2021–22 Highland Football League

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.

Breedon Highland League
Season2021–22
Dates24 July 2021 – 16 April 2022
Matches played160
Goals scored680 (4.25 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 run9 matches:
Brora Rangers & Buckie Thistle
Longest unbeaten run14 matches:
Fraserburgh
Longest winless run16 matches:
Fort William
Longest losing run8 matches:
Fort William
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 11 December 2021.

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[lower-alpha 1] 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 17 15 1 1 76 12 +64 46 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2 Buckie Thistle 18 14 1 3 71 14 +57 43
3 Brora Rangers 17 14 0 3 64 14 +50 42
4 Inverurie Loco Works 19 12 5 2 51 22 +29 41
5 Brechin City 16 13 1 2 50 16 +34 40
6 Rothes 17 11 5 1 43 13 +30 38
7 Formartine United 18 12 2 4 47 25 +22 38
8 Deveronvale 18 6 3 9 39 44 −5 21
9 Nairn County 19 5 6 8 35 41 −6 21
10 Clachnacuddin 18 5 4 9 30 43 −13 19
11 Wick Academy 18 4 7 7 28 42 −14 19
12 Forres Mechanics 19 4 7 8 26 48 −22 19
13 Huntly 17 4 3 10 27 40 −13 15
14 Lossiemouth 19 4 3 12 18 49 −31 15
15 Keith 17 4 3 10 13 46 −33 15
16 Strathspey Thistle 18 2 3 13 27 67 −40 9
17 Turriff United 19 2 3 14 17 57 −40 9
18 Fort William 16 0 1 15 18 87 −69 1 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. 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[lower-alpha 1] FRA HUN INV KEI LOS NAI ROT STR TUR WIC
Brechin City 3–2 4–1 4–1 1–0 4–0 5–0 2–2 7–3 3–1
Brora Rangers 2–0 4–0 0–3 4–0 4–0 4–0 3–0 8–1 4–0
Buckie Thistle 4–1 5–0 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 4–1 3–2
Deveronvale 1–4 0–3 10–0 3–3 2–0 6–0 4–5 3–0
Formartine United 1–5 4–2 4–1 4–1 3–0 5–1 4–1 5–0
Forres Mechanics 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–7 0–0 1–0 0–7 4–2 1–1 1–1
Fort William[lower-alpha 1] 0–8 2–3 0–4 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 1–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 3–4
Inverurie Loco Works 2–1 2–1 5–0 3–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 5–2 1–1 5–1 2–1
Keith 1–7 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–5 3–0 2–0
Lossiemouth 0–2 0–5 0–2 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 0–1 2–1
Nairn County 1–3 1–1 0–2 2–2 3–3 2–3 0–1 1–3 2–2
Rothes 2–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 4–1 1–1
Strathspey Thistle 0–6 0–3 7–3 0–2 3–1 1–2 1–4 3–3
Turriff United 0–5 0–4 4–0 3–2 0–3 0–4 0–2 0–6 3–3
Wick Academy 1–3 1–4 2–2 2–2 1–4 2–0 2–5 0–6 1–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2021. 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. 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 11 December 2021.
  3. "Highland Football League, Scotland - League Table". Highland Football League. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. "Summary - Football League". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  5. "Highland Football League, Scotland - Fixtures and Results". Highland Football League. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  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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