2023–24 North Caledonian Football League

The 2023–24 North Caledonian Football League (known for sponsorship reasons as the Macleod & MacCallum North Caledonian League) is the 115th season of the North Caledonian Football League, and the third season as part of the sixth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system.

North Caledonian Football League
Season2023–24
Dates12 August 2023 – April 2024
Matches played37
Goals scored165 (4.46 per match)
Biggest home winLoch Ness 7–0 Alness United
(23 September 2023)
Biggest away win
Highest scoring
Longest winning run4 matches:
Invergordon & Loch Ness
Longest unbeaten run6 matches:
Invergordon & Loch Ness
Longest winless run4 matches:
3 teams
Longest losing run5 matches:
Inverness Athletic
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 18 October 2023.

Teams
Location of mainland teams in the 2023–24 North Caledonian League
Location of Orkney in the 2023–24 North Caledonian League

From North Caledonian Football League

Withdrew

Stadia and locations
Team Location Home ground Capacity Seats Floodlit
Alness United Alness Dalmore Park[1] 500 0 Yes
Bonar Bridge Bonar Bridge Migdale Playing Fields[2] 500 0 No
Clachnacuddin Reserves Inverness Grant Street Park 2,074 154 Yes
Fort William [SFA] Fort William Claggan Park 1,800 200 Yes
Golspie Sutherland [SFA] Golspie King George V Park[3] 1,000 0 Yes
Halkirk United Halkirk Morrison Park[4] 1,000 0 Yes
Invergordon Invergordon Recreation Grounds[5] 500 0 No
Inverness Athletic North Kessock Ferry Brae Park[6] 500 0 No
Loch Ness Fortrose King George V Park[7] 500 0 No
Orkney Holm The Rockworks[8] 1,000 0 No
St Duthus Tain Grant Park[9] 500 0 No
Thurso Thurso Sir George's Park[10] 1,000 0 No

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Invergordon 6 5 1 0 22 13 +9 16 Qualification for the Highland League play-off
2 Loch Ness[lower-alpha 1] 6 5 1 0 23 4 +19 13
3 Fort William 7 4 1 2 22 11 +11 13
4 Halkirk United 5 4 0 1 13 5 +8 12
5 Orkney 7 4 0 3 18 14 +4 12
6 St Duthus 8 3 1 4 15 20 −5 10
7 Clachnacuddin Reserves[lower-alpha 2] 6 1 3 2 7 13 −6 9 Ineligible for promotion
8 Inverness Athletic 8 2 1 5 21 24 −3 7
9 Bonar Bridge 6 2 0 4 7 14 −7 6
10 Golspie Sutherland 4 1 0 3 5 9 −4 3
11 Thurso 5 1 0 4 6 18 −12 3
12 Alness United 6 1 0 5 6 20 −14 3
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2023. Source: North Caledonian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Loch Ness deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player in their match on 19 August against Clachnacuddin Reserves.[11]
  2. Clachnacuddin Reserves awarded 3 points, after Loch Ness fielded an ineligible player in their match on 19 August.[11]

Results
Home \ Away ALN BON CLA FOW GOL HAL INV INA LOC ORK STD THU
Alness United — 1–2
Bonar Bridge 1–0 — 0–4 1–4
Clachnacuddin reserves 0–2[lower-alpha 1] — 4–4[lower-alpha 2]
Fort William 1–1 — 3–4 7–1[lower-alpha 3]
Golspie Sutherland — 2–4 0–3 2–0
Halkirk United 2–1 — 0–1 5–0 2–0
Invergordon — 4–2 4–4 3–0
Inverness Athletic 6–1[lower-alpha 4] 2–5 1–1 3–4 —
Loch Ness 7–0 5–0 3–0 —
Orkney 1–0[lower-alpha 5] 0–1 2–3 4–2 — 6–0
St Duthus 3–0 1–2 4–3 — 3–1
Thurso 4–2 1–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 October 2023. Source: [17]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Match played at Culcairn Park, Evanton.[12]
  2. Match played at Culcairn Park, Evanton.[13]
  3. Match played at Recreation Grounds, Invergordon.[14]
  4. Match played at Dalmore Park, Alness.[15]
  5. Match awarded 1–0 to Orkney,[16] as Bonar Bridge were unable to field a team.

Notes

SFA Club with an SFA licence (as of June 2023)[18] eligible to participate in the Highland League play-off should they win the league.

References
  1. "Alness United FC - North Caledonian Football Association". North Caledonian FA Official Website. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  2. "Bonar Bridge FC - North Caledonian Football Association". North Caledonian FA Official Website. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. "Golspie Sutherland". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. "Halkirk United". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. "Invergordon". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. "Inverness Athletic F.C." Non League Scotland. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. "Loch Ness". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  8. "Orkney". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. "St Duthus F.C." Non League Scotland. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  10. "Thurso". Non League Scotland. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  11. North Caledonian FA [@NorthCaleyFA] (26 September 2023). "NCFA Announcement #NCFA #Northcaley" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 September 2023 – via Twitter.
  12. Clach Reserves [@ClachReserves] (9 September 2023). "👊 MATCHDAY 👊 🆚 @AlnessUnitedFC 🏆 @NorthCaleyFA @macandmac28 🏟️ BlackRock Park, Evanton ⏰ 09/09/23 14:00 #ncfa #northcaley" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 September 2023 – via Twitter.
  13. Clark, Will (13 August 2023). "Inverness Athletic start North Caledonian League season with victory in Alness. Clachnacuddin A share points with St Duthus in epic eight goal thriller". The Inverness Courier. Highland News and Media Limited. Retrieved 18 August 2023. Clachnacuddin A launched an epic comeback to salvage a point in a 4-4 draw with St Duthus in Evanton.
  14. Chalk, Paul (17 August 2023). "Fort William say closer club denied them use of ground for Clydebank Scottish Cup tie before controversial Golspie switch". The Press and Journal. Aberdeen Journals. Retrieved 20 August 2023. That game has been switched from Claggan Park to Invergordon's Recreation Grounds, with a 2pm start to assist Orkney with travel and ferry times.
  15. Alness United FC [@AlnessUnitedFC] (7 October 2023). "The only surviving @NorthCaleyFA game today due to the weather, sees us play Inverness Athletic in Alness after a switch of venue. Support the boys at Dalmore Park today if you can ⚫️⚪️" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 October 2023 – via Twitter.
  16. "Orkney". North Caledonian Football Association. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  17. North Caledonian League "North Caledonian League Results". North Caledonian League. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  18. "Licensed Clubs - June 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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