2023–24 Highland Football League

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.

Breedon Highland League
Season2023–24
Dates29 July 2023 – 13 April 2024
Matches played84
Goals scored303 (3.61 per match)
Biggest home winHuntly 8–0 Clachnacuddin
(30 September 2023)
Biggest away winInverurie Loco Works 0–7 Fraserburgh
(5 August 2023)
Highest scoring
  • Clachnacuddin 2–6 Fraserburgh
    (2 September 2023)
  • Huntly 8–0 Clachnacuddin
    (30 September 2023)
Longest winning run6 matches:
Brechin City
Longest unbeaten run8 matches:
Brechin City
Longest winless run11 matches:
Clachnacuddin
Longest losing run8 matches:
Strathspey Thistle
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 14 October 2023.

Teams
Location of teams in 2023-24 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 876 100
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 Formartine United 11 8 1 2 28 11 +17 25 Qualification for the Pyramid play-off
2 Huntly 9 7 1 1 33 12 +21 22
3 Buckie Thistle 9 7 1 1 26 8 +18 22
4 Brechin City 8 7 1 0 17 4 +13 22
5 Banks O' Dee 10 5 4 1 25 9 +16 19
6 Fraserburgh 10 6 1 3 30 16 +14 19
7 Turriff United 10 6 0 4 23 18 +5 18
8 Brora Rangers 8 5 2 1 11 5 +6 17
9 Rothes 10 5 1 4 15 14 +1 16
10 Nairn County 10 5 0 5 18 19 −1 15
11 Forres Mechanics 9 3 2 4 12 14 −2 11
12 Wick Academy 8 2 1 5 9 20 −11 7
13 Deveronvale 10 1 4 5 12 26 −14 7
14 Keith 8 1 2 5 10 14 −4 5
15 Lossiemouth 9 1 2 6 7 17 −10 5
16 Inverurie Loco Works 10 1 1 8 11 26 −15 4
17 Clachnacuddin 11 0 4 7 11 37 −26 4
18 Strathspey Thistle 8 0 0 8 5 33 −28 0 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 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 Dec 2–0 2–2 10 Feb 18 Nov 16 Mar 4 Nov 6 Apr 20 Jan 3 Feb 1–1 3–0 23 Dec 6 Jan 2 Mar 4–0
Brechin City 30 Dec — 2–1 17 Feb 11 Nov 9 Mar 1–0 13 Apr 25 Nov 16 Dec 2–1 3 Feb 2–0 13 Jan 5–0 23 Mar
Brora Rangers 13 Apr 23 Dec — 20 Jan 10 Feb 16 Mar 4 Nov 2 Mar 18 Nov 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 25 Nov 4 Nov 6–0 10 Feb 2 Mar 4–0 18 Nov
Clachnacuddin 17 Feb 16 Mar 0–2 2–3 — 2–2 0–5 20 Jan 2–6 3 Feb 2 Dec 16 Dec 6 Apr 4 Nov 18 Nov 6 Jan 30 Dec
Deveronvale 3–3 4 Nov 3 Feb 2 Dec 23 Dec — 20 Jan 1–1 6 Jan 0–6 6 Apr 1–0 18 Nov 1–3 2 Mar 16 Mar 0–1 16 Dec
Formartine United 23 Mar 9 Dec 11 Nov 1–1 27 Jan 5–0 — 2–0 10 Feb 9 Mar 30 Dec 13 Jan 23 Dec 25 Nov 13 Apr 4–0 2–4
Forres Mechanics 11 Nov 2 Dec 9 Mar 30 Dec 1–1 13 Jan 17 Feb — 2–1 16 Dec 23 Mar 25 Nov 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 11 Nov 23 Mar 2 Dec 3–0 27 Jan
Huntly 25 Nov 2–2 23 Mar 13 Jan 8–0 27 Jan 4 Nov 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 11 Nov 13 Apr 25 Nov 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 18 Nov — 16 Mar 10 Feb 4 Nov 23 Dec 2 Dec
Lossiemouth 13 Jan 1–1 9 Mar 25 Nov 23 Mar 1–2 0–3 9 Dec 30 Dec 11 Nov — 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 18 Nov 16 Mar 2 Dec 4–0 3–2 20 Jan — 0–2 4–1 4 Nov
Rothes 2–2 0–2 0–1 1–3 9 Mar 2 Dec 6 Apr 18 Nov 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 11 Nov 16 Dec 9 Dec 13 Apr 17 Feb 9 Mar 28 Oct 13 Jan 2–4 — 25 Nov
Turriff United 18 Nov 17 Feb 16 Dec 4–1 30 Dec 3 Feb 2–0 20 Jan 10 Feb 4–1 1–2 2 Dec 9 Mar 11 Nov 6 Apr — 13 Jan
Wick Academy 9 Dec 20 Jan 25 Nov 23 Mar 3–0 2–2 2 Mar 3–2 0–3 11 Nov 4 Nov 13 Apr 17 Feb 23 Dec 6 Jan 3 Feb 1–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 14 October 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 14 October 2023.
  2. "Highland Football League, Scotland - League Table". Highland Football League. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. "Summary - Football League". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  4. "Highland League Results". Highland Football League. Retrieved 14 October 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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