brechin City	24	17	6	1	60	23	+37	57
3	Banks o' Dee	26	17	4	5	62	20	+42	55
4	Inverurie Loco Works	26	15	5	6	55	26	+29	50
5	Clachnacuddin	27	15	3	9	58	35	+23	48
6	Fraserburgh	25	11	10	4	49	27	+22	43
7	Formartine United	26	13	3	10	48	36	+12	42
8	Buckie Thistle	26	11	5	10	52	37	+15	38
9	Huntly	22	12	1	9	49	40	+9	37
10	Forres Mechanics	25	10	4	11	53	65	−12	34
11	Deveronvale	25	10	3	12	36	55	−19	33
12	Turriff United	25	9	4	12	38	45	−7	31
13	Nairn County	23	8	6	9	40	43	−3	30
14	Keith	23	7	1	15	22	44	−22	22
15	Wick Academy	27	6	2	19	30	68	−38	20
16	Lossiemouth	25	5	1	19	23	61	−38	16
17	Strathspey Thistle	22	2	4	16	27	80	−53	10
18	Rothes	24	3	1	20	26	91	−65	10	Qualification for the Highland League play-off

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2025. Source: ^[1]^[2]^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results

Home \ Away	BAN	BRE	BRO	BUC	CLA	DEV	FOU	FOM	FRA	HUN	INV	KEI	LOS	NAI	RTH	STR	TUR	WIC
Banks o' Dee		1–3	0–2	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–3		2–3	1–1	5–0	0–0	4–0	7–1	8 Mar	22 Mar	4–0
Brechin City	2–2		2–2	2–2		2–0	3–1	22 Mar	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	12 Apr		2–1	7–0	8 Mar	1–0
Brora Rangers	29 Mar	15 Mar		4–1	1–2	5–0	6–2	3–1	2–3		3–0	2–3	5–0		12 Apr	7–0	5–0	5–0
Buckie Thistle	0–1	0–2	8 Mar		1–2		22 Mar	1–2	1–3	1–0	2–2	12 Apr	2–1	2–1	5–1	8–2	4–1	2–2
Clachnacuddin	0–3	2–4	22 Mar	0–2		7–0	12 Apr	4–2	0–0	3–1	2–2	2–0	5–1	0–2	8 Mar	2–0	3–1	7–0
Deveronvale	0–2		3–2	1–7	1–3		15 Mar	8 Mar	1–3	2–2	0–2	29 Mar	4–0	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–1	4–1
Formartine United	0–2	29 Mar	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0		2–3	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–1			1–0	3–2	1–2	8 Mar
Forres Mechanics	12 Apr	3–2	1–4	15 Mar	29 Mar	1–3			2–2		0–1		3–2	1–1	0–3	3–3	1–6	4–3
Fraserburgh	1–0	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–0	3–1		12 Apr	1–0	4–0	5–0	15 Mar		29 Mar		1–1
Huntly		1–5		0–1	1–2		2–0	3–4			29 Mar	15 Mar	2–1	2–1	3–1	5–0	3–5	3–0
Inverurie Loco Works	0–0		2–3	2–1	2–0	6–1	1–0	4–1	22 Mar	2–3		1–0	4–0	2–3		15 Mar	4–0	12 Apr
Keith	1–2	1–3		3–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	4–0	8 Mar	1–2	0–3		0–4				0–1	22 Mar
Lossiemouth		1–3	0–2	29 Mar	0–2	22 Mar	0–2		3–1	8 Mar	1–3	2–0		0–4	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–3
Nairn County	1–4	0–3	1–5		2–2	12 Apr	1–1	1–5	1–1	22 Mar	8 Mar	2–0	3–1		2–3	3–3		3–0
Rothes	15 Mar	2–3	0–7	0–3	0–4		2–10	2–3	0–7	1–6	0–4	0–1		1–4		0–6	3–2	2–3
Strathspey Thistle	1–4		0–7			0–3	0–4	1–6	2–2		0–4		3–0	1–1	22 Mar		12 Apr
Turriff United	0–3	0–1	0–2	1–1	15 Mar	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	2–3		1–0	1–0	0–2	29 Mar	4–0		3–0
Wick Academy	1–6	1–4	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	15 Mar	29 Mar	4–0	2–1

Updated to match(es) played on 26 February 2025. Source: ^[4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Highland League play-off

Subject to the tier 6 champion clubs meeting the required licensing criteria for promotion, a play-off is scheduled to place between the winners of the 2024–25 Midlands Football League, 2024–25 North Caledonian Football League and the 2024–25 North Region Junior Football League, with the winners then playing the team finishing bottom of the Highland League.^[5]^[6]

Notes

^ The matches were Clachnacuddin 7–0 Wick Academy on 28 August 2024, Brechin City 7–0 Strathspey Thistle on 7 September 2024, Clachnacuddin 7–0 Deveronvale on 18 January 2025, and Brora Rangers 7–0 Strathspey Thistle on 19 February 2025.

References

^ "Highland League Table". BBC. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
^ "Highland Football League, Scotland - League Table". Highland Football League. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
^ "Summary - Football League". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
^ "Highland League Results". Highland Football League. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
^ Chalk, Paul. "George Manson takes over top Highland League role at AGM". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^ Fraser, Alasdair. "Relegation dawns for Highland League clubs as tier six north set for next season". Inverness Courier. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

External links

Official website

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