2021–22 Highland Football League

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Breedon Highland League
Season2021–22
Dates24 July 2021 – 16 April 2022
Matches played197
Goals scored822 (4.17 per match)
Biggest home winFraserburgh 12–0 Fort William
(11 December 2021)
Biggest away winFort William 0–8 Brora Rangers
(21 August 2021)
Highest scoringFort William 3–10 Inverurie Loco Works
(11 September 2021)
Longest winning run12 matches:
Buckie Thistle
Longest unbeaten run14 matches:
Fraserburgh
Longest winless run19 matches:
Fort William
Longest losing run10 matches:
Fort William
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 5 February 2022.

The 2021–22 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) is the 119th season of the Highland Football League, and the 8th season as part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Brora Rangers are the reigning champions.

Teams[]

Location of teams in 2021–22 Highland Football League

To Highland League[]

Relegated from League Two

Stadia and locations[]

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

Team Location Stadium Capacity Seats
Brechin City Brechin Glebe Park 4,083 1,519
Brora Rangers Brora Dudgeon Park 4,000 200
Buckie Thistle Buckie Victoria Park 5,000 400
Clachnacuddin Inverness Grant Street Park 2,074 154
Deveronvale Banff Princess Royal Park 2,600 360
Formartine United Pitmedden North Lodge Park 2,500 300
Forres Mechanics Forres Mosset Park 2,700 502
Fort William Fort William Claggan Park[a] 4,000 400
Fraserburgh Fraserburgh Bellslea Park 3,000 480
Huntly Huntly Christie Park 2,200 270
Inverurie Loco Works Inverurie Harlaw Park 2,500 250
Keith Keith Kynoch Park 4,000 370
Lossiemouth Lossiemouth Grant Park 2,050 250
Nairn County Nairn Station Park 2,250 250
Rothes Rothes Mackessack Park 2,700 184
Strathspey Thistle Grantown-on-Spey Seafield Park 1,600 150
Turriff United Turriff The Haughs 2,135 135
Wick Academy Wick Harmsworth Park 2,412 102

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fraserburgh 20 18 1 1 85 16 +69 55 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2 Buckie Thistle 21 17 1 3 83 16 +67 52
3 Brechin City 22 17 1 4 64 22 +42 52
4 Brora Rangers 21 16 1 4 73 21 +52 49
5 Inverurie Loco Works 23 14 5 4 60 30 +30 47
6 Formartine United 23 14 3 6 56 38 +18 45
7 Rothes 20 13 5 2 50 17 +33 44
8 Wick Academy 25 9 7 9 46 56 −10 34
9 Nairn County 23 7 6 10 42 52 −10 27
10 Keith 22 7 3 12 27 56 −29 24
11 Deveronvale 22 6 4 12 44 55 −11 22
12 Huntly 22 6 4 12 36 47 −11 22
13 Clachnacuddin 21 6 4 11 35 47 −12 22
14 Lossiemouth 24 6 4 14 23 57 −34 22
15 Forres Mechanics 22 4 8 10 28 52 −24 20
16 Strathspey Thistle 20 2 4 14 29 73 −44 10
17 Turriff United 24 2 3 19 21 71 −50 9
18 Fort William 19 0 2 17 20 96 −76 2 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2022. Source: [2][3][4]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results[]

Home \ Away BRE BRO BUC CLA DEV FOU FOM FOW[a] FRA HUN INV KEI LOS NAI ROT STR TUR WIC
Brechin City 3–2 4–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 3–5 1–0 4–0 5–0 2–2 7–3 3–1
Brora Rangers 0–2 2–0 4–0 0–3 4–0 4–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 8–1 4–0
Buckie Thistle 4–1 5–0 4–0 3–1 9–1 2–2 3–0 10–0 5–0 4–1 2–0
Clachnacuddin 0–1 0–4 2–3 4–3 1–2 2–5 0–0 0–1 4–1 3–2 2–3
Deveronvale 1–4 0–3 10–0 3–3 2–0 6–0 4–5 3–0 3–4
Formartine United 1–0 4–4 1–5 4–2 4–1 4–1 3–0 5–1 1–3 4–1 5–0 3–2
Forres Mechanics 0–1 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–7 0–0 1–0 2–3 0–7 4–2 1–1 1–1
Fort William[a] 0–8 1–4 2–3 0–4 1–1 3–10 0–2 1–3
Fraserburgh 1–0 6–2 3–0 12–0 4–0 3–0 7–0 6–1 1–2 7–0
Huntly 0–2 2–5 3–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 3–0 3–4
Inverurie Loco Works 2–1 2–1 5–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 0–2 2–1 5–3 5–2 1–1 5–1 2–1
Keith 1–7 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–5 5–1 3–0 2–0
Lossiemouth 0–2 0–5 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–4 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–1
Nairn County 1–3 0–3 1–4 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–3 2–3 0–1 1–3 3–2 2–2
Rothes 2–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–2 4–1 1–1
Strathspey Thistle 0–6 1–1 0–3 7–3 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–4 3–3
Turriff United 0–5 0–4 0–3 4–0 3–2 0–3 0–4 1–3 0–2 0–6 3–3 2–3
Wick Academy 1–3 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–4 2–0 2–5 0–6 3–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 5 February 2022. Source: [4][5]
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 will take place between the winners of the 2021–22 Midlands Football League, 2021–22 North Caledonian Football League and the 2021–22 North Superleague, who will then play the club finishing bottom of the Highland League.[6][7] However if no champion club meets the criteria there will be no promotion to, or relegation from the Highland League.

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Fort William will play all of their league games during the 2021–22 season away from Claggan Park, due to an unplayable pitch.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Law, Callum (25 July 2021). "Fort William to play all games away from home with Claggan Park unplayable". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Highland League Table". BBC. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Highland Football League, Scotland - League Table". Highland Football League. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Summary - Football League". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Highland Football League, Scotland - Fixtures and Results". Highland Football League. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ^ Chalk, Paul. "George Manson takes over top Highland League role at AGM". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  7. ^ Fraser, Alasdair. "Relegation dawns for Highland League clubs as tier six north set for next season". Inverness Courier. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

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