Breedon Highland League
Season2023–24
Dates29 July 2023 – 13 April 2024
Matches played125
Goals scored456 (3.65 per match)
Biggest home winHuntly 8–0 Clachnacuddin
(30 September 2023)
Biggest away win
Highest scoringStrathspey Thistle 1–8 Turriff United
(25 November 2023)
Longest winning run10 matches:
Brechin City
Longest unbeaten run12 matches:
Brechin City
Longest winless run16 matches:
Clachnacuddin
Longest losing run9 matches:
Strathspey Thistle
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 2 December 2023.

The 2023–24 Highland Football League (known as the Breedon Highland League for sponsorship reasons) is the 121st season of the Highland Football League, and the 10th season as part of the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. Brechin City are the reigning champions.

Teams

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 876 100
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
Fraserburgh Fraserburgh Bellslea Park 3,000 480
Forres Mechanics Forres Mosset Park 2,700 502
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 Banks O' Dee 16 10 5 1 42 14 +28 35 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2 Brechin City 13 11 1 1 33 6 +27 34
3 Nairn County 15 10 0 5 28 23 +5 30
4 Formartine United 14 9 2 3 33 16 +17 29
5 Buckie Thistle 11 9 1 1 33 10 +23 28
6 Huntly 14 8 2 4 40 22 +18 26
7 Fraserburgh 13 8 1 4 34 18 +16 25
8 Rothes 15 8 1 6 20 21 −1 25
9 Brora Rangers 11 7 3 1 20 10 +10 24
10 Turriff United 15 8 0 7 35 29 +6 24
11 Lossiemouth 13 4 2 7 17 23 −6 14
12 Inverurie Loco Works 15 4 1 10 18 31 −13 13
13 Forres Mechanics 14 3 3 8 17 23 −6 12
14 Wick Academy 13 3 2 8 17 33 −16 11
15 Deveronvale 15 2 4 9 18 41 −23 10
16 Keith 12 2 2 8 15 21 −6 8
17 Clachnacuddin 16 0 5 11 18 54 −36 5
18 Strathspey Thistle 15 1 1 13 18 61 −43 4 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2023. 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 — 0–1 2–0 2–2 10 Feb 2–1 16 Mar 2–0 6 Apr 20 Jan 3 Feb 1–1 3–0 23 Dec 4–1 2 Mar 4–0
Brechin City 30 Dec — 2–1 17 Feb 6–0 9 Mar 1–0 13 Apr 0–1 16 Dec 2–1 3–1 3 Feb 2–0 13 Jan 5–0 23 Mar
Brora Rangers 13 Apr 23 Dec — 20 Jan 10 Feb 16 Mar 3–2 2 Mar 3–0 1–1 27 Jan 6 Jan 9 Dec 16 Dec 3–1 6 Apr
Buckie Thistle 27 Jan — 9 Dec 13 Apr 6 Jan 3–1 23 Dec 3–0 16 Mar 6–0 10 Feb 2 Mar 4–0 5–2
Clachnacuddin 17 Feb 16 Mar 0–2 2–3 — 2–2 0–5 20 Jan 2–6 3 Feb 16 Dec 6 Apr 0–1 0–1 4–4 6 Jan 30 Dec
Deveronvale 3–3 0–4 3 Feb 23 Dec — 20 Jan 1–1 6 Jan 0–6 6 Apr 1–0 3–1 1–3 2 Mar 16 Mar 0–1 16 Dec
Formartine United 23 Mar 9 Dec 3–3 1–1 27 Jan 5–0 — 2–0 10 Feb 9 Mar 30 Dec 13 Jan 23 Dec 13 Apr 4–0 2–4
Forres Mechanics 2–2 9 Mar 30 Dec 1–1 13 Jan 17 Feb — 0–1 2–1 16 Dec 23 Mar 0–1 2–1 27 Jan 10 Feb
Fraserburgh 9 Mar 6 Apr 1–3 13 Jan 3–2 1–2 3 Feb — 17 Feb 16 Dec 30 Dec 3–1 23 Mar 3–0 27 Jan
Huntly 1–3 2–2 23 Mar 13 Jan 8–0 27 Jan 0–1 2 Mar 4–1 — 6 Jan 2–1 13 Apr 9 Dec 23 Dec 4–2 16 Mar
Inverurie Loco Works 0–2 10 Feb 13 Jan 0–2 13 Apr 3–0 1–2 23 Dec 0–7 2–3 — 23 Mar 2 Mar 27 Jan 0–1 5–0 9 Dec 9 Mar
Keith 2 Mar 0–1 6 Apr 1–1 9 Dec 2–3 6 Jan 2–2 20 Jan 1–2 — 16 Mar 10 Feb 3–1 23 Dec
Lossiemouth 13 Jan 1–1 9 Mar 5–3 23 Mar 1–2 0–3 9 Dec 30 Dec 1–0 — 1–4 27 Jan 10 Feb 13 Apr 1–0
Nairn County 16 Dec 6 Jan 0–1 3 Feb 2 Mar 17 Feb 6 Apr 2–1 16 Mar 4–0 3–2 20 Jan — 0–2 4–1 2–1 2–0
Rothes 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 9 Mar 2–1 6 Apr 0–3 1–4 3 Feb 17 Feb 1–0 30 Dec — 20 Jan 16 Mar 3–0
Strathspey Thistle 0–6 27 Jan 30 Dec 23 Mar 5–2 16 Dec 9 Dec 13 Apr 1–4 17 Feb 9 Mar 0–3 13 Jan 2–4 — 1–8
Turriff United 0–4 0–3 17 Feb 16 Dec 4–1 30 Dec 3 Feb 2–0 20 Jan 10 Feb 4–1 1–2 9 Mar 3–1 6 Apr — 13 Jan
Wick Academy 9 Dec 20 Jan 23 Mar 3–0 2–2 2 Mar 3–2 0–3 2–2 2–1 13 Apr 17 Feb 2–3 6 Jan 3 Feb 1–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2023. 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 is scheduled to place between the winners of the 2023–24 Midlands Football League, 2023–24 North Caledonian Football League and the 2023–24 North Region Junior Football League, with the winners then playing the team finishing bottom of the Highland League.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Highland League Table". BBC. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Highland Football League, Scotland - League Table". Highland Football League. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Summary - Football League". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Highland League Results". Highland Football League. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Highland League 2023/24 fixtures revealed". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Chalk, Paul. "George Manson takes over top Highland League role at AGM". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Fraser, Alasdair. "Relegation dawns for Highland League clubs as tier six north set for next season". Inverness Courier. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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